Worst Banshees song?

Absolutely; I don't get why some people diss HKG the way they do, stating it's ¨not a typical SATB song¨or ¨too poppy for the period¨. Same people who want to listen to the same drivel over and over, with no variation whatsoever I guess. To me, it was -and still is- a refreshing and different song, and a HUGE single.

Superstition; I bought it blindly for the singles but was hooked upon first play, and my opinion about it never changed; even the ballads are mesmerizing ! OAN I own the original UK PDO CD releaze, and it never bronzed !!

 

the children screaming/being noisy in "Pulled To Bits" B-side version absolutely ruins the song and is the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title. Later live versions - much better.

 

Absolutely; it's a way better album IMHO.

 

Yeah but a lot great ones as well.

 

Definitivamentee!!

 

I hadn't noticed your location bro ! I met Mrs. Ballion in '95, at a rock disco after her Buenos Aires gig. An incredibly charming lady.

 

I didn’t know she went to Argentina! How lucky you areee! I wish she was still touring or something I really, really want to see her live.

 

Peek A Boo

 

She did, just that once. You're out of luck for she's musically retired after her Mantaray tour flopped.

 

Now THAT's a love or hate affair (love to me). The accordion riffs and backwards brass arrangements are mind-bending, almost acid-like.

 

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i don't hate it. It just tastes funny. I like Thr accordion riffs.

 

That's fighting talk...outside NOW... *rolls up sleeves*

 

Hands down that is the most controversial post on this thread haha

 

It was the song that hooked me into S&B back in 1983 and so I think its still holds up despite it's popularity at the time. The goths must have loved it still when I went to uni 8 years later as it was the #1 song on the union bar's juke box right up until I left.

 

Dear Prudence was one of the first S&B songs I heard as well. Along with The Passenger which IMO is way better than Iggy’s version.

 

They have a handful of average tracks but which are vastly outweighed by all the good ones. "Swimming Horses" was a slightly disappointing follow up single (for me at least) to the brilliant "Dear Prudence". Cue a comment from that angry forum member who just won't accept that people have different tastes and may prefer their version to the Beatles' original...

 

Ha, I think "Swimming Horses" is one of their greatest achievements. No knock on "Dear Prudence," which is a perfectly reasonable cover.

 

I bought The Rapture on release and I’ve always really liked it, if you want to hear a really bad Banshees album try and sit through the whole of Seven Year Itch, I saw them on that tour in Glasgow and it was awful, Siouxsie’s voice was shot, although when I saw her in DC in 2004 it had improved.

Personally I thought Mantaray was very disappointing.

Fun fact first time I saw the Banshees a little local band called Simple Minds opened for them.....

 

God, it was just a joke....

 

Bring it on. I'll fight u anywhere

 

Lord's Pray is definitely up there. Personally, I can't stand Christine.

 

The strawberry girl?

 

Yeah, Kaleidoscope is their best record but that song blows a bit.

 

The tour was good even though I'm not a fan of the album.

Love this song and it's corresponding album even though in 1988 it felt like old wine in new bottles.

 

The DVD is a good watch