The New Editors Single

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:08 pm

This is pure Bunnymen.....

Or is it just me.......?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQQ2gTkV-GM[/youtube]

by **fat cherry** » Wed May 08, 2013 3:39 pm

from the first nanosecond i'd say.

by **Voodoo Billy** » Wed May 08, 2013 3:54 pm

He could do with some hairspray and an overcoat, but otherwise you're right Jimbo.

by **the puppet** » Wed May 08, 2013 8:49 pm

Is that Les on bass? haha
thought i heard bits of "back of love" at times throughout.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Thu May 09, 2013 5:05 am

The first seconds do, but it needs speeding up slightly with a little spikey guitar riff in the chorus, get rid of the U2-esque "Desire, desire" bit and add The Cutter Shankar eastern strings. Dunno, might pass for a Noel Burke-fronted Bunnymen song.

by **walking in the rain** » Thu May 09, 2013 6:37 am

Very Bunnymen like, "Back Of Love" definately and the bass and speed of the track reminds me of one of the Electrafixion songs...Zephyr I think

by **kook** » Thu May 09, 2013 8:15 am

Wow! Totally! And much better than the stuff on their last album.

by **fat cherry** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:44 am

Jo Whiley played it last night and says at the end "and they are back... sounding a bit like echo and the bunnymen, back of love... maybe even an interpretation.... with a bit of U2 thrown in.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri May 10, 2013 4:55 am

One of the guest panelists (might have been Miles Hunt) on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable yesterday said something along the lines that their previous stuff was Tom Smith trying to do a bad impression of Ian Curtis and now he is doing a bad impression of Ian McNabb or Ian McCulloch. Muso journo Keith Cameron said the beginning sounds a bit like the original version of The Cutter without Shankar. I assume he meant Drop In The Ocean. They were scathing...

by **Voodoo Billy** » Fri May 10, 2013 5:30 am

fat cherry wrote:Jo Whiley played it last night

I hope you'll both be very happy together.

by **Kounelaki** » Fri May 10, 2013 5:55 am

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:One of the guest panelists (might have been Miles Hunt) on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable yesterday said something along the lines that their previous stuff was Tom Smith trying to do a bad impression of Ian Curtis and now he is doing a bad impression of Ian McNabb or Ian McCulloch. Muso journo Keith Cameron said the beginning sounds a bit like the original version of The Cutter without Shankar. I assume he meant Drop In The Ocean. They were scathing...

Slagged off by Miles Hunt. Oh the shame.

Just a few seconds of Bunnymen, then it's all U2.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri May 10, 2013 6:09 am

Have to agree with Miles Cunt. It's shit. The Back Room was promising as a poor man's British version of Interpol/Ian Curtis impressionist, but I can't watch them now without thinking of how the 2000s spawned loads of awful Coldplay type bands doing snoozy middle of the road guitar music. And they are still at it. Editors, go away.

by **fat cherry** » Fri May 10, 2013 6:21 am

Voodoo Billy wrote:I hope you'll both be very happy together.

wotcha talkin about VB? not sure that gag works. However, wouldn't mind a go.

by **withahip** » Fri May 10, 2013 1:05 pm

Good. Their Interpol/JD rip off got boring.

Also sounds like the guy from the National after a few espressos.

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Fri May 10, 2013 2:53 pm

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:One of the guest panelists (might have been Miles Hunt) on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable yesterday said something along the lines that their previous stuff was Tom Smith trying to do a bad impression of Ian Curtis and now he is doing a bad impression of Ian McNabb or Ian McCulloch. Muso journo Keith Cameron said the beginning sounds a bit like the original version of The Cutter without Shankar. I assume he meant Drop In The Ocean. They were scathing...

Keith's a good lad and a massive Bunnymen fan...

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