This song rewards listeners as it peaks late at 2:11 with the instrumentation change. It is delicious up to that point but is all whipped cream and strawberries when it finally hits at that magical moment. Pure bliss!
@@bert_gimspon no, they meant the way it changes to darker instrumental and lyrics. the portion right before it, starting at 1:40, is meant to be feverishly happy and the switch again at 2:11 brings the listener back to the reality of the song.
That's what I love about Gothic rock--the intelligent, poetic lyrics, the romanticism, and the deep thought. Siouxsie & the Banshees really set the standard in this, along with The Cure, And Also the Trees, Joy Division, and The Sisters of Mercy.
You can call them goth rock. Their lyrics are mostly about depression and death. The gothic thing started in the 1800s with things like Bram Stroker, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe and even Lovecraft.
All I can tell you that the amount of lesser known but absolutely brilliant music that's there to be discovered from the 80's alone is virtually endless.
@@PubeStache Haha I agree. I'm a mid 70's baby...was a kid to early teen in the 80's. I see the 70's to around the mid 90's as the renaissance of modern music....with the late 70's to mid 80's probably being the peak of that renaissance.
"Without any disrespect to all the other guitarists we have worked with, none had the relaxed mastery and such a depth of expression as John McGeoch. No amount of scrutiny of filmed live performance tapes could reveal the subtle economy of technique that made an apparently complex phrase look so deceptively simple. Exasperated guitarists would often comment, 'But his hands don't even move!'" -- Budgie in 2004. So ... yes! Thanks to the late, and truly truly great, John McGeoch.
@@ventasocr Yes, obviously.. Think about it: a song entitled "Arabian Knights" by Siouxsie and the Banshees; the dude says he's "Arabian" and is making an obvious allusion to the Cure's hit song, "Killing an Arab" on their 1979 LP, BOYS DON'T CRY...
John was one of a kind. Souixsie said in an interview he was her favorite guitar player out of all of them throughout the years. Im paraphrasing, but she said something like "I'd tell him 'I want this part of the song to sound like a horse falling off a cliff' and he would create the sound exactly as I imagined it sounding." What talent.
I wish they'd stuck with him, even if just in the studio, and tour with a session player if need be. When a band hits that right formula, it's something precious and irreplaceable. They did OK afterwards and were commercially successful, but those albums with McGeoch had some magic to them. And likewise McGeoch, never did anything as good. Like so many great guitarists, he needed the right songwriter to bring out the inspiration.
Blimey, i remember waiting for my parents to go out (when i was 17) so i could play this full blast and then totally losing myself in it. Only to be bounced back to earth when the neighbours complained and i got it in the neck from my returning parents. Oh to be 17 again. Siouxsie ROCKS!!!
Song is about the execution of a Saudi princess in 1977 for eloping with a commoner... There were a lot of conflicting reports about what happened to her, but the Saudi government eventually acknowledged the execution in 1978
Its funny now but as a kid this song scared the hell out of me. It was so weird and it would only get played late at night. Despite what you hear in the history books a lot of punk music was only played at midnight on tv stations - (pre MTV) and late at night on radio stations. There was nothing to compare this too and it was weird the first few times. Now i love it.
Yeah in the East Coast we had to wait until Friday nights, technically Saturday morning...it was like.. 1AM, and then all of this stuff would get played. Radio was like that too. All of that local NY Sid and Nancy stuff was happening too when I lived out there but we never knew about it. I had no idea that was even happening. They made appearances on UHF stations and indy rock stations that no one heard of.
lots of us who grew up then remember eidetic flashbacks of these videos, more than anything else for frights: Red Light, Arabian Nights, Kiss Them For Me...now it all seems nostalgic and cool as such.
My best song from Siouxsie and the Banshees. The non-Earth vocals from Siouxsie, the intro and the melody make this song, one of the best punk-rock songs
What a great solo by John McGeoch. It's so simple, yet so melancholy, expressive, and explosive. This whole song has such a cool guitar sound. Without question, the "Juju" album features his best guitar work with the Banshees.
