The Creatures – Fury Eyes
Club MTV
New York City, NY
5/90
Wubba Wubba Wubba. This is a bizarre video clip of Siouxsie and Budgie lip-syncing their “hit song” before an unappreciative audience of Club MTV dancers. From Budgie’s drum kit falling apart mid-song to the banal interview with clueless host Julie Brown, this video is a must see.
Download: The Creatures – Fury Eyes (“Live” Video)
The Creatures
The Bataclan
Paris, France
3/7/90
(Soundcheck)
Here’s an interesting recording for fans of The Creatures. It’s a soundcheck that they did before their set in Paris during the Boomerang tour. The first 4 tracks have no vocals, then Siouxsie joins in for the last two. I kept some of the banter between Budgie and Siouxsie and the person doing sound in there, but tried to remove any of the other long gaps between tracks. I’m not sure if someone recorded the actual concert since this soundcheck is the only one I’ve seen from that date.
Set List:
1. Manchild
2. You!
3. Untiedundone
4. Strolling Wolf
5. Talking
6. Mad Eyed Screamer
7. Talking
8. Simoom
9. Talking
10. Fury Eyes (cut)
Sample:
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Download: The Creatures – Paris, France – 3/7/90 – 169 MB
The Creatures
Phantasy Theater
Cleveland, OH
3/22/90
This will be a really special treat for any fans of The Creatures out there. I’ve only seen this recording on one other person’s trade list, the person who sent me this cassette and I believe he stopped trading shows right after I received this show. This was probably towards the end of the “Boomerang” tour and this evening had one of the best song selections from the entire tour.
Set List:
1. Icehouse
2. Dancing On Glass
3. Manchild
4. You!
5. Untiedundone
6. Fury Eyes
7. But Not Them
8. Standing There
9. Willow
10. Pity
11. Miss The Girl
12. Venus Sands
13. Strolling Wolf
14. Pluto Drive
15. A Strutting Rooster
16. Mad Eyed Screamer
17. Right Now
18. So Unreal
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Download: The Creatures – Cleveland, OH – 3/22/90 – 399 MB
Last night I was going through all of my old t-shirts and the one that has always stuck out as my favorite is a Creatures tour t-shirt from the “Boomerang” tour. I didn’t get to see them unfortunately, but I picked it up at a record store a year or so later. “Boomerang” still ranks as one of my all time favorite records. About five years ago I finally picked it up on vinyl and after listening to it for 10 years on CD, it was amazing to me how much better it sounded. This song is a live recording from their 1989 tour in support of that record.
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Download: The Creatures – Untiedundone (Live)
The Creatures – You! (Live Video)
Megamix (France)
This past weekend I was at a party and was chatting with a fellow who got to see The Creatures on the “Boomerang” tour. We both agreed out of all the Siouxise/Creatures stuff that has ever been released, “Boomerang” is the best of the best. Just when I thought the record couldn’t get any better, I finally bought it on vinyl a couple of years ago and the mastering on the vinyl is so much better than the CD. This track was recorded live on French television for the Megamix program.
Download: The Creatures – You! (Live Video)
The Creatures – Pluto Drive
Jonathon Ross Show
12/17/89
It was always difficult to find European performances that people had converted from PAL to NTSC video tape. Now I just have a DVD player that’s all region, so it’s no longer a problem, but when I got this video quite a few years ago of The Creatures from BBC, I was thrilled. This is a great performance of Pluto Drive.
Download: The Creatures – Pluto Drive (Live Video)
I love Siouxsie And The Banshees, but I’ve always preferred The Creatures. “Boomerang” has to be one of my favorite records of all time. They put on a fantastic live show, but unfortunately I didn’t get to see them on their Boomerang tour. This song was recorded on the French video show “The Big World” in 1989. I have a fantastically horrible video of that performance, but someone else sent me a much better copy of the audio from that show. They performed this song and “Standing There” in front of a studio audience.
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Download: The Creatures – You! (Live)
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