― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
That said I still think Nocturne is possibly the Greatest Live Album Ever That Isn't Something Else I Might Be Forgetting Right Now And Yes I Know James Brown Live At The Apollo Is The Standard Answer For Good Reason But That Need Not Be The End-All And Be-All...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 1 May 2003 20:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
SIOUXSIE ROXXX, U R ALL GAY!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, comparing what she did on the live version of "Land's End" (aka One Of The Most Gorgeous S&TB Songs Evah) to the studio version shows some SERIOUS studio influence.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT: siouxsie roxxx i amn't all gay
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 1 May 2003 22:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Davlo (Davlo), Thursday, 1 May 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 2 May 2003 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 2 May 2003 03:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
Her voice is great. It gives me chills. YOU ARE ALL MENTAL.
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 2 May 2003 03:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 2 May 2003 03:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 2 May 2003 09:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 May 2003 09:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 May 2003 09:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
So yes, Siouxsie IS a great singer in her own way.
Technically perfect singers are incredibly boring on the whole - it's textbook singing, passionless. Give me rough round the edges any day.
― russ t, Friday, 2 May 2003 10:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 2 May 2003 10:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 2 May 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 2 May 2003 13:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― russ t, Friday, 2 May 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
"AAfter listening to several live Banshees recordings,..."
Her voice is absolutely gorgeous on the studio albums, especially many of the songs listed here ("Last Beat Of My Heart" SWOON!). HOWEVER, she does some really ugly things with her voice on the newest live album. Sometimes it works well ("Metal Postcard"!!!!). Sometimes it's horrifying ("Land's End").
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 May 2003 21:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Friday, 2 May 2003 21:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 2 May 2003 23:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Friday, 2 May 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
Don't know why ppl are having a hard time seperating Siouxsie album version from Siouxsie live.
― H (Heruy), Saturday, 3 May 2003 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 3 May 2003 00:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Saturday, 3 May 2003 01:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 3 May 2003 01:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― H (Heruy), Saturday, 3 May 2003 01:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 3 May 2003 12:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 3 May 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 3 May 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, how the hell have I lived my life thus far without ever hearing "Icon"???????
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 11 May 2003 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Sunday, 11 May 2003 12:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Siouxsie & the Banshees Reunion - a Review.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 11 May 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 11 May 2003 16:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 12 May 2003 01:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
Should I not buy it and stick with Nocturne then?
― Paz, Monday, 12 May 2003 03:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
New Siouxsie video for the track: Into a Swan on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-vN9wYLls8
― djmartian, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
ALRIGHT!!
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, I hope to be reviewing it for the new Plan B.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
This should get its own thread, really, but in the meantime here's the cover:
http://www.untiedundone.com/graphics/mantaraycover.jpg
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
grrr http://www.untiedundone.com/graphics/mantaraycover.jpg
God, she's gorgeous.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
the music reminds me of Depeche Mode
― djmartian, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link
This is the kind of single that without sounding like 'OMG best thing evah' really wets my appetite for the album. I really like the tabla break, makes me wonder how a collab with Timbaland would sound.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
P'fork review is out. Just bought tickets to see her in October. Bring it on.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link
she stormed out of the interview with MOJO this month. changed her press officer because of it. makes for a fascinating read.
― pisces, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 13:15 (seventeen years ago) link
link?
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
It's a commanding, accusatory, stentorian voice rather than a pleasant melodic one. It basically forces SATB's to follow the thematic route that they've always taken. Which I like a lot.
I never had her down as a looker, though.....
― PhilK, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
i just read that Ned interviewed Siouxsie today !
― djmartian, Monday, 4 February 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I like to imagine that the exclamation point is pronounced "stop"
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I did indeed interview Siouxsie today. Only for a short period of time, but a good interview, some interesting answers. The story will run next week in the OC Weekly.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice work, my son.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 02:50 (sixteen years ago) link
You made it bro!
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 07:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Naturally you asked how Budgie is?
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 07:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Indeed, good work there, Mr R.
As for her voice--she's pretty challenged pitch-wise. Even i the studio she's always on the verge of drifting a bit off, but in the studio, that also adds to the drama/anxiety of listening to her.
The timbre of her voice is what's awesome/disturbing/hot.
― i, grey, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Har har.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
My feature is up.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 February 2008 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw an awesome young Siouxsie/Banshees cover band over the weekend - a trio, with the lead singer handling Severin's bass lines as well - and my friend and I agreed she sounded as good as the original.
