Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju poll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EajKtiDP1Xk

The Banshees do not get enough love on this board. anyways, found that clip and fell hard, so powerful.

it would be more powerful if she was in the same key as the band, though

lol

Love this album and “Monitor” is my jam.

what is up with lyrics of Arabian Knights? Probably my favorite musically but uhhh

“nightshift” it is

You know, I'd never paid attention to those lyrics but now that I've looked them up, 'uhhh' is right. I'd rather think of it as a song about orientalism rather than an orientalist song, even though I very much doubt that's true.

I don't recommend looking up the lyrics to "Hong Kong Garden" then. This group were really into, um, ironic orientalism.

Siouxsie once claimed "Hong Kong Garden" was an anti-racist song, a riposte to racist skinheads she encoutrered in a Chinese takeaway. The 70s was a different universe!

Saying that, I have probably heard "Arabian Knights" 1000 times and never previously paid the lyrics any attention.

Having re-listened, "Halloween", for its combination of manic energy and memorable guitar. I do feel the last three tracks try to get over as hypnotic but don't quite make it.

guys i heard siouxsie may have donned a swatiska or two at a gig — is this true??????

Cancelled

i've often wondered how the british punk scene would have played out in the era of social media.

I kind of feel like Arabian Knights could be spun as an environmental anthem

If you take the middle verse as the actual thesis statement and parse the references to “her” as the Earth, it’s still clumsy but it also scans?

ha!

loved this album back in the day. hope to able to check it out again for this poll, that would be cool. thing is, it’s so far removed from what I tend to listen to these days that I have to make sure to be really in the mood for it, otherwise it will just fall on deaf ears

some hash, some candles, some absinthe, listen at midnight while u have Nosferatu playing muted on a screen, u should be good

solid tips all lol
we’ll see

I also wanna give a shoutout to the amazing (as usual) B-sides from this album's singles:

https://www.discogs.com/Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees-Arabian-Knights/release/887388

https://www.discogs.com/Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees-Spellbound/release/437434

"Spellbound"

think I’m with DJP on this one

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in the end i voted for "Monitor."

Aside from the singles, this record is way more raw than I recall. The album tracks are just a effective as Arabian Nights is lush. "Head Cut" is what ADULT. built their whole sound around.

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The #1 is shocking! Is this what ILM used to call 'challops?' I had no idea there was so much love for Into The Light. It's fine, but to me it just screams 'enjoyable album track.' Otherwise this ranking seems right. I voted for Monitor.

Listening last night, I noticed how in "Halloween", after each "Trick or Treat", Budgie does a triple hit on the snare like someone knocking on a door. I also wondered if, like "The Lord's Prayer", they recorded "Voodoo Dolly" live in the studio with no overdubs.

Also, Into The Light is a direct rip from Eno's 'St. Elmo's Fire.' Which is fun! BTW I've concluded that these people (Siouxsie, Magazine, The Cure, John Foxx's Ultravox, you know the rest) owned just 6 albums: Another Green World; The Idiot; Country Life; Diamond Dogs; Funhouse; and Trans Europe Express.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKch8dZ61w

It sounds more like "Golden Hours" than "St. Elmo's Fire", though?
Someone in Magazine definitely owned a Pink Floyd record.

Interesting @Halfway there, the verse structure is a lot like Golden Hours, and the McGeoch guitar refrain sounds a lot like St. Elmo's Fire. Maybe he owned only one album then.

for a giddy moment I thought you meant John Parr’s “St Elmo’s Fire”

I voted INto the Light because it is a perfect example of why JOhn McGeogh was a fucking god.

Was pondering why John McGeogh isn't more of a name, as he's so well loved and influential just below the surface of things. The Banshees at this point were like Can or Birthday Party - each person in these bands was so good at what they were doing and it was so distinctive no single contribution outshines the others.

Another Green World; The Idiot; Country Life; Diamond Dogs; Funhouse; and Trans Europe Express

don't know if you know 'through the looking glass' at all, but siouxsie covers 'the passenger', 'sea breezes' and 'hall of mirrors', so you score 1 out of 3 for identifying the correct roxy, iggy and kraftwerk albums. sorry, but i reckon that's a fail

Mcgeoch is indeed a fucking god!!

Mcgeogh

I agree and I don't even know how his last name is pronounced

always guessed it was mc-KEE-oh but I don't really know

Does anybody know?

Howard Devoto pronounces it mc-GEE-och in a recent interview.

Soft "g" sound

Spellbound: The Story of John McGeoch

thanks! I need to watch this.

never would have guessed mi-GEE-och

This is why I am always embarrassed to say names out loud

Eastwood Guitars now do a McGeoch tribute model if anyone's interested in that sort of thing:

https://eastwoodguitars.co.uk/products/eastwood-mcgeoch-1000

Get yourself a couple of MXR Flangers too

BTW, McGeoch is using a Gizmotron on his guitar in "Into the Light"