The jewel, the prize Looking into your eyes Cool pools drown your mind What else will you find I heard a rumour -- it was just a rumour I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her Myriad lights -- they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights -- at your primitive best A tourist oasis -- reflects in seedy sunshades A monstrous oil tanker Its wound bleeding in seas I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her Veiled behind screens Kept as your baby machine Whilst you conquer more orifices Of boys, goats and things Ripped out sheeps' eyes -- no forks or knives Myriad lights -- they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights -- at your primitive best
inside the mirror I 'll find you? a message of one year without any answer? come on?dare to answer? Siouxie is a banshee? well i prefere to bee a warlock! well it's just a bad joke i c'ant travel the world and the oceans? can you? well it's a good excuse to bee not afraind? By the way whitch country do you belong? Thank you for your answer even in a few words! by!
I was born one year after the release of this album but that doesn't matter music remains and young ppl can find it and love it as well... I adore this band and every album is amazing, I'm very proud of myself for having found this great music.
I own John's PIL vinyl collection from his daughter Emily to me some years ago, I see my self as a custodian of it now. I bow to all who love The Banshees and John McGeoch , M9 x
I can honestly think of no song that more accurately reflects the horrific treatment of women in Islam then this song. I truly love Siouxsie's look as a Pagan Arab Witch.
Idk who told you this about islam? I am muslim and our religion gives so many rights to women. Women can work, have a voice, wear hijab so that men cannot objectify them since men cannot learn how to respect women...etc. You can learn more about our rights in islam. If you see anything terrible in muslim socities you should know that any bad thing comes from Arabs traditions and culture and not religion.
@@slnkpop3138 Women can't work without their husband and family's permission. Also there is nothing wrong with men or women "objectifying" the other since by objectifying you mean lust. It shows how misogynist your religion is to think that women must be super modest and unseen by men to be respected and once more this isn't even true because Muslim women are examined by their prospective in laws to see if they are beautiful enough for their future husband and are expected to be beautiful for him. Once more your religion allows men up to 4 wives and an unlimited amount of sex slaves. Meanwhile in non Muslim countries we can respect women and lust after them. Women don't need to be veiled to be respected here. We don't react like medieval barbarians at the site of female flesh or hair like you all do. Not to mention your religion allows men to beat their wives for disobedience.
He was in alk the major drum magazines in the 80s and on a major label with a huge following so not underrated at all..I saw them about 30 years ago and he was one of the best drummers I have seen.
As a 42 year old ex-goth, and the artists you listed being my San Francisco catholic high school mentors, I must commend you as being the coolest teenager I have witnessed recently. Don't forget the Psychedelic Furs, Dead can Dance, Bauhaus and Echo and the Bunnymen. They are not to be missed as well...
I so love this record. I 'd like to make a comment on Budgie being a shamefully underrated drummer. He is so original and talented as a drummer! As for the rest, needless to add anything about one of my favourite bands.
the great thing is that they were nor are they ever going to be percieved as a fad. even though they were part of that new romantic conception of that period. what they have done are cherished as classics and they are legends to me. so their music will certainly live on for ages to come. and this song came out the same year i was born but i understand completely the atmosphere,the emotion and the utter majesty they exude in everything they did.
I saw Siouxsie and Budgie in NYC in maybe 2004 (?) It was dubbed A Night with Siouxsie, but it was just Siouxsie and Budgie and honestly a Creatures show with Banshees songs sprinkled in. She was a diva and made the house turn the heat up even though we were sweating in the crowd. Anyway, they sang Arabian Knights during encore and I lost my mind because it's one of my favorite Banshees songs. Peace and love to all!
The word "incomparable" is the only one that suits this band: not punk, not Goth, psychelic...just lovely. The lyrics and music are astounding. I'm mad about Sioux and her band!
Kimberlee Ponson I think you misunderstood my comment. I was not condemning the lyrics nor the band. I was doubting that record companies in 2016 would have the desire or courage to associate themselves with these kinds of lyrics. Unknot. Your. Panties.
I love her from ever . She's got a great band with one of the better drummer of this music style .I saw her in 1983.Great souvenir! merci! Franck de Bordeaux
Her singing is so soulful that when I used to play this song for my baby he would get teary eyed and cry. It was really cute and sad. My little goth baby
Probably not much, since it would probably be released independently and not make a big splash with the sorts who get intellectually exercised by blinking their eyes. So yeah, I can imagine that!
