Siouxsie & The Banshees - Metal Postcard/Jigsaw Feeling - 7/11/78 - Old Grey Whistle Test

Siouxsie & The Banshees performance at the Old Grey Whistle Test
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[@Noisycarl1]

The Scream..........one of the best albums ever!

[@steven1822]

OH MY GOD YES........................

[@halloweenjack2562]

What an utterly wonderful performance. Spellbinding (no pun intended) and perfect. Perhaps difficult to understand now, 46 years later; you really have to have been 'there'. A 46 year gap prior to then would put us back to 1932, seven years before the start of WWII.....Now if that doesn't give you a Jigsaw Feeling....

[@TheHooly1]

Still one of the most powerful performances ever on ogwt - or in music then really - absolutely superb - even the old grey fogey sound tech got the sound right for a change! (probably too scared not to..) It took my head off then and 42 years later still gives me a lump in the throat - I am so grateful to have been in the right time and place..ain't nothing like that ever going to happen again.

[@ianc1001]

Yes. Saw this at 15 y/o. Killer performance. I played guitar and couldn’t figure out all his fancy chord voicings.

[@dgmvs]

its so hard to say whats the best ogwt performance because there where many great ones. but this on is on my top 3 along with sisters of mercy and public image.

[@beethalia168]

Grateful to have been in the right time and the right place too, what an incredible decade to be a teenager

[@jacktar9567]

I remember watching this....it made such an impression on me in so many ways particularly as a young punk drummer...Kenny was my hero! & Siouxie was my first love...... wish I could go back to feel that buzz, that vibe.... that wonderful feeling of being at the point of the times really changing.....long live proper punk rock ❤ xxx

[@J.A.1969]

First phase banshees will always have a powerful effect on the listener.

[@diskyworld]

Jigsaw feeling.

[@chrisnemec5644]

I think that applies to most if not all of the phases.

[@andchat6241]

A(heavy metal loving)friend of mine was in the record shop in Aberdean when the banshees (making a pre-gig in store appearance) broke into a furious argument that split the group...leaving Siouxsie & Severin to complete the tour ..with considerable help from support band 'the Cure'...

[@zaxxx1975]

Most definately Siouxsie mach 1. Kenny will leave and also scenester Marco perroni (sp) will be the next guitarist for a bit.

[@rayc7192]

Banshees crushing it on OGWT! Brilliant! thanks for posting

[@MrSeveral123]

Jigsaw feeling is one of my favourite records ever - this version is amazing - hard to believe the band are in their early twenties when this was written - genius

[@wkenneth7916]

Siouxsie and the Banshees have been a major source of comfort to me during more than one difficult time. I love them and am grateful to them.

[@theethinethou]

8:23 Siouxsie notices Kenny pounding on the drums and you can see her acknowledging that that she is very pleased with him. He really was the best drummer of the lineups

[@asleandere8852]

boy this brings memories flooding back! That driving riff to Metal ... OMG

[@Tokiofritz]

I remember seeing the Banshees in (I think) 1984 at Glasgw Barrowlands. I was 14 and always remember when she came on stage, full Egyptian vibe with eye make-up, clothes and dancing. She walked right to the front of centre stage, throwing Egyptian sphinx poses then just stared ahead. Crowd were going mad, and I always remember just standing there looking up at her completely in awe.One of the most powerful entrances I ever saw a lead vocalist make. She is and was one of a kind.

[@macjam9090]

Remember watching this first time around amazing.always thought they had a unique sound with Siouxsie and the strange guitar chords. Love them.

[@johnblonde8589]

Primitive, definitive, majestic and bloody lovely!

[@diskyworld]

Not primitive. Jigsaw psychedelic rock and very very forward thinking. Listen to the words. These were teens when they performed this. Agree about majestic. All a sea symphony. British tunes love those chords.

[@Cl4rendon]

I think you meant "minimalistic" which is more accurate :) True signature of the band back then which definded their own style. ;)

[@johnblonde8589]

@@Cl4rendon No, I meant "primitive". You have your opinion and I have mine.

[@johnblonde8589]

@@diskyworld In my opinion this is a primitive performance. I have listened to the words. You have your opinion and I have mine. They are allowed to be different.

[@catalamod66]

(With PIL, The Fall, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, Wire, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Psychedelic Furs, The Sound, The Cure), Siouxsie & The Banshees were the real UK Post-Punk. Maybe the first ones to go from Punk-Rock to something else; Pure avant-garde musical of a restless and rebellious generation. Great and creative years. Nowadays It sounds as fresh and modern as in 1978

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Don't forget Magazine, the Banshees stole their guitarrist John McGeoch and made the guitar masterpiece Juju.

