Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 9 сен 2014
  • Official Music Video by Siouxsie And The Banshees performing 'Cities In Dust'.
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    Lyrics below:
    Water was running, children were running
    You were running out of time
    Under the mountain, a golden fountain
    Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?
    But, whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Choking on the dirt and sand
    Your former glories and all the stories
    Dragged and washed with eager hands
    But, whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Your city lies in dust
    Water was running, children were running
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Water was running, children were running
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Hot and burning in your nostrils
    Pouring down your gaping mouth
    Your molten bodies, blanket of cinders
    Caught in the throes, and
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust
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Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @mirrorier9988
    @mirrorier9988 Месяц назад +179

    Anyone here in 2024??🎉

  • @mathydisanti1917
    @mathydisanti1917 3 года назад +7248

    I was a dark teenager who listened to Siouxsie and Banshees .... that was a long time ago ... I am 52 years old in October 2020 and I feel the same emotion!

    • @wiegerarensman7652
      @wiegerarensman7652 3 года назад +105

      LOL me too!

    • @maxshea4762
      @maxshea4762 3 года назад +72

      ME THREE!

    • @void4955
      @void4955 3 года назад +208

      I'm a teenager and I listen to their music. Maybe I'll say the same thing u said after 40 years

    • @johndclegg38
      @johndclegg38 3 года назад +219

      We're old and irrelevant now...
      But we used to own the night.

    • @petartomic6582
      @petartomic6582 3 года назад +91

      Well done you! I'm 58. Some things are there to last for some time... Still No 1 on my car playlist!

  • @derin111
    @derin111 8 месяцев назад +554

    I saw them live as a 15 year old Punk in 1978. I’m 60 now and still love them!

    • @kathygonzalez1413
      @kathygonzalez1413 7 месяцев назад +12

      That's great 😊

    • @karicallaway5065
      @karicallaway5065 5 месяцев назад +11

      60 year olds are so much cooler now than they used to be

    • @bikesclassicas
      @bikesclassicas 4 месяца назад +3

      Eu fui no show no Brasil

    • @AlanUniacke-kt1jh
      @AlanUniacke-kt1jh 4 месяца назад +2

      WOW.

    • @LizJensenMusic
      @LizJensenMusic 3 месяца назад +2

      me too but a few years later, early 1980s, which is basically 'post punk' years.

  • @nog0dsnomasters
    @nog0dsnomasters Год назад +1237

    Might be worth saying to the people that grew up with this.
    I'm 18, and found this all on my own. We're not going to let this die.

    • @mirobelly
      @mirobelly Год назад +88

      I'm 51 and listened to this when I was your age. Thank you for not letting this music die. ❤

    • @AB67
      @AB67 Год назад +47

      THANK YOU!!!!!!! I think that is amazing. Please live up to your word. WE are counting on youth like you. I am 55. Lucky to be able to grow up with great music such as this.

    • @Reason1717
      @Reason1717 Год назад +26

      NoGOdsNoMasters, I really like your comment and your style young man. Yes don't let this die.

    • @lukasketner
      @lukasketner Год назад +21

      You kids have way more varied taste than we did, good on you. One good thing about the digital social era!

    • @nog0dsnomasters
      @nog0dsnomasters Год назад +21

      @@lukasketner Yeah. I'm thankful for it too. I like everything from goth, to grindcore, to emo, to Punk. Variety is the spice of life.

  • @chaoticag3nt249
    @chaoticag3nt249 4 года назад +3361

    It's cool to see people discovering music I grew up with.

    • @lidsboy4586
      @lidsboy4586 3 года назад +44

      Theses shit is epic 🤘🏻

    • @doctorfluffnstuff403
      @doctorfluffnstuff403 3 года назад +56

      It's cool that there's so much still worth discovering!

    • @dizzydizzy7048
      @dizzydizzy7048 3 года назад +55

      love you for not hate keeping

    • @GUNNERSIGHTZEROED
      @GUNNERSIGHTZEROED 3 года назад +13

      Oh, I miss those days. Wonderful music. She’s still great today too.

    • @flamegarden
      @flamegarden 3 года назад +21

      Echo and the Bunnymen, if you haven’t found them yet:)

  • @massivegat5087
    @massivegat5087 3 года назад +1927

    We're all in love with Siouxsie aren't we?

    • @MindRiotSolitude
      @MindRiotSolitude 3 года назад +37

      im full listerner of Siouxsie and the Banshees, men and i die hard doom metalhead!
      Greetings!!

    • @kalevala29
      @kalevala29 3 года назад +38

      I was in high school in the eighties and most of my friends didn't like their music, except for some of the gay guys. but my straight friends were all about crap like Zappa and Rush. Okay, I did like some Rush ;-)

    • @ksjeg594
      @ksjeg594 3 года назад

      Hope no

    • @MD-ru5vs
      @MD-ru5vs 2 года назад +8

      yes for over 40 years !!

    • @methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669
      @methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669 2 года назад +5

      YES!!

  • @blurrygirl06
    @blurrygirl06 Год назад +627

    This song is so haunting. The urgency in her voice referring to happened hundreds of years ago is just so darkly beautiful.

    • @kyle_sv_xanthus
      @kyle_sv_xanthus Год назад +25

      thousands*

    • @carlo_cali
      @carlo_cali 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah. Listen to Rhapsody and the fan video someone made. That song has a deep meaning and is one of her best.

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад +8

      100s of years? Naham, please don't understate the time period that this happened. It happened almost 2,000 years ago.

