More from my Throwback Thursday Retro Video Project. This week; Siouxsie & The Banshees. I always though their music had a cinematic quality.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "CARCASS";
Happily this track off the first album about festishizing "dead pork" turned out to be perfect for this weird French film
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "SUBURBAN RELAPSE";
Here's another song from the first album using an early French film from Pathe;
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "RED OVER WHITE";
This song originally appeared as the flipside to the "Israel" 45. This second, more lush version, appeared on "The Thorn" ep. The video is a collection of fan dancers from the 1900's. Some of the footage are of Loie Fuller, an American who invented the style and became very popular, especially in France. The others are various imitators from France and America including American Chrissie Sheridan, filmed by Thomas Edison. This may be my favorite video.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "PLACEBO EFFECT";
Another song off "The Thorne" the original version of which on the second album, this one using a film by Segundo De Chomon
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "OVERGROUND";
Another song off of "The Thorn" this time using a fairly obscure silent film "A Daring Crime".
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "MELT";
A song off the 1982 "Kiss In The Dreamhouse" album using an abstract film by German experimental film-maker Walter Ruttman; "Opus 2" from 1921.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "GREEN FINGERS";
Another song off of "Kiss In The Dreamhouse" using a short art film, "Tails" from 1976, by Paul Sharits. This film spliced together the faded, underdeveloped ends of other films, hence the title. I used this same film for songs by Cabaret Voltaire and Simple Minds song but couldn't decide which version I liked better so I kept them all.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "CITIES IN DUST";
This video shows Berlin shot from the air in the 1920's, it's only a fragment but it suited the sunject matter so perfectly that I couldn't resist.
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