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Album Details
- Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees
- Single: Hong Kong Garden / Voices
- Label: Polydor
- Year of Release: 1978
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on 2011-10-01 CharlesMartel Said:
The Banshees could have positioned themselves as the forerunners of post punk. Instead they faded into oblivion after a brief, but occasionally successful career. Steve Severin, the guitarist, was clearly the band's driving force but he needed a second guitarist and the quest for permanence never gave the band the consistency it needed. Their high point in my view was epitomised in " Hong Kong Garden ". This track could have helped them attain that goal had they stuck to this sort of almost perfect single - three minutes of catchy, danceable pop pleasure, led by a perfect jangly guitar. Instead the Banshees went almost industrial in their starkness and never recaptured the up-beat effect of this rather daft song about ordering food from a Chinese takeaway.
Rating: 7/10
