@@Arkskii-gf03I think the music, movies, tv shows and Nintendo were awesome. There was enough entertainment but not as overwhelming as it is today. Just the right balance. People have shorter attention spans, today, because of it.
This song reminds me of my younger days in cruising areas in the 90s. I'm almost 50 now and lived so much and learned so much. This song is like a poem to all those souls and lovers which find refuge in the night. I love this song because of that. ❤
65 love the 80's. i listen to hard rock and metal more back then. really liked the music then, appreciated it even more now the new wave made great music! now you have to listen to under ground music to get good music
Wait until you realize there's more to it than english or american music. Ex-yugoslavian music in 80's and 90's, which is better quality than anything in the west by a long shot, will have you spent a lifetime discovering it and you still won't discover it all.
And deep transgressive lyrics, now you really don't need much English to understand the song, back then Souixies', Cure's, Crowded House's and many others LP sleeves were my textbook)))
This is the “One Song” that changed everything for me and further opened up my world to a new musical genre I hadn’t yet fully experienced. When I first heard it, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I instantly sat down on the carpeted floor of my bedroom with my transistor radio as I listened completely mesmerized and enthralled. It was the early 1980s. I was 14 at the time. Currently, 55 and going to see them (again) in Detroit in a couple weeks!✨
You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's.........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!
@@negadorjolene2979 I know what you mean bud. But the beauty you have is that you can rewind and listen to these tunes and suddenly be transported back to that time and see it through your eyes
@@Paris__i concure + very sweet. Just True. May we just imagine, so many things to hear for the first time & repeat play their faves. My gosh. So many full album experiences to be had! As we can hear for the first time only happens Once. I envy That. Enjoy, Everyone. I mean, my best girlfriends in HS with older siblings passed down to us pure gold. Ha, all the bands made albums that were in themselves complete performances. Ok I'll stop, too excited. 😬😁
It’s very scary how fast it really goes. When you get older nothings new and routines suck the meaning out of life. The only good thing, If your conscientious enough, is you learn to appreciate every moment of life and are grateful. When I was young I didn’t give a shit and knew I had time. One day you wake up and realize how much time is behind you. Love every minute with your family and friends because the clock ticks regardless and you can never go back.
@@SkuStyle Good heavens. No, it isn't. Where on earth did you get that from? Are you American? They seem to be the ones hyperfixated on Satanic sacrifice for some bizarre reason.
I know exactly what you mean, I'm 68, my husband was a guitarist in band in the 70 , he passed on awhile back, but I listen to all the music from 70,80,90 , and most of the music the band played them at clubs, this is one of them , so many memories.
This song, bittersweet memories of the 80's, the angst of being a teenager, the clothes, the hairstyle, the youth club disco on a Friday night, the girls, the lads, the unbearable pain of wanting to be older, to explore the world - don't wait, do it or regret forever.
The soundtrack of my youth… along with The Cure, The Smiths, INXS, Depeche Mode and The Talking Heads, etc… There’s no music today that can compare with it, which makes me grateful that both of my millennial daughters love my music too! Its made road trips much more peaceful, lol!
This song is the feeling you get when you're at a house party on a beautiful summer night, and see your major, unattainable crush. I'm 61 now and remember the feeling like it happened last night.
I'm into my 70's now. Seen and heard pretty much every genre the music world has thrown at me from early rock'n'roll, right through to the EDM of today... and nothing holds a candle to the sheer melodic, intelligent, innovative genius of '80's British Indy. The definition of cool
I couldn't agree more. Started high school in 1980 MTV came out 1980. What a decade. For music, love and everything in between.❤❤❤❤ Nothing but love for the 80s.
I"m 65 and grew up loving music from a very early age. In the 70's I thought the hard rock of Zeppelin and Black Sabbath was the best there was. Then the 80's came around and one night driving home I heard Your Silent Face by New Order and I was shook to my core at how good it was and how much I liked it. From that night on my tastes changed and I still feel the same way today as I did that night when I hear the great music from the 80's.
My brother really liked Echo & The Bunnymen, he also liked other bands, of course, but The Killing Moon is the song that I keep hearing in my head for the past week because today would be his anniversary. He died 33 years ago at 18, and it affected me profoundly. But it's funny to know, only now, that this was released one day before his anniversary. That's a very nice concidence. Thanks.
My husband bought this on 12" vinyl. He has alzheimer's and he cannot remember it at all. I love it now, even more. It breaks my heart he can't remember.
If he can remember some of it...let him have that pleasure. I know that caring for him , and observing the decline- is a difficult task. While you have the chance, pour on the TLC. You will be so glad you did. ( I lost my husband in January). God be with you, Suzanne.
My nan has Alzheimers and it kills me that she has no idea who I am, I'm sure it is a drop in the ocean compared to what you must feel with your husband being afflicted. All the best Suzanne. - Monk
Haber sido adolescente en los 80's es una bendición. Tantos y extraordinarios géneros musicales, tantas bandas geniales. Y no lo fueron por casualidad, fue una explosión creativa, en sus letras, melodías y hasta modas. Cuanto extraño esa época.
@@JacquiCryer No, they were not a one hit wonder over here either. I think the OP must have listened to other radio stations, or maybe was more of a country fan. I love them!
That's because the music and the vocals were raw and natural back then. Now everything is overproduced and smothered with effects. Fake instruments have taken place of real ones and anyone with a pretty face can be a signed singer now, regardless of their singing ability. It's all about money now, which is sad because bands like Echo and the Bunnymen are the REAL artists. I've met amazing musicians who will never be heard because of the shallowness of the music industry. I don't like to be a negative Nancy but it is so true and as a musician myself, it is frustrating. I'm glad when I see others like yourself who acknowledge that music has changed because it makes me feel a little saner :)
This is one of those rare songs that actually makes you forget where you are physically, and you just get lost in the lyrics and the music and you're transported to another world. Who needs drugs when you can listen to music this great.
