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| SUPERSTITION
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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| KISS THEM FOR ME |
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| UK 7" Single | Track Listing | ||
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| UK CD Single | Track Listing | ||
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* Mixed by Youth
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| UK 12" Single | Track Listing | ||
| Cat: SHEX 19 Click on cover for full scan
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Available in a limited edition
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| UK 12" Single | Track Listing | ||
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* Mixed by Youth
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| UK Cassingle | Track Listing | ||
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Cat: SHECS 19 Click on cover for full scan
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| Released: | 13/05/91 | ||
| UK Chart: | No. 32 | ||
| US Chart: | No. 23 | ||
| Sleeve Design: | Vichi/Banshees | ||
| Producer: | A Side: Stephen Hague | ||
| Producer: | B Sides: Banshees | ||
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| US Import CD Single | Track Listing | ||
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Cat: GEFDS 21650 Click on cover for full scan
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| US Promo CD | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: PRO-CD-4239 Click on cover for full scan
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| US 12" Import Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: PRO-A-4281
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| Notes: | * Mixed by Youth | ||
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| Unknown source 1991 | ||
 Sublime.
A deadly sharp return from the Banshees that's likely to offend as many
as it converts, though in our elite circle of bright young aesthetes
we've yet to meet anyone who hasn't swooned over it. Outside this
cloistered environment, however, we're sure there be those who'll be
horrified by it's baggy backbeat and shear unashamed danceability.
It doesn't just groove though, that would be way too easy for them.
It floats almost imperceptibly to it's ecstatic climax, each sweet verse
and saccharin chorus a tantalising hint of what's to come. And
when it comes, by Christ your knees give way. It's also got a very
great lyric, the flowery, thorny tale of the exuberant Hollywood star,
Jayne Mansfield, who was decapitated in a car accident on her way to New
Orleans. With that knowledge the line "Kiss them for me, I
may be delayed", delivered with almost wistful innocence, takes an
especially unnerving quality. And if all this wasn't enough,
Siouxsie's looking more beautiful than she ever has done. Just
sublime.
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| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. An exploding champagne cork and a golden cherub set the scene. On a set comprised of palm trees and a heart shaped swimming pool (in reference to Jayne Mansfield, the subject of the song), Siouxsie unveils a radically new look, shoulder length wavy hair and a tight sparkling dress. A softer looking Siouxsie shimmies her way through the video, and at one point cavorts in her bathing suit in the 'heart shaped pool of fame' . The video is an interpretation of a glamourous Hollywood lifestyle and reflects Mansfield's love of pink and 'heart shaped' things.. The boys in the band line up moodily in the background taking it in turns to nurse a pet poodle (another reference to Jayne Mansfield). The Eastern flavoured music is complimented during the instrumental break with Siouxsie's exotic dance moves against a backdrop of Indian images. | ||
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| Peter Scammel | ||
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The Best Of (Sound & Vision) DVD Twice Upon A Time Video |
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| Kiss Them For Me Lyrics | ||
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glittered and it gleamed No party she'd not attend Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
It's divoone, oh it's serene Nothing or no one will ever make me let you down Kiss them for me, I may be delayed On the road to New Orleans Kiss them for me, I may be delayed |
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| Kiss Them For Me Credits | ||
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- Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Keyboards Talvin Singh - Tabla, Tavil & Taal |
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| Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment | ||
| Jayne Mansfield was the inspiration behind the song 'Kiss Them For Me'. "This song was sparked off by Jayne Mansfield's story. She typified the dream that Hollywood holds for young women - a fairytale thing." (Siouxsie) Source: Record Hunter 12/92. | ||
| SHADOWTIME |
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| UK 7" Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: SHE 20 Click on cover for full scan
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| UK CD Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: SHECD 20 Click on cover for full scan
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Available in limited edition fold out digipak
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| UK 12" Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: SHEX 20 Click on cover for full scan
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| UK Cassingle | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: SHECS 20 Click on cover for full scan
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| Released: | 05/07/91 | ||
| UK Chart: | No. 57 | ||
| US Chart: | Didn't Chart | ||
| Sleeve Design: | Vichi/Banshees | ||
| Producer: | A Side: Stephen Hague | ||
| Producer: | B Sides: Banshees | ||
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| Unknown source 1991 | ||
 There's
no denying Siouxsie looks great these days: recent photographs have seen
her smoldering like Hedy Lamarr or Sophia Loren, or fluttering eyelashes
coyly a la Audrey Hepburn. Meanwhile on this picture sleeve she's
a dead ringer for a randy Spanish widow. However, and I apologise
for boring you with irrelevances like, say, the music,
"Shadowtime" itself is watered down Banshees by numbers.
The big chiming guitars virtually catapult the song towards American
stadia, and the whole thing has dollar/pound signs doing
whizzing-fruit-machine-hits-jackpot impressions in it's eyes. I'm
all for ditching the avant-garde and diving into the mainstream, but
Christ in a tunic, it's got to be done with a bit more flair and élan
than this.
