Why are Siouxsie & The Banshees so underrated?
They're one of the greatest post-punk bands of all time and nobody ever talks about them.
Why are Siouxsie & The Banshees so underrated?
Nolan Young
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Easton Gonzalez
Most music fans are homosexuals who prefer to look at and listen to the fruity British men of the post-punk scene.
Dylan Cruz
>post-punk
Back in the days it wasn't "post-punk".
Carson Ortiz
It almost feels wrong to just call them a post-punk band. They were so diverse and colorful. They dabbled in psychedelic rock and exotica and so many other genres.
Ayden Flores
Because they're often overshadowed by The Cure, even though Robert Smith just copied whatever Siouxsie did.
Leo Taylor
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This song is so fucking good, I never encountered anything with such a beautiful melancholic atmosphere. The whole of Tinderbox is great, but that finale track blows me away each time.
Jonathan Adams
poster child for the 'singles band'
they get all the attention they deserve for their quality material
Jace Cooper
I love the Spanish-sounding guitar in this song.
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Christopher Barnes
They influenced alternative music for 20 years to come, and they're barely even remembered.
Owen Lee
I find them to be extraordinarily plain. Even tinderbox, and juju are lame.
Asher Ward
They have some really good deep cuts. I find them incredibly diverse.
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James Gonzalez
>Follow The Sun followed by Sunless
What did he mean by this?
Camden Jackson
Budgie was such a good fucking drummer. Holy shit.
Henry White
the Cure had a much bigger influence and were more consistent
Jason Perez
A lot of goth/post-punk bands in those days had some really impressive and underrated drumming:
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Hell even Doktor Avalanche produced some memorable beats.
Sebastian Nguyen
“Too many Jews for my liking”
What did she mean by this?
Kevin Garcia
Not even the most shocking when you realize that this is actually a song about diarrhea and scat:
Adrian Brown
>and nobody ever talks about them.
Because you're on Yea Forums. Everyone here is an absolute fucking moron with utterly shit taste.
Nicholas Bennett
Yeah it was. Read a 1979 or even 78 NME
Samuel Brown
>The Cure had a much bigger influence
I disagree. For one, The Cure were literally copying the Banshees. It's pretty hilarious if you look at both of their trajectories. The Cure were always one step behind them in the early 80s. Secondly, the Banshees are almost single-handedly responsible for the entire genre of shoegaze.
David Barnes
>the Banshees are almost single-handedly responsible for the entire genre of shoegaze
Eh I'd say Cocteau Twins were more important.
Mason Lee
It's actually about an orgasm. Nothing to do with scat, you freak.
Angel White
Cocteau Twins were heavily criticized for being a Banshees knock-off when they first formed. Liz Fraser has Siouxsie tattooed on her arms. Heaven Or Las Vegas is full of Banshees riffs.
Gavin Ward
>I FELT SOME BUTTFLOWS
>Oh love, like liquid falling
>Falling in cascades
>Emptying into my mouth
sure user
Jaxson Scott
OK, but they still had the whole dreamy singing over guitars drenched in a shitton of effects thing as a more defining part of their sound while the Banshees weren't really bound to that or any one given style due to their frequent experimentation.
Adrian Powell
I'll give you that. The Banshees never had a consistent sound. They remind me of The Beatles in that regard. They just played whatever the fuck they wanted and didn't care if it was a hit or a miss.
Cocteau Twins took one element of their sound and honed in on it and perfected it.
Isaac Jenkins
>They just played whatever the fuck they wanted and didn't care if it was a hit or a miss.
Maybe that's why I like them. I have ADHD.
Mason Roberts
It also feels really satisfying when an artist changes their style and it still sounds awesome, you end up identifying with their musicality that much more.
Oliver Reed
If you want a really good glimpse of each of the Banshees' personalities, watch this.
Its a weird TV special that they directed and starred in. Each Banshee directed their own short story and they've all held together by some weird psychedelic Alice In Wonderland narrative. It's all hugely inspired by Magical Mystery Tour and shit like that.
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Jaxson Johnson
yes it was
Kayden Hughes
They really were the Beatles of post-punk.
Carter Turner
Does that make The Cure the Beach Boys?
Charles Collins
[citation needed]