Scissor Sisters - 'Any Which Way'
Gentle reader, I do not know about you, but I for one am SHOCKED and APPALLED that the state of modern popular music should come to this. How, in all good conscience, can we allow our nation's youth to leave the house of an evening, knowing that they are going to be exposed to this utter filth, and worse, use it as a soundtrack to an evening of dancing, and laughing, as if it is the most natural thing in the world?
Should we all sit idly by, while a song which is this unashamedly lascivious and riotously obsessed with matters of a sexual nature sits mocking us in the music purchasing retail outlets of this fair and decent land? Or the music purchasing retail outlets of this unfair and occasionally unpleasant cyberspaceland? Should we ignore the barely-coded messages, hidden within its intoxicating grooves, and just hope they won't cause untold devastation to the moral fibre of the entire WORLD?
I mean LISTEN TO IT! It's...it's...DIRTY!
(. Don't watch it, you'll go blind.)
Some of it is so dirty that right-thinking, decent people such as you and me will struggle to understand all of the dirty things that it has to say. We're comparatively fine with the muscular, thrusting Bee Gees disco backing - it's very similar to a song called 'You Should Be Dancing', I am lead to believe - although clearly it has been designed to raise the pulse-rate and lower inhibitions.
Then there are the references the singer makes to being taken somewhere. It is safe to assume, without fear of being accused of dirtiness oneself, that he is not talking about hitch-hiking. He also wishes to reassure everyone that he is physically ready for the rigours which are to come. He doesn't require medical assistance of any kind, for example, and actually, should events transpire in the way that Jake the singer seems to hope they will, he feels sure that it will be beneficial to his state of mind.
These are all elements that are freely accessible to all but the most pure-minded innocents, and even they will have their doubts.
But then there are other elements which are far more troubling. The female singer appears to keep parts of her under-clothing in an egg, for example. Is this dirty? Is it normal? Should all women choose a selection of lingerie to store under eggshells for...extra...freshness? Is it freshness? Or is it, as I have come to suspect, SOMETHING DIRTY THAT I DO NOT KNOW, AND THEREFORE AM AFRAID OF??
No, this will not do at all. I propose a radical scheme of enforced ear-bungs for the entire nation, keeping us safe within the silent, pure world of our clean, untroubled thoughts, until such time as this song can be disinfected and cleansed thoroughly, preferably using a VERY big scouring pad, and some fire.
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(Fraser McAlpine)
"The lyrics [are] very clear that the lover wants to be taken however you'd like it with few limits."
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It is a great video with slow motion stuff and dressing up etc. Hurrah."
"Scissor Sisters' electro-pop defined mainstream music in the Noughties."
Comment number 1.
At 24th Sep 2010, stocksy wrote:SORRY? 3 STARS?! 5 Satars more like.
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Sep 2010, harrythedog10 wrote:I second that motion 5 STARS!!!!
LONG LIVE SCISSOR SISTERS!
P.S: The second to last paragraph did make me laugh though
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Comment number 3.
At 25th Sep 2010, OddOne wrote:Been listening to 'Sex And Violence' a lot lately.
That could work as a single.. bit of editing here asnd there, Bob's you teapot!
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Comment number 4.
At 25th Sep 2010, spirit wrote:The Scissor Sisters doing a 1970's style disco number with lyrics drenched in sexual inneuendo....
Did they not do this on their first album ?
And their second ?
There is a severe case of typecasting going on here .
This is Scissor Sisters by numbers . . . .
Pleasant song , but the world has moved on from your first 2 albums . This will not be a big hit , because it sounds like you are treading water , and we have heard it many times before , and quite frankly , Lady Gaga now does it better , with bigger hooks and better songs .
Time for a rethink.....
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Comment number 5.
At 25th Sep 2010, OddOne wrote:This song is currently at #188 on iTunes.
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Comment number 6.
At 25th Sep 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Are there four or five members in The Scissor Sisters? I'm confused!
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Comment number 7.
At 26th Sep 2010, OddOne wrote:Four: Randy Reel, the original drummer left after 'Ta-Dah!'.
That leaves Jake Shears, Ana Matronic, Babydaddy, and Del Marquis.
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Comment number 8.
At 26th Sep 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:I was thinking OddOne because I remember there being five.
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Comment number 9.
At 26th Sep 2010, OddOne wrote:Actually, I think there is five: Wikipedia says that it was orginal drummer Paddy Boom that left after the recording of 'Ta-Dah!', and that Randy, Del, Jake, Ana and Babydaddy are all still instated as the Scissor Sisters.
However, only four of them appear in their videos post-'Ta-Dah!'... so that's Wikipedia for you.
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Comment number 10.
At 10th Oct 2010, Scissorsistersno1fan wrote:The guy who wrote this says any which way is filth, this is filth, what a load of rubbish, the problem is with this country is that its getting to posh and stuck up, any which way is a great, fun song and shouldnt be discriminated like this, unfair in my opinion, ive loved scissor sisters for a long time and that article has angered me,if he thinks this song is rubbish, why doesnt he try to write a better one himself, love the band, love the song, love the video, everyone has there own opinions but that article is just going way to far, pathetic. Dirty, what ever, get back to present day, Scissor sisters are the definition of excellent music
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Comment number 11.
At 10th Oct 2010, Scissorsistersno1fan wrote:The guy who wrote this says any which way is filth, this is filth, what a load of rubbish, the problem is with this country is that its getting to posh and stuck up, any which way is a great, fun song and shouldnt be discriminated like this, unfair in my opinion, ive loved scissor sisters for a long time and that article has angered me,if he thinks this song is rubbish, why doesnt he try to write a better one himself, love the band, love the song, love the video, everyone has there own opinions but that article is just going way to far, pathetic. Dirty, what ever, get back to present day, Scissor sisters are the definition of excellent music
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