    • @methylpants
      @methylpants 8 месяцев назад +1

      Thousands

    • @chaseknowls4624
      @chaseknowls4624 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@ThomasJr, what? What happened hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago? I thought this was a emo-girl, break-up song, lol.

  • @jovannaa
    @jovannaa 5 месяцев назад +407

    My best friend passed away yesterday. This was his favorite song. We sang together last saturday. I cant believe that now he is gone. Rest in peace my Leo

    • @WendigoHyde
      @WendigoHyde 5 месяцев назад +17

      Sorry for your loss, you and your friend have great taste in music

    • @xgutierrez933
      @xgutierrez933 5 месяцев назад +5

      Peace.

    • @markc-ru4qz
      @markc-ru4qz 4 месяца назад +3

      I wonder if his body is petrified like the subject the song is directed at. Siouxsie was fascinated by it when she went to Pompeii. 🌋

    • @jimmygarcia4304
      @jimmygarcia4304 4 месяца назад +2

      🙏🙏🙏

    • @Anglovox
      @Anglovox 3 месяца назад +1

      What a wonderful story. What a brilliant totem to the whole of this 50-year friendship...and what a PERFECT memory to carry with you for eternity. Godspeed.

  • @zardox78
    @zardox78 3 года назад +1713

    I love how she managed to turn "dust" into a 3-syllable word.

    • @aragorn1780
      @aragorn1780 3 года назад +46

      *Sean Paul has entered the chat*

    • @rafaelsida5155
      @rafaelsida5155 2 года назад +5

      Yes!!!!!

    • @lucaspeden3727
      @lucaspeden3727 2 года назад +9

      @The Elder ya'll aren't from the southern us are ya'll?

    • @MacDougalPuppy
      @MacDougalPuppy 2 года назад +79

      Also, "ci-ah-ty"

    • @McCurtainCounty888
      @McCurtainCounty888 2 года назад +23

      @@lucaspeden3727 its called a dipthong, it always gives us Southren boys away

  • @cherrygoeshard
    @cherrygoeshard 4 года назад +1062

    Siouxsie probably has one of the prettiest voices I've ever heard

    • @MiriamGalvani
      @MiriamGalvani 4 года назад +5

      Before (or next to) patty smith there was siouxsie 🥰

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak 4 года назад +38

      I agree. She has a wonderfully haunting voice.

    • @Douglas-yf6nb
      @Douglas-yf6nb 4 года назад +41

      i believe its called contralto, similar to Annie Lennox. Its the lowest octave (?) female singing voice and I love it too. Toni Halliday (Curve) is similar.

    • @themoon5898
      @themoon5898 4 года назад

      I know right

    • @harmbates123
      @harmbates123 4 года назад +10

      Nina Hagen
      Lene Lovich
      80's Queens

  • @jamesgray9950
    @jamesgray9950 Год назад +625

    I'm 61 and Siouxsie and the Banshees still sound like brand new music to me.

    • @mrs.dinahsaur7195
      @mrs.dinahsaur7195 Год назад +8

      Just started listening, and you know, I don't want to hear it.
      It's cool at any age to discover something new to the ear.
      Almost 60!

    • @LarzGustafsson
      @LarzGustafsson Год назад +10

      61 here as well. Born on June 1, 1961.

    • @debbielippitt9359
      @debbielippitt9359 Год назад +5

      @@LarzGustafsson 72 here!

    • @miffedmax
      @miffedmax Год назад

      Same

    • @thejoker-ie1mm
      @thejoker-ie1mm 11 месяцев назад +2

      62 years young here! Greetings from Italy ✌

  • @katsujinkin60
    @katsujinkin60 Год назад +361

    This is one of those rare instant classics that do not age. The vocals, instrumentation, production, and atmosphere, all work together like a Swiss watch movement. If anything was added or deleted, it would be ruined. That is the definition of perfection!

    • @mikethomas6051
      @mikethomas6051 Год назад +4

      this is what i would say, :)

    • @katsujinkin60
      @katsujinkin60 Год назад +3

      @@mikethomas6051 Right on!

    • @MsZoombye
      @MsZoombye Год назад +4

      I like this original version much better than the Garbage cover I just heard

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 8 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/-yP-YCLolMw/видео.htmlfeature=shared

    • @gigz-econ5625
      @gigz-econ5625 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes a for sure timeless classic it will never die

  • @heather5391
    @heather5391 5 лет назад +4147

    I started listening to The Smiths over a year ago & they are my favorite band. Then The Cure... now I discovered this. I’m in heaven.

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak 5 лет назад +137

      Those are three of my favourite bands of all time.

    • @bobfrost4134
      @bobfrost4134 4 года назад +247

      Welcome! I adore The Smiths, The Cure and Siouxsie. Check out Sisters of Mercy.

    • @TinManSixtySix
      @TinManSixtySix 4 года назад +68

      Glad you found good music, real music to listen to.

    • @claytonorchard300
      @claytonorchard300 4 года назад +19

      Bob Frost good recommendation tbf

    • @theshadowxoxo
      @theshadowxoxo 4 года назад +81

      Best music era was in the 80s. I grew up as a teen during this time and loved it so much! 🖤🎼

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters 3 года назад +2768

    Siouxie and the Banshees ere so ahead of their time. This still sounds fresh even in 2021.

