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Echo & the Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
Album: Songs To Learn And Sing
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Released: 1985
Length: 5:37
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Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la
La la la la la

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him

La la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

La la la la la
La la la la
La la la la la
La la la
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I get what you are saying. A certain perspective could render that pretty disturbing. I don't read it that way. The last line "you *give* yourself" implies consent. She is not being taken. She is giving. Desire is complicated. If you even read it as man/woman. It's somewhat dark, but doesn't cross the line to disturbing for me.

 AhhtheMusic wrote:

I always loved this "tune", but listening to it closely, it is really disgusting.  Along with the dark sound (which I always liked) the words are 

Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

That is not cool.  I have removed this from one of my favorites to "hate".  Its creepy and disturbing.






Posted 1 week ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
saw these lads in 81 down in New Orleans. Old Man Rivers. Anyone remember that spot?
Posted 5 months ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

Such a great track and still sounds good upon every listen.✌️



But sounds best on cassette!
Posted 6 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
Big blast from the past, back when I was much too busy living this to listen to the lyrics. 
Posted 7 months ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:


So I guess "Under My Thumb" is on your naughty list too.



Posted 8 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Such a great track and still sounds good upon every listen.✌️
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

I always loved this "tune", but listening to it closely, it is really disgusting.  Along with the dark sound (which I always liked) the words are 

Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

That is not cool.  I have removed this from one of my favorites to "hate".  Its creepy and disturbing.






So I guess "Under My Thumb" is on your naughty list too.
Posted 2 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

I always loved this "tune", but listening to it closely, it is really disgusting.  Along with the dark sound (which I always liked) the words are 

Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

That is not cool.  I have removed this from one of my favorites to "hate".  Its creepy and disturbing.





I think you are too precious and fragile.
There is far worse written.
Posted 3 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

I always loved this "tune", but listening to it closely, it is really disgusting.  Along with the dark sound (which I always liked) the words are 

Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

That is not cool.  I have removed this from one of my favorites to "hate".  Its creepy and disturbing.





I think may be reading it too literally. The songwriter says its about pre-destiny and everything in life. The "he" in this song is probably more representative of God than a man.
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
I always loved this "tune", but listening to it closely, it is really disgusting.  Along with the dark sound (which I always liked) the words are 

Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

That is not cool.  I have removed this from one of my favorites to "hate".  Its creepy and disturbing.




Posted 3 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
I'm always very excited when I hear the intro, but once the singer starts I lose interest. This song has a really fantastic sound, but the vocal melody just isn't for me. It's a line that walks back and forth, with a lot of emphasis but never treading any new ground, a bit like it was a prisoner in a cell.

It makes me feel desolate, which a lot of music manages, but also repressed, so there's none of the joy or satisfaction you usally get out of it with other songs. (Maybe that was actually the intention?)

In the solo break in the middle, I can imagine a little bit what the song could have been.
Posted 4 years ago by tichy    [ Reply ]
 GoodKarm wrote:


I've walked into a cool surf shop in Hawaii, had RP in the air... and a little treasure shop on Salt Spring Island BC also playing it there.   I want to hear beloved RADIOPARADISE everywhere!!!    Love From Ottawa...   123K  (must admit, I rated this one particular song Sucko Barfo though... a rare move on my part... sorry bunnymen!)
 
Yay for Ottawa. It's where I discovered RP, before moving to the U S of A a few years ago, literally a couple hour's drive from Paradise, CA. I gave this one a 7 since I remember it when it came out and have liked it ever since, though it still sounds a bit over-wrought, but nothing like Hunger Strike that just got played next, ooof. PSE...
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
cool
Posted 4 years ago by chrisjmutch    [ Reply ]
This is nice and everything, but what the world needs right now is a nice, old-fashion The Smiths singalong. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Good,  but I like Pavement's version more,...
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
There was a game show in the 90s like pictionary, and the answer was Echo and the Bunnymen.  No one playing the game knew what that meant. They tried to draw it any way
Posted 5 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
I saw them earlier in 2019 at a very small venue in Detroit; great energy
Posted 5 years ago by chuck.b.meyers    [ Reply ]
 Fin85 wrote:
Just stumbled across radio paradise in an English country pub - awesome! ☺🍺☺ Echo & the Bunnymen takes me back... loving the blues/rock/world mix ☺☺
 

I've walked into a cool surf shop in Hawaii, had RP in the air... and a little treasure shop on Salt Spring Island BC also playing it there.   I want to hear beloved RADIOPARADISE everywhere!!!    Love From Ottawa...   123K  (must admit, I rated this one particular song Sucko Barfo though... a rare move on my part... sorry bunnymen!)
Posted 5 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
A rare triple-10 for me with this song.

