Clip of Siouxsie from the program, Queens of British Pop Please read the pinned comment before commenting on how Siouxsie is not "Pop" www.bbc.co.uk/p...
This is a clip from the 2-part BBC documentary "Queens of British Pop" featuring a diverse mixture of women from different genres such as Marianne Faithfull, Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Kate Bush, Siouxsie, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet & Adele. It has nothing to do with how "Pop" music is perceived today Siouxsie herself loathes being associated with goth music "Someone asked me how it felt to be the queen of goth. I said, 'That's rather like being known as the Prince Regent of Fools.' I hate all that. There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen."
Bob Doubter I know all those other bands from the 80s I can't bear anymore but Siouxsie and the Banshees still sounds modern and has nothing nostalgic about it. It
Siouxsie is so goddamn beautiful. She created a style that so many people leech off of these days without knowing about this beauty that created it all.
In the early 90s my girlfriend and I saw them play the UWM Ballroom in Milwaukee and my girlfriend talked me into sneaking backstage to get an autograph. Half hour or so after the show when they were coming out to their tour bus, we basically surprised them. They were so nice to us. I'll never forget it. She gave me and my girlfriend a big hug. It was like she was excited to meet us! They stood there and chatted and joked with us for a good ten minutes. They're the nicest, most down to Earth people you'd ever meet. Siouxie Sioux is not just a great musician but her and Budgie are nice, nice people too.
A hug is so American. I want to visit America once, but I am afraid of the hug. It holds me back being pushed to an old lady with hanging tits and having to like that. I fear the hug.
Shocked to hear Shirley Manson was bullied at school, just shows you can either let it grind u down or you can rise up and be something, she's such a inspiration and such a legend.
Cherry picking examples of those that somehow "rose up" tends to ignore the thousands that got ground down. Rising up in the music industry is a very chancy endeavour.
She mentioned her red hair as maybe being part of what caused some of the bullying. Is there a stigma against red hair in Britain? I only ask because in America of the 70s young redheaded girls were somewhat revered as being a bit unique. They would never be ousted for it.
@@dinkmartini3236I wouldn't call it bullying as such but any red head, male or female, was a "ginner" first and foremost in the 70s and 80s when I grew up...speaking as a bloke redheads were not classed as being any fitter (fit is our word for hot) or uglier but if you had a disagreement with a redhead of either sex any insult u may throw at them was prefixed with "ginner" normally followed with a c...reminding them of their hair colour was a daily constant they had to endure but it didn't stop them from being accepted in any way whatsoever, it was no different than being tall or fat or poor or still wearing flares or being soft...u know kids stuff, it was tough out there in the playgrounds during the 70s as we all know😊...i think Shirley Manson was slightly over egging the bullying aspect, then again she has made a career out of it, much as I love garbage
Siouxie is a Pop Queen, a Punk Icon and a Legend. Disappointed the doc claims she was the only female front person in the initial UK punk scene which is rather disrespectful to Penetration, the Slits, X-Ray Spex and others but otherwise this is fantastic.
Hong Kong Garden is my local Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst and the song was written about this very place! It's still in the same location, but is now called Noble House.
I undertook a pilgrimage to Chislehurst years ago basically to see the area the Bromley contingent inhabited and the Hong Kong Garden was still there then. It really caught me by surprise when I saw it and I had a "it can't be......it must be" moment. Happy times......
You simply know you're legendary when the likes of Viv Albertine, Marc Almond, Clare Grogan and Shirley Manson are all fangirling over you. Even if she herself hates the title, Siouxsie is a goddess.
She just made great, beautiful music unlike anything else before or after. I still love her stuff. It is powerful, mysterious and never gets old. Thank you, Siouxsie!
I'm 44 now and know Siouxsie has had a great impact on my life even now as I listen to all my favorites from high school. She made me feel acceptable. Just be yourself was her message.
Yet she's taken like one of the most representative goth figures, it's like Motorhead: not metal, they were rock & roll but they are taken by many as an important metal figure sooo...
seanmedic 1 it makes me mad when people mention Siouxsie / Banshees as Goth(apart from her image being copied) they have never had anything to do with Goth at all as Steve Severin always say's he hates being mentioned with Goth I was an original Siouxsie /Banshees fan in the 70's they were my 1st ever gig age 13 in 1978(they were a Punk band / then post punk in early80's then a pop band) & I was there for the start of Goth in London etc etc.
I was listening to her in the early 80s but lost track of her when I stopped following punk. Then years later I saw her at the first Lollapoolaza and it was amazing! She sounded great and her band was playing better than ever. Wish I could find that show somewhere. I will never forget it.
