Peepshow Singles

PEEPSHOW 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.

SONG FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

SINGLE

UK 7" Single

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Cat: SHE 13
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Song From The Edge Of The World

The Whole Price Of Blood

UK 12" Single

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Cat: SHEX 13
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Song From The Edge Of The World (Colombus Mix)

The Whole Price Of Blood

Mechanical Eyes

UK Cassingle

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Cat: SHEPC 13
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Song From The Edge Of The World

The Whole Price Of Blood

Mechanical Eyes

Song From The Edge Of The World (Colombus Mix)

Notes:

First Banshees single released on cassette

Released:

13/07/87

UK Chart:

No. 59

US Chart:

Not Released

Sleeve Design:

Crocodile (London)/Banshees

Producer:

Mike Thorne

IMPORTS/PROMOS

UK 7" Picture Disc Single

Track Listing

Cat: SHEP 13
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Song From The Edge Of The World

The Whole Price Of Blood

Notes:

Available as a limited edition picture disc

US 12" Import Single

Track Listing

Song From The Edge Of The World

The Whole Price Of Blood

Mechanical Eyes

Song From The Edge Of The World (Colombus Mix)

PRESS

VIDEO




	Description:
	The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. Shot late June, early July 1987 at Abbey Road Studios. Video director Clive Richardson spent a week with the band filming them rehearsing for inclusion in the video, but when it was later decided that this approach was not really working, it was abandoned. In it's place, hats, masks, feathers, headdresses. Siouxsie rummages through her dressing up box. Lots of superimposing, vibrant colours interspersed with shots of the band playing their instruments and Siouxsie swimming and 'diving for pearls'. The underwater sequences filmed at White City Swimming Pool, London, have been treated and give the footage an inky stylised feel, not unlike an oil slick at times. Footage was also shot in the grounds of White City, but was deemed to be unsatisfactory. First video appearance of new boys McCarrick and Carruthers. Last video directed by Clive Richardson, making him the most popular video director the band worked with. This video has still not received an official release, which may be due to the bands feelings about working with producer Mike Thorne rather than the video itself.

	Director:
	Clive Richardson

	Availability:
	Not commercially available

CREDITS


	Song From The Edge Of The World Lyrics

	Let me take you down To testify Under the brow of a sparkling sky We'll dance away A distant day And shout our sins In a passion play Over we go Diving for pearls Over we go From the edge of the World Let the fire fall in The footsteps we leave Painted on the ground We'll watch the stars Come crashing down Upon our heads Like a madding crown Over we go Diving for pearls Over we go From the edge of the World Let me take you down To testify Under the brow of a sparkling sky We'll dance away 'Til the day is done Then rise again To unwrap the Sun Over we go Diving for pearls Over we go From the edge of the World This is the song from the edge of the World

	Song From The Edge Of The World Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums & Percussion Klein - Guitar McCarrick - Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	BUDGIE: "We tried Mike Thorne for the single project 'Edge Of the World' and it didn't really work." Source: Unknown source 1988. SIOUXSIE: "It was disastrous! But because of the financial and time commitment we had to go with it. Luckily it was a single so it wasn't like a major disaster. After that fiasco we decided that from then onwards we were going to decide these things with our hearts rather than our heads. As usual it is only afterwards that you start cursing yourself for not having gone with your instincts in the first place." Source: Unknown source 1988. MCCARRICK: “It was an awful experience. No one seemed happy. Severin and Siouxsie were arguing. There was no creative spark, just this awful unrest.” Source: The Authorised Biography 2002. SEVERIN: “It was intended as a way to break the ice with John. We’d already written and demoed it with John Carruthers and we’d been looking for the right producer.” Source: The Authorised Biography 2002.



