Siouxsie and the Banshees - Sin in my Heart - Live 1981

Siouxsie and the Banshees live performance of "Sin in my Heart", Cologne 1981.

[@Sunchild714]

This is so fucking unbelievably good! Budgie is slaying those skins, Severin is keeping the pace, Siouxsie is a total Queen and McGeoch! Oh McGeoch! What a masterful riff! This is Post Punk! This is a Masterpiece!🔥🔥🔥

[@formisfunction1861]

Nailed it.

[@annielacks9523]

McGeoch was so underrated. And Budgie is literally doing cardio on those drums.

[@user-zz5hm1xn6l]

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[@brownie4032]

A band where each member is a fucking master

[@whssy]

What's so epic about this is how it starts with the fragile, slightly off-beat notes Siouxsie plays, then the build up of the haunting minimal e-bow/gizmo part McGeoch plays as Budgie's drums gather momentum.... and then it just changes character completely once her lungs kick in with only the drum part playing, after which it turns into sheer power and rage. As an exercise in pacing and acceleration this apparently minimalistic piece yet actually very harmonically and dynamically complex track is incredible.

[@rorysullivan-burke226]

You've nailed it.

[@zakkholguin3942]

You should like get a job writing a review column somewhere that was an oddly impressive description lol

[@GregsWhiskyGuide]

Couldn't say it better & yeah other people are right here, you should write in a magazine or webzine about music, your words are strong...Cheers from France !

[@whssy]

@@robertwrightson6455 Is that in reply to my comment? Or did you reply to me by mistake? And if the former is the case - what gave you the impression that I didn't appreciate this band? Did you even read what I wrote?

[@robertwrightson6455]

@@whssy No sorry, I don't know what I was doing, it wasn't meant for you though.

[@lilyoda7080]

Budgie kills it on drums as usual.

[@ianc1001]

Lil Yoda Agreed!

[@fredanderica]

About the best ever

[@chuckleh]

The guitar at 3:30 is just sublime. McGeoch was an incredible guitarist. Subtle real power. It is a stroke of luck the camera catches that moment. A great band, but this is them at their real peak.

[@gerald4133]

I'm sorry 😔 to hear he passed away ☹️ 🌹 magnificent guitar 🎸 player.

[@stevecranie4254]

I agree it is sublime but not luck, brilliant work by the camera crew and mixers who make a fantastic track better - just like you were there. Only these guys and the BBC manage that in live concerts.

[@formisfunction1861]

Exactly.

[@Zimx02]

ebow? That's just sustain when your guitar is cranked all the way up lol. you pick the string at 0 volume and then raise the volume, and keep the sustain alive with vibrato

[@rickikilvi5406]

​@@Zimx02 Didn't He have a Breakdown. I can see why he went over the edge.

[@Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

I forgot just how good that is!

[@DJOUKOFF]

McGeoch such a creative underrated guitarist .......

[@barrystockdoesnotexist]

The McGeoch-era Banshees are remarkable to see. He was utterly fabulous, revolutionary, and tasteful.

[@65BigNorm]

674,000 views. I think 100,000 of them must have been mine! If I could only choose one video to watch on KZbin it would be this one. A great baseline from Severin. Arguably the best guitarist ever in McGeoch. A stunning drumming performance by Budgie. Siouxsie looking amazing and at her most energetic!

[@chrisdavies2677]

Listening to this back then as a teenager, it was almost unbearably intense. Now as an older man, I hear in it even more profoundly the depths of the human condition it plumbs and expresses. It's somehow beyond even our own time.......

[@sidrocker]

This song is AWESOME! Siouxsie on guitar is a rare sight and this 1981 video is simply priceless!!!

[@SuperSeriouSam]

There's so much energy in this Her best ever caught live .

[@carljules3123]

Raw power, visceral, primal, the band is on the edge of something, this is as intense as the Stooges

[@LeanderNadeltanz]

SIOUXSIE, AFTER ALL THESE DECADES I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!

[@mukhumor]

Me too.

[@Braxium1]

waifu

[@LawrenceDuffy477]

YUP

[@st0a]

I didn't know Douglas Pearce was actually hetero...

[@clashsmash9763]

@@st0a lol

[@formisfunction1861]

OK, now I have to write about this version from 1981. Here we see the unadorned genius of Guitarist John McGeoch. In the other post I contrasted John's visceral elemental style with Robert Smiths mechanical precision. In this short vid McGeoch makes the guitar snarl, bark and even strike like an angry beast. Together McGeoch and his guitar howl and screech like... words fail. McGeoch created new languages with his playing. These new languages expressed new emotions. In a recording session Siouxsie famously told McGeoch she wanted the guitar to sound like "a horse falling off a cliff." Without a word or even a look John provided the exact sound instantly. Every year that passes where nobody has made music anything like this shows us the incalculable value of McGeoch and SATB.

[@marymiller3751]

A great commentary on great John McGeoch, thanks

[@formisfunction1861]

My pleasure@@marymiller3751

[@therealsoulproduct]

Budgie/Severin/McGeoch were the best Banshees.

