Siouxsie and the Banshees, unappreciated?
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starfish2000 said:
Right, my poor memory for names...That was awful. And it was depressing to hear that someone as talented as him had given up guitar and had trained to be a nurse (worthwhile profession though that is).
I remember reading Robert Smith say that McGeogh was quite difficult to take over from because he had some unconventional chord shapes.
i like all of the bands mentioned in yr OP david(to an extent at least,tho never got into the cure,too whiney,
all of them are things i listened to as a kid TBH) ...i do find it wierd if the cure are taken more seriously as musicians or as a cultural force than siouxsie
i can speculate that siouxsie has pissed a lot of tastemaking writers off over the years and not gotten the glowing career re-evaluation write ups cos she is meant to be a bit of an egomanic/prat(sorry!) but is she more annoying than rotten/lydon is these days?..doubtful
women often get away with less bad/questionable behaviour than men..
also countless new young indie bands(good bad or indifferent)name check joy division and to a lesser extent the clash..
not sure if it will ever happen for siouxsie in this way..joy divison are seen as ground breaking/tragic
the clash as compassionate/political and cool with it too
siousxsie is seen (rightly or wrongly)as an egoist and self serving..but god knows so is rotten/lydon
all of them are things i listened to as a kid TBH) ...i do find it wierd if the cure are taken more seriously as musicians or as a cultural force than siouxsie
i can speculate that siouxsie has pissed a lot of tastemaking writers off over the years and not gotten the glowing career re-evaluation write ups cos she is meant to be a bit of an egomanic/prat(sorry!) but is she more annoying than rotten/lydon is these days?..doubtful
women often get away with less bad/questionable behaviour than men..
also countless new young indie bands(good bad or indifferent)name check joy division and to a lesser extent the clash..
not sure if it will ever happen for siouxsie in this way..joy divison are seen as ground breaking/tragic
the clash as compassionate/political and cool with it too
siousxsie is seen (rightly or wrongly)as an egoist and self serving..but god knows so is rotten/lydon
Voley
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I have to wake up to mr moose's tattoo of the mad cow every morning though
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
Sultans of ping worst band I've seen
Voley
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Matchbox 20 (I think they were called) was mine. Glastonbury, in the mud. Utter fucking direness punctuated by between-song banter like 'Woo baby you're awesome!' to some poor unfortunate down the front. However, they proved to be the perfect warmup act for Rocket From The Crypt who were on after, were genuinely awesome and showed them how it should be done.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
Sultans of ping at the powerhouse (?) in Harlesden 22 years ago, singer started laying into the audience and the performance was pisspoor
Voley
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Oh yeah. There's nothing like having a pop at the crowd because you're shit. A real winner, that. Saw Mani of Primal Scream berate everyone for not dancing one time when they were playing loads of new, slow songs. Gig fizzled out more. No encore if memory serves. He probably still thinks he was right.
editor
hiraethified
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
There's always the line that it's all subjective, all about taste, and wouldn't the world be a boring place if we were all the same.
But then I think "yeah, but if you can't appreciate Siouxsie & the Banshees you're probably a bit of a wanker".
But then I think "yeah, but if you can't appreciate Siouxsie & the Banshees you're probably a bit of a wanker".
petee
no gods, no managers
i saw james white about 7 or 8 years ago at PS1 and he was good, but he insulted the crowd because we weren't applauding loudly enough.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
terrible band with terrible songs with terrible lyrics.
"Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise, A race of bodies small in size."
"Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise, A race of bodies small in size."
Reno
The In Kraut
I liked them back in the day, but after I went to see them in the early 80s at a gig in Munich where I grew up, I went off them. Siouxsie seemed to be in a bad mood and taunted the audience that we were all Nazis. This didn't go down well with a crowd of kids who were into punk, politically on the left/anarchists and many of them queer, who were appalled at the burden of history the generation of their grandparents had left them with. My friend had a backstage pass but we didn't bother after that.
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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
I loved them - bought “Christine”, “Happy House” and “Playground Twist” singles at the time - great guitar and drums. Also Siouxie was the star of my first wet dream so has a very special place in my adolescence (Not sure whether I should have shared that but fuck it! 
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Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
distinctive, original and underappreciated. Came out of punk - but went somewhere else from the start - dark, twisted romanticism and sonically ambitious. Married a musical inventiveness with great song writing - (pretty much every single was a cracker ) and in siouxsie sioux had an iconic front women who - with her assertive sexaulaity, force of personality and fuck you attitude - brilliantly challenged the traditional role of women in music and single handedly created the hugely influential female goth look . Also - budgies drumming!
Considering that she used to sport a swastika armband and sung about "too many jews for my liking", it's a tad hypocritical of her.
Cities in Dust. Great song.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Love this comment
"Standing on the street
With some cymbals in my hands
Staring at the snow
Posing with the band
I'm alive I'm dead
I am a goth kid
Killing an anthem..."
One for the shock reaction like Lydon and co?
