HÁI! - TRIVIA
 
 
  Musicians:

Hai!: 

  • Whilst on tour in Japan with the Banshees in 2002, Budgie fulfilled a lifelong ambition to work with Leonard Eto (previously of the renowned Kodo Drummers).

  • The basis of Hai! was recorded in one spontaneous drum duet between Budgie and Leonard Eto on 19/08/02.

  • The album sleeve is a photograph called The Shinto Bride by Kimiko Yoshida.

Say Yes!:

  • Used during the trailers of the Sopranos 2004 season.

Godzilla!:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
    SIOUXSIE:  "Godzilla is rather funny. It's a bit about the way people see me: "Who are you? Are you glamour, scary, vicious or tender?" Well, I'm a bit of everything! Godzilla also reflects the innocence, the optimism and the modernism of Japan."  Source:  Premonition 10/03.

  • There are two videos for 'Godzilla!', both visually the same, one is instrumental.

  • Arguably one of Japan's biggest exports.

  • The first drum beat Budgie made during the spontaneous Tokyo drum sessions resulted in the backing track for 'Godzilla!'.

Imagoro:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  
    SIOUXSIE:  " 'Imagoro' means 'About this Time' and that was a way to use Japanese language. There's some anger in this song, but there's also a kind of resignation..."  Source:  Premonition 10/03.

Tourniquet:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  
    SIOUXSIE: I approached this album like a LP with an A-side and a B-side. So we could have an extraverted side and an introverted and calmer one. Tourniquet represents this difference between an extraverted and very physical side and something at the opposite."  Source:  Premonition 10/03.
    BUDGIE:  "I think the sound of the word 'torniquet' itself influenced the song's outcome. The whole thing sounds like a rope slowly being twisted and tightened."  Source:  Whispering & Hollering 11/03.

Further Nearer:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  
    SIOUXSIE:  "A track like Further Nearer shows the reserved, philosophic, poetic and almost religious aspects of the Japanese traditions."  Source:  Premonition 10/03.

Tantara:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  
    Noun:      1. A trumpet or horn fanfare.  2. A sound resembling such a fanfare.  3. A hunting cry.

Cish Cash:

  • Collaboration with Basement Jaxx and recorded without actually meeting.
  • Although ultimately not released as a single, a video promo was filmed.  Siouxsie, however doesn't make an appearance.

The Temple Of Dawn:

  • The vocal for this song is in fact parts of the Godzilla chorus reversed.

Attack Of The Super Vixens:

  • Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  Russ Meyer's film 'Super Vixens'.