Snipping at the Electric Mayhem

Is it my imagination or are the Scissor Sisters a dead ringer for the band from the Muppets – Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem?

I don't know about you but I recall being deeply captivated by the characters in the Band – the cool Dr Teeth, wild and crazy Animal and totally hip Janice, and now that the Sisters are hitting their stride with their new Album "TaDa" I am seeing some shocking similarities.

Actually The Sisters are are really interesting phenomenon, they really are not doing anything particularly new but they are becoming wildly successful doing it. Everything I have seen or head from them is highly derivative but they are just doing it so bloody well, and with a refresh in quality, professionalism, polish and style that is all 2006/7 and all their own.

Suddenly androgyn, Ziggy Stardust-esq pan sexuality is back with all its convention confusing, toe tapping glee. And don't we just love them for not taking themselves or their music to seriously. Its like David Bowie bedded down with Deee-lites Lady Miss Kier and these are their love children.

Maybe its because I spent so much time as a young kid bouncing along to Dr Teeth and crew that now brightly coloured and ambiguous musical characters just float my boat – or maybe it really is the Sisters and their disco, glam-rock/pop, gay-club deliciousness that does it – cause the Wiggles didn't do it to me.

Here is a track from TaDa – you decide.