Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Music Why Do I Hate This Scissor Sisters Song the Rest of the Internet Seems to Like So Much?
Posted by Mike Conklin on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Or maybe it's not, I don't know. I'm growing super tired of this thing everyone (on the internet) does where they state their opinion as if it were indisputable fact, so I will simply say that the seemingly across-the-board appeal of this song remains largely a mystery to me. It's built on a totally run-of-the-mill electro/house instrumental track, and theoretically brought to life by Jake Shears' rapping, which I guess is purposefully sort of stiff and nerdy, with rhymes about nip-slips and, oh god, boobies. In a way, he's playing on the same field as Ke$ha, only with much worse jokes. Then the hook, sung by Banks, is of the predictably self-serious variety, with the dramatic delivery and over-the-top production that immediately causes me to roll my eyes. Also, it's too long. The video, which everyone also seems to really like, is below.
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