Songs don't really get banned in countries much anymore, and it's mostly not because countries got really cool really fast. Music distribution works differently than it used to.
I asked her what this was about, and she told me. It's about her disappointment with the way men behave. It's picked up again in "Standing There" on the Creatures album Boomerang.
I've always loved her voice on this, it is just sooo gorgeous(like her). I bet it's pretty hard to sing live, but what do I know. I've always wondered why there are two versions of this...?
The jewel, the prize Looking into your eyes Cool pool drown your mind What else will you find I heard a rumour - it was just a rumour I heard a rumour - what have you done to her Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights - at your primitive best A tourist oasis - reflects in seedy sunshades A monstrous oil tanker its wound bleeding in seas I heard a rumour - what have you done to her I heard a rumour - what have you done to her Veiled behind screens Kept as your baby machine Whilst you conquer more orifices Of boys, goats and things Ripped out sheeps' eyes - no forks or knives Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights - at your primitive best
that moment you realize this is one of the oldest youtube videos ever since it started i think in 2005 or 2006..this video is already 10 years and 2 months old today..
@@sko3925 bringing to light the mistreatment of women throughout the Islamic world and the Middle East, something the pretentious, entitled SJW feminazis in the West constantly fail to ever mention.
@@ellismarquez8410 Did you know that all cultures are anti woman and singling out one culture makes you sound like a bigot? (also, Siouxsie Sioux doesn’t have a great rep on racism an PCness
@@elliotrichter9357 Siouxsie was brought up in a time where what passes off as bigotry was different. And feminists back then had other standards. But she made a lot of songs that criticize arabic men's misogny, and no where near as many songs that criticize british men's misogny. She differentiates them. I think the strangeness of that other culture made it more terrifying to her. Whereas british mysogny is just the standard to her. British culture has this tendency to teach young people to think they have a bird eye's view of the world and their way of life is the right way of life. It's instilled in young british people to this day. There are feminists in the UK who still don't get it that they don't understand how the arabic world works and those crimes against women there are no reason for them to preach a holy war. It was people who thought like Siouxsie here, who thought those were just "primitive at best" people who needed to live the right/brit way, because of this mindset that so many countries have been ravaged and destroyed by the British Empire. I'm not extrapolating that much if you know history. Every Continent on Earth has been taught how to not be primitive by the british and yet we're still here listening to their pestering about how other cultures aren't like theirs, and we still have misogny all over. The problem is that she attacks a culture when she sees a crime that sensibilizes her. Imagine if I attack Britain's way of life as "primitive" by disagreeing with how they treat their women based off a few crimes I read about? But then again, this is the same girl that was wearing a swastika on TV a few years before this song just to cause a stir. Those punks had no ideals, they just wanted to get attention. If they were from today's generation they'd be on tiktok and twitter begging for followers instead of being actually countercurrent. Nothing visionary to hate arabic culture as a brit gal from the 70s/80s. Much more creative musicians don't take Siouxsie that seriously, she is just a caricature, another boomer who had not much interesting to sing about anything, but sure had a lot of style! I love her music but she's like John Lydon, a attention-hungry child, not a Kate Bush, as an example. If you disagree or have a problem with this comment, don't even waste time replying. Have a good time if you read it.
someday, those responsible for crimes against the people will be put up against the wall and receive small justice for the cultural and ethnic war on the european people
This song rewards listeners as it peaks late at 2:11 with the instrumentation change. It is delicious up to that point but is all whipped cream and strawberries when it finally hits at that magical moment. Pure bliss!
You mean at 1:40...
@@bert_gimspon It's true that there are changes to this song at different points. The one I was referring to was, exactly as I said, at 2:11.
@@bert_gimspon no, they meant the way it changes to darker instrumental and lyrics. the portion right before it, starting at 1:40, is meant to be feverishly happy and the switch again at 2:11 brings the listener back to the reality of the song.
Hell yeah it does
That's what I love about Gothic rock--the intelligent, poetic lyrics, the romanticism, and the deep thought. Siouxsie & the Banshees really set the standard in this, along with The Cure, And Also the Trees, Joy Division, and The Sisters of Mercy.
