Love for the Fountain...getting airplay at least once in LA

[DivaDiana77]

http://kroq.radio.com/2010/02/08/rodney ... -roq-2810/

[Mr. Brian]

Yeah and they have that big show lined up in LA! No wait, that was Sparks, NV.

[black francis]

Same thing

[JackT]

Let's just agree to call it the Greater Sparks/LA metropolitan area.

[DivaDiana77]

Fairly amusing after all of our rantings.

[black francis]

Here's a review from All Music that seems level headed

Review by J. Allen
Echo & the Bunnymen's latter-day career has become a classic example of the old "live by the sword, die by the sword" adage. If an album like The Fountain was released by a band with no history, or one with an unexceptional track record, it would likely be deemed a promising effort. But the Bunnymen blazed a burning path through the '80s, turning out some of the era's most original, unforgettable sonic statements, a looming legacy that gives them a lot to live up to. The Fountain is the fifth album the band has released since their '90s reunion, and there have been consistently diminishing returns from 1997's Evergreen on out. There's nothing overtly unpleasant on The Fountain, and it's not without its high points, either, like the Jesus & Mary Chain-ish "Proxy" with its sunny '60s pop melodies and churning guitars, the lambent, Richard Hawley-gone-poetic ballad "The Idolness of Gods," or the driving, direct stomp of "Do You Know Who I Am." The trouble is, even these songs seem to have had their edges sanded off — all the creepiness, grandeur, and left-field eccentricity that made the band's '80s albums classic has been replaced by a play-it-as-it-lays feel that puts the Bunnymen more on a par with the Brit-poppers they've influenced than anything else. Maybe it would be easier to give The Fountain the benefit of the doubt if it hadn't been preceded by four similar efforts, or if singer Ian McCulloch hadn't spent the band's entire career unabashedly proclaiming their genius and preeminence in the rock world, but that's a lot of "if" to work with.

[DivaDiana77]

Here's a review from All Music that seems level headed

Review by J. Allen
If an album like The Fountain was released by a band with no history, or one with an unexceptional track record, it would likely be deemed a promising effort. But the Bunnymen blazed a burning path through the '80s, turning out some of the era's most original, unforgettable sonic statements, a looming legacy that gives them a lot to live up to ... The trouble is, even these songs seem to have had their edges sanded off — all the creepiness, grandeur, and left-field eccentricity that made the band's '80s albums classic has been replaced.

This is key. It's just impossible to forget what they once were.

How is it that the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, and Aerosmith and Depeche Mode can/could keep going and keep making hit albums? Is the bravery and audacity they once had just too far gone? I liked Will's guitar work on Flowers.

[Mr. Brian]

How is it that the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, and Aerosmith and Depeche Mode can/could keep going and keep making hit albums?

Well for starters, they sold millions and millions of albums and singles early on then toured and toured and toured. That creates quite a fan base.

[black francis]

And I wouldn't hold up Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith as bands I'd want the Bunnymen to emulate.

[fat cherry]

Here's a review from All Music that seems level headed

Review by J. Allen
But the Bunnymen blazed a burning path through the '80s,

hmm, i think J. Allen may be looking at that 80s career trajectory through rose tinted glasses. Dont most people (youse americans that is) know the buns through that bit at the end of the lost boys and a handful through the grey album (an album described as....

..... an album so full of balls its practically full, rather than empty, of, well, balls, and definitely not empty at all

and a good deal fewer though these trailblazing albums? i.e., thats a fan's view. The general view is probably similar to around here..

... wow, bunnymen, are they still going???

is this some crappy internet site review?

[fat cherry]

but mr brian is correct. alll that hard work the buns did their best to avoid pays off. as does the hard work of staying together when you'd rather not. you reap what you sow and all that.

[withahip]

Here's a review from All Music that seems level headed

Review by J. Allen
If an album like The Fountain was released by a band with no history, or one with an unexceptional track record, it would likely be deemed a promising effort.

That is a nice way of saying it stinks.

[JackT]

ha .

[black francis]

The Killing Moon was my introduction to the band. Changed my life. The Lost Boys soundtrack and the Grey album not so much.

[tonywojo]

The Killing Moon was my introduction to the band. Changed my life. The Lost Boys soundtrack and the Grey album not so much.

i believe they had some impact on my life but its intangible.

km still the best track ever