Interesting you say this song transports you to another world. That is what appears to happen to the ship in the TV show 1899 as this very song is playing in the background
Being a 80's kid this song brings back wonderful memories of being in High school and trying to find your self. Flash forward 2023 a young man comes into the store I work at wearing a Echo and the Bunnymen tee shirt. I said to him great shirt. He said thank you my Dad gave it to me. Oh how old I felt,
I'm from today's younger generation, and my dad has always played tons of 80's bands music like The Smiths, The Cure, The Police, Tears For Fears, etc. and I really find myself resonating with that era of music. I love how magical and otherworldly it feels, and it reminds me of a lot of good memories. Echo & The Bunnymen captures that vibe, and I really love their music because of that. This song is a banger 🔥
That's happened to me too. A teenage girl that I worked with wore a Police concert T-shirt one day and I told her how cool that was that she liked the band. Then she told me that it was her mom's shirt, she didn't even know who the Police were. Yep...old.
Heard this song for the first time since 1984 while I was doing my laundry yesterday listening to Alternative 80s from UK and it just took me back to when I was 16 years old Young free had the whole world ahead of me. And now I'm old,fat, and sitting in a dog park with my pug in Tucson Arizona looking at mountains. Beautiful day today. Love That 80's music though. Good times good times
Anne Kale hell nah, your doing great. I love Tucson, always look at the positive and enjoy life and remember that everyone else is doing miserably just hiding it.
I bought this on a $1 cassette when I was a US Sailor visiting Hong Kong, 1984 or so. I listened to a few tapes for months at seas, and I loved this one. Still listening in 2022!
i was on board the USS Essex CVS9 1964 heading to the UK at that time Eric Burdon had a hit " house of the rising sun" every time i hear that song im back on the ship. just think we were heading to the UK 1964 the british invasion was in full swing to say the lease we had a blast there
Got my first Echo and the Bunnymen album from the Navy exchange at NAS Sigonella in 1980. Was lucky enough to see them twice when I was home on leave in New York City.
Without question to mine as well. I’m married to a Brit. I have asked him how a small country could produce so much amazing music as England has…then there’s Scotland Ireland and Wales…so much brilliance in music
I'm pretty certain this was my introduction to Echo back in 1987, when I was 19. 1987 was filled with introductions to groups like Echo, New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, and so much more. What a great decade for music.
The second this song starts I am 15 again….hanging out with friends, skipping school, going to parties…And blaring this song. Such great times that went by in a blink of an eye. I loved this song so much when it first came out; I still love it. But, I’ll never be able to hear it without being transported. Nostalgia is beautiful and bittersweet.
Some Feelings: We have a big something in common! Plus I LOVE your channel. I was my prim in Punk Rock bars (mostly dancing) in Chicago and NYC when this was out. I was only 10. LOL
You had to be there to understand it- I 100% get it- I’m not sure what it was as I cannot put my finger on it but were not the only ones that felt it- it was magical
Yes, it's an 80s classic. But I'm here to tell you in 1984 getting your teenage buddies to listen to this gem on the car's cassette player instead of freakin ZZ Top again was a losing proposition.
" you give yourself to him" I am 68 now and still remember the chills I got the first time I heard this song !( 1984) My brother just texted me - he is going to see them tonight.❤
Oh Katie you and me both… such good times for me in the 80s! The LA nightclubs were so much fun and it was safe to hang out with friends after dark back then. Good Times all around! 😎
In a parallel universe somewhere there's a 18yo me still listening to this in 1983 and wondering what tomorrow has in store for me, today I have my answer.
@@supernova2875 I was in a group house (visiting) in Lyneham. One of the girls there asked if I liked echo and the bunnymen, and she put this on. It was,tbh, one or two years after it came out.
@@mikeluke9404 // So true...but it was part of a line-up of songs a certain radio station where I grew up played on a regular basis...hearing one reminds me of another.
Lets remember the late drummer for Echo. Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas.. Performed on their first five albums.. Died in a motorcycle accident in 1989 at the age of 27. So very sad.. But his drumming lives on..
The mainstream isn't the centre of anyone's universe. The mainstream doesn't feel like this because not everyone is ready for it. I certainly wasn't at 14
@@traviswall1615 directors cut doesn't have it. I was like wtf is this shit this isn't DD. But apparently yeh they thought it was weird it was a british band and had some upbeat AOR crap instead. Its like taking 'the end' out of apocalypse now or 'thus spake zarathustra' from 2001 space odysee.
I'm 63 yrs old... I sometimes wake up with this song in my head!.. roll on my retirement!...I'm sick n tired of being a fuckin hamster on a rollacoaster ride of bullshit!... I just worry for my grand children's futures...I want them to grow up to be free...free of influence of life...Is that too much to ask?...
The golden age of British emo pop. Echo and the Bunnyben, The Cure, The Smiths. I always knew who the fans of this kind of music were at my highschool. Hair dyed black. Black trench coats. Heavy mascara. Doc Marten's Boots.
There was this club that my wife would attend every weekend in Toronto. It was called Nuts n Bolts. They played all this great 80's music. We've been together for 40 years, married for 37 this year. We still listen to these guys and every other great band from back then. Listening to this brings back all those great memories.
i was a young man when this came out , now 53 and still i love it , the smiths , sisters of mercy and the bunnymen , even now i live with there songs in my heart , its a great selection , and while no longer goth i still love the music of the era
I don't remember the term "Goth" being used that often in 1983 when this was released. I was all of 18 yrs old when "The killing Moon" came out. I'm not trying to be rude, please don't take offense. Just wondering where you lived at that time. I'm from New Orleans, LA. Sometimes it takes a while for a phrase or term to hit the south......lol. But there was nothing like growing up in the Big Easy. But I love hearing about how other places in the world referred to the music and culture of that time frame. For me, the music of the late 70's and 80's, is unmatched. The level of creativity and diversity that came from that time frame, is what gave the artists of today the freedom of expression. Don't get me wrong, the 50'and the 60's had their thing. But a lot of it all sounded very similar. But Echo and the Bunnymen are still one of my top 5 favorite bands of all times. I fell in love with Ian. Went to their concert one night, then saw Ian and the other band members the next night at the Psychedelic Furs concert. That list also includes The Psychedelic Furs, The The, The Ramones, David Bowie, The Smithereens and many others. I also like the hard core punk like the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, the Dead Kennedy's, Black Flag and more. I still listen to it all today. It never gets old....... Enjoy your day! Playem loud!!!!
