Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine

[bamff24]

3.16 one of the best change ups ever!

[spunkets]

Yes, but seriously.

Do any of you think for a moment you can prove the existence of your very own poofy assholes upon the simple disclosure of irrefutable evidence?

[TheDavidJoey]

In my opinion one of their best songs - but a little gloomy.

[clayguy33]

Ageless. Thanks for posting. i could only hope that the legions of indie kids will rediscover all of these amazing bands.

[TheWonderDoc]

@clayguy33 The kids are discovering these bands. I see a lot of comments regarding Donnie Darko but never saw it. I guess one of their songs is in the soundtrack?

[godlesswickedvanian]

@TheWonderDoc Killing Moon. That and Tears for Fears.

[6thCreated]

@TheWonderDoc

That entire movie is like an ode to good 80's music.

[Avenmarc]

@TheWonderDoc

donnie darko does have the bunnymen in its soundtrack - you should see the movie - it's a cult classic

[Soulinisolation1]

@clayguy33 well I am, but then again I am mental! 

[stanleyfreeze2011]

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[LunaGerulf]

Echo & the Bunnymen have been my favorite band ever since I first stumbled upon "The Killing Moon," but this song is by far my favorite. It's so different, so beautiful. I could listen to it a thousand times over and still love it.

[MrBubbleblue54]

best band still

[NicBunnymen]

@MrBubbleblue54 Totally agree..THE BEST BAND.

[funkyfunker]

there is no comparson!!!!!

[emceeaye]

The music that came out of this band was pure genius. Nobody these days can match the creativity. It's yet another representative example of the unmatched British music of the 1980s.

[littleboeep]

BEST BAND OF THE 80's!

[bigendus1]

Most underrated band of the eighties-long live the Bunnymen!

[kbinco]

Sometime in the 80's, I saw Echo with Billy Bragg. Awesome.

[esoretal]

This song gives me the chills!

[kirstylouiseish]

Awesome love there stuff remind me of the cure alot

You guys should check out Spiders Where does this leave us now reminds me of these guys so much.

[llorensl]

It's been almost thirty years since I first heard these guys and they still sound new to me. It's almost as if they were the Beatles. Just think how many other bands have been influenced by them. These guys are great.

[NicBunnymen]

@llorensl Yes, I totally agree.

[Verycuteyeah]

Baby porkupines are really cute

[ManilaSyndicate]

Really good song, love the second half where the song picks up. They should have included this in "Songs to Learn & Sing"

[lubicantotal]

Los escucho desde los años 80, siendo un adolescente, los vi en directo en el 2003, ni me lo creía. Brutales, únicos.

[4490red]

one of the best ever.

[seifukusha]

OOOOOOOHHHHH MMMMMYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOD!

I so love Echo...man...oh man, do I love them.

[noelreverberation]

the best of echo's song

[bookwormgal1996]

I can never get tired of this song :)

[Squebo23]

@bookwormgal1996 why don't the radio stations ever play this song when they dip into these guys?

[lcrip]

Superb...Bunnymens finest moment...and they had a good few ;)

[wireandwood]

I'm curious to know if these guys enjoyed anything stronger than tea. If so, what exactly? I mean, that guitar sound is monged to say the least.

LYSERGIC? Come on McCulloch, you enjoyed it up at Villiers Terrace, eh?

[shaftsbury94]

@wireandwood MIXING UP THE MEDICINE

[wireandwood]

I'm curious to know if these guys enjoyed anything stronger than tea. If so, what exactly? I mean, that guitar sound is monged to say the least.

[ethermonkey222]

Thank, this mix is wonderful, it actually is Ian McCulloch.

[fawsia1]

Me encanta esta canción. Es muy autentica. Echo siempre excelentes.

[ronaldvanderkleij]

what is his coldplay is far away from everything what echo was and still is. Coldplay has to thanks them for everything. So thats that folks.

[pdevine15]

Chris Martin has a better voice in my view

[orsonkarte]

@pdevine15 what has that got to do with anything?

