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fingertroubleHmm the Scissor Sisters single, although paradoxically played here by XFM (it has about as much indie cred as Liberace) has left me very cold - good hook but far too polished, too slick, something's missing. It sounds a bit too much like a Tina Charles b-side.
The album came out here (18th I think) and I didn't buy it - seems like everyone else is excited but unlike the first LP and those wonderful first 12"s I found on MP3, I just don't feel it. The NME and BBC reviews strangely echo my lack of excitement...so is it second LP syndrome?
So I trotted off to the website to have a listen since there seems to be mass LJ adoration of the LP.
Only 'Ooh' passes the chairdance test so far...hmm it's sounding much of homogenous blancmange (w)hole, a muchness so far, very slick 70's/80's but with very little new 00's added. I can see why they chose 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' as it least it has a hook, as I can't hear a single here so far....would like to here more of the Other Side than the short clip, but otherwise...hmm. Nothing as good as Take Your Mama Out or Comfortably Numb here.
Maybe it grows, maybe you need to hear more than the clips on the site, but I think I'll leave it til I hear it elsewhere and maybe am more in the mood for it.
'Ooh' could work well, in remix form or the original, that's nice. 'I Can't Decide' sounds intriguing, it almost seems to describe the making of the album/their fame, although the backing sounds a bit too Country Joe and the Fish (OMG it's a rip off of 'What are we fighting For'!) or Muppets for my liking, but that banjo is really getting on my tits. I mean a BANJO?!? FFS.
Rest of the album? As I thought - Meh.
Maybe I'll download it, certainly won't buy it. Even if it does make Babydaddy cry (QXBear?) well he should flippin' well try better then!
The album came out here (18th I think) and I didn't buy it - seems like everyone else is excited but unlike the first LP and those wonderful first 12"s I found on MP3, I just don't feel it. The NME and BBC reviews strangely echo my lack of excitement...so is it second LP syndrome?
So I trotted off to the website to have a listen since there seems to be mass LJ adoration of the LP.
Only 'Ooh' passes the chairdance test so far...hmm it's sounding much of homogenous blancmange (w)hole, a muchness so far, very slick 70's/80's but with very little new 00's added. I can see why they chose 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' as it least it has a hook, as I can't hear a single here so far....would like to here more of the Other Side than the short clip, but otherwise...hmm. Nothing as good as Take Your Mama Out or Comfortably Numb here.
Maybe it grows, maybe you need to hear more than the clips on the site, but I think I'll leave it til I hear it elsewhere and maybe am more in the mood for it.
'Ooh' could work well, in remix form or the original, that's nice. 'I Can't Decide' sounds intriguing, it almost seems to describe the making of the album/their fame, although the backing sounds a bit too Country Joe and the Fish (OMG it's a rip off of 'What are we fighting For'!) or Muppets for my liking, but that banjo is really getting on my tits. I mean a BANJO?!? FFS.
Rest of the album? As I thought - Meh.
Maybe I'll download it, certainly won't buy it. Even if it does make Babydaddy cry (QXBear?) well he should flippin' well try better then!