@@tuomasholo Thank you, it's actually coming up shortly. I'll be 58 years young on 12/3. I always laugh and say that in my head I'm still young and thin.... Lol I may be growing older, but I never agreed to grow up!!!
+Lucas O'heyze Wait, what? That's most definitely a studio recording of Ian singing The Killing Moon. And yes, he has one of the best voices ever, to this day!
im not au fait with musical terminology so this will sound crude but to be _absolutely_ perfect for me the verses (the killing moon/time parts) could he a tad longer before dropping into the chorus(?) fate up against etc. though i am being somewhat pedantic, it is an all time great as it is
I was born in 97 and this song fills me with intense nostalgia for when I was young. How is that possible? It came out 13 years before I was even born. I guess it’s just the power of music
I was so enchanted by this song when I was a kid, waking up in the middle of the night and listening via earphones of my Sony Walkman cassette tape player while looking out of the window watching the half moon (first quarter) as it sets below the Western horizon, hehe.
Funny thing about the 80's is that with all the crazy hair and weird costumes the music became that safest thing ever. Not a lot of 70s or 90s playing in the elevator, but a lot of big hair 80s stuff made it into Muzak-ed elevator music and 80s night is as safe as it gets: no hatdcore rap, no heavy metal, no house. Still there was a lot of great stuff going on, but it's weird to think that all the hipster grandstanding going on back then would serve today's elevator music and office party DJs. (The Killing Moon notwithstanding, btw).
@@chewycenter7690 - At the time, I was into some of the more esoteric new wave music. Bands like Joy Division, The The, Eyeless in Gaza, The Felt, Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, Sonic Youth, Pere Ubu, etc. Echo, at the time, almost seemed pop. But, dear God, maybe it's just me, but they seem so much cooler now compared to what's currently out there. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those old fogies lamenting the past, but, damn, you people lost the mojo!
@@Timurlane100 Eyeless in Gaza? Name sounds familiar. Don't remember. The Felt? Not a clue. Could I put Mission of Burma in the same category as Echo and The Bunnymen? Loved them both, but EATB was cheaper to come by, so... As for today's music it's totally a different vibe. But I think that vibe plays to their environment and there's no turning back. I believe that a band of old fogies could come out and rock as hard a diamond and just bore the kids to tears and look kind of foolish in the process. Sonic Youth or Maroon 5, what's it gonna be? Elvis Costello or Ed Sheeran? The esoteric stuff was usually more atmospheric and created to either take the listener outside the box or into a new box. Killing Moon was definitely an outside the box song. Accessible but not formulaic. Today's music is meant to wallpaper the inside of the box--focus on mundane experiences and sound either 'professional' or fit a few recognizable vocal styles. The times they are a changin'.
62 and so thankful I lived my younger years at this time. It was magical!
Yep, me too...
Lmao no it wasn’t , the economy was bad not as bad as today , be honest if your from the 80s!
@@Arkskii-gf03Most of us were preteens or teenagers. So the economy was not much of a priority.
@@Arkskii-gf03I think the music, movies, tv shows and Nintendo were awesome. There was enough entertainment but not as overwhelming as it is today. Just the right balance. People have shorter attention spans, today, because of it.
Wow. You guys got old. Sepia tinted photos and all that.
You'll never hear anything like this masterpiece ever again. The 80s knew how to deliver the goods. 40 years later it still hits
New Wave! 🎛️📻🎚️ 🤏
ibiza - it's all 80s and early 90's dance tracks with a techo backbeat to make them sound modern. If you can't beat 'em join 'em i suppose.
This song reminds me of my younger days in cruising areas in the 90s. I'm almost 50 now and lived so much and learned so much. This song is like a poem to all those souls and lovers which find refuge in the night. I love this song because of that. ❤
44 yrs old and STILL discovering awesome 80's music! Absolutely incredible decade for music!!
65 love the 80's. i listen to hard rock and metal more back then. really liked the music then, appreciated it even more now the new wave made great music! now you have to listen to under ground music to get good music
I was born in 1989 and simply LOVe 80's music!
Wait until you realize there's more to it than english or american music. Ex-yugoslavian music in 80's and 90's, which is better quality than anything in the west by a long shot, will have you spent a lifetime discovering it and you still won't discover it all.
Same here. Just past year discovered Echo & the Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Smiths, Peter Murphy, Stone Roses, etc.
@@derbigpr500 Any recommendations on bands/artists we should listen to? Thanks
Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen were pure magic, their music is timeless and so rich of great tunes.
I like this song. But im more of a coil, throbbing gristle, psychic tv kinda fella
And deep transgressive lyrics, now you really don't need much English to understand the song, back then Souixies', Cure's, Crowded House's and many others LP sleeves were my textbook)))
@@nayrtnartsipacify Current 93 and Death in June too
Good taste Carl! The smiths were gods! You handsome devil.
cant forget The Cure
I remember listening to this when I was cycling in the early morning and an aircraft engine fell on my house.
I love you Donnie!!!!!!
Who did you sue, the cycle company or Echo and the Bunnymen ? Lol.
Pish
What? Am I reading that right?
Ray van Wayenburg 😂🤣😭👍👏👏👏👍
This is the “One Song” that changed everything for me and further opened up my world to a new musical genre I hadn’t yet fully experienced.
