Scissor Sisters Offer High-Camp Theatrics, Electro-Driven Pop Grooves At Terminal 5

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Quote :: The throng loitering along 11th Avenue on Wednesday night was an eclectic, gender-blurring mix unlike any other. Club kids in Ed Hardy chatted up drag queens as they strutted about in sequined hot pants next to sinewy, tank top-wearing gym rats. Like supplicants awaiting the arrival of some otherworldly guru, this campy crew had gathered for one reason: the hometown return of the Scissor Sisters.

I, too, was making the pilgrimage, to feast my eyes on the glam-pop band whose fantastically escapist tunes formed the soundtrack to many of my Saturday nights. Despite it being midweek, I arrived prepared to boogie-woogie in the presence of Ana Matronic and Jake Shears, the Jack and Jill-style vocalists who sang about being "filthy gorgeous" years before Lady Gaga ever dubbed herself "beautiful, dirty, rich."

Ironically, Lady Gaga crossed my mind several times as I waited amidst the leather and lace. The Sisters riff on the Bee Gees, borrow elements of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" phase and put a fresh shine on Donna Summer's disco ball, but it's Gaga to whom their electro-groove-dance sound is most compared. Yet as the pop diva fills Madison Square Garden, the Scissor Sisters remain below-ground staples in their native America, headlining small to mid-sized clubs (not so in Europe, where they're soon scheduled to perform at London's 20,000-seat O2 Arena).

In the American music scene, where Adam Lambert's mildly flamboyant antics cause a ruckus, is there room for the Scissor Sisters -- with Shears donning '70s-style leotards while dedicating love songs to his boyfriend? Judging from the shrieks that greeted the band as they entered the Terminal 5 stage, the answer: a resounding "Yes!"

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Scissor Sisterhood
Adam Lambert and Parker Posey party with Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters

at their after party in New York City, August 25, 2010.

Scissor Sisters Offer High-Camp Theatrics, Electro-Driven Pop Grooves At Terminal 5 20100810

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