How do San Francisco audiences stack up to those in other cities? What's it like to be back in a van touring the States? Where are you answering these questions from?Įlectric Six tours all over the world, and is surely used to some fine treatment in the UK and Europe. We caught up with their intrepid singer Dick Valentine to ask him a few questions from the road. You'll hear songs from their 2003 record Fire, which featured the singles "Gay Bar" and "High Voltage," and hopefully some songs off of their latest record, Senor Smoke, which is available now in the UK. Serious Queen fans may ruffle at the depiction, but it's worth a watch just to witness the concept of a pack of ghost poodles.Įlectric Six are playing at The Independent on Wednesday night with VHS or Beta. After impulsively dancing to some brand new songs, out comes the sublime 'Gay Bar', next single to be released and a song many heard when Electric Six performed on channel 4s Born Sloppy. Click here to watch the irreverent video for their cover of Queen's "Radio Ga-Ga," featuring an (ahem) dead ringer for the late genius Freddie Mercury. Don't get them wrong they take their music seriously, they just don't take themselves too seriously. In America, nobody can afford health insurance, so they throw beer at me instead.Electric Six are a rock band from Detroit who want you to enjoy yourself, whether that's through the guitar-heavy dance grooves they deliver, or through their laugh-out-loud lyrics. Q: How are your European shows or different from those in the U.S.?Ī: In Europe, they don't have to worry about health care, so they dive headfirst off the stage.
I was once put in a sleeper hold by a guy because I tried to break free of him after he put me in a bear hug and jumped up and down over and over again, saying, "Dance Commander!" Electric Six not only garnered countless fans throughout the US, but they also became wildly popular throughout the UK rock scene, and before long they were rocking out. Sometimes they even get angry and violent because they can't understand that we don't really party. High Voltage' and 'Gay Bar.' Electric Six quickly became one of the most talked about new rock bands on the music scene, and they scored spots on numerous 'Best of 2013' lists. Guys who think we like to party as much as them and then usually end up being extremely disappointed by us. Q: Do you see yourself as a satirist or a rock musician who happens to have a sense of humor?Ī: Mostly guys. Scoring: Lyrics & Chords More Arrangements Of: Gay Bar More notes from Electric. I don't know what any of it means other than that.
Q: You've said before that at least 80 percent of your songs are "about nothing." Does that mean you don't want people to take your songs seriously?Ī: I think Jackson Pollock's artwork is "about nothing." People seem to take him seriously.Ī: I wrote the song as I walked home from the bar drunk. Download Anthony Selph, Joseph Frezza, Martin Corey, Stephen Nawara, Tyler Spencer Gay Bar (Electric Six) sheet music. Gay Bar Original by Electric Six Dilaemma and the Horny Sheep liefern die Hymne zur Lockerung der Ausgangsbeschränkungen während der Corona Pandemie: I Wanna.
Since then, we always knew we had to do it for real. For a joke, we would say "Gay Bar, Part 2." It was funny and also sad to see how excited they got by that.
Q: What prompted the title "Gay Bar, Part 2," since it's obviously not a sequel?Ī: When we were recording our second album, a lot of UK journalists would ask us what it was going to be called. Q: What sort of difference did it make to finally have stability in the band lineup? Highlights include "Gay Bar, Part 2" (which, by the way, has nothing to do with "Gay Bar") and a hip-shaking ode to cleaning spray Formula 409. More important, the release is a return to gloriously warped form. Tuesday, turning on Opolis audiences in Norman.Įlectric Six's latest effort, "Flashy," is only the act's second album in a row to boast the same member lineup. The current roster throws the switch 9 p.m. The Detroit-based group erupted on the alt-rock scene in 2003 with "Fire," an album that yielded an unlikely hit with the infectious "Gay Bar," in which Valentine roars, "I wanna take you to a gay bar! Gay bar! Gay bar!" By then, however, most of the members had already quit, forcing Valentine to spend recent years to rifling through an ever-changing lineup of players.
The sextet's genre-bending blend of disco, post-punk and hair metal has framed a sonic canvas for lead singer-songwriter, Dick Valentine " real name Tyler Spencer " to serve up a wickedly funny array of lyrical concerns ranging from Taco Bell to lesbian witches. Electric Six has been described as possibly the least sincere band in current rock 'n' roll " fighting words in an industry not particularly known for earnestness.