Ask Ian McCulloch what he thinks is the greatest song of all time and the response is unequivocal. You might expect it to be something by one of his heroes – David Bowie, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen maybe. But no, it’s one of his own.
“No one else has a song like The Killing Moon, not even Bowie,” he says, with the typical immodesty that’s been a hallmark of his 35 years fronting Echo & The Bunnymen. “It’s more than just a song, it’s about everything in life.”
