After reading an interesting article in the last Mojo, I took the box-set live "At The BBC" (1 dvd + 3 cds). It's very rich. It kicks off with McKay'era (Boz Boorer's favourite period) with their first Whistle Test performance. Then, one sees a session and a concert from McGeoch'era (hailed by Marr and Radiohead). The quality of remastering is remarkable.

I also re-discovered "A Kiss In The Dreamhouse", it's probably the best album with McGeoch. It's experimental but very accessible in the end. This record particularly influenced acts like The Beta Band and LCD Soundsystem.

any acoustic sessions on the bbc box?

Their albums Hyaena and Nocturne are now remastered.

Tinderbox, too. The bonus track Starcrossed is pretty good.
I'll be getting the set this week, though it does leave off one session for some reason if i recall....

any acoustic sessions on the bbc box?

No but there's an acoustic version of "Something Blue", an astonishing ballad that they first performed at a Kid Jensen session.

I'm a huge Banshees fan....... favourite album is ''Juju'', which spawned my favourite Banshee song of all time - ''Spellbound''.

''Kiss In A Dreamhouse'' is indeed very good (love ''Obsession'')and ''Kaleidascope'' too.

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Their albums Hyaena and Nocturne are now remastered.

''Nocturne'' is a live album recorded over 2 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. I was there the first night:guitar:

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Rubbish.

I was debating whether or not to buy this set, i suppose i better had thanks for the push.

Rubbish.

Rubbish
Stick to your Scouse 'Lotus Eaters':rolleyes:

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I have a lot of the music, but I'd be interested in the live footage.

No but there's an acoustic version of "Something Blue", an astonishing ballad that they first performed at a Kid Jensen session.

thanks, might buy that :)

Siouxsie & The Banshees were an astonishing band who created some wonderful music that has influenced and pleasured further generations and will do so to eternity. They knew how to "be" in the live situation with a kick in the balls and a powerhouse performance. Not for the faint hearted or intellectually challenged. Buy everything from them that you can get your hands on.

Siouxsie & The Banshees were an astonishing band who created some wonderful music that has influenced and pleasured further generations and will do so to eternity. They knew how to "be" in the live situation with a kick in the balls and a powerhouse performance. Not for the faint hearted or intellectually challenged. Buy everything from them that you can get your hands on.

...and The Creatures first album 'Feast' too:guitar: (actually there's not a guitar on it!)

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Once you've bought all Banshees music buy all of The Creatures four albums and look at this excellent fan run site that has everything you can ever need about everything Siouxsie related. It has links to buy two great self published books about the Banshees and the Creatures.

http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/

Once you've bought all Banshees music buy all of The Creatures four albums and look at this excellent fan run site that has everything you can ever need about everything Siouxsie related. It has links to buy two great self published books about the Banshees and the Creatures.

http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/

The books look very good. But £26 for 156 page paperback:eek:

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I know it is a bit pricey but it's well worth it. The books are A4 size. The printing costs of the site that prints, binds and sells the books is quite high. Peter who put the books together was rather apologetic on his site about the high costs.

''Nocturne'' is a live album recorded over 2 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. I was there the first night:guitar:

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Showing your age there JJ. I wasn't alive on the first night and some doctors cruelly and crudely decided to bring me in to the world on the second night.

I will need to pick up this box set though - thanks for the prompt.

On the Siouxsie topic, has anyone bought the new DVD of her solo show at the Koko? I was at the gig but unsure whether to spend a further £15 on it.

Does anyone know if there is a studio version of The Last Beat of My Heart?

Does anyone know if there is a studio version of The Last Beat of My Heart?

Yes, isn't it on the 'Rapture' album?

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Showing your age there JJ. I wasn't alive on the first night and some doctors cruelly and crudely decided to bring me in to the world on the second night.

I will need to pick up this box set though - thanks for the prompt.


I was a very youthful angst ridden 20 year old:thumb:

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Yes, isn't it on the 'Rapture' album?

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It's on the "Peepshow" album. It's a stunning track.

I was a very youthful angst ridden 20 year old:thumb:

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I too was at that first night. It was a fantastic show. i was only 16 years old and it was the first time I'd been to the Royal Albert Hall. I was in a box with a few friends. We got so over excited we trashed the box, pulling down the curtains, kicking a hole in the side wall and throwing a chair over the edge on to people below. i'm quite ashamed of that now.

It's on the "Peepshow" album. It's a stunning track.

