Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Seven Year Itch [2002]

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Nothing naff about this "comeback".

BACK TO BASICS BANSHEES

Nocturne would be better on DVD

Oh Siouxsie!

longtime fans will appreciate 'Seven Year Itch'

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Seven Year Itch [2002]
Starring: Siouxsie And The Banshees
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Visual Entertainment
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Release Date: 2005-03-07

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Nothing naff about this "comeback"........2007-08-02

The Banshees are one of those bands I still dip into every now and then. They are to me, part relevance, part nostalgia, always cool, glam and experimental, never naff and despite their demise some years back still full of surprises.
This "itchy scratchy" DVD see's them do the unthinkably uncool and embark on the dreaded "reunion".
With visions of bloating bank accounts and marketing men rubbing their hands with glee, I purchased this DVD with some apprehension. I watched the begining of it through my fingers fully expecting a tacky "we're back and we love you" speech. I needn't have worried. And this being The Banshees I should have known better.
As always Siouxsie and the boys do as they please and thus, their pleasure pleases as a consequence.
Ignoring the obligitary greatest hits was no mistake. I wasn't familiar with a lot of the material here and 'though as a result things could have fallen flat, the performance is intense and commanding.
Highlights include: "Monitor" and "Night shift" proving that the intensity is authentic. "Red light" and "Cities in dust", performed without the safety nets of the synthesis of their studio takes and delighting in their skeletal form. And of course the evergreen hypnosis of "Christine" and "Spellbound". Then there's my personal fave, "Lands end" which shows off the dynamisism of the legendary in pure majestic glory, fantastic stuff.
I'd like to add that this DVD also confirms my opinion that Budgie is quite possibly the greatest drummer of his generation. He truly shines throughout!
The dark intensity of the long set is blown away by the encore of "Peek a boo". Which this time is performed almost solely by its backing tape. It's pure tounge in cheek, handjive, rag time, disco, karoake. As a final farewell number you couldn't get cheekier than that. And we laugh with them! Only class such as The Banshees can pull off a trick like that!
Sure, the sound ain't spot and Siouxs voice goes "off" a fair bit in her enthusiasm. Her charisma makes up for this. But "warts 'n' all", coupled with shaky camera shots all add to that real live experience. It reflects how it was on the night so to speak (I'm guessing...I wasn't there).
Yeah, nothing naff about this comeback.
Well worth the very low cover price.
Smiles all round.

BACK TO BASICS BANSHEES.......2005-02-12

If, like me, you've been fan of the Banshees since the early days, you'll appreciate their decision to return to the voice/guitar/bass/drums format for this tour. Sadly, Siouxsie's vocal chords are not in good shape, but the scything guitar and thunderous percussion evoke memories of the classic line up that produced such wonderful albums as THE SCREAM and JOIN HANDS. Pleasingly, they virtually ignore their post-1987 output, but ruin everything at the end by encoring with the awful "Peek-A-Boo". This seems like an excuse to get X Girl, the irritating support band, back onstage in stupid frog costumes. Steven Severin is guilty of some VERY EMBARRASSING hand jiving on this one too. That said, it's wonderful to hear the Banshees charge through fantastic early songs like "Pure", "Jigsaw Feeling", "Metal Postcard" and "Icon". It's a shame they saw fit to give the dreary "Voodoo Dolly" another airing, but "Red Light" and "Cities in Dust" sound great in savage, stripped down-form. The camera work and editing is suitably frenetic, combining effectively with the tastefully designed light show to sometimes dizzying effect.
EXTRAS: It's a pleasure to seen the JOIN HANDS soldiers on the menu, but I - like many others - have still not managed to access the audience vox pops. Maybe they'll be easier to find on the re-released version. "Getting Ready to Scratch" is interesting but too short and scrappy, while the less said about Budgie's backstage tour the better.
Still, Siouxsie looks fabulous - a welcome return to her androgynous, glam hangover style of 78/79 - and the band attack their back catalogue with an energy that makes their contempories and many younger bands look positively mediocre...

Nocturne would be better on DVD.......2005-01-12

I really like the lighting and sort of frenetic shaky cam work on this. Visually it gives you the impression that you're in the midst of this farewell show. My only problem with it is that Ms. Sioux is not really in top form vocally. I don't know if this was the last show on the tour, but maybe they should have filmed themselves earlier because by the time they reach Spellbound the vocals are pretty shot. I know that all the true fans will forgive this, but I felt that buyers should be aware that Siouxsie is not always singing at her best, and it really disappointed me. Especially if you're gonna play it loud. The live show called Nocturne should perhaps be made available as a DVD so one had a choice how best to remember this cool band. That being said, the setlist here is truly the most unique and yeah the lighting is very good, and the band still look amazing.

Oh Siouxsie!.......2004-12-10

I think you will only want to buy this if you are already a strong Banshees fan... but then if you are then you have bought it already months ago...

Seven years after breaking up (officially) the Banshees were back on the road and claim, afterwards, that the experience reminded them why they had split. Nostalgia dictates that this is a shame however in the meantime here is a fantastic DVD of a live set of a group of people who set the mood and tone of more than one generation and gave us attitude and a strong identity as mixed up kids in the eighties. Really? Yes of course we were. We still are mixed up but now that's part of who we are right?!

Siouxsie has lost some of her (stage) anger but the attitude and confidence remains, and oh how sexy has she become?!

To be watched in a darkened room loudly with a bottle(s) of Blue Nun. You will be jumping around from the beginning, if not... by Spellbound you will be. Just like you always did.

longtime fans will appreciate 'Seven Year Itch'.......2004-08-26

I have been a fan of Siouxsie and the Banshees for several years, but this dvd was my first oppotunity to see them perform a live set. The band sounds very solid. Knox Chandler of the Psychadelic Furs plays guitar (a role once filled by Robert Smith of the Cure in a far away past) and does a stellar performance. Perhaps most surprising about this show is the selection of tracks: the band refused to play their better known songs and opted for lesser heard gems such as 'Lands End', 'Metal Postcard' and others. Still, a few of their best tracks made it. 'Peekaboo' and 'Spellbound' were absolutely explosive of stage, the former featuring a frog-suit clad backup chorus from Japan (exGirl).

The extras on this disk are lacking, but 'backstage Budgie' is a real riot, revealing the gloomy percussionist of the Banshees and the Creatures as a gitty and cheerful ordinary guy who gets lost in the venue: "We're always getting lost back here. Spinal Tap really was the truth." He introduces himself to stagehands and paramedics in a frantic search for something entertaining to capture on camera.

If you're new to Siouxsie and the Banshees, you aren't missing much if you decide to opt for something else. But any fan and anyone like myself who has yet to see this group perform live will find this rare opportunity to see them on stage rewarding.

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