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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@DJOUKOFF]

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

[@brownie4032]

A band where each member is a fucking master

[@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.......

[@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!

[@barrystockdoesnotexist]

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

[@sidrocker]

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

[@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

[@carljules3123]

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

[@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 😣

[@gerald4133]

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

[@Antanix]

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

[@SuperSeriouSam]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@pressureworks]

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

[@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

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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

[@santiagobeneth8543]

I couldn't live that era but a believe you.

[@lilpapi4399]

I wish I knew about this band 80-82. I learned about it with Kiss them for me (wtf). The queen of post punk.

[@darkicity]

Just might be my favorite song of theirs

[@philipusher4282]

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

[@formisfunction1861]

Somewhere there is, or was, a piece of film or video tape from a camera that was fixed on McGeoch for the entire song. That is the film I want to see.

[@janettemcmanus4699]

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

[@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

[@carlosthecure]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@BoldGiorno]

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

[@vomeinsamenmadchensophie]

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

[@ciaranlane8676]

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

[@juliana2504]

Best performance EVER. Love her.

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

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

[@EricKenyonRKC]

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

[@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.

[@PoitinCZ]

what a voice!

[@Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

I forgot just how good that is!

[@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.

[@FromaTwistedMind]

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

[@mukhumor]

Fuckin' awesome.

[@andrewmitchell8401]

Tons of energy, cool band.

[@Steelwheels591]

John McGeoch is my favorite Banshee guitarist.

[@normalou8720]

John McGeoch

[@TheStereoField]

@@normalou8720 John McGeoch

[@RealAsaMitaka]

John McGeoch

[@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 )

[@sadforesthighlander4363]

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

[@williammazzotta5595]

Can still remember being lucky enough to have been a NYC tranplant going from CBGB's to Club DV8 in Seattle and Chains played the final show as a club Band and woke up the world weeks later forever!!!

[@jimmybonez8928]

McGeoch was a FUCKING BEAST!!!

[@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.

[@miksmith41]

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

[@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.

[@mistymistery]

I sure wish Icould travel back in time to the eighties and party as a tiger again and again all over.But your live19 81 is great!Thanx a lot for that, Ifeel 18 again!Misty

[@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.

[@paulofeliznariz]

My favorite siouxsie song.

[@hidefmatt]

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

[@garrysmith2807]

Incredible

[@janettemcmanus4699]

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

[@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

[@twiandhamlover12]

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

[@mangojack1]

Viva La Siouxsie

[@GuyThatBites]

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

[@thegorillasnake]

I love her voice on this one.

[@lastnightintown9361]

This is so fucking awesome. Holy shit.

[@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!

[@ozmfo5829]

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

[@VincenzoAbate84]

She is a queen 🖤

[@paholabrobst4430]

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

[@mikejett7126]

And then to this audio masterpiece add Siouxies marvelous wardrobe!

[@MrScorpionfish]

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

[@agesflow6815]

Thanks for the upload, HSkywalker.

[@mdlvideo]

Brilliant. Way ahead of it's time.

[@JuergenGDB]

For 30+ years her voice is just amazing.

[@formisfunction1861]

Coming up on 50 years in 2026!

[@JavierFE77]

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

[@gerald4133]

Souxie was one of the hardest top female ROcKers! Damn what a show! Watch the drums bass & WoE lead,! Souxie gets her 🎸 in action too!

[@UnholyPanda13]

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

[@TheMandyhuppert]

Fucking brilliant

[@flatsfishingonline]

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

[@majortom2688]

Saw her live in '89 or '90 (Paris Zenith). Powerful. On very old videos Robert Smith plays the guitar...

[@gerald4133]

Great performance everybody played at the top of the limits!

[@catalinafang]

This song & Monitor are my favs off of juju, the whole album is sick, but Sin In My Heart is awesome! TY for this great vid.

[@opticalsound]

Great period, period.

[@davie4136]

there were great bands in the crazy hazy 80's

[@quark7021]

McGeoch is so good on this song.

[@loladeleone7121]

loved this. started this affair in 1983 and saw them live in 1986. huge fan

[@tpqadw]

4 minutes of fucking awesome....

[@RichardSteele-tl1bu]

I'm a Christian but admire this group .The interaction of 2 guitars very Sisters of Mercy.A great melee of sound.

[@garyz2043]

John McGeoch . Awesome, RIP John

[@Belial11]

Epic Band. thanks Siouxsie for all :)

[@doratheexplorer5157]

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

[@thekennycartman9024]

sweet power

[@digitalvelvet]

First saw them at Futurama ,80. They hadAltered Images as support around this time. Band mark 1 falls apart and they get Budgie and John McGeoch in.I was so lucky to see them (5 times) in this line up. And people wonder why I don`t rate Coldplay.

[@paulharker461]

Coldplay suck!!

[@number7gracestreet]

So cool, so envious! Where is this kinda sh!t now?

[@plutodrvv]

How do you say degorgeous! I love Siouxsie she has got balls of steel and a voice like a siren and I love her! Thanks for all the added verbal score on my GRE. Myriad lights...

[@trex8282]

What A Live performance. So cool.

[@Tshea13]

Phenomenal performance. The version from Nocturne with Rober Smith is good too, but this is a definitive version of this song. So great to see Souxsie rocking out. What a talent!

[@livluv987]

Love this song..