Poll
Question:
Favorite Siouxsie album (includes Banshees and Creatures)?
Option 1: The Scream
votes: 2
Option 2: Join Hands
votes: 0
Option 3: Kaleidoscope
votes: 0
Option 4: Juju
votes: 0
Option 5: Once Upon a Time- The Singles
votes: 1
Option 6: Bestiary Of (Creatures compilation collecting early material)
votes: 0
Option 7: A Kiss In the Dreamhouse
votes: 0
Option 8: Nocturne
votes: 0
Option 9: Hyaena
votes: 0
Option 10: Tinderbox
votes: 0
Option 11: Through the Looking Glass
votes: 0
Option 12: Peepshow
votes: 0
Option 13: Boomerang (The Creatures)
votes: 0
Option 14: Superstition
votes: 1
Option 15: Twice Upon a Time- The Singles
votes: 2
Option 16: The Rapture
votes: 0
Option 17: Anima/Animus (The Creatures)
votes: 0
Option 18: Hai! (The Creatures)
votes: 0
Tomorrow, I'm going to buy tickets to Siouxsie in Seattle in May- I've seen her twice before, once on the Banshees tour for The Rapture in '95, one of the best shows of my life and a great year for shows overall, and also with The Creatures and John Cale in '98.
This new tour is supposed to be a career-spanning retrospective-type deal, so it should be cool. She's always been excellent live, as you can hear on the Nocturne album (when Robert Smith joined the Banshees that one year). I don't care for the latter-day Siouxsie the Goth-Disco Queen image she has, which is completely unfair and doesn't do their music, much of which is completely indispensable, justice in the least. But the music remains. Some classic, brilliant albums. Cutoff point at '84, but then The Creatures have had some good ones amidst all the technobabble. Hai! is a real return to form in many ways.
Any other fans/people going to see this tour? Looks like lots of California and Texas shows.
i've only heard this one:
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i've only heard Superstition, i like Kiss them for me, so i'm an ignorant, i guess :(
Quote from: Vile5i've only heard Superstition, i like Kiss them for me, so i'm an ignorant, i guess :(
Oh, I wouldn't put it so harshly. But if you get a chance, you should definiteily check out some of the other stuff.
I want to know who voted for
The Scream.
Quote from: godardian
I want to know who voted for The Scream.
Dunno, but I just 2nded it. That's the only album I've heard besides Superstition. I own those two, as well as the Once Upon a Time comp.
I begin to think I've missed the good stuff, because of what I've heard, the OUAT singles are the best. The Scream is anti-catchy and a tough listen, whereas Superstition is basically "Kiss Them For Me" surrounded by half-pretty boredom.
Quote from: MeshQuote from: godardian
I want to know who voted for The Scream.
Dunno, but I just 2nded it. That's the only album I've heard besides Superstition. I own those two, as well as the Once Upon a Time comp.
I begin to think I've missed the good stuff, because of what I've heard, the OUAT singles are the best. The Scream is anti-catchy and a tough listen, whereas Superstition is basically "Kiss Them For Me" surrounded by half-pretty boredom.
Your perception is exactly right.
Kaleidoscope (1980),
Juju (1981), and
Once Upon a Time: The Singles (1981), plus The Creatures'
A Bestiary Of are "the essentials."