I too was at that first night. It was a fantastic show. i was only 16 years old and it was the first time I'd been to the Royal Albert Hall. I was in a box with a few friends. We got so over excited we trashed the box, pulling down the curtains, kicking a hole in the side wall and throwing a chair over the edge on to people below. i'm quite ashamed of that now.

Thanks
My memory of the later album tracks is a bit of a blur these days!
I hitched down from Manchester on my own and after the gig planned to kip on Paddington Station (no idea why I chose that station:confused:) and then get an early bus to Cricklewood (beginning of the M1) and hitch back in time to see City v Grimsby Town!
So I'm on this bench at the station and this bloke starts talking to me and I'm thinking 'here we go'...... next thing he says his lad had been to the gig etc etc and a few minutes later he comes back with the programme of the gig and offering me a bed for the night.... and I think 'here we go', but he seemed dead genuine and where else would he have got the programme from..... so.... I go back to his place, meet his lad (same age as me) and his friends and kip there the night! Safe and sound! He said he often came down to the station and did the same with lads kipping out as 'it wasn't safe'.
I look back now and think he could have been another Donald Neilson.... but at the time you dont think like that.
So Im up at 6am and at Cricklewood arrive at the M1. 3 lifts later I'm in Manchester at around 2pm and at Maine Road for the game (City won:guitar:).
Top weekend!
I remember all these mohicans walking around the inside of RAH and the stewards (elderly blokes in posh uniforms) just freaking out!

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The books look very good. But £26 for 156 page paperback:eek:

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I know it is a bit pricey but it's well worth it. The books are A4 size. The printing costs of the site that prints, binds and sells the books is quite high. Peter who put the books together was rather apologetic on his site about the high costs.

Thanks - explains a lot I wasn't aware of, bigger size etc plus I take it he has self published, so printing a small amount = higher costs.
Will treat myself to a copy of each:guitar:

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Do get them they really are worth it. Check his website out too.

I liked your story about being on your own and what happened. i'd have been too scared to go back I think. I lived n Brighton so me and my mates just go the train home although when following other bands around the country we used to sleep rough on train stations. It's funny to think of it now as kids would never be able to do that as they always chuck you off train stations if your train isn't going for some hours later.

It was funny at the RAH with all those old security and ticket staff looking on scared of all these young kids all punked and gothed up. Do you have the Nocturne DVD. It's fantastic. Also that was the second time I'd seen the wonderful Fad Gadget live. He supported and was blinding.

Last night on a cable channel was showing the Jools Holland show with Siouxsie, that made my night. I've only seen her live once but it was a great show. Before that episode they aired one with Moz, though the channel guide said it was a different show so I missed it.

My son bought me the boxset for fathers day, He's a good boy.

My son bought me the boxset for fathers day, He's a good boy.

Aww, you're a lucky guy. :love:

I am i know it.

Anything with John McGeoch playing guitar.

John Alexander McGeoch, (28 May 1955 – 4 March 2004), was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Visage, The Armoury Show, Public Image Ltd., and Siouxsie & the Banshees. Siouxsie Sioux described him as her favourite guitarist of all time.
Just listen to some Magazine stuff - this guy was amazing. Sadly killed by alcohol.

....probably the best guitarist of all time.

Listen to "Because You're Frightened" by Magazine on "Correct Use of Soap" album.

Anything with John McGeoch playing guitar.

John Alexander McGeoch, (28 May 1955 – 4 March 2004), was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Visage, The Armoury Show, Public Image Ltd., and Siouxsie & the Banshees. Siouxsie Sioux described him as her favourite guitarist of all time.
Just listen to some Magazine stuff - this guy was amazing. Sadly killed by alcohol.

....probably the best guitarist of all time.

Listen to "Because You're Frightened" by Magazine on "Correct Use of Soap" album.

:guitar::cool:

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:guitar::cool:

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You like?

You like?

Read my previous posts in this thread:thumb:

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I'm a huge Banshees fan....... favourite album is ''Juju'', which spawned my favourite Banshee song of all time - ''Spellbound''.

''Kiss In A Dreamhouse'' is indeed very good (love ''Obsession'')and ''Kaleidascope'' too.

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Scream and Join Hands for me. Saw them twice in the 70's. Absolutely fantastic and a beautiful woman to boot. :horny:

Scream and Join Hands for me. Saw them twice in the 70's. Absolutely fantastic and a beautiful woman to boot. :horny:

In their punk era then? Was she topless and/or wearing a svastika?