+Dex F please include x mal d
+Dex F none of the mentioned bands are goth. you'll never find gothbands as skilled or intellectual as them
mate this is NOT gothic rock! this IS pure punk from late 70s early 80s - I know cause i grew up with it and saw it/her
It is still shit.
You can call them goth rock. Their lyrics are mostly about depression and death. The gothic thing started in the 1800s with things like Bram Stroker, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe and even Lovecraft.
I'm fourteen. I love this kind of music. now I know I'm not the only kid who likes good music like this.
Dude, you should be around 23 now. Weird
I'm currently 14 and love this kinda music lol :)))
All I can tell you that the amount of lesser known but absolutely brilliant music that's there to be discovered from the 80's alone is virtually endless.
@@Abruzzo333I might be biased because I'm an 80's kid, but the 80s is the best decade of music.
@@PubeStache Haha I agree. I'm a mid 70's baby...was a kid to early teen in the 80's. I see the 70's to around the mid 90's as the renaissance of modern music....with the late 70's to mid 80's probably being the peak of that renaissance.
John was one of the most creative guitarists of his time, still is and will ever be.
R.I.P., we all owe you so much!
Siouxsie is the person who started my journey into gothic style and music...I love her for doing this.
She made good music before gothic was invented as a label.
@@MD-ru5vsI think STB N Bauhaus ever identified as goth....although they inspired the look.....
"Without any disrespect to all the other guitarists we have worked with, none had the relaxed mastery and such a depth of expression as John McGeoch. No amount of scrutiny of filmed live performance tapes could reveal the subtle economy of technique that made an apparently complex phrase look so deceptively simple. Exasperated guitarists would often comment, 'But his hands don't even move!'" -- Budgie in 2004.
So ... yes! Thanks to the late, and truly truly great, John McGeoch.
Nailed it!
Their original guitarist John McKay that played on the first two albums was highly unique and original as well.
Siouxsie is outstanding on vocals, no doubt, but the Banshees are absolutely rocking on this song.
I am Arabian and i approve of this. Better than being killed by the Cure :P
KILLING AN ARAB FROM BOYS DON'T CRY...LOL!
is that a joke?
@@ventasocr Yes, obviously..
Think about it: a song entitled "Arabian Knights" by Siouxsie and the Banshees; the dude says he's "Arabian" and is making an obvious allusion to the Cure's hit song, "Killing an Arab" on their 1979 LP, BOYS DON'T CRY...
The Cure's "Killing an Arab" is a very quick summary of Albert Camus' book, The Outsider. No disrespect meant.
Camus killed you, not the Cure! Also, these lyrics are pretty haunting/disturbing...
one of the few singers from Europe who is willing to sing with her own accent.
A true feminist song without borning or "preaching" as always, Siouxsie informs with poetry and images. Awesome, like Siouxsie snd the Banshees!
she is so full of energy and so dynamic
one of the most truly original front women, copied by many, equalled by none.
John really created a beautiful sound for this song. Not many guitar players from that era would have been able to create such a rich vibe.
Genius, he really was....
John mcgeoch class.
John was one of a kind. Souixsie said in an interview he was her favorite guitar player out of all of them throughout the years. Im paraphrasing, but she said something like "I'd tell him 'I want this part of the song to sound like a horse falling off a cliff' and he would create the sound exactly as I imagined it sounding." What talent.
I wish they'd stuck with him, even if just in the studio, and tour with a session player if need be. When a band hits that right formula, it's something precious and irreplaceable. They did OK afterwards and were commercially successful, but those albums with McGeoch had some magic to them. And likewise McGeoch, never did anything as good. Like so many great guitarists, he needed the right songwriter to bring out the inspiration.
"Juju" was definitely their best album, and Night Shift the best song for me! I don't get tired to listen Siouxsie & The Banshees!
Blimey, i remember waiting for my parents to go out (when i was 17) so i could play this full blast and then totally losing myself in it. Only to be bounced back to earth when the neighbours complained and i got it in the neck from my returning parents. Oh to be 17 again. Siouxsie ROCKS!!!
