Nobody but Siouxsie can come up with such sonic moments of disturbing, exotic beauty. Her vocals here are fierce, provocative & gorgeous. The jagged rhythm with top bass, piano & guitar precision is extrordinary 👏👏👏👏
@punkpoetry3 жыл бұрын
This one was written by Robert Smith (lyrics by Siouxsie) but overall I don't disagree
@edwardmorris34532 жыл бұрын
she was no kate bush.
@SK-sm9mn2 жыл бұрын
@@punkpoetry And Robert reworked the piano for The Cure song Six Different Ways
@barryholmes24288 ай бұрын
You could roam the earth for a billion years and you’d struggle to discover anything quite as beautiful as this song
@atheistleopard6188 ай бұрын
this is my second favorite female tune next to Grimes-SoHeavyIfellThroughTheEarth. both are ethereal
@illmsg773 ай бұрын
Perfect
@teammarsh5657 Жыл бұрын
Budgie is a criminally underrated drummer
@67stickman2 жыл бұрын
The song is about the honour killings of daughters by the men in their families for 'shaming' them by refusing marry older men. The lyric "kinder with poison" refers to a boy who poisoned his sister rather than let her be stoned to death . Siouxsie makes the comparison with male seahorses who care and look after their young - even changing sex in order to reproduce at need . quite simply years ahead of it's time
@billbobb53703 ай бұрын
It’s amazing to me we still inhabit a planet with such savage cultures out there.
@garysimmonds9636Күн бұрын
Never knew this song was about. The lyrics make sense now. I just thought it was random. Loved SATB since the 70s. Great band.
@anotherfox70623 жыл бұрын
Timeless. Better than the usual crap we have today... This song is innovative and poetic.
@dominica47992 жыл бұрын
I agree plus you couldn't have this song these days. The do gooders would be complaining because of the source material
@ariescustom5 ай бұрын
There's great music being produced today, it's just not on the radio like it used to be. 😉
@pandap4ntz2 жыл бұрын
I just listened to The Cure's "Head on The Door" album, and even tho it's one of my favorite Cure albums, I hadn't listened to it all the way thru in quite a while, and I had somehow forgotten about "Six Different Ways." Idk how one forgets such a wonderful song, but anyways... I couldn't put my finger on why it sounded so familiar, until I read just now that Robert used the piano from "Swimming Horses" for "Six Different Ways." Now it all makes sense.
@thunder_heads Жыл бұрын
Robert wrote the piano part for swimming horses and used that same pattern in 6 different ways too
@pandap4ntz Жыл бұрын
@@thunder_heads Yes, I realize that he wrote it, I didn't mean that he borrowed or stole it from another composer.
@seanp8220 Жыл бұрын
and presumably for the glove mr alphabet says
@jelkel255 жыл бұрын
This song still haunts me all these years later, sublime.
@lornafromlondon Жыл бұрын
Me too
@rasanath Жыл бұрын
SIOUXSIE: "This is based on a programme I saw about a female version of Amnesty, called ‘Les Sentinelle’. "They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death - either by the hand of the eldest brother in the family, or by public stoning. And there was this instance of a woman whose daughter had developed a tumour, and, of course, gossip abounded that she was pregnant. The doctor who removed the tumour allowed her to take it back to the village to prove that, no, it wasn’t a baby - but they wouldn’t believe her. The woman knew her daughter would have to be stoned to death so she poisoned her, out of kindness, to save her from a worse fate. So the song starts, ‘Kinder than with poison...’ I also used the imagery of, ‘He gives birth to swimming horses’, from the fact that male sea horses give birth to the children, so they’re the only species that have a maternal feel for the young. It was, I suppose, an abstract way of linking it all together without being sensationalist. I remember just being really moved by that programme, and wanting to get the sorrow out of me." Source: Melody Maker 17/10/92.
@GrantTarredus Жыл бұрын
Thank for this!
@lucamoccafighe70679 жыл бұрын
Hyaena is an underrated great record
@manosduras1 Жыл бұрын
Same with Superstition
@Daniel_Delayne2 жыл бұрын
No need for big budget when you have Siouxsie 🙌🖤
@marpsr3 жыл бұрын
The piano part made its way onto Six Different Ways on The Head on the Door.
