MrMagpie Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 New album news: http://www.nme.com/news/scissor-sisters/23056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondes Martenot Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Scissor Sisters get banned Branches of US chain boycott album Scissor Sisters album 'Ta-Dah' has been been banned from a number of US stores. The boycott comes after singer Jake Shears critised the pricing policy of his new record, which is top of the UK charts. Trans World, which run more than 800 stores including Sam Goody, FYE, Coconuts and others, pulled 'Ta- Dah' after Shears spoke out about the company's CD prices. In the middle of the band' set at the National Association of Recording Merchandisers convention Shears sang: "I have a little F.Y.I/ Your CD prices are too high". According to the New York Post, Shears was reacting to the price Trans World was charging for The Raconteurs album 'Broken Boy Soldiers'. 'Ta-Dah' itself was being sold for $28.99. Trans World president Jim Litwak told MTV that he felt the company was owed an apology. However the band's manager Neil Harris said: "We're not trying to start a war or inflame anyone, but there's a lot of love out there for the Scissor Sisters and we seem to be going in the right direction without Trans World's help." source: NME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 $28.99 £15.37 Yes that is expensive for a cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chlorofit Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 cd's are already too expensive here in croatia, i cant imagine how much this album's gonna cost when it arrives here *thanking god i didn't like the cd anyway* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekita Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 In Australian dollars some CDs used to be around $30 especially if they were overseas imports. that company is making a big deal out of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Although, i believe some shops in the uk were selling that dual-disc edition with poster for £14.99, but the single disc was £10. Which was £10 too much, because the scissor sisters are rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelike Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Thank god for small independant CD stores then, eh? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 No wonder people like us share our music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Thank god for small independant CD stores then' date=' eh? :P[/quote'] Yes - "internet" CD stores like CD Wow! are the cheapest, and deliver worldwide for free. Check 'em out.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Although, i believe some shops in the uk were selling that dual-disc edition with poster for £14.99, but the single disc was £10. Which was £10 too much, because the scissor sisters are rubbish. True. Definitely not "a snip"!!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 True. Definitely not "a snip"!!:P Yours puns are killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Yours puns are killing me. How cutting............................ :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 In Australian dollars some CDs used to be around $30 especially if they were overseas imports. that company is making a big deal out of it.... Pretty much any CD I get these days in $30 or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Pretty much any CD I get these days in $30 or more. Then try CD Wow!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Then try CD Wow!;) Or the Coldplaying forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 The Glam Strikes Back Dust off your leather pants, sling on your sleeveless shirt, and grab those aviator glasses. Flamboyant glam outfit Scissor Sisters are back for some rump shaking action with their latest album, Ta-Dah. And if you ain't filthy on that dancefloor, you ain't gorgeous. Despite a lukewarm following in their homeground of the United States, Scissor Sisters are boiling hot in the UK. So hot, in fact, that their self titled debut album is the 10th biggest selling album of the 21st century. Quite a feat, considering the fact that the rest of the artists on the biggest selling list comprise of mainstreamers like James Blunt and Coldplay. Best known for their dance anthem Filthy/Gorgeous, the campy glam/disco/pop/rock outfit that sounds like the Bee Gees on steroids, despite its name, comprises of four blokes and a lady. And although they may seem like nothing more than a novelty disco act at first glance, a surprising amount of depth is present in their music. Besides dance tracks like their breakthrough Pink Floyd cover, Comfortably Numb, their debut album was balanced with a good dose of dark elements, like the ode to drug abuse (Return to Oz, and Mary, a tribute to lead singer Jake Shears then recently deceased friend. Expect more of this toying with tragedy and frivolity in their new album, Ta-Dah, which has already spurned the UK no. 1 dance hit, a collaboration with Elton John ironically entitled I Don't Feel Like Dancin (although you'll probably want to do the opposite). Other highlights include Paul McCartney, a song based on Shears' dream about the Beatles frontman, and Kiss You Off a disco number showcasing band member Ana Matronic's vocal prowess. Unsurprisingly, the flamboyance and stage antics of the band have led to questions pertaining to their, ahem, sexual orientations. Their comments on this? "Our music speaks to everybody. It could happen that people might end up not giving a shit (whether we're gay or not)." And if their massive popularity is anything to go by, it's clear to see that people don't. http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=29&artid=200610070002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Well obviously they are gay haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Well obviously they are gay haha Whatever gave you that impression??:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I heard their new single, and I must say it's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Scissor Sisters are great, new album is cooool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Scissor Sisters - 'Live Review' Birmingham NIA - 13th November 2006. Even if you are the Scissor Sisters, persuading a large crowd on a wet and cold Monday night in a cavernous Birmingham arena to party like it is the weekend is a tall order. Add to that an audience so conservative it would make a Phil Collins/Genesis concert look like a guerrilla Libertines' gig and the band were faced with a tough challenge. At one point the audience even had frontman Jake Shears questioning what his band had become. And you couldn't help agree, or even, bizarrely, feel a tad sorry for him as he and the band tried, valiantly, to work an audience now made up of the shop-at-the-Gap-get-a-latte-at-Starbucks-before-buying-the-new-Dido/Coldplay/Keane-CD-crowd. Opening with two songs from the new album didn't really bring the crowd to its feet and it didn't help that the mix of the opening song made Jake sound like he was singing in the "Familiar Club Style" made famous by Vic Reeves on TV's Shooting Stars. Laura was the first song to get the crowd moving. All those great songs from the first album were there, but interspersed with songs from their disappointing second album, Tah-Dah, (I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and Land Of A Thousand Words aside) and some overlong banter between Jake and fellow singer Ana made the gig a rather disjointed affair. The band was excellent, swapping instruments, and an unexpected highlight was Tah-Dah's country tinged I Can't Decide which saw Babydaddy on banjo. The song seemed to work much better live than on record. Their current single Land of a Thousand Words was also excellent but you could have been at an Elton John gig. Before launching into Mary, Jake tried, in vain, to stir the crowd into an emotional, lighters/mobile phone aloft communal sing-along that the song so deserves. The band, and in particular Jake and Ana, had given it all and the entire crowd finally rose for a fantastic encore of I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and Filthy Gorgeous. Overall, it was an enjoyable night. The Scissor Sisters have around eight exceptionally good (and perhaps even great) songs and if they can add a few more to go with their excellent showmanship they will be a superb live act. http://www.24dash.com/content/lifestyle/reviews/viewReview.php?reviewID=219&navID=11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Brigs liked the scissor sisters :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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