When I first heard it, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I instantly sat down on the carpeted floor of my bedroom with my transistor radio as I listened completely mesmerized and enthralled.
It was the early 1980s. I was 14 at the time. Currently, 55 and going to see them (again) in Detroit in a couple weeks!✨
You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's.........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!
@@negadorjolene2979 I know what you mean bud. But the beauty you have is that you can rewind and listen to these tunes and suddenly be transported back to that time and see it through your eyes
I'm with You! I'm to be 60 later this year. Egad! 🎵🎶🎶🎶🖖🏻✌🏻💞🙏🏻💪🏻
@@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x Right there with you sister👍
@@Paris__i concure + very sweet. Just True. May we just imagine, so many things to hear for the first time & repeat play their faves. My gosh. So many full album experiences to be had! As we can hear for the first time only happens Once. I envy That. Enjoy, Everyone. I mean, my best girlfriends in HS with older siblings passed down to us pure gold. Ha, all the bands made albums that were in themselves complete performances. Ok I'll stop, too excited. 😬😁
@@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x 😂 No, don't! Your experiences are my experiences! Couldn't have said it better myself, dear sister.
If you are young now , love and cherish these years, because they go in a flash.
How right you are scary very scary indeed
no. dont fall for the hoax lol
some old people are youngllllllll
Truth…⏳🕰
It’s very scary how fast it really goes. When you get older nothings new and routines suck the meaning out of life. The only good thing, If your conscientious enough, is you learn to appreciate every moment of life and are grateful. When I was young I didn’t give a shit and knew I had time. One day you wake up and realize how much time is behind you. Love every minute with your family and friends because the clock ticks regardless and you can never go back.
Sittng on the back porch on a beautiful 2023 fall day and watching a great vid/song from 1984. Maybe life ain't so bad.
2024
The good times and the bad times and the amazing times
40 years ago, seems like yesterday. Don't squander your youth, getting old sucks.
Well said, but do you know by now this is A song about sacrifice to Satan of children, the killing moon, Winter Solstice...
@@SkuStyle Good heavens. No, it isn't. Where on earth did you get that from? Are you American? They seem to be the ones hyperfixated on Satanic sacrifice for some bizarre reason.
For sure. Still, I had a good time in the '80's. Wouldn't have missed that....☺
55 now and this song brings back great memories of an amazing teenage era to be alive... 🙌🏽
61 here the same again😂
Twelve days shy of 67; I totally concur!!!
I was 28 years old when this came out, I'm now 65 and this brings back great memories of the club life in Toronto at that time.
This is a super wholesome comment, I bet it was such a time to be in!
Cheers to the good times ! Awesome song!
Brings back the old CFNY days for sure.
Ach so
I was 29 when Pete died. I got the phone call...and then that year my Da died....
If you’ve never walked around your neighborhood on an October night listening to this, you should definitely do so.
Or cycling like in Donnie Darko
@@DaftMan117 finally watched that movie recently and it's what got me hooked on the song all over again!
@@madeleinep.828 I’m glad you did, I saw it too, very great movie!
Why?
I'll try that today 😂@@DaftMan117
Absolute class. What a decade the 80s were for music.
fr i’m 49
Not only for music, everything else was better
The best.
The greatest time for all music lovers
This song is as good now as it was back in the 80s. Still love it.
I promise that one day everything is going to be better for you
One hopes.
Dido
Sure
Donnie Darko reference this is a man of culture
Doubtful :(
65 years old and still rocking to this .....absolutely fantastic....
😊 great song, sounds like magic
I know exactly what you mean, I'm 68, my husband was a guitarist in band in the 70 , he passed on awhile back, but I listen to all the music from 70,80,90 , and most of the music the band played them at clubs, this is one of them , so many memories.
Sorry for your loss Debbielee
@@alexbrown4235 thank you
Same here big man , take care.
One of the best of the 80's !!!
This song breaks my heart in 17 places.
This song, bittersweet memories of the 80's, the angst of being a teenager, the clothes, the hairstyle, the youth club disco on a Friday night, the girls, the lads, the unbearable pain of wanting to be older, to explore the world - don't wait, do it or regret forever.
I recently read The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and whew you described the vibe. This song fits perfectly.
Too late.
Nailed it
Yes this song reminds me of a particularly painful rebuff in the 1980s .... very bittersweet song. Still wonderful though.
The soundtrack of my youth… along with The Cure, The Smiths, INXS, Depeche Mode and The Talking Heads, etc… There’s no music today that can compare with it, which makes me grateful that both of my millennial daughters love my music too! Its made road trips much more peaceful, lol!
This song is the feeling you get when you're at a house party on a beautiful summer night, and see your major, unattainable crush. I'm 61 now and remember the feeling like it happened last night.
Did you get the guy/girl?
Then she's run over by a man in a bunny costume so you shoot him in the eye then travel back in time so it never happens.
@@TrismegistusMx aboslute god comment
This comment breaks my heart
@@moneyasusual 'unattainable!'
it makes me sad, I don't think we'll hear music like this ever again. there's something so magical and otherworldly it is.
theres still goth and post punk music being made today that's as good or better than this, you just have to look for it.
@@Dulucap got some recommendations?
@@volatili minature tigers - tailspin
Rilo kiley - “science vs romance”
Micheal Kiwanuka - love and hate
Inner wave - 88
Gus dapperton - I’m just snacking
The rare occasions - notion
it is a period of music that wont be repeated, but just enjoy it.
There's a replay icon, you can just click that.
I'm into my 70's now. Seen and heard pretty much every genre the music world has thrown at me from early rock'n'roll, right through to the EDM of today... and nothing holds a candle to the sheer melodic, intelligent, innovative genius of '80's British Indy. The definition of cool
I couldn't agree more. Started high school in 1980 MTV came out 1980. What a decade. For music, love and everything in between.❤❤❤❤ Nothing but love for the 80s.
