Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden - Revolver (ATV 1978)

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden - Revolver (ATV 1978)

[@042766]

Let's see, it's 1978, which show do I go to this week? Who's playing? Siouxsie, The Clash, The Jam, The Buzzcocks? maybe I will see The Specials this week. Must have been tough choices back then.

[@robmitchell7729]

What a great time it was, and getting my first Vespa.

[@briz1965]

it was, a magical time for new music. 1978 - 1981 nothing so prolific since. I've lost count of the bands I saw, Siouxsie, Cure, Echo, Damned, Spear of Destiny, PIL, Fun boy 3, Japan, Stranglers blah blah and cheap at the time, £5-£10, what is it these days???

[@RattlesnakeBob]

David I’m not joking … between the summer of ‘77 and 1980 I saw every major (and many minor ) punk band that you could name except for the Sex Pistols :)

[@RattlesnakeBob]

Oh and the guy who said the tickets was £5 to £10 ????? Well you wasn’t there then mate because all the ticket stubs my sister has kept from those days ??? Not one of them is over £3.00 and many are in the price range “ .80p in advance £1 on the door” ….. :)

[@dominica4799]

And now we have lameos like Sam Smith Dua Lipa and little mix

[@michaelsnow7252]

fifteen years later a band called garbage with a woman came along

[@dai5839]

garbage were class, this is garbage

[@JRStephens5005]

michael snow Garbage lived up to their name. They're shit. The Banshees are THE shit.

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

I'd reserve the 'shit' adjective to many other bands before describing it for Garbage. They aren't amazing, but they most certainly aren't shit.

[@garymarquett7989]

And they were disappointing

[@stevencarr5601]

Surely I can't have been the only young man of that time who thought she was absolutely drop-dead gorgeous.

[@dryliner65]

+Steven Carr she was gorgeous then and probably still is .

[@JRStephens5005]

Steven Carr No, you weren't. I still think she's gorgeous.

[@Oni-Ryu8]

Steven Carr she was one gorgeous horny lass

[@exeuroweenie]

As an old man I still think she still is.

[@Whoa802]

Her voice was sexy.

[@inkmage4084]

I love that dance she does.

[@Truckngirl]

They danced the pogo, so sweet and innocent! Those where the days!

[@brianswelding]

Right? It was so new, people didn't know exactly what to do with their energy.

[@joesmith8725]

@@brianswelding So back in the days. Those poor kids didnt know what to do with all of that energy and new sound. Early post punk/new wave lol.

[@RosePetal17]

Love that they are playing LIVE!!!

[@wescooley34]

One of the best live bands i ever have ever seen

[@user-gc7pl1ic4w]

i went to see siouxsie and the banshees in 1978 at the village bowl in bournemouth I was 18 and a punk, they were fantastic she had a black leather mini skirt on and every time she kicked you could see everything and she had no knickers on WOW great times they were the days and a great concert

[@countrymusicbydode9280]

I saw early banshees... they were the business !!! Ps siouxsie was a very friendly top girl 😆

[@henrym6411]

Love Siouxsie! She and the band kick so much ass.

[@johncheatham549]

Pogo is the one dance I can do!

[@shamsoni]

Watched it on tv as a 14 yr old punk😊

[@olikane530]

Top top the best!!!!!!!

[@Osentalka]

This was the first time many people had seen Siouxsie and the Banshees, the single wasn't even released for another two months.

[@clayjackson2833]

Love this live version.

[@jaydlor949]

Love the way she moves :]

[@tr377723]

Classic punk rock . Classic

[@donnablackman3954]

Memories ❤️

[@luvurobert]

I wish I was cool enough at 6 years old to appreciate this! 😊

[@phillipstankey8881]

This song has topped my Spotify playlist two years running...

[@joepublius5251]

That guitar is burned in my memory forever -had to listen again-

[@sumi20242]

Good times when people went to concert to have fun and not to take selfies.

[@ianwhitehead691]

Great back in the day, went to some great gig's: Buzzcocks, The Clash, Ruts, UK Subs, Sham 69, Motorhead, The Damned, Penetration, to name just a few, Great days. ✊🎤🧷🎸💥😝

[@douglasbarthon7994]

Hong Kong "Hanging" Garden voiced by Siousxie !

