Sunday 10 May 2009

Oldie of the Week (5) - Echo & The Bunnymen, "The Killing Moon"

For this week's Oldie, we go back to 1984. In this year, British post-punk band Echo & The Bunnymen released its critically acclaimed album 'Ocean Rain'. A lot of people's favourite on this classic album is 'The Killing Moon', an atmospheric song with vocals (Ian McCulloch!) and a bass line (Les Pattinson!) that I simply adore. The song can also be heard in the movie 'Donnie Darko', a film with an overall great soundtrack (Joy Division! Tears For Fears!).



Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine
Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon
Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine
Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
FateUp against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him
La la la la la...

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
La la la la la...
etc

3 comments:

  1. laura! i love your blog!
    it sounds corny but music is like the air i breathe~
    and ur pony's cute ^^
    hiromix
    xxx

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  2. Check zeker ook eens "starfish" van The Church
    Of "The Correct Use of soap" van Magazine(eigenlijk gewoon souixie and the banshees voor souixie er bij kwam, en eerlijk vond ik Devoto een betere zanger)Als je ze nog niet kent tenminste.

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