  • @jacckkaboii3528
    @jacckkaboii3528 9 месяцев назад +221

    Siouxsie, the pixies, the cure, the deftones, radiohead and nirvana all go so hard, I love music

    • @tacoguy764
      @tacoguy764 4 месяца назад +11

      we have the same music taste magod

    • @delugesofgrandeur
      @delugesofgrandeur 3 месяца назад +1

      Awesome to see those "newer" bands thrown in their as well as they are my three favorite "modern" rock bands. Deftones don't get enough credit outside of their genre, imo.

    • @mattyice1221
      @mattyice1221 2 месяца назад +5

      I don’t think you can say Radiohead “goes hard” but Nirvana, Pixies, Siouxsie and Deftones all do… Robert Smith played with Siouxsie and the Cure stuff is sooo dark (Wish excluded), judges?? Ding ding ok The Cure goes hard but not Radiohead, despite their somewhat overrated awesomeness 🤣

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan 2 месяца назад +3

      Wow, those musics are all from completely different eras and sound completely different from each other.

    • @Happyradio1234
      @Happyradio1234 Месяц назад

      same

  • @alissawestmoreland3642
    @alissawestmoreland3642 9 дней назад +6

    Discovered them in 1987. Helped shaped my adolescence. Still enjoy them so much!

  • @Erin-uz2gf
    @Erin-uz2gf 3 года назад +1610

    One of the coolest songs about one of the hottest times in history.

    • @TheLMC323
      @TheLMC323 3 года назад +64

      Yes! They don't write songs like this anymore! She sings about them like she really knew and cared about them!

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 2 года назад +37

      Ahhhh I see what you did there!

    • @deargodwhyamihere
      @deargodwhyamihere 2 года назад +5

      Haha

    • @jasonkouse5037
      @jasonkouse5037 2 года назад +5

      lmfao

    • @roathripper
      @roathripper 2 года назад +48

      i erupted with laughter when i read your comment!

  • @j.s.connolly8579
    @j.s.connolly8579 4 года назад +797

    I LOVE the way Siouxsue Pronounces her words like... she doesn't sing it as "DUUUUST" But "DOE-UST"

    • @rafaelsida5155
      @rafaelsida5155 3 года назад +31

      Very perceptive lol! My niece would always mock the ohhh woah! Lol good times!

    • @eggplantcalzone
      @eggplantcalzone 3 года назад +42

      And see-uh-tee-izzz lol

    • @rafaelsida5155
      @rafaelsida5155 3 года назад +15

      @@eggplantcalzone yes!! No I'm gonna take a listen and find more lol!

    • @EnochDark
      @EnochDark 3 года назад +13

      wish we could turn back time... to the gute-ole days...

    • @FiveToedSloth1
      @FiveToedSloth1 3 года назад +10

      Bromley girl, innit.

  • @robserica
    @robserica Год назад +142

    This has to be one of the most addicting choruses ever. I remember the first time I've heard it, I couldn't wait to wake up the next morning just to listen to this song. Not many songs do that to you but this is one of those, long live Siouxsie.

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад +6

      I agree, the other day i listened to it almost 20 times non-stop at the gym. I was addicted.

    • @WendigoHyde
      @WendigoHyde 5 месяцев назад

      It is called an Earworm I'll be singing this and dancing the way sioxsie dances in Spellbound all day

    • @Bballph
      @Bballph Месяц назад

      Ohrwurm, (hard v on that w) No! Wait!.. the verse on Peek-a-boo is magic.. ⠀ଘ(∩^o^)⊃━꧂★ ҉♬*ೃ⋆˚༓༝•༓༝・゚*ೃ⋆♪✧•*•.ヽ( ᐛ )ノ

  • @rugbydazz2264
    @rugbydazz2264 8 дней назад +3

    I haven't heard this in nearly 40 years, what a whirlwind.

  • @juanaltredo2974
    @juanaltredo2974 7 лет назад +1974

    she scares and attracts me at the same time, criminally underrated

    • @Emulous79
      @Emulous79 7 лет назад +21

      Why do gay people love this? I love it... ooer

    • @djovani29
      @djovani29 7 лет назад +20

      Give it a rest..the correctness.. It's ok to have a laugh sometimes u know;)

    • @Emulous79
      @Emulous79 7 лет назад +5

      Nostalgic NZer I wasn't serious but sorry if you got offended.

    • @MWBlueNoodles
      @MWBlueNoodles 7 лет назад +44

      Nostalgic NZer As someone who is part of the LBGT community I can confirm that the comment wasn't offensive. Like.. At all.

    • @poisonempress
      @poisonempress 7 лет назад +32

      Nostalgic NZer it's the internet with public comments so give it a rest mate

  • @doyleperkins4916
    @doyleperkins4916 3 года назад +1094

    Many don't know that this song was inspired by Siouxsie's visit to the excavated ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which had been imfamously buried by a volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD/CE

    • @mpeg2tom
      @mpeg2tom 3 года назад +79

      Indeed, but it was taken by fans as a global nuclear war song.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 2 года назад +9

      True.

    • @chrisf4268
      @chrisf4268 2 года назад +11

      @@mpeg2tom maybe in a 10000 years when they dig up our civilization it will be about that.

    • @sugarmuffin319
      @sugarmuffin319 2 года назад +10

      Yeah it's really heavy

    • @doyleperkins4916
      @doyleperkins4916 2 года назад +1

      @@mpeg2tom Correct.

  • @cohendg1
    @cohendg1 2 месяца назад +7

    I was obsessed with this song as a kid in the 80s. Still gives me chills!

