search: 1977 _love in a void_ demos
destroy: _the rapture_
― sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 21 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Search: "Peekaboo" Destroy: "Kiss Them For Me"
― Ally, Wednesday, 21 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Search: Urg, that's hard. I'll go with my personal underrated fave, "Cannons". Destroy: "Dear Prudence". In a second. I mean, it's just a horrid song. Nothing they could have done would have saved it.
― Dan Perry, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Destroy : the swastika
As far as goth goes, not horrible. There's something very unpleasant about her voice, though, that I can't quite put my finger on, something beyond the iciness that comes with the territory.
― Patrick, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― The Jester, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Classic if only for Peepshow. That's one damn fine record.
― Omar, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Search: "Fireworks" Destroy: "Hong Kong Garden", at least the lyrics thereof. "Slanted eyes greet a new sunrise / A race of bodies small in size / Chicken chow mein and chop suey / Hong Kong Garden takeaway". I mean really.
― Tom, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― fernando, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Search -- _Nocturne_, hands down. One of my favorite live albums *and* favorite albums. Just a great performance from everyone involved.
Destroy -- well, Tom had a rather good point. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Tim Baier, Thursday, 22 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Destroy : Voodoo Dolly from JuJu
Oh it's a 'C or D' as well is it? Oh Classic for sure. Actually I must confess that I haven't listened to S+B in 5 years, and I only have the early stuff. Must have a listen to some over the weekend.
― Dr. C, Friday, 23 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
The likes of Alien Sex Fiend, Sisters, and a host of bands either in the "Batcave" scene or featured in "new" Zigzag claimed to be "goth" but it was all a bit silly really. Probably mostly ended up getting jobs as bank clerks. Go check out Mick Mercer's "Gothic Rock" book for a full rundown of that hilarious era.
Siouxsie & The Banshees, goth ?!? Frankly, that's insulting !
― The Jester, Saturday, 24 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
They probably pre-date goth, but boy oh boy do they fit in. Also, I don't see any contradiction between being a goth and becoming a bank clerk. What are "true" goths suppose to make of themselves when they grow up, anyway ?
― Patrick, Saturday, 24 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I thought everyone knew that.
― Nicole, Saturday, 24 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― DeRayMi, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
an how could anyone not like kiss them for me? that's like the best song ever, though the hindu-deity appropriation in the video was a bit tired even for 1991
― Vic, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Just picked up the two-discer BEST OF SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES. Despite already being utterly needless in the wake of both the singles collectoins, ONCE UPON A TIME and TWICE UPON A TIME, this "limited edition" package includes a bonus disc of "rare Remixes"....just to rope in suckers like myself. Herein my beef: Being that the perfectly sublime "Song from the Edge of the World" does *NOT* exist anywhere on compact disc, why then tease fans by including the cringe-worthy "Columbus Mix" of said song instead of the definite article?
Problem numbah two: why no inclusion of earlier gems like "Metal Postcard"? You'd never know the band ever had a harder, punkier edge if this was the only document of theirs available (and isn't that what BEST OF's are supposed to do? Provide a the widest array of a band's canon?)
Personally speaking, I would've also included their live cover of "Helter Skelter."
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 17:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeff W, Thursday, 10 October 2002 07:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jon (jon), Thursday, 10 October 2002 08:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
All the other albums really need to be sieved to varying degrees but fortunately their best tracks were generally the singles
I agree with Sundar about those early demos - when are they going to get an official release? It would be great to have Make Up To Break Up and Captain Scarlet legitimately available
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 10 October 2002 08:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― s trife (simon_tr), Thursday, 10 October 2002 08:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jon (jon), Thursday, 10 October 2002 09:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Turns out according to the bio "Hong Kong Garden"'s lyrics were, says La Sioux, "mentally dedicated to my local Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst High Street, which opened when I was 12 or so and at a time when there were loads of skinheads around. I was so sorry for the racist abuse that the people who worked there used to get. I always wished I was Emma Peel and that I could beat the shit out of the skinheads." Well then.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:43 (twenty years ago) link
Search: Urg, that's hard. I'll go with my personal underrated fave, "Cannons"
They actually talk about that a bit in the book, so you're not alone there. Weird thing is that even though I've heard that album any number of times I can't recall for the life of me how it goes!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 03:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
― sucka (sucka), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 04:43 (twenty years ago) link
― iangrey (Ian_G), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 07:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 07:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 08:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
I was a huge, huge fan in the 80s, saw them live several times (they were shit hot) once with Robert Smith on guitar which must be like a goth's wet dream or something. But for some reason I went right off them very quickly and don't listen to them at all now (well, apart from the nostalgic tug of "Hong Kong Garden" and "Jigsaw Feeling"). Maybe it was me, maybe it was "Dear Prudence"
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:04 (twenty years ago) link
I too read Paytress' book (whilst on jury duty) and enjoyed it so much that I was genuinely sad when it was over.
