I have just had a few days of re-listening to the glorious Siouxsie and the Banshees after several years of putting them to one side. What was I thinking?

Aside from the majestic back catalogue of fine, fine tunes – I find myself even more impressed by the way she can mangle words to unimaginable flexibility. Take this song here – Cities in Dust – the chorus goes “your city lies in dust” but she turns it into “yowuh siyteah lies in duurwoohoost”. And it works.

I am not looking for a funny accent – I am wondering if there is anyone as good as her at doing this kind of thing?