[ag91320]

@pdevine15

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

[MegaCapulet]

whenever im bored of my new cds i put this on ,a true classic and original from start to finish.

[clintxoxox]

amazing

[gouvyrock]

don't kill the 80's!!!! echo for ever!!!!!!!!

[yawblooza]

Arcade Fire likes this - "thanks for the sound"

[LantaGem]

@yawblooza - That's exactly what I'VE been TRYING to tell people! AF basically lifted The Bunnymen's sound - lock, stock and two smoking drumsticks.

[stankler]

franz ferdiinand who have one good album ,,the first,,ripped the imagery lock stock and barrel off this video

[DianaDiazSinger]

It's daring and freaking awesome. Minimalist, neo-psychedelic, proto-goth, proto-industrial. Porcupine is my second fave album after Ocean Rain.

[iris2gamera]

Do they make genius like this any more? I mean, what planet were these people on?

[BertAtkin]

Classic Album. I bought this on Vinyl many moons ago. Still sounds as fresh dark and broody as it did then.

[nick40nick40]

Thank you for the document! ;))

[chancesareshewears]

Tell it to James Douglas Morrison.

[funkyfunker]

there is no comaparison.... fucking ac e

[beatlegirl61]

thanks for bringing me back to my roots with this video...epic...

[cmpleasant]

Sweet this Friday night.

[Nechepsos]

very goth-like!

[dreyfusfunkt]

Watching this (again) and I think I have just been transformed (again).

Thank you!

[GinstheThing]

In my old age (40's) just realised how" Velvet Underground " this feels - never got that before. EATBM rool my heart !

[ckbennetttn]

@GinstheThing Yes there is some definite VU in this. At the end you'll hear Ian sing, "I'm beginning to see the light."

[joem500]

Lay down thy raincoats and groove.

[RunyonFan]

I think E&tB were sooooo fortunate to have formed when and where they did. It's sheer fucking genius. But were it released today, it'd be relegated to the classification "oddity." (So I guess that makes me lucky to have been a kid when I was. LOVED this album.)

Again, it's sheer fucking genius.

[superbobosbourne]

Great great song. A true classic. They have so many.

[blostierCULT]

Todo el poder a los hombres conejo !!!!

[clintxoxox]

its possible to comment again?5 stars.

[cherrymaryx]

This entire album is a classic. Love it as much as the first time I heard it.

[Panthera0nca]

How uncommercial is a track like THIS? so brave to make it! The Bunnymen were brilliant and enigmatic especially in the 1980's and are so fondly remembered because they dared to be different.

[loorambient]

One of the best bands ever.

[loorambient]

Awesome stuff !!!

[catsb9]

Amazing song and perfectly suited video.

Its all so mind blowing!!!

[DianaDiazSinger]

You saw them in 87 with Gene Loves Jezebel and New Order. :) I know too much about concerts I didn't even see. I do remember seeing this on a video show after school and finding it gripping.

[iris2gamera]

@DianaDiazSinger: Christ I saw that tour too. It was good, but they were so much better a few years before... when they were, in fact, perfect.

[clintxoxox]

I cant give this song a good enough mark-----its with the gods,it is sooo good

[ricardobjork]

You are right !!!!!! This song is so good that I almost can't believe It exists, thank God and the Bunnymen for that existence !!!!!!!

[Boxreform]

This was the first album of EATB I was exposed to and the review I read called it a return to "raga rock" (the old sitar based '60's psychedelia). It's funny none of the band members like this album because they were fighting when it was recorded but I think song for song it's their best. It still sounds brilliant today - including this title track.

[keefyisme]

Agree, at their best! but their new album's very good

[lincswhite]

First concert when i left school at 16 was to see this band back in 85. classic track from my favourite album of theres. cheers for posting it

[vintagezigg]

Absolutely brilliant song and video ! Underrated ? Definitely . My reason for ignoring them for so many years was their silly name. Sorry, big mistake. I have to thank Seanreillyireland for the enlightenment .

