From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #203 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 203 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 23:12:07 -0400 (EDT) From: mrimbach@webtv.net (M. Rimbach) Subject: seven-seas-moderated RE: seven-seas how you became bunnified How I Became Bunnified by a usually quiet member of the community. In the summer of 1986 (my 13th year), I went to visit with my grandparents in Hampton Beach New Hampshire. There's a boardwalk there that stretches miles. I fell deeply in love with this couple of high school kids who lived nearby and worked on the boardwalk. I would basically stalk them and lean on their counter while they worked making moonfaces and doe eyes. (The girl bought me a Doors wallet once, it was purple) I loved them because they were punks. I copied their hairstyles and clothes. I would write down the bands they mentioned, or wore on their tee-shirts. One day I got home and added Banshee & the Bunnymen to my list. I mowed the lawn for a week to make money and then I went to buy a tape by this band and was laughed at by the counter help, who eventually convinced me that I must mean ECHO & the Bunnymen. (or siouxsie and the banshees) On the last day of my vacation, I rode my bike out to the boardwalk and I strolled up to the counter and said "hey guys, wanna come over to my house after work? We can listen to Echo & The Bunnymen?" So after work we sat on my grandparents porch eating cookies and drinking lemonade, and listening to Echo & The Bunnymen, my new favorite band. HEY! This is MY webpage! http://community.webtv.net/mrimbach/mymusiccollection ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:08:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Amy Moseley Rupp Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas how you became bunnified > On the last day of my vacation, I rode my bike out to the boardwalk > and I strolled up to the counter and said "hey guys, wanna come over > to my house after work? We can listen to Echo & The Bunnymen?" So > after work we sat on my grandparents porch eating cookies and drinking > lemonade, and listening to Echo & The Bunnymen, my new favorite band. Too cool! :-) (ps: delurk more often!) What did your grandparents think of Echo? ;-) I guessed that the guy who interested me in Echo would like the Smiths on the basis of their being on the Pretty In Pink Soundtrack together. Also Siouxsie because she was on the compilation tape with Echo. I went to see Siouxsie live in '86 and that was the only time I dyed my hair (temporarily) black (I looked AWFUL). I also bought a Smiths t-shirt and wore it to the first day of class that fall. A couple of days later he wore one. Fast forward to our senior year and I borrowed his class notes to copy for a class. He'd scribbled in the margins and one of the scribblings was "Joy Division." A few days later and I asked him if he'd heard of them, and he made me a comp tape of them. He also had posters of Japan and Bauhaus. If I had to like a guy who didn't requite ;-) my adoration, I at least picked one with good musical taste! Maybe I should ask him what he listens to *now*! ;-) - --Amy ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:51:56 -0400 From: Peter Charbonneau Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas How I Became Bunnified cool story, I always like to hear how people get into things that are passionate in their life. Ahh, I miss the days of WLIR/WDRE now back to WLIR. There was a time in the late 80's/early 90's where I'd put that station up against any other in the country it was so good. At 05:47 PM 6/13/2003 -0400, you wrote: >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 > > > >====================================== >http://www.bunnymenlist.com > >====================================== ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #203 ******************************************