@SK-sm9mn2 жыл бұрын
Very true. By the way, does your B stand for Boris? Just wondered with the Head on the Door reference
@_m1kl_9865 жыл бұрын
Her and this song are sooo beautiful!😍
@traci021288 жыл бұрын
nope- i was wrong. here is the explanation in siouxsie's word (in an interview in melofy maker) "This is based on a programme I saw about a female version of Amnesty, called 'Les Sentinelles'. They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death - either by the hand of the eldest brother in the family, or by public stoning. And there was this instance of a woman whose daughter had developed a tumour, and, of course, gossip abounded that she was pregnant. The doctor who removed the tumour allowed her to take it back to the village to prove that, no, it wasn't a baby - but they wouldn't believe her. The woman knew her daughter would have to be stoned to death so she poisoned her, out of kindness, to save her from a worse fate. Now this organisation has all these escape routes for women like her, mainly through the elder brother who pretends to have killed them. But once they've been saved, they can never go back. So the song starts, "Kinder than with poison..." I also used the imagery of "He gives birth to swimming horses", from the fact that male sea horses give birth to the children, so they're the only species that have a maternal feel for the young. It was, I suppose, an abstract way of linking it all together without being sensationalist. I remember just being really moved by that programme, and wanting to get the sorrow out of me."
@whatheavensaid6 жыл бұрын
traci02128 ... Yes, well said. According to what the songwriters have shared, this song is about devolution. It's about a culture that punishes its youth by death if they are suspected of extra-marital sex. Tragically, seahorses in the nearby ocean are kinder parents than these people. This sympathetic song is so beautiful and still makes me cry!!
@TheTestingGrounds5 жыл бұрын
No wonder the subject is so intense, yielding such a passionate performance. There aren’t too many groups with such capabilities.
@facfortiaetpatere42875 жыл бұрын
Kind of gels with the lyrics of "Arabian nights" too. I think Siouxsie despised religious doctrines which persecuted women.
@tjd584 жыл бұрын
For so many years this song has fascinated me. The imagery, the melody, the construction of the song being so different to the standard, but never did understand why it got so under my skin. Then I read this interpretation and finally it has brought all the strands together. Just sublime!
@pandap4ntz2 жыл бұрын
Knowing the meaning of the song now, makes it even more of an emotional listening experience, it adds a depth to the song that I wasn't aware of prior to.
@M.C.P.6 жыл бұрын
One of the best SATB song ever... Absolutely love it!
@SK-sm9mn2 жыл бұрын
Written by Robert Smith of The Cure.
@fabriziopisi7597 Жыл бұрын
after 40 years i am more and more convinced that this will be my song for my funeral
@rtrimsrtrims9616 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 82 and never heard this. It's a banger
@andrewreaks7789 жыл бұрын
My favourite Banshees song.. but i'm a big Cure fan & this sounds like a Cure/Banshees hybrid
@jackglassonion18 жыл бұрын
Andrew Reaks yes it sounds like the guitar sound of the cure because Robert Smith is playing :-)
@dekariussmall68325 жыл бұрын
jackglassonion1 it's the same piano as ”Six Different Ways” by The Cure
@briarrose293 жыл бұрын
Robert Smith was working with them at this time and wrote the piano parts. He used it in his own song “6 different ways”.
@whatheavensaid6 жыл бұрын
According to what the songwriters have shared, this song is about devolution. It's about a culture that punishes its youth by death if they are suspected of extra-marital sex. Tragically, seahorses in the nearby ocean are kinder parents than these people. This sympathetic song is so beautiful and still makes me cry!!
@pandap4ntz2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I always wondered exactly what this song was about.
@nettozu Жыл бұрын
This song is about abortion
@MrDLOC114 жыл бұрын
She's dying of your shame She's maimed by your pain ... From 1:27 - 1:37 emerges Siouxsie the silent -film star, the best part of this exquisite video....
@The19X3 жыл бұрын
Who's Still Rocking to this in 2020 .
@alucan29913 жыл бұрын
Me. Lol. I came looking for this at 420 this morning. Had to hear it. Love these vocals and music. Oh shit, it’s 2021! Feels somewhat similar. Lol
@juliegeorgopoulos88303 жыл бұрын
@@alucan2991 haha me too!
@riwo59044 ай бұрын
2024 😊
@lornafromlondon Жыл бұрын
My sister said how many time i'd play this in 1984 and it drove her mad! I was 16 she was 7 poor girl. We lived in a very rough housing estate Acton Vale. Anyway, besides the point, I totally loved this - the way is swayed etc etc .. the arrangement and everything. Years later, the same
@flatwoodseuromancer84073 жыл бұрын
Always loved this song and the album it's from - this track always reminds me of The Doors circa the 'Strange Days' album, which also clearly influenced 'Ocean Rain' by The Bunnymen. Saw the Banshees several times and they were always amazing.
@pablomullner69344 күн бұрын
I like everything about this video... Even the big spaghettis hanging in the back of The Banshees! ♥
@Somerset-In-The-Blood11 ай бұрын
One of my favourite songs by them,even if she hates the video 😊
@helioswildstar31787 жыл бұрын
this is actually my fav all time female song...can never tire of listening to it
@deejaaywalker23144 жыл бұрын
For me this was a frequent go-to song to change up the fast pace of my musical taste in the 80s. It still resonates with a sum that far exceeds the total of its parts. The emotion, the imagery and now the nostalgia... it's exquisite!
