Siouxsie and the Banshees - switch live 1983

[roddy76to86]

@RiotNrrrdUTube

I've got the "Nocturne" CD, and whilst Robert Smith is no John McKay and certainly no John McGeoch, apart from "Switch" I think he does a good job on the rest of "Nocturne". I can't think of another guitarist at the time who could have done better. Except for Stuart Adamson, but he was otherwise engaged. And they did "Hyaena" during his stint, which is the Banshees most experimental album. Steven Severin's bass was much more to the fore, a Robert Smith "Cure" trademark.

[sharka69]

Rocks hard! Love em!

[MrsVanGoth]

Ooops, something went wrong with 'ghhh...patient guinea-pigs'

b.t.w. that background vocal must be 'the mark of devilry'

Siouxsie rules ^^

[RainmanCT]

Wow they were tight!! Siouxsie looks and sounds great, Steve is killing it on bass and Budgie on drums and of course Robert Smith on guitar = Thanks for posting now I have goosebumps

[suprememissg]

i'm 25 but wished i got to see siouxsie...and like this at least once! :-( great song and best live performance of the song i think!

[xuao24]

if you speak or understand Portuguese, then find find out what "sarcasmo" means. (Hint: it's quite the same as in English)

See ya

[wander910]

magnifica versión de una de las mejores muestras de su disco debut "scream".

[xuao24]

this is great, or as they say in Portuguese, é fraquinho

[Jubireba]

@xuao24

fraquinho in portuguese means something like awful,bad,weak

fraco = weak

[RICVILE]

Linda!!!



[COUVELOMBARDA]

nice song. nice band. nice woman.

[tstsullivan797]

i love this band but why oh why did she ever ask that fat wanker Smith to join them??

[Ombrenuit]

@tstsullivan797 because he's awesome :D

[Gary1497]

@tstsullivan797 because he's a great guitarist that's why tst.

[tstsullivan797]

@Gary1497 GREAT guitarist??? Well, you're entitled to your opinion, mate, but...to me a great guitarist is Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Johnny Marr etc; You really think

Fat Boy Smith belongs in that company???

[Gary1497]

@tstsullivan797 Hi tst, I love the work of all the guys you mention there, he may not be as good as that, but he's still a great player. Listen to the originality and mood on "three imaginary boys" and all the Cure's early albums. He is good.

[talkingwall]

@tstsullivan797 I'm a jazz player, I've been playing for about 40 years. I know my stuff. Smith is a very innovative player;he's far more imaginative than most of the guys you mention. Those guys pretty much stick to blues scales, Major, minor and dom7 chords. Smith gets into some nice chordal qualities and scales that are altered, extended and diminished forms. He's not out front flashy, greatness isn't about that. Check Jim Hall out sometime. Brilliant w/ absolutely zero flashiness.

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

@talkingwall ....Why do jazz geeks always think they are superior and THE PUREST FORM?.....Go bee-bop your little turtle dick, Sully.

[talkingwall]

@AvirtualSwitzerland Not superior but definitely, when it comes to music and recognition of ability, jazz players have knowledge behind them and that comes from hundreds of hours of study and practice.That makes an ah-um "jazz geek" well qualified to comment on a players abilities, especially with respect to the musical constructs that are being used. Smith is an innovative guy. My point was that flashiness does not equate to musical greatness. A substitute for a large weenus though perhaps.

[SWTinFLA]

I am such a freak for Siouxsie.

[aetechllc]

Timeless! You can listen to her music over and over but never grow tired of it??? I am simply in awe!

[richcr4]

some of the best bassplaying you'll ever hear. it may not be the greatest technique or the most notes but it's the perfect note choice every time.

[rochefort82]

une de leur plus belle chanson... je me l'écoutais en boucle à une époque, en rêvant de savane africaine et d'aventure romantique... hihi

[PurpleBlueHaze]

I somehow feel exited as if I'm actualy there at the concert! Thank you very much!

[roddy76to86]

Both John McGeoch and Robert Smith (playing here) were brilliant guitarists, but neither of them quite managed to produce that wonderful sound that John McKay made originally.

[RiotNrrrdUTube]

@roddy76to86 I heard McGeoch from 10 feet away in November 1980 and they played "Switch" 2 nights' running out of the 3 I saw at the Whisky-A-Go-Go and he came pretty damn close to McKay. A lot more than Smith did. McGeoch was a guitar genius, end of.

[roddy76to86]

@RiotNrrrdUTube

John McGeoch was the best guitarist known to me, I envy you seeing him play so close, as that is an entertainment in itself. But even he couldn't quite match that amazing sound that John McKay produced. I've heard that Robert Smith always struggled with "Switch". But who else could take that job on TWICE with no notice ? My unremastered 1990 CD of the first two Peel Sessions has arrived, and I was about to upload a track. Surely UMG haven't got their meathooks into that ?

[RiotNrrrdUTube]

@roddy76to86 I suspect that the difference was purely down to McGeoch's Yamaha SG vs. McKay's Les Paul.  I'm pretty sure McGeoch used most of the same effects pedals as McKay did in an attempt to closely emulate his sound on the older material. Smith on the other hand, you can hear him make mistakes in this vid (which is a really nice transfer of the "Nocturne" video, I must say!). Smith did pretty well with the older thrashy stuff back in 1979 when he did his first substitution stint, though.

[ILikeCalliopes]

I really always loved how Satan joined them

as the background singer from 3:05 to 3:23.

To this day when I listen to the album version

I sing Satan's background vocal out loud and

if anyone's nearby they look perplexed.

[MasterShifty]

@ILikeCalliopes This really made me laugh, because I heard the vocal you were talking about, and imagined a bunch of people staring, completely vexed out of their minds wondering why someone would sing the album version like this. Totally hilarious!

[librabonze]

@ILikeCalliopes I know exactly what you're talking about! I thought I was the only one who did that! It does sound like a demon-voice.

[podder66]

there were 2 nights at the albert hall 2 tracks were not on the album but were released as a fan club single only..buy the way does anyone who was there remember throwing paper aeroplanes from the balconys before they came on

[katzetnik135633]

loz

amo

<3

[Laurent75017]

Siouxsie, Robert, Steve et BUDGIE, le meilleur batteur new wave qui ait jamais existé!

[masterfraza]

apocalipse!!!

[Wichtelmayer]

This band influenced me so much in the eightees....I loved to listen to this music and I always admired Siouxsie. I loved the way she looked like and the way she used to dance and move...Great song and a great memorie of good times in the eightees!....

[roxyheard8]

one of the best songs ever!

[17secondsif]

Merci à Siouxsie et Robert.Le Top.

[ibyt1000]

Really good audio quality. Thanx syrex

[schlummbumm68]

lol...buy nocturne dvd at amazon^^

[karenchristine9]

better yet, buy any album at your local independant record store.

[antimaria]

Great!

[madladynad]

Nocturne!!

[aschenputtel85]

i love nocturne to death.the best song she is ever done.i love the black outfit she wears it's sexy.her hair cut is so cute. definitely the best.

[killinggeorge]

quand le mouvement punk signifiait encore quelque chose c etait beaucoup mieux que de voir ces clowns déguisés faire la manche dans la rue