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| Through the Looking Glass | 
 enlarge | Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 46612
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 24134
UPC: 720642413425
EAN: 0720642413425
ASIN: B000000OQ9
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us | | • | Hall of Mirrors | | • | Trust in Me | | • | This Wheel's on Fire - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Danko, Rick | | • | Strange Fruit | | • | You're Lost Little Girl - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Densmore, John | | • | The Passenger - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Pop, Iggy | | • | Gun | | • | Sea Breezes | | • | Little Johnny Jewel |
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 Names of original bands April 25, 2002
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I did a little homework and found out who originally did what song on Through the Looking Glass (a truly astounding CD). Siouxsie didn't exactly choose from Top 40 selections, so a bit of sleuthing was in order.
1.Sparks
2.Kraftwerk
3.Jungle Book soundtrack
4.The Band (the original is unbearable, in my opinion)
5.Billie Holiday
6.Doors
7.Iggy Pop
8.John Cale
9.Roxy Music (when Brian Eno was still with them)
10.Television
Surely one of the all-time best cover albums! May 16, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The song choices are really surprising for Siouxsie and the Banshees and they all turned out fantastic. What makes them so good, aside from the talented musicians involved, is the creative way these songs are reimagined.
My impressions:
"This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" (The Sparks) - a propulsive, runaway roller-coaster of a song augmented with fantastic orchestration.
"Hall of Mirrors" (Kraftwerk) - bubbling, mechanical, yet infused with soul courtesy of Siouxsie. Great lyrics.
"Trust in Me" (Richard and Robert Sherman - from the JUNGLEBOOK movie) - one of the most sensuous, slow-burning recordings ever with heavenly harps. Absolutely hypnotic.
"This Wheel's On Fire" (Bob Dylan) - shocking reinvention of the last track of Bob Dylan's BASEMENT TAPES album recorded with the Band. Much more upbeat than the original with wild orchestral accompanyment. A complicated version, this must have been challenging to record, but it's positively dazzling.
"Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allen - sung by Billie Holliday) - you gotta admit, it took guts for Siouxsie to cover a song sung by one of the most acclaimed vocalists of all time. This is a harrowing protest song against the lynching of blacks in the old South. Predictably, Siouxsie's voice doesn't compare to the lush, creepy delivery found on Lady Day's version but she holds her own with a valiant effort. The song is fleshed out with windy atmospherics and a melancholy violin.
"You're Lost Little Girl" (The Doors) - becomes almost a celebratory march in the hands of S&B augmented by orchestra and chiming bells.
"The Passenger" (Iggy Pop) - great horn section, great attitude from Siouxsie. In some more just alternate reality, this song is a huge hit.
"Gun" (John Cale) - a really fun song - the only one on here in which I haven't heard the original, so I can't compare the two. Never-the-less, I find this cover to be an absolute blast!
"Sea Breezes" (Roxy Music) - One of my absolute favorites from Siouxsie and co. The original is strange and experimental. S&B turn it into a dreamy, mysterious wonderland with an intense climax courtesy of some powerful drum rolling from Budgie.
"Little Johnny Jewel" (Television) - another favorite. The original is quirky and loaded with prickly guitars. By comparison, S&B practically turn it into a pop song that is totally infectious. I never heard the original until the MARQUEE MOON re-release which featured bonus tracks including this single, Television's first ever release. "Little Johnny Jewel" was originally a strange affair, stretched out over two sides of a single, heard in its entirety on the expanded album. It's a classic record, very highly recommended.
A Wonderful CD June 8, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This CD is one of my favorites. I recently converted most of my CD collection to MP3's and sold it off, but I had to keep this one.
"Through the Looking Glass" is a collection of (mostly?) cover songs by Siouxsie &TB. They include songs by the Doors, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, and even Disney's Jungle Book (and some may be interested to hear "The Wheel's on Fire"...the theme to Absolutely Fabulous).
I'm not too fond of covers usually, but Siouxsie makes these songs her own. Honestly, I love Iggy Pop, but I think S&tB's version of "The Passenger" on this CD is far better than the original.
As far as the rest of the songs on the CD, I'm not sure if they are original or not. I do know that I love the music. This CD sounds great, and I think it's a wonderful addition to anyone's music collection. The sound of this CD reminds me of what I like about "Tinderbox".
" Trust in me..." August 9, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my favorite Banshees album by far, I flipped it over and over on the turntable ( yes, I had the vinyl version! ). Not only are the covers stylisticly different, the sources are just as diverse. As other reviewers have noted here, some of the original versions are less than well known. I had to see the Jungle Book again and read an article on Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" to familiarize myself. Iggy and Roxy Music were less surprising, as Siouxsie and Steve Severin were digging these people in the early seventies. It's upbeat, it's melancholy, it's pure Banshees. Probably the most accessible Banshees album after "Rapture".
 Siouxsie's Second Best January 28, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Her first best is The Creatures, "Anima, Animus." This close second is marvelous in it's genre crossings. Billie Holiday to Iggy Pop? Crafty!Best cut is the Absolutely Fabulous Britcom theme song, "This Wheel's On Fire." Her arrangement is NOTHING like the Britband who covers it for the show. Other incredible cuts are "The Gun" and "The Passenger." While most people love Siouxsie's slinky, Eastern-tinged "Trust In Me" cover, I think that the song is a glaringly obvious choice for her and she doesn't depart from, so much as magnify, the forboding vocals of the original by Sterling Holloway. Instead, a stunningly unsual choice is Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit," a WAY over-the-top depiction of a lynching! Sure, the subject matter is pure Siouxsie, but she actually makes this dreadfully melodramatic song WORK beautifully and heartbreakingly as a dirge! I know this is heresy, but her version is BETTER than Billie's, which is what several decades, a continent's-away perspective, and another culture can do for a song. So, anyway, if you're in to edgy covers, you may want to also check out "Porgy" by When People Were Shorter And Lived By the Water. This crazy Canadian band makes short shrift of Gershwin's musical theatre classic, "Porgy and Bess" by ramming thru the ENTIRE score thrash-punk style! Hey, you gotta give it an "A" for effort and an "S" for the smile factor! It sure takes the wind out of the overblown reverence this musical has accumulated over the years. And the song "Readheaded Woman" rocks! So check out Siouxsie or When People Were Shorter or even Sinead O'Connor's cover CD "Am I not Your Girl." Because good covers turn mediocre musical pieces on their heads!!!
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