[whyitsfunny]

Hey vintagezigg

I totally agree that the name had something to do with their lack of deserved acclaim, although that is very sad, the other reason, IMAO is that Ian was such a tremendous wordsmith, I think his depth of meaning and imagery went right over many of out heads at that time. I myself am guilty of that, due to some rather heavy recreational chemical use back then. But I'm MUCH better now =DDD

Enjoy,

-Oggy

[jamesmufc14]

this music video from the cutter

[ZAOUWV]

great band though underrated. Why?

[losghost]

I don't know if I would call them underrated. I saw them back in 85? At the Mann in philadelphia. The bill was Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, and Gene Loves Jezebel. Excellent concert.

[mills211]

The song and the video has a very eerie feel to it, but that's what i love about it; not to mention the brilliant lyrics!!

[WhenLifeGivesULimes]

Unequivocally stellar.

[kirkwallboy]

I've been so glad to see the Bunnymen in recent years. Have never seen the earlier live stuff though, like this. The atmosphere, that pin prickled into your being. Wonderful. A wonder that stays with you.

[tico8007]

wait is this communist propaganda?

[marmelendez]

Yes cuz living in soviet russia was like living in an echo and the bunnymen song.. its was cool for the 1 in 100.000 who liked the bunnymen... the rest were fucked and twaint notin they could do about them daily sounds..

[ajittffcure]

Very powerful song!

[4nom4ly]

Fantastic. Moving. This song never fails to affect me.

[comAtose4242]

This IS their best song.

[spleenteam]

damn right. It really pisses me off how those bland complacent moldplay twats try to rip off the bunnymen. It was also rather annoying at Finsbury Park in 2002 when the Bunnymen let that eejit Chris Martin on stage with them. I threw a (plastic) bottle at him.

[travisrlel2]

As well you should have.

[saphira1001]

nice one!

[funkyfunker]

@spleenteam Chris Martin is a massive bunnymen fan.. why do u think coldplay sound like they do... bunnymen are ace.. coldplay.. well ....

[GermanPeoplePerson]

@spleenteam hell yes, thankyou.

[mtsn]

@spleenteam well done sir.

[NoNoseProduction]

@spleenteam you're my hero.

[LantaGem]

@spleenteam YOU might be aghast, but obviously Ian McCulloch had no objections to Coldplay stealing his thunder.

(You *do* know that Mac is basically the man "to blame" for Coldplay's success don't you, as he helped produce the band, and he and Chris Martin have collaborated on projects together) So... yeah :P

[bones6868]

@spleenteam Doesn't help that Ian McCulloch gave a big thank you to Cockplay a few years ago at some awards, what a knob.

[rockandroller007]

@spleenteam you shouldn't have ..... do you think you are smarter than bunnymen to decide who can be with them on stage?? Have you sold millions of albums?? Do you have a name wolrldwide known?? If you respect bunnymen, respect them completely and respect their guest, please man ..... Only in that way you can be respectable ......

[Velenor]

no u

[funkyfunker]

echo and the bunney men are so fuckin cool...

[funkyfunker]

man this is awesome.. godbless them all, they enhanced my childhood... much respect to them .. rip

[OSLAINTE123]

true .. I have not listened to either album for many years.. but they are faifly perfect,,I cant believe how young Ian McCullogh looks tho'

[paulsturgulewski]

you are so right!

[blacknuns]

Thanks for posting this as i've been trying to find it for years.

[superbobosbourne]

They are better every time I listen to them.  They truly are timeless. I love how rich and deep they sound. So much goes on, and its all seemless.

I remember playing their albums front to back, and then again, and again...

[trousermcgee]

Wow. Never knew that there was a video that went along with one of the greatest songs of all times. Although, it seems a little quaint, if not naive, that they are comparing '82 Liverpool to '28 Russia. But hey; they had youth on their side (as did we).

Wonderful stuff!