  • @LightLife4
    @LightLife4 5 месяцев назад +17

    It takes a talented singer songwriter to take a infamous historical event and turn it into an incredible song. And you wonder why Sixousie's a musical legend

    • @delugesofgrandeur
      @delugesofgrandeur 3 месяца назад +1

      And if it helps people dig into history, even better!

  • @bubu4433
    @bubu4433 2 года назад +123

    Water was running, children were running
    You were running out of time
    Under the mountain, a golden fountain
    Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
    But ohh, oh your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Choking on the dirt and sand
    Your former glories and all the stories
    Dragged and washed with eager hands
    But ohh, oh your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh your city lies in dust, my friend
    Your city lies in dust
    Water was running, children were running
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Water was running, children were running
    We found you hiding, we found you lying
    Your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Hot and burning in your nostrils
    Pouring down your gaping mouth
    Your molten bodies, blanket of cinders
    Caught in the throes
    And ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
    Ohh, oh, your city

  • @TheRezmith
    @TheRezmith 7 лет назад +611

    I love this woman.. She's so authentic and irreverent. Ages ahead of time!!!!

  • @digikaininja5
    @digikaininja5 Месяц назад +4

    i didnt understand their music back then but get their vibe now..jut took me 3 decades to get around

  • @surfingnerf
    @surfingnerf 6 месяцев назад +14

    Hearing this song a million times in my life; and finally seeing the official video, I finally put two and two together…the lyrics describing the haunting plaster cast bodies of Pompeii.

  • @edwardroy3401
    @edwardroy3401 4 года назад +215

    Man, does 80s music hold up over time

    • @b.lonewolf417
      @b.lonewolf417 3 года назад +9

      You got that right! I mean, I was actually a 90s kid, but I still LOVE a lot of 80s music, and earlier. So many songs from that decade resonate even today!

    • @bobdobalina838
      @bobdobalina838 3 года назад +14

      It even gets better, like fine wine. As modern music just gets worse.

    • @ellismarquez8410
      @ellismarquez8410 3 года назад +1

      It will hold up at least as long as the remains of Pompeii.

    • @hannahkozlovic1715
      @hannahkozlovic1715 2 года назад +2

      I mean, some of it did... either that or it aged like milk that was already stale. This song is definitely in the former category though

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 2 года назад

      Only good music holds up over time. This holds up over time.

  • @aragoncarlito
    @aragoncarlito 2 года назад +390

    I've always been into Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal in all styles, but Siouxsie And The Banshees is fantastic, their music is poetry, a great journey, it seems like time doesn't exist.

    • @darrenjohnson7857
      @darrenjohnson7857 2 года назад +8

      Great rock music

    • @dustinr.5868
      @dustinr.5868 10 месяцев назад +8

      Same, Metal has always been my home. But sometimes I like to take walks 🤘🏻

    • @georgecornwell7706
      @georgecornwell7706 10 месяцев назад +3

      That’s a super cool comment!

    • @ktmxcw400
      @ktmxcw400 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@dustinr.5868Couldn't agree more

    • @ktmxcw400
      @ktmxcw400 10 месяцев назад +1

      Agree 100%

  • @MegaMilher
    @MegaMilher 2 года назад +26

    The 80’s were the best. Wish I could go back ! 🎸😎👍

  • @matthewmead2374
    @matthewmead2374 8 месяцев назад +12

    This song fucking bangs and anyone who can squeeze 7 syllables from the word dust is a true artist. This song and video are absolutely terrifying and dark as anything produced

  • @DJKidbilly
    @DJKidbilly 2 года назад +265

    She had my heart as a teenager in the 80s and I still find her to be one of the most remarkable singer/songwriter/performers of all-time. There has never been anyone else like her. Ever. She's a goddess and her lyrics are pure poetry.

    • @LarsonPetty
      @LarsonPetty 11 месяцев назад

      For me, it was Linda Ronstadt. The first time I ever remember anything going on below the beltline was lovely Linda. I was only like 8 or 9 and I was terrified when things began to "happen", as I thought the condition to be permanent. I even began the logistics of how I was going to have to stand on my head to urinate for the rest of my life....

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад

      I agree handsome

    • @adderon7476
      @adderon7476 7 месяцев назад

      Kate Bush. Karen O. Florence Welch. Annie Clark. Santigold. Gwen Stefani. Peaches....

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@adderon7476so true lol

    • @roseamey370
      @roseamey370 5 месяцев назад

      @@adderon7476 thanks for list

  • @aurumthebrave3427
    @aurumthebrave3427 4 года назад +513

    Best song to listen to when studying for an archaeology assessment.

    • @ReunionMana
      @ReunionMana 4 года назад +26

      Especially if it’s about Pompeii lol

    • @griffinsmith2109
      @griffinsmith2109 4 года назад +23

      Listening to Dead Can Dance in an anthropology museum was a pretty ethereal experience for me😂

    • @trespire
      @trespire 3 года назад +5

      @@ReunionMana Pompeii and Herculenium was small fry. Read up what happened at around 1700BC, the collapse of the Bronze Age. What's scary is something like that could happen again.

    • @piike_the_garbage
      @piike_the_garbage 3 года назад +4

      I can't listen to this while studying because I will get distracted and start to sing and dance

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 2 года назад

      It's a time assignment- and you have just 3 days to discover it...