The Cinematic Orchestra, To Build a Home
Simon & Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair
Echo & The Bunnymen, The Killing Moon

How I do love RP...
Posted 5 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
A profound Chicken~Skin Giver of a tune ; >
Posted 5 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
used in Billions recently too - great tune.
Posted 6 years ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
Grosse Pointe Blank & Donnie Darko, two of my favorite movies!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Also on the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack   {#Smile}
Posted 6 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Although I was in college when this came out, this song is now stuck in my mind as part of the Donnie Darko soundtrack.
Posted 6 years ago by NotShakespeare    [ Reply ]
One of the most original bands and sounds of their era, and among Liverpool’s finest. This song is cinematic and endlessly interesting. Even some of their more recent albums continue to be worthwhile. I particularly dig “Siberia.”
Posted 6 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Nobody said there aren't bunnywomen too; this just isn't them.
Posted 6 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
 javelipix wrote:
Is it just me or is this Radiohead, the prequel?

 
It's just you.


Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Brilliant  {#Clap}

ziggytrix wrote:
FEET. UP AGAINST YOUR WHEEL.


 


Posted 6 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


{#Stop}

This is tableau noir perfection, dark dreams finding voice. Radiohead is mostly cross-eyed navel-gazing warble-angst. 
 
AHHHHH!    "Warble-angst"   {#Clap}  (E+Bm Super)
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I am outraged by the term Bunnymen.
Bunnypersons would be far less offensive.

 
Don't go down that rabbit hole!
Posted 7 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
FEET. UP AGAINST YOUR WHEEL.

Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 javelipix wrote:
Is it just me or is this Radiohead, the prequel?

 
For a start, this man has a VOICE. Not thinly pitiful moaning and squeaking like Yorke guy.
Posted 7 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 javelipix wrote:
Is it just me or is this Radiohead, the prequel?

 

{#Stop}

This is tableau noir perfection, dark dreams finding voice. Radiohead is mostly cross-eyed navel-gazing warble-angst. 

Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate} love da bunnies !
Posted 7 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
I am outraged by the term Bunnymen.
Bunnypersons would be far less offensive.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Love the Bunnies
Posted 7 years ago by Ishwara    [ Reply ]
Is it just me or is this Radiohead, the prequel?
Posted 7 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
not for everybody but I've loved this from the first moment hearing it (on WLIR back in the 80's   : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
this band mattered
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Trippy as hell, wicked as sin; party with abandon till the whole shit-house goes up in flames, all right, all right, all right...
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Still great live if you get a chance - GO - while you still can.
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 fgraver wrote:
My favourite song when I was 17, and every time I hear it I feel 17 again.
 
Def one of my favs.....def brings me back to a time.... "what was her name again?..."
Posted 8 years ago by thecdar    [ Reply ]
Where is Donnie?
Posted 8 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
the other lads from Liverpool
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
A rarity - 30+ years on - a song that actually gets better with age.
Posted 8 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
These guys are great.  They have put some good albums in this century also.
Posted 8 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]
My favourite song when I was 17, and every time I hear it I feel 17 again.
Posted 8 years ago by fgraver    [ Reply ]
Ha, my youth was cool, and I thought I was the coolest guy on earth. {#Laughing} {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by elutz    [ Reply ]
 oppositelock wrote:
Still a 10

 
Ha, I was going to say that but I already did.  ;)
Lost the damn CD a while back.  Need to buy another one. 
Posted 8 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
Still a 10
Posted 8 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
{#Crown}
Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
   l wait until you'll take me.
 So you'll give yourself to me.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
David R.I.P.
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Cover reminds me of Olsen Gang
Olsen Gang (Danish movie characters)
and Material's compilation cover
Material - Secret Life 
Posted 8 years ago by modest_mouse    [ Reply ]
Just stumbled across radio paradise in an English country pub - awesome! ☺🍺☺ Echo & the Bunnymen takes me back... loving the blues/rock/world mix ☺☺
Posted 8 years ago by Fin85    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Some songs get overplayed when they first arrive. 