The introduction of Viv Albertine cuts to an early photo of The Slits and zooms in on what's supposed to be Viv, but it's actually the original guitarist Kate Chorus (later of The Mo-Dettes) in the photo. It's not surprising that the producers of docs like this can't be bothered to get things right, but they could've easily found an early Slits photo with Viv featured.
Once, back in the 90s one of my friends rightly said: "Siouxsie is the Mother of us all". Today in 2015 I think he'd still be absolutely right if he said that again.
I think this was a great series; and I think that it should be shown to all teenage girls at school. Siouxsie is a prime example of a woman who entered the music industry on her own terms.
Saw her at the UEA in Norwich, Norfolk.She sat on a tall bar stool during the performance singing her heart out. FAB. She had broken her leg previously, brave lady.What a girl and band !!!!! x Stuart Norwich UK.
Opti mum: Oh, come on--tired of people feeling they have to put down one artist to big up another. I like both Siouxsie and Beyonce, they're both talented and carved out their own way in the music industry--which can be very tough on women artists,anyway. And Beyonce has written and produced her own songs,too, for the past decade.
Have you seen how many people are involved in making a beyonce album, Kirk? It doest take a village, it takes a friggin' state! She may 'write' her songs but so do about six other people on the same track. Why is that necessary ?! Is it any coincidence that the only original member of Destiny's Child was related to her? She used that group as a ladder to her own solo career, no matter how many casulties got hurt along the way. Plus she is a master at stealing from other people. Just google it. Here's one for free: the single ladies dance routine was done decades ago by Bob Fosse www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1560092/op-ed-when-beyonces-inspiration-turns-into-imitation
Everything said is 101% true and Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees did and still have such a cool sound and style, I would like to personally thank Siouxsie for sticking with her guns and not trying to make it with the mainstream and sacrificing what she wanted to do for more commercial success, I always love to see artists especially musicians and Poets get paid well for what they do because they deserve it more than any athlete or even actor actress,, musicians have more influence over people and what happens in the world as a whole!! And music is my favorite drug and I've tried them all but music has never let me down!! Thank you to all musicians and for the Crusade you fight is stronger than any army there's ever been or ever will be, and I pour my heart out to you all and give you my deepest respect, love and appreciation,, sincerely,, Jerry...
Jerry Jocoy I'm a fan of all types of music from hip hop to punk ,metal ,metalcore electronic and Latin music .I just got into Siouxsie and the banshees recently.
'I Love Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees from their first album, The Scream, which I bought as a young Punk in 1979 at the age of 17 and all their albums up to Tinderbox, from where I lost them for a while, only because I'd stopped buying any music for a while. I still love their music. Great little video, thankyou. I enjoyed this very much.'
She was an influence of my lifestyle and still is.....I still am punked today and will stay this way forever..............people get the creeps from me and that feels so damn good....we could be sisters of No mercy... moniqueb02
I first saw Siouxsie in 1980 at Tiffany's in Coventry and I was in awe of her! The Banshees were my favourite band for years and I saw a good few bands in my time- I must check out her solo stuff,from what I've seen so far, she hasn't lost it at all and hats off to her! She's done it all on her own terms and is a one off!
There were a group of female singers around at the time notably TOYAH, LENA LOVICH, HAZELL O CONNOR ,POLYSTYRENE. who were never in the same league as SIOUXSIE but all were great in concert..I saw them all but Siouxsie has remained iconic and truely magical . Hard to believe it is over 40 yrs since SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES THE SCREAM was released
She has been inspiring me since the late 70s. I love her music and her sense of aesthetics...she reminds me of Louise Brooks, one of my fav actresses. I sow her on stage in the 80s in Italy at Velvet (Perestroika near San Marino) and again in London at the Yoko Ono's Meltdown...where she was amazing, an unforgettable performance. I really hope to see her again. We need you Siouxsie....