Jesus, 12 years ago….. wow….
@@middleagedwhitebloke imagine how old they are now
they're in their late 50s or early 60s
Words can't express what I feel when I listen to this song.
I think this is one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard.
This is the real Rock and roll Hall of Fame, or should be. The Banshees created great works of art , like this timeless classic,,💕🖤❤️🖤💔🖤
Play this track on repeat about 20 times, the composition is brilliant.
Song is about the execution of a Saudi princess in 1977 for eloping with a commoner... There were a lot of conflicting reports about what happened to her, but the Saudi government eventually acknowledged the execution in 1978
🖤
Same shit still happening today - m.czcams.com/video/UN7OEFyNUkQ/video.html
after all this time i didn't know this, tragic
I remember that, it was awful, sickening. The two lovers were publicly hanged.
@@GypsyFairy85 - absolutely no surprise there... I'm sure they would do the same in Michigan...
Its funny now but as a kid this song scared the hell out of me. It was so weird and it would only get played late at night. Despite what you hear in the history books a lot of punk music was only played at midnight on tv stations - (pre MTV) and late at night on radio stations. There was nothing to compare this too and it was weird the first few times. Now i love it.
Very late at night, or on the Canadian TV stations around here, not sure bout the East Coast.
Yeah in the East Coast we had to wait until Friday nights, technically Saturday morning...it was like.. 1AM, and then all of this stuff would get played. Radio was like that too.
All of that local NY Sid and Nancy stuff was happening too when I lived out there but we never knew about it. I had no idea that was even happening. They made appearances on UHF stations and indy rock stations that no one heard of.
lots of us who grew up then remember eidetic flashbacks of these videos, more than anything else for frights: Red Light, Arabian Nights, Kiss Them For Me...now it all seems nostalgic and cool as such.
Same here! Musically it's incredibly creepy and spooky sounding. Juju is Siouxsies darkest.
Lol what? 🤣
My best song from Siouxsie and the Banshees. The non-Earth vocals from Siouxsie, the intro and the melody make this song, one of the best punk-rock songs
I have to say "Spellbound" was the best song by this band, but it's difficult to choose just one.
JU-Ju and Keleidescope my favorite records
We dont have enough good music like this now. Their music is just perfection in its purest form.
I find Siouxsie and the Banshees - Arabian Knights to overwhelmingly, painfully good.
What a great solo by John McGeoch. It's so simple, yet so melancholy, expressive, and explosive. This whole song has such a cool guitar sound. Without question, the "Juju" album features his best guitar work with the Banshees.
Hearing this again years later and knowing the lyrics.. the last verse is super heavy, I didn’t realize that as a kid.. crazy
Great vocals, very understated singer, with wonderful range.
feminism, environmentalism, all wrapped intelligently in a genius pop song. She is absolutely amazing.
Back when the word feminism actually meant something. Today she'd be cancelled for daring to criticize Middle Eastern men.
The jewel, the prize
Looking into your eyes
Cool pools drown your mind
What else will you find
I heard a rumour -- it was just a rumour
I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her
Myriad lights -- they said I'd be impressed
Arabian Knights -- at your primitive best
A tourist oasis -- reflects in seedy sunshades
A monstrous oil tanker
Its wound bleeding in seas
I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her
I heard a rumour -- what have you done to her
Veiled behind screens
Kept as your baby machine
Whilst you conquer more orifices
Of boys, goats and things
Ripped out sheeps' eyes -- no forks or knives
Myriad lights -- they said I'd be impressed
Arabian Knights -- at your primitive best
Forest Witch the last verse is really heavy lol, I didn’t get it as a kid
inside the mirror I 'll find you? a message of one year without any answer? come on?dare to answer? Siouxie is a banshee? well i prefere to bee a warlock! well it's just a bad joke i c'ant travel the world and the oceans? can you? well it's a good excuse to bee not afraind? By the way whitch country do you belong? Thank you for your answer even in a few words! by!
I believe she says a Turks Oasis not tourist
amando ortega I mean given how they follow it up with “seedy sunshades” and “a monstrous oil tanker bleeding at sea” seems fairly likely
I never realised those were the lyrics... you'd never get away with that these days.