[@gmantramp404]

Wire can claim that btw

[@Spectrescup]

​@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 exactly. Magazine came first.

[@Z20bEn53]

Siouxsie & The Banshees - unparalleled then... and now. A phenomenon like nothing else.

[@suzanagran1950]

I like Siouxie so much, a living legend❤

[@markfinnigan9925]

Grounding breaking and totally amazing !

[@andreacolombo9441]

1978 what a magikal year for musik and look at the drummer!

[@honourethefire5794]

first time I went to see them live was a month before this age 13 in Oct 1978 amazing

[@martincarrier9465]

Saw them that month (Nov '78) at the Hammersmith Odeon - unforgettable!!!

[@martinlewis2191]

Just stunning. One of the best bands i ever saw live. Budgie one of the few drummers who could create an atmosphere.....

[@keithbate9405]

tremendous then and now !

[@khonsuthecore4788]

I've always wanted to see the drums being played on this, this makes me so happy.

[@carljules3123]

The birth of dark angular post-punk, this influenced Joy Division, Killing Joke, Bauhaus and countless other bands who all inmmediatly adjusted their style after hearing this

[@pressureworks]

Elizabeth Fraser had a Siouxsie Tatoo !

[@cyclingseagull]

Jigsaw Feeling is the best Banshees song.

[@autumnmasbro6022]

agree the original band were actually the best, they created the sound that others followered

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Is the most unique and iconic sound sure, but the McGeoch years will always be my favourite ones, Peepshow recorded with John Key is a marvel of textures and experimentation, Dazzle from the Robert Smith recorded Hyaena gotta be most beautiful post punk record. Basically I love every phase of the Banshees, John Carruthers was by far the weakest guitarrist but even with that Tinderbox and Through the Looking Glass are great records.

[@ianc1001]

The chord voicing from 8:00 onwards blew my mind then and are still magnificent today, 41 years later.

[@kensachter2869]

Yes, Agreed. Jon McKay was superb. I saw the Banshees at the Rainbow and his guitar, panned in stereo, filled the theatre.

[@bennyshambles]

Yep. This and “Switch” are my favorite songs to play from The Scream for this reason. The guitar parts are very interesting (and get even more so when McGeoch eventually steps in).

[@raymondlibert9861]

Souvenir magique . Une partie de ma jeunesse .

[@gmantramp404]

Edinburgh Clouds August of 1978 A great gig with support from Spizz Oil.👍👍👍

[@bernardmeyre]

Esthétique et musique : superbe, magistral

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

I was only a kid when this was broadcast. If only music was this edgy and exciting now

[@craigathonian]

Some artist just have that knack for filling in a void that's missing in society's unconscious collective...and like a call from the murky depths of chaos this band appears in full raw glory to the sheer delight of the starving masses !

[@adrianreeve71]

There best line up. Join Hands best album and what can I say about Kenny the drummer?

[@andrew1598]

Iconic

[@PostPunkWakey71]

Perfectly splendid

[@carljules3123]

Machine-like drumming, dark angular post-punk; Joy Division cited them as a primary infuence.

[@Problembeing]

Metal Postcard is perfect. Fight me.

[@Itzagral]

this performance deserves a sound remastering

[@lilpig12345]

Amazing!

[@chrissugden5347]

ez woz ere!

[@linzeelostit]

3 days before my boyfriends 1st ever gig age 13 & was Siouxsie & the Banshees

[@cflocon2]

I would have loved to be there! Maybe I was born at the wrong moment (I'm 39). So many good bands at that time. I despise most of the music nowadays.

[@ianrobson9601]

In the words of The Cramps, You Got Good Taste Now go search out the track

[@geneclark3600]

almost 2020 now. Gotta respect the Queen.

[@johnandkate1000]

Please bring back 78/83

[@autumnmasbro6022]

i miss the ogwt, limited access in those days but plenty of quality

[@AliZum1]

Brilliant xxx

[@koont666]

Saw them with the cure supporting amazing.hammersmith odeon 78 I think .

[@davidheafield1436]

simon furlong ...I can top that , I saw the same tour but at Cardiff Sophia Gardens , where the guitarist and drummer had jumped ship and Cardiff was the first gig they played with Robert Smith and the Cure drummer playing both sets ....they played their own support set then came on again as part of the Banshees

[@koont666]

@@davidheafield1436 I'm Shure that happened at Hammersmith ,seem to recall something about the same drummer wow ,and they hadn't yet released Jump on somebody else's train .good times mate.

