Echo and the Bunnymen perform Nothing Lasts Forever in the BBC Radio 6 Music Live Room, Salford For more incredible music subscribe to the 6 Music RU-vid channel - / @bbc6music
Smoking and drinking, some of lifes great pleasures, scouse mac still sounds great , bunnymen one of britains great, great groups, still love them, timeless
It's listening to wonderful music like this, which reminds me of better and happier times in my earlier years, which is really helping me survive the numerous covid lockdowns. Ive been a fan since the early John Peel days, when I was about 15, the first John Peel session was in 79, but he played them quite a few times before then in the months before as I remember. The early stuff like Crocodiles and Do It Clean were always the best in my mind. I remember seeing Ian at the Hacienda a few times around 1981/82 I think, not playing there just hanging around I guess. He was always surrounded by fans/journos, sober and chatting away with them, holding court.
Nice one Jonny.....I used to have a small FAC51 badge which were given out when Madonna played there. I was broke once and sold it for £20....one of my biggest regrets.
The most fitting song title ever written , enjoy the times you roll , what a fantastic song , echo & the bunny men, big round of applause for one legend of a tune , 👍👊
Totally awesome as usual for EATBM ! I am privileged to be one of the first few to view this! I am hoping this band will gear up and do something phenomenal for their 40th!
Ian can still sorta hit the high notes, still....would rather hear an Echo & the Bunnymen that accepted “maturity” (think Leonard Cohen) than an Echo&theBunnymen that was focused on “the comeback trail/Oasis”. We’re old...embrace it.
The current version is very appropriate considering the song lyrics are about life desire and pain suffering. The rough sounding voice adds credibility to the song's thoughtful composition. Always thought original studio version lacks vocal depth, sounded too young to describe life experience.
Not the best live version i must say. One can fancy Ian's voice or not (I personnaly don't here), the song is too fast and looses its intensisity. Though I both love the song and the band !
I'm pretty sure he is/was ? a heavy smoker mersey which hopefully won't take him away from us too soon......seen them twice (Manchester and Nottingham) and Electrafixion once. I have a handful of music hero's....Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Steely Dan and Echo. Ian stands head and shoulders above most British bands as he never sucked up to the promo leeches and similar types. There have been great bands from Liverpool but Echo must be my favourite with The Beatles coming a close second. Anyone remember the dopes called The Farm....ouch.
Even as a Liverpool fan, that Jürgen Klopp bit is so cringey. Like the video though - as someone else has already written, he's somewhat worn out voice kind of adds an authenticity that fits the song.