@alexiskatsogiannos74682 жыл бұрын
This song is a masterpiece!
@sushisioux20426 жыл бұрын
When you're the only one working on the group project.
@johnturtle66494 жыл бұрын
Kind of a snuff to mr Smith there innit?
@rckhnt11 жыл бұрын
i cant scroll down to comment...i love seeing souxsie that much...
@alucan29913 жыл бұрын
A more obscure one of hers and one of my many faves. This reminds me of a very happy time in my life. I really love this song.
@richardp6489 Жыл бұрын
Susan is Susan. Little Robert Smith does the piano and Steve Severin and Budgie pull the whole thing together. I think that's called a band. No esoteric undercurrents, no flowery words, it's just a really good tune.
@juveale294 жыл бұрын
Great single from an underrated album
@JassieYemen-jm1ox Жыл бұрын
them just standing back there is so funny
@formisfunction186121 күн бұрын
Wild, weird, singular, unique. Very creative and slightly disturbing video. They did some weird shit with the musicians eyes: the men had their eyelids coated with reflective paint, and Siouxsie wore black contacts for the close up. I saw SATB live around this time, happened to see them all up close just a few feet away, just waiting. She was more beautiful than ever. Stunning at close range.
@mustardo4205 жыл бұрын
fan of siou for 32 years this is the first time im seein rthis video whoa #whoa
@alucan29913 жыл бұрын
Just a couple of years longer and same. Great effin’ song.
@undrentide197210 жыл бұрын
This video needs an official release...please do it on the forthcoming Banshees back catalogue blitz! Shows Siouxsie had her finger on the pulse back then...both this and Arabian Knights deal with certain aspects of Middle Eastern "culture".
@bluerider45111 жыл бұрын
here is part of Siouxsie explanation of what this song is about: “ This is based on a programme I saw about a female version of Amnesty, called ‘Les Sentinelles’. They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death -
@dominica47992 жыл бұрын
Shes just so cool with her words
@juliegeorgopoulos88303 жыл бұрын
I love this. And when I was younger I went to the local seamstress and asked this top to be made! ❤️ I was in love! And Robert 🥰
@jobiemcpartland18682 жыл бұрын
I’d forgotten all about this tune love it, love siouxsie so creative.
@solaristicusdamano8 жыл бұрын
i would guess the lyrics have at least something to do with violence towards women, but there's so much going on in the imagery.....more like channeling some profound truths that couldn't be said couldn't be said explicitly. fantastic.
@drstevie3 жыл бұрын
Sounds better every year :)
@jeangomez3947 Жыл бұрын
adoro la epoca donde Mr Robert Smith contribuye con un Banshees...que sonido mas genial!!!
@ForWerewolvesOnly5 ай бұрын
Beautiful ethereal pioneer.
@daninusa52973 жыл бұрын
Even Robert has to just stand there and watch lol
@thunder_heads3 жыл бұрын
He's the embodiment of 👀👀
@marsbeads8 жыл бұрын
one of may favorites.
@keithbate94053 жыл бұрын
Bought the 12" of this when it came out Great track one of their best !
@paulrichards17989 жыл бұрын
Such a great tune
@alexandrapascal66978 жыл бұрын
The best of the best music of Siouxsie. I love it :D
@dkstojentin3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful human
@nibbler33119 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@ricfermi588610 ай бұрын
Undeniably a Robert Smith sound signature! I love it.
@lacca-acrossthelane17 күн бұрын
Amen. 🛐🙏🏻
@lindsay676 ай бұрын
a beautiful song by are punk sister
@atheistleopard24845 жыл бұрын
my all-time favorite female tune.
@seadog920236 жыл бұрын
She is so f***ING cool!
@marcgoldstein2957 Жыл бұрын
Goth for Life!!!
@333fn12 жыл бұрын
It's first time to see this PV. Never on their PV compi. Thanx!
@SiouxsieSioux-it6iy11 ай бұрын
Una de mis mejores canciones
@Angelqueue7 жыл бұрын
3:00 my fave.
@Allan-et5ig3 жыл бұрын
A hit or miss artist throughout her career this is a huge 'HIT,' for Ms. Sioux. Truly terrifying video images and musically also great...
@crazycat61322 жыл бұрын
You can see Robert in the background thinking , I’m gonna go my own way
@J.X.Sanchez777 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@jamesmckee3292 жыл бұрын
Yes please
@BlueArcStreaming4 жыл бұрын
'Take a ride on the tide with the assassin at your side' sounds like Jim Morrison here
@Cdb19657 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@nikolazovic65725 жыл бұрын
🖤
@unexplode11 жыл бұрын
Apparently Siouxsie had her make-up done for this by someone else and hated it. She reckons she looks orange.
