{"id":13712,"date":"2009-01-20T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/lily-allen-and-scissor-sisters-contribute-to-worthwhile-charity-war-album\/"},"modified":"2009-01-20T17:20:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T16:20:31","slug":"lily-allen-and-scissor-sisters-contribute-to-worthwhile-charity-war-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/lily-allen-and-scissor-sisters-contribute-to-worthwhile-charity-war-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen And Scissor Sisters Contribute To Worthwhile Charity War Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"#\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ssla\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8345206e269e2010536de8d5b970b \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zxl\/6a00d8345206e269e2010536de8d5b970b-800wi.jpeg\" title=\"Ssla\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A very special promo came out today for <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">War Child&#39;s<\/span> charity <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&quot;Heroes&quot;<\/span> album which is dedicated to protecting street children, child soldiers and child prisoners in war zones. &#0160;The concept of the album is quite moving as it involves some of today&#39;s biggest recording artists all banding together to do some innovative cover versions for this worthwhile cause &#8211; a Band Aid for 2009 if you will. &#0160;<\/p>\n<div>Lending their efforts to the cause include <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Beck, Hot Chip, Estelle, Peaches, Rufus Wainwright<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Franz Ferdinand <\/span>to name a few.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>The legendary<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Scissor Sisters<\/span> have contributed their cover of Roxy Music&#39;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&quot;Do The Strand&quot;<\/span> which takes you back to the sound of their electronica disco debut with<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#0160;Ana Matronic<\/span> doing her best <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Grace Jones<\/span> intro in the mix. It&#39;s enough to get any hardcore <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Scissor Sisters<\/span> fan very excitable and worked up into a tizzy &#8211; including myself! &#0160;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&quot;Do The Strand&quot;<\/span> is the perfect pre-cursor to a long overdue new studio album from the band. &#0160;We know finding a new drummer is hard work, but let&#39;s get going sistas! &#0160;The sisterhood beckons&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lily Allen<\/span> also hooks up with <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mick Jones<\/span> for a dreamy bells and chimes version of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Clash&#39;s &quot;Straight To Hell&quot; <\/span>&#8211; which is done in the softer, melodic pop sound that she is unleashing in the way <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&quot;It&#39;s Not Me, It&#39;s You&quot;<\/span>. I&#39;ve never been a huge fan of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lily Allen<\/span>, but her new sound is really shaping up and you should make sure to look for this tune when it hits iTunes. &#0160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I think it&#39;s quite interesting that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Scissor Sisters<\/span> and<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Lily Allen<\/span> have ended up on the same compilation album too. &#0160;To quote <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ana Matronic<\/span> a few years ago when a young, inexperienced Lily opened for them at Wembley Arena, -&#0160;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&quot;That Lily Allen, she&#39;s going places.&quot;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">War Child &quot;Heroes&quot;<\/span> is released on February 16th on Parlophone and I highly recommend it. &#0160;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very special promo came out today for War Child&#39;s charity &quot;Heroes&quot; album which is dedicated to protecting street children, child soldiers and child prisoners in war zones. &#0160;The concept of the album is quite moving as it involves some of today&#39;s biggest recording artists all banding together to do some innovative cover versions for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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