26 September 2005

Must go and recycle my precious machinery...

The Scream - Siouxie and the Banshees
The powers that be are re-issuing the Banshees Debut ‘The Scream’ and as is the norm for these things, it’ll be a double disc set with extra tracks- including their first single ‘Hong Kong Garden’ which for some reason never made it on the album.

For those too young to care – this was (and still is) a great album, that unlike all the other punk tinted stuff of the time, it relied more on dark atmospheres than the usual gob n’ spit attitudes... probably perplexing the hell out of the average punk/punkette way back in late 70’s, I can just see their confused faces as the first track of wailing hit the speakers…

Every song is a winner, some more subtle than others - perfect songbook for the apocalypse…listening to Sioux Sue’s howling voice singing the chorus to ‘Suburban Relapse’ has always been a joy for me…. and the excellent Metal Postcard was way ahead of it’s time… gorgeously bleak…

Mp3 courtesy of www.untiedundone.com

Live @ Felt Forum, New York, 8.15.87
Suburban Relapse.mp3

Live @ The Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim, 8.13.02
Metal Postcard.mp3

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

'... probably perplexing the hell out of the average punk/punkette way back in late 70’s, I can just see their confused faces as the first track of wailing hit the speakers…'

Hardly.

We were not trying to fit a preconceived mold in those days; just the opposite. That
was the whole point. Your average punk/punkette loved Siouxsie from the start, and is
still a fan. No one was perplexed. No confused faces.

Delighted to bust your fancies.

johneffay said...

Yeah, The Banshees had a rabid following right from the start which was why it was surprising that they took so long to get a record deal.

Apparently most, if not all, the albums are getting the 'special edition' treatment, although they're not all going to be doubles. Ju-Ju is supposed to be though: I'm really looking forward to that one.

Cloudboy said...

lol - oh it all sounds so serious - anonymously of course

Cloudboy said...

oh oh oh where's that bubble wrap...

Cloudboy said...

ummm, 'ju ju' fond memories of that one...

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