don't think they ever beat JuJu, but who else has?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 22 March 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
think I'll vote for Tinderbox. Surprised no-one else seems to rep for that album.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 08:34 (fourteen years ago) link
So Juju's going to win then....
If disc 2 of the de-luxe reissue of The Scream (2 x Peel sessions and demos) was a proper album I'd have voted for that, but anyway...
It is really a shame that Siouxsie sounds so terrible on Seven Year Itch
It is, cos it's an interesting selection of songs on there. The guitar tone is pretty bad at times too. A little flange goes a long way, unless you're John McGeogh, and Jon Klein isn't.
― Dr.C, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Been listening to the singles comp and just amazed again and again at what a powerhouse singles band they were. I always kind of think of them as an albums band, but the singles are just diamond after diamond.
It's quite funny, though, listening to them again, even though they were solidly put into the "goth" genre, what a huge influence they had on lots of the shoegaze that I like - and not just the obvious Curve comparison - but on bands like Ride and especially Lush - that combination of BIG BIG DRUMS and washes of weird psychedelic chorus-effect guitar backing these incredibly distinctive off-kilter vocals.
― There's Always Been A Dance Element To (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
that combination of BIG BIG DRUMS and washes of weird psychedelic chorus-effect guitar backing these incredibly distinctive off-kilter vocals.
That's always been my favorite thing about the mid-to-late period records (and even in spots on the early ones).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
A little flange goes a long way, unless you're John McGeogh, and Jon Klein isn't.
Uh - I was wrong. It's not Klein on SYI - it's some guy who used to be in the Psychedelic Furs. Anyway....still too much flange.
― Dr.C, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
aaaahhh the drums on JuJu is what absolutely gets it for me. That line on "taken by the legs AND THROWN DOWN THE STAIRS..." and then the toms exactly duplicate the sense of tumbling headfirst down a staircase. Fucking amazing.
― pleasant enough evening with absolutely no spark whatsoever (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I love the 12" version of 'Spellbound'. That groovy bass line in the middle could go on forever for me.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I must say. After a few listens this weekend I have thus far completely underestimated 'Tinderbox'.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
That was the second album of theirs I heard and I fell so hard for it that I was kind of afraid to get any of their other albums out of fear of disappointment. I did eventually get Hyaena because of the the RSmith connection and disliked "Dear Prudence" enough to feel justified in avoiding the rest of their catalog (at the time I had those two, Peepshow and Superstition).
Much later, Ned foisted a bunch of mp3s scattered across their career on me and I realized I'd made a terrible, terrible mistake.
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I loved Tinderbox when I was 16, but not nearly as much now. I tend to gravitate to the first four and, oddly, Peepshow.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
(oh and to go back to Seven Year Itch, that was where I first heard "Icon" and even though Siouxsie sounds a little like she's attempting to pass a bowling ball through her colon it's still a fucking fantastic song)
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
vote join hands or hang your goth heads in shame
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
my goth head is attached to a pop body, so it is voting Juju
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I still infinetly prefer the the first LP's. Esp. 'Juju'. It's gotta win.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I listened to all of these albums last week, and it was Juju by a ... well, a more than slim margain.
(That said, I could not find Superstition.)
― Delia & Daphne & Celeste (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I appreciate Join Hands more than I actually like it, if that makes sense. Like, I admire what it was going for but that's not quite enough to make me want to play it.
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
man I am listening to it right now and gothing the fuck OUT to "Premature Burial" - I yam what I yam
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Join Hands is like a lesser version of The Scream -- still goth, weaker songs, slightly experimental re: new directions taken on Kaleidoscope, but never really getting off the ground.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I will put my goth hand-movement dance up against anybody's, and it has the added benefit of you can do it without getting up from your rocking chair
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta say that rave and hip-hop has totally subsumed my goth-fu ;_;
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
like now I can only truly dance to Gravediggaz
lol!
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
tolhurst
btw this conversation is inspiring me to listen to Join Hands, assuming Simplify stops being a sandy jock strap and allows me to connect to my home iTunes library
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
btw this seems like as good a place as any to unleash the righteousness of Bats Day in the Park
I will be taking a pass on this for the 12th year in a row
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Guys, I hope your goth hands have got a hold of the BBC box set and the b-sides box set. Both are astounding and worthy of that black place in your hearts.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Only 45 tix left to The Bats Day Ghoulish Gala (Package 3)
I misread that as "Goulash Gala" and was all "huh, goths are down with pasta; who knew?"
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
lol I am totally above image searching to find evidence of what goth pasta love has done to once-legendarily-slender goth waistlines but let it suffice to say the the concessions dudes at Bats Day will probably not regret showing up to work
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Better late than never. And glad to help.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Listening to Hyaena right now for the first time in eons. "Dazzle" is really a beast of a song, but it all really kind of trails after that yeah?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
You complaining about "Swimming Horses" over there?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe I am...