[@noelabrera6634]

Brings a tear to my eye

[@deboraferreira393]

Adoooroooo..... Siouxsie!!!! And the Banches também!!!! Amante de Depeche Mode ama muito Siouxsie and the Banches também!!!!❤️💖👌👍

[@stevemccart9109]

OMG 1978 I was 21 and the world was my oyster...I ate way too many oysters

[@davidsweeney4021]

my mate , Richard met her back stage after a concert and said nothing. I don't blame him, I'd have been in awe too!

[@UKAlanR]

I met her early in 1980 & was dumbstruck exactly the same way :-(

[@ResidentMich]

Stunning and live too!!! This tune never ages and though many of our parents may remember it "fondly" it really is a seriously great tune. I did however play Voices very loud to clear the house!!!!!! LOL

[@Shadeedification]

Guitarist in this is John McKay - walked out with Kenny Morris in Aberdeen. This is the classic S&B line up IMO.

[@sexobscura]

*spectaculaire*

[@eckypooh50]

Maybe, but, mc geoch took it to another level...imo

[@gerald4133]

the entire band was excellent bass drums lead and her vocals.

[@5050TM]

EVERYONE FUCKING PARTY!

[@chriswhitt6618]

Outstanding : performance & song and I was smitten with Siouxsie 😍✌️🎄☃️🤡

[@mickymac6571]

For all those complaining about Peter Cook, he's playing the part of a malcontent nightclub manager,he slagged all the acts off.

[@GaHoolianGirl100]

It's nice to be able to jam out to a song from my namesake, haha.

[@garymarquett7989]

Remember seeing this on Countdown back in 78

[@garethlewis1984]

Had bo idea Garbage had been around that long. Shirley Manson looks incredible.

[@shinywarm6906]

they weren't. It's a coincidence that Peter Cook used that wordplay

[@garethlewis1984]

@@shinywarm6906 it was a joke 😑

[@shinywarm6906]

@@garethlewis1984 yeah I realised that as soon as I hit the reply button. May it remain as a reminder that I am sometimes a bit thick

[@jojst1]

thank you Siouxsie,,,,!!

[@M15Guys]

The moment I fell in love with Susan Ballion xx

[@coldfito]

This is me at the club when this song plays.... 0:37

[@okafala605]

Siouxie... the best band frontwoman ever!

[@sartanko]

Always interesting when an entire bands look is carried by one member.

[@stephendallison1465]

Poly styrene

[@sweetknuckle]

Superb footage.....What a line-up this was :)

[@drstevie]

Top notch.

[@elizabethtyrrell4190]

Love the distinctive and symmetry of timing REpunk

[@markgorton4154]

This was on the jukebox in the NAAFI the year I joined up in 1978, felt like a real paying it...

[@wanderinggoliard]

Between 1977-78 everything must of seemed possible.

[@Trainy2]

Damn she had some nice moves

[@redroutemaster]

Bring on the Bromley contingent!! I was 7 in 78, being from central Bromley I remember seeing plenty of Mohawks....at 41 I have Keith Flint "Firestarter" twin Mohawks. I

[@peterred]

bought it at the time still like it

[@kolos2006]

I miss this line-up.

[@garymarquett2922]

Yeah remember watching this on Countdown back then 78/79 and thought this is something different

[@Ashbaby6990]

Awesome!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Fantastic tune.

[@joshuanofuckingway]

I saw Siouxsie & the Banshees @ the 2nd to last show the first year lollapalooza happened at Irvine Meadows …… they killed it , so did NIN , JANES ADDICTION ,ROLLINS BAND , IN LIVING COLOR….. I Know I’m forgetting a few bands but my seats were next to a beer garden and I had a fake ID ….. so drunk was me walking in the venue ….and possibly the drive down there too ?

[@MrJoeyeast]

Wished I were there

[@end_oftheworld4275]

This shi rock's 😻🙏🏼

[@Sublime_37]

Lol he couldn’t book them bc Shirley Manson was just a kid.

[@heal8105]

👆👍😁😁😁😁

[@tobyg-oogle1783]

I saw them at the Greyhound in Croydon where they announced their first single and then sung this. I have a few bootleg cassettes I can't play anymore, including an early heavy punk gig by the Ants (Adam and the Ants) at High Wycombe which I left London to see, Susie with the live announcement, the Pistols at their last gig in the USA, about 6 in total all thanks to me being there or buying them at Camden Lock back in the days. I'm knackered now, but would love to listen to them on CD. Of course I never saw the final Winterland gig as a London Punk school boy!, but enjoyed the rest.

