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PLAYGROUND TWIST - SINGLE

UK 7" Single

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Cat: POSP 59
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Playground Twist

Pulled To Bits

Notes:

B-side wrongly labeled as 'Pull' To Bits

Released:

28/07/79

UK Chart:

No. 28

US Chart:

Not Released

Sleeve Design:

Delga Press Limited

Producer:

A Side: Stevenson/Mike Stavrou

Producer:

B Side: Stevenson/Mike Stavrou

PLAYGROUND TWIST - IMPORTS/PROMOS

Australian 7" Import Single

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Cat: K7572

Playground Twist

The Staircase (Mystery)

PLAYGROUND TWIST - PRESS


	Smash Hits 1979

	With each successive release, these misguided souls seem to be regressing further back into the casualty ward that houses late '60s brain damaged cases. They must be on a macrobiotic diet-or something. I haven't got a clue what this is all about; it's just tuneless waves of sound that could be emanating from synthesizers, guitars or fluff on the stylus, within which a distant Siouxsie appears to be auditioning for the part of second witch in Macbeth. I will pass no comment on the fact that their publishing company is called Pure Noise.
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PLAYGROUND TWIST - VIDEO




	Description:
	The band: Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay, Kenny Morris. Filmed at the ICA, London. A straight band performance filmed amongst a children's climbing frame complete with obligatory children! Siouxsie begins the song by sliding down one of the poles of the climbing frame. The children run around and play while the band perform. During the saxophone break the children are seen playing toy saxophones. Strangely, at one point a stationary bicycle is seen in the background. The video ends with a close up of Siouxsie's face as the children surround her and 'pull' her to her knees.

	Director:
	Clive Richardson

	Availability:
	Once Upon A Time Video

MITTAGEISEN/LOVE IN A VOID - SINGLE

UK 7" Single Double AA Side

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Cat: 2059 151
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Mittageisen

Love In A Void

Notes:

Released in the UK due to the high import sales of the original German release.

No promo video made for this release

Released:

September 79

UK Chart:

No. 47

US Chart:

Not Released

Sleeve Design:

John Heartfield montage

Producer:

A Side: Nils Stevenson/Mike Stavrou

Producer:

B Side: Nils Stevenson/Mike Stavrou

MITTAGEISEN - IMPORTS/PROMOS

German Import 7" Single

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Cat: 2059 151
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Mittageisen

Love In A Void

MITTAGEISEN - PRESS


	Unknown source 1979

	Retreating further from the continuing threat of 'Top Of The Pops', Siouxsie And The Banshees release this German version of 'Metal Postcard' from their first album. Or maybe Polydor couldn't find a single on the new one? The flip side, 'Love In A Void', is a hitherto unreleased goody from their compendium of marching and strutting songs. I'd like to see it become a hit for purely mischievous motives
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CREDITS


	Playground Twist Lyrics

	Hanging, hanging, hanging Hanging from your daisy chains Swinging in the trees Running from your enemies And falling on your knees On your knees, on your knees Get down on your knees Throw the dice You three blind mice Did you ever see Such a thing in your life You swallow the trail But still arrive Inside your entrails Hanging, hanging, hanging Hanging out at party games Dancing in the shadows Up and down on the sea-saw Balancing the scales You're drunk, you're drunk Get your balancing the scales Someone to blame Someone to shame Someone that you can claim Go back to pass the parcel And follow the leader Hanging, hanging, hanging Hanging from your climbing frames Swinging in the gallows Laughing with your buddies But you can drown when you're shallow You can drown when you're shallow You can drown, drown, drown Drown, drown, drown, drown, drown

	Playground Twist Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar & Saxophone

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Talks about adults who act like children and children who think they're adults. It might be interpreted as a swipe against the music press. As the title suggests, there's a kind of nursery-rhyme section. Source: Melody Maker 17/02/79. SIOUXSIE: "It's about the cruelty of children and that whole aspect of being thrown out into the playground in the winter in howling gales and left to fend for your-selves. It's not the sort of thing you're supposed to write pop songs about." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002. SIOUXSIE: "I suppose ‘Playground Twist', is quite happy at the end, because the baddies are swinging in the gallows." Source: Sounds 20/06/81.



