More from my Throwback Thursday Retro Video Project. This week; Siouxsie & The Banshees, pt.2.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "HALLOWEEN";
This is a song off their best album, "Ju-Ju" from 1981. The video uses a 1907 short by the Spanish-French film-maker Segundo De Chomon, a contemporary of the more famous George Melies, whose style he expanded on.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "VOODOO DOLLY";
Another song off of "Ju Ju" using a Segundo De Chomon film.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "LET GO";
This song is a b-side off the 1984 "Swimming Horses" single using another Segundo De Chomon short film, "Les Oeufs De Paques" from 1907. I also used this film for an Ultravox song.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "PULLED TO BITS";
This song was originally a b-side that later appeared on the 1983 live album "Nocturne" using newsreel footage from the collapse of the Tacoma Bridge in 1946.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "SWITCH";
A song off their debut 1978 album "The Scream" using an Edwin S Porter film "Life Of An American Fireman from 1903.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "ISRAEL";
This track uses an odd short film featuring miniaturized versions of the Denishawn Dancers, an influential Modern Dance troupe from the 1910's.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "WE HUNGER";
This is a song from the 1984 "Hyena" album. This is a clip from a longer film "Shoes" (1916) directed by Lois Weber and seemed to fit the song perfectly.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "THE RAPTURE";
This epic track is obviously in need of a video, here using a chapter from a 1923 British serial about the "Dr Fu Manchu" character. Note the ending of this chapter has been lost.
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "TURN TO STONE";
This track off the 1986 album "Peep Show" uses another film by Segundo De Chomon
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