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Scissor Sisters “Do The Strand”

Roxy Music’s “Do The Strand” was already a very campy song, but the Scissor Sisters have gone and pushed that campiness to a glorious extreme, even by their own standards. Though the essence of the song remains the same, the Scissor Sisters version strips out the original’s glam rock boogie-woogie in favor of a delirious quasi-Italo disco arrangement that showcases Jake Shears’ signature falsetto, resulting in an odd collision of goofiness and serious sensuality. Whereas the Roxy Music version has a bit of a smirk to it, the Sisters version has a touch of genuine sincerity that infuses the silly, unapologetic fun of the song with a gentle tug of poignancy and intensity, even when it starts to sound a bit like a gay disco jingle for New York City’s most beloved used book store.

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