	The Whole Price Of Blood Lyrics

	Oh how could do it? A murderous crime A murderous wounding How could you allow it? After time that's been passing Time should be wisening A law that was written In the blood of your victims Born out of pure resentment And what of your baby daughters And what of these shameless slaughters Lying buried in the sand? Oh how could you do it? A murderous past That preys on the helpless How could you allow it? Such cruel and vile blades To tear at such tender flesh And loose the knot From your tongue Where evil is the resting place And so it shall only be the single cry Five senses shall be The whole price of blood Foot by foot, wound by wound The whole price of blood Hand for hand, strike for strike The whole price of blood Oh how could you do it? Oh how could you allow it?

	The Whole Price Of Blood Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Keyboards Smith - Sitar Budgie - Drums & Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Based on a episode from a series called 20/20 Vision Siouxsie 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, or by public stoning". A sister piece to 'Swimming Horses'. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Mechanical Eyes Lyrics

	Driverless and circling car Runs over its owner Five accidents Man on fish diet grows scaly skin Crippled dog helps boy to walk again Five accidents Mechanical eyes to the blind Mechanical eyes to the blind Ah milk without the cows, honey without the bees Do you laugh your greatest powers away? Ah blink, blink Mechanical eyes Mechanical eyes Five accidents Ah blink, blink

	Mechanical Eyes Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Budgie - Synthesizer, Blues Harp, Drums & Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Headlines taken directly from New York newspaper 'The National Examiner'. Source: Downside Up liner notes.

PEEK A BOO

SINGLE

UK 7" Single

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Cat: SHE 14
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Peek A Boo

False Face

UK CD Single

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Cat: SHECD 14
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Peek A Boo

False Face

Catwalk

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Notes:

First single to be released on CD

UK CDV Single

Track Listing

Cat: 080 398-2
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Peek A Boo

Catwalk

False Face

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Peek A Boo (Video)

UK 12" Single

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Cat: SHEX 14
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Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

False Face

Catwalk

UK 12" Single

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Cat: SHEXR 14
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Peek A Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)

Peek A Boo (Stockhausen & Waterphone Mix)*

False Face

Notes:

*Mixed by Rolon B B Deth, a pseudonym for Mike Hedges

UK Cassingle

Track Listing

Cat: 887 642-4
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Peek A Boo (7" Version)

Catwalk

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Peek A Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)

False Face

UK Cassingle

Track Listing

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Catwalk

False Face

Released:

18/07/88

UK Chart:

No. 16

US Chart:

No. 53

Sleeve Design:

C.More.Tone Studios

Producer:

A Side: Banshees/Hedges

Producer:

B Sides: Mike Hedges

IMPORTS/PROMOS

UK 7" Single Gatefold Pop Up Sleeve

Track Listing

Cat: SHEG14
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Peek A Boo

False Face

Notes:

Available as a limited edition 'pop up' gatefold sleeve. This scan No. 005914

UK Cassingle

Track Listing

Cat: SHECS 14
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Peek A Boo

False Face

Catwalk

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Notes:

Available as a limited edition, numbered cassette in a semi-transparent was sleeve. This scan No. 29.

US Import Promo 12" Single

Track Listing

Peek A Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)

Peek A Boo (7" Version)

False Face

Catwalk

UK 12" Promo Single

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Cat: SHEX DJ14
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Peek A Boo (Two Faced Mix)

Notes:

Limited edition. This scan No. 0320

Canadian Import CD Single

Track Listing

CD5 887-642-2
Courtesy of Angela

Peek A Boo (7" Version)

Catwalk

False Face

Peek A Boo (Big Spender Mix)

Peek A Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)

Brazilian 12" Import Single

Track Listing

15813
Courtesy of Angela

Kiss (Single Mix) (Art Of Noise)

Kiss (AON Mix) (Art Of Noise)

Peek A Boo

Notes:

Split promo, Siouxsie & The Banshees' Peek A Boo coupled with the Art Of Noise's Kiss