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm a big fan of "Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man" and "Blow the House Down"
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't gotten to the second half yet, Dan. Perhaps I'll be surprised.
(Even years ago, this was never an album I listened to all that much.)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha those were the other two I was thinking of.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
The Scream (1978) 8Join Hands (1979) 3
Join Hands (1979) 3
The goths hath spoken.
Hyaena is really the only album with 0 votes that deserved at least a couple; it's damn good.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
not really Dazzle and Bring me the Head are the only standout songs on this. Probably their least interesting release after Superstition
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Through the Looking Glass (1987) 0
To this album's credit, I was turned on to many things early on by figuring out what bands originally did the songs that were being covered (Kraftwerk, Television, etc).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 April 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
not really Dazzle and Bring me the Head are the only standout songs on this.
I would replace "Bring Me the Head" with "Swimming Horses" though.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 1 April 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The results are pretty much spot on how I feel. With the exception of the neglected 'Nocturne'. Ironically I'm sure 'Nocture' would gather more than a few votes in a Best Live Album poll. It's the best one stop shop for Siouxsie for me.
― AnotherDeadHero, Thursday, 1 April 2010 07:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish people wouldn't refer to the Scream as goth!
Gerald OTM about both box sets.
― Dr.C, Thursday, 1 April 2010 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Glad to see Kaleidoscope got 4 as I always thought it was under-rated.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ffSWA5b_s
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Kaleidoscope has some great great songs on it but I haven't really gotten into it as an album.
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Thursday, 1 April 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
It needed "Israel" to anchor it, but that song was released as a stand-alone single instead.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 April 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
How the hell did "Hyæna" end up with zero votes? Life makes no sense!
― demonic splendor, demonic majesty (Abbott), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess part of the answer to that is "Abbott didn't vote."
― demonic splendor, demonic majesty (Abbott), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Hyaena deserves something, even if it's just for Swimming Horses. Parts of Kalaeidoscope can sound sparse and underwhelming, but its standouts are just so great. Desert Kisses is one of the best things they ever did - and they never had another song in the same style. They were just inventing whole styles of music around this perdiod and then moving on.Juju is the epitome of this inventiveness, and deserves to win.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
OTOH, Juju has "Spellbound" and "Night Shift" on it.
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Friday, 2 April 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, I take back my last comment. At no point is Kaleidoscope underwhelming.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/3f8NhEZkbfmDYRZjuEKbNg
one day I went through all of the SatB material on Spotify and made a playlist of the songs I thought were absolutely 100% indispensible
today I am playing it and I was totally OTM
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 10 August 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
some friend of humanity has added the full DVD from the At The Beeb box. 30 songs herein. goth-out at your leisure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qlm234lbeM
― piscesx, Thursday, 2 March 2017 01:24 (seven years ago) link
How did Hyæna get 0 votes?
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 2 March 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
that performance of Happy House rules. i love that song.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
although, lip synced. :(
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:20 (seven years ago) link
I was thinking the same thing about Hyaena!
I'll go years without listening to Siouxsie and then it'll be time for the full immersion.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
damn, the At the Beeb stuff is great, i've never seen any of it before. the live version of "tenant" is so good!
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:39 (seven years ago) link
Hyaena has Swimming Horses, which is just gorgeous
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
until you watch the video where the guys stand around embarrassed in their longjohns while film is projected onto them and Sioux swans around in front.https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/54/83/fa/5483fac4d4ecbcff7546d2940a89a317.jpg
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 2 March 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
In full Siouxsie mode atm. Finally listened to "The Rapture". What a mess until the last three tunes then WOMP!!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 1 April 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
It's a glittering prize!
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
how is "spellbound" not in your top ten?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
So many glittering prizes!
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
Peepshow was my first Siouxsie album and I probably would have voted for it had I seen this poll.
I wonder the identity of the one voter who chose it and their criteria? Was it you, Johnny fever?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, March 1, 2017 9:35 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ross, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
Fantastic Hyaena-era show. Audio only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7qPO5sIYU
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 1 July 2023 10:33 (one year ago) link
Hyæna is so weirdly underrated now; granted McGeoch's shadow was astoundingly long but still, it's Robert Goddamn Smith on that thing! That whole two year stretch of him doing that, the tours, the Glove AND UK pop breakthrough Cure is so insane.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 July 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
Yes! And his playing on the tour and album as heard in that link was fire and brimstone in a way I never heard come from him in his band.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 1 July 2023 16:05 (one year ago) link
wait, there's a BBC box set?!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 1 July 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
Yup: https://www.discogs.com/release/1800195-Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees-At-The-BBC
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
And I very happily own it
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
"5 for sale from $103.26"
oh well
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link
Yeah a nice run but Hyaena is by far the weakest thing to come out of it. Not his fault by any means
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 1 July 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link