In their punk era then? Was she topless and/or wearing a svastika?

She wore a Swaztika arm band, Vicious wore a T-shirt it was fashion and naughty..

In their punk era then? Was she topless and/or wearing a svastika?

First one was Scream tour in 1978/9 and second was the Join Hands tour in late !979 when Morris and McKay left mid-tour. Blew me away as a 15 year old. :guitar:

She wore a Swaztika arm band, Vicious wore a T-shirt it was fashion and naughty..

EPbabe may be getting mixed up with Siouxsie's top less t-shirt effect look.

EPbabe may be getting mixed up with Siouxsie's top less t-shirt effect look.

She used to wear (I'm sure:confused:) very see through t-shirts.
She was certainly naked on the front cover of The Creatures ''Wild Thing EP'' - posing in the shower with hubby to be Budgie:horny:

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She used to wear (I'm sure:confused:) very see through t-shirts.
She was certainly naked on the front cover of The Creatures ''Wild Thing EP'' - posing in the shower with hubby to be Budgie:horny:

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It was the thigh high boots for me, :horny:. I gradually lost interest in the Banshees after Join Hands. I think the cover version of Dear Prudence was the end for me.

She used to wear (I'm sure:confused:) very see through t-shirts.
She was certainly naked on the front cover of The Creatures ''Wild Thing EP'' - posing in the shower with hubby to be Budgie:horny:

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That was a fabulous disc not just because of the cover.

That was a fabulous disc not just because of the cover.

I had no idea about the cover, but was aware that there was a limited edition 2 x 7 inch version.....
My mum at the time worked near HMV, so asked her to buy it for me at lunch time.....
She did..... but was less than pleased at the 'filth' displayed on the front cover....:eek:
Yes indeed, 5 superb tracks....... Follow My Thumb:thumb:

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Morrissey stated of 'modern groups' in 1994
"None of them are as good as Siouxsie and the Banshees at full pelt. That's not dusty nostalgia, that's fact."

That's a fact.

Morrissey stated of 'modern groups' in 1994
"None of them are as good as Siouxsie and the Banshees at full pelt. That's not dusty nostalgia, that's fact."

That's a fact.

That's an icon feeding the fire.

Morrissey stated of 'modern groups' in 1994
"None of them are as good as Siouxsie and the Banshees at full pelt. That's not dusty nostalgia, that's fact."

That's a fact.

Morrissey saw the Banshees in 1977 / 78 a couple of times, at Manchester's 'Electric Circus'.

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She used to wear (I'm sure:confused:) very see through t-shirts.
She was certainly naked on the front cover of The Creatures ''Wild Thing EP'' - posing in the shower with hubby to be Budgie:horny:

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*clears throat*

:thumb:

*clears throat*

:thumb:

:laughing:
Not Wild Thing EP..... but Extended Play:thumb:

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:confused::confused:
Care to explain?

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Wild Thing EP - EPbabe

A joke.

That's an icon feeding the fire.

Definitely in my top 6 of Siouxsie tunes.:thumb:

i never fancied siouxsie much. but i did have a soft spot for kiss them for me. i saw it on mtv a few times no one else around gave a rat's ass about that single.

Morrissey saw the Banshees in 1977 / 78 a couple of times, at Manchester's 'Electric Circus'.

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Mick Hucknall is always pictured in the front row of the crowd at that event.

Pauline from Penetration was being covered in beer during their performance of 'Don't Dictate', so the security moved in and violently smashed a bottle over the offender's head. :eek:

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And the same tune performed 15 years on. Pauline Murray hasn't hardly changed. Cracking stuff.

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Apparently they're still gigging now. I wish I hadn't sold my dayglo copy of their first album. :crazy:

Rubbish
Stick to your Scouse 'Lotus Eaters':rolleyes:

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The First picture of you is the first picture of summer.....:lbf:

She used to wear (I'm sure:confused:) very see through t-shirts.
She was certainly naked on the front cover of The Creatures ''Wild Thing EP'' - posing in the shower with hubby to be Budgie:horny:

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Perhaps Siouxsie was wearing the Seditionaries (Westwood & McLaren shop) TITS t-shirt? I think she did wear Seditionaries, everyone did at the time....? It's basically a t-shirt with a pair of tits printed on the right place. They still sell them in Westwood shops.