Still fancy our Susan, your art, music is the pinnacle of excellence of how it's done. From the Scream to Join Hands, and seeing you on the release of JuJu at Derby Assembly rooms is imprinted in my head. Although my head is firmly attached and not a head cut lol. From 76 as a 8 year old lad, to a 47 year old dude, I have never stopped listening to your work. Wail of the banshees forever xxxxx
I met Siouxsie a couple of times & saw her out & about quite a few times. Something really special about her, incredibly beautiful, and so much talent. I think she was & is extremely underrated, she really was & still is one of a kind. 🥰
I would love to see her out and about !! How does that work ? Do you pretend you didn't see her ? Say hi or pretend you don't know her ? I think I would fall at her feet !! And I don't think she is underrated , for the artist that she is , a lot of people really appreciate her and her art . She was always gonna be hard to understand for the mainstream
@@redbeki when I say she was underrated, I do mean mainstream. I do agree with you, she was very much respected as a musician, her talent & her art. I found her very approachable & humble Beautiful lady ❤️
@@1501Anne Hi, it doesn't matter about mainstream, when it comes to artistic integrity. Most artists live in a different way, outside of the mainstream.
Yes, I remember in the summer of hate in 76', me and my mate Soss going to interview her for my fanzine Rebel Rouser, we went from Bristol - Chilslehurst and she didnt show up? her mum said "I'm sorry Susan isnt here" 6 months later we met at the Roundabout Club Newport where my band VerminX supported the Banshees, she was charming. Great Days.
Marc Almond said it right, she had amazing stage presence. I wasn't a big fan when I went to see her, they were just the band on at the end of a holiday we thought it'd be good to round out with a gig, but she was utterly mesmerising - The act that left the biggest, unexpected, positive impression on me, ever! Must've been '81 or '82.
We grew up listening to pirate radio and rarely owned records on homemade cassettes, demanding silence trying to tape off Top of The Pops. When the Tube and Whistle Test made the telly, I was living in squats, unaware how bands looked aside from LP covers or going to gigs. We just did our own thing, wearing clothes dyed black, using black eyeliner as lipstick, making white foundation from talc, and keeping the hairspray industry in business going through a can a day. Met Nico at 86/87 Bowie gig!
I was late to the game discovering Siouxsie and the Banshees. I had seen her in magazines as a kid in her wild fashions but had no idea who she was or what her music was about. I grew up poor and never had a radio to listen to music either. Here now at 43 I have finally discovered the wonder, musical and fashion wise, of Siouxsie.
No ones mentioned the swastika at 4.30? What was the justification for that? Irony? Not that I'm bothered about it, I'm more worried about the double standards I'm seeing more and more of.
kristianTV1974 : The swastica was worn by some punks in Great Britain within their fashion designs mainly has a shock value statement against the post WW II british political establishment: it was simply a form of protest against youth's high unemployement rate in GB during the 70's, the warlike situation in Northern Ireland and the general crisis created by Margaret Tatchers' tory government which made the working class people suffer a great deal while the upper classes, the aristocracy and banking elites still maintained their ludicrous priveleges! Sid Vicious for instance also used to wear a red t-shirt with a black swastica but he was NOT a neo-nazi! You mustn't confuse the early english punk-rock movement from 76' until late 78' with its contemporary skinhead movement or the later nazi-punk "oi-oi" bands wich had an overt far right neo-nazi ideology! There's also a bit of confusion regarding the so-called 2nd wave of U.K. punk-rock bands which started in 79' going until 84' with the anarcho-punks hardcore bands such as Crass, G.B.H., Chaos, Discharge, Conflict, The Exploited, Adicts, etc... (which some were politicized anarchist militant bands and not neo-nazis)!
Siouxsie and the Banshees, they made their mark on music their way and on their own terms. They aren't exactly commercial or mainstream, but I think that that helped them standout from those who are commercial and mainstream music wise.
the strengths of Siouxsie were this - early singles solid - respect from peers during the new wave period - asking for the head of the bouncers in Nottingham with a broken ankle was epic - was there and met her afterwards (signed my ticket chuck ;) ). true legend of music - superb live - the albert hall gig was the pinnacle of music fame at the time - Robert Smith was the cherry on her cake - epic
Siouxsie was and is class ! A true icon , a musical , sexual maverick who HAS stood the test of time. As good today as was the case back in the 70's. Brilliant x
Siouxsie Sioux has been a staple of my life since the mid-late 80's.....Along with The Cure, they've kept me from going to some dark places during my teens and 20s....I start my day with Happy House for breakfast!!!!
Kind of after her original appearance, but I remember seeing her in about '91 in Toronto. Very cool band. Of course I already knew them, but it was great. Nice performance in a smallish venue, the Masonic Temple. Really dreamy. They were touring the Superstition album. It was winter, and Toronto gets really cold, so I had a sweater on. It was drenched in sweat by the end of the show.