  • @MrBear619
    @MrBear619 Год назад +20

    I first heard this at a goth club in San Diego 6 years ago. Still one of my favorites 🖤

  • @JRToronto1
    @JRToronto1 8 месяцев назад +16

    Timeless.. the vocal hooks are unparalleled

  • @johndotter4019
    @johndotter4019 5 лет назад +48

    Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

  • @mikelykan.9416
    @mikelykan.9416 4 года назад +120

    This is a fu*king masterpiece. How the fu*k did this tune stay under the radar for so long? It could've been made by Siouxsie and the Banshees yesterday, it still sound's that good. Catchy as fu*k.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 3 года назад +2

      This came out while I was away in Germany in October 1985 so I hardly heard it at the time,which was a pity. The sound which kicks in at 0:24 reminds me a bit of a wind-up wooden clock we had on the mantelpiece at home,especially when my dad decided to tinker with it.

  • @SutekhTheDestroyer
    @SutekhTheDestroyer Год назад +60

    I have been fascinated by Pompeii and Herculaneum ever since my dad bought a National Geographic documentary about it many years ago (back in the late 80s). One can only imagine the horror and terror those poor people felt in their final moments.

    • @theonlyonestanding8079
      @theonlyonestanding8079 10 месяцев назад

      Me too...I want visit Pompeii and see the stiffs 🌋 😂😂🗿⚰👥👤🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад +1

      I agree, her last verse (caught in the throes ) makes a reference to their suffering.

  • @JPPW1982
    @JPPW1982 2 года назад +16

    I know it's about 40 years too late but does anyone else dream of a Souxie and The Banshees/Sisters of Mercy tour?

  • @adrianabvitucci5856
    @adrianabvitucci5856 5 лет назад +290

    Happy 62nd Birthday Siouxsie!

    • @raven7146
      @raven7146 4 года назад +12

      Adriana B Vitucci are you saying sixty tooth

    • @charlescrabb6156
      @charlescrabb6156 4 года назад +4

      62nd

    • @adrianabvitucci5856
      @adrianabvitucci5856 4 года назад +3

      @@raven7146 Yes, my dear error of distraction. It happens when you do somenthing:)

    • @adrianabvitucci5856
      @adrianabvitucci5856 4 года назад +1

      @@charlescrabb6156 Thank you Charles, but Google is enough:)

    • @ThStg
      @ThStg 4 года назад

      62 WELL I NEVER!!! would believe that she is that. & I still think she looks GORGEOUS!!!! & VERY SEXY!!! ♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️👋👋👋👋👋👍👍🏼

  • @simonedwards7775
    @simonedwards7775 2 года назад +204

    She send shivers every time I here her voice miss the 80s bad

    • @matthewfoster1763
      @matthewfoster1763 Год назад +2

      Listening and watching rage my ears out heard this track and liked, just amazing🥰

  • @Anglovox
    @Anglovox 3 месяца назад +3

    Budgie: Perhaps, THE MOST underated drummer in rock n' roll history....When listening to what he comes up with, I'm often utterly blown away by ALL of his flawless technical prowess, perfect meter, and the sheer perfection of how his choices in playing fits within the song...and the fact that almost no one notices his brilliance...at least, not enough for it to have been mentioned.

  • @ThomasJr
    @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад +14

    *This song is a masterpiece*

  • @tiagotiburri
    @tiagotiburri 2 года назад +119

    This song is so amazing, that I discovered something very curious: in 2018 I heard it after many years, but the memory came to me of having heard it on a car trip, a long time ago. One day I told my mother this, I showed this song, and she remembered that when I was only 2 years old my father, who died in 2008, had a cassette tape with this song...yes, it was in the subconscious! That's why I love this song!

    • @isaiahromero9861
      @isaiahromero9861 2 года назад +7

      That's so crazy when that happens, one time I "discovered" a song called six months in a leaky boat by split enz and was absolutely in love with it (and still am) and I felt like it sounded oddly familiar, then when I showed my dad he told me he used to play a wiggles CD with a cover of that song on it all the time when I was little and that was apparently my favorite song on it, and now I can distinctly remember listening to it when I was in the bath as a kid, so trippy

    • @dylan_1884
      @dylan_1884 10 месяцев назад +1

      That’s such an amazing story, also my deepest condolences friend ❤️

    • @devinc9
      @devinc9 9 месяцев назад +1

      I knew of the group but never remembered hearing this song. My mom used to sing this chorus at random and I never knew what it was until maybe a week ago and now I have played this bop on repeat since.

    • @jasonh.8754
      @jasonh.8754 6 месяцев назад +1

      Some people can remember snippets of information from as young as 3 (or even younger). I can remember sitting in a high chair at my birthday, and also when my little sister was born (I was 3).

  • @CodeUser1
    @CodeUser1 2 года назад +61

    Goodness, we knew music was great then but, somehow, I keep finding these musical gems and think how fortunate we are to hear pure talent that never fades even over decades....long may it last!

  • @monikacam
    @monikacam День назад +1

    Hace mucho que no escuchaba este tema.
    Buenísimo.Tremenda Siuxie y su legado.

  • @polar_fox24
    @polar_fox24 8 месяцев назад +10

    Heard this song and band for the first time today. Blown away immediately. Fell in love with the music and the voice ❤

  • @Moonlightchant
    @Moonlightchant 3 года назад +238

    Siouxsie my queen your music ages like a good wine.

