Photo credit: Ivan Bideauc
This playlist includes some of the music mentioned in my memoir — songs that have been influential to me, spanning from my early days growing up in Mesa, Arizona, and San Juan Island in Washington State, through my time living in NYC circa 2000, at the height of the electroclash scene. When I was a kid I was obsessed with David Bowie, and I even named my book after a Bowie song, “Boys Keep Swinging.”
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“Boys Keep Swinging” by David Bowie
“Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” by Pink Floyd
“Science Fiction/Double Feature” by Richard O’Brien,
Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack
“Kiss Them for Me” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
“The Days of Swine and Roses” by My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult
“This Is Not a Love Song” by Public Image Ltd
“Feels Blind” by Bikini Kill
“Ringfinger” by Nine Inch Nails
“The 15th” by Fischerspooner
“The Floating Pyramid Over Frankfurt That the Taxi Driver Saw When He Was Landing” by Chicks On Speed
“Sexx Laws” by Beck
“Mary” by Scissor Sisters
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Jake Shears is the lead singer and a primary songwriter of the multiplatinum-selling glam rock band Scissor Sisters. Born in Arizona, he grew up in the Seattle area before moving to New York City, where he studied fiction writing at The New School. He wrote the music for
Tales of the City, a 2011 stage musical based on Armistead Maupin’s bestselling book series of the same name, and he has played the role of Charlie Price in
Kinky Boots on Broadway. Jake Shears recently finished his debut solo album, which will be released in mid-2018. He divides his time between Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Boys Keep Swinging is his first book.