Im 47 a teen back in the 80s i grew up listening to this beautiful queen ...yes i love her ..i bought my Siouxie and the banshees shirt in 86 ..at a record store call The Mad platter We buy stickers and shirts My pointy black boots not high heel ones. Tight torn black jeans ..and my Siouxie shirts. Lol My hair like hers..i was cool
June 81 I missed Spellbound on TOTP as I was studying , didnt make much difference as I failed the bulk of my exams that year. Its easily the most powerful song I've seen on the show though and she really knows that she is pure dynamite in leather that night.
Totally a one of a kind goddess,icon, and such a strong “powerful” presence ,just image wise, she causes one to gawk as ones eyes gazing at a peacock, beautiful & stunning
Don"t know where to start about Siouxsie, A smart women who knew what she wanted and didn't back down!!! She is a real person, but signifies a woman who didn't take crap. Stood up for herself and band, Remember how many women fronted a band? An Amazing Soul, to be missed.........
My taste in music is very eclectic. I love everything from commercial pop to psytrance to J pop to metal. Most of my music taste comes from my mum who was a teen in the 80s and my friends who are 10 years older then me. They all have amazing collection's of music. I'm now in a relationship with an older guy and he was a Punk and a New romantic back in the 70s and 80s He introduced me to Siouxsie and the Banshees and I absolutely love there music and Siouxsie Sioux has become one of my idols.
exellent post, thumbs up for the memms, worked for a road crew agency the stage mircails in london so had the privalage to work for siouxsie plus loads more great bands of the time
This is a clip from the 2-part BBC documentary "Queens of British Pop" featuring a diverse mixture of women from different genres such as Marianne Faithfull, Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Kate Bush, Siouxsie, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet & Adele. It has nothing to do with how "Pop" music is perceived today
Siouxsie herself loathes being associated with goth music "Someone asked me how it felt to be the queen of goth. I said, 'That's rather like being known as the Prince Regent of Fools.' I hate all that. There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen."
i thought grace slick was sometimes considered an ice queen
Matbe during her specific era. Certainly no with "We Built This City" :p
simply "pop" as in "popular", popular in whatever scene or subculture said artists operated in, right?
exactly! Finally someone understands
She will always be my Ice Queen.
Her music has aged very well. A week can't go by without some Siouxsie.
It's more like a day doesn't go by with me! 🖖
+Lord Whitenorth 😂
Bob Doubter I know all those other bands from the 80s I can't bear anymore but Siouxsie and the Banshees still sounds modern and has nothing nostalgic about it. It
I agree. Mostly they were a great singles band.
Agree,unlike a lot of punk
Let's not forget her unstoppable voice. It's chilling, mesmerising and so forceful. What an artist.
Siouxsie is so goddamn beautiful. She created a style that so many people leech off of these days without knowing about this beauty that created it all.
100% she was and IS STILL!💃❤️💋🌺
❤ brilliant should be in hall of fame
One of the most influential bands of all time, vastly underrated especially in the states.
In the early 90s my girlfriend and I saw them play the UWM Ballroom in Milwaukee and my girlfriend talked me into sneaking backstage to get an autograph. Half hour or so after the show when they were coming out to their tour bus, we basically surprised them. They were so nice to us. I'll never forget it. She gave me and my girlfriend a big hug. It was like she was excited to meet us! They stood there and chatted and joked with us for a good ten minutes. They're the nicest, most down to Earth people you'd ever meet. Siouxie Sioux is not just a great musician but her and Budgie are nice, nice people too.
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. :)
I was at that same show. Spiritualized opened. Never thought to meet them after the show. Kicking myself.
Great story, wish I could have been there. :)
Greek are you?
A hug is so American.
I want to visit America once, but I am afraid of the hug. It holds me back being pushed to an old lady with hanging tits and having to like that. I fear the hug.
Shocked to hear Shirley Manson was bullied at school, just shows you can either let it grind u down or you can rise up and be something, she's such a inspiration and such a legend.
Cherry picking examples of those that somehow "rose up" tends to ignore the thousands that got ground down. Rising up in the music industry is a very chancy endeavour.
She mentioned her red hair as maybe being part of what caused some of the bullying. Is there a stigma against red hair in Britain? I only ask because in America of the 70s young redheaded girls were somewhat revered as being a bit unique. They would never be ousted for it.
Almost anyone interesting was bullied. The bullies are the sad, pathetic ones who are forgotten and hopefully live with guilt and shame.
