Song of the Day: 'Right Now' by the Creatures

This one popped up on Facebook last week. Didn't realize this cover of the Mel Torme classic song -- by Siouxie and Budgie's side project -- had gotten so much acclaim:

Melody Maker's Paul Colbert said in his review: "The Creatures slipped through an unlocked back window, ransacked the place and left with the best ideas in a fast car. Like all the greatest criminal minds they strike without a warning and only they know the plan. We have to piece the clues into a cover story. From the earliest seconds of 'Right Now' you know you're on shifting ground. Siouxsie baba da baping away to the noise of her own fingers clicking until Budgie barges in with congas on speed. Christ which way is this going? The one direction you don't expect is a vagrant big band coughing out drunken bursts of brass in a Starlight Room of its own making. Budgie and Siouxsie -- the Fred and Ginger of the wayward world." 

Number One's Paul Bursche shared the same of point of view, writing, "A big blast of '60s swing laced with a deft '80s touch sung by none other than the graceful -- Siouxsie? The siren really sounds great as layer after layer of multi-tracked voice get going. And wait for the video. A gold plated hit for sure."

Perhaps the best new wave-cum-jazz cover ever, with the possible exception of Alison Moyet's "That Ole Devil Called Love."

 

Song of the Day: 'The Passenger' by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Hilarious that I needed to fly 10 hours south to hear "my" music -- but my music did I hear during my two weeks in Argentina. In the cab from Buenos Aires "Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders and "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones immediately came on the radio. And then over the course of our stay, we heard 'Til Tuesday ("What About Love?"!), "I've Been in Love Before" (Counting Crew), "Getting Away With It" (Electronic) "You Needed Me" (Anne Murray), countless Sade songs (including "Is It a Crime?"!) and the complete works of Roxette ... in Spanish. (You haven't lived until you've heard "No Se Si Es Amor"!) Perhaps the biggest surprise was Siouxsie and the Banshees' "The Passenger," which I don't think I ever heard here, even in the heyday of KROQ.

Song of the Day: 'Cities in Dust' by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs ranked "Cities in Dust" the best Siouxsie and the Banshees song of all time. See where the other 175 landed HERE.

Shooting the Women of the New Wave

An incredible collection of photos of Debbie Harry, Siouxsie Sioux, Joan Jett and more by photographers Brad Elterman, Chris Stein, Ray Stevenson and Jim Jocoy HERE.

The Love Cats

Loving BuzzFeed's photo roundup of rock stars chilling with their pet cats. Madonna and Siouxsie are probably with props, but they really missed the boat not including Debbie Harry with two of her feline friends.