Liza Minnelli shows those young tykes how it's done - watch a brilliantly edited video for her 'Single Ladies' Sex and the City II Soundtrack contribution

Ok hold on, pop readers, because it's about to get really "old school nancy boy" in here...

For all you casual pop fans, the young, and the straight, The Big Gay Book of Pop History goes something like this:

Before there was Madonna.  Before there was Debbie Harry.  Before there was Kylie, or Britney, or yes, even Beyonce....there was a woman named Judy.   She was amazing and did the best movies and hottest music and the most powerful, trendiest drugs.  Then she died and in response all the gays rioted at a bar in New York City and turned her daughter Liza into a LIVING CORPSE LEGEND.

Yes, before all the divas that the pop world worships nowadays were even soiling their diapers, little lady Liza was vomiting up quaaludes in a Studio 54 VIP bathroom.

Liza did all sorts of things - most of them with a 'z' - and was generally very good if you like that sort of thing.  Which we don't really, besides the passing HBO special or PBS retrospective, but that's neither here nor there.  Like her or not, she churned out a quality product.  In fact, she is the proud owner of the acting trifecta: an Oscar, Emmy and Tony.  She kind of went off the rails a bit for a while, but then returned with a genius turn on TV's 'Arrested Development.'  And all the while, she's been singing and dancing her hips right out of their sockets. 

Well, as if to show all us young whippersnappers that she can take ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING and give it jazz hands, sequins, a gay husband and a pill problem, Liza has taken the Sex and the City II soundtrack and made it truly her own.  Leona Lewis duet with Jennifer Hudson?  Meh.  Brand new Dido?  Who cares.  Alicia Keys singing Blondie?  Big deal - Liza is doing 'Single Ladies'!

No matter how many times this track has been run into the ground with remakes and parodies and teenage boys in lycra onesies dancing to it on the Bonnie Hunt show, there's something purely genius about this track.  Add to it someone's LITERALLY BRILLIANT montage video they've done for it, and well.....see for yourself:



Sure, she's clearly white-knuckling it the whole time, and the backing track sounds like the 'demo' feature on a Casio keyboard they only sell in Eastern Europe, but look us in the eye and tell us this didn't totally make your day.  You can't can you?  No, we didn't think so.

Lily Allen and Professor Green's new video 'Be Good To Green' - watch the premiere now!

Lily Allen's retirement from music is going super well.  So well, in fact, that she is STILL MAKING MUSIC.  We're certainly not complaining, as ScopiSat loves them some Lily, but one of these days Miss Allen is going to say 'I'm totally retiring, innit' and we'll all roll our eyes and say 'yeah yeah whatever, let's hear your new single then...' and not even try to stop her because she's cried wolf a few too many times but then she actually will and everyone will be very sad except for all the people that hate Lily Allen.   Anyway here's her new video with Professor Green.  He is not actually a professor :(





Out July 5

Goldfrapp are 'Alive' in new video - watch the premiere now!

Goldfrapp have had a tough time of it lately, as their BIG COMEBACK SINGLE was neither big nor much of a comeback.  Hopefully its lack of success will be just a footnote in the tome of Goldfrapp history, and new track 'Alive' will do what it says on the tin and bring the band back to life.  In all fairness, 'Alive' would have made a much better lead single, as it better showcases the unique 80's flair that the band have taken up.  The Me Decade has been mined by pop acts for the last couple years now, but most have stuck to the obvious synths and guitar stabs that defined the decade on the surface.  'Alive' takes that skin-deep pastiche and does one better, as it mimics the vocal production, harmonies and mastering that ruled the 1980's.

The video.....well it's best we just let you watch it yourselves.  It's suitably 80's, of course, with LASERS and SPANDEX but also a pentagram and Satan for some reason. 



Out June 7

Eliza Doolittle tells us all to 'Pack Up' in new video - watch now!

We told you about Eliza Doolittle when her last video came out, and had some generally nice things to say about her debut song.  Well she's back with another track, and we're happy to report that it is even better than the last.  'Skinny Genes' was a breezy fun tune but nothing earth shattering, but 'Pack Up' takes it to a new level.  It's not our usual dancefloor poppers-fest, but it's a very well done pop song for those days you want to skip down the street and get looked at because no one skips anymore which is a shame. 



Out June 28, with an album July 5

Who wants to see the new video for Kelly Rowland's storming new dance track? Watch a preview now!

Kelly Rowland looked quite down and out for a while.  Second fiddle to Beyonce after Destiny's Child disbanded, she had a couple decent hits and the pop world readied to put her out to pasture.  Non-charting singles, C-list TV appearances and cruise ship concerts awaited.  Enter David Guetta, who made the soulful singer over into a dance diva, and in the process rejuvenated a career that so easily could have ended with a 'Where Are They Now' camera crew visiting her at a Georgia Wal*Mart.  'When Love Takes Over' became a smash US dance hit, a chart topper worldwide, and served as the sound of the summer for many a slightly fey gentleman. 


That single coincided with her departure with both her manager and her label, and since then Kelly has signed with Universal Motown.  Somebody at their offices knows what they're doing, as Miss Rowland's new direction capitalizes on her newfound club popularity.  'Commander' is a pulsing club banger, again produced by David Guetta, and joins the Kylie and Kelis releases in making 2010 the year dance was well and truly back. 

As songs tend to do, 'Commander' has received a video treatment.  Filmed in the beginning of May, it was directed by Masahahi Muto (behind some very awesome adverts and clips), and it looks to be QUITE GOOD.  One insider said about the clip, ""Kelly’s look in this video is just utterly sexy. It’s like a jungle feel. I feel like we’re in Avatar somewhere, running through the woods, minus the blue paint." 

Check out the preview now - are you looking forward to seeing the finished product?




Out to download tomorrow the 18th of May. 

Scissor Sisters fight 'Fire With Fire' in new video - watch now!

We're quite liking the Scissor Sisters' reinvention as a less-falsetto-y, less Bee Gees, still camp-as-Christmas rock dance (rance?) collective.  The first single off their new album hits our sweet spot, and though some have decried the fact it's slightly less danceable and a lot less kitsch than previous tracks, ScopiSat thinks it's a great representation of a band that is growing musically.  The video matches this pared-down, more organic sound, trading in the crazy outfits and makeup for a nice, low key tour around New York City. IN A GIANT LIGHT-UP BUS.


Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire from Blair Cameron on Vimeo.

Out June 20.  Buy please.

The new Kylie is AMAZING - listen to the radio debut now, as we say 'told you so'

I think we can all agree that everything we said up to this point about the Kylie 'All The Lovers' track is very, very true.  



Yes.

Ke$ha says 'Your Love Is My Drug' in new video - watch the premiere now!

One of ScopiSat's golden pop rules is "the less said about Ke$ha the better" but - fair warning - we're going to break it today.  The Unwashed One has a new video out for 'Your Love Is My Drug,' and it's actually....watchable.  The world isn't going to stop spinning and we're still not going to excuse her obvious aversion to bathing, but could this signal a new era in ScopiSat's relationship with Ke$ha?  Stay tuned.  We know you are dying to find out.

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