Scissor Sisters 2 - "The horror! The horror!"

I remember walking past the Brighton Dome one evening in August 2004.
Scissor Sisters were putting on a special show there, so they could film it for a DVD.
They were riding high with their first album which was everywhere that summer. I loved the way the Sisters still seemed cool, even though they'd gone mass.
You could dance to one of their ATOC tracks at The Cock on a Friday night, then hear them on Radio 2 the morning after.
I saw a group of fans outside the Dome. Everyone had been told to dress up wild for the cameras.
This group looked like an office party. Dressing "wild" meant a few feather boas from Claire's Accesories. They looked like the kind of joyless jokers you'd see trotting off to see Rocky Horror at the Theatre Royal. The "Have fun or bust" brigade.
I realised right there and then that the Scissor Sisters had blown it. They'd finally crossed that cultural Rubicon and become naff.
I wonder if they can get their groove back.