Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden - Live 1981

[synch08]

Siouxsie gave them the voice McGeoch gave them their sound! I would never take one without the other. Other members have come and gone but McGeoch's sound can never be replaced....

[ellycat]

@synch08 Preferred this song with McKay and Morris tbh.

[ThedarkLucifer100]

What a voice.

[Alun53]

The song that made me wake up to a revolution in music.....

[tubero2569]

SOUNDS LIKED NATIONAL VELVET'S MARIA DEL MAR.

[nuke97]

Siouxsie is unbeliveably sexy! love that panned shot of her at :31 !! Also excellent performance by the group!!



[d3ejmz]

Thanks to the woman with a voice smooth as velvet and sharp as a razor.

[spaceorbison]

she's the perfect image of my dreams here

[RecessGoodletter]

The song that made me a full-fledged Goth(:. Siouxsie will never die!!!

[LittleEmoDancer]

@RecessGoodletter Yeah, I thought I was a little gothling when I was a teenager, then I realized that I preferred artsy synths over punk. So now I have to go to goth nights to get my fix of goth/new romantic/new wave and look like I'm in the wrong bar cause I'm in effing pirate pants and Adam Ant jacket instead of all black. Awkward, but what's a girl to do.

[TheMarg0r]

@LittleEmoDancer Just sayin' but who says Goths have to dress in all black hmm? Deep shades of red and purple can do wonders, so can properly used ivory and even white. :3 BTW pirate pants and Adam Ant jacket? Hell yes you go, I'd wear that, and don't let anyone tell you you're not awesome or out of place. :) Me, Imma just recently started buying things and I wear either a frilly shirt (I love frills, don't you?) or one of these "terrible" dragons and fairies T-shirts and I'm just fine with that

[BlondiEmilio]

Beautifully sung by the uniqueMs. Siouxsie Sioux!

[radioclash81]

One of the bands that made the 80's so much fun.

[flatsfishingonline]

Great band !

[boomercut]

It is the one and only John McGeoch on guitar ( a musician hailed by Johnny Marr of The Smiths- listen to the youtube documentary about McGeoch ).

Hong Kong Garden is however a composition of McKay ( the previous guitarist of the Banshees). I prefer the initial version.

[flatsfishingonline]

Helena Bonham carter can never be her !

[dinoblackgrape]

nice sounding bass guitar

[flatsfishingonline]

Very charismatic, great singer, and verrryyy sexy !

[europica]

I loved this band, me sis took me to see them in '77 at The Hammersmith Odeon, I was 14. I read later that Souxsie was operatically trained. I'm not surprised, she has a great voice. Then twoof the band members walked out later and nothing was heard of them according to reports. Anyone know what happened to them?

[LittleEmoDancer]

All hail the proto-GaGa! Doing her own thing and terrifying the masses before it was simply expected.

[benjaminrichardshoop]

I love JOHN MCGEOCH

[synch08]

@benjaminrichardshoop he gave them such a sound with his guitar that could never be replaced. I wish I could have experienced what was in the air in Cologne that day.

[benjaminrichardshoop]

@synch08 for sure my guitar idol, just worked out how to play burst, you feel like a god when you play the solo bit. listen to that spellbound-story of john mcgeoch documentary on youtube it's great! He has such a grand way of playing guitar, orchestral!

[Alma889900]

Who cares where she's from? All I know is that they must be pretty damn awesome there. LOVE YOU SIOUXSIE, BEST SINGER EVER!!

[mary65blondie]

love this carl ! sitting in your bed room all those years ago !

[TheMisinformation]

Categories mean nothing, Punk is just a word ffs, arguing about something being punk is like ...............shite

[telltalemse]

god shes beautiful

[Alma889900]

@telltalemse I know. <3

[Swiftydorklicious]

@telltalemse god you're blind

[telltalemse]

@Swiftydorklicious ...? what?... what does that comment even mean?...do you enjoy pushing buttons or something? its like why comment if youre going to write that....I really can't make heads or tails of it

[Swiftydorklicious]

@telltalemse oh god i think i've done your head in .... don't let it eat away at you!!