PRESS


	Unknown source 1988

	A brave move and no mistake. After all, the Banshees were supposed to have fallen from grace years back. Besides, when I last clapped eyes on them, they gave every indication of having hit a brick wall very hard indeed - nobodies going to suggest that the collected covers of 'Through The Looking Glass' marked some sort of artistic high. It just goes to show, you never can tell. So while others ritually exchange clichés, hustle on to the dance floor or dip their heads into a bucket of bleach just to curry favour, Siouxsie wonders off all on her own and comes up with something very strange indeed. When someone played this to me two or three weeks ago, the reaction was critically astute. "What's this bloody rubbish then?" But a couple of extra listens, a better mood and a more carefully considered opinion bubbles to the surface, saying, Great clumsy, backwards rhythm, off centre strings and time delayed brass. And where did they get the sea shanty accordion? The snare gets slapped, Siouxsie's voice meanders all around your head and it all comes magically together, even the bit where she goes "Golly jeepers/Where'd you get those peepers?". I kid you not. Playful and mysterious, the eyes most definitely have it.
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VIDEO




	Description:
	The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. The video opens with some striking animation that is used in varying degrees throughout. The video is thematically very much in keeping with the song. The emphasis is on light and shadow, lots of close-ups on lips and eyes, angular cut out shapes and silhouettes. The video also marks a return to choreographed dance routines. Siouxsie and Budgie's mask collections are put to good use throughout and effective use of the band (through their actions) directing the camera, e.g. Siouxsie pushes the camera and it swings away from it's focus upon her. Footage of a Carnival in Venice were shot for possible inclusion but later disregarded. The first time the band had worked with director Peter Scammel and cameraman John Mathieson, who later went on to receive acclaim for his work on the film 'Gladiator'.

	Director:
	Peter Scammel

	Availability:
	The Best Of (Sound & Vision) DVD Twice Upon A Time Video

CREDITS


	Peek A Boo Lyrics

	Creeping up the backstairs Slinking into dark stalls Shapeless and slumped in bath chairs Furtive eyes peep out of holes She has many guises She'll do what you want her to Playing dead and sweet submission Cracks the whip deadpan on cue Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo Reeking like a pigsty Peeling back and gagging free Flaccid ego in your hand Chokes on dry tears, can you understand? She's jeering at the shadows Sneering behind a smile Lunge and thrust to pout and pucker Into the face of the beguiled Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo Golly jeepers Where'd you get those peepers? Peepshow, creepshow Where did you get those eyes? Strobe lights pump and flicker Dry lips crack out for more `Come bite on this rag doll, baby! That's right, now hit the floor' They're sneaking out the back door She gets up from all fours Rhinestone fools and silver dollars Curdle into bitter tears Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo Golly jeepers Where'd you get those peepers? Peepshow, creepshow Where did you get those eyes?

	Peek A Boo Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums, Percussion & Harmonica McCarrick - Keyboards & Accordian Klein - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The soft porn industry in particular its use in advertising. " The lyrics are written from the perspective of someone who works in a peep show. It's really a song about my disgust at the amount of soft pornography, things like Page Three girls and pervy ads on TV, that are being forced on people at the moment." (Siouxsie) Source: Smash Hits 1988. "'Crimes Of Passion' was part of it. I wrote it because I was feeling bombarded by these moronic videos on Night Network, gormless singers surrounded by models and their sweaty cleavages, cherries dropping down on their boobs, really offensive." (Siouxsie) Source: NME 1988.



	False Face Lyrics

	Smiling, beguiling Dejected grace Haunts this false face When a saw can sing To make a hang man swing When a shark can grin Make this crocodile cry Whispered lies And snide asides Cover run and hide Your lying eyes That trick disguise It slips and slides On the other side Your false face guise Deceive the pain To smile again That familiar ring Of a chagrin sting My deadly butterfly My sobbing crocodile These expressions leave me cold And this charade is oh so old A no feature smear Of a death skull leer With a Judas kiss Cover run and hide In a catchpenny mist Your lying eyes

	False Face Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Glitter Guitar Budgie - Glam Drums McCarrick - Keyboards



	Catwalk Lyrics

	Catwalk

	Catwalk Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Purrfect Voice Severin - Prowling Bass Klein - 'Gnasher' Guitar Budgie - Drums, Bin Lids & Jaw's Harp McCarrick - Aristocratic Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"Whilst mixing 'Peepshow' deep in the heart of Soho at the now defunct Marquee studio which was accessed via an old dark alleyway. Every night, long after midnight with great ceremony, a 'lady of the night' on her way home from 'work' would stop to feed the local felines who would miraculously appear from out of the shadows on time". (Siouxsie). Source: Downside Up liner notes.