Has anyone heard the new Creatures record? It's been getting glowing reviews.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
Am I the only one who genuinely appreciates "Kiss Them for Me"?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:29 (twenty years ago) link
*Thinks it's alright* - sign me up.
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:30 (twenty years ago) link
chapterhouse/siouxsie sample
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
I do like "Kiss Them for Me," I thought it was very alluring and interesting (and I loved the subject matter). Great video too -- reminds me that a decent video collection and B-side comp is WELL overdue from them.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago) link
I LOVE THAT SONG.
_Hai!_ sounds a lot like the spacier moments of _Boomerang_ with bigger, fatter drums, which of course means that I think it's GODLIKE.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago) link
Anyone hear anything about Siouxsie?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 January 2004 00:09 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link
total evil riffage, amazing off kilter drum beat from budgie
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
(Actually, this doesn't really surprise me, but hey; I'll take every "you were right" that gets flung my way.)
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
search: everything, especially "Painted Bird"
destroy: who told they are dud.
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Regardless, in spite of the opinion that everyone seems to be throwing around, I love the Dear Prudence cover. And Spellbound is absolutely amazing.
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
*sway, sway, hand flutter*
(xpost: Hmm, Atnevon's production point might explain why _Tinderbox_ is perfect; it's the fulcrum point between their two extremes.)
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually, I think that the last time I listened to them might have been in 2001.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Um, except everyone loves their cover of "Helter Skelter" (where "everyone" actually means "me"). The problem is that the song "Dear Prudence" is an irredeemably twee piece of shitty songwriting that should be beaten with sticks.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
But at least, Dead Prudence is filler to a great album, in my opinion.
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
"DEAD Pru-DENCEWILL-YOU-NOT-COME-OUT-AND-PLAYDEAD Pru-DENCEGREET-THE-BRAND-NEW-DAY."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
The problem is i am Elvis is DEAD.
But now I think "I SEE DEAD PEOPLE". Pour Prudence...
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I dunno. I like every Beatles cover over the original except for that Journey cover of "It's All Too Much".
All of the Siouxsie Beatles covers are great, even that recent cover of "Blue Jay Way"
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link
More credence for the "'Dear Prudence' is actually shitty" theory.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
OT$$$
With the upcoming heatwave, it might be time to give '92 Degrees' a few spins! OMG I love that song..
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Wednesday 20th October
Siouxsie Sioux guest presenting The John Peel showhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/index.shtml
tune in !
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
However, it picked up!
― Muppet Boy, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 21 October 2004 11:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 January 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 January 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 January 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Not as long as "Got to Get Up" off Superstition exists.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 17 January 2005 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
The version I saw at Lollapalooza still disturbs my soul. (Arguably it even crucifies my chest.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 January 2005 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 10:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(xpost)
― Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
It is a little alarming to realize how much Siouxsie Schtick Karen O has appropriated (actually The Yeah Yeah Yeahs sound like they put Scream-era Banshees on heavy repeat for the entirety of their teenage years but that's another thread) but I'll take it in whatever form I can get it.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 28 March 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
(Apparently I am the only person who thinks "Dear Prudence" is deeply embarrassing.)
-- Dan Perry (djperr...), March 17th, 2003.
Right there with ya, Dan. Never liked their cover of "Dear Prudence."
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), March 17th, 2003.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 01:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 07:08 (eighteen years ago) link
The Nocturne version of 'Dear Prudence' is appalling - but I quite like the shimmering quality of the single.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
search: the authorised biography.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Conversely, every version of "Helter Skelter" is awesome, including U2's.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link
(This could only have improved Rattle and Hum.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Everything in this paragraph makes my head spin
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
[Also that Jon Klein was sacked for hair-loss...Before reading that I always thought there was a rock'n'roll gene that somehow ensured that an unlikely percentage of males in the music business (except Elton John & Phil Collins) keeps a full head of hair.]
