From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #200 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Thursday, June 19 2003 Volume 02 : Number 200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:47:45 -0400 From: "Henry Biedenkapp" Subject: seven-seas-moderated How I Became Bunnified Peter, Since we were practically neighbors growing up. My bunnymen story started back in the latter part of 1982. But I need to got back a little further. I may have told this part of story once before a long, long time ago, when I first joined the list. As a kid, I was brought up listening to Elvis, Engelbert Humperdinck (the singer), Frank Sinatra, etc. My parents music. The Beatles were forbidden -- as hippy, communist music. I enjoyed the music as a kid, dancing and singing like Elvis and Engelbert throughout grade school and junior high and the first year of high school, I slowly became aware of my peers talking about Zep, Pink Floyd, and the like during the mid 70's. I didn't know anything about any of these bands In 10th grade, I was working at an auto body shop making $25 per week and one of the guys was pointing out a song on the radio -- Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the first part I heard was "Mama Mia, Mama Mia" and my immediate split second thought was "oh, god, another Jimmy Roselli song!" Those couple of minutes afterwards converted me to Rock. Over the next several weeks, I purchased all the Queen albums at that time for $5 each with my paltry paycheck and writing down the dates and saving my receipts. For a full year, I only listened to "Night At The Opera" and did not open the earlier albums until a year later. Also,m in '76, i experienced my first rock concert -- Blue Oyster Cult at Jones Beach outdoors with it's infamous laser show which later had to be banned for safety reasons. When I started college in 78, musically, the hottest thing going around was the mysterious resurrection of "The Doors". I only heard about the indecent exposure act and the suicide / overdose. During 79, while listening to The Doors and other radio friendly bands at the time -- Styx and Kansas, which I didn't mind listening to, I was becoming more critical of most of the radio music especially disco. I read about and discovered the New York punk band "Television". Awesome high quality artistic music. During '79 and '80, I discovered WLIR (later WDRE) radio and they were playing this new wave / punk stuff like Flying Lizards "Money", B-52's "Rock Lobster" Talking Heads, Blondie, etc. Excellent stuff. It was all so fresh, new and exciting. Then in late 82, I heard "The Cutter" and I was blown away. Every morning, I would wake up and need to hear the song on the radio before i went to college and WLIR always played it, faithfully, it seemed to me every morning. But for what seemed like months I had no luck tracking down the album. Finally, in April 83, I found the 12" of "Back Of Love". I loved that 12", the painting cover, the music and the b-sides and still listening to "The Cutter" everyday on the radio. Shortly, thereafter, I found "Porcupine" and devoured this album, liked I had Queen, The Doors and Television. Then I started going crazy -- show I buy "The Sex Pistols" and I would asked myself should I buy it or not because i was afraid it would make me violent and want to do destructive things. Anyway, I took a chance, and lo and behold, I initially laughed. The music and energy were so good and powerful abd showed that I really had nothing to fear. The same for Joy Division and the question of suicide. The Smiths and the question of sexuality, etc. Every piece of music was breaking down some wall -- some prejudice and making me into a whole person, but a well rounded one. But to the outside world, i was still a freak to be listening to this dangerous stuff. Henry _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:09:04 +0100 From: "Shaz" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas how you became bunnified quite similar to yours.... In the 80's I loved their singles and a friend bought me Songs To Learn and Sing and I liked them but that was as far as it went. Then years later I heard Nothing Lasts Forever on the radio and loved it. I then went to see Later....with Jools Holland and found out when we got there that The Bunnymen were playing on that show! Then I heard Evergreen on the radio and liked that too, so I bought Evergreen the album and loved it. Then on 2.4.1998 they played near me at Southampton Guildhall - I was absolutely blown away by the music, Mac, Will's guitar playing and the atmosphere!! I then bought all the albums (as I could afford to) one by one starting with Crocodiles until I had all the back catalogue. Every one of those albums effected me so deeply emotionally it was overwhelming, I have never experienced anything like it before or since and that is why I am completely hooked and have to 'be there when they come'!!!!!!!! It sounds over the top - but it's the truth!! Shaz - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Charbonneau" To: ; Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:25 PM Subject: Re: seven-seas how you became bunnified > I figured I'd throw out something on-topic for once, now that I've > been around a few days... and i'm sure it's been covered before, but > since I'm new, please indulge me. I was just wondering how you all got > involved listening to the bunnymen? Stories, anecdotes and any and all > information is welcomed and appreciated! > > as for my story... Sad to say, I was one of those unfortunate souls > who grew up listening to motley crue, poison, and the lot until I hit > 16 and my > first girlfriend's older brother was kind enough to show me the light. > He introduced me to a healthy dose of bands like the bunnymen, the > cure, the smiths, new order, etc. If only the relationship with his > sister was as lasting, but hey, we were 16. So I liked the bunnymen, > but was never completely into them at first. I had "songs to learn and > sing" and I bought > the grey album and liked them well enough. I remember getting > "candleland" when I was a senior in high school and really enjoying > the mood and atmosphere of that album. > > fast forward several years and I'm living in boston and walking down > the street to work and I glance up at the marquee of the Paradise to > see Echo is playing. I buy a ticket for later that evening and head to > the show..... > and I'm totally blown away. Intimate setting, fantastic live sound, > Mac being Mac.... wow. Everything changed for me that night... I went > back and revisited their albums, picked up the older ones and dove > right in, headfirst without water wings. I hadn't done that since I > got into the Cure > back in '89. > > And that's my story... so what's yours? > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #200 ******************************************