Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

'The Killing Moon' is a single by the band Echo and the Bunnymen. It was released on their 1984 album, Ocean Rain. It is one of the band's highest-charting hits, reaching number nine in the UK Singles Chart, and often cited as the band's greatest song.

Ian McCulloch has said: "When I sing 'The Killing Moon' I know there isn't a band in the world who's got a song anywhere near that."

According to the liner notes of Echo and the Bunnymen's Crystal Days box set, Ian McCulloch woke up one morning with the phrase "fate up against a whale" in mind. He wrote it down but then decided to change it to 'your will' later.

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Video
Single Version
All Night Version
Do It Clean - B-Side
Do It Clean - Live - 12 inch Extra Track

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Echo And The Bunnymen - Rescue

'Rescue' is the second single released by the band Echo and the Bunnymen. It was released on 5 May 1980 and subsequently included on the Crocodiles album, which was released on 18 July 1980.

 It was the band's first single to chart, reaching number 62 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also their first release on the newly formed Korova label.

The single was reissued as a limited edition 7" single on 4 December 2006 on the same label and with the same catalogue number, KOW 1, and reached number 177 on the UK Singles Chart. A promo 7" version was also released by Korova in January 1983.

The song was covered by the Scottish rock group Idlewild on their 2000 single 'These Wooden Ideas'.

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Simple Stuff - B-Side
Pride - 12 inch Extra Track

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Echo And The Bunnymen - People Are Strange

Well it's Halloween again and I thought that I would share a track that I just loved back in 1987.

British group Echo and the Bunnymen recorded a cover version of 'People Are Strange' for the soundtrack of the 1987 film The Lost Boys.

It was subsequently released as a single in 1987 reaching number 29 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1988 and number 13 on the Irish Singles Chart in 1991.

The song was produced by The Doors' keyboard player, Ray Manzarek.

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Run Run Run - Live - B-Side

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The Lost Boys - Soundtrack

The Lost Boys is a 1987 America horror film about two young Arizonans who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and started:


Cast
Jason Patric as Michael Emerson
Kiefer Sutherland as David
Corey Haim as Sam Emerson
Dianne West as Lucy Emerson
Barnard Hughes as Grandpa Emerson
Edward Harrmann as Max
Jami Gertz as Star
Cory Feldman as Edgar Frog
Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog
Brooke McCarter as Paul
Billy Wirth as Dwayne
Alex Winter as Marko


Thomas Newman wrote the film score to be an eerie blend of orchestra and organ arrangement while the music soundtrack contains a number of notable songs and several covers, including 'Good Times', a duet between INXS and former Cold Chisel lead singer Jimmy Barnes which reached number 1 on the Australian charts in early 1987. This cover version of a 1960s Australian hit by the Easybeats was originally recorded to promote the Australian Made tour of Australia in early 1987, headlined by INXS and Barnes.

Tim Capello's cover of The Calls #I Still Believe' was featured in the film as well as on the soundtrack. Tim Capello makes a small cameo appearance in the movie playing the song at the Santa Carla boardwalk, with his saxophone and trademark bodybuilder muscles on display.

The soundtrack also features a cover version of The Doors' song 'People Are Strange' by Echo and the Bunnymen. The song as it featured in the movie is an alternate, shortened version with a slightly different music arrangement. This version has not been released as of yet.

Lou Gramm, the famed lead singer of Foreigner, also recorded 'Lost in the Shadows' for the soundtrack, along with a video which featured clips from the film. The theme song, 'Cry Little sister', was originally recorded by Gerard McMahon (under his pseudonym of Gerard McMann) for the soundtrack, and later re-released on his self-titled album 'G Tom Mac' in 2000. In the sequel of the film the theme song 'Cry Little Sister' was covered by a Seattle based rock band Aiden.

Tracklisting:
01 - Good Times by INXS and Jimmy Barnes
02 - Lost in the Shadows (The Lost Boys) by Lou Gramm
03 - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me by Roger Daltrey
04 - Laying Down the Law by INXS and Jimmy Barnes
05 - People Are Strange by Echo & the Bunnymen
06 - Cry Little Sister (Theme from The Lost Boys) by Gerard McMann
07 - Power Play by Eddie & the Tide
08 - I Still Believe by Tim Cappello
09 - Beauty Has Her Way by Mummy Calls
10 - To the Shock of Miss Louise by Thomas Newman

Have to say that I just loved the film and the music was just great. I love vampire movies and books so this film fitted in well and worked well. The music was dark but I loved it. Still one of my favs today.

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