I love Scissor Sisters ... but why did they have to cover Floyd?!?!

[BattyDem]

Thanks to Logo, I got to know Scissor Sisters (Logo plays their videos all the time). So today I finally bought the CD. It's really good! But ... they did a disco version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and it makes me want to rip my ears off!

Note to Scissor Sisters ... never, EVER mix Pink Floyd and disco! It's just ... WRONG!!! :mad: :puke: :mad: :puke: :mad: :puke: :mad:

Anyway, it really is a fun CD full of catchy pop songs ... just skip over Track 3 and you'll be fine. ;-)

Scissor Sisters at Amazon.com

[mongo]

1. Obviously you have never heard Luther Wright and the Wrongs

Rebuild the Wall - It's a country cover of the entire wall album.

Actually - It's rather good. Goodbye blue sky gets turned into a bluegrass tune.

[BattyDem]

7. "Goodbye blue sky gets turned into a bluegrass tune"

Are you serious?? Oh man ... I'm very open-minded and I love when people experiment creatively, but I don't know if I could handle that, LOL!

Here's the thing ... I think Pink Floyd's music is not meant to simply be listened to - it's meant to be experienced. Eliminating the "haunting" sound of the music by turning it into disco or country (or any other genre) kind of kills the experience. I mean, it may sound good, but it just doesn't feel the same. ;-)

I guess I saw the Pink Floyd laser show at the old Hayden Planetarium in NYC too many times, LOL!

[Redneck Socialist]

13. Yonder Mountain String Band...

does a bluegrass version of Goodbye Blue Sky too. It works pretty well.

[Lilyhoney]

2. Floyd is good mixed into techno.

I would like to hear the disco version. And the country rendition as listed in post below. I like bluegrass, but not country so much.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Luther Wright rocks

But discoizing "Comfortably Numb"??? :grr: :grr: :grr:
Point me to these Scissor Sisters. They shall feel my wrath! :nuke:

On edit: There's also the Austin Lounge Lizards' bluegrass version of "Brain Damage," which kicks ass.

[mongo]

4. You mean I'm not the only person to have heard that CD?

Wow.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Which, Luther Wright or the Lizards?

[mongo]

10. Luther Wright

Never heard the Lizards.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. I haven't heard the CD, technically

KPIG used to play cuts from it fairly often. One night they played the whole thing.

[Susang]

5. Because they could

And because it would make some people laugh and piss other people off. A perfect combination. ;-)

[BattyDem]

6. LOL ... good point!

:-)

[sundog]

14. ding

if you get it, you'll laugh :7

[Telly Savalas]

8. I think their cover is about 100 times better than the original.

[sendero]

11. I saw the Scissor Sisters..

... on SNL one night (I think it was SNL) - all I can say is LOL :)