Echo And The Bunnymen - "The Cutter"

[@rikka80]

I miss those times when cute boys like this were older than me and I dreamed that one day I would have a boyfriend like this.

[@janthomson7697]

A friend of mine in Liverpool went out with Andy McClusky of OMD.

[@markalexander4433]

Lovely comment, girl. So sweet!

[@markalexander4433]

Amazing song too. A great band.

[@garyknight7378]

All in the make up ❤

[@martinamanzorro7723]

Me pasa lo mismo

[@terryellison4275]

Bought tickets to see them in Barcelona, booked the flights and hotel. Next day, the concert was cancelled! Still went to Barcelona and played their music on our hotel balcony. It will suffice for now.......

[@lindafox3555]

😢

[@stevengray4595]

Still listening to this brilliant band in 2024 .. ❤

[@garyh4458]

One of the highlights of my life was seeing Ian perform this live after listening to this song for over 30 years.

[@dallwill2019]

Me too!

[@soulminer]

Still stands up as a classic 35 years later most shit today can't hold credibility for 35 months.

[@TheAnonyy]

Nah not my style of music, I've never understood the strange name does it have some meaning?

[@karenswann253]

@@TheAnonyy The The?

[@clairenoon4070]

@@TheAnonyy Before their drummer joined them (the superlative Pete de Freitas, RIP), they had a drum machine they called Echo. And The Bunnymen probably just a play on bunny girls. But I'm not sure band names need to mean anything? Ian MacCulloch started out in another band that splintered variously into Teardrop Explodes, and Wah! Heat! (which morphed into just Wah! and later still The Mighty Wah!). Didn't stop TE or the last 2 Wah! iterations shifting a fair few records.

[@stevengray4595]

42 years now 🫡👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@markjenkins2636]

Still so good

[@peterneate607]

Love the Bunnymen, I was a massive fan back in the day at school I even had my hair cut like Ian's, those were the days

[@TheMimifur]

Young loon came by the shop where I work this week, had a real Mac hair do going on. Was so tempted to ask... But then thought better not cos he prob had never heard of the Bunnymen.

[@chrxnxmn7624]

nerd

[@elizabethm.4916]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@lisalgrochmal7738]

I used to have that hair, too. Then Robert Smith. Funny, one year Robert came on stage with his cut short. It was in Mandfield, Mass. Saw Echo many times.

[@cherylchaison6363]

One of their best songs

[@avenueb]

agreed, top 10 for sure

[@cazb877]

Still love this band after all these years.

[@janthomson7697]

So do I.

[@dougtull4594]

This song is so deep on every level--lyrically and musically.

[@jimhorton1964]

It certainly has. I recently saw them, much older, on programme about music from Liverpool at the BBC. That version of The Cutter had tremendous depth and maturity.

[@ferespi1612]

The 80’s was the best. True musicians

[@genebrotherton9056]

I never get bored from listening to this song

[@katkit.7046]

The older l get,the more some songs mean to me!....Memories of Life,Music,Parties,Live Bands,Traveling,People,Calling a spade a spade cos it is!....was all so good then.And unfortunatly you will never know if you weren't born then.I wish now could stop and reverse so youth of today could feel the past and l wonder if they would want today.Songs like this make me realise its all going too fast now......l close my eyes and this song takes me back...Hope it does for you too. P.S It is a wonderful world just not as good as the world it could have been... .

[@Howard0Beale]

one the great alternative tracks of all time. saw them live last year, they opened with this. love it

[@ferngully5324]

your profile pic made me vomit in my mouth a little bit. ok, a lot.

[@Howard0Beale]

thanks

[@meatmyhomenowatthis]

He's more popular than you realise

[@ferngully5324]

so was stalin. what's your point?

[@Howard0Beale]

LOL at Stalin. where do u ppl get these tropes? oh thats right, the media.

[@rogue5446]

Love this song since I was a kid. Im 48 now.

[@janthomson7697]

I am now 62. Love it too.

[@cofpaddy]

What a performance, voice, bassline. They produced some greats

[@nelliepopper]

Ian has the best voice in rock.

[@zoharawolf4554]

A million times agreed.

[@seojun2896]

Nellie Popper Nope.

