Ta Dah! - Scissor Sisters

There is a long list of British artists who have had huge success here, but never made it in the US in quite the same way; a list that includes the likes of Robbie Williams and Oasis. The list of American artists who can claim the same is shorter, but includes one of the recent greats – the Scissor Sisters. Try as I might, I just can’t understand why the Americans don’t love them the way the British do, although their loss is our gain, with the band happy to play large events in the UK, such as a recent gig to promote the Motorola Red mobile phone in Trafalgar Square. The Scissor Sisters are everything you would want in a music group. Unlike many artists, ...

Suitably camp and beautifully adjusting to life in the B52’s lane, the Scissor Sisters have quite simply squeezed into the most teasingly unconventional gap in the musical market before anyone else had dared to spot it. They are glamorous and extravagant in show, yet on the quiet, they appear to be a visual fusion between The Primitives and Alien Ant Farm. In regards to the impact they have on this mere mortal is that stranger than strange X factor feel. On one hand, I shall, unfortunately, forever remember Eton Road’s second to last flopped attempt to stay in the competition by covering ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancing,’ (in which I feel Anthony could have made a ...

The american band "Scissor Sisters" return this year. Fun, camp and wonderfully wierd, this band should not be tossed aside lightly after a glance at their outrageous attire. They clearly think their album is magic - but is it? Well, it certainly pulled a bunny or three out of the hat. "I Don’t Feel Like Dancing” is the lead single from “Ta-Dah”. This song was extremely well received in the UK and has experienced astounding success so far – it has spent three weeks at the top chart spot up to now and helped the album shoot straight to number one too. The success is well deserved – funky, catchy, dancey and the sheer brilliance of it ...