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Free Music Review: The first must-have album of the summer!
Hit: 5 Stars
Just when you thought the only good-time music you'd ever hear again was in Disney cartoons, and just when you were wondering if a male lead singer who wasn't named Timberlake could actually dance his butt off without lip-syncing, and just when you were thinking, "when IS someone gonna do a dance version of that old Pink Floyd classic," along came the brilliant, flamboyant, uber-entertaining Scissor Sisters!
Here in Seattle, lead singer Jake Shears' home town, we've known about the Sisters for a while, and everyone I know loves the heck outta these faboo folks. They just played a sold-out show at one of the local clubs here last week and blew the lid off the place. Simply phenomenal. If you get a chance to see these incredible individuals perform live, do NOT pass it up!
Everyone I know who hears SS is instantly hooked. What we can't figure out is what to call their music - is it pop? Is it alternative? Is it dance? Is it electronic? Is it disco? Is it retro feel-good rock from the 70's? Is it showtunes? I guess the answer is an emphatic "all of the above!"
From the blatant gay disco of "Filthy/Gorgeous" to the quirky 80's-flavored "Lovers in the Backseat" to the Elton John styled "Take Your Mama" and "Music is the Victim" to the ponderous "Can't Come Quickly Enough" to the hypnotically campy "Comfortably Numb" to the cabaret nuances of "Laura," the Sisters take you on a funky, sassy, bawdy, everyone-on-board, feel-good trip through recent musical history that'll have you dancing, blushing, laughing, grooving, and singing the irresistable hooks over and over in your head for the rest of the day.
No, seriously, it's impossible to stop singing the chorus of "Take Your Mama" once youve heard it once or twice...
Buy this darn CD now - you'll be soooooo glad you did!
Free Music Review: Pure excitement! The best of the year!
Hit: 5 Stars
2004 has been a great year for music, and this debut CD by the Scissor Sisters has got to be the jewel in the crown. I didn't discover them until their SNL guest appearance, and as soon as I figured out that was indeed "Comfortably Numb" they were playing I was hooked! That's one of my favorite songs ever, and they managed a completely original cover of it that makes me want to hear THEIR version. That's the best you can hope for in a cover.
However, this CD is so much more than a disco cover of a classic Floyd song. The CD starts off with "Laura", reminding me a bit of Moby's "Honey", at first, and then taking off into one of the best tracks on the album. By the end of the song it had me thinking of Family Fantastic's "Nice..." (an Erasure side project). Take Your Mama is incredibly catchy, and I liked it more each time I played it. Comfortably Numb just demands to be played LOUD and danced to.
Just when I was getting into the campness, the CD blew me away with "Mary", an absolutely gorgeous ballad recalling Elton John and McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" rolled into one superior track. Then "Lovers In the Backseat" starts off sounding like a collaboration between Thomas Dolby and David Bowie. T*ts on the Radio and Filthy/Gorgeous amp up the camp again and are just a lot of fun. Music Is The Victim sounds like vintage Elton John.
My favorite track is "Better Luck", which rides one of the catchiest choruses I've heard in a long time through a "Sexx Laws"-esque country/funk blend. The disc closes with the Depeche-y "Can't Come Quickly Enough", and another epic nod to Elton John, especially in title, with "Return to Oz" (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, anyone?).
Since purchasing this CD, my only option when it's over is to play it again. Sure, it's camp as all get out, but this is GREAT music. Pick this CD up and you'll have the best release of 2004.
Free Music Review: Are there any DWEEBS in the theater tonight?
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, I suspect that many of the negative reviews for this FAAAAAABULOUS album were written by the humorless strain of Pink Floyd fan since they are horrified - simply horrified! - by the Scissor's cover of "Comfortably Numb." Well as a fan of Pink Floyd endowed WITH a sense of humor, I say that the "Comfortably Numb" track is the cherry on top of a well confectioned Sundae. So nyah.
