Hong Kong Garden
Siouxsie and the Banshees * Track #11 On The Scream
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Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Performed by
Siouxsie and the BansheesProduced by
Steve Lillywhite & Nils StevensonWrited by
Siouxsie & Steven SeverinAbout
Siouxsies and the Banshees inspired a generation to dress in black, from hair roots to shiny shoes.
The apparent racist lines in the song were later explained as reflecting the comments local Skinheads made in the restaurant.
Hong Kong Garden Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Harmful elements in the air
Symbols crashing everywhere
Reaps the fields of rice and reeds
While the population feeds
Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number twenty-three?
Leave your yens on the counter please
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Tourists swarm to see your face
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Disorientated, you enter in
Unleashing scent of wild jasmine
Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size
Chicken chow mein and chop suey
Hong Kong Garden takeaway
[Chorus]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Hong Kong Garden Q&A
Who wrote Hong Kong Garden's ?
Hong Kong Garden was written by Siouxsie & Steven Severin.
Who produced Hong Kong Garden's ?
Hong Kong Garden was produced by Steve Lillywhite & Nils Stevenson.
When did Siouxsie and the Banshees release Hong Kong Garden?
Siouxsie and the Banshees released Hong Kong Garden on Fri Aug 18 1978.
What did Siouxsie and the Banshees say about "Hong Kong Garden"?
In an interview with Uncut magazine in 2016, Siouxsie stated:
When “Hong Kong Garden” came out, it surprised a lot of people because it definitely did have a lightness to it. Our material was always a bit heavier. But we loved great pop songs and when John McKay came up with the intro, it was very...