Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir

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Brutally honest” (Elton John), candid, and courageous, Shears’s writing sings with the same powerful, spirited presence that he brings to his live performances. However, Shears’ self-doubt, personality clashes within the band and the physical and mental grind of constant touring took its toll. It sat on a square piece of land surrounded by orange groves and a cotton field, which was sometimes also a watermelon patch. Shears has certainly had an interesting life and I’m sure he’ll have plenty more stories to tell as he continues moving forward with his career.

Dad served and observed the famous and the rich, most of them friendly, but they must have seemed as if they came from another planet. I enjoyed this because in some way i related to Spears growing up and being bullied and the struggles he faced, but i also feel like at times this book dragged on and was boring but i would still recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the scissor sisters!As soon as the first specter popped out at the five-minute mark, the fabric of my reality unraveled even further. The fifteen dollars a week he made gassing planes and starting propellers wasn’t half as valuable as the thirty minutes of flying lessons he’d get every Sunday. This is definitely his story, not the Scissor Sisters' story, so if you're looking for a comprehensive read on their albums and singles, you may be a little disappointed.

The two whole weeks we lived together were like breaking a favorite toy to inspect its insides and see how it worked. Before hitting the stage as the lead singer of the iconic glam rock band Scissor Sisters, Jake Shears was Jason Sellards, a teenage boy in Arizona living a double life and unable to hide it any longer, resulting in a confusing and confining time in high school as his classmates bullied him and teachers showed little sympathy. And [Shears] is just as clever a narrator as he is a lyricist, keenly sketching the gay bars and nightclubs that fostered the electroclash scene in which the band spawned. This is an easy read that delves into a weird band, details the life of a gay kid growing up in an unforgiving world, and reminds us of some of the obscurest bops of the past 20 years. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade, opting instead to try and make money for his family’s survival.

I don't often pick up celebrity memoirs unless I think there's some depth to be found, and there was lots to be found here. I knew in my heart that we were losing our lives as we knew them, but I also knew that the trade-off was going to be a singular experience that few people get. I stood paralyzed one Saturday afternoon, a dirty Cabbage Patch Kid dangling from my hand, as Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert reviewed Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It’s been almost six years since Scissor Sisters released their fourth album, Magic Hour , and now lead singer Jake Shears has gone solo. In 1943, the Rosemead airport, east of Los Angeles, was the perfect spot to get a job, small but active enough where he could be close to the planes and begin learning how to fly.

I think the main thing to acknowledge is just how quickly it arrived, with no damage and beautifully wrapped! While I was learning to read, I realized I could also tell myself more intricate stories with my toys. On the whole, I didn’t overly enjoy this book I thought it would share more about Jake and the Scissor Sisters. The house was as Spielbergian middle-class as they came: yellow-patterned linoleum in the kitchen and foamy-looking olive-green shag carpeting in the bedrooms.Shears’ earlier years aren’t out of the ordinary and I’m sure many gay men and women will be able to relate.