[@EleanorPeterson]

I can't hear Siouxsie and the Banshees without doing my world famous very bad John Peel impression... "Another live track from Siouxsie and the boys later. Siouxsie told me that she'd sold her car and now travels from gig to gig on her menstrual cycle. True story. Talking of which... here's something from the Desperate Bicycles." Yep. I know. Dreadful. Sorry. It's a late night kind of thing. It helps if you're listening under the bedclothes on a crummy transistor radio and have an exam in the morning that you've not revised for.

[@francesgreen5108]

Love her boots

[@garyz2043]

Damn right X

[@samberger0357]

Whatever happened to John Mckay?

[@jeffreyquinn3820]

Hmmm . . . Never seen this one before. I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised that the one person in history who can make a powder blue formal jacket is Siouxsie.

[@khorrumg]

Morris and McKay were actually too fashionable and arty for Siouxsie and Severin .....that's why they were shunted out of the band. McKay was possibly the first 'modern' guitarist....punk was forgotten, turning into Post Punk and early pseudo Gothic sound Join Hands the following album was an altogether darker, less commercial, but more impressive sounding record....how much greater could the band have been had the two members previously mentioned stayed.... Well it's one of those great 'if onlys'...

[@paulsenkans3401]

I'll do some research on Morris and McKay. Sad they left the band. I can hear early Swans here!

[@angrypossumsx1259]

If they’d stayed we wouldn’t have John McGeoch’s brilliant contributions on Juju and A kiss in the Dreamhouse or Robert Smith on Hyaena and Nocturne. Post Punk was an interesting time for sure but would PiL have continued to evolve and thrive if Keith Levene had stayed? Ditto Siouxsie and the Banshees.

[@antunivanovic]

It's hard to say what would have become of them had they stayed in the original line-up, at least for a while longer than the first two (superb) albums... According to the "Rock Family Trees" documentary, the split between the two halves of the early Banshees was nasty indeed, partially due to a misunderstanding of sorts, partially due to an open rift John and Kenny had with the manager (and the producer of the second album, both of whom interfered with the production of "Join Hands"), resulting in the two original members leaving unexpectedly at the worst possible moment of their career. In the RFT documentary, Sue and Steve portrayed John and Kenny in rather negative fashion... which seems to be somewhat inconsiderate. Well, the four of them certainly know best how far it went off between them, but from that documentary's story I might actually understand John and Kenny's reasons to leave. Siouxsie & the Banshees evolved into a damn super fine band regardless, with consistently great discography throughout their rich career - but being a very powerful, and rather stubborn leader of the band, it sure was tough to work with someone like Siouxsie. And this early phase of the band is stunning indeed - less polished but very intimidating and way more avant-garde. Later records, as I wrote shine with superbness of their own, keeping the independent ethos by reflecting further artistic and musical growth (and control), but there are traces of kitsch in their later work that this early stuff mercilessly ignored.

[@andrew1598]

I don't think they were shunted out they left mid tour encouraged by one of their girlfriends. Listen to b side of happy house

[@olympiasse]

Come on come on metal !!! Mittag Eisen Metal

[@frankalfar]

Budgie one of the seminal post punk players. Ah the old constant 8ths on the floor Tom time of music......

[@stshnie]

That’s not Budgie. It’s Kenny Morris.

[@andrew1598]

Yes this is a few years before budgie. Kenny was a great drummer and no snare drum

[@chrisst8922]

Wimpering Bob must've hated it.

[@johnandkate1000]

Not bad is she

[@without9103]

back in the days when we had to listen to decent music.

[@TheFokker03]

think Nina Hagen did a version of this.

[@alanogilvie4504]

Intro by Ratbag Annie Nightingale. More prices than a second hand dart board.

[@stephensaunderson237]

How many prices does a second hand dartboard have? Annie is a true star.

[@patthewoodboy]

Pricks ..like the original poster :-)

[@mrsuperger5429]

Replace Siouxsie's voice with Ian Curtis and its Joy Division.

[@andrew1598]

Sounds like you've never listened to either of them

[@huerocub23]

A Sex Pistols Groupie ❤

[@lupodelupis3672]

The famous Bromley Contingent :) then she elevated from that "modest" status.

[@carljules3123]

@huerocub23 Stupidity is your middle name, you like pigeonholing,

[@pressureworks]

This drummer is really just a repetetive pounder. Budgie Ruled !

[@jasonpalacios2705]

The Massive Attack sample was much better.

[@miracles4u]

Not as good as pil