Echo & The Bunnymen - 'The Game' & 'Lips Like Sugar'. Live, BBC.

[@stephenlorriman1980]

This was the first performance I ever recorded on VHS. My fingers ready for the two buttons on the VCR. I played it endlessly, learnt every word as every 13 year old is wont to.

[@josephdykes1820]

Best version of Lips Like Sugar ever!

[@musikpal]

I'd love to see this song live. I've seen Echo and the bunnymen twice, but they didn't play this one :(

[@andrewkeen7828]

They play it all the time now, it's a Goth favourite

[@musikpal]

Just saw them a few months ago in Seattle, they didn't play this song either, but was still a great show.

[@victorbranco7928]

Best Lips Like Sugar version ever

[@bassatnight]

Les and Pete, what a rhythm section!

[@msbadkittie]

amazing live performance of ‘Lips Like Sugar’! it’s better than the album. not over-produced and slick. just raw and more like old school Echo and TBM ❤

[@mpreiss7780]

"Born under Mars with Jupiter rising" AWESOME!!! BEST OF THE 80'S

[@Motormouth2112]

Will crank Echo in my walkmans while in flight training back in the 80s doing crazy mameuvers almost 40 yrs later still rocks. Ladies and Gentlmen thats not turbulance, it's your flt crew cranking Echo.... lol

[@peterfreeman6677]

This is an Old Grey Whistle Test special ("Rock around The Clock", running through the evening and night until 7am) broadcast on Saturday September 20th 1986 on BBC2. These two were in the band's first set at 8:45pm.

[@JM-wp5gt]

Yeah Billy Bragg was on too

[@herbieshine1312]

I remember watching this when it was first broadcast. I'm pretty sure it was near the end of the show. Sitting poised with fingers over the record button. I miss real Bunnymen of this time. I still love the older stuff and I'm always pleased when there's new Bunnymen material, but for some time it's seemed like they/ perhaps Mcculloch isn't/ arent really trying anymore. There aren't the really clever lyrics we used to get, Will Sergents playing still seems exciting, but when I saw them possibly 3/4 years ago, they seemed like a tribute act. It's really sad as the excitement of the old is still there, but it feels less vital or "real" now. Obviously, this could at least in part be down to me getting older, too. Thanks for uploading

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Pete, Les and Will were the perfect musicians to back up eclectic Ian and keep him on track!

[@monicaspector2388]

I love this performance! I am surprised so few likes on this one.

[@StratsRUs]

It's alright

[@swbeck1814]

I'm with you, one of the best, definitely raw and edgy early version.

[@JoeyLevenson]

8:00 Will doing what he does. Amazing performance. Love it so much.

[@suffern63]

+Joey Levenson Official Still sounds reakky sharp

[@andrewkeen7828]

Outstanding version of lips like sugar. WS doing the complicated stuff, very well

[@ajlarue12]

Amazing version of Lips, blows away the already amazing studio version

[@gashagjb007]

I remember this being a whistle test special, possibly the first time they played it live, I was blown away, I had it recorded on vhs at the time and used to play it over and over again.

[@amazingpudding6359]

I played this every day between the broadcast and when the album came out almost a year later, I don't think the Game on record was anywhere near as good as I thought it was going to be, although still very good.

[@DrKJPalmer]

Think these performances pre-date the studio versions. Definitely remember seeing (and recording) this at the time and being blown away. The album tracks were slightly disappointing after this! They also did a cover of Velvet's Run Run Run at the end which was fab. :)

[@Rolandzebub]

This live rendition of Lips is on fire.

[@albion7000]

Watched this 100 times when I taped it on video when it aired.

[@U2HL]

Love this performance...lipssss...my favourite of them!❤❤

[@ifutureman]

Great stuff. Lips Like Sugar always worked better live, when they loosened it up. A shame they didn't play "Rollercoaster" on this show.

[@miketunky2277]

Great. I remember this when it was broadcast and it still sounds brilliant all this time later.

[@melissawright1979]

I love this band!

[@danielscissorhands]

"Thankyou! I don't know who I'm thanking."

[@ninetyminutestd]

Lol. Ian breaking from his too cool for school character.

[@rickdee7179]

Peak Bunnymen - at their imperial best. What a tight band they were - lots of glances and nods as they instinctively knew where their music was going. Used to love Lips Like Sugar at their gigs - Ian often wandering off into streams of consciousness mutterings, the band matching his mood and that of the audience superbly, sometimes stretching the song to almost 10 minutes of peaks and troughs before the majestic finale. Ian often clutching a can of beer and a cigarette under a solitary spotlight. Great memories of a band who should have been massive. For those who never saw them - Ian would often wear the coat for the whole gig, and never so much as a bead of sweat on his face.

[@ISLWYN2007]

Love the Bond Guitar.

[@raylo993]

This video is so freaking awesome......thanks for uploading !!!

[@GoSolar]

Effing amazing

[@RichardQuirkmusic]

Thanks for uploading, sounds more like a more Heaven Up Here era band version of Lips Like Sugar than the overly produced single.

[@jdlewis2460]

Wow that was perfect

[@SmallBearRecords]

Wow! Played as if it was on POrcupine and not the last album. Stellar!!!

[@aabbcc3804]

Echo Forever!!!!!

[@marcelomcn1977]

Thanks for u and KZbin for this

[@jimmyboomsemtex9735]

remember track 1 from when i was at school in the 80s and no2 well on their hits. played it many times to catch up hehe saw them live in 05 love them

[@abbiwils]

I love Ian's guitar!

[@drsteele4749]

Will Sargent was a terrific guitarist.

[@GriefTourist]

Is

[@drsteele4749]

@@GriefTourist Pedant.

[@alexvan1960]

Is a terrific guitarist!!!