[@BEATNGO57]

"...no he doesn`t..." X=0I

[@f0rmaggi0]

It was better before the smokes caught up to him.

[@Pflint99]

stevie marriot

[@JoelDTerry]

One of the all-time best bass lines in rock.

[@davidsfr60]

Best song ever by this band, and one of my all-time favorites. Being over 6 ft myself, it always keeps me thinking . . .

[@davespeed45]

This is seriously good. Top song from a top band.

[@mnmlstellar]

#lyrics Who's on the seventh floor Brewing alternatives What's in the bottom drawer Waiting for things to give Spare us the cutter Spare us the cutter Couldn't cut the mustard Conquering myself Until I see another hurdle approaching Say we can, say we will Not just another drop in the ocean Come to the free for all With seven tapered knives Some of them six feet tall We will escape our lives Spare us the cutter Spare us the cutter Couldn't cut the mustard Conquering myself Until I see another hurdle approaching Say we can, say we will Not just another drop in the ocean Am I the happy loss Will I still recoil When the skin is lost Am I the worthy cross Will I still be soiled When the dirt is off Conquering myself

[@gardensofthegods]

NöE reminds me of when I had a bizarre mystical experience.. really thought I died of a heart attack from the weight of what felt like 10 elephants sitting on my chest after hearing my heart beating faster than the mother of all panic attacks and I blacked out. ... positive that I died of a heart attack when I awoke in a semi dark room I could literally see through my eyelids.. ... I kept testing it opening and closing my eyes ... ...took me a couple years before I found out what that was all about and found out it happened to other people..THE GREAT DOUBT as its known in Zen. I also looked down and saw all these weird tiny little suds all around my body and the edges of my body was dissolving.. ... someone later told me that is when you dissolve the pain body and you therefore get quicker results when you meditate... it's as if the pain and the muck come off faster. .. it's technically a reference in one of its many forms to what is spoken about in The Book of Revelations... the reveal: ... its when the mask ...the skin comes off and what is presented is you are a more true authentic self who doesn't want to play games anymore ..who doesn't want to be an arsehole... ..who's looking for something more genuine and real.. ... for some of us it's a real painful process going into the void or as they call it in Buddhism also the Sunyata. then I saw the diamonds in the sky : a deep Vivid royal blue color sky and what stretched-out overhead into Infinity that look like Tire Treads made out of an amount of diamonds Beyond any number... ... so beautiful it was beyond description and I knew that the only thing that really exists is love. .. took me years of reading to learn what that was... ... and found out that is supposedly when you go up through your crown chakra and you're seeing the edges of the petals. .. all I can tell you is for me it was very painful when I went in to the void shortly thereafter ... ...for most of us it is it is also called The Dark Night of the Soul and an original Pali Canon Buddhism is called the Dukkha Nana's.. ... some people only go through it for a few hours or days.. some for months... some sorry sojourners like myself have gone through it off and on for years... I myself for over 7 years.. btw.. some stay in it for a whole lifetime or lifetimes and if you try to escape it's Horrors by medicating or boozing it up you only are delaying for when you still will have to do your time in that hell. I think the worse it is it first has to do with Bad Karma and I must have had a lot of Bad Karma to work off.. ... I just came out of it about 2 weeks ago and I'm hoping I never have to go back in it again... ... they claim it is when your third eye is opening . ...The Dark Night of the soul the real Dark Night of the Soul where the dukkha nanas is is marked by three negative things: Fear, misery, and disgust... ...you will have fear.. all your worst fears just keep coming up as like the fear of all fears.. you feel like you're in a nightmare World.. .. things seem very dark like you're really in a hole... .... then misery is that suddenly you cannot seem to enjoy anything you enjoyed before for example if you love a hot cup of tea it suddenly taste like tobacco... .... everything becomes a source of pain painful memories painful remorse painful regrets the pain of missing loved ones who have moved on... ... everything just becomes pain. ... then there is disgust ... ...disgust with everything in the physical world: there's no desire to eat.. I became emaciated .. ...there is no desire to get out of bed ..there is no desire to be.. ... and then after all that there is the desire to be liberated from it where you call out for help and what happened to me is each time I asked Jesus to get me out of this hell that usually would take at least several days of really praying hard and even yelling and getting mad and saying don't you hear me ? ... don't you have any faith in me ? where are you ? ...and then it's like getting a get out of jail card where you're sprung.. ... .. that usually take several days for it to totally put you back in a normal life or sometimes things are better than they ever were. ... I think what I have learned and read in all the research is that you don't stay out of the Void the dark hole the abyss forever if you don't have compassion or if you don't have humility... ... on KZbin there is a man named Shinzen Young who claims to be able to help people navigate out of that Matrix... one thing that helped a lot was looking at KZbin .. the videos on the third chakra and how to release fear ... ...this last time was the worst.. it was so gripping I was walking hunched over and I was in physical pain after doing one of the breathing exercises to release fear... ..But it worked. ... even though I'm out of it now I'm still going to partake of his podcast that he does on Fridays and weekends... .. he offers discounts to those who are struggling financially ..you can go to his website and you can look at his videos where he talks about depersonalization.. one of the best ways to get help with all this stuff if you are experiencing weird metaphysical things is to get help from a Buddhist llama or maybe a zen teacher the Tibetan Buddhist Lamas being shamanistic probably are actually more adept at dealing with this .. hopefully I've learned my lesson now but these lyrics spare us the cutter all remind me of when you're in the abyss and you know what they say sometimes when you look into the abyss the abyss stares back at you. .. that is what happens when you go into the void and you think you have compassion but you don't have enough of it but at least you have shed the skin... .. and I tell people I don't care what religion you are .. ..it doesn't even matter if you don't believe in God ... ..all I know is to go to guy is the dude named Jesus.. ... he is the one whose special talent is to get you out of hell but sometimes we have to get really angry and yell at him to convince him to spare us the cutter

