New Album!!!

[TenNewPence]

Sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to this. There was a b side around the Flowers period which was a redone version of A Promise subtitled “lo-fi lullabye #1” that I really liked.
They said there would be more, they promised.

Found this on Amazon "B Sides and Live 2001- 2005" a Cooking Vinyl MP3 with "A Promise Lo Fi Lullaby" and more

[Stuart]

You can cancel your Pledge order.

[Happy Death Man]

Nearly bought it yesterday then opted for Mick Head's 'Adios Senor Pussycat'. Mick doesn't rework old classics; he makes new ones.

[Dr Cheese]

In my experience it's very rare for reworked tracks to be better, or even as good, as the originals. Unless you live in Mac's head of course as I'm sure he'll declare these the best reworked tracks in the history of recorded music.

[Happy Death Man]

Exactly. You listen to it once and generally think well that's ok but I'll stick with the original. Giving the bunnymen their due, the tracks from the first four albums are brilliant as they are. I wish they'd leave them alone and go and produce masterpiece no.5, although it is looking increasingly unlikely that that is ever going to happen. I lost hope after Siberia.

[fat cherry]

True Cheesey. But there's an EP of new stuff. Wonder he's rifling the reject list from 1990 that produced nothing lasts forever??

[black francis]

Shouldn’t this “new” record be called...

My “Indulgent” Kingdom by Ian McCulloch.

The truth right there. This is gonna be a trash can fire of an album.

[Mr.Sparkle]

So is there not a tracklist yet for this? I checked around online and found 15 tracks listed but no actual titles. Crazy that it's been 4 years since Meterorites came out, time is flying.

[fat cherry]

Isnt there supposed to be an EP of new stuff? Also, has anyone pointed out that a certain oceany named album already had strings and things on it. Wonder if they're just using vocals from long ago? Brilliant this, enjoy a good moan. Still think this is the idea of some naive exec who thinks he's found the perfect band for the orchestra treatment blissfully unaware there's nothing that can't be fucked up. Its a bunnymen thing apparently. Proxy with strings. Brill. Broke my neck with a drum machine and half a chord. Even better. Its the world thats wrong. Now, where was I?

[fat cherry]

Just seen thes brits winners list - they ought to get man of the moment stormzy in to do a bit of rapping. Or is that a bit populist (spice girks anyone). I reckon stormzy and mac would be besties in minutes.

[Mr. Brian]

I can't think of one example of a reworked song to be better than the original. The "A Promise" thing I cited was good but it was almost like a different song altogether vs adding strings or an updated sound. Bowie redid Fame as Fame 90 and it sucked. McCartney reworked some Beatles songs on Give My Regards to Broadstreet. Ugh. The Police did that with Don't Stand So Close to Me. Nope.
It seems like the main problem is that the over 40-year-old voice isn't like the 20 something voice that originally recorded it. Rock singers typically don't get better with age.

[black francis]

Rock singers typically don't get better with age.

Dave Vanian begs to differ

[Voodoo Billy]

Proxy with strings.

There's only one reworking of Proxy that might work, doing it through the medium of mime.

[crystal89]

Right here’s the set, sorry I mean track list

Rescue
Villiers Terrace
All that jazz
Zimbo
Over the wall
The cutter
Never stop
Killing moon
Seven seas
My kingdom
Ocean rain
Dancing horses
Lips
Bedbugs
Nothing lasts
Rust?


On another note, does anyone know why Mac’s voice changed so much from the end of his solo career in 1992/3 to the start of Electrafixion in 1994, and then on to the Bunnymen reforming in 1997?

[black francis]

On another note, does anyone know why Mac’s voice changed so much from the end of his solo career in 1992/3 to the start of Electrafixion in 1994, and then on to the Bunnymen reforming in 1997?