 
This song surely was NOT getting played anywhere on the airwaves in my vicinity 30 years ago, let alone "overplayed".

But we sure got a heavy dose of The Outfield & a-ha in the Midwest.
Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
keep hearing REM Man on the moon in there
Posted 9 years ago by telly    [ Reply ]
This pairs well with Woodkid.  Time to throw Bill & Rebecca some $'s.  {#Notworthy}
Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
isn't that fredriley's Chesire cat smile on the album cover?  love this 
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

The singer's an awful pretentious ponce. Undoubtedly the lyrics have some gnomic I-know-not-what meaning that may be comprehensible to Buddhist monks living at the top of some isolated peak in the Himalayas - for a bit more info, see this article in the UK Guardian, in which Mr Modesty claims "I’ve always said that The Killing Moon is the greatest song ever written", a quote which got him a deserved mention in Private Eye's Pseuds Corner.

Best ignore the lyrics and yer man's ponceyness, and just enjoy the music. This song was a guaranteed floor-filler at alternative discos back in the 80s.

 
Oh, Fred, you're such a caution.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:
Under Blue Moon


 


Posted 9 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
Can anyone explain the lyrics?  I have the basic gist, but don't think I quite grasp the full meaning.  When Ian says "him" in the refrain, is he referring to himself in the third person?   

 
The singer's an awful pretentious ponce. Undoubtedly the lyrics have some gnomic I-know-not-what meaning that may be comprehensible to Buddhist monks living at the top of some isolated peak in the Himalayas - for a bit more info, see this article in the UK Guardian, in which Mr Modesty claims "I’ve always said that The Killing Moon is the greatest song ever written", a quote which got him a deserved mention in Private Eye's Pseuds Corner.

Best ignore the lyrics and yer man's ponceyness, and just enjoy the music. This song was a guaranteed floor-filler at alternative discos back in the 80s.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Some songs get overplayed when they first arrive. Years later it still seems this has been play 4 times this morning.

Maybe I can appreciate this in 5 more years...

This is not only song I have burn-out issues.  It's my problem, I'll deal with it.
 
This song always seemed overplayed to me...never cared for it In the first place :(
Posted 9 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent kcar!  Thanks for that!!!  (I'm a stodgy atheist who checks horoscopes and watches for ufo's and Joan of Arc level heroes, and also creates artwork on half-awake dreams : )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
Can anyone explain the lyrics?  I have the basic gist, but don't think I quite grasp the full meaning.  When Ian says "him" in the refrain, is he referring to himself in the third person?   

 
Ian gives it a go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Moon#Lyrics

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 your will" in mind. In a 2015 interview McCulloch said: "I love (the song) all the more because I didn’t pore over it for days on end. One morning, I just sat bolt upright in bed with this line in my head: 'Fate up against your will. Through the thick and thin. He will wait until you give yourself to him.' You don’t dream things like that and remember them. That’s why I’ve always half credited the lyric to God. It’s never happened before or since". McCulloch attributed the use of astronomical imagery in the song to a childhood interest in space. 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Can anyone explain the lyrics?  I have the basic gist, but don't think I quite grasp the full meaning.  When Ian says "him" in the refrain, is he referring to himself in the third person?   
Posted 9 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Wonderful
Posted 9 years ago by forestcowboy    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}Time machine
Posted 9 years ago by Julietre    [ Reply ]
Some songs get overplayed when they first arrive. Years later it still seems this has been play 4 times this morning.

Maybe I can appreciate this in 5 more years...

This is not only song I have burn-out issues.  It's my problem, I'll deal with it.

Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]

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Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...  we be dancing cross-eyed and buck naked like Willy Shakes...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...