THE KILLING JAR

SINGLE

UK 7" Single

Track Listing

Cat: SHE 15
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The Killing Jar (Single Remix)

Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

UK CD Single

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Cat: SHECD 15
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The Killing Jar (Single Remix)

Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

Are You Still Dying Darling?

The Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix)

UK 12" Single

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Cat: SHEX 15
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The Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix)

Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

Are You Still Dying Darling?

Notes:

The Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix) found on the 12" single is in fact approximately 2 minutes shorter than the version found on the CD single.

Released:

19/09/88

UK Chart:

No. 41

US Chart:

Didn't Chart

Sleeve Design:

Banshees/Nigel Vichi

Producer:

A Side: Banshees/Hedges

Producer:

B Sides: Mike Hedges

IMPORTS/PROMOS

UK 7" Single Gatefold Sleeve

Track Listing

Cat: SHEG 15
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The Killing Jar (Single Remix)

Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

Notes:

Available as a limited edition gatefold sleeve and clear vinyl. This scan No. 5597

UK 7" Picture Disc Single

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Cat: SHEP 15
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The Killing Jar (Single Remix)

Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

PRESS


	Unknown source 1988

	Any suspicions I might have had that the Banshees had stagnated beyond the point of redemption are simply lambasted into non existence by this record. Siouxsie's vocals rise uncluttered out of the mix just where they should be and insinuate and charm at the same time. The whole thing shows a spirit and fire not seen since those halcyon days of the early Eighties. A joyful thing to behold.
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VIDEO




	Description:
	The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. The video opens with an animation of hands grasping at butterflies in flight. The animated sections are in monochrome, whilst the remainder of the video is tinted in either greens or purplish blues. As the singing commences Siouxsie is found 'trapped' in netting. A fish eye lens is then used as the group walk around in a circle, giving the impression that they are circling a 'killing jar', (the object used when collecting butterflies and moths). Siouxsie is seen slowly spinning on her back, as if pinned and mounted like a prized possession. Towards the end of the song a strobe is used to great effect as Siouxsie flaps and swoops like a butterfly. Footage of the band members dressed as butterflies and sewn together to resemble pupae or caterpillar ended up on the cutting room floor. The final scenes show Siouxsie with her 'wings' spread, as animated hands crawl and clutch at her.

	Director:
	Peter Scammel

	Availability:
	The Best Of (Sound & Vision) DVD Twice Upon A Time Video

CREDITS


	The Killing Jar Lyrics

	Down where this ugly man Seeks his sustenance Down in the blue, midnight flare A glass hand cuts through the water Scything into his twisted roots Then from his eyes spring fireflies Breathing life into a roaring disguise Needles and sins, sins and needles He's gasping for air In the wishing well Dust to rust, ashes to gashes Hand around the killing jar A soft hoodwink of shadow The size of make-believe Punches through his spike of rage A glass hand cuts through the water Snuffing out the magic fury Then from inside bolt lightning cries Swiftly crushed the final, muffled sighs Needles and sins, sins and needles He's gasping for air In the wishing well Dust to rust, ashes to gashes Hand around the killing jar

	The Killing Jar Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums, Percussion McCarrick - Keyboards & Cello Klein - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"A killing jar is a device used by butterfly collectors to contain and ultimately kill their specimen. The use of the word killing jar in the song is used as a metaphor for controlled violence. An emotional relationship snuffed out until it is merely a prized possession or keep sake." John Fowles The Collector



