Echo & The Bunnymen - Live Glastonbury (1985)

I love Echo & The Bunnymen. Probably one of the only 80's bands with balls. Never content with reaching mainstream and always doing what they want, not what others lump on them or demand. They're rock n' roll and not all pomp and circumstance like the other bad-boy hair bands from that era. Simon Le Bon are you listening? I know they take a lot of flack for not measuring up to U2 or Simple Minds, but they've managed to do it their way. This year we should see lead singer Ian Mcculloch's biography, which should shine a light on the early days and thoughts of the band as they dabbled in the alternative rock universe. If you are a huge Echo & The Bunnymen fan like myself and Black Francis (yes, I said it) then you'll know that this Glastonbury set is a rare and solid Bunnymen bootleg. It features rough demos like "Satellite" and "All In Your Mind" from the future release, 1987 self titled album (the grey one), as well as Scandinavia tour covers like Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and the Rolling Stone's "Paint It, Black". Recorded live at the famous Glastonbury CND Festival 6/23/85 in the UK. This is a better show than the 1987 appearance, more stripped, raw and full of that youthful angst they've seemed to lose in the later half of 2009. Now if you're one of the kids and you've not taken in all things Bunnymen - this might be a solid live bootleg to start with. If you're a collector, then add it to your stash - as these thigns don't last forever. ;-0 I wish they'd go back and add some of these hits to their tour stop at San Francisco's Fillmore in March. Now that would be a worthy bootleg!

Echo & The Bunnymen - Live Glastonbury (1985)
01 She Cracked
02 The Back Of Love
03 Heads Will Roll
04 My Kingdom
05 Crocodiles
06 Friction
07 Rescue
08 Angels And Devils
09 The Killing Moon
10 The Cutter
11 Satellite
12 All That Jazz
13 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
14 Villiers Terrace
15 All In Your Mind
16 Heaven Up Here
17 Thorn Of Crowns
18 Paint It, Black
19 Do It Clean
20 Soul Kitchen

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