 
What is "LOVE SEX", Laza, my Russ...?

Never heard of such a thing and doubt it exists! 
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...  we be dancing cross-eyed and buck naked like Willy Shakes...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Echoing my days in the East Village....  we loved these guys then.  I still do.
Posted 10 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
  Top stuff  {#Wave}
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Saw them LAST night in Chicago - great show - still got it!  However would have liked more from Heaven Up Here and Porcupine.....  Did a cover of The Doors "People are Strange," and did this tune also.  Only 3 tracks I think from the new album which was surprising - and they were great!

 
Damn!  Sorry I missed that one.  It's not too often Ian Mac shows up withing an hour of my humble abode.  Looks like they covered ALMOST all of the bases I'd be interested in.

Here's the set list list you saw (and i didn't):


Meteorites
 
Rescue
 
Do It Clean
 
Never Stop
 
People Are Strange
(The Doors cover)
Seven Seas
 
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
 
Holy Moses
 
All My Colours
 
Over the Wall
 
Constantinople
 
All That Jazz
 
Bring On the Dancing Horses
 
The Killing Moon
 
The Cutter
 
Encore:
Nothing Lasts Forever / Walk on the Wild Side / Don't Let Me Down / In the Midnight Hour
 
Lips Like Sugar
 
Encore 2:
Ocean Rain


P.S.-"Do It Clean" RULES!

P.S.S.-Where the hell was "Silver" and/or "The Back of Love"?





Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Saw them LAST night in Chicago - great show - still got it!  However would have liked more from Heaven Up Here and Porcupine.....  Did a cover of The Doors "People are Strange," and did this tune also.  Only 3 tracks I think from the new album which was surprising - and they were great!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Saw them last year in Bournemouth, great and magic like this song...
Posted 10 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
 xnavy wrote:
What kind of church do you go to??
 
I have a mushrooming multitude of churches now...  we be dancing buck ass naked...  love this song...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 {#Roflol}moodfood wrote:
they ain't quite got that Abbey Road crosswalk thing down on the cover..

 


Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
they ain't quite got that Abbey Road crosswalk thing down on the cover..
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 bushrat wrote:


good cover but it reminded me of why pavement doesn't work for me, the voice

 
Yeah, I checked that song out too. Arggh. Pavement does a garage band version and that singer's lucky to be even in the garage. 

This is my fave E&tB song. Very moody, noirish and fatalistic. Makes me understand why teens loved the Twilight movies.  
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}  Wonderful Stuff   8 >>>>>> Godlike 
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}{#Fire}   This song is on fire!
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Ahhh...the band U2 never was.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
REALLY nice segues Bill!  RH Codex to Scarborough Fair to this.....that flowed VERY nicely! {#Clap}
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

 

What kind of church do you go to??
Posted 11 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:

I VOTED FOR THAT BOZO TWICE AS HE IS SANER THAT A NWET MIT, HE IS STILL A LYING OPERTUNIST AS ARE ALL POLS and has destroyed what was left of our BILL OF RIGHTS and our CONSTITION. then again what would YOU do with a gun on your childs head? Way past time to prosecute the TREASONIST Bush Klan.......

Holy smoke. I'm probably in agreement with this if I took the time to sift through it. But I just came on to say I like this song (quite). Good segue after Woodkid.
Posted 11 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:

I VOTED FOR THAT BOZO TWICE AS HE IS SANER THAT A NWET MIT, HE IS STILL A LYING OPERTUNIST AS ARE ALL POLS and has destroyed what was left of our BILL OF RIGHTS and our CONSTITION. then again what would YOU do with a gun on your childs head? Way past time to prosecute the TREASONIST Bush Klan.......

  Holy smoke. I'm probably in agreement with this if I took the time to sift through it. But I just came on to say I like this song (quite). Good segue after Woodkid.
Posted 11 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
 mediamarv wrote:

What total nonsense. Go peddle your winger prattle elsewhere.

