Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju poll

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.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

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"