Siouxsie and the Banshees - This town ain't big enough ....

[KtotheY77]

Ahhhh soooo cool.

[lovesGenet]

the original is what it is .A grat american band coming into their own seemingly confident that they would have some hits.I dont know thw tracks from that time sonmething tells me sparks never made much money.they tour a lot somethig must be happenig somewhrere;., what are they big in china!

[trouncer24]

The drummer and the guitar player are

having a competition to see who looks

more like riff raff from rocky horror.

[davinka1234]

This is great. Never heard it by Siouxsie

[jaimeepizzazz]

I LOVE this band... but I think I like the original more. This one's nice though.

[ixtasis]

awesome!

[hayzeephantayzee]

9 people got thrown outta town.

[Ac3frat]

This might be a stretch.... But isn't the gazebo they are playing under, the same one you see Easy Cure playing in on the 1976 footage from Staring At The Sea - The Videos. I believe the Easy Cure footage is from Crawley and as I watch this footage, it looks absolutely identical.

F.Y.I. - If you dig the Sparks version of this song, you should watch their version with Bernard Butler! Absolute tops!

[davinka1234]

@Ac3frat I'm pretty sure they are different. You need to check the building behind

[jagtastic1971]

@Ac3frat filmed at the clydebank shopping centre, west of glasgow .. sat morn kids tv show appearance

[jrmetmoi]

@jagtastic1971 what year was it filmed in please?

[jagtastic1971]

@jrmetmoi was during the promotional tour , for `through the looking glass`album , they also played `the `passenger` too that day, so am guessin 1985 ish?

[nothuman100]

Who stole siouxies shrink ray?? :O

[TIMMEH19991]

excelent cover. Lets face it, 99% of covers are shite, but that 1% really show that some people/bands are tallented.

[Jakegothicsnake]

@TIMMEH19991 Yeah, whenevr Siouxsie and the Banshees did a cover song, it usually sounded better than the original. :)

[ZLUGGO]

Excellent!!!

[kohlemainen]

Wow indeed! This cover ends up both pure Siouxsie and terrific Sparks tribute at the same time

PS. Budgie, the drummer, is The Best...

[PoliticallyPunk]

@kohlemainen - Totally Agree ..... There are few that can live with Budgie ..... He has his own style and is awesome !!! ..... Siouxsie could have made this track her own, if only she had made a studio version !?!

[PoliticallyPunk]

@kohlemainen - Totally Agree ..... There are few that can live with Budgie ..... He has his own style and is awesome !!! ..... Siouxsie could have made this track her own, if only she had made a studio version !?!

[JackAndMissy2009]

wow :-)

[LaLovett]

I actually like this! I usually dislike covers, but this is good.

Still prefer the original though.

[MrKittytoenails]

Is the lead singer a man of a woman?

[MEGALABTECH]

@MrKittytoenails have you never heard of siouxsie sioux and the banshees her real name is janet Ballan,mine you it depends on how old you are!!!

[MrKittytoenails]

@MEGALABTECH Thank you for enlightening me. You sound very knowledable.

[geezaweebrek]

@MrKittytoenails You should try listening to their album JUJU it's very good and gothic if you like that stuff. The singer was a friend of The Cure's lead vocalist Robert Smith, he even participated in the Banshees beginnings.

So if you like The Cure or if you're interested in Goth then check 'em out!

[MrKittytoenails]

@geezaweebrek Thanks, I checked out the bands and LOVED them. YOU ROCK! In return, I will suggest some bands for you - The Darkness, Philip Glass, Weezer, Cuppy cake remix and the The Three Little Kittens video.  Tell me how you like them!

[Flameeee2]

Drum Beat Is good. Apart from That I'd stik with the original from Sparks Tbh.

[owainglyndwr16]

I'm impressed !!!

[grahamkeithtodd]

wow! bloody good cover of a sparks classic!

[GlassPike]

hrm, I thought I hated post-tinderbox siouxsie, but this might have convinced me to change

[ffm20zaheri]

awesome

[GoonerAli]

2010.02.16= Comment #107 = 5 star. TY

[peytonazak]

Who is the blonde guy playing guitar?

[vyner01]

I think it is Knox Chandler

[peytonazak]

@vyner01, thanks

[VlogKing]

The guy playing guitar is Jon Klein. This is from 1987. Knox Chandler didn't join the Banshees until 1995 before the band split in 1996. Knox also joined the band for their reunion tour in 2002.

[peytonazak]

Oh ok thank you!!

[Prizak1]

Beautiful, great Siouxsie!

[lovesGenet]

this is a fantastic version and it shows the Banshees know the American classics !!! They aint covering Journey or Foreigner or The cArs!

[Reint25]

@lovesGenet Yeah, Sparks was pretty big in England. I guess they blended in good with the glamrock-movement, which was very important for and popular by the (post-)punk groups.

[Tuzotonic]

@lovesGenet

Sparks was always much more popular in Britain and Europe than America. They even lived in England in the 70s.

