Talk:Echo & the Bunnymen

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Contents 1 World Cup song with Spice Girls? 2 Contradictory story needs reference 2.1 Text cut 3 re "Songs to Learn and Sing" 4 World Cup Song 5 Introduction 6 Under the Milky Way Tonight 7 Discography 8 Logo 9 Bill Drummond 10 Villiers Terrace.com 11 Reassessment Request 12 References

[edit] World Cup song with Spice Girls?

Doesn't seem to get a mention... embaressing it might be but it should be mentioned. --kingboyk 13:43, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradictory story needs reference

This contradicts what we have referenced from a book. Does anybody have a reference for it? Jkelly 04:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Text cut

It is an often reported myth that "Echo" was the drum machine although McCulloch has referred in past tense to the drum machine as Echo. The drum machine that was used was a Korg Minipops Junior.

Will Sergeant made the "Echo" thing up and explains how the "Bunnymen" came to be:

The pair (Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant) met in Liverpool as teenagers in 1978. As the story goes, the group consisted of only the two young musicians and a drum machine named Echo, which allegedly inspired the band's unusual name.

"Yeah, that story is rubbish," Sergeant said. "We used to tell the press we got the name from the drum machine, but that was just to shut people up, you know?" We just wanted a name that was completely different, and Echo was just a word we liked," he said. "Now, Bunnymen, there was an idea behind that, of these weird, spirit, bunny things that, like, existed only in folklore. There's one on the cover of our first single, 'Pictures on My Wall.' "

Then you have to acknowledge the contradiction. WesleyDodds 10:23, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

We would, if we had a reliable source for the above. But we don't know where that Sergeant quote came from. Jkelly 16:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Let me check, I think it was referenced in Turquois Days by Chris Adams. 199.30.0.49 21:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC) Debbi

[edit] re "Songs to Learn and Sing"

I seem to remember that the early issues of this (vinyl) compilation came with a songbook - with guitar tabs and lyrics, etc. - in keeping with the album title. Can anyone else recall this? It may be interesting enough to go into the article, if it can be proven. LessHeard vanU 21:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World Cup Song

Since only McCulloch was involved in this from the Bunnymen, it doesn't really belong here. It's covered in the Ian McCulloch article. The record was poor, but to state that it was "universally unpopular" is wrong since it was popular enough to make the top 10. The detail about Baddiel and Skinner/The Lightning Seeds record also doesn't belong here - it's nothing to do with Echo and The Bunnymen.--Michig 07:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC) The detail about Three Lions really belongs in the Three Lions article.--Michig 08:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

I've done some work on the introduction, and removed "originally as part of the English neopsychedelic movement of that time period", as it is meaningless. --Sparklism 21:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Under the Milky Way Tonight

I have an mp3 of Echo performing this song, but it's credited to Kill Hannah everywhere I've looked. I can't even find that they covered it on allmusic.com

does anyone know anything about this? it's a terrific song.

it is similar to echo and the bunnymen's sound but it is actually by "The Church"

[edit] Discography

The discography section is now almost half of the article - how about an Echo & the Bunnymen discography page, with just the main studio albums included here? Thanks sparkl_!sm ^talk 20:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

Is there any way to change the logo on the top of the picture in the infobox? That logo was used when only half of the people shown in the picture were continuing on as Echo & the Bunnymen, after Mac quit and after Pete's death. Bunnygod888 02:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Drummond

Theres absolutely no mention of Bill Drummond. He was their reluctant manager until 84/85. Shouldnt this be remedied somehow? Chadwholovedme 01:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Villiers Terrace.com

The link for Villiers Terrace.com in the external links section contains the term "The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Resource". This is not NPOV, it is what the website is called. --JD554 (talk) 13:56, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reassessment Request

This has gone beyond "Start" class. Surely it should be reassessed to "B". Covers everything at some level and has a full discography article backing it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rep07 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

I've added a few refs (and have loads more). They're not in the correct format. 'cos I don't know how.. I'd be grateful if someone could tidy them up. Cheers sparkl_!sm ^hey! 20:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Not all of them were necessary, they only really need to be used for contentious information, direct quotes or statistical facts. The rest I've reformated so the show the necessary informtion. --JD554 (talk) 21:00, 23 May 2008 (UTC)