LOVE Siouxsie,the music of my teen years and i still love it today.
+kate davenporty Well said .
+ledsith thankyou :)
+kate davenporty You're welcome . Rock on Kate !
+ledsith heehee,a bit of an older rocker these days but yep >:O cheers buddy!
Still rocks. Still relevant.
I love this very early gothic look. This was very colourful and very exotic. It all went very black in the end!
I was born one year after the release of this album but that doesn't matter music remains and young ppl can find it and love it as well... I adore this band and every album is amazing, I'm very proud of myself for having found this great music.
Bruhhhhh 14 years ago? This has to be one of CZcams's earliest music videos
older than me!
It was definitely CZcams's early days.. I remember watching it then too!! I was one dark teenager lol
Siouxsie is super comic, in all the videos she appears with different costumes and they all come according to her image and her powerful voice
she is a very talented and special woman.
I own John's PIL vinyl collection from his daughter Emily to me some years ago, I see my self as a custodian of it now. I bow to all who love The Banshees and John McGeoch , M9 x
I can honestly think of no song that more accurately reflects the horrific treatment of women in Islam then this song. I truly love Siouxsie's look as a Pagan Arab Witch.
Women in ANY fundamentalist religion.
Idk who told you this about islam?
I am muslim and our religion gives so many rights to women. Women can work, have a voice, wear hijab so that men cannot objectify them since men cannot learn how to respect women...etc. You can learn more about our rights in islam. If you see anything terrible in muslim socities you should know that any bad thing comes from Arabs traditions and culture and not religion.
@@slnkpop3138 Women can't work without their husband and family's permission. Also there is nothing wrong with men or women "objectifying" the other since by objectifying you mean lust. It shows how misogynist your religion is to think that women must be super modest and unseen by men to be respected and once more this isn't even true because Muslim women are examined by their prospective in laws to see if they are beautiful enough for their future husband and are expected to be beautiful for him. Once more your religion allows men up to 4 wives and an unlimited amount of sex slaves. Meanwhile in non Muslim countries we can respect women and lust after them. Women don't need to be veiled to be respected here. We don't react like medieval barbarians at the site of female flesh or hair like you all do.
Not to mention your religion allows men to beat their wives for disobedience.
"Our religion gives so many rights to women" lol
@@slnkpop3138 you don't know anything about your religion
Budgie should be on everyone's top 20 drummers list.
And what about severin & carruthers?
He was in alk the major drum magazines in the 80s and on a major label with a huge following so not underrated at all..I saw them about 30 years ago and he was one of the best drummers I have seen.
Siouxsie would be the perfect 007 nemesis.
@Spoopy MoonCritter How about Putin?
An under-rated and overlooked band with Siouxsie its charismatic persona, unappreciated here in the USA!
Definitely not underappreciated....
Hermosa melodia no me cansare de escuchar con tan voz tan celestial
This song is thirty years or so ahead of its time!
Just as fitting today
world destruction your life ain't nothin the human race is becoming a disgrace
Not really. Islam is 3,000 years in the past.
Kept as your baby machines! So true. I won't go further.
Siouxsie changed my taste in music and pointed me in the right direction when I was 17. I will ALWAYS be greatful to them.
Such an innovative guitar player.
As a 42 year old ex-goth, and the artists you listed being my San Francisco catholic high school mentors, I must commend you as being the coolest teenager I have witnessed recently. Don't forget the Psychedelic Furs, Dead can Dance, Bauhaus and Echo and the Bunnymen. They are not to be missed as well...
She's so cool, just doing her thing.
This is where it all started for me.
Found this on Kazaa on 2004. Love Siouxsie
I so love this record. I 'd like to make a comment on Budgie being a shamefully underrated drummer. He is so original and talented as a drummer! As for the rest, needless to add anything about one of my favourite bands.
Great stuff. Juju is a masterpiece of an album. Thanks for posting!
Love this guitar sound...
Such a great song! Love the dark, brooding bass, not to mention Siouxsie!
That guitar.
