Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter HD

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"The Cutter" is a single released by the band Echo & the Bunnymen in 1983. It is the second single released from their 1983 Porcupine album.

The single was released on the Korova label in the United Kingdom on 14 January 1983 as both a 7" and 12" single. The 7" was available as a limited edition which was packaged with a cassette containing tracks from their August 1979 John Peel session which featured the drum machine that was rumoured to be called "Echo". The extra track on the b-side of the 12" release, "Zimbo", is a live recording from the first WOMAD festival in July 1982 and features the Royal Drummers of Burundi.

In a retrospective review of "The Cutter", Allmusic journalist Tom Maginnis wrote: "Echo and The Bunnymen successfully wed the Eastern influenced psychedelic sounds made famous by The Beatles. The Eastern strings re-enter at strategic points, filling in space between verses and Ian McCulloch's esoteric pleas to 'spare us the cutter!'. The track never loses steam, cruising through each section with power and grace."[1]

The song was covered by the Dutch musician Solex on the 2001 compilation album Matador 2001: Draw Me a Riot which came free with the April 2001 edition of The Wire magazine.[2] A version of the song, performed by Lagartija Nick, is included on the 2005 Spanish tribute album Play the Game: Un Tributo a Echo & The Bunnymen.

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Who thinks this is still brilliant in 2024 ?

SolitudeSometimesIs
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British music back then was absolutely incredible. So many great bands producing such amazing songs

teddypowers
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Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas would have turned 61 ten days ago. 08/02/61 – 06/14/89 He was the drummer in Echo & the Bunnymen, and 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.

davidg.
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We were once young. My friends, I hope your memories keep you warm in the autumn of our lives.

andrewhoward
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L. Shankar's classical Indian violin on this one always gives me chills. Stunning.

johnbeekman
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40 years on, and the great thing about Echo and The Bunnymen is they don't sound typically 80s, they sound timeless.

snailhairdune
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Does anyone else really miss the post punk days of the early 80’s?

POLARIStheTRUE
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Still hauntingly beautiful decades later.

victoriashepard
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This past winter, one night, I asked my husband to put on wintery, silver-y music that wasn't christmas songs. He put this on. Thank god he knows what I like, and why. Best band in the whole world.

enlightenmentbarbie
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Top top track, it's stayed with me from my teens in the 80s... I'm now 57.

BraVeHeart.
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This track is beyond great...its other worldly....

gantzdevries
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I Love this glorious song. What a beautiful voice he has.💖🏆⭐️🇬🇧💐

renatacantore
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Such a beautiful, lugubrious song.. I heard it first at 19 in 1984, now I’m 58 and seeing this video for the first time. My gosh how young they look. ❤❤

juliawilkinson
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My all time favourite song. Nothing tops this, nothing ever will.

Archivsofpan
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Such an underrated band. I happen to have twin daughters (teenagers), they can't believe this song is nearly 40 years that's a shocking

gggggggg
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38 years on.
Still epic.
Still timeless.
How has this not had at LEAST a million views by now (July 2020). It's altogether tragic.
And that segment @ 1:47.
Wow... just wow. 🙏

johnwilliams
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Saw them last night perform this in bournemouth, UK....still awesome 41 yrs after that 1st time it crashed in to my ears as a 13yr old!!

shanecreech
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His voice sounds so much mature than he looks... he has the voice of a man and the face of a boy

gameapril
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This is one of my favorite echo and the Bunnymen songs😍 I love the energy it has and how it constantly seems to change, unlike the shit on the radio now, and the lyrics are perfect. I love Siouxsie and the Banshees for the same reason, because of how the lyrics flow along perfectly with the tone and pace of the music and still manages to be so uniquely descriptive..

cindigonzalez
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Brilliant song. Not bad for scousers. Love from town (Manchester) ❣️.

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