[freddo27]

The Banshees were indeed punk. Siouxie was very early on the scene and played in a band with Sid Vicious on drums called the 'Flowers of Romance' as well as being in various other short-lived outfits and always being well, there, when things punk were going on. But it's true to say she and the sound the band made were unique. It's also true to say that in that outfit she's wearing there, I would eat her much like you eat a cornetto when you're stoned.

[freddo27]

..correction: Sid Vicious was in the Flowers of Romance AFTER he'd played drums for Siouxie and the Banshees. The Goths often try to claim Siouxie as their own, likewise the Damned, but the fact is she was looking that way long before any middle class college kid donned black and wrote suicide poetry. So was Dave Vanian. Having said that, fair play to anyone who appreciates this stuff.

[ZhixphakiD]

esta mujer tiene algo que me estramece ♥

[BleedTheWineUnholy]

I wanna hug her!!!!! lol

[theNamithecartman]

GREAAAAAAT!!!!



[newaver64]

music thatll live on...for sure.

[jfgdsjhgiwoeu]

uffie se la come

[derris]

I LOVE that song !

[Alma889900]

awesome

[MowgliX]

The Banshees were a damn fine minimalistic band!

[No3MadMax]

@lapsworld: Robert Smith DID play for the Banshees on the '79 "Join Hands" Tour after the drummer and guitarist did a runner. The Cure were the Support Act promoting their first LP.

[seifukusha]

ive played that gtr johns playing, the sg1000. its a heavy piece of furnitture (not that that is bad)

[atlantisrising100]

oh the old as my kids say to me know they rather me smoke the old dake than drink the booze i agree with them. memories

[lewisner]

I don't think I'm out of order for saying she has great legs?

[TheMorrisseyMan]

@lewisner ohy yeah defo i'd do her

[bdmru80]

@TheMorrisseyMan

Hell yeah, so would I, she was one fine chica!

[0ccupationalHazzard]

@TheMorrisseyMan lol if she'd let you!

[omgshesweirdo]

aweethhumm

[nobbilc]

Severin's bass....: /

[nobbilc]

@YamiMinisuka No it isn't it's John McGeoch !!

[MrDerickDaniels]

THIS IS REAL PUNK ROCK!

[varekai918]

can she get any cooler?!

[underpuka]

live where?

hong kong?

[MilkOfSuccess]

She looks like Tanya (Marlene Dietrich) from "Touch of Evil"

So cool

[elijg127]

with just two chords... they made this song rock!!!!

[nanda1961ful]

she`s a lady,siouxsie lene lovich , e.t.c in 1980give me some thingin my shit of live

[nanda1961ful]

she`s a lady, perfect

[artistinstinct]

ONE OF THE BEST BANDS OF the DAY!

[histatimaniples]

wonder if jello biafra of teh dead kennedys was inspired th write hoilday in cambodia from this song

[MrJockerjony]

yeah this band is fuking awesome only pust punk :D

[BluesyJ1979]

I want her to mother my children...

[nobbilc]

@BluesyJ1979 I once heard an interview where Siouxsie said " I think motherhood should be banned" So you're shit outta luck there Sunshine !!

[soadfan33]

Luv Siouxsies voice. So dark!

[sydneyindie]

hey that's good !

[badsign1980]

everybody thinks 80s music was all like this, but most was just crap, crap crap, the punk new wave reggae or ska goth was the best thing, the rest was michael jackson tina turner shit

[tmartfaulk]

its a song about her local chippie

[mrbokka11]

nothing to do with religon ,its just punk

[Jakegothicsnake]

R.I.P. John McGeoch.....

[AntiMusick]

@oliviaisgod no it's for their single 'Israel'

[miguand]

Well is something fantastic. All those years and we can listen, and listen, and listen this music and the others too. This is music by the way.

