Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Just Another Wimpy Synth Band?

It's 5:30 in the morning, and I am working a graveyard shift- I need an excuse to blast some music. In high school, a good friend of mine who was raised on his older brothers' Stones and Zappa records once excoriated me for being a big fan of Liverpool's Echo and the Bunnymen. Hearing the name of the band, he razzed me, "Echo and the Bunnymen, sounds like just another wimpy synth band." A few days later, a bunch of us were hanging out at a friend's house, watching this newfangled music-video channel, when this video came on:





"Wimpy synth band my ass!" was my rejoinder, as I smacked my friend upside the head.

The best thing about the video is that the audience looks a lot like lead singer Ian McCulloch, who looks a lot like Rick Hunter.

Hell, I think I need another blast of live Bunnymen, here's one of my all-time favorites, an epic seven-minute version of Do It Clean:





Yeah, that's pretty far from wimpiness, or synthetude, for that matter. Suffice it to say, the Bunnymen were badass!

NOTE: Please note that, in no way am I disparaging the Stones or Zappa.

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  2. I remember these guys!
    I'd forgotten but...
    now I remember!
    :P

    Wimpy-no way! Pure awesomeness!

    Zappa-hmmm, not my favourite. I think that he was an awesome man but his music just didn't do it for me. Should I duck my head and run for the hills?


    ((Hugs))
    Laura
    P.S. Sorry for the delete above. I tried to do some fancy stuff and it didn't work out. :(

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  3. Yeah, they're pretty great. "Lips Like Sugar" is a good song to sing in the shower, btw.

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  4. to be fair, when they started out they had a cheesy wimpy synth drummer; the "Echo" of their name.

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  5. Please note that, in no way am I disparaging the Stones or Zappa.

    Oh, go ahead. We're all friends here.

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  6. Never Stop was great because the guy would bend the neck of his guitar instead of hit a whammy bar. That was cool.

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  7. the guy would bend the neck of his guitar instead of hit a whammy bar. That was cool.

    I've done that.

    Hey, if you're gonna whack your strings out of tune anyway, why not?

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