[@therealawakener7]

One of the best pop songs ever written. Enough said.

[@jimhorton1964]

Too right

[@quaker57]

They made some unforgettable tunes no doubt about it, top band

[@stevenmartinez438]

Twisted my young head in 1983, I blame Ian for my behavior ever since. Saw them at the Greek Theatre in 1984. Monster ever since.

[@iantodd7729]

One of the.best.tracks from.the.band of.the Eighties the irrepressibly.brilliant Bunnymen

[@bozart6001]

Somehow this was my first cd when I was in the 4th grade . My brother bought me this after they caught me watching a new kids on the block on Tv .

[@violator791]

They play this on the soundtrack at work. It took me 5 times listening to it to get the lyrics and it was worth the wait! Found my new favorite song.

[@superbigjohn62]

pete de freitas, a brilliant drummer. RIP.

[@sirjellybeans6653]

Saw this live just two months after it's release when they played in my City. Fantastic gig

[@jasondurent8805]

A time a place it just makes me think of Liverpool and one of the many things I love about the place I love Liverpool

[@johnnyjohn8073]

WOW!!! I was a 14 year old kid in Jr. High School in 1987 listening to KROQ when the radio commercial would advertise the concert for Echo & The Bunnymen & it was the Swedish Eagle (Egil) who advertised it. The radio commercial would start the first 5 seconds with the beginning of this song. Then the Swedish Eagle's voice would come over the song after the 5 seconds promoting the concert. This band, the beginning of this song, the Swedish Eagle, and the radio ad for the concert have always been synonymous to me whenever I hear this song or the name of the band. This occurs rarely about many years in between. It brought a smile to my face.

[@evakoppin7355]

Yup. I remember KROQ!!! Loved the station!! Love this song. Excellent group!!

[@TheCB1359]

Love these guys !!

[@andrewkeen7828]

Saw them play this in Glasgow late summer this year. Still outstanding. His voice isn't as great as at this time but still very good. Will still strumming like a demon. It's an all time favourite tune of mine

[@scottyraywatson5530]

Now that is class, thanks boys loved it then still do.

[@timmcmahon3597]

Great voice!

[@alexgreen5064]

There really is a magic water flowing through the Mersey !

[@KevinSmith-up1qo]

Aah, Hollings Faculty Bar, Manchester 1982/83. Good times had by all. Many classics followed this on the Juke Box: Iggy, Smiths, Stone Roses, Joy Division and on and on and on. What I wouldn’t give to be back there again.

