Song of the Day: "Heaven Up Here" by Echo & The Bunnymen · Jun 12, 10:44 PM by Don
I hadn’t heard “Heaven Up Here” by Echo & The Bunnymen since the ’80s. Two years ago, I heard Kelley Stoltz’s stellar cover of it on a Q magazine compilation, which recasts the razor-sharp rocker as a dreamy acoustic stomper. So, today, after having become accustomed to the Stoltz version, to hear Will Sergeant’s slicing guitar and Ian McCulloch’s manic vocals was a real treat. I forgot how much it rocked. Forget silly labels like “new wave.” McCulloch would agree. In a 1980 interview he said, “I always say ‘We’re a rock band’. Because I’m proud of that.”
Now give a listen as the Bunnymen and their biggest fan bring heaven down here to earth and spit it out your speakers.
mp3: Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here :: from Heaven Up Here (1981)
mp3: Kelley Stoltz – Heaven Up Here :: from Q Covered: The Eighties (2006)
Video: The band perform the song at a 1983 concert in Germany.
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Songs in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format are offered for a limited time only. Songs that are no longer downloadable can be streamed at the Timedoor page at Hype Machine. Dead mp3 links take you to the top of page one. Support your favorite artists by buying their music at your local independent record store (mine is Atomic Records) or eMusic. And read about ‘em at TrouserPress.com.
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