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link
This is kind of all the reasons why I hate people encapsulated in an evil little parable.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 22 May 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 22 May 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I've been wanting to buy A Kiss in the Dreamhouse for years and years but keep waiting for the remaster and it never seems to come. *frowns*
― Ian Riese-Moraine is on toffuti break! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 22 May 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 22 May 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine is on toffuti break! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 22 May 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Everything up to the "Song From the Edge Of The World" 12" has much merit.
Not too familiar with their output post - "Peek A Boo"
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Sunday, 22 May 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
They had some problems with lyrics, for example this one from Arabian Knights:
Whilst you conquer more orificesOf boys, goats and things
(oh 'things' - that'll do)
but the texture of their music is fantastic.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 22 May 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 22 May 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
you have to forgive them for 'things' since the previous line uses Whilst and orifices. I always like how often SATB use the word 'Whilst'
― Pete Baumann, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Baumann, Thursday, 30 June 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
"Waiting FOOOOOOR a sign..."
Listening to a okay-enough sounding recording from Southampton on the Juju tour in 1981 right now. Such a great band.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
From 1983 until 1986 the only (then) new music i bothered with was the Banshees.
Nothing else seemed even vaguely interesting, although there was much hilarity.
― i, grey, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I was just thinking of Siouxsie the other day -- I saw the 4CD box set used the other day, wondered if i shouldn't go ahead and pick it up. i have all but maybe two of the studio albums. is this worth my money?
― stephen, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I think it's well worth it. It's got a lot of totally classic b-sides I remember, sprinkled with plenty of other stuff that wasn't quite as good but almost always interesting. It's also got a lot less of the earliest punk-style stuff than I suspected, which I was glad about.
I was thinking of them just the other day too! Some lyric came into my head..."you're not seeing/what meant to believe in/your non-excuse for a human being..." I think that was it.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i wonder if the rest of the remasters will ever come out.
― akm, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Hah, I was thinking that the other day.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Box set is totally worth it for the B-sides.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Given that I've just really started getting into Siouxsie and The Banshees recently I thought I'd ressurect this thread.
I had 'Hyena' for a while which I'd bought because of the Robert Smith collection. I recently picked up 'Nocturne' on the basis of Ned's recommendation. Since then I've been super hooked. Bought "Kaleidoscope", "Juju" and "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse" which are all great as well. Will pick up "The Scream" and "Join Hands" this weekend. Given that I've started with live stuff I'm thinking about getting the BBC box when I get paid. What about the remaining albums? What should I prioritise?
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I quite like the b-sides boxset: full of oddities and "experiments", but it is great great fun.
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd pick up the remainder as they get reissued.
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Severin confirmed somewhere that the rest of the reissues have been cancelled.
― akm, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
WAHT
oh that is BULLSHIT
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
http://stevenseverin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=557&sid=e7a3abfd7462317614a72f1d472f348e
― akm, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Unacceptable.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
this sucks a lot
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Siouxsie and the Banshees Benched Reissues-ees?
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm not sure those records really need to be remastered. they sound fine. it would be nice to have a full set of the whole catalogue and some other bonus tracks, but I think the critical albums were done. whether you like the mastering job on them is another thing entirely I suppose.
― akm, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I was using the reissues as an excuse to build up my Banshee catalogue; before now, I had cassette copies of Hyaena, Tinderbox and Peepshow and a copy of Superstition on CD. Now I have them all up through Kiss in the Dreamhouse.
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Just buy the damn things, Dan, they are super cheap used at a ton of stores.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=i%3Apopular%2Ck%3Asiouxsie&keywords=siouxsie&ie=UTF8&qid=1266439875
http://www.secondspin.com/search.jsp?page=1&type=music.keyword.buy&query=siouxsie
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Through The Looking Glass... great covers album or the greatest covers album?
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 23 August 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
It's the covers album that, when I was 14, turned me on to lots of bands by virtue of making me look for them. Back before the internet, that took a certain amount of work...and they didn't make it easy, not listing the original artists in the liner notes and all.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 August 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
it was years before I knew that "wheel's on fire" was a cover. siouxsie's still sounds like the right one to me.