[@calvarychapelhh]

Timeless CLASSIC

[@barbconch]

pete de freitas is totally underrated as a drummer

[@roryamberful]

The way he says "couldn't cut the mustard" dramatically with no irony.

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Why I can't get it loud enough via my headphones. Argh... This is a song that needs to blast!!

[@clivedxb]

1:47 Perfection.

[@smallworldexperiment9854]

4th in my top ten of best songs ever

[@lolah3838]

It's in my top 5 and I don't know who the other 4 are.

[@chriscoccagna5917]

What are the three ranked higher ??

[@suzannehofstetter1231]

The first song I ever heard by them and still the best!

[@imstrandedone]

I just luv this song!

[@alanriley9474]

Was a hit in Australia back then. catchy tune. SPARE US THE CUTTER !

[@TheTradWarrior]

I am very proud to be cut. ;)

[@frankmiranda5122]

MAN THIS REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST FRIENDS THAT WERE NEW TO PUNK WELL 80S. MAN THERE'S NO FEELING IN THE WORLD I LOVE THOSE MEMORYS. I LOBE YOU GUYS CAT ,AMY,ERIKA,DIANE ORNELAS AKA G G you guys are special to my memorys

[@martintop777]

SAW THEM AT FARNBOROUGH TECHNOÇOLGY WITH THE HIGGSONS SUPPORTING THEM PREETY SURE IT WAS 1979/80 IT WAS 50 PENCE TO GET IN I'D JUST STARTED MY APPRENTICESHIP AND DAY RELEASE.

[@mushroomcactiisbanging5696]

The 12" is one of the best tunes of all time.IMHO.In my top 5 of all time.Brilliant singer and brilliant guitarist.Brilliant live.Last time I saw them they played with James in Glasgow.James are rated as an awesome live band,the Bunnymen blew them out of the water.Even my now ex who was there to see James agreed.

[@julesakers650]

Damn. As good as when I bought the 7 inch 30+ years ago. Beautiful.

[@paulmoreton3083]

Saw them play this back at the Brixton academy in the 80's, with the closing comment to this track ' I am surprised that your suprised..' great night and a great band.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

BRILLIANT!

[@dianelee1299]

I hear this and I relax and exhale. So good

[@turnaroundthreadz3614]

Love Echo and the Bunnymen I guess it was a time in my life when I was not a responsible adult well being 20ish in the 80's was awesome. Then I grew up.... This is music not the stuff around today....

[@chriscoccagna5917]

You weren't the only who was living in the 80's and not grown up....

[@rouen1431]

goodness lands I was in high school about 16 riding around Houston in a convertible listening to these great tunes. mom didnt know I was out rambling. Never forget nearly blew my eardrums out...lol...falling asleep with vinyl records still spinning. still have the vinyls. Thank You God for still letting me hear!

[@pbainbridge]

Love the bunnies.

[@nathanielmead]

Best song ever written

[@endamurphy6626]

Great great song. Looking back, it was a portent of what was coming around the corner a year later: the epic, flawless, peerless 'Ocean Rain' album ...

[@volkerschulze-desouza5048]

Outstanding. Secretly went to Hannover to by the 72 version at the age of 16. Remember those disks? On the B-side was Zimbo with the Royal Burundi Drummers.

[@jjHoss]

Why did you have to do it secretly?

[@volkerschulze-desouza5048]

my dad wouldnt let me

[@jjHoss]

Your secret is safe with us :-)

[@michaelharris4651]

Epic song , hats off to the Bunnymen 🎩🔊🔊🔊!

[@BillyBrendan]

God I love this song!

[@JasonDetheridge]

What Great Singer song writer Ian was,also a great band

[@michealharrison808]

one of the very best

[@msbossilly]

Still love this in 2022!

[@crosstownchord]

I was 17 when this came out and despite the protestations of my peers, I thought it was rubbish. I was wrong.

[@ivorodrigues2192]

Top, gosto muito dessa banda . Me lembra Joy Division

[@derekpugh6819]

Brilliant.😎👍

[@edsoncosta3253]

bela musica....O Echo è uma banda fantastica.