― German Disco Songsmith (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 January 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
"Love Crime", her first song in eight years, was featured in the finale of the TV series Hannibal, broadcast in August 2015. Series creator Bryan Fuller, who had contacted her in November 2014, described the collaboration with Brian Reitzell as "epic". On 4 December, "Love Crime (Amuse-Bouche Version)", was made available via download stores as a digital-only single.
Completely passed me by. Hopefully more new work to follow.
https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=G-Apl5jEWBM
― ilxors ananimus (onimo), Monday, 11 January 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
this is great
― Very selfish, and very ironic (DJP), Monday, 11 January 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-siouxsie-siouxs-haunting-hannibal-finale-song-love-crime-20150831
"Siouxsie hasn't even stepped foot in a studio for eight years, and she said that this piece was the first thing that she heard that inspired her to do anything," Reitzell said. "And the good news is that I'm going to do a few more tracks with her. I've written a few more, and we’re not sure how we're going to release the track, and that's kind of unfortunate, but it will be out."
― ilxors ananimus (onimo), Monday, 11 January 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Isolated vocal from The Killing Jar
https://youtu.be/SHf6lrrlLnk
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 10 January 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
Paradiso last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rEqSM8dG6M
Oof.
― Fried Egg Sandwich, Friday, 5 May 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the Dutch press today was not kind. :((
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 5 May 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
There was a gig from bitd, on BBC4 last night. She's always been "rough" vocalwise, that's the point.
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 May 2023 09:41 (one year ago) link
Pleased she's got the courage to keep going and psyched to be seeing her in September.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Saturday, 6 May 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Whoops.https://twitter.com/cruelworldfest/status/1660141499886211073Which means…no Siouxsie set.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 May 2023 04:50 (one year ago) link
Replaced with new tweet
Due to severe weather, please exit the event site and move to your vehicles or protected areas outside of the event site for safety. Stay tuned for updates.— Cruel World Festival (@cruelworldfest) May 21, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 May 2023 04:51 (one year ago) link
Well the upshot is she's performing a near standalone set tonight in turn (along with Iggy, which makes for just a great double-bill as is), and that she'll apparently play an 'extended' aka fuller non-festival set. Which, if you didn't have to fly out for the show, kinda counts as a win!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 May 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
Never thought that in 2023 I’d face a scheduling conundrum of “damn, I’d love to get to that Siouxsie/Iggy show but we already have tickets to see The Cure tonight.”
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 21 May 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
I wonder how I can get into this, a full festival is a no for me. Seeing only Iggy Pop and Siouxsie.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 21 May 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Wow!
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 May 2023 04:37 (one year ago) link
Per a friend on FB:
What an epic weekend… 17 song Siouxise set with some deep cuts somehow made us not seem to mind that one day festival suddenly became a two day festival. Siouxsie talked a lot between songs, told jokes about lightning and the Pasadena fire department and made it clear she wasn’t coming back anytime soon if ever again. set list below:Night Shift Arabian Knights Here Comes That Day Kiss Them for Me Dear Prudence Face to Face Loveless Land's EndCities in Dust But Not Them Sin in My Heart Christine Happy House Into a Swan Encore:About to Happen (first time since 2008) Spellbound Encore 2:Israel (first time since 2013)
Night Shift Arabian Knights Here Comes That Day Kiss Them for Me Dear Prudence Face to Face Loveless Land's EndCities in Dust But Not Them Sin in My Heart Christine Happy House Into a Swan
Encore:About to Happen (first time since 2008) Spellbound
Encore 2:Israel (first time since 2013)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 May 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
Whatever caveats I have with not having Budgie on drums, I admit not being able to see "Sin In My Heart" live juuuuust gets to me a bit.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 May 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
Saw her on the 2008 tour and was very underwhelmed. Didn’t bother going this time around altho set lists seem pretty cool.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 22 May 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
She was amazing last night
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 22 May 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