@thetheraine Жыл бұрын
I believe Robert Smith from The Cure, who is in the video, also wrote this song... beautiful...
@cor22508 ай бұрын
❤
@therealjammit10 жыл бұрын
I never knew until this day that Robert Smith helped out on this album. I know they've worked together before.
@graemereaper4 жыл бұрын
Was actually a full-time member of the band at this stage, but left afterwards to concentrate on The Cure.
@manosduras1 Жыл бұрын
McGeogh had nervous breakdown on stage in Italy and left the band. Smith saved the day again.
@juanpabloarena27242 жыл бұрын
🖤✨
@blackberrybunny2 жыл бұрын
Is that Robert Smith in the background?!! I know he had a small part in this song with the piano. But I didn't realize he was in the video!
@alexandremasip73005 ай бұрын
Desde sempre
@russellbreeden2238 ай бұрын
This is beyond the sexiest song without being sexy in the video!
@hahahawiththemusic4 жыл бұрын
Anyone else think there are parts of the Undertale soundtrack that might have been inspired by this song? Especially "Ruins"
@enyzo3nyzo Жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhh
@robertostone93712 жыл бұрын
Maravilha.
@traci021288 жыл бұрын
if i remember correctly, siouxsie was referring to (or at least in part) to female babies that are left to die in some cultures
@doffo11 жыл бұрын
@unexplode Oh, wow! Thanks so much for the trivia! :D
@livevil1332 жыл бұрын
my top female song, next to **GRIMES-SoHeavy**
@LaurentJames7 жыл бұрын
Siouxsie et Robert Smith à cheval sur un hippocampe.
@ffionpearl58933 жыл бұрын
Spot Rob Smith anyone?
@BertrandDAquitaine11 жыл бұрын
Please play it on my grave :O
@koont6665 жыл бұрын
Robert Smith in the background anyone?
@mustardo4205 жыл бұрын
yup
@koont6665 жыл бұрын
@@mustardo420 saw the cure support the banshees 78 Hammersmith odeon .makes sense.
@cjcarlson4195 жыл бұрын
He played on this album after John McGeoch became too ill to stay in the band.
@thunder_heads4 жыл бұрын
He was a banshee for ages
@steliokontos1180 Жыл бұрын
“Fat Boy Smith has nothing to do with the new album except that he plays on it” -Sioux “He’s off making another space opera” -Steve
@alexiskatsogiannos74682 жыл бұрын
This is my go to Banshees song, great lyrics and I really like the video, though I know they didnt so It was excluded from Twice Upon a Time..
@katebeck17882 жыл бұрын
Siouxie beautiful, Robert makes me think of a cross between scream and hannibal 😂
@roadrsh70563 жыл бұрын
I see Robert Smith
@thunder_heads3 жыл бұрын
He was a banshee twice
@hotPINKxoxo6 ай бұрын
Falling in your, falling in your arms Fish on a line, learns to live on dry land Thrown back again to drown Kinder with poison Than pushed down a well - or a face burnt to hell Feel the cruel stones breaking her bones Dead before born Words fall in ruins - but no sound She's dying of your shame - she maimed by your paw He gives birth to swimming horses Fish on a line, walking on dry land But, back in the water to drown we drown Floating in sky He gives birth to swimming horses Take a ride on the tide with the assassin at your side The weightlessness under water -- forgets in slow motion And washes pointless tortures He gives birth to swimming horses Floating in sky like fishes can fly through your arms
@doffo11 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know why this wasn't included in Twice Upon A Time video collection? Still drives me nuts.
@dominiquemessager30087 ай бұрын
ont voit Robert Smith dans le clip.
@roscomac9422 жыл бұрын
Sad poetry
@trevorloughlin1492 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Could you edit out edit out the idiot-vision logo?
@kalevala293 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me what she's wearing? Is it Persian, Afghan, Saudi? I assume it's inspired (?)
@neuvocastezero18384 жыл бұрын
Is that Michael Meyers and Robert Smith in the background? She's great, but I don't think this video does justice to the song.
@briarrose293 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely Robert Smith. I’m not sure who Mike Myers looks like, unless you mean the Mike Myers that was on SNL. Lol
@neuvocastezero18383 жыл бұрын
@@briarrose29 Ever seen "Halloween"?
@rachelkintner65113 жыл бұрын
I like it...
@spaidermann2174 жыл бұрын
mujer musulmana
@thunder_heads5 жыл бұрын
2:55 she is trying not to laugh
@mcdaniels6188 Жыл бұрын
Siouxsie has never been accused of being just another pretty face.
@vr6swp7 жыл бұрын
3:00 Susan trying to keep from laughing, looks like.