	Something Wicked (This Way Comes) Lyrics

	Something strange is happening My bones do ache and my ears they do ring I can pull and tear my skin I hear its smell and I want to scream A whispering and a scratching to be let in From outside and from within By the pricking of my thumbs Something Wicked this way comes There's something evil on the wind Something wicked is fast approaching Rushing through a hidden wing Nothing good is what's in store It's nothing new and it's rotten to the core And a-howling at my door We're dragged helpless in the undertow The quicksand's surround and swallow us whole Ah stroll stroll ah stroll stroll For Jonah and the whale By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes Just around the bend Rushing on the wind Here it comes Here it comes

	Something Wicked (This Way Comes) Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Disturbed Drums McCarrick - Cello

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Song title taken from a Ray Bradbury novel and film adaptation of the same name.



	Are You Still Dying Darling? Lyrics

	Are you still dying darling? Are you still in pain? Are you still crying? Despite the morphine in your veins? A fluorescent haze hangs and for a second Makes you invisible but you try in vain To reach out through the life-support machine And all the multicoloured tubes that pump and drain Are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling? All this wasting away All this prolonged misery and all this Stripping away your dignity is killing me That expression on your face Pleading through your agony Are you still dying darling? Are you still sighing? Shall I end it for you? You'll see I'll make it easy for you Just one link and I'll help you to break through When never-never land beckons to you You can dance with Peter Pan Make rings around the moon Are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling? No more injections No more medications No more complications for you I'll lessen the load for you No more, no more, no more No more are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling?

	Are You Still Dying Darling? Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Cello

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Written about Ex manager Dave Woods Source: The Authorised Biography.

THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART

SINGLE

UK 7" Single

Track Listing

Cat: SHEG 16
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The Last Beat Of My Heart

El Dia De Los Muertos

Notes:

Available in a limited edition 'gilded' sleeve. This scan No. 1729

UK CD Single

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Cat: SHECD 16
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The Last Beat Of My Heart

El Dia De Los Muertos

Sunless

El Dia De Los Muertos (Espiritu Mix)

UK 12" Single

Track Listing

Cat: SHEXG 16
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The Last Beat Of My Heart

El Dia De Los Muertos

Sunless

Notes:

Available as a limited edition gatefold sleeve with free print. This scan No. 4287

Released:

21/11/88

UK Chart:

No. 44

US Chart:

Didn't Chart

Sleeve Design:

Vichi/Banshees

Producer:

A Side: Banshees/Hedges

Producer:

B Sides: Mike Hedges

PRESS


	Unknown source 1988

	Just because Siouxsie doesn't keep a tarantula on her head these days doesn't mean 'she's lost any of her formidable aura. 'The Last Beat Of My Heart' is a swirling, smouldering masterpiece which will capture your ticker within the first few moments and hold it fluttering in awe. With a ghostly accordian adding to the building power, Siouxsie's hypnotic voice is just unnerving enough to delight. A true gem.
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VIDEO




	Description:
	The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. The video is filmed in sepia and was recorded in one continuous shot. The opening scene is hazy and out of focus. The camera gradually pulls away and the image slowly sharpens to reveal Siouxsie in extreme close-up. The camera continues to pull back until finally Siouxsie is seen in full, standing in an empty room gazing out of a window. Whilst Siouxsie remains in the background the other band members appear briefly in the foreground before disappearing once more.

	Director:
	Peter Scammel

	Availability:
	Twice Upon A Time video

CREDITS


	The Last Beat Of My Heart Lyrics

	In the sharp gust of love My memory stirred When time wreathed a rose A garland of shame Its thorn my only delight War torn, afraid to speak We dare to breathe Majestic Imperial A bridge of sighs Solitude sails In a wave of forgiveness On angels' wings Reach out your hands Don't turn your back Don't walk away How in the world Can I wish for this? Never to be torn apart Close to you 'Till the last beat of my heart At the close of day The sunset cloaks These words in shadowplay Here and now, long and loud My heart cries out And the naked bone of an echo says Don't walk away Reach out your hands I'm just a step away How in the world Can I wish for this? Never to be torn apart Close to you 'Till the last beat of my heart How in the world Can I wish for this? Never to be torn apart 'Till the last beat 'Till the last fleeting beat of my heart

	The Last Beat Of My Heart Credits

	Severin/Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums, Percussion McCarrick - Keyboards Klein - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"It's about being fragile and exposed." (Siouxsie) Source: Option 03/89.