[kearns1993]

Saw her at 2nd Womad festival in Portishead i 80's, she was obnoxius egotistical, stopping all the time because crowd was taking photos, she then send bouncers out every time photo was taken to take cameras from crowd

[yahoosirius]

@kearns1993 hells yeas! if they want a picture they can buy one, the concert isn't a charity.

[kernowrock555]

I love Siouxies long....long...long... legs!!

[kenwaring]

Saw them at the Pier in the eighties and they rocked! This reminds me how much I loved watching Siouxie dance around the stage! Thanks for posting.

[Nina69damin]

ke bei tempi......

[greatfelixo]

2:26 billie joe from green day stance

[greatfelixo]

siouxie has an incredible voice

[acs36myheartbleeds]

WOW!! IM SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND MY FAVORITE SIOUXSIE SIOUX ON HERE!!! IVE BEEN INTO HER SINCE I WAS 16YRS.OLD-NOW I'M 36!!! WOW AGAIN-TIMES SURE HAVE CHANGED!(god-that made me sound old:( -HA!)-WELL,THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!!! FOR ANY OTHER SIOUX FANS-CHECK OUT THE BIO.-"The Authorised Biography;Siouxsie&The Banshees"by,Mark Paytress.

[VONCEIL1]

L.B.H.

[NOXxcountessxXON]

recuerdosss (8) .... beautiful song :-)

[underpuka]

i love her arms

[andy196838]

Proper song!

[SystemaNZ]

Great song but she couldn't dance for shit.

[eartant]

tighter than a nun's vagina.

[jamesbluntslunts]

this is so fuckin good

[craigathonian]

PURE ARTISTIC GENIUS! ! ! This band had it all. No words can describe them, no other bands to compare them to... purely original. What a musical renaissance during this time period in England. There were soooooo many bands and singers creating great music.... what the hell was in the water???

[tomsega]

Indeed, 75-85 in the UK was incredible. My favourite "decade" if you can call it that. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin still going on the other side, then punk, then post punk.

[westeh]

@craigathonian... women were women and men were men ... nowadays with all this political bullshit people dont know who or what they are... my 2 cents :)

[Warthogfan]

@westeh I hear ya. Can't even call spade a spade anymore.

[BugAgony]

@westeh gDERRRRRRRRR no. no no no. NO. completely wrong. men were women and women were punks. Anymore we know all too well what people are with our endless subgenres and cloned digital visages (no pun intended or achieved) You can't reason with the industry anymore. It has to be physically demolished and its last defenders dragged to death in the streets after being forced to apologize at gunpoint before in public. They're already dead anyway.

[westeh]

@BugAgony.... nicely said

[riverplate0101]

This band got me into picking up a guitar and learning to play it. I remember when I first learned how to play Mirage, I thought I was the baddest muthafucka out there.

[SamanthaStine2]

Actually, they're post-punk/goth, and even if they were "punk", it wouldn't justify a poor performance. :/

[MrScorpionfish]

Geniuses. They created a unique sound & style from within the punk realm. Nobody will ever rival the Banshees.

[CristoffandFriends]

I have the same guitar as the guitarist except mine is black!

[BobDibbly]

Well it's not the fuckin same then is it.

[banshees9]

second greatest band ever

[rldaniels95]

haha, what's the first?

[pureswitch]

They were never a "punk" band, they were unique. No record company would sign them because they would not compromise their style. It was only polydor who gave them the chance and on the understanding that the banshees had free reign to what they wanted to do. No one controlled the banshees.

[TalkToTheBody]

@pureswitch i think you'll find Siouxsie hated Polydor, especially towards the end. The Banshees were very much a punk band and were one of the first to emerge from the UK. The Banshees were in the initial mix of the punk movement and Sid Viscious was on drums when Siuxsie and Sevrein got together, along with Marco Pironi. The punk movement was not about musical style, it never was thats why bands such as the Banhees, Clash, Magazine, Buzzcocks, Stranglers, Damned were all so different...

