Cat: POSP 273
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Cat: POSPX 273
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| JUJU
ERA SINGLES
Includes scans of 7", 10", 12" singles, cassettes, CDs, promos, imports, limited editions and adverts. Also includes track listings, catalogue numbers, release dates, chart positions, credits, liner notes and reviews. |
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| Released: | 22/05/81 | ||
| UK Chart: | No. 22 | ||
| US Chart: | Didn't Chart | ||
| Sleeve Design: | Rob O'Connor | ||
| Producer: | A Side: Nigel Gray/Banshees | ||
| Producer: | B Sides: Nigel Gray | ||
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| Italian 7" Import Single | Track Listing | ||
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| French 7" Import Single | Track Listing | ||
Cat: 2814 277 |
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| Melody Maker 23/05/81 | ||
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a group that's accused, and rightly sometimes of hiding behind a
'pretentious smokescreen of art', they don't have make great
singles. This is one of them. Archetypal Siouxsie vocal, set
to a strident, even military feel, that just takes off and never lets
go. As exhilarating as Ricky Villa's winner last Thursday and you
know how great that was.
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| Description: | ||
| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, John McGeoch. Shot 8-10/05/81. First video with John McGeoch. Filmed in Burnham Beeches (Boreham Wood), location for many of the exterior scenes on Hammer Horror. The video begins with a prowling cat superimposed over Siouxsie on all fours in the iconic leather mini skirt and thigh length boots, in front of burning stage curtains. Although the band are still playing their instruments, this is the first video where the band venture outside of a studio. The main action involves the band running and leaping through the woods. In a couple of shots Siouxsie wears a partial mask and the band are pursued by a 'demon' not unlike the one that can be found in the Japanese film 'Onibaba', one of Siouxsie's favourite films at the time of recording. Look out for McGeoch losing his footing in the chase. | ||
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| Clive Richardson | ||
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The Best Of (Sound &
Vision) DVD Once Upon A Time Video |
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| Slap Dash Snap Lyrics | ||
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Shiny, shiny pieces Pass the parcel Cutthroat finger |
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| Slap Dash Snap Credits | ||
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Severin -
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| Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment | ||
| Musically by Velvet Underground's song 'Murder Mystery' and lyrically by a film called Towers Open Fire. Source: Downside Up liner notes. | ||
| ARABIAN KNIGHTS |
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| UK 7" Single | Track Listing | ||
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Cat: POSP 309 Click on cover for full scan
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| UK 12" Single | Track Listing | ||
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Cat: POSPX 309 Click on cover for full scan
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| Released: | 24/07/81 | ||
| UK Chart: | No. 32 | ||
| Sleeve Design: | Rob O'Connor | ||
| Producer: | A Side: Nigel Gray/Banshees | ||
| Producer: | B Sides: Nigel Gray/Banshees | ||
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| Melody Maker 25/07/81 | ||
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menacing childhood memories dredged up and dressed up in tired old
riffs. Siouxsie sounds disinterested; McGeoch wrenches out the
standard guitar atmospherics. Thin, brittle, forgettable; no push,
no magic; avoid this voodoo.
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| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, John McGeoch. Shot July 1981. This is the original version of 'Arabian Knights' that aired on Top Of The Pops and then was not seen again until over 20 years later when it resurfaced on the 'The Best Of (Sound & Vision)' DVD. Filmed whilst on tour in Marseille. Siouxsie is unrolled from a carpet, a snake winds it's way across the desert, waves crash against the cliffs and the boys play a board game. Siouxsie flies through the air on the carpet and a sword fight ensues. This and the 'Spellbound' video were the first to move out of a studio setting, it also marks the beginning of a move to focus more on Siouxsie's face. First promo video that doesn't feature the band playing their instruments. | ||
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| Clive Richardson | ||
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| Description: | ||
| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, John McGeoch. This is, perhaps, the more commonly seen version of the 'Arabian Knights' video and is the version found on the 'Once Upon A Time' video collection. It is, however, a second edit. The main differences between this and the original edit are; there is no opening sequence of Siouxsie being rolled out of the carpet, this has been replaced by scenes of Siouxsie walking, in fact all scenes that indicate a flying carpet have been removed. The other main difference is that the sword fighting sequence is no longer in colour but in sepia. The reasons for the changes are not known. | ||
| Director: | ||
| Clive Richardson | ||
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| Once Upon A Time Video | ||
| CREDITS | ||
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| Arabian Knights Lyrics | ||
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The jewel, the prize I hear a rumour Myriad lights A tourist oasis
I heard a rumour
Veiled behind screens
Ripped out sheep's eyes Myriad lights |
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| Arabian Knights Credits | ||
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| Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment | ||
| SIOUXSIE:
" 'Arabian Knights' was inspired by the fact that I was listening
to a lot of The
Doors at the time. I wanted those kind of melodies
running through it." Source: The Authorised
Biography 2002 SIOUXSIE: "It’s nothing to do with a ‘feminist’ thing, it’s like a humane thing. Like how the Muslim women cope, I don’t know. The way women are treated in some religions, if it was a race being treated like that and not a sex, there would be uproar about it. I still haven’t overcome being a girl yet, as far as other people see me, and that’s very important. I think it’s happened a bit, but not enough." Source: NME 15/08/81 SIOUXSIE: "To think, some of our records might end up with an 'X' certificate. Like all the fuss over our 'Arabian Knights' single with the line about 'orifices'. It was only a new way of describing something...something natural, physical. It wasn't smutty or rude. Just imagery...but they don't like that." Source: Smash Hits 06/86 SIOUXSIE: With 'Arabian Knights' it was quite a thrill to get the word 'orifices' on the radio." Source: Record Mirror 11/11/89 |
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| Red Over White Lyrics | ||
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woods and the town Israel, Israel |
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| Red Over White Credits | ||
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Sioux
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| Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment | ||
| Partly inspired by The Benefactor, a short horror story by Walter Winward. | ||
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| Slap Dash Snap Lyrics | ||
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Shiny, shiny pieces Pass the parcel Cutthroat finger |
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| Slap Dash Snap Credits | ||
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Severin -
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| Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment | ||
| Musically by Velvet Underground's song 'Murder Mystery' and lyrically by a film called Towers Open Fire. Source: Downside Up liner notes. | ||
