What is The Killing Moon Song meaning?

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What is The Killing Moon Song meaning?

What is The Killing Moon Song meaning?

While many have tried to define the song's sound and the meaning behind the lyrics, the truth is that, according to its creator McCulloch, “It's about everything, from birth to death to eternity and God – whatever that is – and the eternal battle between fate and the human will.

Who originally wrote The Killing Moon?

Ian McCulloch Will SergeantLes PattinsonPete de Freitas The Killing Moon/Compositeurs

Who sings Killing Moon?

Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Moon/Artistes

Is the Killing Moon the best song ever?

Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch has said his band's biggest hit contains "the answer to the meaning of life". Echo and the Bunnymen has revealed the process that led to them creating what's considered by most to be their finest song: The Killing Moon.

Who wrote Echo and the Bunnymen songs?

Ian McCulloch Ian McCulloch: Well, no one treasured the songs more than me. A lot of the reason for doing it was we have been playing some of the songs for nearly forty years, and some of them are forty years old like Rescue. We have played them and sung them for most of the live set over the years; they are the staple songs.

Where are Echo and the Bunnymen from?

Liverpool, United Kingdom Echo and the Bunnymen/Origine

When was the Killing Moon written?

The Killing Moon
"The Killing Moon"
Released20 January 1984
RecordedAmazon Studios in Liverpool December 1983 and *Crescent Studio in Bath
GenrePost-punk gothic rock new wave
Length5:47
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Is Echo and the Bunnymen Goth?

Bauhaus was goth; Peter Murphy or Love and Rockets were alternative. ... The intriguing inclusion of such seemingly tangential goth acts as the Jesus and Mary Chain, Skinny Puppy, Cocteau Twins, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Dali's Car force the listener to rethink their definitions of “goth.”

What band was Ian McCulloch in?

Echo & the BunnymenSince 1996 ElectrafixionCrucial Three Ian McCulloch/Groupes Ian Stephen McCulloch (born ) is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.

What key is The Killing Moon in?

The Killing Moon is written in the key of G.

What is the meaning of the Killing Moon?

  • General Comment Actually, according to Ian, the Killing Moon is about death "up in your arms to let to beg you or cancel it....." About fate up against your will.

How different is the Killing Moon from the recorded version?

  • ‘The Killing Moon’ was one of them, and it just sort of developed. “It was pretty different than the recorded version at the time. I think that the recorded version took it to a another level, really. It had some interesting sounds on it, like reversed autoharps in the choruses and things like that.

When did The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen come out?

  • About “The Killing Moon”. Often regarded as Echo and the Bunnymen’s greatest song, this 1984 single hit #9 on the UK charts. The song was also featured in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.

How does the Moon and death work together in the wedding?

  • At the wedding, the two elope and flee to a nearby wood. However the moon and Death work together to let the Groom catch up with Leonardo and kill him. The moon shines brighter so that the Groom can achieve this, hence the song title.

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