    • @atompunk5575
      @atompunk5575 3 года назад +11

      Barely found her music 2 days ago while playing Black Ops cold war, they play this song as a 'Wartrack' it has a great catch to it, and i had to find the song because i honestly thought it was about Nuclear Warfare, which would fit the narrative of the game. I had no idea it was about pompei and Mt. Versus, its crazy but i love this song

  • @anitacigarette
    @anitacigarette 4 года назад +81

    This is the song my wife used to introduce me to Siouxsie & the Banshees. So many great memories attached to this band.

  • @jeanneathayer1
    @jeanneathayer1 2 месяца назад +3

    My perfect song. Goosebumps no matter how many times I listen to it.

  • @mousiespanks2379
    @mousiespanks2379 Год назад +47

    One of those bands that just takes you to another place whenever you hear them

  • @Amo_el_Rock
    @Amo_el_Rock 9 лет назад +487

    Missing 80's and 90's i feel like sad, i wish i could live that days again for one week and enjoy concerts

    • @pfaust586
      @pfaust586 8 лет назад +16

      Yeeeaaah. nothing like the 80ties.

    • @hcpunkrockhxxx9247
      @hcpunkrockhxxx9247 8 лет назад +29

      +Norma Di Pardo Alot of the late 70s/80s New Wave/Gothic bands, but also PunkRock bands are still playing live 😀So we don't have to miss the 80s. I go often (sometimes weekly) to see those bands live and travel to other countries even. Meet alternative people who also grew up in the 80s. Play your records, tapes, cd's and now even RUclips to get in that 80s music vibe ☞ I'm was born and raised in the 70s and 80s and now over 40 I still live my life the same: PunkRockandRoll 🎸🎤I'm a Rocker untill I die 😬😝 PS: instead of missing the 80s era, people have to live it. Don't grow up too much 😛because that's boring and it makes you (look) old. FOREVER YOUNG 💃🏾😊 oh yeah..

    • @TomislavJakopecJura
      @TomislavJakopecJura 6 лет назад +2

      Art Deco Which drugs are you taking?

    • @antonandraslindamoodwhite5407
      @antonandraslindamoodwhite5407 6 лет назад

      +P Faust except maybe a very few acts from the 60s and early 90s
      a VERY few

    • @Kevslatvin
      @Kevslatvin 5 лет назад +3

      I miss the ticket prices of the '90s for sure. When $35 or $40 were the expensive seats.

  • @borislavkostov6148
    @borislavkostov6148 8 лет назад +1712

    Water was running; children were running
    You were running out of time
    Under the mountain, a golden fountain
    Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
    But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
    We found you hiding we found you lying
    Choking on the dirt and sand
    Your former glories and all the stories
    Dragged and washed with eager hands
    But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
    Hot and burning in your nostrils
    Pouring down your gaping mouth
    Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
    Caught in the throes
    And your city lies in dust

  • @sharonsha16
    @sharonsha16 17 дней назад +2

    Here we are still alive, miss that days when music was so cool and unique, without smartphone, just a walkmen , black eyeliner and dreams to be like Siouxsie 🖤

    • @nickthurlow4456
      @nickthurlow4456 13 дней назад +1

      Well said Sharon , song is as fresh as it was all those years ago 👍

  • @photoshoott2022
    @photoshoott2022 Год назад +37

    We listened to them and liked their music. We danced to it in new wave clubs and enjoyed it. Brings back some great memories. 80s music was and still is, the best music and entertainment in general. Great sound, music never goes away and still enjoy it. I just turned 57 and still love this type of music.

    • @pleurink5
      @pleurink5 10 месяцев назад

      When you say such things, i think you're getting old and cannot see&feel the good music nowadays. All good music is timeless not only from the eighties!
      I like this song very much, now and then in the eighties!

  • @teddybear1829
    @teddybear1829 7 лет назад +54

    Was't even born in the 80's and I miss this

  • @Adam_Oreo98
    @Adam_Oreo98 3 года назад +593

    Picture this: you're a Roman citizen that died in Pompeii. Thousands of years later, the Queen of fucking Goth writes this song about it.
    Totally worth it.
    Edit: jfc some of you need to learn how to take a joke

    • @lwoods7283
      @lwoods7283 3 года назад +3

      It still makes me move n sing along. Badass tune! Il b 52 in a month n this brings back memories of the tech age starting,MTV n alotta weed,lol

    • @davidmiles1741
      @davidmiles1741 3 года назад +78

      I don't know. Pretty sure the Romans weren't particularly keen on the Goths.

    • @afreshloafofgarlicbread6307
      @afreshloafofgarlicbread6307 3 года назад +21

      @@davidmiles1741 Criminally underrated comment right here!

    • @PolarBear-rc4ks
      @PolarBear-rc4ks 3 года назад +2

      @@davidmiles1741 was about to say lol

    • @lotuseater7247
      @lotuseater7247 3 года назад +1

      oh i thought it was a critique of capitalist London or summin!

  • @darrenlafreniere5034
    @darrenlafreniere5034 2 месяца назад +3

    Turned onto Siouxsie so many years ago - VERY glad I found them. They are so incredibly under-rated - POWERFUL vocals, intelligent mixing, simple yet highly complex, and evolved. Many years later at 52, I'm still in awe of this musical mastery. Some of these songs are simply timeless masterpieces.

  • @caliden3785
    @caliden3785 8 лет назад +224

    still listening to this 30 years later.music stands the the test of time.

  • @stephenjohnson9216
    @stephenjohnson9216 3 года назад +41

    Sings like an angel, looks like an angel, hell I'm infatuated with this beautiful woman at the first note.