[RotoPlasmX]

oh come on! this isn't that bad...of all the crappy later siouxsie songs, why pick on this one? their 'dear prudence' is just sad.

[ffm20zaheri]

totally disagree with you

the early stuff was experimental

success came just after 1988-1991 with peek a boo and kiss them for me

[RotoPlasmX]

i know. my point has more to do with the fact that there was a general decline in the quality of their music from "hyaena" onwards. after the incredible john mcgeoch left, they simply weren't the same. "a kiss in the dreamhouse" was their all time masterpiece and the last banshees' album that had any bite. like all great bands, their greatness came to an end. i

however i still maintain that this version of the sparks classic isn't t half bad.

[StrummerLivesxxx]

@ffm20zaheri Yeh thats when they got in chart more. But chart music is quite bad :/ Well most of it!

[Forestamtul]

Unique version this is.

[Ayrshirenutter]

fuck this is shite

[vgnessag]

Only just beaten in the rubbish stakes by Faith No Mores version... sorry, leave it to Russ eh guys

[tita4ewa]

*cough* whaaat? Yeah right.

[magikmike88]

This made my ears bleed, give me Ron and Russell any day.

[HAMFARPICTURES]

When was this performed???

[midnighttilldawn]

CRAP !!!

[schouk]

Sell out's !!!!

[rottern]

Well sung

[ChristopherMcEneaney]

only Russel Mael could make Siouxsie's perfrormance look so flat.

[elsoda]

THANK YOU!!

[bitternessxbarbie]

nice, but without any sense of humour

[Givemeafukingname]

Anything Siouxsie does sounds great ....

love you siouxsie

[dougmael]

I don't know about "better" than the original ... those things are purely subjective, but I LIKE THIS VERSION!!!

[Reint25]

You listen to 'crazy rock' but you want the keyboardist to me normal? ;)

[HAMFARPICTURES]

well said

[DEVILSREJECT000]

"through the looking glass" was an important musical impact on my life. and this song took the lead.. wow.. fuck amazing. got to see them at the very first Lollapalooza

[lp45cdwoman]

Not bad, not bad! I love Siouxsie, and the band has always had fine taste in cover versions. And, importantly, they have the good sense to not mess with the original Ron Mael arrangement too much, yet make it very Siouxsie. Thank you for posting this one!

[EnricoRizzo]

Fantastic! As an old Sparks fan and a an old Siouxsie fan I am very appreciative of your efforts in posting this. I doubt I would have ever ran across it otherwise. I am surpriesed Siouxsie even covered this. Thanks again for the posting.

[morbidnettles]

She's so off key.

[morbidnettles]

ick

[slackandswinging]

haha practice mats on,,,! good vocals and mix

[freacls]

wow shes good at thise

[Annaliese247]

She was, is and always will be FANTASTIC!

[NAYDH]

these Starz ain't big enough to rate this !!

Great great cover !

[kaz22nd]

This was filmed in the Clydebank Shopping Centre, I was lucky enough to have been there, was aq big fan then and am still a great fan now, souxsie's longevity proves it all, she's still strutting her stuff now.

[gracko14]

She is such a pig!!

[KCVROCKS2008]

it just isn't as good as sparks version but it's interesting....i just miss that crazy falsetto russell mael has.

[SplodgeFilms]

i like the Sparks version, but i think the banshees version has a nice gothic feel to it :D

[Hollandia777]

True, but I would rather say "some nice eastern/(celtic?)" feel..

[gracko14]

Shite.... shoot the bitch.

[OrchidOxycodone]

Eat a dick little boy.Siouxsie represents class.

[gracko14]

If you think this bitch is class you belong in a sewer!

[OrchidOxycodone]

I don't have time for a little troll that probably listens to britney.

[biffpicks]

Great cover of the Sparks original. A video for the their cover of Iggy Pop's The Passenger was shot where they did the prisoner (Portmeirion. It was a show for channel4's The Tube

[lerxt42]

awesome cover of a classic song

[sandrovic1970]

This was filmed at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988! But didn't Siouxsie also film a version on the set of 60s cult TV seres THE PRISONER?

[chuffyone]

No no no no no.

It's like an X-factor cover.

[SenorSlopez]

This is a great cover! One awesome band covering another awesome band!

[drunktastic]

I think it's not sucky, I think it's just different. Some people like to hear it exactly like the original, some people like bands to take it a new direction. This is a new direction, and though I like the original better as well, I think they did pretty good on it.

[sweetfranx]

well done, siouxsie!

though I still prefer the original.

[madamstephanya]

Wow! I am a huge Sparks fan and I must admit... it makes soooo much sense to hear Siouxie sing this song! Aces!

[cujo5150]

GREAT take on one of my ALL TIME top ten songs! Umm..I'm thinking the drummer could've done the re-made part of 'Riff Raff' in"The Rocky Horroer Picture Show"! Anyone agree?

[iamlearningthings]

ahah Badgie playing Riff Raff LOL

good cover!

if you want to see something funny about RHPS search

Mai dire gol balla coi barlafus

it was a comedy show opening song.

[matelot95]

Badgie?