"The Pasadena fire department broke in. I was trying to tell them it’s part of our fucking light show"In the end, we did the sensible thing: we sold our tickets for The Cure and saw Siouxsie instead. This wasn't a difficult decision (Cruel World is <15 minutes away from home) even with the mad chaos of ticket exchanging happening on Reddit and FB... I almost got passes from someone who was in a plane headed back to Chicago, but here's a Pasadena pro-tip: go to the western end of Washington Blvd., turn left on Arroyo, go two blocks and park where you can. The bluff you're on overlooks Brookside Park with a clear view directly to the main stage. It's not close but you're not that far away. I first saw Siouxsie at Anaheim Stadium, opening for Bowie on the Glass Spider tour, and this was better in all respects. Certainly better than any of the clips from earlier in the month. I think the set-list minimized the roughness and whatever you think of her voice, her overall performance was terrific - especially scaled up to a big crowd of 40,000 with the sound reverberating up and down the Arroyo Seco on top of Jack Parsons' old consecrated stomping grounds and a crescent moon setting behind the stage. The 50-100 of us up on the bluff were dead quiet, except for an occasional creak of a lawn chair or someone sparking up a joint, but someone blurted out "I've seen her a lot of times and that was fucking amazing" at the end of "Sin In My Heart" and everyone exhaled with OMGs and HFSs. A guy standing next to us was there to pick up his son afterward but just decided to hang out and watch the show. Never heard her before, but loved the show - he's a fan now.Budgie will never be allowed back and McGeoch is dead. I don't know how much better it could get unless "Red Light" gets into the set-list somehow.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 May 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
BTW, I don't want to propagate any whataboutism but if you're going to pick on someone for singing badly, criticize Ian McCulloch. I saw some clips of Echo's set on Saturday and that was utterly embarrassing.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 May 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
Amazing, ET. What an experience.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 22 May 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link
made it clear she wasn’t coming back anytime soon if ever again
to LA or the US or anywhere? I know this was stated as her 'only NA appearance' but I'm still holding out hope she winds up touring again next year. Seems odd to have done the preparation with a band to only do like, 3 shows ever then disappear again. I only saw Siouxsie once, on the Superstition tour, which was great but of course I can barely recall it now. Still kicking myself for not seeing her in NYC for her solo show, which we didn't get tickets for even though they were available and we were staying right down the road from the venue.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 22 May 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
I wish I knew about the look out point last night, oh well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0E8qeR90pI
― Bee OK, Monday, 22 May 2023 23:51 (one year ago) link
that is one kick ass setlist
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRF07n4rcO4
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
Seems odd to have done the preparation with a band to only do like, 3 shows ever then disappear again.
She's doing a dozen more shows in Europe through the summer. I thought when she said she wasn’t coming back anytime soon it was to Cruel World Fest.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 04:25 (one year ago) link
I wish I knew about the look out point last night, oh well
FYI for the future: 34.167296°N, -118.166530°W. (gMaps link, street view)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 04:35 (one year ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/@richardchavez985 filmed the whole set a couple rows back from the front. It's so great!
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 11:00 (one year ago) link
i saw her tonight and loved it. her voice was good; definitely stronger on some songs than others but overall, great, and i can't imagine anyone there left with that thought as their biggest takeaway from the gig. if i had one criticism to make it was the banshees songs lacked a little bit of their groove in the drum dept. but that totally improved as it went on.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 23:53 (one year ago) link
I saw her yesterday in London at the Troxy. Her voice is a bit rough in places, but not a major issue. The main problem for me was the band. Each song is played in the same plodding and uninspired, undeviating way - and the set overall badly needs a bit of the creativity that McGeogh/Klein and Budgie etc previously provided.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 7 September 2023 08:15 (one year ago) link
I'm still surprised her and Severin haven't done a (second) reunion with new people (Nick Zinner would go well on guitar).
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
wait so is she like consistently off key or something?
― Swen, Monday, 26 February 2024 19:02 (nine months ago) link
what, live, recently, or in the past? on recordings: no she sounds on key to me. live recently? not so hot based on these recordings. live in the past? varies.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:06 (nine months ago) link
well i'm just digging into some of her music and on records her voice is lovely! yeah i guess i was trying to clarify what about it live. live is so tough for vocals.
― Swen, Monday, 26 February 2024 19:08 (nine months ago) link
When I started this thread, I was talking about The Seven Year Itch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4md2W1WIg
She sounds absolutely fantastic on Nocturne
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Monday, 26 February 2024 21:49 (nine months ago) link
with all due respect, she is as flat as fuck on about 2/3 of Nocturne. I can't listen to it for that reason.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 26 February 2024 22:38 (nine months ago) link
altho, an order of magnitude worse on that Seven Year Itch recording, I agree.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 26 February 2024 22:42 (nine months ago) link