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| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. The location? A different solar system. Against a backdrop of moons, stars and planets, each member of the band is wearing a low strung guitar, including Siouxsie. Lined up along the surface of another planet, Siouxsie in the foreground, the whole band play exaggerated 'air guitar' to great effect. Another clever device is the use of stillness, whereby band members appear to be frozen in time. The instrumental break utilises stock footage, drawings, sketches of planets, moons, stars etc. | ||
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| Peter Scammel | ||
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| FEAR (OF THE UNKNOWN) |
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| US Import CD Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: GEFDS-21702 Click on cover for full scan
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+Not listed on cover * Mixed by Junior Vasquez
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| US Import Promo CD Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: PRO-CD-4345 Click on cover for full scan
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Available in limited edition gatefold sleeve * Mixed by Junior Vasquez
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| US Promo CD Single | Track Listing | ||
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| US Import 12" Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: GEF12-21703
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| US Import Cassingle | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: GEFCS-19111 Click on cover for full scan
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| Released: | 10/01/92 | ||
| UK Chart: | Not Released | ||
| US Chart: | Didn't Chart | ||
| Producer: | Stephen Hague | ||
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| The band. Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, Martin McCarrick, John Klein. Shot late September, early October 1991. The video has a 'Man From U.N.C.L.E', 'The Avengers', British Spy, 60's feel to it. Siouxsie, doing her best Emma Peel impersonation hangs precariously from the rooftops. The band members perform flag signals in formation. Cutaway shots show Siouxsie swirling and lurching in a feather headdress like a benevolent Disney Villianess. Siouxsie is later seen embracing and kissing another woman (Severin's then girlfriend 'Cricket') in a tableau reminiscent of Man Ray's photograph 'Nusch Eluard Et Sonia Mosse' Siouxsie high kicks, ala Emma Peel and is last seen spiralling into oblivion amidst some swirling animated graphics . There are three versions of this video in existence. The long form version appears on the 'Twice Upon A Time' video collection. A shorter, single length version exists but has not received a domestic release. Finally there is a censored version that edits out the lesbian kiss to make it suitable for the censors at MTV. Last video directed by Peter Scammel. | ||
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| There are two versions of this video, the extended version that is included on the 'Twice Upon A Time' collection and an edited version that was shown on television. | ||
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| UK 7" Single | Track Listing | ||
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Available
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| UK 12" Picture Disc Single | Track Listing | ||
 Cat: SHEX 21 Click on cover for full scan
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| UK Cassingle | Track Listing | ||
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| Released: | 13/07/92 | ||
| UK Chart: | No. 21 | ||
| US Chart: | Didn't Chart | ||
| Sleeve Design: | Vichi/Banshees | ||
| Producer: | A: Stephen Hague | ||
| Producer: | B: Banshees | ||
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| Unknown source 1992 | ||
  That
realm between the beautiful daydream and the incoming darkness of
nightmare has always been the Banshees' domain. And Siouxsie
herself makes the obvious choice for Catwoman: no one else has kept
their beauty, mystery and power intact as enduringly as this slinky,
sinister siren. Therefore their contribution to "Batman
II" is inspired, putting you firmly in Tim Burton's picture, but
keeping an allure all of their own, while stalking Gotham City at
twilight on padded feet. Stealthily, eerie, and all those other
things that come naturally to them.
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| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie. Although both Martin McCarrick and John Klein play on this track, they were not asked to appear in the video. Tim Burton asked the Banshees to write/record the theme song for 'Batman Returns'. The result of which was 'Face To Face'. The understanding was that Tim Burton would also direct the video for the song. So enthused was the film maker that he showed the band preliminary sketches of characters that he would include in the shoot, some of which would ultimately end up in his own film 'A Nightmare Before Christmas'. However, preview audiences showed signs of not enjoying Burton's original ending for the film, in which Catwoman dies, and he was called back to re-edit/shoot a new ending. Burton's renewed schedule meant that he was no longer available to shoot the video and he handed the reigns over to Neil Abramson. The video itself, shot in Brick Lane, London, is grandly Gothic, in the true sense of the word, with beautiful sets throughout. Siouxsie looks stunning in her appropriation of the Catwoman look , tight, black, rubber/vinyl backless dress with the obligatory stiletto boots. Severin and Budgie are relegated to Penquinesque grotesques, shuffling, bowing and at one point swinging from the rafters like sleeping Vampire bats. The band footage is inter-cut with scenes from the film. Classic moment; Siouxsie reclines on a Chaise Lounge, gazing into a mirror that is backed with a close-up of the face of the Mona Lisa. | ||
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| The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie. This is to all intents and purposes the same as the video above but does not include the footage from the film for which it was written, 'Batman Returns. See above for more detailed description. | ||
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| I Could Be Again Lyrics | ||
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Through
growing gloom, I see the flicker of treason To be
again, I could be again Taking
form a complete transformation To be
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| The lyric 'Just us, the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark' is a actually a line quoted by Gloria Swanson at the end of the film Sunset Boulevard. | ||
