Interviews are always awkward when they involve mainstream shows and non-mainstream subjects. They're both basically there to promote each other, but they do bring out funny things about someone's personality.
Donnie (the host) was a true champion of all music and was formidable with his passion and love of punk/new wave. Fun fact: he had the scoop on 'Pornography' by The Cure before anyone, and wrote it up in a major newspaper column, waaaaay before it was released. A new release with *that* title, early 80s. Beat that.
I love their integrity in this interview, they aren't giving this guy anything they don't want to share.. He's diving way too deep into their psyche and they're like "We're too traumatized about our crappy past and frankly some things are better left unsaid, especially on camera.. so piss of will ya?"
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - INTERVIEW AUSTRALIAN TV 1983 2300pm 12.9.23 the presenters eyes lit up when he found out goth rock has 90percent female following... off to start a goth rock troupe, no doubt?
It wasn't that loud at all, this is polarised internet speak.... it's a 'bed' and absolutely no-one moaned about this at the time. This show was amazing and Donnie loved all music, completely inclusive.
So funny. I saw them in Sydney with Robert Smith at that time..Nocturne..fantastic...i still have Steve and Roberts autographs..on a piece of my old teenage jeans.
god shes so awkward, i am so in love with her. shes just so genuine. as she gets older she gets more of that star charisma and persona and i love her then too but this- this is just brilliant
@@dilfdigger784 Ah, it's a term used mostly in the USA. It means that a man who is seated is seated with his legs far apart, thus taking up a lot of space. There were ads in the NYC Subway telling men to knock it off.
Respect to this interviewer. I've seen so many of his interviews with awkward, scowling, jetlagged uk bands, he must've dreaded them, either that or he secretly enjoyed pissing them off when they were half asleep.
I'm British and I agree with the O.P. 'jet lagged'? well possibly, it won't have helped; but too many British artists were obnoxious arseholes when interviewed. Next to Kate Bush, Siouxsie was my favourite singer growing up, but she could be supercilious and needlessly combative, as could Severin. As I recall, Budgie had more class.
I imagine there were a few factors at play here: the previous interview where they were 'dragged from the studio' meant that she already had a bad history with Donnie Sutherland, the fact that Siouxsie was tired, that they didn't have a great impression of Australia (Siouxsie mentioned Sydney being stuck 20 years in the past once), and also the loaded questions.
1st Sydney gig they played was 'ok' and this (jetlag?) and the interview mood here matched. 2nd gig the following night was insane: Fireworks and Hong Kong garden were off the scale.
Once while hitch hiking(circa 88) I was given a lift by a fellow who worked in the studio whilst this interveiw took place ... He told me the Interveiwer Donny Sutherland( a bit of a muppet) was that pissed off at the conclusion of the interview; was quite rude to Ms Siouxie & Budge... The Programme was 'Sounds' predestian crap Saturday Morning commercail TV of the era...Sutherland was a recreational grey hound racer. Make of that what you will.
Nobody ever says a negative word about Robert Smith. And rarely divulges anything about him. When he couldn't tour with the Hyena tour, Siouxies was miffed and said he bailed on them, but the guy was in a bad way at that time.
The guy doing the interview is Donnie Sutherland and he interviewed plenty of people over the years and it appears that Siouxsie didn't want to be interviewed by him but their were quite a few others too that didn't want to be interviewed either.
Yeh, creative women that don't just handle their acid and Mandy , but make a healthy and worthwhile career out of it (Like Hillage/System 7, Gong, Eat Static, etc etc... briiliant. Intentional and fun rock n roll on their own genuine and fearless party terms)
I hate to say it, but they seem a bit out of it. You can't see Steve Severin's eyes because of the sunglasses, but watch Siouxsie from 2:12 to 2:16 and you will see her "focus" her thoughts. It is reflected in her eyes. Her eyes were not all weirdo-like when she was on tour in Detroit in the early 90's. She signed my creatures album I got from them. Yah, it is like when you know you are a goth, and Siouxsie is just a few feet away from you moment. One of the few things that will forever be burned into my memory.
@@markwebb9431 How was he a prick? Siouxsie showed up to an interview wacked out on heroin and blowing off all the questions, making no effort to engage at all.