	Pulled To Bits Lyrics

	Tongues are clacking Words of one vision One tiny incision And teeth are cracking On thin air, on thin air Pulled to bits In silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a sound Buildings bleached with chatter chatter clatter Fill their senses with cement Watch the people shatter One by one, one by one Pulled to bits In silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a sound Young lungs snapping, coming up for air The mindless ones yapping Slashing through the thoroughfare One by one, one by one Oh one by one Without a fucking care Pulled to bits in silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a fucking sound Pulled to bits Yackety Yackety yack yack yack Pulled to bits Shatter shatter shatter clatter Pulled to bits Yap yap yap yapping Pulled to bits Without a sound

	Pulled To Bits Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar & Saxophone Morris - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: The acts of copy cat violence that followed the release and subsequent withdrawal of Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange .



	The Staircase (Mystery) Lyrics

	Staircase lying face up Stair cat sat on the mat Looking down Slide down the banister Take the escalator Slide down the banister Or try the elevator I was standing on the landing Now I'm standing in the hall Looking up Wont someone assist me Solve this mystery Somebody assist me Arrange the symmetry Muffled footsteps on the carpet Spiral steps start spinning Around me Which floor which ceiling You're off balance Which floor which ceiling It's all upside down Staircase lying face up Stare cat sat on the mat Looking down

	The Staircase (Mystery) Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "There's something about a staircase. It's so unpredictable and exciting at the same time. That feeling of displacement, vertigo when you're at the top looking down or at the bottom looking up." Source: Melody Maker 17/02/79. SIOUXSIE: "That's more a song about curiosity and fear, it's not a great political statement or anything." Source: Sounds 07/04/79. SIOUXSIE: "The song's just taking a very day-to-day thing, and the nature of that thing is very... mysterious." Source: NME 31/03/79. SIOUXSIE: "Yeah it's very much a memory of them. Especially in my house, people were always falling down the stairs in it." Source: Sounds 07/04/79.



	Mittageisen Lyrics

	Reunion beginnt Mit einem Glas Quecksilber Fernsehen flimmert Für noch eine Nachricht Flinten beleuchten die Augen Der sitzenden Familie Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan Mit mechanischem Rucken Pflücken die Taschen Uhrzähne Zum Mittagessen Freitag Im Rückprall sagt "Verzeihung Zurück muß ich kehren Meine liebe Maschinerie" Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan Es beherrscht unser Leben Es bringt kein heil Ich schreibe ein paar Zeilen Das Wetter hier ist fein Doch dröhnt es Tag und Nacht Durch Lautsprecher Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan

	Mittageisen Credits

	Sioux (Translated by Dave Woods & Renate) - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar Morris - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Dedicated to the celebrated photomontage artist of the Twenties/Thirties, John Heartfield, the original title for this song was 'Letter To Heartfield'. The chorus is taken from one of Goerring's speeches during the Second World War. SIOUXSIE: "It's a warning song. The whole propaganda of the Nazis at that time was very dangerous and it could easily creep its way in without there being all the hysteria of killing the Jews. Their whole propaganda could easily fit in today." How does she see this Metal Metropolis? "Not being able to get away from the commands of the day, not being able to escape, the idea of having cameras in your room and having people watching you..." Source: Melody Maker 21/10/78. SIOUXSIE: "What lies around the swastika I hate, but I also don't identify with blind patriotism either. I couldn't write a song based around Heartfield if I had that attitude." Source: Melody Maker 17/02/79.



	Love In A Void Lyrics

	Too many fools blocking my motion Clouding my eyes, must be the potion Spots in my eyes, must be the lotion Spots in my eyes, must be the lotion Love in a void It's so numb Avoiding love Its so dumb Love in a void Too many bigots for my liking Too many critics, too few writing Rabid dogs that aren't biting Rabid dogs that aren't biting Love in a void It's so numb Avoiding love Its so dumb Love in a void Jaded reputation on which you're staking Lots of money for the making For all the stars they're just faking For all the stars they're just faking Love in a void It's so numb Avoiding love Its so dumb Love in a void

	Love In A Void Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Morris - Drums & Percussion McKay - Guitar