― akm, Monday, 23 August 2010 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Hello. So a few weeks back there was that photo of Siouxsie, Steve Severin and Marc Almond at the _Hannibal_ season premiere event in the UK, and that was cool and all. Apparently it's just been announced that's there's a whole new Siouxsie and the Banshees track for the season finale!
https://twitter.com/TVKevLance/status/620028442172481536
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 July 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
I would certainly be up for some new Siouxsie with Banshees in tow!
― TheSkysGoneOut (Jason Pitzl-Waters), Sunday, 12 July 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
Been playing a lot of Siouxsie lately. I don't know why this stuff never really clicked for me sixteen or seventeen years ago when I was really getting into the Cure for the first time. I certainly gave them a chance around that time — guess I just kind of glossed it all over. I was possibly wanting more of a melodic sound similar to the Cure. But, the guitar work has revealed itself on those early records to be, yes a bit more atonal, but ultimately just fantastic throughout.
And such a solid run up through and including Peepshow.
― Austin, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Think my fav banshees atm is a kiss in the dreamhouse
― real orgone kid (NickB), Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
That one has some truly great material on it ('Cascade', 'Painted Bird' and especially 'Slowdive'), but it kind of feels second tier to me when surrounded by Juju and Hyæna.
― Austin, Saturday, 30 April 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Curiously, I too admire them more now than I did then. A top twenty-five.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 02:27 (seven years ago) link
Awesome list! Cool to see "Dazzle" on here - particularly like the "Baby Piano" version
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 16 February 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link
yes!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
Good summary. Their best overlooked song is "Fireworks". And "The Thorn EP" is their hidden gem.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 16 February 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
<3 "Slowdive", it really is a disorienting listen. Agreed about the peak 3 albums, they were a big deal to me in the 80's.
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Thursday, 16 February 2017 03:52 (seven years ago) link
Um. Where is "Night Shift"? Also, "Suburban Relapse", "Icon", "Playground Twist", "Monitor", "92 Degrees", "Land's End", "Voodoo Dolly"
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
For that matter, where is "Nightshift"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs
― example (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
they could've covered "Nightshift" in the style of Peepshow.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm 100% behind that list.
A, LS: your essay, along with the latest Prince developments, got it in my head that S&TB and Prince were walking oddly parallel paths through the 80s, if you exchange punk roots with funk roots. 1980-1990, both had a nearly perfect run of singles that toyed with new wave, pop, psychedelia and dance music in equal measures. They were juggling kink and camp and high art, and I see a lot of matches between the mood and production on their big singles. Like, the opening to this "Dazzle" remix could easily break into "Take Me With You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAOOUR2KCpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzkXdiAggs
Some of it is just the gated snare and polyrhythms that were standard in 1984, but both artists were very good at balancing the gaudy and the raw and feeling like outsiders when they were right in the middle of everything.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Thursday, 16 February 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
then it all comes apart after 1988?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
Fascinating analysis – thanks!
Yeah, 88 is where it gets shaky. Their respective landscapes get taken over by sample-heavy hip hop and shoegaze, trends that owed a lot to them but they were too established to comfortably capitalize upon. 3 Feet High and Rising, Isn't Anything owe them tons.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
"Night Shift" is my all-time Siouxsie track
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 16 February 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
It's totally alien to me -- the omission of The Lord's Prayer from any list or overarching discussion about this band's history
― sarahell, Thursday, 16 February 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
I think "The Lord's Prayer" is more interesting as an artifact than it is enjoyable to listen to. I feel that way about large sections of Join Hands actually, unless I happen to be super pissed off and hating everything in which case the whole album slides into focus and is perfect.
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
^^^ otm
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
That said, "Playground Twist" and "Icon" rule
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
I think "The Lord's Prayer" is more interesting as an artifact than it is enjoyable to listen to.
totally disagree, but it's one of those things like tunafish sandwiches, where I acknowledge and respect the popularity of the opposite viewpoint, even though I'm shaking my head dolefully as I type.
― sarahell, Thursday, 16 February 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
is "The Lord's Prayer" the tuna fish sandwich
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 23:47 (seven years ago) link
the opposite.
