
Jake Shears has dropped “Do the Television,” a funkadelic disco/ 80's nostalgic number, off of his new album, 'Last Man Dancing.' The single was produced by Vaughn Oliver and co-written by Shears, Vaughn, and Ryland Blackinton.
“‘Do the Television’ was first started about 12 years ago, written as an idea for the Scissor Sisters Night Work album,” Shears explained in a statement. “I always really loved elements of the song, and wanted to give it a life, so I decided to rerecord it with a brand-new chorus. Influenced by both mid-era Bowie and Lionel Richie, its flavor is representative of this new batch of songs I’ve been writing.”
He added, “One of my favorite things about ‘Do the Television’ is its progression from feeling chilly and removed to warmth and abandon — ending in a very different place than where it starts. It’s about language and the loss of meaning, changing symbols, forgotten history, and following the loudest voice in the room.”
Apparently, when doing my research this track has already been previously released in 2021, but is now getting a new 80's-fantastic video and has been included on the new album.
One Youtube viewer comments; "Psychedelic retromania I'd call it! It's beautiful to watch & is so much fun identifying icons from TV past like Kate Bush, Bowie, Annie Lennox, Boney M, French & Saunders, Hot Gossip & so many more. This is one to watch with friends & see who can identify the most famous clips it features. The song is great too of course & very much a grower."
I myself being a child of the 80's absolutely love the video for the nostalgia and the glitchy VHS tape vibe of the video.
Check out the video below, at least once. It's a lot to take in!
Brian Richards
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Love this new version. This was released under the name Jake Shears & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs a couple of years ago with some different mixes which are also quite good too.