  • @vampzombiewitch
    @vampzombiewitch 2 месяца назад +4

    I LOVE YOU SIOUXSIE!!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @ianjenkins6250
    @ianjenkins6250 2 месяца назад +2

    God bless the great John Mcgeoch, what a superb contribution to music and the art of guitar. Rest in peace

  • @patrickstocks3986
    @patrickstocks3986 4 года назад +2180

    Who’s listening 👂 2020?

  • @spacemissing
    @spacemissing 5 лет назад +39

    Never afraid to be boldly different in look, sound, and lyrics, this band exceeds all requirements.

  • @marilynhughes-bs1hh
    @marilynhughes-bs1hh 2 месяца назад +2

    Lovvvvvvvve this band ...siouxies voice just gives me shivers ! Haunting and mesmerising all at once ...her punk dance moves are amazing could watch her all day !

  • @katarinapopazovic9331
    @katarinapopazovic9331 3 месяца назад +3

    I found this song in one episode of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - absolutely in love with it now. Woke up cranky, this song is the only thing boosting my mood

  • @Professional_FunHaver
    @Professional_FunHaver 2 года назад +15

    The intro to this song has to be one of the best in existence

    • @davidbuick8401
      @davidbuick8401 Год назад

      what about the bridge? That's up there too.

    • @miguelangellunagutierrez9827
      @miguelangellunagutierrez9827 5 месяцев назад

      and those who are now 25 years old recognize the melody from another version that appears in a car video game

  • @almightydogelord7657
    @almightydogelord7657 6 лет назад +138

    These guys are so ahead of their time. Thought they were some 2010-ish indie band when I first heard this song.

    • @phlubblebubble
      @phlubblebubble 4 года назад +43

      Probably cause half the 2010-ish indie bands dug them some banshees :)

    • @David-ns4ym
      @David-ns4ym 4 года назад +10

      imitation is a form of flattery.

    • @kebirgarcia374
      @kebirgarcia374 4 года назад +13

      Music has no sense of time

    • @mr.handsomeb.wonderful8586
      @mr.handsomeb.wonderful8586 4 года назад +1

      You must be someone that is a part of generation z

    • @collapsiblechair9112
      @collapsiblechair9112 4 года назад +9

      This was from a time where bands pushed their sound forward in new directions. Sadly most bands now just copy the past, pop culture is moribund trapped in a retroculture.

  • @anthonidanowski9404
    @anthonidanowski9404 10 месяцев назад +6

    one of the best songs of all time and one of the best recorded drums tracks ever. love the way the kit is tuned.

  • @joeltome5519
    @joeltome5519 Год назад +13

    That was quality music. Great band Siouxsie and Banshees.

  • @jari173
    @jari173 2 года назад +21

    When I listen this song in the movie Atomica...my heart exploded...my God what a fantastic movie and what a wonderful time I lived...I love the 80s...I miss bands like Siouxsie...Thanks for this work of art.

  • @stephaniegonsalves2263
    @stephaniegonsalves2263 3 года назад +265

    I was working at an adolescent girls group hone where all the girls were heavily into rap. They used to call me Earth Muffin because I work Doc Martin's and Birkenstocks. It was a somewhat of a misnomer though, since I was more of an Alternative new wave chick. Anyway, they used to get kind of annoyed when I drove them around, because I played all my "weird" music. But Cities in Dust, especially the extended version, was universally loved and I was always asked to blast out on the van speakers. Just a testament to what a great song this is!

  • @blinksstayfresh2524
    @blinksstayfresh2524 Год назад +9

    This band is absolutely legendary, influential to a lot of artists today

  • @SarahTheMiddleEarthling
    @SarahTheMiddleEarthling Месяц назад +3

    I still remember downloading this sing from a legal (as in paid version of Limewire) and listening to this song waaaaay too much. That's how I fell in love with Siouxsie and the Banshees. I then of course proceeded to try and listen to everything they created.

  • @Player-125
    @Player-125 2 года назад +228

    Budgie, dude. That guy is one of the most unsung drummers of his era. He should get way more props for his playing.

    • @themetal5587
      @themetal5587 2 года назад +15

      Damn right! He is great, especially his breaks are stuff that we don't hear too often and it fits perfectly.

    • @tikhongilson3770
      @tikhongilson3770 2 года назад +8

      The drummer is essential to making soloists sound good. I believe Siouxsie and Budgie did a project with other musicians.

    • @adderon7476
      @adderon7476 2 года назад +11

      Dave Grohl copped the intro to Smells Like Teens Spirit from this intro

    • @conradpoos2859
      @conradpoos2859 2 года назад +3

      So true, the drumming is sick on this tune

    • @stopbunsen
      @stopbunsen 2 года назад +5

      Yeah true. His drumming always stands out in every track. Lots of kick drum in this track. I love the way it sounds, like he uses it as a fill

  • @madeleinep.828
    @madeleinep.828 2 года назад +17

    Siouxsie is a damn legend.

  • @alexhuerta4736
    @alexhuerta4736 Месяц назад +5

    This song rocks. I'm a metal head but this one of my favorite songs all time all genre

  • @SimonWebbRCandModellingChannel
    @SimonWebbRCandModellingChannel 2 года назад +6

    I forgot how gorgeous Siouxsie was.......love this song!

  • @rylian21
    @rylian21 6 лет назад +21

    Siouxie was such a visionary and trailblazer. You can hear shades of this song in music 20 and 30 years later.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 3 года назад +16

    SOOOOOOO many great bands and songs from the 80s. Too many to count. Miss it.

  • @jesuis8962
    @jesuis8962 2 года назад +11

    It's so cool to see that an underrated band of the 80s is getting so much attention 40 years later.

  • @whoshod
    @whoshod Месяц назад +1

    Its really hard to understand why this is so outstanding, in its style, in its feeling. I'm hearing this the 3rd time of the day now

  • @paulsnell534
    @paulsnell534 4 года назад +11

    Soiuxsie has had some of the best new wave guitarists behind her and she has consistently beat them with her vocals. She is probably one of the most underrated singers in pop history.

  • @Shukri-The-Great
    @Shukri-The-Great 3 года назад +40

    Just discovered this song. 10/10 amazing.

  • @joannablake4244
    @joannablake4244 4 дня назад

    I will listen to this song on CD again indeed!

  • @LinhMeadows
    @LinhMeadows 3 дня назад

    Love this band! Love her! Amazing music!

  • @ICantFindPeaceOfMind
    @ICantFindPeaceOfMind 8 лет назад +88

    her eyes is a deep ocean

  • @KitsuVampyria
    @KitsuVampyria 9 лет назад +58

    this is one of my favorite videos since it has such deep meaning - it's such tragic part of history and the band reflected on in such a good way - both in sound and lyrics.

  • @damiensteiner9919
    @damiensteiner9919 Год назад +5

    Timeless. Another reason I'm proud of being British. The Americans never understood our lass but we do

  • @NormogMusic
    @NormogMusic Месяц назад +3

    It's official...
    This is the Song Anakin was singing in his head while burning away on Mustafar

  • @themetal5587
    @themetal5587 2 года назад +15

    I am in love with her voice. Humans can be beautiful.

  • @labartworld
    @labartworld 4 года назад +24

    Siouxsie and The Banshees were the scene before Tha Alternative Rock Scene happened, 1st 78’ album arrived to critical acclaim, this intoxicating dance single in 85’ was no exception, no one could stop dancing to it , in a club world where Madonna ruled that was quickly sinking , this was new life to a new path, amazing time The Banchees kept bringing it and others followed with this sound that brought new creatures to life .....

  • @leticiamarques7994
    @leticiamarques7994 10 месяцев назад +27

    Incrível como as músicas dos anos 70, 80 e 90 são infinitas vezes melhor do que as de hoje em dia. 🥲❤️

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 8 месяцев назад

      Eu espero que os brasileiros saibam que a letra e o video são uma referencia a destruição da cidade de Pompeia, ocorrida no anos de 79 DC, com a erupção do vulcão Vesúvio. As ruinas da cidade romana antiga de Pompeia são o sitio arqueológico mais famoso do mundo. Milhares de pessoas morreram de uma vez so e a cidade foi incrivelmente bem preservada pela petrificação da lava vulcânica, inclusive os cadáveres.

    • @Najain
      @Najain 4 месяца назад +1

      Eu só moro nestas décadas ❤😂 ouço sem enjoar

  • @southernwindsfarm1587
    @southernwindsfarm1587 Год назад +2

    1986... Alabama Theatre... band called the “Raunch Hands” opened for them. I was completely blown off me feet when I heard “Cities in Dust” live. What a voice! What an absolute awesome show. Got the opportunity to meet Ms. Sioux in person and was gobsmacked. I’m 53 now and of all the concerts I have attended over the years, that one still stands as out one of the most memorable.

  • @FlemmyXL
    @FlemmyXL 3 года назад +10

    RIP Joshua Kunkle, we miss you more than words can ever express.

  • @farnorth_man
    @farnorth_man 4 года назад +7

    I was happy to hear this song used at the closing of a Marvelous Mrs. Maizel episode recently. Siouxsie Sioux's music is timeless.

  • @rtcharge
    @rtcharge Год назад +2

    60 & still listening saw them when I was a youngster in London good times, I was a punk yep

  • @bigodemas
    @bigodemas 10 месяцев назад +8

    2023, ouvindo esse som que não envelhece nunca, aqui no Brasil.

  • @Nick_Langridge
    @Nick_Langridge 6 лет назад +149

    ATOMIC BLONDE! Love it when a good soundtrack guides you!

    • @gonzalogajardo2803
      @gonzalogajardo2803 5 лет назад +4

      Excelente pelicula

    • @daltonadams1166
      @daltonadams1166 5 лет назад +6

      That sound track was on 🔥

    • @donniejohnson6060
      @donniejohnson6060 4 года назад +1

      Thanks for the hint buddy I was roaming around looking for something new to listen to
      Any soundtrack with Siouxsie and the Banshees is an ingredient is 1/2 here for sure
      In gratitude for you giving me a soundtrack to listen to may I offer you another one that also has this song on it
      Beautiful fucker of a thing call the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
      Sickly Laden with ska mood 80s kitsch and even a thin ribbon of goth
      Enjoy brethren... Jah bless

    • @kimmyfreak200
      @kimmyfreak200 3 года назад +2

      not a bad movie i just wish the story was told better...still bad ass colors, soundtrack, amazing authentic fight scenes

    • @ronneyrendon5045
      @ronneyrendon5045 3 года назад +1

      OMG! ATOMIC BLONDE! I almost forgot! Such a shame that movie wasn’t a bigger hit! The music. The fight scenes. The whole FRiggin movie! Gotta watch it again! Thanks for The reminder❤️