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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That's basically what I've thought about every single Scissor Sisters song I've ever heard. It's all so self-satisfied and aggressively cutesy about how camp and POP it is that they're making a super disco/electro/whatever homage with plenty of self-conscious cheese. It's all a bit too much for me (admittedly, probably not the target audience for this kind of thing, but still).
I will say, though, that the thing people do "where they state their opinion as if it were indisputable fact"... I mean, that's pretty much what stating an opinion is like unless you want to add "IMHO" or "I think" to everything, which makes for some horrible writing. I wonder if you're reacting to lack of support for these opinions, which is a different if related problem (acting like reasons for opinions are self-evident and therefore not worth discussing).
You nailed it. I felt the same way upon watching the video. I definitely thought the song and video was way too long and way below average. As far as the track goes I can't break it down the way you do as I am just a casual music fan, but as a filmmaker I thought the video was terrible.
So much promise until they pulled the curtain back to reveal bad lighting and terrible choreography. I get that it was partially intentional, but there is still a way to keep the DIY feel and make it look cool. Rushmore, and the video "No Rain" by blind Melon are just a couple of examples of making the High School stage look cool in a vintage DIY way. And on top of this I was really disappointed when I didn't see Azelia Banks who I love or the Scissor Sisters making at least a cameo.
