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Echo and the Bunnymen — Bring On The Dancing Horses
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MajaK
Posted: May 23, 2013 - 01:27
 
Love them, love the Bunnymen!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 17:45
 
Great song...amazing...perfect...

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 13:24
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Do u think they listen to U2?
 
They were contemporaries.  The two bands probably listened to each other's music back in 1985.

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 13:21
 
Do u think they listen to U2?

asilbuch
(NoVA)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 13:18
 
Ah, fond memories of fumbling in the backseat of a trans am, trying to get my groove on with a less than savory boy...

hidey
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 11:22
 
Cracking tune - makes me miss the North of England and think of the Anthony Gormley statues standing in the sand at Crosby beach staring out to sea...

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 11:19
 
Wow!  I bought this new in '85 — I was 15 and boy did it sound cutting edge, then.

jozooka
(Bucks County, PA USA)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 13:20
 
 
Johnny-smooth wrote:
Nice to hear some Echo - long over looked group, guess they just didn't have the marketing cache that U2 did, even if U2 totally ripped off Echo's sound.
 
 I always thought the same thing!

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 13:17
 
Got a soft spot in my cold cold heart for the Bunnymen

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 19:58
 
Love the Bunnymen. My old East Village days....sigh.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 10:15
 
 ojay~alcatraz wrote:
for those who dig Echo and the Bunnymen, try this...it's friggin' great!
Electrafixion was formed by Echo and the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch (vocals) and Will Sargeant (guitar) in 1994, and released this album originally in 1995. Suprisingly, it doesnt come across as being better or worse than Echo and the Bunnymen, or even as merely a side-project band. Electrafixions music goes in a harder, more psychedelic-rock-oriented direction than Echo and the Bunnymen ever went.
 
Oh yes!  I LOVE the song Zephyr!!  I bought the 4-song import cd years ago & it's still in my collection.  I love how many passionate music lovers are found here on RP.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 10:06
 


We still be dancing...  love it...


 

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 15:38
 
A good popular song from The Bunnymen, but there is MUCH MUCH better in their catalogue, and would love to hear more of it on RP!

As a long time, avid, fan of The Bunnymen, here is my humble (and accurate!) opinion about their best albums from top to bottom, for those looking to get into the band :

Heaven Up Here
Porcupine
Crocodiles
Ocean Rain
and then the rest....... 
(Ocean Rain & Crocodiles is arguable about which is third)

Enjoy the brilliance!



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 07:17
 
 roxmilt wrote:
despite being an avid record collector and having a fairly broad knowledge of popular music,echo & the bunnymen are one of those bands that i mainly know by name and not by sound. Same with hootie & the blowfish. And siouxsie & the banshees. Do you see the pattern?

 

Given that those three bands have little in common (especially the second one, which shall not be named), other than the "& The..." part included in their bands' names, it would seem as if that format has discouraged you from knowing their material.  If that theory were wholly true, however, you would not have high ratings for songs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers or Big Head Todd & The Monsters.  It must be a different pattern - which remains, as of yet, unrevealed.

{#Curtain}





msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 07:18
 
Nice to hear on RP!

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 07:17
 

In addition to the music, I've always loved this album cover. . . 
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 22:29
 


This song is soooo good for the feet...  love it...



SlinkyJ
(NJ)
Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 12:46
 
BEST Echo song. Love love love.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 28, 2011 - 21:02
 


We be dancing...  love it...

 

newwavegurly
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 05:52
 
I love when this comes up on the playlist. It is one of the first songs I uploaded and had accepted here on RP many years ago.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 12:01
 


They recorded this song specifically for the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink...  it is on the soundtrack...  this is an excellent song...

 

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 11:58
 
25 years later...still holds up! *8

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 14:02
 
 kaybee wrote:

I like the shimmering guitars best of all!
 


I know what you mean...  love it...

 

roxmilt
(Puget Sound Cloud)
Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 17:08
 
despite being an avid record collector and having a fairly broad knowledge of popular music,echo & the bunnymen are one of those bands that i mainly know by name and not by sound. Same with hootie & the blowfish. And siouxsie & the banshees. Do you see the pattern?


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 14:04
 
 rdo wrote:
absolute perfection, what a song
 

Yes, this song is fantastic...



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 14:03
 
absolute perfection, what a song

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jul 02, 2009 - 15:38
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good for the ears...
 
I like the shimmering guitars best of all!