[BlackVoidIce]

The Porcupine album was critized for being really poor. I can sympathize with My White Devil (only the part where he goes "Don't say it's life on the barrier" part) and Ripeness. The rest like Gods Will Be Gods, In Bluer Skies, Clay and Heads Will Roll are magnificiant and magical. Porcupine should be on par with The Cutter and Back Of Love. The strings are amazing, the later hald really gets you moving, acoustics are wonderful. Some don't recognise a work of art when they see it.

[clinpsydoc]

I concur for the most part, but I rather think all of the songs on the LP are awesome.

[bleuroo]

Yes, but "Poor" compared to Heaven Up Here is not an insult. "Poor" compared to "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" is.

I'm a heretic for saying this, but if I'd been behind the mixing board, that migraine Back of Love would have been axed from the Lp and Ripeness put in slot 2. Back is too jarring in context.

Ripeness is great! I love the bright Indo-Eastern sound and Mac's lyrics amuse me. As best I can tell, it's about trying to be on top again after your glory/fame has faded.

[bleuroo]

Ok, so after listening to the album again last night, I realized simply switching Ripeness and Back would solve the problem, so there'd be no need to axe Back after all.

Cutter and Ripeness would blend together seamlessly, and Back would ride the force of Heads, before dropping suddenly into the dark depths of Higher Hell.

Yeah ...

Hell yeah!

Problem solved.

Time to go burn a CD in this configuration.

[AbraCadaverArson]

Once in a while I have a love/hate relationship with Back of Love.

Sometimes I'm just like, "IAN STOP SHOUTING AT ME."

I agree with your Ripeness/Back conclusion, however.

[gouvyrock]

great band!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[54spiritedwill54]

What a great song! Still sounds fresh after all this time.

[BS2Dos]

Ahh..The Bunnymen. Probably the most under-rated of the all great UK bands. The whole of the album Porcupine is excellent. Loads of tracks like this that are over-loaded with really heavy acoustics. Sounds almost industrial in places, like some communist workers anthem. This recording doesn't really capture the strings, but they really kick in in the final third. Awesome.

[ajittffcure]

Nice song.

[joeperryforpope]

this stuff just puts me at peace. thank god these guys made records.

[Frankp1244]

Arcade Fire's 'Black Mirror' reminds me so much of this.

[negativecreep90]

echo only has two guitarists but the synth player picks up a guitar also depending on the song

[hellcatmudwrestler]

the title song from their best album. what a great tune

[biodumb]

they have like how many? tree guitars playing in there? i think that was just for filming purposes, right?

[ljpw93]

no - they always had 3 guitars..les on bass, ian on rhythm, and will on lead....later on ian gave up playing on every song and had someone else play the rhythm.....the best band in the world!!

[kiwijohn01]

What a band, what an album - what a great time for music! Viva la 80's

[porkupine73]

pining for the pork of the porcupine is RIGHT :-)

[porkupine73]

well you know I love this song ;-)

I'm gonna be happy to see the new Ocean Rain. I wonder if they'll get les to play bass. The other question is how are they gonna arrange for Ian's mature range vs. his range when it was written.

[iwantian]

they are GODS.

[kenskin1]

Sometimes you just need to sit back and listen to pure genius and Echo has been my strength for living for 27 years now!!!!! From Will to Les to Pete to Mac they just got it!!!

[LadyHope78]

Here Here!!!

This song alway went goes through me!!  OCT 1st NYC Radio City Music Hall

[ljpw93]

amazing voice....truly amazing

[inmutable]

genial!! esa canción y esa voz son las cosas que llegan al corazón

[GChaffe]

Sublime!

Kudos czamila

[orsonkarte]

quality. Roll on september, Ocean Rain at the Albert Hall :-)

[PD1968]

Also at the Liverpool arena now,it'll be amazing with the full orchestra!!

[otaku66]

Haunting - McCulloch and Defreitas rule.

Love the old Soviet imagery too!

[fuckyouimdead]

Definitely one of the best Echo songs. I listen to it over and over on max volume until my ears bleed.

[colleeneeweenee]

Thank you so much for posting this! It's one of my favorites.

[Cashane]

Thx for posting it! Best Echo song imo. I hope this time it'll stay (twas posted before and got removed..).