[clown6tee]

@pureswitch 'Not punk'? Hmmm, but they had a huge punk following, maybe the art/fashion school end...I think this era was about seeing your 'heros' live more than any other. We saw her live a couple times, and she had enormous presence on stage, the Banshees too, unique movement and stance. Glad I was around to catch the music that shaped so much that followed, part in attitude and part the actual music.

[majorwhatshisname]

They took and take themselves too seriously for a punk band and can't laugh at themselves.

They were signed up by the big record labels and turned from what they desired to be to what the record label wanted.....

Still love them but the best tracks are on their first album which I got at xmas along with All Mod Cons, Penetration (luminous vinyl!), New Boots and Panties (Gold Vinyl) and Horses!!

Anal isn't it!

Long live Mark E!!!!

Now if he packed it in then the end of the world is nigh!

[pureswitch]

Bang Bang

[SamanthaStine2]

I hear quite a many mistakes D:

(Don't shoot)

[viletone84]

I still can't believe they were only in their early 20's when they were playing to crowds this size and making this fantastic music

[lovesGenet]

amazing even upbeat material with then has the dark twang in instrumentation of guitars .Always sinister.With the clash Tops!

[pureswitch]

one of the most influential,missunderstood and underated bands ever in the music industry. i still get goosebumps listening to their material now. i love siouxsie and i love the banshees. long live the ice queen.

[456japan]

damn shes ho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tippyno1]

i saw siouxie and the banshees quite a few times but the best must have been earls court october 79 she had just recoverd from illness and the show lasted two hours at least, which in them days was unheard of (punk bands anyway) kings road was a rocking after that night (the drugstore) full of mod revivalists just didn't know what to do ........good old days

[mikepumpkin]

this song actually has nothing to do with hong kong, it's about a chinese takeway in chislehurst, south east london

[ragamuffinboi]

your favorite punk band of the 90s to 2K may someday be forgotten..the likes of S&tB however will remain in the mainstream/underground punk scene forever..

[yahoosirius]

Great energy from a rebel era. Today there is nothing but happy shiny feelings to sing about. /wrists

Siouxsie and The Banshees always brings me back from the brink!

[ichigojello]

awesome song..can't help but think of the marie antoinette movie

[MartyredxMaiden]

hooooooooooooooot

I wish I was born int he 80's

[nicbur]

Better to be born in the early 70s late sixties so you could be an adult at these shows!

[PhelanKA7]

Bah, there's great music today too. You just have to look for it. Hint: You won't find it on the radio.

[MartyredxMaiden]

LOL so true!

[Rothsay1]

Saw Siouxie supporting Ultravox (before John Foxx left) in North Manchester in 70s. Place was packed and the floor flexing with mass pogoing

[lapsworld]

was that Robert Smith on guitars?

[skywalker74]

No, John McGeoch.

[sandprof]

Her entire, sound, style, look and attitude defined a genre. Totally original.Nice Post btw!

[nobbilc]

@skywalker74 R.I.P John. Guitar legend !!

[ellycat]

@skywalker74 The great John McGeoch ;)

[bullfrank1]

@lapsworld no

[heavydutydudes]

@lapsworld probably not !!!!

[EdwardPlatt]

I saw them @ The Peppermint Lounge in NYC the early 80's and even though I loved (and still love) Siouxsie & the Banshees, they weren't that good that night, surprisingly sounding almost heavy metal-ish for some reason. But this performance reminds me of how great the whole aura of Siouxsie was back then for me and my friends. I think I'll listen to "Once Upon A Time: The Singles" now (and take my blood pressure and cholesterol pills)...Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old...

[lovesGenet]

this was a special time

[TheWorldSpinning]

awesome live!

[chelseablue2625]

Kin ell !! I used to go to see these at hammersmith odeon back in the late 70s with Spizzenergi as backing band !! When she did 'SCREAM' plaster fell off the ceiling !!