[@Antanix]

She plays just some chords as Ian Curtis did on "Love Will Tear Us Apart", but they are decisive chords.

[@raeyee_]

Please take me back to 1981!!

[@zoso73]

Great drumming.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

Budgie is a beast!

[@spiritualcramp8000]

budgie is a genius

[@keepcalmandbugout]

Yes budgie is awesome

[@mukhumor]

Fuckin' awesome.

[@opticalsound]

Great period, period.

[@Shaun191099]

r.i.p. John M. Underated genius of the guitar. There is not a note you played I didnt enjoy.

[@gerald4133]

Incredible guitarist 🎸👏 r.i.p. 🌹🌹 sorry for your loss 😣

[@juliana2504]

Best performance EVER. Love her.

[@losnarcoticos]

I can't stop it. I'm addicted to this video, I watch it once a day. The energy they show, great music, great performance. Budgie is just amazing! Fucking hell!

[@pabloimireia]

👍 Creo que es el vídeo que habré visto más veces...

[@CFloPhotography]

It would make a fantastic alarm clock

[@darkicity]

Just might be my favorite song of theirs

[@PoitinCZ]

what a voice!

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

This is all about. .... Budgie!! What a hypnotic powerful tribal drumming display.

[@joestrummer.]

Simply amazing. McGeoch is a goat for sure.. And Siouxsoe on guitar... Doesnt get any better than this ladies and gents. The whole band is just perfect on this line up, Severin and Budgie are a fantastic rhythm... Love the Banshees :)

[@winter9703]

Hey @HSkywalker, I’ve been watching this video for almost 15 years. Thanks for uploading it way back when. A magical performance and, for me at least, a classic KZbin video.

[@gerald4133]

4 INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS !!! 🎸 🎸 🎸 DRUMS ARE OUTSTANDING!

[@paulofeliznariz]

My favorite siouxsie song.

[@sadforesthighlander4363]

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES; AFTER ALL THESE DECADES I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!

[@blixnick]

I’m listening to the intro: Budgie accelerates the beat in a very subtle and efficient way: he gives this track all its powerful. McGeogh finishes it in magnificently

[@andrewmitchell8401]

Tons of energy, cool band.

[@VincenzoAbate84]

She is a queen 🖤

[@madath61]

A band at the height of their powers.Saw them 1979 at the infamous Aberdeen Gig.Then Fusion 1980.This was the best Capitol Theatre Aberdeen 1981

[@Takac1979]

John ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vomeinsamenmadchensophie]

Raw raw raw pure heart of their creativity, favourite one...♡♡♡

[@greymullet]

Sweet Heaven I love John McGeoch.

[@Steelwheels591]

John McGeoch is my favorite Banshee guitarist.

[@normalou8720]

John McGeoch

[@TheStereoField]

@@normalou8720 John McGeoch

[@RealAsaMitaka]

John McGeoch

[@philipusher4282]

Bloody Hell, never seen Siouxsie Play guitar before. Great Clip, thanks

[@johnf.sowards8707]

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! (also, that's the coolest looking guitar I've ever seen)

[@draped_in_black]

That´s a Vox Teardrop.

[@Sunchild714]

@@draped_in_black I heard there's a story behind how she got it. Don't remember all the details but multiple musician's obtained the same guitar (different colors) from the same inventory, Including Ian Astbury from The Cult who can be seeing using his on the 'Resurrection Joe' Tube performance.

[@paulbesterberg]

such a cool guitar

[@mdlvideo]

Brilliant. Way ahead of it's time.

[@EricKenyonRKC]

Brilliant piece, Ju-ju was my first exposure to Soiuxsie. Nice to see the late, great John McGeoch.

[@CFloPhotography]

This is my favorite one to sing along to. The "oh" at the end of each verse is a lot harder than it sounds.

[@thegorillasnake]

I love her voice on this one.

[@reisemoran8954]

thought this was a gulch song

[@djlueck]

They definitely did well. They now co-own it. With a lesser share of course. But they did it justice for sure.

[@janettemcmanus4699]

And those drums.. wow that sounds even better after all these years ❣️

[@MrScorpionfish]

The diva of punk - never equalled or even rivalled. Thank you for Siousxsie & the Banshees.

[@garyz2043]

John McGeoch . Awesome, RIP John

[@BoldGiorno]

This song means a lot to me!! It has a lot of meaning and is just "sin in my heart"repeatable times.

[@djmarkm2706]

saw them over a hundred times spanning nearlly 30 years, and it never got tired :)

[@amaliagrassi6870]

Amen

[@julianz7555]

DJ Mark M I envy you

[@garrysmith2807]

Incredible

[@pressureworks]

This video is perpetually on my recommend yt page !!!

[@FromaTwistedMind]

Siouxsie and the band on fire in this video.... Siouxsie is insanely gorgeous here!

[@carlosthecure]

I Love you Sue. From Portugal! Live forever. Carlos, 48.

