Melomania

Despite their adulation at Glastonbury, the Scissor Sisters are rubbish. I had toyed with the idea that they were electro-funk pranksters, but now I realize the error of my ways: they are Elton John for chat-room adolescents. While I never had any intention of braving the festival mud, I did spend Saturday trawling for music, wading knee-deep through Selectadisc genres. What is downbeat? Does that question make me ignorant or just old? Do people really know the difference between ragga and reggae and roots hall? Would I find Otis Redding in 60s or Northern soul? And just what is French-type stuff? It's not French by the way...