― sarahell, Friday, 17 February 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
Jake Tapper @jaketapperA friend of Harward's says he was reluctant to take NSA job bc the WH seems so chaotic; says Harward called the offer a "shit sandwich."
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 17 February 2017 00:32 (seven years ago) link
Do wish there was a decent recording of their original take on Lord's Prayer from the 100 Club. Different line up improvising on the spot. May have been a better idea than execution but seems archetypal.Marco Pirroni on guitar, was it Sid on drums?
― Stevolende, Friday, 17 February 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
iirc yes
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Friday, 17 February 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.),
is this what "This Wheel's On Fire" is about
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2017 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Icons falling from the spiiiiiirrrrrrrres
― a but (brimstead), Friday, 17 February 2017 01:11 (seven years ago) link
Join Hands totally slays
― thisonetime@bandcamp.com (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 17 February 2017 04:55 (seven years ago) link
You know, there's no handy Banshees anthology. I think most bands benefit from a 30-40 track roundup of their best material. Sure there's the two singles collections but that's not the same.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 17 February 2017 05:59 (seven years ago) link
What about this: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Siouxsie-Banshees/dp/B00006IJXN
Looks pretty good!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
It needs to be twice as long! I know there's a 2 disc version but the second disc is all remixes.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 17 February 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
oh that's actually pretty cool, I wasn't aware that all those 12" versions were on CD
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Friday, 17 February 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
Didn't they add contemporary singles including 12" mixes to the relevant lps when they did the remasters over the last decade?
Was going to come over and say for me the John McGeoch era is the greatest in its psychy folky otherness.There's a load of live stuff around from the era including a Rockpalast.
― Stevolende, Friday, 17 February 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
They didn't include anything from the "Downside Up" box when they did the reissues, only some demos and the occasional 12" mix - those are strewn about various releases as well.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 17 February 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
This performance still sends shivers down my spine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK1ny-YPV4U
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 19 February 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
Happy belated 60th birthday Siouxsie. Your albums mean more to me the older I get. I hope you perform once again.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 11:49 (six years ago) link
I will happily echo that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
Siouxsie, Love and Rockets, Iggy Pop, Echo & The Bunnymen, Adam Ant, Billy Idol playing Cruel World 2023. Details: https://t.co/IjadKbfmUP pic.twitter.com/53xUZO8FoJ— Slicing Up Eyeballs (@slicingeyeballs) January 23, 2023
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 07:04 (one year ago) link
'[Siouxsie's] father was a bacteriologist who milked venom from snakes' is a joyous wikipedia fact.
While we're on this tangent, Siouxsie was included last week in a quiz round I compiled on famous Belgians (she qualifies via her father).
― giraffe, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 08:57 (one year ago) link
Cruel World is only a 20 minute drive (w/o traffic) from my house. Legit excited at dad goth lineup.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 10:18 (one year ago) link
Xp hah, never knew. Saw her in Brussels on her solo tour but that was quite a detached performance
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 11:19 (one year ago) link
Bob Geldof too, sort of.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 12:07 (one year ago) link
Come to think of it, 'milked venom from snakes' sounds like a line from the Banshees' early 80s heyday
― giraffe, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 13:18 (one year ago) link
Cruel World is only a 20 minute drive (w/o traffic) from my house. Legit excited at dad goth lineup.― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 2:18 AM
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 2:18 AM
I'm in the OC so it's a bit further for me but would love to go to this. Not sure tho as I think my festival days are behind me.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
Wow, Billy Love and Echo AND Idol Rockets?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
poor Gang of Four, they don't deserve the 5th line
― sleeve, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
It's a great eye chart for a punk rock ophthalmologist's office
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
Looks like I'm going, I have been convinced.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
I heard horror stories about the heat last year so as tempting as this is, going to pass and pray she does a bay area stop (love and rockets too; I imagine they might, does david J still live here or did he move to LA?)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:37 (one year ago) link
AFAIK, David J has been in LA for awhile now.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
Drugs -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoZivXDGgYM
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
I love this one
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
Somehow always puts me in the mind of The Aloof - Abuse
I think it's how the dutdutdut is often matched by a slowly descending double. E rush kosmische or something.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-22/cruel-world-siouxsie-iggy-pop-festival
I forget which thread the cruel world fest was discussed on, but here’s Simon Reynolds review
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 23:18 (ten months ago) link