I still listen to this a few times a week. It makes me a happy goth.
the great thing is that they were nor are they ever going to be percieved as a fad. even though they were part of that new romantic conception of that period. what they have done are cherished as classics and they are legends to me. so their music will certainly live on for ages to come. and this song came out the same year i was born but i understand completely the atmosphere,the emotion and the utter majesty they exude in everything they did.
I saw Siouxsie and Budgie in NYC in maybe 2004 (?) It was dubbed A Night with Siouxsie, but it was just Siouxsie and Budgie and honestly a Creatures show with Banshees songs sprinkled in. She was a diva and made the house turn the heat up even though we were sweating in the crowd. Anyway, they sang Arabian Knights during encore and I lost my mind because it's one of my favorite Banshees songs. Peace and love to all!
The word "incomparable" is the only one that suits this band: not punk, not Goth, psychelic...just lovely. The lyrics and music are astounding. I'm mad about Sioux and her band!
Siouxsie is a bona fide Legend...
Another great song and video from Siouxsie and the Banshees.
So great to hear a song like this. Lyrics are...unconceivables today
Cool drum-sound also.
Budgie!
Imagine a record company touching these lyrics in 2016.
If that ever happened there would be complete outrage!! The chances of an entire record company being assassinated are: 105%!!
Or Exterminating Angel. Talk about not touching lyrics. LOL
They would have called her clothing cultural appropriation.
Because that's what it is
Kimberlee Ponson I think you misunderstood my comment. I was not condemning the lyrics nor the band. I was doubting that record companies in 2016 would have the desire or courage to associate themselves with these kinds of lyrics.
Unknot. Your. Panties.
This is just pure awesomeness 👌 old but gold 🖤
I love her from ever . She's got a great band with one of the better drummer of this music style .I saw her in 1983.Great souvenir! merci! Franck de Bordeaux
They are one the bands that made the soundtrack of my younger years. Thanks Susan Janet Dallion.
Her singing is so soulful that when I used to play this song for my baby he would get teary eyed and cry. It was really cute and sad. My little goth baby
This song is beautiful
the drums and bass are complementing each other perfectly. Steve & Budgie really shine together on this track.
Veiled behind screens
Kept as your baby machine
Whilst you conquer more orifices
Of boys, goats and things
Ripped out sheep's eyes
No forks or knives
Myriad lights
They said I'd be impressed
Arabian knights at your primitive best.
Siouxsie and the fucking Banshees!! I LOVE this band!!
a great video and a great band!!!!
Definitely my favorite song of Siouxie and the Banshees, so addictive can’t stop listening
Could you imagine the uproar this song would cause if it was released today? Banned in multiple countries, no doubt.
Classic tune.
Probably not much, since it would probably be released independently and not make a big splash with the sorts who get intellectually exercised by blinking their eyes. So yeah, I can imagine that!
Songs don't really get banned in countries much anymore, and it's mostly not because countries got really cool really fast. Music distribution works differently than it used to.
Along with the rest of the band catalog, hopefully.
I asked her what this was about, and she told me. It's about her disappointment with the way men behave. It's picked up again in "Standing There" on the Creatures album Boomerang.
Excellent song and video from one of their best records!
She's so beautiful. Looks like a 1920's silent film beauty!
Those eyes......
I've always loved her voice on this, it is just sooo gorgeous(like her). I bet it's pretty hard to sing live, but what do I know. I've always wondered why there are two versions of this...?
Ahhhh, my youth encapsulated beautifully. Thank you.
This CZcams video turns 11 years old today, but the music is timeless.
sounds like she's talking about destruction of the earth, a monstrous oil tanker, etc.
The jewel, the prize
Looking into your eyes
Cool pool drown your mind
What else will you find
I heard a rumour - it was just a rumour
I heard a rumour - what have you done to her
Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed
Arabian Knights - at your primitive best
A tourist oasis - reflects in seedy sunshades
A monstrous oil tanker
its wound bleeding in seas
I heard a rumour - what have you done to her
I heard a rumour - what have you done to her
Veiled behind screens
Kept as your baby machine
Whilst you conquer more orifices
Of boys, goats and things
Ripped out sheeps' eyes - no forks or knives
Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed
Arabian Knights - at your primitive best
John McGeoch guitar sound
Siouxsie And The Banshees is one of my favorite bands of all time.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
"Arabian Knights"
Once Upon A Time/The Singles
PVC Records, 1982
Great album nothing like it
LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Siouxsie.