A lot of the really good ''alternative'' rock n roll bands up till around '87 (MTV generation kicked in, and it REALLY did go up shit creek and lsoe any genuineness to real party/street dance culturter coz there WASNT ANY any more. And thats SHITE!) and where the electronic dance scene began to cut their teeth, MDMA, LSD, and cannibis were the common factor, and luckily, were all fairly generally healthy scenes, even if they passed through some shit in the learning process. Siouxsie in particular are very mandy/acid. The version of Jungle Book's ''Trust in Me''? OOOCHA! And creatures, amnd any official remixes. All very psychedelic/tribal rock n roll & genuinelly grounded dance beats. Very few ''real things'' now with bands. Mainly just ovedr-studied sound/look-a-likes, or patchwork-of-other-people type people. Nothing actually coming from them themselves. And that's why siouxsie kicks the shit out of Madonna and the rest. Bigger balls, and has MUCH more her own style and ideas. I should write reviews man... But nahhh fook it... just nice to prattle when am stoned!
I'm from ex-Yugoslavia and I followed the band's work, I have no information that they even had a concert in Yugoslavia during that period, a lot of bands don't even know where that country is! It is not Eastern Europe but the Balkan
@@mikegraham4255 Beograd, I talked to my friends, they think it might be Ljubljana, but there is no information, everyone who was there also released a live tape - Nick Cave, Pere Ubu, Swans... but they didn't, which is quite strange
Standoff interviews are so refreshing. I can't watch new bands being interviewed. I'd watch LATHE OF HEAVEN and WARRINGTON-RUNCORN... but that's about it.
This was probably on a show called Sounds Unlimited (?) it was pretty middle of the road 'nice' television on a commercial channel in the 80s. Donny Sutherland probably asked the same questions of most bands, pretty hard work if the interviewees are from another planet though! Ahhh Siouxsie....
Wow never knew Her dad milks snakes in Congo - that explains where her aloof demeanor comes from, her absent father figure!! Brilliant Siouxsie Sioux 💪💪💪
Her father was a bacteriologist that moved from the Belgian Congo to the UK before Siouxsie was born. Her aloof demeanor may come from the fact that she was sexually assaulted at age 9 (an assault that was ignored by her parents and the police) and that her father died of alcoholism when she was 14.
tim burton does like modeling his characters after musicians, robert smith and edward scissorhands, adam ant and captain jack, dave vanain and sweeney todd, ect.
Yeah, I was gonna say, Tim Burton didn't direct those pirate movies did he?? Also, I doubt that's really Danny Elfman that commented, but if it is, that's awesome!
Should you have broken up after John McGeoch left? Why do the press slobber all over you while hating on Bauhaus? Is your band a result of autism and the British welfare state? They'd wish they were back in Australia after I'm finished.
The interviewer was smart, accommodating and gracious, they were just tired, out of it, or god knows what. Just being typical, young, too cool for school goths (just like I was! 😅)
@@TedOtis ha ha ha, AYE MAN! Totally! Had a time warp and fit of giggles reading your words... Though, i think it's a bit of both. They weren't daft kids. Bromley... know wit a mean? lol BUT, aye... trying to affect the gravity of ''suss'' and ''cool'' without the experience to back it up yet. Anyway, back to work here. Thanks for that giggle there man! (A shame there isn't any decent psychedelic tribal/punky rock and roll around at the moment. Contrivedf shite everywhere. Qualified wankers)
@@WhaleTourist actually it was not that much censured, even if the punks were seen as trash like in all the countries. Look out for "Artisticka radna akcija", the firt punk album in there. And there was a lot of coldwawe, new wave, post-punk ... going on. Yugoslavia was more socialist than communist. At least, not like the others countries from eastern europe
Siouxsie is gorgeous. That cheesy background music is hilarious. Lmfao
Yikes
you have to be kidding she is a right old boot
Yes she is!😍
It's Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones. Called "Je Suis En Rock Star"
It's Australia 😆😆
siouxsie was undeniably beautiful then.she still is,& her voice is amazing.
Wow..they did NOT want to be interviewed by him.
They were bored and uninterested.
It was de riguer post punk to be disinterested. Quite childish in a way.
@@liborsionko That and Donnie Southerland was a bit of a dick most of the time ...
he looks like steve irwin in that get-up
The guy seems clueless about life, yet he thinks he has it all figured out.
Siouxsie is such a babe!!!
I'm just waiting for her to ''whip that naughty boy!''
“What led to you being a musician?”
“Must be because my dads a snake doctor”
that was so entertaining! You don't see artists being so standoffish in interviews anymore. They had such Swagger and integrity at such a young age!.
this was actually 'mature' Banshees by then, post Dreamhouse. Almost six albums in.
I've been more at ease being asked questions by a policeman.
Agreed!
