The Soundtrack of a Heartbreak Beat: Week One Hundred and Four: Marie Antoinette Soundtrack - Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden (With Strings Intro)"

Monday, April 28, 2014

Week One Hundred and Four: Marie Antoinette Soundtrack - Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden (With Strings Intro)" - Soundtrack

I know that I have already made mention of a few songs off the Marie Antoinette Soundtrack --- like "Ceremony" (New Order), "Kings of the Wild Frontier" (Adam Ant), and "I Want Candy", "Aphrodisiac" and "Fools Rush In" (Bow Wow Wow) --- but there are so many additional songs on that soundtrack that are phenomenal, and I have chosen to cover those for you this week

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By now, you should know of my complete and total adoration of the band, Siouxsie & the Banshees. However, I will share with you that "Hong Kong Garden" was never one of my favorite songs by them...until I heard today's version with the strings added as part of the intro for the film, Marie Antoinette.

Over the course of this week, I will attempt to offer you a clip of the scene where the track is playing in the film, as well as the complete version of each song.

However, before I get to the videos, I do have two little treats for you today. The first one is a scan of a book that I picked up about three weeks ago at Half Price Books called Entranced: The Siouxsie & the Banshees Story. I've been meaning to order this one for ages, and there it was sitting on the shelf for under $10.00:

The second treat is a link to another episode of The Moron-a-thon that I co-hosted with Darlington, where we covered Adam Ant's extensive musical career. In fact, I made mention of "Kings of the Wild Frontier" appearing in this film, and it's actually the very scene that is pictured on the soundtrack cover above. Since I gave you a YouTube clip of a live performance the first time I mentioned the song on my blog, I will include the actual video for you today (below the lyrics):