I have nothing to say about the SS. I've only heard that one song about taking your mom out. I thought it was ok but pretty repetitive.
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link
And if people can't see that their version of "Comfortably Numb" is a disco/house record then I'm utterly amazed. Listen to the fucking thing!
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link
― stelfox, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
i didn't see the thread title reading "do we like the scissor sisters? (apart from stelfox and carlin because their opinions really don't matter)"
― stelfox, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:50 (twenty years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
― nameom (nameom), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:01 (twenty years ago) link
The second half of this record is much better than the first, apart from "Take Your Mama Out" which is fantastic.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 16 September 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 05:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 16 September 2004 05:58 (twenty years ago) link
― etc, Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
Nothing that the Scissor Sisters have done comes even remotely close to the genius of "Snot Rap."
― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:24 (twenty years ago) link
Yes... there's an unreleased demo version from, erm, late 2002 I think, and the official studio version from this year. The demo versions of "Music Is The Victim" and "Filthy/Gorgeous" are definitely worth hearing (extra spoken-word passages in both, which should have been retained); the demo of "Return To Oz" isn't.
Some of the more whimsical/pervy/electronic tracks on the demo version have never been officially released: seek in particular "Electrobix", "Step Aside For The Man", "Backwoods Discotheque" (not the version which came out as a UK B-side), "Monkey Baby".
Donnie Smith, yr breakin my heart...
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 16 September 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link
xost
― the neurotic rassafrassa of harrumph (blueski), Thursday, 16 September 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Sid Snot, Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:28 (twenty years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:43 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic rassafrassa of harrumph (blueski), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:44 (twenty years ago) link
― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 16 September 2004 11:59 (twenty years ago) link
Not their cover of "Big Six" by Judge Dread, then.
"Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, her knickers all tattered and torn/It wasn't a spider who sat down beside her/It was Little Boy Blue with the horn," uh huh uh huh, etc.
― Sid Snot, Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago) link
did this band scrub the nu-metal guitar approach? Because when I saw them like 2 years ago that was one of the main things about their sound that annoyed me.
Mind you, if they did, some of folks here would still be wittering on about how they're just a Big Camp Gay Disco Band!!!!!!
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Alice Rage, Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:05 (twenty years ago) link
Haha, in that case I think I have the demo version and not the official one! I'll double check on that.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:08 (twenty years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago) link
I thought the b-side version of Backwoods was the same as the one on the demo?
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic rassafrassa of harrumph (blueski), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago) link
I agree with Tim's analysis of the Scissor Sisters as being very chameleonic, it seems that a lot of people are acsribing sets of values to them which are very much applicable to some of their songs, but not to most of their songs.
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago) link
They're completely different in every way, except for a few shared lyrics (the "in the sweat set met gettin' freaky with the hot tub jets..." section). The B-side version is called "Backwoods Part II". The demo version is infinitely better.
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:29 (twenty years ago) link
is 'Mary' really the next single? i like Shears voice on that.
― the neurotic rassafrassa of harrumph (blueski), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link