[@davie4136]

there were great bands in the crazy hazy 80's

[@mangojack1]

Viva La Siouxsie

[@dominiccioccajr278]

This superb music still reaches me. I'm 59 left rock music to enjoy classical 20 years ago. Every few years I'll drop back and listen to some "X" some "Siouxsie" . Not much else.

[@normalou8720]

I'm in love every once in a while I listen and feel my journey through life past music fav like Bowie, Iggy, Blondie and X best musicians, always loved the small Hollywood venues at 17

[@TheMandyhuppert]

Fucking brilliant

[@SuperPais]

The best version. INTENSE.

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

Fantastic! And Budgie is one of my all time fave drummers and percussionists! This band were awesome and still sound epic. I dated and got engaged to a girl that looked like Siouxsie years ago - but it didn't work out. Long story . . . Still listening to the Banshees in 2018, a proper genre-defining band who were sometimes ahead of their time.

[@flatsfishingonline]

Wow...great stuff with John...she is one special woman !

[@twiandhamlover12]

This band tottaly rocks!!! The instrumentals are magnificent and her voice is so full of power!!!

[@pauldbenton]

I don't believe I'd ever heard this in such good quality & so loud before. Of course the live version above is far better than anything ever done in a studio. The song gets better & better both during its 4:01 mins & after at least 4 times. ( recommended )

[@JuergenGDB]

For 30+ years her voice is just amazing.

[@formisfunction1861]

Coming up on 50 years in 2026!

[@surf4sister]

amazing amazing concert - just organized the whole thing in my playlist. thanks Skywalker74. John McGeogh absolutely smokes! too bad they didn't play together again after his breakdown or whatever happened. So incredible to see what they created together and then how they kept on going with more - just changing and experimetning. that is the mark of a true artist. She is 24 yrs old here. So talented. wow. and gorgeous to boot.

[@35sixer]

Music was so much better back then.. one of the great bands from the post punk era..

[@cesaraugusto974]

chaz z post punk era is Fucking amazing

[@oibobbo]

it's a vox teardrop

[@doratheexplorer5157]

Siouxsie is gorgeously strong & talented!!!!!!

[@GuyThatBites]

This is one of my favourites Siouxsie song. I took off. Thanx :)

[@miksmith41]

My God what an incredible performance. Everyone is so professional. The drums and guitar are just plain awesome :)

[@hidefmatt]

I can't like this enough - it's just fucking perfect.

[@GRIDMASTER6]

Pure as it comes

[@ciaranlane8676]

this, bauhaus' double dare, and the cure's fascination street are such fucking brooding gothic masterpieces

[@janettemcmanus4699]

That was such a good bast from the past.. ❣️

[@quark7021]

McGeoch is so good on this song.

[@agesflow6815]

Thanks for the upload, HSkywalker.

[@hobbit151]

This band ruled back then!!

[@oswaldomf5829]

Really AweSome... Just love them all... Siouxsie and the Banshees will always rule... All thumbs up high...

[@aquanugget]

The Banshees were primary a suburban London band ( from Bromley) Siouxsie, Steve Severin, were known as the Bromley Contingent before their direct involvent in music playing ,because they followed the Sex Pistols wherever they went, Bromleylite incuded BIlly Idol as well, they used to hang out at Louise's a lesbian club in Soho in mid 70's, to say one. Actually Budgie is from Liverpool, (Big in Japan,) and McGeoch is from Manchester ( Magazine, etc). great line up this one

[@tinkles30]

What a great performance! But seriously, who are the 16 people who come to view this and feel compelled to dislike it?

[@permaveg]

It's called having an opinion, perhaps they didn't like the performance or her wearing that t-shirt, not everyone is a fawning sychophant declaring that they 'love' Siouxsie even though I doubt they've ever spoke to or met her.

[@livluv987]

Love this song..

[@Crypzooboi]

AMAAAZZIIINNGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamiecouanis7236]

Best Banshees I've seen

[@mariawelsh9485]

Love this 😊

[@AnalWave]

I am watching a video of her in 2008 on the Sundance Channel. And boy does she look just as lovely and sound even better!

[@fafo58]

her best album and best concert ever. 20 years ahead of time.

[@pabloimireia]

Firme candidato éste a mejor vídeo de youtube.. Es alucinante

[@formisfunction1861]

60 years, 100 years ahead. No band or musician has caught up to them.

[@delmondtrion3934]

My favourite....

[@Belial11]

Epic Band. thanks Siouxsie for all :)

[@UnholyPanda13]

damn the way they played that was intense. Fucking awesome.

[@andylorenxx1]

One of my faves

[@LarzGustafsson]

Terrific tune.

[@trex8282]

What A Live performance. So cool.

[@lastnightintown9361]

This is so fucking awesome. Holy shit.

[@aylish11]

holy hell that was awesome!

[@JavierFE77]

Qué fuerza tiene esta canción!! Me ha llenado de energía. Un directo impresionante!

[@mariaantonova4177]

So fuckin good!

[@paholabrobst4430]

the entire band played with such strenth and passion. she seemed kind of quiet during a interview in u.k. tv interview.