[@garyvillage7965]

another great song

[@BBnose]

2019 still listening to it

[@donatoienzi9775]

Feel good music 🎶

[@samuelmorse784]

Without doubt their greatest moment.

[@iliketowatchsowhat]

Attention millennials ,observe greatness!!!

[@themeekwanderer]

This was part filmed at Gullfoss in Iceland.

[@miriambloemraad5100]

I thought so 😉

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

+ Gren Which part? :o)

[@lisalgrochmal7738]

And I was just thinking that I have the VHS from all the songs there. The land was beautiful. Dont remember how many songs were on it though, lol. I'm old!!!

[@JohnFletcher-hz1mp]

Best band in The World.

[@Swayspirit]

Awesome voice!

[@robertchampion9681]

Saw them on pier 84 with new in early 80s blew new order away

[@MrPirlimpimpim]

Perfect!

[@javedsingh7777]

Wonderful song, wonderful band. Need an injection of some of this stuff nowadays into our indifferent spoilt and lazy minded generation. Excuse me I'm an old bastard!

[@philphilly4777]

Javed Singh lol....your not the only 1 !!

[@nadinewhite993]

+Javed Singh Never has a year gone by since this was released that I haven't played it. Multiple times!

[@javedsingh7777]

I used to listen to it very regularly. Excellent songwriter MCullough!

[@carywhitt]

+Javed Singh saw them last night - great as always

[@javedsingh7777]

+cary whitt Any new numbers Cary?

[@communicationbreakdown256]

he is so serious. I hope he was having fun.

[@lincbond442]

I think of this song every time I hear about Qatar in the news. Spare us the Qatar.

[@communicationbreakdown256]

lincbond442 then maybe I've always said it wrong. I pronounce Qatar as Ca-tar. (sounds like guitar.)

[@deanthomson6975]

Remember walking on Coco Beach Fl with my Walkman deep in meditation before I knew what meditation was!

[@henrys3629]

Video reminds me of the Beatles when they are playing in the snow.

[@dickygriffiths3297]

Yes, one was young once. When the chase was on.

[@Danieditz887]

Always love the bunnymen!!

[@sylviegamboa7229]

Singer so hot...Echo so coool!!!! This is my fav song from them...so damm gorgeous!

[@pashby73]

Great song

[@AdoniaTT]

Just listened in 2023....😊

[@DianaSharma-29]

definitely a legend

[@adz68]

Classic

[@paddockway1]

This track helps define the early to mid-80s indie scene in the UK. It's full of all that Marxist symbolism beloved of the left at the time. It's fabulously full of its own aching self-importance and totally bereft of any fun. But despite all that, it captures a mood - it's pensive, cool, political and head-noddingly addictive. McCullogh's baritone warbles over a nicely orchestrated ensemble to great effect.

[@roy36NL]

The 12" version is brilliant.

[@Brendanmthekid]

this stuff is so underrated

[@clairenoon4070]

Bingo! The 'underrated' word! Knew it would be here somewhere. Apparently, every single band/song of the 80s that I and my friends loved/bought/went to see are 'underrated', because commenters have said so on every KZbin vid of them I've watched. I suspect the common denominator of all/most of these commenters is that they weren't there!

[@salus1231]

@@clairenoon4070 spot on

[@snosage]

I sing along to this with fists in the air and four minutes later I am on the verge of tears. Every time.

[@TheTradWarrior]

Yeah......you ought to get out more ;)

[@jeffricks2640]

one of the best b-sides ever

[@stevenmartinez438]

jeff ricks what was the A side?

[@AnGoosen]

Love this, thanks Scotty(Staple and Hasp), for getting me in to the Bunnymen

[@samanthaboyce3080]

enchanting!!

[@squiddlesmcdiddles3850]

Best banner in Madrid on Saturday for LFC Champions final carries the Legend. 'LFC - NOT JUST ANOTHER DROP IN THE OCEAN!' :-)

[@giovannideltaglia9324]

li ho visti al tenax di Firenze nell' 83 o nell' 84, tanta roba!

[@brandondrake14]

TALENT!

[@trudirosie4186]

My fave group😊

[@henrys3629]

Wish I could go back in time.......