😂
I love her makeup!
"I just don't like to talk."
I wish people still made music like this.
You would need a time-machine.
and look like this...
it would be cool if this era could get some own ideas
this regurgitation everywhere is *weird* as *fuck*
They do
They do!
This is a good example of how the job of a TV interviewer can be hard
I was pleased to hear the discussion involving Robert Smith.
"I just don't like to talk" that's me ehy
Interviews are always awkward when they involve mainstream shows and non-mainstream subjects. They're both basically there to promote each other, but they do bring out funny things about someone's personality.
Donnie (the host) was a true champion of all music and was formidable with his passion and love of punk/new wave. Fun fact: he had the scoop on 'Pornography' by The Cure before anyone, and wrote it up in a major newspaper column, waaaaay before it was released. A new release with *that* title, early 80s. Beat that.
My goth! What a sexy voice of hers, I love her!
I love you so much Siouxsie Sioux
That laugh is so fucking attractive
I love their integrity in this interview, they aren't giving this guy anything they don't want to share.. He's diving way too deep into their psyche and they're like "We're too traumatized about our crappy past and frankly some things are better left unsaid, especially on camera.. so piss of will ya?"
Jeez the tension is almost unbearable 😳
I'm cringing
It's like my family Christmas meal after I voted for Brexit.
When you hate immigrants so much you vote to sanction yourself
Awwwww siouxsie is a legend I love her interviews haha
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - INTERVIEW AUSTRALIAN TV 1983 2300pm 12.9.23 the presenters eyes lit up when he found out goth rock has 90percent female following... off to start a goth rock troupe, no doubt?
She’s so Gorgeous🦇🦇🦇💜💜💜
I love the way there's loud music over interviews, it's stops you having to enjoy anything, what a great fucking idea.
It wasn't that loud at all, this is polarised internet speak.... it's a 'bed' and absolutely no-one moaned about this at the time. This show was amazing and Donnie loved all music, completely inclusive.
"I was gonna talk about that guy Robbie Smith. "
So funny. I saw them in Sydney with Robert Smith at that time..Nocturne..fantastic...i still have Steve and Roberts autographs..on a piece of my old teenage jeans.
god shes so awkward, i am so in love with her. shes just so genuine. as she gets older she gets more of that star charisma and persona and i love her then too but this- this is just brilliant
She wasn't awkward at all, she was annoyed.
I love how she sits like a man. An uncompromising rock goddess!
And urinates like one.
No such thing dude.
@@RapidCycling07 huh?
Why did you get into music? Probably because my dad was a snake doctor!!! Lol I fucking love her.
Siouxsie is manspreading:)! I love her responses.
WHATS MANSPREADING
@@dilfdigger784 Ah, it's a term used mostly in the USA. It means that a man who is seated is seated with his legs far apart, thus taking up a lot of space. There were ads in the NYC Subway telling men to knock it off.
WHAT AN INTERVIEW !! Hahahahaha I love them
Respect to this interviewer. I've seen so many of his interviews with awkward, scowling, jetlagged uk bands, he must've dreaded them, either that or he secretly enjoyed pissing them off when they were half asleep.
I respect the artists more.
I'm British and I agree with the O.P. 'jet lagged'? well possibly, it won't have helped; but too many British artists were obnoxious arseholes when interviewed. Next to Kate Bush, Siouxsie was my favourite singer growing up, but she could be supercilious and needlessly combative, as could Severin. As I recall, Budgie had more class.
Love her Well Spoken Voice
I imagine there were a few factors at play here: the previous interview where they were 'dragged from the studio' meant that she already had a bad history with Donnie Sutherland, the fact that Siouxsie was tired, that they didn't have a great impression of Australia (Siouxsie mentioned Sydney being stuck 20 years in the past once), and also the loaded questions.
1st Sydney gig they played was 'ok' and this (jetlag?) and the interview mood here matched. 2nd gig the following night was insane: Fireworks and Hong Kong garden were off the scale.
love her so much. ♥
Ahh I love everything about Siouxsie
"let's talk about something else !!"
Ouchie lol. Awkward interview, so very awkward
I just don't like to talk !
Once while hitch hiking(circa 88) I was given a lift by a fellow who worked in the studio whilst this interveiw took place ... He told me the Interveiwer Donny Sutherland( a bit of a muppet) was that pissed off at the conclusion of the interview; was quite rude to Ms Siouxie & Budge... The Programme was 'Sounds' predestian crap Saturday Morning commercail TV of the era...Sutherland was a recreational grey hound racer. Make of that what you will.
