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
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.
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......
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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....
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.
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!
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.
'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.'
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)!
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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!!!!
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
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
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.
Let's not forget her unstoppable voice. It's chilling, mesmerising and so forceful. What an artist.
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......
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 :)
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!
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 has always been a brilliant artist and gifted songwriter.. I still often listen to the Banshees even in my car
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
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
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!
Siouxsie is one of the greatest music stars *ever* in my book.
Laureen Zed the top one in mine
So ir is in mine 🌶🌶
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.
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.
living in the 80's is the most precious gift God have given to us...
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!
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.
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.
Siouxsie Sioux was bad ass! Loved her music, and still listen to her constantly to this day :)
she still is.
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.
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.
She is an amazing creative person
Why do you miss murder ? You should be glad that you gave it up 😉
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.
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
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.
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.
timeless
we both know that's not true, but still, i agree 100%
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!
I have so much admiration for this incredible person.
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
You will never see the like of this woman again! HISTORY MAKER X
Siouxsie is a strong personality, a great artist and a woman who uses her brain!
She gave her own contribution to the music history!
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 was magnificent. Absolutely loved her and still do!
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....
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.
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!
Great memories! 👍❤ Thanks a lot!
I so glad she done well, she was at my school at the same time as me.
The very best group ever.
Still top of my play list today.
Met her in a bar at Fulham ..............
I can't say I enjoy all of The Banshee's music, but Siouxsie is such an inspiration regardless!
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
She is timeless.
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!
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.
My queen Siouxsie Sioux!!!
I love her and Poly Styrene from the X-ray Spex. Fierce women I admire!
'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's brilliant!An amazing entertainer and singer.All the best to you!
I love her.
Wish more artists were like her..was my college years and beyond. Open me up to others like The Cure., ect.
Love you, Sioux! You are a gorgeous personality!
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)!
unique indeed fantastic stage prescence music unreal 👋💗👌👌
What a great bio-vid! Thank you for posting!
Saw Siouxsie at my first concert. Berkley, CA 1988
Creative , arty , always intersting , and many great songs to boot
Thank you Siouxie & the Banchees
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
loved this, thanks for the post. Siouxsie legend
+Steve Cournane You're welcome :o)
goddess
One of my idols. Thank you for being different & a bad ass..... pioneer
@denise figuero the song is Hong Kong Garden
Who else was secretly hoping there was an actual Pan's People dance to "Spellbound"?
+Archvaldor's Warcraft Hacks Me - I saw the opening and thought 'I don't remember this!'. Pity it never happened :-)
LOL! That would be terrific
They actually did "Happy house", never seen it on here though!
Rupert D. Bayer I too had to do a double take, as deep down I knew it did not compute...Sadly, the last year of Pan’s People on TOTP was ‘76.
There's a Sex Pistols Pans People dance . I think its Silly Thing.
saw it live in London in 1981, I instantly felt in love with her eyes and motion...
I know this may sound unbelievable,but SATB version of 'Dear Prudence' was the initial version that I heard.
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 💜
saw them play in belfast in 1980 great 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.
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!
"A human blade, a bird of prey" Cool.
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!
Absolute Legend and truly original
Man I still love Siouxsie... That amazing voice, nothing like it!
the best artist ever adore her
Absolutely Brilliant Classic Documentary Fantastic ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Siouxie is the soundtrack of my YOUTH and is ETERNAL in my HEART :)
I absolutely love her!
Happy to have seen them, several times.
Best wishes to Siouxsie, Always
love her seen her in belfast in 80s addicted ever since
Amazing
damn i wish she would release another album
Still love her ❤️☺️
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
She's like a shot of adrenalin to me in this dreary world.
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.
Her voice was everything, it got inside and shock things up.
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.
Fabulous lady!!!!
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
❤
Esta fue y es una preciosa Loca cuerda, bella mujer marco una inolvidable etapa de mi vida, con su movimiento y buena música!
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!!!!
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
Loved the late night John Peel stuff. Magic. Thanks, John.
oh siouxsie siouxsie siouxsie sioux i love you
I saw her Band in Boston backs in the very early 1980's. She had a poerful; stage presence.
My Idol. I wish her continued success.
The Legend.
the Queen - love her so much!!
'Mantaray' will remain as one of my top ten or twenty favorite albums. Brilliant.