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Live at 'Rolling Stone': Scissor Sisters

The New York rockers glam up our offices, performing songs from their album 'Night Work'

September 2, 2010 12:48 PM ET

Scissor Sisters recently dropped by the Rolling Stone offices to showcase three songs off their latest album, Night Work. Singer Jake Shears describes "Whole New Way" as "just a really sexy song, it's really dirty," explaining that track was inspired by a New Haven gay bar. "Any Which Way," meanwhile, was originally conceived as having a "real shamble-y Stones sound" before the band transformed it into the dance-rock gem you hear above. As for "Fire With Fire," you'll just have to listen for yourself.

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