Nobody ever says a negative word about Robert Smith. And rarely divulges anything about him. When he couldn't tour with the Hyena tour, Siouxies was miffed and said he bailed on them, but the guy was in a bad way at that time.
Smith did her a solid and stepped in when they needed a guitarist for a tour but he never agreed to leave the Cure and join the band.
Real Artist 👨🎤 ahead of there time
Susan Janet Ballion i love her'
Young Girls ? Young Women who found one of the best role models of all.
Iconic
love The Legendary Pork Helmets, represent!
BRILLIANT!
I think they were tired.
When she says ''I always wanted to meet you'', it's like a spell, the 2nd time around. We all know what happened the first time.
What?
@@JhonNye96 Yes.
The guy doing the interview is Donnie Sutherland and he interviewed plenty of people over the years and it appears that Siouxsie didn't want to be interviewed by him but their were quite a few others too that didn't want to be interviewed either.
Now that, is my kind of chick.
Yeh, creative women that don't just handle their acid and Mandy , but make a healthy and worthwhile career out of it (Like Hillage/System 7, Gong, Eat Static, etc etc... briiliant. Intentional and fun rock n roll on their own genuine and fearless party terms)
How do u unstaple your balls from a ceiling fan
@@Weaponized_Autism141 turn it off and turn it back on again
@@SpinoRexzillaEN25 am found alredy
@@Weaponized_Autism141 ok
when she shuts him up lmao
I love her so much:)
They're so not feeling this interviewer. He's asking leading questions, then answering his own questions.
He's Real Shit.
Lol
I hate to say it, but they seem a bit out of it. You can't see Steve Severin's eyes because of the sunglasses, but watch Siouxsie from 2:12 to 2:16 and you will see her "focus" her thoughts. It is reflected in her eyes. Her eyes were not all weirdo-like when she was on tour in Detroit in the early 90's. She signed my creatures album I got from them. Yah, it is like when you know you are a goth, and Siouxsie is just a few feet away from you moment. One of the few things that will forever be burned into my memory.
@@markwebb9431 How was he a prick? Siouxsie showed up to an interview wacked out on heroin and blowing off all the questions, making no effort to engage at all.
Seekarr Heroin?! No.
A lot of the really good ''alternative'' rock n roll bands up till around '87 (MTV generation kicked in, and it REALLY did go up shit creek and lsoe any genuineness to real party/street dance culturter coz there WASNT ANY any more. And thats SHITE!) and where the electronic dance scene began to cut their teeth, MDMA, LSD, and cannibis were the common factor, and luckily, were all fairly generally healthy scenes, even if they passed through some shit in the learning process. Siouxsie in particular are very mandy/acid. The version of Jungle Book's ''Trust in Me''? OOOCHA! And creatures, amnd any official remixes. All very psychedelic/tribal rock n roll & genuinelly grounded dance beats.
Very few ''real things'' now with bands. Mainly just ovedr-studied sound/look-a-likes, or patchwork-of-other-people type people. Nothing actually coming from them themselves. And that's why siouxsie kicks the shit out of Madonna and the rest. Bigger balls, and has MUCH more her own style and ideas.
I should write reviews man...
But nahhh fook it... just nice to prattle when am stoned!
Legend.
i think she's shy
Well the interviewer wasn't helping either.
🖤 Cute
I feel like in another universe I was goth.
Brasil love your vídeos 🖤🇧🇷 really good
I like that Richie Finestra interviewed them back in the days.
I'm from ex-Yugoslavia and I followed the band's work, I have no information that they even had a concert in Yugoslavia during that period, a lot of bands don't even know where that country is! It is not Eastern Europe but the Balkan
I think they played Ljubljana. Where are you from? "gdje ti?" (?)
@@mikegraham4255 Beograd, I talked to my friends, they think it might be Ljubljana, but there is no information, everyone who was there also released a live tape - Nick Cave, Pere Ubu, Swans... but they didn't, which is quite strange
Standoff interviews are so refreshing. I can't watch new bands being interviewed. I'd watch LATHE OF HEAVEN and WARRINGTON-RUNCORN... but that's about it.
Amazing
idole
This was probably on a show called Sounds Unlimited (?) it was pretty middle of the road 'nice' television on a commercial channel in the 80s. Donny Sutherland probably asked the same questions of most bands, pretty hard work if the interviewees are from another planet though! Ahhh Siouxsie....
Long live Yugoslavia
-I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU-
robbie smith
Siouxsie ci manchi torna....