The 80'S BRITISH INVASION DECADES WERE THE BEST!!!❤❤❤
I"m 65 and grew up loving music from a very early age. In the 70's I thought the hard rock of Zeppelin and Black Sabbath was the best there was. Then the 80's came around and one night driving home I heard Your Silent Face by New Order and I was shook to my core at how good it was and how much I liked it. From that night on my tastes changed and I still feel the same way today as I did that night when I hear the great music from the 80's.
@@bobnat2Yep, I'm 65 and it was first hearing the Ramones in the summer of 76 that changed everything for me.
you are so right ....they are so amazing ....our band is massively influenced by them
My brother really liked Echo & The Bunnymen, he also liked other bands, of course, but The Killing Moon is the song that I keep hearing in my head for the past week because today would be his anniversary. He died 33 years ago at 18, and it affected me profoundly. But it's funny to know, only now, that this was released one day before his anniversary. That's a very nice concidence. Thanks.
🤗😘
I am sorry to hear about your brother.
Much love and peace of heart to you and yours my brother. ❤
I heard this today and can't get it out of my head, I read the comments and I get it now. God bless we will get through this mind fckry.
really sorry, may he rest in peace
My husband bought this on 12" vinyl. He has alzheimer's and he cannot remember it at all. I love it now, even more. It breaks my heart he can't remember.
Sorry for you, Suzanne. Wish all the best.
If he can remember some of it...let him have that pleasure. I know that caring for him , and observing the decline- is a difficult task. While you have the chance, pour on the TLC. You will be so glad you did. ( I lost my husband in January). God be with you, Suzanne.
You somehow have made this song even more hauntingly beautiful. I truly believe your husband does still remember it somewhere deep in his mind.
God bless you both 🙏
My nan has Alzheimers and it kills me that she has no idea who I am, I'm sure it is a drop in the ocean compared to what you must feel with your husband being afflicted. All the best Suzanne.
- Monk
Haber sido adolescente en los 80's es una bendición. Tantos y extraordinarios géneros musicales, tantas bandas geniales. Y no lo fueron por casualidad, fue una explosión creativa, en sus letras, melodías y hasta modas. Cuanto extraño esa época.
One of the most magnificent one-hit wonders of the 1980s. The entire decade was absolutely full of gems like this.
"One hit wonder"? I think not!
they were not a one hit wonder - and I agree with you - this song is a gem
May be they weee a one hit wonder in the states but not in the UK by any stretch of the imagination
@@JacquiCryer No, they were not a one hit wonder over here either. I think the OP must have listened to other radio stations, or maybe was more of a country fan. I love them!
80's voices sound so different from today. They are deep, powerful and free. I love the 80's for that, it always gives me this feeling
agree
Agree sweetheart,I am a child of the 80s.
This is the sound i grew up with and i still love it.
Bless you.
That's because the music and the vocals were raw and natural back then. Now everything is overproduced and smothered with effects. Fake instruments have taken place of real ones and anyone with a pretty face can be a signed singer now, regardless of their singing ability. It's all about money now, which is sad because bands like Echo and the Bunnymen are the REAL artists. I've met amazing musicians who will never be heard because of the shallowness of the music industry. I don't like to be a negative Nancy but it is so true and as a musician myself, it is frustrating. I'm glad when I see others like yourself who acknowledge that music has changed because it makes me feel a little saner :)
KitCatNat very true comment ! i guess all we can do is appreciate the old gold.
That's silly. People said the same thing then about music from the 60s.
This is one of those rare songs that actually makes you forget where you are physically, and you just get lost in the lyrics and the music and you're transported to another world. Who needs drugs when you can listen to music this great.
But if you've got good drugs, it gets even better
🖤
This band does not even touch Taylor Swift...
The music/song is the drug.
Interesting you say this song transports you to another world. That is what appears to happen to the ship in the TV show 1899 as this very song is playing in the background
Years pass so fast it's brutal.
Being a 80's kid this song brings back wonderful memories of being in High school and trying to find your self. Flash forward 2023 a young man comes into the store I work at wearing a Echo and the Bunnymen tee shirt. I said to him great shirt. He said thank you my Dad gave it to me. Oh how old I felt,
I'm from today's younger generation, and my dad has always played tons of 80's bands music like The Smiths, The Cure, The Police, Tears For Fears, etc. and I really find myself resonating with that era of music.
I love how magical and otherworldly it feels, and it reminds me of a lot of good memories. Echo & The Bunnymen captures that vibe, and I really love their music because of that. This song is a banger 🔥
Ah nostalgia. 😅
I find it weird when they wear it lmao
That's happened to me too. A teenage girl that I worked with wore a Police concert T-shirt one day and I told her how cool that was that she liked the band. Then she told me that it was her mom's shirt, she didn't even know who the Police were. Yep...old.
@@stelharpwood5752 You GET it! I lived it. May you live it too. That magic. Timeless.
Heard this song for the first time since 1984 while I was doing my laundry yesterday listening to Alternative 80s from UK and it just took me back to when I was 16 years old Young free had the whole world ahead of me. And now I'm old,fat, and sitting in a dog park with my pug in Tucson Arizona looking at mountains. Beautiful day today. Love That 80's music though. Good times good times
Anne Kale - #same
Anne Kale ♥️
Anne Kale hell nah, your doing great. I love Tucson, always look at the positive and enjoy life and remember that everyone else is doing miserably just hiding it.
your alive mate!....cheers
same in south carolina...LOL
I bought this on a $1 cassette when I was a US Sailor visiting Hong Kong, 1984 or so. I listened to a few tapes for months at seas, and I loved this one. Still listening in 2022!
i was on board the USS Essex CVS9 1964 heading to the UK at that time Eric Burdon had a hit " house of the rising sun" every time i hear that song im back on the ship. just think we were heading to the UK 1964 the british invasion was in full swing to say the lease we had a blast there
Seven Seas!