	El Dia De Los Meurtos Lyrics

	It's all soul's day I hear you say It's all soul's day And you've come to play For the lost ones The unadorned ones here today El Dia de Los Muertos El Dia de Los Muertos Bailamos, bailamos El Xantalo! Kiss the bride Dance with me Come rattle these bones Come and shake my tree Embrace me irreverently Now with marigolds Shower me There is more time than life One never dies twice There is more time than life One never dies twice Wearing quetzai plumes Through eight underworlds Death comes shining A thousand bright colors And music out of this world Serenades to bony twirls Me lleva el diablo la muerte va de viaje Esta es musica del otro mundo Buenos noches y adios Hasta luego mis amigos See you in heaven Or see you in hell All will be levelled all will be well Buenos noches y adios Hasta luego mis amigos See you in heaven See you in hell All will be level all will be well Bailamos, bailamos El Xantolo! Me lleva el diablo La muerte va de viaje Esta es musica del otro mundo

	El Dia De Los Meurtos Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Glitter Guitar Budgie - Drums & 'Mundo' Vox Percussion McCarrick - Piano

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	An exhibition called 'Day Of The Dead' by Posadas at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Sunless

	Instrumental

	Sunless Credits

	Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Keyboards

THE PEEL SESSIONS #2

UK 12" & CD Single

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Cat: SFPSCD066
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Hong Kong Garden

Carcass

Helter Skelter*

Overground

UK Cassingle

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Cat: SFPSC 066

Hong Kong Garden

Carcass

Helter Skelter*

Overground

Notes:

*This version of Helter Skelter is not in fact the BBC Session. The recording was temporarily lost and replaced with an edited version from The Scream

Released:

02/89

UK Chart:

Didn't Chart

Producer:

Didn't Chart

Producer:

Malcolm Brown

IMPORTS/PROMOS

French Import 12" Single

Track Listing

Cat: 670002
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Hong Kong Garden

Helter Skelter*

Carcass

Mirage

Notes:

Limited edition (2500) coloured vinyl

*This version of Helter Skelter is not in fact the BBC Session. The recording was temporarily lost and replaced with an edited version from The Scream

French Import 7" Single

Track Listing

Cat: 677002
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Hong Kong Garden

Carcass

Helter Skelter*

Overground

Notes:

Limited edition (2000) coloured vinyl

*This version of Helter Skelter is not in fact the BBC Session. The recording was temporarily lost and replaced with an edited version from The Scream

French Import CD

Track Listing

Cat: 672014

Hong Kong Garden

Carcass

Helter Skelter*

Overground

PRESS


	Unknown source 1988

	Strange Fruit having issued the Banshees' groundbreaking debut for Peel, it comes as no surprise that their second session would follow in due course. Dating from February 1978, several months before the band secured a record deal, this one features excellent versions of tracks that would form the basis of their debut album 'The Scream', and of course, the song that gave them a Top 10 single at the first attempt, 'Hong Kong Garden'. Neither this, nor the versions of 'Carcass', 'Helter Skelter' and 'Overground' vary markedly from the official versions, but this shouldn't prevent the likes of you and me from investing in this important slice of recorded history.
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	Hong Kong Garden Lyrics

	Harmful elements in the air Symbols Crashing everywhere Reap the fields of rice and reeds While the population feeds Junk floats on polluted water And old custom to sell your daughter Would you like number 23 Leave your yens on the counter please Hong Kong garden Tourists swarm to see your face Confucius has a puzzling grace Disorientated you enter in Unleashing scent of wild jasmine Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise A race of bodies small in size Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey Hong Kong garden takeaway Hong Kong garden