Budgie!

[popad514]

god im 23 and a heavy metal head, and i really like this

[thawthepast]

great stuff and good music

[mrblack1962]

the best cover of sparks this town by a mile... a fantastic singer in her own right...love siouxise....

[1moonwitch]

Wow i remember listening to this song over and over again as i got ready to go clubing at Seattles best alternative club the Underground. Those were wonderful times!Thanks for uploading this great song

[citizenX9328g]

Or you could because I'm trying to avoid ripping other musicians' works - UMG usually just puts an ad in the sidebar - you wont lose your account,though it might be an idea to ask first

[citizenX9328g]

Funny you should say that,cos I did make a video for Sea Breezes - had it on an old account

It's a crappy video,but I could upload it to a disposable sock account

[peymaania]

Mommy I'm scared...she is what I imagine Herpes personified would look like!

[1moonwitch]

You know instead of being immature with a childish comment just skip over this vid. I mean really this is a very popular band so if you don't like them then don't click to see the vid.

[Wehategod]

Never released how much of influnces Sparks had on everyone thats awosme those California rockers were far out buit awsome

[LunaSeaSane]

Not bad.

[apocalypsesioux]

Agree!!! Sea Breezes is utterly fantastic

Sooooooo Many Great tracks from SATB and the Creatures...

[Bansheeeyes78]

No other band for me! Love her!!

[rmackie]

The video was recorded in the Bandstand at Three Queens Square in Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank but I'd like to know when as no one in Clydebank seems to know!

[jsc1215]

This a good cover of the Sparks classic. Siouxsie has been long forgotten, but she is a pivotal figure in the punk movement of the late 1970s.

[CapriceK]

she released an album recently! what you talking about?

[rabby10]

Where is this filmed?

[rabby10]

I think this is a great version of a great song. She is paying homage to some great songwriters. I think her voice is certainly adequate, and the sitar sounding stuff is a great addition!!! yaye

[fovea29]

best version of a great Sparks song. Funny how so many bands have covered it but it still isn't that well known of a song..shame really.Should be played on the radio every other song :) . Faith No More version is great too but Mike sings it like crap live

[fovea29]

best cover version i mean. Would be great to combine elements of this version, the faith no more version and the original Sparks version together into one. The Justin Hawkins version is crap

[Sullane]

Interesting in a rather leaden way. Susan's voice can't hack it - she has to take lots of short-cuts to hide her limited range. Not that she hasn't produced some fine records that do suit her voice!

[BatShakerJami]

Probably the most interresting band to grow out of the late 70's UK Punk outfit. Love them to death.

[mikebott]

just as good as the original, and certainly way better than the faith no more version.

[theclaret]

Oh yes !!!! this is the dogs bollox.

[sakutajuju]

This is the same exact as the track.

[Sparksaty]

Better than Faith no more version

[Rotateitbaby]

Great version of this song! Better than the Darkness Cover by far!

[vandal2k6]

Get to fuck. And it wasn't The Darkness that did it. It was Justin Hawkins on his own.

[Rotateitbaby]

Same thing, same shit. Sparks version is great. Interesting to see Siouxsie doing this though!

[renatoglopes]

Budgie! WOW! God bless him!!!

[LWall2000]

As a Sparks lover since 1970 I have to say this is VERY well done.

[jojo808]

Untouchable cover .

[crybanshee]

It's not about how high they can sing ;)

Anyway, I prefer this version. Siouxsie & the Banshees did know how to make a good cover (and they were one of the few who could)

[straightlookingenie]

Crazy! This sounds pretty good, actually.

[willobi]

this sounds good .

[exproggo]

I love Siouxsie but her voice is nowhere near as strong as Russ's. Behave yourself.

[angiegeorge]

Yeah, who would have thought - shes a woman but could not sing as high as him..

[solwolfpunk]

This song is stronger than Sparks because of Siouxsie's voice and Budgie's drums.

[solwolfpunk]

The song is good because Siouxsie is singing it.

[Johnnywr]

SPARKS did it all several years before...THEY were the true punks. The fifth-formers paraded in all their parasitic glory for years to come...and long may they reign

[finemess]

Sparks were great. I'd have to point to The Beatles "Helter Skelter" that suggested complete aggressive, anarchistic energy. Helter scared the shit out of me when I fist heard it at a party. The White Album had just been released and everything was fine until that song came on. Also, credit to the VUnderground for releasing that record in '67. Hard to believe they did what they did back then.

[aschenputtel85]

i have seen this video for the first time on myspace.

[solwolfpunk]

listen to this song really loudly. It's awesome.

[aschenputtel85]

i listen every siouxsie song very loud!

[crashsite000]

always loved this album. good collection of cover versions. never knew there was a video for this track. thanks for posting.

[52barney]

You're kidding. Who's prettier Martin or Susan?

Bravo gritzko!

[Nikkalime]

Oh my, Martin is pretty isn't he?

[0xNinix0]

The song is genius, but the music video is fugly!

[nopenada890]

Thank you.I've never seen this before :)