Scissor Sisters
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- Herkunft: New York City, USA
Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Genre
Line-Up
- Jake Shears (Gesang, Leadvocals)
- Ana Matronic (Gesang)
- Del Marquis (Gitarre)
- Babydaddy (eigentlich Scott Hoffman, Bass)
- Paddy Boom (bis 2008) (Schlagzeug)
Bandgeschichte
Die Scissor Sisters wurden 2001 von Jake Shears und Babydaddy gegründet. Ihre erste Single "Laura" veröffentlichten sie im Sommer 2003, den Durchbruch schafften sie Anfang 2004 mit der Veröffentlichung von "Comfortably Numb", einem Disco-Cover des gleichnamigen Songs von Pink Floyd.
Kollaborationen
- Bei "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" ist Elton John Co-Autor und am Klavier zu hören.
- Beim 'Smile 07' Charity Event in London trat Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) zusammen mit den Scissor Sisters' auf. Gemeinsam sangen Sie ein Medley aus 'Love comes quickly' (PSB) und 'It can't come quickly enough' (SS)
Remixe
- Erol Alkan: I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Erol Alkan's Carnival Of Light Rework)
Scissor Sisters remixen...
- Pet Shop Boys: Flamboyant (Scissor Sisters Silhouettes and Shadows Mix)
Diskographie
Alben
Singles/EPs
- 2002 Electrobix
- 2003 Laura
- 2004 Comfortably Numb
- 2004 Take Your Mama
- 2004 Laura (re-issue)
- 2004 Mary
- 2005 Filthy/Gorgeous
- 2006 I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
- 2006 Land Of A Thousand Words
- 2007 She's My Man
- 2007 Kiss You Off
- 2007 I Can't Decide
Kompilations-Beiträge
- "Take Me Out" (live at BBC Radio One) auf FM4 Soundselection 11
- "Tits On The Radio" auf Layer Cake (O.S.T.)
DVDs
Charts
| Jahr | Titel | Charts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | US | UK | A | CH | S | F | NOR | FIN | AUS | NZ | ||
| 2004 | Scissor Sisters | - | 102 | 75 | - | 13 | 100 | 33 | 40 | - | - | |
| 2006 | Ta-dah | 6 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 11 | ||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Comfortably Numb | 97 | - | 10 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Take Your Mama | 99 | - | 17 | - | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 2004 | Laura | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Mary | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Filthy/Gorgeous | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | I Don't Feel Like Dancin' | - | 33 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 2006 | Land Of A Thousand Words | 50 | - | 19 | 40 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - |
| 2007 | She's My Man | 71 | - | 29 | 55 | - | 39 | - | 14 | 10 | 39 | - |
| 2007 | Kiss You Off | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | I Can't Decide | - | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Jahrescharts
| Jahr | Titel | Kritiker Charts | Leser Charts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NME | Spex | Intro | Pitchfork | Rolling Stone | Les Inrocks | Spex | Musikexpress | Intro | Rolling Stone | ||
| 2004 | Scissor Sisters | - | - | 50 | - | ||||||
| 2006 | Ta-dah | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Take Your Mama | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2004 | Comfortably Numb | 24 | - | 34 | - | ||||||
| 2004 | Laura | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2006 | I Don't Feel Like Dancin' | 10 | 2 | - | 4 | ||||||
All-Time-Charts
- Mary
- Take Your Mama
- # 95 bei VH-1 Nation's Favourite Lyric
Trivia
- 2005 bei den Brit Awards gewannen sie in den Kategorien "International Group", "International Breakthrough" und "International Album" - also in allen, für die sie nominiert waren.
Referenzbands
- Fischerspooner, CSS, Le Tigre
- wurden beeinflusst von: Elton John, Duran Duran, Bee Gees, George Michael, David Bowie, Village People
Coverversionen
Scissor Sisters covern...
- "Comfortably Numb" von Pink Floyd
- "Take Me Out" von Franz Ferdinand (live)
Videographie
- 2003 Laura (Version 1) - Alex & Liane
- 2004 Better luck
- 2004 Tits on the radio
- 2004 Comfortably numb - Chris Hopewell
- 2004 Laura (Version 2) - Andy Soup
- 2004 Take your mama out - Andy Soup
- 2005 Filthy, gorgeous - John Cameron Mitchell
- 2005 Mary Julien Temple
- 2005 Tiga - You gonna want me - Olivier Gondry (Gastauftritt)
- 2007 Kiss You Off - Robert Hales