Perhaps Siouxsie was wearing the Seditionaries (Westwood & McLaren shop) TITS t-shirt? I think she did wear Seditionaries, everyone did at the time....? It's basically a t-shirt with a pair of tits printed on the right place. They still sell them in Westwood shops.

As stated in my previous post, she was wearing a top with a pair of tits on it. I didn't know who the designer was though. Although Westwood & McLaren would have been my most obvious guess.

Perhaps Siouxsie was wearing the Seditionaries (Westwood & McLaren shop) TITS t-shirt? I think she did wear Seditionaries, everyone did at the time....? It's basically a t-shirt with a pair of tits printed on the right place. They still sell them in Westwood shops.

As stated in my previous post, she was wearing a top with a pair of tits on it. I didn't know who the designer was though. Although Westwood & McLaren would have been my most obvious guess.

Yes I know about the tits t-shirt, but I'm sure she also appeared a couple of times wearing a see through shirt too. Just going through a couple of punk books... there's a picture of her at a Pistols gig wearing a cupless bra, tits out, and nazi armband as EPbabe mentioned....but that wasn't the Bansees on stage.

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http://www.geocities.com/pritchard_j/siouxsie_sioux.jpg

Once you've bought all Banshees music buy all of The Creatures four albums and look at this excellent fan run site that has everything you can ever need about everything Siouxsie related. It has links to buy two great self published books about the Banshees and the Creatures.

http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/

Boomerang is amazing! I still have my vinyl of that one. I must listen to it again. Standing there was a great single :D

Boomerang is amazing! I still have my vinyl of that one. I must listen to it again. Standing there was a great single :D

Yes it was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNC4X8O7yI&feature=related
and Fury Eyes too:guitar:

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Many a young mans wet dream.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X8_b2gzOLX8/Sfr0VFBFJWI/AAAAAAAAaRA/VvR3h0lRNyA/s400/Siouxsie-Sioux-4.jpg

And this picture is even more saucier:eek:
Will I get banned for posting porn?:thumb:

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I forgot to mention - look who I met the other week! :guitar:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3788174465_59f0d563b4.jpg

I forgot to mention - look who I met the other week! :guitar:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3788174465_59f0d563b4.jpg

Cowshed
Was that a great pose or was that a ''dont picture me'' picture?
Where was it taken?

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Okay, time for my fave Banshees studio single.

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Siouxsie, Severin, McKay and Morris. By far the best Banshees line-up. Oh, why did they split up so soon after this? :mad:

Cowshed
Was that a great pose or was that a ''dont picture me'' picture?
Where was it taken?

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I think it was more of a pose. It was just as she was being ushered out the back of a club in the O2. She was there doing a DJ set a month or so ago. The same day Madonna played at the O2, but the less said about that the better! :rolleyes:

Dear Prudence is my favourtie song by them! Even if it is a cover!

think I need to buy this one... mostly for the DVD. I hope it's worth it.

Okay, time for my fave Banshees studio single.

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Siouxsie, Severin, McKay and Morris. By far the best Banshees line-up. Oh, why did they split up so soon after this? :mad:

Classic.

I forgot to mention - look who I met the other week! :guitar:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3788174465_59f0d563b4.jpg

ha, she looked exactly like this when I saw her in munich last year :o

wow, that dvd is so great! 48 tracks!!! what a deal! and young robert smith in 79 with that sickle shaped ovation, too cute :guitar:

one of the best

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one of the best

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Yes, B-side to 'Christine'.
I also loved 'Drop Dead / Celebration' the B-side to 'Happy House' with ''Bye Bye Dickhead'' etched on the grooves of the single..... reportedly about McKay / Morris who walked out on the band the previous year.

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It was "Bye,Bye Blackheads" not "......Dickhead".

It was "Bye,Bye Blackheads" not "......Dickhead".

I have the limited edition version with 'dickhead' on it:thumb:
Ha ha yes you are right..... but come on....the song is 28 years old.... my mind is slipping slowly....:eek:

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I forgot to mention - look who I met the other week! :guitar:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3788174465_59f0d563b4.jpg

DAMN!!! Yr so lucky!!!:thumb: I wish I could meet her, too, but she lives all the way in England. I guess I'll send her a fan letter.:guitar:

If you have access to Sky Arts 1, tonight 21.55,
Siouxsie Finale: The Last Mantaray.
(repeats tomorrow during the daytime)

http://www.mindthezap.tv/programs/1261145.html

bump, me lubs duh Siouxsie
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still :love: