This is my absolute favourite Banshees song...of the moment.
I'm not really very big on songs with 9pm news meanings (that's just me being honest) but, regardless of the 9pm news feel I may have gotten at first glance, this is not one of those songs. Firstly, the lyrics are more of a general portrait than they are a current event. A beautifully sad portrait. That's important, I think. But, more importantly, when it comes to music, this song is one of the best examples I've ever seen of the bass and lead guitar being in a faithful and committed relationship. I love a song that starts with a few measures of bass and then teases for another 20 seconds before the riffs kick in.
Siouxsie's voice is, as always, haunting and gorgeous. But I love the way she seems to echo out of a cave in this one. The cave where the bass and the lead have made a home together, of course.
And, as usual, it wouldn't be song of the moment unless the drums made my shoulders bounce. Every instrument works here. Even the voices. The use of male and female voices together in that kind of haunting religious hum really brings the darkness of this song together.
Love it.
I'll put in live footage as well, but this song isn't really my favourite live. So the studio version comes first. But, in case you're wondering or somehow don't know already, yes, that is Robert Smith of The Cure on guitar in the live version.
Even though we're all alone, we are never on our own when we're singing.
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