@@dinkmartini3236I wouldn't call it bullying as such but any red head, male or female, was a "ginner" first and foremost in the 70s and 80s when I grew up...speaking as a bloke redheads were not classed as being any fitter (fit is our word for hot) or uglier but if you had a disagreement with a redhead of either sex any insult u may throw at them was prefixed with "ginner" normally followed with a c...reminding them of their hair colour was a daily constant they had to endure but it didn't stop them from being accepted in any way whatsoever, it was no different than being tall or fat or poor or still wearing flares or being soft...u know kids stuff, it was tough out there in the playgrounds during the 70s as we all know😊...i think Shirley Manson was slightly over egging the bullying aspect, then again she has made a career out of it, much as I love garbage
Siouxie is a Pop Queen, a Punk Icon and a Legend. Disappointed the doc claims she was the only female front person in the initial UK punk scene which is rather disrespectful to Penetration, the Slits, X-Ray Spex and others but otherwise this is fantastic.
Hong Kong Garden is my local Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst and the song was written about this very place!
It's still in the same location, but is now called Noble House.
I undertook a pilgrimage to Chislehurst years ago basically to see the area the Bromley contingent inhabited and the Hong Kong Garden was still there then. It really caught me by surprise when I saw it and I had a "it can't be......it must be" moment. Happy times......
Siouxsie and the Banshees for rock and roll hall of fame!
Wipe the floor with the HOF
@ramcurequeeny Amen, too that.
When siuxies and the Banshes started ir was post punk
No! I'd vote to keep them out of that garbage bin.
Sure, along with Tupac
Siouxsie is one of the greatest music stars *ever* in my book.
Laureen Zed the top one in mine
So ir is in mine 🌶🌶
You simply know you're legendary when the likes of Viv Albertine, Marc Almond, Clare Grogan and Shirley Manson are all fangirling over you.
Even if she herself hates the title, Siouxsie is a goddess.
living in the 80's is the most precious gift God have given to us...
She just made great, beautiful music unlike anything else before or after. I still love her stuff. It is powerful, mysterious and never gets old. Thank you, Siouxsie!
I'm 44 now and know Siouxsie has had a great impact on my life even now as I listen to all my favorites from high school. She made me feel acceptable. Just be yourself was her message.
the song around the 1:14 mark is "Ladytron," by Bryan Ferry of "Roxy Music"
Thank you! This was exactly what I was looking for :)
Siouxie has always been a brilliant artist and gifted songwriter.. I still often listen to the Banshees even in my car
Original Gothic Queen
Not gothic.
Yet she's taken like one of the most representative goth figures, it's like Motorhead: not metal, they were rock & roll but they are taken by many as an important metal figure sooo...
Goth, punk, rock & then some.
seanmedic 1 it makes me mad when people mention Siouxsie / Banshees as Goth(apart from her image being copied) they have never had anything to do with Goth at all as Steve Severin always say's he hates being mentioned with Goth I was an original Siouxsie /Banshees fan in the 70's they were my 1st ever gig age 13 in 1978(they were a Punk band / then post punk in early80's then a pop band) & I was there for the start of Goth in London etc etc.
I was listening to her in the early 80s but lost track of her when I stopped following punk. Then years later I saw her at the first Lollapoolaza and it was amazing! She sounded great and her band was playing better than ever. Wish I could find that show somewhere. I will never forget it.
Chris Replogle I saw them at the first Lollapalooza too🙂 I wish I had seen them more than once!
The introduction of Viv Albertine cuts to an early photo of The Slits and zooms in on what's supposed to be Viv, but it's actually the original guitarist Kate Chorus (later of The Mo-Dettes) in the photo. It's not surprising that the producers of docs like this can't be bothered to get things right, but they could've easily found an early Slits photo with Viv featured.
Siouxsie is a strong personality, a great artist and a woman who uses her brain!
She gave her own contribution to the music history!
she is an incomparable natural artist and light in the darkness of mediocrity, may that light always shine for those brave enough to follow it!
Once, back in the 90s one of my friends rightly said: "Siouxsie is the Mother of us all". Today in 2015 I think he'd still be absolutely right if he said that again.
I think this was a great series; and I think that it should be shown to all teenage girls at school. Siouxsie is a prime example of a woman who entered the music industry on her own terms.
Saw her at the UEA in Norwich, Norfolk.She sat on a tall bar stool during the performance singing her heart out. FAB. She had broken her leg previously, brave lady.What a girl and band !!!!! x Stuart Norwich UK.
She mesmerizes and inspires me.
Opti mum:
Oh, come on--tired of people feeling they have to put down one artist to big up another. I like both Siouxsie and Beyonce, they're both talented and carved out their own way in the music industry--which can be very tough on women artists,anyway. And Beyonce has written and produced her own songs,too, for the past decade.