They kick off with a strident track, "Laura." Don't know what the song's about, don't care, 'cause I'm too busy shaking my ass to the beat. Other standout tracks are "Take Your Mama," "Mary," and honky-tonk-meets-glam "Music is the Victim." The Sisters are my personal salvation from all those droopy-arsed, shaggy haired, "We're here to save rock and roll", refried-Richard-Hell acts like the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and all those other Gong Show rejects that plague the Siren Music Festival every summer at Coney Island. Oh yes, yes, yes, the Sisters borrow from glam rock and disco, and YES, are revivalists themselves, but they had the good taste to pick genres that are upbeat, joyous and that avoid the dreary "Please Kill Me" pose of the 70s CBGBs Lower East Side era.
And one last thing to all the Floyd fundamentalists: Roger Waters, the lyricist of "Comfortably Numb" stated in an interview on "The Wall" DVD that his one regret in composing the album did not include more humorous moments. I'd like to think that the Sister's disco rendition of the famous Floyd torchsong helps to crack a smile on Mr. Water's flinty face. And ain't it interesting that the Scissor Sisters insignia has a passing resemblance to the Hammer Soldiers banner? I think the Sisters should contact Gerald Scarfe and have him do the animation for their next video.
Free Music Review: The most original innovative CD in years!
Hit: 5 Stars
Sure there are the obvious comparisons to Elton John, the Bee Gees and others, but don't sell this group short as anyone's cover band! I'm sure the band does not mind these comparisons, after all when was the last time any other artists were compared to such greats? Listen to this CD a few times, and the songs that Scissor Sisters have created will come out to you as some of the most original, innovative, intelligent and inciteful I have ever heard, and the comparisons will disappear. They're lyrics are smart, fun, moving and thought provoking, carried forward with amazing vocal talents and creative, catchy music. There's a roller coaster of moods created within an 11 track CD, the most powerful being the modern day drug anthem called 'Return to Oz'. Much like the Beatles captured the giddiness and glamorization of LSD usage in the 1960's in their tune Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the message of despair, destruction, and devastation caused by crystal meth. abuse is blasted out with subtle yet gut-wrenching lyrics. The sky has claws. Wow! 4 simple words, yet so incredibly powerful and so accurately caputuring the inescapable consuming paranoia caused when the Emerald City becomes the Crystal Town.
Scissor Sisters has created a masterpiece, a classic compilation of some of the best music I've heard for years. I've been a long-time fan of country music, primarily because the typical pop song has depth and intelligence parallel to the falseness of reality TV. The combination of moods created on the Scissor Sisters debut CD will make you remember and feel, and dance and have a good time. I can't wait to see what they come up with next.
Free Music Review: Filthy and Gorgeous
Hit: 5 Stars
My first encounter with the Scissor Sisters was their ever-funky remake (although truly, I did not know the Pink Floyd song existed) of "Comfortably Numb." It's very catchy and just sounds like some of the best raunchy disco tracks of the 70s. Then I caught a glimpse of the Scissor Sisters on SNL and was somewhat shocked to see their on-stage shenanigans, equally disturbing and strangely magnetic.
Fast-forward about 5 months and I buy their self-titled CD. What I enjoy most about this CD is that it isn't too long (at a modest 11 tracks), making sure that all tracks on the CD serve a purpose, and no track is a filler. The songs are also surprisingly varied. I initially thought all of the songs would teeter on the edges of 70's funk, but songs like "Laura", "Mary", and "Lover's in the Backseat" keep things interesting and unsaturated, although really, what song evokes the smiles that "Filthy/Gorgeous" does? Just listening to lyrics like "when you're walking down the street and a man wants to get your business/when the people that you meet wanna open you up like Christmas," you can't help but have a chuckle and turn the volume up just a little more. I read some of the other user reviews that felt the CD was "bad," but I think if you're prudent and do a little research on the CD's, you'll know if it's your cup of tea or not; they have audio previews on here for a reason...
on a side note, although I haven't read any reviews that stated it was a sample, to me the beginning melodies of "Laura" really reminded me of Moby's song "Honey."