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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kenny-t (talk | contribs) at 23:01, 14 September 2006 (→‎lesbian only position?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Genres

They're currently listed as rock, pop and alternative, which seems a bit vague. I think glam rock will suffice, so I'm deleting the others. 195.195.166.31 17:17, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remixed!

It's a wonder why there's no mention of 'Remixed!', there remix album. It's a bit difficult to find but some good record stores might have it. 24 of August 2006. P.S. What's Crystal Meth abuse?

Crystal Meth is a drug. --62.64.227.167 10:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

lesbian only position?

I'm curious as to the choice to identify 'scissor sisters' as being a _lesbian_ sex position. Should this not be a sexual position for women who have sex with women (i.e. also including bisexual, transsexual, questioning, etcetera)? ~KurtTO 05/08/06

Well, it is still a sex position that involves two females. Regardless of the sexuality of the woman it is still a lesbian sex position. Heck, both women could be straight and still have sex in that position; it'd still be classed as a lesbian sex position. Calling it a lesbian position does not mean that only lesbians perform it, it simply means it's a position which requires two females. Kenny-t 23:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pink Floyd cover

I'm pretty certain that it's fair to say that most Pink Floyd fans are not appreciative of the Scissor Sister's violent attack on Comfortably Numb. It's not attacking them to admit this - it happens to be true. Many PF fans are/were irritated.

Regardless - the fact that some fans of another band happen to dislike them because of a cover they did is hardly of relevence here.

if u like pink floyd then u are one sad individual


Err, its not 'loosely based'. Its a DIRECT COVER of Comfortably Numb.<npov>And it takes a crap, whingy moaning song that sounds like an old woman is singing it and turns it into a halway decent dance track</npov><opinion>with a pretty good intro</opinion>

Either way, its a COVER. Same lyrics. Kiand 21:32, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Nick Mason commented in an interview that he loves SS's version of Comfortably Numb, and prefers such new interpretations over copies that "reapeat my mistakes".

It's a trivial thing to say, but it's not often I have a microphone in my hand; "Laura" was all over Radio One in the summer of 2004. It's almost impossible to express this in the article, which can only note that it peaked at number 12, but "Laura" was one of those songs which was inescapable, like the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" a few years previously. Who is Mandy Perkins? -Ashley Pomeroy 17:28, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mandy Perkins is no one, apparently.

UK 'bias'

I'm from the UK and love reading UK-based articles. However, this does seem a bit British for an American group, no?

It's probably because they've been a bigger hit in the UK (and to some extent Australia) than they have been in the US itself. --Robert Merkel 11:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

well, in the article there's a note on their debut being the 2004 best-selling UK album - the scissor sisters were actively touring all over europe & the US, though. --IceflamePhoenix 05:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)--84.12.23.32 05:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


TAKE YOUR MOMMA OUT = LITTLE JEANNIE? I don't see how "Take your momma out" sounds at all like "little Jeannie" Really, I'm listening to them both and I don't see it. Joe

I do. =) --IceflamePhoenix 19:24, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As this is an encyclopedia and not a collection of fan sites, the purpose of external links is to provide further information for the reader of the article, which is not the case when it comes to message boards or fan sites that have not been updated in months. Therefore, I removed the following three links (again):

Just that someone might think these are *notable* doesn't mean they're relevant. Although it's a fansite, I did not remove wass.tk from the link list because it seemed to me that this one actually does provide some further information, but the ones above do not. If one of these is even linked from the official site (which is included here), what's the matter? And as for StudioSpooky, which "is site of album artist" (according to the edit summary): if the uninformed reader using wp as a source of information about Scissor Sisters really needs to know something about it, it should be mentioned in the article (incl. a link to the respective wp article, if it derserves one). --a.bit 11:22, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • StudioSpooky is indeed mentioned in the text and linked to Wikipedia article.
  • wass.tk is an incredibly detailed site for the scissor sisters, it's currently being reincarnated as idontfeellikedancing.com - both sites are currently offline, as they're transferring from one to the other. --IceflamePhoenix 05:35, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gay Icons

As an editor suggested in their edit summary. Quite how does one prove they are "gay icons"? Are sources such as these [1][2] [3] [4] etc, sufficient? Rockpocket 21:59, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Del Marquis

I have just found that the information for this band member, which formed several paragraphs, has been deleted and the page turned into a redirect to this one. Why was this done, when was this done, and why was none of the deleted material merged into this page?

Not sure why that happened, but if there was a lot of info about any one member or something not specific to the band, someone may have edited it out. This should be an article about just the band. More detailed individual biographical information about each member can go in their own articles. I see there is an article for Del Marquis out there. Thanks! NickBurns 19:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • You slightly misunderstood, I meant that the Del Marquis page itself had its information deleted and the page was turned into a redirect to this one, after someone added unverifiable information. Rather than removing only this information, the next editor of the page removed the whole page. After asking for time to source the relevant information there twice (on a different ISP), and being ignored twice, I think I have finally got it back to encyclopedic form. 86.9.26.40 18:59, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mary

"Mary, the inspiration for the Scissor Sisters song "Mary", died of a brain aneurysm in mid April, 2006. The band was said to be incredibly distraught."

This seems to have been indiscriminately tagged to the bottom of the page. There is no citation or context to the statement.


Well any mention of it seems to be deleted now. I didn't think it was irrelevant, I just thought it didn't seem to sit well where it was. (Macca7174)

Macca7174: There is a reference to it. It is under "Content of music", at the end of paragraph one. The reference is there, along with the link (shown as [2]) to the posting on the message board that's listed above. I just put the link there so it was properly cited. NickBurns 21:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cut and Paste

Looks like the website of "video hits" (a music film clip show on the Australian commercial television station "TEN") likes to use your text without referencing. http://www.videohits.com.au/artist.php?artist_id=8237

Tildes

Hi folks, please remember if you comment on the Talk Page here to add your name and the date and time of your comment by placing four "tildes" after your comment. The tildes is this character ~ and can be found on the key just to the left of the 1 key above the letters on your keyboard. There are lots of comments on here but many do not have a time/date listed. Thanks! NickBurns 19:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Also, further to that, remember if someone hasn't signed their name, you can go back and use the {{unsigned}} template to add their names and the date from the edit diffs. So if I didn't sign my post, and it was attributed to being added at 19:59, 18 June 2006, then you would use {{unsigned|Vanderdecken|19:59, 18 June 2006}} to give: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanderdecken (talk • contribs) 19:59, 18 June 2006 (UTC). Also, the tilde (~) is only left of the 1 and above Tab for people with US keyboards - don't forget us Brits! For those with a UK/International keyboard layout, the tilde (~) is above the right shift, just between @ and the Return (or Enter) key. You have to use shift to place it as well, as it is the shifted-alternate character of hash (#). That is all. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 16:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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