Is The Puppet being airbrushed out of Bunnymen history?

by **Scouser** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:33 am

Whats wrong with The Puppet? OK, it wasnt as good as Do It Clean but its a great track.

Yet it hasnt appeared on a compilation since Songs To Learn & Sing. Also, when the Crocodiles album was reissued The Puppet was again missing.

What has everyone got against it?

Reinstate The Puppet into Bunnymen history now!

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:01 am

Scouser wrote:Whats wrong with The Puppet? OK, it wasnt as good as Do It Clean but its a great track.

Yet it hasnt appeared on a compilation since Songs To Learn & Sing. Also, when the Crocodiles album was reissued The Puppet was again missing.

What has everyone got against it?

Reinstate The Puppet into Bunnymen history now!

Here Here, I do agree a great 3 minute pop classic....... !!!!!

I was at a Q&A years ago in Glasgow with Mac and someone asked about The Puppet, Mac slammed the track saying that both Will and himself hated it. He claimed it was written and recorded in a day to prevent Korova releasing Villiers Terrace as a single......

I really would love to hear it played live again, would be interesting to check how many times it actually has been played live.......

Jimbo

by **Mr. Brian** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:03 am

I love it. It has that cool diction thing he does when the accent is on the wrong syllable, you know... I'll practice my fall for practice makes perfect...

by **JackT** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:05 am

Yeah, The Puppet has always been one of my favorites. I think the first time I heard it was on "Urgh!".

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:07 am

On checking up, it looks like The Puppet was only played live about a dozen or so times at the end of 1980, seems to disappear from then onwards .....

Jimbo

by **moses (2)** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:38 am

admin wrote:.. I'll practice my fall for practice makes perfect...

I think that's the best bunny line

I think even Ian and Will underestimate how bloody good that song is

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:45 am

moses (2) wrote:I think that's the best bunny line

I like the line from "Clay" (another lost classic):

Am I the "shall" in po-ten-tial
Or am I the "suck" in "cess"

by **Dave Smith** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:36 am

Good song the Puppet.The Mighty Lemon Drops built a career on it.

by **Seven Seas** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:06 pm

Good song, classic. Why would it be fading away?

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:14 pm

It has been played since the 80s though! When the Bunnymen did that acoustic set at HMV in London in 2005, Mac introduced the next song as "The Puppet" and Will played a few chords of the intro and then stopped before launching into the next song. Okay, it wasn't the whole song, but atleast there was a snippet.

by **JackT** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:25 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:It has been played since the 80s though! When the Bunnymen did that acoustic set at HMV in London in 2005, Mac introduced the next song as "The Puppet" and Will played a few chords of the intro and then stopped before launching into the next song. Okay, it wasn't the whole song, but atleast there was a snippet.

I'm surprise they didn't reissue it as "The Snippet."

by **JackT** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:46 pm

Oh come on that was funny.

by **black francis** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:52 pm

No Jack that was a thread killer. And I should know.

by **JackT** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:54 pm

black francis wrote:No Jack that was a thread killer. And I should know.

If your intent was to hurt my feelings, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

by **black francis** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:00 pm

Is it too late to take it back? I never meant to hurt you.

Is The Puppet being airbrushed out of Bunnymen history?

Is The Puppet being airbrushed out of Bunnymen history?

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