Have you seen how many people are involved in making a beyonce album, Kirk? It doest take a village, it takes a friggin' state! She may 'write' her songs but so do about six other people on the same track. Why is that necessary ?!
Is it any coincidence that the only original member of Destiny's Child was related to her? She used that group as a ladder to her own solo career, no matter how many casulties got hurt along the way.
Plus she is a master at stealing from other people. Just google it. Here's one for free: the single ladies dance routine was done decades ago by Bob Fosse
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1560092/op-ed-when-beyonces-inspiration-turns-into-imitation
Always been a fan - innovative and not afraid to push the limits of creativity. Thanks for all the pleasure you've given over the years.
I can't say I enjoy all of The Banshee's music, but Siouxsie is such an inspiration regardless!
She is an amazing creative person
Why do you miss murder ? You should be glad that you gave it up 😉
You will never see the like of this woman again! HISTORY MAKER X
Everything said is 101% true and Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees did and still have such a cool sound and style, I would like to personally thank Siouxsie for sticking with her guns and not trying to make it with the mainstream and sacrificing what she wanted to do for more commercial success, I always love to see artists especially musicians and Poets get paid well for what they do because they deserve it more than any athlete or even actor actress,, musicians have more influence over people and what happens in the world as a whole!! And music is my favorite drug and I've tried them all but music has never let me down!! Thank you to all musicians and for the Crusade you fight is stronger than any army there's ever been or ever will be, and I pour my heart out to you all and give you my deepest respect, love and appreciation,, sincerely,,
Jerry...
There's just something about a perfect cross that is almost like music or poetry though ... :)
Jerry Jocoy Respect to you Jerry
Jerry Jocoy Yeah I couldn't agree more she never sold out .
Jerry Jocoy I'm a fan of all types of music from hip hop to punk ,metal ,metalcore electronic and Latin music .I just got into Siouxsie and the banshees recently.
Well said!
God I love this woman
Agreed!!!
Siouxsie Sioux was bad ass! Loved her music, and still listen to her constantly to this day :)
she still is.
Siouxsie made an indelible mark on me, long ago.I wish I could thank her personally for the gift she has given so many of us.
Thx for posting this!
Siouxsie blows Madonna out of the water.
Too right.
so true
They blow each other out back.
Buck Weet different genres
Buck Weet Well said!
I got to see her live in 1985. To this day one of the best shows I've been to. Give credit to her band, they where a big part of what she did.
She was magnificent. Absolutely loved her and still do!
I have so much admiration for this incredible person.
I so glad she done well, she was at my school at the same time as me.
'I Love Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees from their first album, The Scream, which I bought as a young Punk in 1979 at the age of 17 and all their albums up to Tinderbox, from where I lost them for a while, only because I'd stopped buying any music for a while. I still love their music. Great little video, thankyou. I enjoyed this very much.'
"A human blade, a bird of prey" Cool.
She was an influence of my lifestyle and still is.....I still am punked today and will stay this way forever..............people get the creeps from me and that feels so damn good....we could be sisters of No mercy... moniqueb02
I first saw Siouxsie in 1980 at Tiffany's in Coventry and I was in awe of her! The Banshees were my favourite band for years and I saw a good few bands in my time- I must check out her solo stuff,from what I've seen so far, she hasn't lost it at all and hats off to her! She's done it all on her own terms and is a one off!
Not Amused : Check out her other project band The Creatures!
There were a group of female singers around at the time notably TOYAH, LENA LOVICH, HAZELL O CONNOR ,POLYSTYRENE. who were never in the same league as SIOUXSIE but all were great in concert..I saw them all but Siouxsie has remained iconic and truely magical . Hard to believe it is over 40 yrs since SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES THE SCREAM was released
Poly/X-ray Spex was around at the same time as the Banshees (both initially forming in late 1976) but the others were 2-3 years later
She has been inspiring me since the late 70s. I love her music and her sense of aesthetics...she reminds me of Louise Brooks, one of my fav actresses.
I sow her on stage in the 80s in Italy at Velvet (Perestroika near San Marino) and again in London at the Yoko Ono's Meltdown...where she was amazing, an unforgettable performance. I really hope to see her again. We need you Siouxsie....
Still fancy our Susan, your art, music is the pinnacle of excellence of how it's done. From the Scream to Join Hands, and seeing you on the release of JuJu at Derby Assembly rooms is imprinted in my head. Although my head is firmly attached and not a head cut lol. From 76 as a 8 year old lad, to a 47 year old dude, I have never stopped listening to your work. Wail of the banshees forever xxxxx
Wish more artists were like her..was my college years and beyond. Open me up to others like The Cure., ect.