[@cookiedisco]

So much better than what came out on record. Both

[@llex_luthor]

amazing !!!!

[@gobiernocabildo4462]

❤Live good live 👍 great group Creative band echo Bunny band ❤❤❤😂❤❤

[@brunoaraujo8514]

So great to see Jake Brockman on camera

[@ElectricLabel]

RIP Pete RIP Jake

[@lucasmira4255]

Isso é que podemos chamar de música

[@llex_luthor]

verdade, os Bunnymen's são feras demais... banda fodástica...

[@damonla.4134]

SImply --- WOW!

[@unperegrino70]

Concerning the song The Game, what is he singing about, please?

[@cameron110475]

Probably the last great performance from a truly awesome band.

[@DJSTOEK]

Nice!

[@GriefTourist]

2:42 love that but where they all stop playing apart from the keyboard

[@UKArtlover]

Will put that guitar up on eBay under his Seargeant Fuzz moniker in about 2003, I bid...not enough , damn !

[@AllenManor]

I interviewed Will years ago right when the Bunnymen were reforming. I actually asked him about "that black guitar" and he was incredibly dismissive of it (but then again, he seems to be dismissive about everything). He said that the company, Bond, sent him a guitar for free out of the blue in the hopes that he would play it live and give them some exposure. He was impressed at how space-age it was (made of carbon fiber with a digital readout) but that he could never get it to work right. He said he sent it back "loads of times" for them to fix it and he said it never did work right so he gave up trying to use it.

[@UKArtlover]

@@AllenManor Hi Allen wow lucky you I've always loved his quirky psychedelic playing , and that story sounds as though it ties in nicely with my eBay experience...no doubt someone somewhere is still trying to make it work :)

[@AllenManor]

@@UKArtlover After I spoke to Will I did a little research and those guitars were very innovative. I suppose if they were built in Japan the electronics would not be a problem. Anyways, Will was a very humble and down-to-earth guy -- the exact opposite of what I imagine Ian McCulloch to be. It's hard to believe they have had such a long and successful career working together.

[@UKArtlover]

@@AllenManor Indeed , Ian was never shy in ( rightly) promoting his talent ( always remember the " Greatest Album Ever Made" strapline for Ocean Rain :), I do confess though I mainly listen to the first four albums and Avant Garde B Sides like " Fuel" and " Angels and Devils" , favourites from the main albums are " Ripeness" " Thorn of Crowns" " Show of Strength" and the live " over the wall , and all that jazz" from the Shine So Hard concert at Buxton... wondrous

[@flaviomarques736]

sugar kisses! very good

[@lorifunk1985]

Uh…mazing!!!

[@davidhope2506]

the nutz.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Echo referred to the drum machine they used before they had a drummer.

[@coco-lt5wt]

wasn't this the same event as the infamous new order performance?

[@amazingpudding6359]

+Colin Malcolm 2 years earlier New Order

[@tinasuarez61]

Lips like sugar 3:55.

[@Handlemcdaniel]

Rough versions compared to the album, but likely more what the band originally had in mind.

[@DannyWhittingham-yk9oq]

Very few band's would go on national TV, play a single amd not sing the chorus.....😂

[@dantemaharaja6390]

Better than the studio versions.

[@mattiemclean9882]

Pete didn't play on the studio versions so that is the difference

[@dantemaharaja6390]

@@mattiemclean9882 I was thinking more of the production of the lp. On the album sleeve, Pete is listed as drummer. No other drummers are mentioned in the list of additional musicians.

[@feedwinnie]

Whaoh....

[@azulp1247]

2:51 LITERALMENTE YO

[@johnmackie5851]

Sad to think how good the subsequent album could have been without all that shit/polished production. Was so excited when I heard these 2 songs, and so underwhelmed with the lp. Still love them.

[@eminuspier5041]

cheek out BigChoice

[@paulevans8348]

I think Will forgot to plug in his guitar.

[@valdotc8559]

Mac seems to be pissed there. Probably already on the mood that led to the bands breakup

[@ViniciusLive3]

Esse teclado melancólico de The Game faz até o coração bater mais forte

[@jamesjukebox2386]

Lips a work in progress there.

[@rhmcvay]

What year was this recorded on BBC?

[@GriefTourist]

September 1986

[@ninetyminutestd]

Oh why oh why didn't the record company leave them alone and let them record as they wanted. These versions have a lot more verve than what ended up in the Grey Album. And I like that album but it could have been so much better.

[@antunivanovic]

Oh you know it better now, don't you? Come on dear - these are live tracks, and the album tracks are the album tracks and sound fabulous as they are. What's the big deal?

[@ninetyminutestd]

No big deal, just an opinion the Grey Album was overproduced and made average songs worse and lessen the great songs (like these two).

[@StratsRUs]

Ocean Rain is miles better album as a whole.

[@walterberry9260]

What? I saw this in 80's open for new order this rox

[@alastairwest5200]

What year is this..?

[@rayla1780]

2023

[@ElectricLabel]

This was a soundcheck and wasn't meant to be broadcast. That's why they are so ramshackle.

[@rayla1780]

I'll buy ten of the soundcheck full albums please!

[@paulobrien7022]

My favourite liverpool song, from Echo & The Bunnymen ex scouser from someone who cannot wait to get off this sinking ship. I already know I'm voting Tory in the next election, where i move to

[@Meteorslinger7.1]

Seems like they were still putting LLS together. Pretty sloppy. Sorry but I think the studio cut has a better flow.

[@davidgerrard8661]

It's so dynamic, live is different to studio, we get to enjoy both.

[@misterbonzoid5623]

So boring compared with Crocodiles: whaT ARE Y'ALL THINKING?

[@raphamarx7144]

Maravilhosa performance dos bumnymen