Move over Star Trek. Echo & The Bunnymen’s mighty 1984 album Ocean Rain will boldly go to the International Space Station on June 13th courtesy of astronaut Colonel Timothy L. Korpa.
Korpa, who has been a Bunnymen fanatic since his teens recently contacted the band via their website about his upcoming three-month mission on the ISS. Though Ocean Rain is Korpa’s favorite, he gave the choice to the band to pick which of their albums they would like him to take on his mission, saying that he would snap photos in space with the album and crew of the ISS and give the album back to the band as a souvenir when he returns to Earth. The Bunnymen ecstatically shipped out to Korpa an autographed copy of Ocean Rain right away.
“What an honour,” said Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch. “Now it’s official. We are the coolest band in the universe. As a kid I dreamt of being an astronaut, and now in a way it feels like I’m fulfilling that dream. I cannot wait to hear from Tim what it is like to listen to ‘The Killing Moon’ in the actual glow of the moon.”
The NASA mission happens to tie in with a box set reissue of Ocean Rain, set for release on May 30. The set will include a live version of the album recorded at the Liverpool Arena last November, plus a DVD documentary and booklet. The first 1000 copies ordered will be signed by McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Echo & the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain to be blasted into space.
I'm a huge Bunnymen fan. If you don't own "Ocean Rain" (and their other albums), you're a damn fool. From a press release:
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"Ocean Rain" is one of my all time favorite albums, too! I caught the Bunnymen at The Beacon ('84 I think) on their tour in support of that record--and they were incredible!
Though Mac's comment that they are now the coolest band in the universe is a bit much (though he's remarkably consistent about his Bono/Jim Kerr-like pomposity--at the time of "Ocean Rain's" release, he claimed it was the greatest album ever!).
Sad fanboy factoid: my senior high school yearbook quotes were both from this album--lyrics from "Seven Seas" and "Ocean Rain."
He's still like that. I watched a DVD from a show from 2007, and he only spoke to the crowd twice. The first time, it was to intro "Dancing Horses" as "This is the greatest song ever written." The second time was at the end of the show - he said, "Thank you, you've just seen the greatest band in the world" and then he abruptly turned around and marched off-stage.
I hate that rockstar vanity, but I have to forgive them for it. Especially since those statements aren't necessarily untrue...
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