[Snakeytash]

this takes me back to a time when life was care free, fun, and full great music.

[bulldawg991]

she has not changed a bit

[palpatine17]

LOL. She looks like Mary Pickford. :-D

[warminator]

Amazing guitar by john.

[MLshelbs]

I wanna be like her when I grow up.

[MaxSluiman]

@MLshelbs, When you want to be like her, don't grow up, but spill your gutts about people who do.

[spilledinsanity]

@MLshelbs

hehehe. me too.

[veteran1970]

@MLshelbs do it

[YoureSuchATeapot]

Siouxsie's a legend!

[erictapeworm]

Siouxsie is fantastic! Great video

[Samateepae]

Siouxsie is an icon. Love her to bits :)

[oobliete]

she's like an 80's Cleopatra

[JosephKuby]

I wholeheartedly concur.

[serendipity3864]

@oobliete Too right! Her early '80s image was very much inspired by Theda Bara; iconic silent film actress who starred in the original big screen story of "Cleopatra" in 1917. Theda and Siouxsie do look similar as well!

[MarieAntoinette12121]

Em...Is the song in Marie Antoinette?

i think but i doesent know.....

Can aweryone help my???

[lycia69]

Yes, it;s in the movie with Kristin Dunce...

[peterdecraene]

even though 30 years ago, still a massive classic !! And my 9 and 7 year old kids also love it ;-)

Quality has no age

[eivissaman2000]

almost 30 years ago..... my god.. im oldddddd

[brookbart]

I saw this tour at the Whiskey A Go Go and she had a Blazer and Greek Sailors cap and a leather blazer on ... when they started the verse of Tenant I was sitting right up front at the monitor and she slammed her boot down on it so I was like looking at 3 leg hairs and kind of right at her crotch at eye level (I am a hetero female) MAN -- my life was changed FOREVER! What an amazing artist.

[StrummerLivesxxx]

I love how Siouxsie is the one with jet black hair and Steve and Budgie are the ones with the platinum blonde. She is the one with the balls!

[dropkickstef]

i was so lucky to see siouxsie live a few times during the '80s and i can tell you this,it was a blast!!!!!!!!!!!best concerts i ever saw!

[StrummerLivesxxx]

Man...yes you are one lucky fella.

[jiggijee69]

i didn't get the chance to see her live, but i can tell you this.....she was, and still is...the SHIZZ!!! :)

[MARKNOUVEAU]

I saw the Banshees live doing this in the 80's....brings back so many memories....BRILL!!!

[Alicendre]

I wish I was a teen in the 80's, today's youth music sucks so hard...

[HarryPotter87]

My favourite SATB song from my favourite movie of all time- "Marie Antoinette."

[synch08]

I couldn't think of a more glorious moment at the end of this song with John McGeoch on guitar. I've seen many other clips of the Banshees but there is something so special about Cologne 1981. This was their best lineup without a doubt.

[emibug1996]

I love this song, definitely one of my favourites. It was the first song I learned in full on guitar, Arabian Knights was the first one on bass.

[wdamian]

So perfect it hurts...

[DayleThomson]

Music by Marie-Antoinette - Sophie Coppola

[lulaemo123]

Really Great *-*

[Mephistopheles616]

hmm i would like to see this for my own but that will never happen.... :`(

[marcoufologist]

GREAT !!!!!!

5 *****

[soadfan33]

Whatever happened to beautiful Siouxsie Sioux???

[RasputinaMan]

doesn't matter?

[nickbaldeagle01]

Cymbals.

[wonders1982]

this so takes me back fricken faboulous

[2submit]

NEW WAVE!!!

[xXxskayaxXx]

she drew a teardrop on my wrist after she played here in summer n i got it tattooed on her energy n music are so amazing!:)

[Dremple]

that's really a great story

[CoffinAngel]

wow your so friggin lucky my friend. i envy you sooo much