Got my first Echo and the Bunnymen album from the Navy exchange at NAS Sigonella in 1980. Was lucky enough to see them twice when I was home on leave in New York City.
And the song has just been included in ''1899'' series' soundtrack :-) Brought me here! Great memories!!
I stole it on LimeWire. Sorry
My Echo & The Bunnymen cherry was popped last night in Boston- 1st time seeing the band. Hearing this song in person gave me goosebumps.
Probably the best song of the 1980s....
The UK has provided some of the most amazing music to my life
YEAH
Without question to mine as well. I’m married to a Brit. I have asked him how a small country could produce so much amazing music as England has…then there’s Scotland Ireland and Wales…so much brilliance in music
Amen to that.....and the world over I'm sure
@@cindyinnew Ireland is not part of the UK!
@@stoneage1971 Northern Ireland IS part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland is not.
I'm pretty certain this was my introduction to Echo back in 1987, when I was 19. 1987 was filled with introductions to groups like Echo, New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, and so much more. What a great decade for music.
Scott Smith I agree completely with you
Joy division..
You were so lucky for being alive back then
Clássicos quem sabe gosta quem não sabe tem que conhecer , senão passa vontade de coisa boa
Scott - I concur!
What a wonderful masterpiece!!! Love Echo and the Bunnymen. I play this to my second grade students and they look in wonder!
The second this song starts I am 15 again….hanging out with friends, skipping school, going to parties…And blaring this song. Such great times that went by in a blink of an eye. I loved this song so much when it first came out; I still love it. But, I’ll never be able to hear it without being transported. Nostalgia is beautiful and bittersweet.
"So cruelly you kissed me" is my favorite line. Great lyrics.
mine too!
Lol that part came on as soon as i read this.
Me too. 😄 🙋🏽♂️🇲🇽
It is a compelling lyric. It's stayed with me all these years...
Right up there with another lyric by another band "her first kiss was her first kiss goodbye"
You know when you're in love, you get that fluttery stomach feeling? That's how I feel listening to this song.
+Frankie Strange Yes! Well put.
Love and Rockets "Love Me" gives me that feeling along with those beautiful feeling chills and tingles.
I sometimes get that feeling perving at Miley Cyrus
Garry Myagui Who's miley cyrus?
The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave does the same thing to me...
I'm 60, and my 12 year old daughter loves this.
Such a timeless classic. There is an unworldly nostalgic vibe to this song.
its amazing how this band were so amazing and still sound just as good today as they did years ago. without a doubt a big influence on our band
Being a teen in the 80s was crazy awesome
I wish I could take a time machine back sometimes. So awesome.
It was. :)
Fuck you all 😃
it was but I never heard this stuff
Yeah !!!!
This song provokes mixed memories - happy and sad-ly sweet.
Same...
ObsoleteOddity hi Oddie dear...good to see you on this journey through youtube❤️
@@DeidreL9 Cheers Deidre :)
It's called melancholy.
Some Feelings: We have a big something in common! Plus I LOVE your channel. I was my prim in Punk Rock bars (mostly dancing) in Chicago and NYC when this was out. I was only 10. LOL
Its great n murky n goth n loony...love it
I can hear this song over and over again ,never get tired😂❤😂
Goosebumps from an era that made the atmosphere crack with electricity........just sublime!
Sounds like faulty wiring
@@scottwakeling573 LOL, very funny
You had to be there to understand it- I 100% get it- I’m not sure what it was as I cannot put my finger on it but were not the only ones that felt it- it was magical
@@silvergirl7810 we all know. We just forget about it.
Yes, I get goosebumps the minute the first notes of this song start.
I don't believe I've heard this song in in nearly 25 years. What a magical return to a most fantastical time.
+aldeshsa Agreed!
You must of seen it on other music channels and heard it on some radio stations since then surly
Miss the 80s. Would go back for a visit in a second.
Me too
Would stay there for eternity if I could.
A great time to be a teenager!
"Fate, up against your will" whew thats a killer line. love it
Hello how are you doing
But who won?
Fate or the Will ?
I think fate always wins.
@@m____w____6981 Only the truly gifted can overcome fate with the will.
Can we ever overcome fate?
@@rw8733 If we rise our will to the level of destiny, which is beyond fate, the secret of all the great ones who ever trod the earth.
I am 64 and this will always be one of my favourite tracks, god i wish i could go back in time to the eighties.
Larry nelmes agree. At 61 it is a reminder to how good music was from the 60's thru the 80's Quality never goes out of style!
Larry nelmes the 80s were the best
I am 60 and still love 80s music.
I can easily remember each new friend of the 80's.
im 60 and love this
One of the best songs ever...
I can't not hear this song and think of Donnie Darko, what a great song for a great movie
@Dream Killers It reminds me of my senior year in high school. The year this came out.
Absolutely
@@justinevans125 yes
@Dream Killers YES!
Totally and also under the milky way by church
Yes, it's an 80s classic. But I'm here to tell you in 1984 getting your teenage buddies to listen to this gem on the car's cassette player instead of freakin ZZ Top again was a losing proposition.
The 80's in a nutshell. We had so many different genres and great music being a snob was easy
Tell me about it....
I lived being that girl in the 80's listening to the alternative & no one knowing
We respect you for it
Yes, the same here in Brazil.
That opening instrumental makes me want to fall in love x
The wisdom of the lyrics, the maturity of their music, and Ian's old-soul voice -- hard to remember they (and we) were so very, very young.....
Everything about the 80's was so Mature...We were dealing with some horrible crap back then...and our Music reflected that.
Ian McCulloch, often cited as having the finest male voice ever.
Reincarnates?
This has to be one of the greatest songs of all time!
Absolutely totally....
I was a metal head in the 80's with no tolerance for music like this.
Silly me.