[@john111257]

Music for people to dance to who can't dance

[@marguskiis7711]

From Sex Pistols groupie to original trendsetting superstar, within a year!

[@kingscourtchess]

Big Lady... Very big!!!

[@marksonit]

Can I just go back for 3 minutes in time please.

[@MidnightVisions]

Can't top that TV presenter for warming up the audience?

[@SeptienPatterson]

That at 0:37 is me whenever I hear Siouxsie Sioux

[@arockj]

So Cool!

[@hickoryhippie]

Gotta love Peter Cook 🤣

[@lukedelalio3155]

Peter Cook remains England's comic genius. Poor soul - he was probably drunk for this.

[@anthonythompson9912]

Luv it

[@2007GlamorousGirl]

Hell yes!

[@stmarks1984]

Looks like Sid Vicious Pogoing in the audience!

[@NatalieJUK]

Argh I'm going to combust! PETER COOK! And the best Banshees song!! ARGHHH!!!!

[@royalnass1029]

peter cook i thought you were referring to peter hook

[@marguskiis7711]

Sounds like U2

[@sartanko]

Dancing in old live videos/music videos...

[@MRROCKET23]

Look I wouldn't have thought that Peter Cook would've taken a show like that very seriously, it was just a little one off thing when he wasn't doing much else. Siouxsie doesn't look that much different today as she did back then, it's a credit to her., it's nonsense to say she couldn't sing - she was one of the strongest voices from that era and beyond. When this show was repeated on TV I was more interested in what the audience looked like than the groups, which wasn't much by punk standards.

[@Dahstin]

Mind you all, this was way before auto tune. Understand?

[@gerardritzer]

give me back these days. Where tjings can go 'wrong'. just like in real life

[@royalnass1029]

classic performance

[@gleander4405]

sioux in blue drummer is a dream boat

[@killervaark]

@1likestuff No, It's Kenny Morris, Budgie didn't join until the third album. The guitarist is Pete Fenton, I think.

[@jefmay3053]

Ya Peter Cook and Dudley Moore..Greatest British Comedy duo of...... wait which one was the funny one....

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

Dudley Moore was the one with the infectious laughter but the comedy genius was really Peter Cook "and I can't fahking watch Emmerdale Farm because my fahking father won't fahking shut up with that bleeding cough"

[@happer_9305]

the things i’d do to attend this show

[@jerrybrown3332]

I'd like to visit Hong Kong well anywhere neat

[@oliverjesu5]

0:37 me

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

Blacker than black, dawg

[@kolos2006]

Lucky you!

[@thriddoctor]

Damn she is so fine both then and now.

[@JonHemelryk]

WAT A PRAT DA PRESENTER- CLASSIC EALY SIOUXSIE AND PUNK ARCHIVE-WE WILL NEVER SEE DA LIKE AGAIN R.I.P. INDIVIDUALLITY

[@cptpugsy]

god last year i was at karaoke in japam with my filipino mates (im very white) and i never realised how bad the lyrics were.... to say it was a lot...

[@martinz60]

Peter Cook was certainly contemptuous

[@brockit79]

I wish I were there - I wasn’t born at that point though

[@sadietravels6213]

Was Peter Cook serious? He truly looked pissed off.

[@caseykearin6310]

I love watching people losing it to Siouxie!

[@guimbadriver]

she dances like jim morrison

[@satansfatdoge]

Siouxsie Sioux and Viv Albertine are the hottest Punk girls

[@beetrootjuice8849]

Becky Bondage was a bit of a ride!

[@MrCLGK]

Classic stuff. She was well fit then...........

[@Illegalpat]

Is that Peter Cook?

[@debbiehall4585]

i just had a pint or two at that

[@Rieman6000]

I was born in the wrong time

[@shooshatowers8059]

Siouxsie is so much more animated than I remember from my day. So this song is about child trafficking, then?

[@peterpeterxxo]

at 0:37 dancing robert mugabe.

[@salc3527]

Serious question, is that Gonch Gardner from Grange Hill in the crowd?

[@modernredeye]

I think the idea was that Peter Cook was playing the reactionary old buffer winding up the punks.He was playing up to the part though it did not really work.

[@OSIRIS1980WHS]

Gud clubs downtown NYC played this song. Still don’t know wtf SS’s is singing but the band is is totally tight and one could pogo a go go than sit down and smoke and drink.

[@adminstrativeuser8930]

The drummer is not Budgie?

[@catbangs276]

what kind of sexist introduction was that?