 
I VOTED FOR THAT BOZO TWICE AS HE IS SANER THAT A NWET MIT, HE IS STILL A LYING OPERTUNIST AS ARE ALL POLS and has destroyed what was left of our BILL OF RIGHTS and our CONSTITION. then again what would YOU do with a gun on your childs head? Way past time to prosecute the TREASONIST Bush Klan.......
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 11 years ago by muzikbrazil    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

marvelous...  love this song...

Obama’s war on journalism

Perhaps most troubling? The president is being aided by a cadre of Benedict Arnolds within the media itself...


Obama's war on journalism

 



 
What total nonsense. Go peddle your winger prattle elsewhere.
Posted 11 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
still gets me singing in my bad english-accent baritone, trying in a half-assed way to match the lyrics, can't help it...love E&Bmen more then I really need to, but you know, right?   
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love this song...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Under Blue Moon



Posted 11 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Fantastic song. Shame about the end - he's spinning it too far... Still at least a 9.
Posted 11 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
not ready to close to 10 but I just bumped it from an 8 to a 9.
 
Same here. It might become a 10 played at the right time.
Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Love these guys...
Posted 11 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Like no other, simply excellent. The more you listen to this song (and other Bunnymen tunes) the better they get. More please Bill.{#Angel}
Posted 11 years ago by ianpreston    [ Reply ]
This might be my favorite 80's song.
Posted 11 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
 subgyro wrote:

Everybody in my head loves this song...
 

You must have a big head!

Everybody in my church be dancing...  love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 
Everybody in my head loves this song...
Posted 11 years ago by subgyro    [ Reply ]
I used to have a killing moon and now its just a saggy shameful impersonation of its former self.
Posted 11 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
The beginning of this song gives me deep shivers...just the excitement and anticipation of it. I love the high piano notes....and what a great singer.
Posted 11 years ago by DarceySuzanne    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Still sounds good today....
Posted 11 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 VV wrote:
Bill, you really crapped the bed with the selection of this one at this date and time.
 

We're still here...
Posted 11 years ago by justsomeone    [ Reply ]
Bill, you really crapped the bed with the selection of this one at this date and time.
Posted 11 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
I don't think this is appropriate. Lyrics with "killing time"? C'mon... Silence the radio for a few moments out of respect instead of playing this song.
Posted 11 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
Timing for this is poor, or at least in bad taste .....   9:30 EST ... one week later
Posted 11 years ago by ktirko    [ Reply ]
not ready to close to 10 but I just bumped it from an 8 to a 9.
Posted 12 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Had to check and make sure I had given this a 10. I had. What a great song that has lasted, it came from an epochal era of my life.
Posted 12 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Who told this guy he was a lyricist, his Mom?
 
no, he's deaf.
Posted 12 years ago by finoufk    [ Reply ]
its the album cover that completes my brain's ride to Beckettville, looking like a wide-pants group doing Waiting for Godot

do love them alot 
Posted 12 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
always and consistently one of my 80's faves...along with fine young cannibals.  
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
Who told this guy he was a lyricist, his Mom?
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
A great cover of this song by Pavement...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpnjuYhcH7U

I'm not a huge Pavement fan, but sometimes they hit it out of the park like they did with this one.  It's a little bit harder and the guy isn't as good of a vocalist, but it's a really fun song.

Damn, I love having a wife with good taste in music.  This is one that she introduced me to.

 
 

good cover but it reminded me of why pavement doesn't work for me, the voice
Posted 12 years ago by bushrat    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Terrible song! At least it was not top 40 and I have never heard it before though, so it's all good!{#Wave}
 

It's probably the clangiest song there ever was, clang was something they were good at.   This one requires many listens, though.  You'll like it with repeated listens. Trust me.  I know hearing a song more than once poses major issues for you though.  If you, sirdroseph, don't like something the first listen, then you never give it another chance!!!!  Really, you'd like this CD.   This song sounds too jarring at first, I know. 
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
A great cover of this song by Pavement...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpnjuYhcH7U

I'm not a huge Pavement fan, but sometimes they hit it out of the park like they did with this one.  It's a little bit harder and the guy isn't as good of a vocalist, but it's a really fun song.

Damn, I love having a wife with good taste in music.  This is one that she introduced me to.

 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]