Gregorian Chant

[tonywojo]

they did. its even on the live 'b' sides for the sister pain triple single. wow. those were the days when you could get a triple single - if thats not an oxymoron. though, for all those people who like to be strictly strict out there, they were electrafixion then, and not the buns. triple single. wow.

chez
ps edited for spellings purposes. still not too sure - you know when you look at a word and cant make your mind up?

hail the oxymoron user

[happy_loss]

do you have a reference for that? I always thought it was a sergeant thing. or maybe even a drummond thing. but most likely a sergeant thing. drummond was the cammo bloke wan't he? and julian thought it was for him. oops.

The Bunnymen book for the 80's, when they were still together (the name escapes me right now) stated that the chants were Pete's idea, I'm pretty sure. It's locked up in a storage locker on the other side of the world so I can't look it up right now, sorry.

[Mr. Brian]

The Bunnymen book for the 80's, when they were still together (the name escapes me right now) stated that the chants were Pete's idea, I'm pretty sure. It's locked up in a storage locker on the other side of the world so I can't look it up right now, sorry.

Never Stop?


In 2001 Will said it was his idea

http://www.terrascope.co.uk/MyBackPages ... rgeant.htm

Whose idea was it to play Gregorian chants before the Bunnymen came on stage?

Mine of course - I wanted the gigs to be a religious experience.

[Voodoo Billy]

Sure it wasn't one of Julian Cope's ideas?

[KillingMoon]

Only one of them knew the existence of Gregorian chants......besides

[withahip]

And then there was Enigma!

[DivaDiana77]

they did. its even on the live 'b' sides for the sister pain triple single. wow. those were the days when you could get a triple single - if thats not an oxymoron. though, for all those people who like to be strictly strict out there, they were electrafixion then, and not the buns. triple single. wow.

chez
ps edited for spellings purposes. still not too sure - you know when you look at a word and cant make your mind up?

Oh, now a triple single just doesn't have the pull for them, but some of the indie bands are doing it out here and the cool kids and hipsters snap it up in vinyl.

[fat cherry]

Tony Fletcher in Never Stop says

Life at Downside [Pete's school] meant Mass at seven every morning, listening to the type of Gregorian chants that Will Sergeant would later use as intro tapes for the Bunnymen's stage shows.

so he seems to be making a connection that may, but probably doesn't exist.

[DivaDiana77]

Perhaps it's part conjecture.

Pete came from a large Catholic family, yes, but this was post Vatican 2 when catholics began hearing the mass said in their native language instead of all Latin.

But, because Pete also came from a very musical family, it seems believable.

[fat cherry]

well it never says, so probably part, whatever you said. there could have been the conversation over a cuppa one evening in the bunnymen flat and thern will had this brillian idea. DId you mean that? ANyone know when they first used it?