What Was Your Bunnymen Gateway Album?

by **JackT** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:07 pm

Which album got you into The Bunnymen? Mine was Ocean Rain in 1984.

by **In The Margins** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:17 pm

Can you edit the poll to include Songs To Learn and Sing?

by **JackT** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:20 pm

In The Margins wrote:Can you edit the poll to include Songs To Learn and Sing?

Apparently not. You raise a good point; I could have put a "Misc. Compilation". What you could do is select the first real album you were inspired to get after STL&S. (Just use the standard S- 1798 and write in 'pizza' where it says 'machine gun'.)

by **black francis** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:25 pm

Songs to Learn and Sing but since it was the killing moon specifically I'll go with Ocean Rain

by **JackT** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:27 pm

Wow, two STL&S babies just in the first 3 responses.

by **withahip** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:27 pm

HUH - I got it around 85 or 86. I ws in junior high school. I don't know why I decided to buy it. Maybe saw the band name in a magazine article or heard a friend talk about them.

HUH scared the hell out of me. I tried to take it back. Thank goodness they wouldn't.

by **In The Margins** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:27 pm

JackT wrote:Apparently not. You raise a good point; I could have put a "Misc. Compilation". What you could do is select the first real album you were inspired to get after STL&S. (Just use the standard S- 1798 and write in 'pizza' where it says 'machine gun'.)

But Misc. Compilation wouldn't have worked. STL&S is very different from the 20 other compilations they've released.

by **JackT** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:29 pm

In The Margins wrote:But Misc. Compilation wouldn't have worked. STL&S is very different from the 20 other compilations they've released.

We would have made it work.

by **In The Margins** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:32 pm

I am unable to vote because my gateway album was STL&S.

However, I have posted on the Depeche Mode thread for the first time.

by **black francis** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:35 pm

In The Margins wrote:But Misc. Compilation wouldn't have worked. STL&S is very different from the 20 other compilations they've released.

It actually served a very useful purpose besides easy money.

by **Crystal Days** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:55 pm

Grey for me, I must be just that bit younger. :rolleyes:

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:36 pm

A late comer. Evergreen for me. The Bunnymen passed me by during the 1980s as a young whipper snapper. Robert Smith, Ian McCulloch and others appeared weird, and kids into those bands at school appeared to be usually equally weird (I knew very few, apart from a neighbour about circa 1981 who was into the Bunnymen and the Cure, and he used to dye his hair bright purple). These bands were not the in thing at all in my neck of the woods. Bands that I didn't mind in the early to mid-1980s were OMD, Blancmange, stuff like that. I vaguely remember seeing the Bunnymen Seven Seas video on TV and thought it was a bit gay (Mac dressed up and all that), so I steared clear of them.

Buying Evergreen and thinking half of the songs weren't that bad, I then bought one of those compliation thingies, caught up on their earlier (and more superior) 80s material, bought the complete albums and the rest is history.

by **black francis** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:02 pm

According to Jack the Seven Seas video is gayer than the volleyball scene from Top Gun AND Kelly McGillis.

by **Mr.Sparkle** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:40 pm

The Gray Album in the 90's. My older brother was/is into them. I actually thought Lost And Found was an awesome song! I guess it's kinda cool??

by **adders** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:34 am

Bought Crocodiles just before Heaven Up Here was released and couldn't believe how good they were. HUH just confirmed it.[/b]