I love her and Poly Styrene from the X-ray Spex. Fierce women I admire!
I know this may sound unbelievable,but SATB version of 'Dear Prudence' was the initial version that I heard.
I met Siouxsie a couple of times & saw her out & about quite a few times. Something really special about her, incredibly beautiful, and so much talent. I think she was & is extremely underrated, she really was & still is one of a kind. 🥰
I would love to see her out and about !! How does that work ? Do you pretend you didn't see her ? Say hi or pretend you don't know her ? I think I would fall at her feet !! And I don't think she is underrated , for the artist that she is , a lot of people really appreciate her and her art . She was always gonna be hard to understand for the mainstream
@@redbeki when I say she was underrated, I do mean mainstream.
I do agree with you, she was very much respected as a musician, her talent & her art.
I found her very approachable & humble
Beautiful lady ❤️
@@1501Anne yes, she is an incredible artist, I'm an artist too and I completely understand her.
@@1501Anne Hi, it doesn't matter about mainstream, when it comes to artistic integrity. Most artists live in a different way, outside of the mainstream.
I met her also it was crazy , being in a paper shop in Maida Vale with Steve and Sioux
The very best group ever.
Still top of my play list today.
Met her in a bar at Fulham ..............
Siouxie is the soundtrack of my YOUTH and is ETERNAL in my HEART :)
She is timeless.
Yes, I remember in the summer of hate in 76', me and my mate Soss going to interview her for my fanzine Rebel Rouser, we went from Bristol - Chilslehurst and she didnt show up? her mum said "I'm sorry Susan isnt here" 6 months later we met at the Roundabout Club Newport where my band VerminX supported the Banshees, she was charming. Great Days.
timeless
we both know that's not true, but still, i agree 100%
Saw Siouxsie at my first concert. Berkley, CA 1988
Marc Almond said it right, she had amazing stage presence. I wasn't a big fan when I went to see her, they were just the band on at the end of a holiday we thought it'd be good to round out with a gig, but she was utterly mesmerising - The act that left the biggest, unexpected, positive impression on me, ever! Must've been '81 or '82.
Great memories! 👍❤ Thanks a lot!
Siouxsie is a very underappreciated artist.
She's brilliant!An amazing entertainer and singer.All the best to you!
I love her so much! I even had a cat named after her in the 90s. She has always been a big influence and inspiration 💜
Her voice was everything, it got inside and shock things up.
We grew up listening to pirate radio and rarely owned records on homemade cassettes, demanding silence trying to tape off Top of The Pops. When the Tube and Whistle Test made the telly, I was living in squats, unaware how bands looked aside from LP covers or going to gigs. We just did our own thing, wearing clothes dyed black, using black eyeliner as lipstick, making white foundation from talc, and keeping the hairspray industry in business going through a can a day. Met Nico at 86/87 Bowie gig!
Howard Downes
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I was late to the game discovering Siouxsie and the Banshees. I had seen her in magazines as a kid in her wild fashions but had no idea who she was or what her music was about. I grew up poor and never had a radio to listen to music either. Here now at 43 I have finally discovered the wonder, musical and fashion wise, of Siouxsie.
saw it live in London in 1981, I instantly felt in love with her eyes and motion...
What a great bio-vid! Thank you for posting!
One of the all time greats, I was lucky to see them numerous times in the early 80's The Scream was one of the first albums I bought, great times!
My niece was named after her. It's funny seeing people tripping out on how her name is spelled.
Susie? Nope
Suzy? Nope
SIOUXIE LOL.
Sweet68Camaro
you missed out the second S there! 'suey'
It was a word the french used to describe the Lakota nations.
SIOUXSIE? Nope
No ones mentioned the swastika at 4.30? What was the justification for that? Irony?
Not that I'm bothered about it, I'm more worried about the double standards I'm seeing more and more of.
kristianTV1974 : The swastica was worn by some punks in Great Britain within their fashion designs mainly has a shock value statement against the post WW II british political establishment: it was simply a form of protest against youth's high unemployement rate in GB during the 70's, the warlike situation in Northern Ireland and the general crisis created by Margaret Tatchers' tory government which made the working class people suffer a great deal while the upper classes, the aristocracy and banking elites still maintained their ludicrous priveleges!
Sid Vicious for instance also used to wear a red t-shirt with a black swastica but he was NOT a neo-nazi!