EaLaSpada
(Kissimmee, Florida)
Posted: Jul 02, 2009 - 12:22
 
Nice, but c'mon!  There are much better Echo and the Bunnymen songs out there!  How about something from Ocean Rain? Or Crocodiles?

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 02, 2009 - 12:21
 
Bring on the dancing bananas.......{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 31, 2009 - 16:37
 


This song is good for the ears...



aquadonia
(Green Bay, WI)
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 20:21
 
spaceman wrote:
"... breaking your pretzel heart ..." ??




MLavender
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 20:13
 
spaceman wrote:
"... breaking your pretzel heart ..." ??



Brittle....brittle heart
spaceman
(Vienna, Austria)
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 01:46
 
"... breaking your pretzel heart ..." ??


ojay~alcatraz
(Cell Block 32)
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 14:27
 
for those who dig Echo and the Bunnymen, try this...it's friggin' great!




Electrafixion was formed by Echo and the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch (vocals) and Will Sargeant (guitar) in 1994, and released this album originally in 1995. Suprisingly, it doesnt come across as being better or worse than Echo and the Bunnymen, or even as merely a side-project band. Electrafixions music goes in a harder, more psychedelic-rock-oriented direction than Echo and the Bunnymen ever went.
out_to_lunch
(Philly by way of CT)
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 13:50
 
Excellent album. Spins on my tables frequently.
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 09:01
 
(click here)

This is the kind of tripe I think of whenever I hear this Echo dribble. And I have all their earlier works and this just plain blows.
jarrudy
Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 08:57
 
aww, i miss echo. true 80s alternative.




rluking
(Underground)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 15:04
 
Johnny_Wave wrote:

I think you might be referring to "Neon Lights" by Love Tractor
Wow. I haven't heard Love Tractor for years. I'll have to dig out the CD immediately.
Oh, I should probably make some comment about this song. Meh.
Tailypoe
(In the basement of Otto's Barouque Musick behing the boxes of pickle jars)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 15:04
 
2 words : Bangladesh...DeSH...Desh...desh...desh.......
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 11:57
 
jdorn1 wrote:
Bill! Hello, Bill? Earth to Bill? This is the weakest of all Echo & the Bunnymen recordings! They have 10's compared to this songs 6.

Try:
Heave up Here (anything)
Crocodiles (anthing)
Porcupine (anything)
4th album (anything)

Particulary nice are the large strings versions of the The Killing Moon, Seven Seas and others on the 4th album. Heaven Up Here has some particularly comelling songs and the other recordings are smattered with unique offerings....


How about "The Cutter"? That's a good one.
TobiMc3
(Sunny, Arlington VA)
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 11:57
 
meh.
htowncoog
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 11:56
 
Johnny-smooth wrote:
...even if U2 totally ripped off Echo's sound.

Baaa,haaaahaaaaa. That's a good one!
I love Echo, seen them twice in concert, but they sure as hell didn't get ripped off by U2.

Johnny-smooth
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 14:26
 
Nice to hear some Echo - long over looked group, guess they just didn't have the marketing cache that U2 did, even if U2 totally ripped off Echo's sound.
Daveinbawlmer
(Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.)
Posted: Jul 08, 2007 - 06:55
 
omniphiliac wrote:
If nobody told me otherwise I'd have thought this was U2.


U2 has all their CD's



jimmyjamz
Posted: Jun 22, 2007 - 16:39
 
I haven't heard this song in 10 eyars and it is beautiful

ChardRemains
(Pepperland)
Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 10:48
 
This has held up better than my Doc Marten's...and my hairdo... and yet the sound remains distinctively Echo-y and connects well with their 2006ish release...

That's saying something.

U2 my socks!
MiketheKnife
(Virginia)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 21:05
 
trollboy wrote:
doc martins and swoopy doo hairdos (the kind where your bangs hang almost over one eye)

we were so cool!

guilty.
MiketheKnife
(Virginia)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 21:05
 
Johnny_Wave wrote:

I think you might be referring to "Neon Lights" by Love Tractor

Love Tractor? Whoah!
oppositelock
(Centennial, CO)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 17:47
 
omniphiliac wrote:
If nobody told me otherwise I'd have thought this was U2.


Here is a hint, its not U2. Not even close.
omniphiliac
Posted: Feb 17, 2007 - 02:12
 
If nobody told me otherwise I'd have thought this was U2.