We had tunnel vision back then
Same here. If only i could go back and punch younger me.
@@TotalSinging yep, if it wasn't Maiden or the like, it was shite and you were shunned, lol! revisiting all of this now, brilliant stuff!
Slayer did not mix well into songs like this....
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same
Rediscovered watching 80s Top of the pops & loved as a teenager & now midlife love it again😍✌️
PURE MAGIC.TIMELESS SONG.
" you give yourself to him" I am 68 now and still remember the chills I got the first time I heard this song !( 1984) My brother just texted me - he is going to see them tonight.❤
I saw them last night. Every bit as amazing as when I saw them in 1987.
I can't believe this song is almost 40 years old! Where did the tome and my youth go? Fantastic song❤
Oh Katie you and me both… such good times for me in the 80s! The LA nightclubs were so much fun and it was safe to hang out with friends after dark back then. Good Times all around! 😎
One of the best songs anyone can hear. Its timeless, like all the priceless things are.
40 years ago today, this classic was released, and still one of my all time favourite songs ever!
In a parallel universe somewhere there's a 18yo me still listening to this in 1983 and wondering what tomorrow has in store for me, today I have my answer.
I wonder if there's a parallel universe for each year
Nice.
Hope your tomorrow brought you good things🌻!
Donnie Freaking Darko!
i hope ur answer is as good as ur dreams back in the day
I came here because I'm old and remember when it came out.
I even remember where I was when I first heard it
@@CosmicTourist where were you?
@@supernova2875 I was in a group house (visiting) in Lyneham. One of the girls there asked if I liked echo and the bunnymen, and she put this on.
It was,tbh, one or two years after it came out.
Sara Noland ... me too, loved the album too
Your not old, age is not a crime. Enjoy music and smile!
August 16th, 1987.. I saw this band with New Order and Gene Loves Jezebel at Popular Creek. It was such a great concert.
I still get shivers down my spine when I hear this. Absolutely brilliant.
just one of the songs that makes you feel an emotion you can't quite describe...
Is soo deep and difficult to explain...
@@caro1399 it is like a wonderful dream with beautiful images and music! Ethereal and surreal, haunting and mesmerizing.
So true....this song and 'Big in Japan' by Alphaville.
@@m20j_pilot48 big in Japan? Are you serious? That is mere pop fodder.
@@mikeluke9404 // So true...but it was part of a line-up of songs a certain radio station where I grew up played on a regular basis...hearing one reminds me of another.
Lets remember the late drummer for Echo. Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas.. Performed on their first five albums.. Died in a motorcycle accident in 1989 at the age of 27. So very sad.. But his drumming lives on..
OH MY GOD, HE DID! :(
Wow he's officially a part of the 27 Club
he was fantastic on Over The Wall
His drumming on this is sublime. Just perfect.
We still had and have les warner
80s music was diverse & original, something for everyone. Memorable Songs one could hum with understandable lyrics.
Echo & the Bunnymen, the vocals just completely amazing.
really really agree with. they should be bigger than they are. a massive influence and inspiration on our band and music .....
Never a fan of echo and the bunny men,but this song is classic.😊
agreed, not diminishing the rest of the band, but those vocals truly make this song soar
One of the best songs ever. But hardly mentioned in the mainstream
Does the mainstream need to be advised?
Mainstream to me means mediocre, ordinary
it has 30 million views, that's doing pretty well!
Well showing up in Billions definitely made it reappear
The mainstream isn't the centre of anyone's universe. The mainstream doesn't feel like this because not everyone is ready for it. I certainly wasn't at 14
I just watched Donnie Darko, and this song fit so perfectly with the setting up of the movie. Couldn’t get it out of my head. What a beautiful song
Same
🙄
There was supposes to be a whole different soundtrack for DD its on the dvd extras
I love donnie darko it's my favorite movie and I just love 80s music
@@traviswall1615 directors cut doesn't have it. I was like wtf is this shit this isn't DD. But apparently yeh they thought it was weird it was a british band and had some upbeat AOR crap instead. Its like taking 'the end' out of apocalypse now or 'thus spake zarathustra' from 2001 space odysee.
I'm 63 yrs old... I sometimes wake up with this song in my head!.. roll on my retirement!...I'm sick n tired of being a fuckin hamster on a rollacoaster ride of bullshit!... I just worry for my grand children's futures...I want them to grow up to be free...free of influence of life...Is that too much to ask?...
The golden age of British emo pop. Echo and the Bunnyben, The Cure, The Smiths. I always knew who the fans of this kind of music were at my highschool. Hair dyed black. Black trench coats. Heavy mascara. Doc Marten's Boots.
🌚🖤
There was this club that my wife would attend every weekend in Toronto. It was called Nuts n Bolts. They played all this great 80's music. We've been together for 40 years, married for 37 this year. We still listen to these guys and every other great band from back then. Listening to this brings back all those great memories.
The 80's was the decade poets went main stream. Music you had to dissect and digest. What luxury.
Billy Kruger Well said!
You act like music with meaning doesn’t exist in our time lfmao, you just have to search for it
@@grahamcrackers7205 no, but you used to have be talented to be in the mainstream. Just shows another way capitalism sucks balls.
What you don't appreciate the hip bop plop. Ebonics be fun and what not, know what I'm sayin.
@@boughtbot2639 Yes, because this song was made before capitalism was around.
one of the most underrated songs ever. A song about life, sacrifice and death.....great song.
This song is timeless!
i was a young man when this came out , now 53 and still i love it , the smiths , sisters of mercy and the bunnymen , even now i live with there songs in my heart , its a great selection , and while no longer goth i still love the music of the era
I don't remember the term "Goth" being used that often in 1983 when this was released. I was all of 18 yrs old when "The killing Moon" came out. I'm not trying to be rude, please don't take offense. Just wondering where you lived at that time. I'm from New Orleans, LA. Sometimes it takes a while for a phrase or term to hit the south......lol. But there was nothing like growing up in the Big Easy. But I love hearing about how other places in the world referred to the music and culture of that time frame. For me, the music of the late 70's and 80's, is unmatched. The level of creativity and diversity that came from that time frame, is what gave the artists of today the freedom of expression. Don't get me wrong, the 50'and the 60's had their thing. But a lot of it all sounded very similar.