	Hong Kong Garden Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "I’ll never forget, there was a Chinese restaurant in Chislehurst called 'The Hong Kong Garden'. Me and my friend were really upset that we used to go there and like, occasionally when the skinheads would turn up it would really turn really ugly. These gits were just go in on mass and just terrorise these Chinese people who were working there. We’d try and say ‘Leave them alone’, you know. It was a kind of tribute." Source: Punk Top Ten Interview 08/06/01. SIOUXSIE: "I remember wishing that I could be like Emma Peel from The Avengers and kick all the skinheads' heads in, because they used to mercilessly torment these people for being foreigners. It made me feel so helpless, hopeless and ill." Source: Uncut 01/05. SEVERIN: "That was freaky. A very strange period. We'd finished it a month before it came out, and we'd pushed it away - and it was just a very strange feeling having people rush up and say how great it was." Source: NME 23/12/78.



	Carcass Lyrics

	Someone's in cold storage Seeking Heinz main-courses Craving for a raw love He'll hide you from the cleaver He'll hang with you forever Longing for a fresh meat By hook or by crook You'll be first in his book For a impaled affair By hook or by crook You'll be last in his book Of flesh oh so rare Be a carcass be a dead pork Be limblessly in love Be a carcass be a dead pork Be limblessly in love Someone's left in cold storage thawed in Heinz main-courses Carving for a new tin He got you with the cleaver He'll hang you up forever Anticipating new skin Out of the frying pan And into the fire 58th variety Out of the frying pan And into the fire Mother had her son for tea Be a carcass be a dead pork Be limblessly in love Be a carcass be a dead pork Be limblessly in love In love with your stumps In love with your bleeding In love with the pain that you now feel as you become a carcass you became a carcass carcass carcass car crash

	Carcass Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "It's a love song really. You read about how love's supposed to be, but in the papers you see all these other things that people do to get their certain kicks. More people seem to have those sort of kicks than meeting the girl next door. It's an angle of looking at things and they are there - it's not purely fictional." Source: Melody Maker 09/12/78. SIOUXSIE: "Yeah Carcass - it's about a butcher's assistant who can't get girls and so he falls in love with a lump of meat on the slab and so that he can be like the object of his affection - he cuts off his own arms and legs." Source: Zigzag 10/77. STEVE: "People always miss out on the humorous aspect of what we do, or rather the facetious aspect..." Source: Sounds 24/06/78. SIOUXSIE: "There's also 'My mother had her son for tea'. But when you think about it, every day can be really cruel yet so laughable." Source: Sounds 24/06/78.



	Helter Skelter Lyrics

	When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom and I see you again. Do you, don't you want me to love you I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer So look out! Helter skelter Na la la la la la Helter skelter Na la la la la la Helter skelter Will you, won't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no fucking dancer When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop

	Helter Skelter Credits

	Lennon/McCartney - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SEVERIN: "It's more than a song now. We felt there was a need to re-do it after all that happened." Source: Melody Maker 21/10/78. SIOUXSIE: "The Beatles had done it... quite innocently with just the intention of a helter skelter, a child's playground or other insinuations - like sexual ones." Source: Melody Maker 21/10/78.



	Overground Lyrics

	Got to give up life in this netherworld Gonna go up to where the air is stale And live a life of pleasantries Mingle in the modern families Overground from abnormality Overboard for identity Overground for normality Overboard on identity This limbo is no place To be a digit in another space In another crowd I'm nameless bound Overground from abnormality Overboard for identity Overground for normality Overboard on identity Overground I'll be worse than me Overground it's clear to me I'll be worse than me

	Overground Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SEVERIN: "It was written at a time when we were all getting desperate for a contract... and it's really to do with why we wanted a major record deal." Source: Record Mirror 09/12/78. SEVERIN: "it's another one about choice. You can either go along with the way things are or... It's very personal to the band on one level. The whole things about the uncompromising Banshees. It's saying that we can change to go overground but at the same time we know we'd be worse than ourselves." Source: Melody Maker 09/12/78.