Once upon a time, pop mic -- like the rt of Amerin popular culture -- was closet. From Liberace and his floor-length furs to Gee Michael's dangly earrgs, gay men were marketed as female nquts. Thankfully mds and attus have (for the most part) evolved, and a band like...
Contents:
- SCISSOR SISTERS’ JAKE SHEARS TALKS COMG OUT, BEG GAY TMP’S AMERI: ‘IT’S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S MDS’
- WHICH OF THE SCISSOR SISTERS ARE GAY?
- SCISSOR SISTERS' JAKE SHEARS ON WHAT MAK SOMETHG 'GAY MIC'
- FIVE REASONS TO LOVE SCISSOR SISTERS, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A GAY MAN
- SCISSOR SISTERS: 'WE ARE A BAND FIRST, A GAY BAND SEND'
SCISSOR SISTERS’ JAKE SHEARS TALKS COMG OUT, BEG GAY TMP’S AMERI: ‘IT’S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S MDS’
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“I didn’t know what the fuck to say after that song, que hontly, ” he told GayCi. Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears Talks Comg Out, Beg Gay Tmp’s Ameri: ‘It’s Possible To Change People’s Mds’.
WHICH OF THE SCISSOR SISTERS ARE GAY?
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I believe I read that all except one are gay. If so, dunno who the 4th gay member is. Jake Shears (vols), Babydaddy (bass) and Del Marquis (guar) are gay.
Given all this, how closely aligned dance mic is wh queer people, and the fact that Last Man Dancg is beg released at the begng of Pri month (on Friday), I foced my nversatn wh Shears on the perceived gayns of his mic: the queer spiratn, the queer dience, and whether he thks the label fs at all. Bee the history of dance mic is full of queer creators and listeners, I wonr then if you thk of your mic—pecially the dance mic on this album—as gay mic? Like, “What’s gay mic?
SCISSOR SISTERS' JAKE SHEARS ON WHAT MAK SOMETHG 'GAY MIC'
Beg gay isn’t a personaly, but n fe a lot of , and certaly leang out of n e off as shameful or dishont. Fundamentally, I thk we n only theorize as to why dance mic is so popular wh gays, and yet, I was to hoe mic as an 11- or 12-year-old, before I was willg to adm that I was gay or knew of any nnectn to gayns and hoe Jane Fonda’s workout when I was 3 years old, that’s all I wanted to watch.
All the smaller gay bars London are kd of gone. It’s jt like mostly big gay parti.
FIVE REASONS TO LOVE SCISSOR SISTERS, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A GAY MAN
The Scissor Sisters’ “Let’s Have a Kiki” beme a gay anthem. People found and we didn’t really do you feel a greater sense of rponsibily to get right when you make somethg so overtly of gay culture? Historilly, foundatnal gay anthems were chosen by the people.
The term was popularized by the electroclash band, The Scissor Sisters, who formed the gay club scene 2001 New York Cy. From Liberace and his floor-length furs to Gee Michael's dangly earrgs, gay men were marketed as female nquts. Thankfully mds and attus have (for the most part) evolved, and a band like Scissor Sisters (due at the Ogn Theatre on Monday, September 6 wh Sammy Jo and Casey Spooner) n be prented exactly as they are: Gay men (and one miss Ana Matronic) who make great mic.
Like a trip to the gay bar, Scissor Sisters prent a whole new world to the straight populatn -- a world where adults n talk about ts and tweekers and keep a ser face. And much like your token gay iend, they won't tell everyone how much you love dancg and sgg to your hairbsh/beer bottle microphone like the diva you are. '"Five flamboyantly drsed Greenwich Village people, three gay, two straight, the Scissor Sisters have emerged om New York's unrground clubland wh the first post-electroclash masterpiece: an album that rells the hs of Elton John, the Bee Ge and late-1970s dis queen Sylvter.
SCISSOR SISTERS: 'WE ARE A BAND FIRST, A GAY BAND SEND'
Take Your Mama Out is about tellg your parents you're gay. Return to Oz reflects on the disastro effect the dg crystal meth is havg on Ameri's homosexual, on the other hand, is a simple offer of emotnal support om a man to his bt (female) iend. Is "gayns" important to what the Scissor Sisters do?
But, she believ, "the whole gay thg is jt an attempt to unrstand the mic. I don't unrstand what 'gay' sounds like.