Queer Eye for the Scissor Sisters!

Oh man! it's been so long since I last blogged! It's been quite a difficult time for me, but alas, I got to listen to a lot of new fascinating music, so hopefully I'll be able to share with you all some of the stuff I'm interested in now.

So, one of the most interesting of the new bands I've been listening to is the Scissor Sisters. They have a couple of songs playing on the radio these days, but I came to know them about 7 months ago when I saw the "Comfortably Numb" video. The first time I saw it i did so at while running at the Gym, so I couldn't hear what the song was like, but I found the video really astonishing nonetheless. Later that night I saw the video again, surprise! it was THAT song!!!! I love Pink Floyd, so you must understand that I never imagined someone could do something like that to that song. I got the mp3 and played it for a friend the next day (he's also a big Pink Floyd lover)... he was horrified by the way such a masterpiece was "gay-ified". Well, just for you to know I thought otherwise and my opinion on this one cover track is that it's absolutely fascinating and captivating (even more because I'm a big fan of Pink Floyd.......... did I mention I like Pink Floyd?!).

Anyway, let me review that song first. Well, it starts as if the Rocky theme is going to follow... nothing farther from the truth! "Hello, hello, is there anybody in there?" and I know what this was all about. When I listened to this part the first time I heard the song my heart was beating fast I tell you! A big bass accompaining the whole rythm. My opinion is that the song has been VERY well crafted, and whoever thought of such a variation for such a song is an inventive genius. Now, listening to it I just have to close my eyes with my headphones on and dance to it... I haven't heard a more a song that has made me want to dance so badly in a long time... " AH AH AH I become... comfortably numb" and yes! It's the bee-gees all over again! Yes!!! It's DISCO FEVER ALL OVER AGAIN!! ..... I don't really like disco music but I do recognize the way it plays with rythm and melody, and this one has to be one of the coolest songs I've heard in a long time. Now, seven months after I heard it for the first time, I listen to it at least once or twice everyday, specially when I'm in the bus heading for university (I need something to wake up at that time, and this one does the trick VERY well!). I still wonder why they didn't nominate this video for Best Music Video in the MTV awards a few days ago, it is really THAT good. I'm not quite sure they played it very much in america though (I kept seeing it in a british channel we have here in my country... blessed cable television!), so maybe that's why. Anyhow, try downloading it from somewhere... and then tell me where you got it from, because I too want to have this video in my comp.

Now, they have a couple of singles as I said. They're "Take your Mama" and "Get it Get it". Both of them are very good, although quite different from each other. I'm not going to delve into much details on both of them, but there's something I do have to say about them. Both are as funky as they get, very danceable and cool. So, these three singles show more or less what happens with the rest of their sel-titled debut album. Variety is king (or even better "QUEEN" due to their big gay feeling... more on that in a moment), and two songs are not really much similar in the album. i found it incredibly remarkable that they could pull such a great album with so much variety, these people are really original in what they do (there's even a really cool song named "Tits on the Radio"!!!). There are certain elements that do keep repeating in the album though. Such are the use of heavy piano chord pondering stablishing rythms, the funkiness in (almost) all songs, and that voice that resembles so much the bee-gees style falsetto (which works VERY well and makes it much cooler in this band!). I think this is a VERY cool album and, unlike some of the albums I have reviewd so far, this is all about fun!!!! the album is really hilarious listening to. Recently I read a comment on it somewhere describing it, the reviewer said that "the album very well captured that sensation you get when you first step in a funky hairdresser saloon, knowing that you are in for a fun and exhilerating change of look". I have to agree on that mate!!

Now, people have constantly said that this they music is very gay.... I don't know if I would agree to that. I think only the lead singer is gay in this band, but I he certainly left an image on the band. Anyway, be it or not I think this band is really great fun. Besides, recently I'm having a lot of contact with the gay community here (I have a couple of friends who are gay) and I'm finding out that they're REALLY cool people (much cooler than many other people I know who are just plain dull most of the times). What I really love about gay people is that they're so carefree and extroverted. I find that really cool in people AND that lets them have great fun when they party too! So this weekend I think I will go with a friend of mine to a gay club here, which, by the way, has to be one of the best clubs I've ever been to... great music, great atmosphere!! I'd recommend you all to have the experience of going to a gay club sometime, it's really great stuff, just don't forget to be open minded.

Anyway, the Scissor Sisters is a great band I've been listening lately but not the only one... so be prepared for more updates soon. As always, please comment as much as you can!!!!! Suggestions are very welcome, or if you would like me to review any band you think is cool, that'd be great!

Facts:

Official Homepage: www.scissorsisters.com
Fav. Songs: Comfortably Numb, Laura, Tits on the Radio, Music is the Victim, It Can't Come Quicly Enough.
Similar artits: Hmmmm no idea, maybe Beck and Outkast could come close... somehow :S