Music Notes: Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah!
= 3 stars
Oasis was criticized for aping the Beatles almost too similarly, so the Scissor Sisters sound like a mash-up of The Bee Gees, Elton John, ABBA, and Beck on Midnite Vultures. She’s My Man has nearly the same melody of Elton John’s I’m Still Standing, while the infectious, ear-worm I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ is a Saturday Night Fever outtake — more specifically a mash-up of the Bee Gees, ABBA, and Elton John. Is this for laughs? Well, the result is usually entertaining, even if at times it comes down to a game of spot-the-influence.
So my favorite tracks are the obvious I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’, and the the Duran Duran Rio–esque The Other Side (it even has a saxophone solo). Also amusing to me is the Blondie sounding Kiss You Off featuring the group’s female vocalist (who in my world would be featured on more songs).
There’s some merit here, but I keep thinking it’s better to go to the source. I’d pick a few songs for sure, but hold off on buying the whole CD.
iTunes Store Link: Ta-Dah — Scissor Sisters
I couldn’t listen to the entire album… there are a lot of very choice remixes out there though.
This is definitely the type of disc where there are about three songs that get stuck in my head and I like listening to them over and over, but the majority of songs aren’t of that nature. Perfect for iTunes…
Hi Jason!
The album is quite good, even if I have to admit that only few songs are those you will sing every time, and Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ is one of those!
In these months I have been hit by both the Scissor Sisters and Orson. I can’t stop singing No Tomorrow too! Don’t really know why every time I think of one of the two songs, the other comes into my mind, probably because they have been the songs that have accompanied my during my move to London.
Mental Connections works weirdly sometimes…
Cheers
That’s cool… what kind of music is Orson? I haven’t heard of them. Maybe I’ll check them out.