You mustn't confuse the early english punk-rock movement from 76' until late 78' with its contemporary skinhead movement or the later nazi-punk "oi-oi" bands wich had an overt far right neo-nazi ideology!
There's also a bit of confusion regarding the so-called 2nd wave of U.K. punk-rock bands which started in 79'
going until 84' with the anarcho-punks hardcore bands such as Crass, G.B.H., Chaos, Discharge, Conflict, The Exploited, Adicts, etc... (which some were politicized anarchist militant bands and not neo-nazis)!
Love you, Sioux! You are a gorgeous personality!
"Siouxsie is like an old time film star. Like a Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo." That's flipping spot on perfect.
Man I still love Siouxsie... That amazing voice, nothing like it!
"Sacrificed Commercial Success, For Artistic Success"...Looking for more musicians, with this mind-set.
loved this, thanks for the post. Siouxsie legend
+Steve Cournane You're welcome :o)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, they made their mark on music their way and on their own terms.
They aren't exactly commercial or mainstream, but I think that that helped them standout from those who are commercial and mainstream music wise.
Hong Kong Garden was their mainstream song...
Happy to have seen them, several times.
Best wishes to Siouxsie, Always
You're so right Marc ..her legacy will live on ..
the strengths of Siouxsie were this - early singles solid - respect from peers during the new wave period - asking for the head of the bouncers in Nottingham with a broken ankle was epic - was there and met her afterwards (signed my ticket chuck ;) ). true legend of music - superb live - the albert hall gig was the pinnacle of music fame at the time - Robert Smith was the cherry on her cake - epic
My queen Siouxsie Sioux!!!
Absolute Legend and truly original
Siouxsie was and is class ! A true icon , a musical , sexual maverick who HAS stood the test of time. As good today as was the case back in the 70's. Brilliant x
Sid Vicious was the first drummer of Siouxsie and the Banshees!
I saw her Band in Boston backs in the very early 1980's. She had a poerful; stage presence.
One of my idols. Thank you for being different & a bad ass..... pioneer
Siouxsie Sioux has been a staple of my life since the mid-late 80's.....Along with The Cure, they've kept me from going to some dark places during my teens and 20s....I start my day with Happy House for breakfast!!!!
Kind of after her original appearance, but I remember seeing her in about '91 in Toronto. Very cool band. Of course I already knew them, but it was great. Nice performance in a smallish venue, the Masonic Temple. Really dreamy. They were touring the Superstition album. It was winter, and Toronto gets really cold, so I had a sweater on. It was drenched in sweat by the end of the show.
Im 47 a teen back in the 80s i grew up listening to this beautiful queen ...yes i love her ..i bought my Siouxie and the banshees shirt in 86 ..at a record store call The Mad platter
We buy stickers and shirts
My pointy black boots not high heel ones. Tight torn black jeans ..and my Siouxie shirts. Lol
My hair like hers..i was cool
June 81 I missed Spellbound on TOTP as I was studying , didnt make much difference as I failed the bulk of my exams that year. Its easily the most powerful song I've seen on the show though and she really knows that she is pure dynamite in leather that night.
the best artist ever adore her
oh siouxsie siouxsie siouxsie sioux i love you
Totally a one of a kind goddess,icon, and such a strong “powerful” presence ,just image wise, she causes one to gawk as ones eyes gazing at a peacock, beautiful & stunning
great contribution from a humble woman
a class act and true original.
Loved the late night John Peel stuff. Magic. Thanks, John.
I like how the clip summed her up with observer Marc's and Siouxsie's own comments 🍺
I absolutely love her!
I found her in highschool. it is my dying dream to see her live show
damn i wish she would release another album
Don"t know where to start about Siouxsie, A smart women who knew what she wanted and didn't back down!!! She is a real person, but signifies a woman who didn't take crap.
Stood up for herself and band, Remember how many women fronted a band?
An Amazing Soul, to be missed.........
My taste in music is very eclectic. I love everything from commercial pop to psytrance to J pop to metal. Most of my music taste comes from my mum who was a teen in the 80s and my friends who are 10 years older then me. They all have amazing collection's of music. I'm now in a relationship with an older guy and he was a Punk and a New romantic back in the 70s and 80s He introduced me to Siouxsie and the Banshees and I absolutely love there music and Siouxsie Sioux has become one of my idols.
exellent post, thumbs up for the memms, worked for a road crew agency the stage mircails in london so had the privalage to work for siouxsie plus loads more great bands of the time
Before Madonna there was Siouxsie. I also loved Claire Grogan, what a babe. Alterned Images were also different. Great pop bad