But Echo and the Bunnymen are still one of my top 5 favorite bands of all times. I fell in love with Ian. Went to their concert one night, then saw Ian and the other band members the next night at the Psychedelic Furs concert. That list also includes The Psychedelic Furs, The The, The Ramones, David Bowie, The Smithereens and many others. I also like the hard core punk like the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, the Dead Kennedy's, Black Flag and more. I still listen to it all today. It never gets old....... Enjoy your day! Playem loud!!!!
And I'm now 57!
@@heidihill9504 happy belated birthday. Danse Society - Say It Again
@@tuomasholo Thank you, it's actually coming up shortly. I'll be 58 years young on 12/3. I always laugh and say that in my head I'm still young and thin.... Lol I may be growing older, but I never agreed to grow up!!!
You have a great music tast
It doesn't matter how many times I hear this song it always has and always will give me goosebumps.
Materialismo
I agree
👍👍👍
Hello beautiful how are you doing
Mee too
When music ruled 💯💯💯 gen x baby!!
Journey to 1984 !!!!
Hit!!!!🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He has such a great voice.
Its not him- he mimes to a session singer.
+Lucas O'heyze Wait, what? That's most definitely a studio recording of Ian singing The Killing Moon. And yes, he has one of the best voices ever, to this day!
C. Smith Wrong, on both counts.
+Lucas O'heyze Eh, not gonna feed the troll. You have zero sources for the first and the second is simply a difference of opinion. Have a nice day!
+Lucas O'heyze Hahahaha
Everything about this song is perfect.
I know right I was thinking the same thing there is nothing you could possibly say is wrong with this song it is perfect
Literally.
im not au fait with musical terminology so this will sound crude but to be _absolutely_ perfect for me the verses (the killing moon/time parts) could he a tad longer before dropping into the chorus(?) fate up against etc. though i am being somewhat pedantic, it is an all time great as it is
Accurate.
40 years . . . just a blink of an eye ! . . Outstanding! Best 80's song
New wave from the 80's, The cure. New Order and such. Lovely music.
I was born in 97 and this song fills me with intense nostalgia for when I was young. How is that possible? It came out 13 years before I was even born. I guess it’s just the power of music
I was in high school when New Wave era became so popular. This is one of my favorite songs. I miss the 80's cause they were the best years of my life.
Prairie Fire, Galesburg IL brought me here, freshman year '85 💜🔥🥂🦉
I was so enchanted by this song when I was a kid, waking up in the middle of the night and listening via earphones of my Sony Walkman cassette tape player while looking out of the window watching the half moon (first quarter) as it sets below the Western horizon, hehe.
The 80's was an awesome era for music.
Budgie
Best African deephouse
My dad used to always hum and sing this song when I was a little kid so I really still love this song rip my dad always will love you❤️🖤♥️
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
HUM ALONG WITH HIM
I feel like my own kid will be making a similar comment in the future.
Im sure He's still does.
If he loved this music I'm sure your dad was a great guy...
Please hold on to this memory. Few things in life will be so precious.
There is no other music like this. Always great memories.
there is
you are so right .....they never disappoint. a huge influence on our band and also music
For me, this is one of the best songs ever made. 10/10. 🖤
all their songs are great. they really are amazing ... a huge influence in our band
One of the hidden gems of the 80s. Such a great period for music.
Everything in the 80s was hidden dude. No internet, remember?! 🤦🏻♂️
@@fellowdanbarber3323 Yeah, But the thing is, most 80's songs are so famous that almost everyone has heard about them in the 80's.
The dark side of the 80 was wonderfull.
A lot of it was very dark, especially stuff like the John Hughes movies, quite fatalistic but we all thought nuclear war was inevitable
Funny thing about the 80's is that with all the crazy hair and weird costumes the music became that safest thing ever. Not a lot of 70s or 90s playing in the elevator, but a lot of big hair 80s stuff made it into Muzak-ed elevator music and 80s night is as safe as it gets: no hatdcore rap, no heavy metal, no house.
Still there was a lot of great stuff going on, but it's weird to think that all the hipster grandstanding going on back then would serve today's elevator music and office party DJs.
(The Killing Moon notwithstanding, btw).
Killing time --AOC 😱😥😓😓😓😓
@@chewycenter7690 - At the time, I was into some of the more esoteric new wave music. Bands like Joy Division, The The, Eyeless in Gaza, The Felt, Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, Sonic Youth, Pere Ubu, etc. Echo, at the time, almost seemed pop. But, dear God, maybe it's just me, but they seem so much cooler now compared to what's currently out there. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those old fogies lamenting the past, but, damn, you people lost the mojo!
@@Timurlane100 Eyeless in Gaza? Name sounds familiar. Don't remember. The Felt? Not a clue. Could I put Mission of Burma in the same category as Echo and The Bunnymen? Loved them both, but EATB was cheaper to come by, so...
As for today's music it's totally a different vibe. But I think that vibe plays to their environment and there's no turning back. I believe that a band of old fogies could come out and rock as hard a diamond and just bore the kids to tears and look kind of foolish in the process. Sonic Youth or Maroon 5, what's it gonna be? Elvis Costello or Ed Sheeran?
The esoteric stuff was usually more atmospheric and created to either take the listener outside the box or into a new box.
Killing Moon was definitely an outside the box song. Accessible but not formulaic. Today's music is meant to wallpaper the inside of the box--focus on mundane experiences and sound either 'professional' or fit a few recognizable vocal styles.
The times they are a changin'.