The definition of awkward
My Bowie Performances attract a lot of fruit .... I'm great at headers .... then off to escape through the gent's toilet window.
Soooo Cute ok
They should have had an interviewer their age or younger.
Wow never knew Her dad milks snakes in Congo - that explains where her aloof demeanor comes from, her absent father figure!! Brilliant Siouxsie Sioux 💪💪💪
Her father was a bacteriologist that moved from the Belgian Congo to the UK before Siouxsie was born. Her aloof demeanor may come from the fact that she was sexually assaulted at age 9 (an assault that was ignored by her parents and the police) and that her father died of alcoholism when she was 14.
@@stephenhawkingsfootballboo7885 Ach, that stinks... But a very middle class background.
She looks like Winona Ryder did in Beetlejuice.
tim burton does like modeling his characters after musicians, robert smith and edward scissorhands, adam ant and captain jack, dave vanain and sweeney todd, ect.
Hi, I'm Danny Elfman From The Band Oingo Boingo Tim didn't direct Pirates.
Yeah, I was gonna say, Tim Burton didn't direct those pirate movies did he?? Also, I doubt that's really Danny Elfman that commented, but if it is, that's awesome!
Yeah, I was about to say, Tim Burton didn't direct those pirate movies did he??
hi Danny, were you influenced by maurice ravel at all ??
Georgeus group!
They're so annoyed oml 😂
that background music 😆
Should be entitled: Australian Tony Danza poorly interviews two knackered goths.
They are not "goths" even they have said so.
@@Kris_P._Bey_Ken That they didn't self-identify as goths is irrelevant to the fact that to the general public they were considered goth.
Creo ella su voz unas de mejores en punk
Fun!
The interviewer is Donnie Sutherland, Channel 7
Funny interview
LOL so awkward
This is female Brown Spirit as a human. In the Star Wars Universe she is Iden Versio of the Inferno Squad. She is the God Hel.
What's the name of the song at 0:48? I mean, the first song played.
Before Alison Mosshart there was Siouxsie Sioux and Jennifer Herrema
🙇♂️
WoW❗️worst interview
Love them!!
Stupid background music gggrrrrr!!!
If you could have been the interviewer and asked Siouxsie and Steve any question, what would you ask?
Should you have broken up after John McGeoch left?
Why do the press slobber all over you while hating on Bauhaus?
Is your band a result of autism and the British welfare state?
They'd wish they were back in Australia after I'm finished.
Poor Donnie Sutherland with this interview 😆
Heino-Look was cool
Funny Question, Does anyone realize Siouxsie is the inspiration for Death girl in Sandman by Neil Gaiman?
they are really struggling with the interviewers inanity!
"the legendary pork helmets"? ha ha ha
The interviewer was smart, accommodating and gracious, they were just tired, out of it, or god knows what. Just being typical, young, too cool for school goths (just like I was! 😅)
@@TedOtis ha ha ha, AYE MAN! Totally!
Had a time warp and fit of giggles reading your words... Though, i think it's a bit of both. They weren't daft kids. Bromley... know wit a mean? lol
BUT, aye... trying to affect the gravity of ''suss'' and ''cool'' without the experience to back it up yet. Anyway, back to work here.
Thanks for that giggle there man! (A shame there isn't any decent psychedelic tribal/punky rock and roll around at the moment. Contrivedf shite everywhere. Qualified wankers)
well..that was awkward...
Er...what the fek happened there?
Was like the most awkward interview ever or somethin...
He DIDN'T KNOW who he was interviewing!
I think that the interviewer is a bit dry and the two parties were not on the same wavelength.
She confessed that her father was a herpetologist. GD, what could be more interesting than that. Raised in the Congo?
Inspiration for the killing jar?
Without the interviewer this sofa speaks rest mmmmmmm!
What did he say about Yugoslavians ? I don't understand cery well
Also, I would like to know what's the first song playing
Thanks you :-)
Yugo was formerally a communist country. I am sure punk was censored at the time.
@Downward _ Spiraling and I just sew your answer, thank you. Yes I'm from there:)
@@WhaleTourist actually it was not that much censured, even if the punks were seen as trash like in all the countries. Look out for "Artisticka radna akcija", the firt punk album in there. And there was a lot of coldwawe, new wave, post-punk ... going on. Yugoslavia was more socialist than communist. At least, not like the others countries from eastern europe
@@IK-eg5fs Thank you for the insight. Much appreciated.
The legendary Pork Helmets!
LOL, wut!?