I'm such a goth kid it hurts
bob killa Wanna go to the graveyard to read some Edgar Poe and blame conformists for our despair this weekend?
Sir Gloster surely you mean read some 'night pain'.
Sir Gloster only if we get to smoke camels and drink absinthe
+bob killa What is a goth?
lol
What a nostalgia trip! Banshees every bit as good as The Cure and U2!
R.I.P. John McGeoch...guitar legend, and Siouxsie's fave guitarist !!
'JuJu'....sublime !!
that moment you realize this is one of the oldest youtube videos ever since it started i think in 2005 or 2006..this video is already 10 years and 2 months old today..
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the guy literally said one of the oldest CZcams videos
I remember this video being on Google video's at the time
11 years now...how many youtube videos are 11 years old? exactly..less than probably .5%
youtube started February 14th 2006..this video is from March 14th 2006..that means youtube was only 30 days old..1 month
A true feminist fighting for real things!
What is she fighting for ?
@@sko3925 bringing to light the mistreatment of women throughout the Islamic world and the Middle East, something the pretentious, entitled SJW feminazis in the West constantly fail to ever mention.
@@ellismarquez8410 Did you know that all cultures are anti woman and singling out one culture makes you sound like a bigot? (also, Siouxsie Sioux doesn’t have a great rep on racism an PCness
@@ellismarquez8410 sorry girlie, I forgot the second parentheses so...
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@@elliotrichter9357 Siouxsie was brought up in a time where what passes off as bigotry was different. And feminists back then had other standards. But she made a lot of songs that criticize arabic men's misogny, and no where near as many songs that criticize british men's misogny. She differentiates them.
I think the strangeness of that other culture made it more terrifying to her. Whereas british mysogny is just the standard to her. British culture has this tendency to teach young people to think they have a bird eye's view of the world and their way of life is the right way of life. It's instilled in young british people to this day. There are feminists in the UK who still don't get it that they don't understand how the arabic world works and those crimes against women there are no reason for them to preach a holy war. It was people who thought like Siouxsie here, who thought those were just "primitive at best" people who needed to live the right/brit way, because of this mindset that so many countries have been ravaged and destroyed by the British Empire. I'm not extrapolating that much if you know history.
Every Continent on Earth has been taught how to not be primitive by the british and yet we're still here listening to their pestering about how other cultures aren't like theirs, and we still have misogny all over.
The problem is that she attacks a culture when she sees a crime that sensibilizes her. Imagine if I attack Britain's way of life as "primitive" by disagreeing with how they treat their women based off a few crimes I read about?
But then again, this is the same girl that was wearing a swastika on TV a few years before this song just to cause a stir. Those punks had no ideals, they just wanted to get attention. If they were from today's generation they'd be on tiktok and twitter begging for followers instead of being actually countercurrent. Nothing visionary to hate arabic culture as a brit gal from the 70s/80s. Much more creative musicians don't take Siouxsie that seriously, she is just a caricature, another boomer who had not much interesting to sing about anything, but sure had a lot of style! I love her music but she's like John Lydon, a attention-hungry child, not a Kate Bush, as an example.
If you disagree or have a problem with this comment, don't even waste time replying. Have a good time if you read it.
Love the banshees,december 1982 hammersmith odeon great gig.
What a fantastic song.Only here because i was so bored.Got my heart thumping again.
this song should be playing in western Europe on the streets now in 2017..watch out blondies;):)....but really,this song is awesome!
someday, those responsible for crimes against the people will be put up against the wall and receive small justice for the cultural and ethnic war on the european people
je redécouvre siouxsie toujour trop bon,dommage sans robert des cure
Many thanx to the person who loaded this, its hard to get her good stuff.
... eine der schönsten Lieder die ich je gehört habe ...
Top of the pops in Jeddah
Feminism in action - strong, confident, creative, talented and no need to be photographed half naked.
@@btd7664 Mommy issues, huh?
Great song and very powerful lyrics!
Woah, this takes me back. Punk music's beginnings, and one of the bands that made me fall in love with it.