December 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: Flower of Scotland
by mctag＠mcmail.com 05 Dec '97

05 Dec '97

On 05 Dec 1997 08:19:31 +0000, Richard wrote: >Secondly, with the World Cup comes the World Cup song. How about BandS >doing the Scotland one, then we can have some solace when we return home >pointless because we'd have the best song and all the international >kudos associated with that. I've said it before, the words to 'Dylan in the Movies' lend themselves perfectly to the sort of devotion and delicious sentimentality that football fans know and love. But can you imagine Belle and Sebastian doing 'Flower of Scotland'. If any voice is suited to the beautiful defiance and vulnerability of that song, then it's Stuart Murdoch's. I may be 50% sasernach, but that song gets me every time. On the other hand they could just do 'Donald, where's yer troosers?' Wild Jock McTaggart, Scourge of the Glens ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Beat Patrol
by R.Hay＠OPENMAIL1.UEFT444.sukepabe.simis.com 05 Dec '97

05 Dec '97

TwO quick points: Firstly, is there any further info on the proposed Beat Patrol session on Radio Scotland over Christmas/New Year - has it even been confirmed yet? Secondly, with the World Cup comes the World Cup song. How about BandS doing the Scotland one, then we can have some solace when we return home pointless because we'd have the best song and all the international kudos associated with that. Richard ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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by uclykan 05 Dec '97

05 Dec '97

Hello. Aggi here. I came to Scotland from Athens to see B&S at the 13th note with Tag. What an experience! I'm glad I saw them at Glasgow. They were suprisingly unpretentious and theaudience too. Stuart has the most divine voice and I liked Isobel's tie and bag. I really enjoyed 'I've got smt on my mind', but if only they played 'Get me away from here, I'm dying', 'Dog on wheels' and 'The state that I am in'. I should have recorded them. Thanks Tag for inviting me to see them together. I also met Keith, Andy and Anne. Keith put us under his roof in Edinburgh! It was a kind of anniversary, since I first listened to them exactly a year ago, although Tag says that our first contact with B&S was in October 96 in Athens. Hello.Kelly here. When are they doing Athens? La vie sera plus belle ensuite, non? Happy bunnies? What is that about? Sleep well, Aggi Kelly ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: remove sinister
by JSwinea 05 Dec '97

05 Dec '97

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by Matilda Moore 05 Dec '97

05 Dec '97

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by Jamie Huxley 04 Dec '97

04 Dec '97

i dont mean to perpetuate what has been called a "flaming" but i think i object more to the justification of the "song" (with its A-level bullet point style breakdown of B&S themes) than i ever did to the parody/pastiche/joke, which just fell on some stoney ground. i understand it was a joke, but i spend every day of term doing this to books i love, stripping away their magic with pieces of A-4, and getting pissed off with them in the process. i wouldn't ever like this to happen to music i love. 1. stand by your failures as you would your successes. 2. analysis can 3. sometimes 4.be 5. paralysis Jimmy Jazz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: jesus wept
by john monroe 04 Dec '97

04 Dec '97

----------. It was a _joke_. Maybe > not a very good one after all, and of course jokes that fall flat are worse > when they are in print (well, not print, but you know what I mean) because they > just sit there lurking in their irretrievable, semi-permanent state. i thought it funny, it reminded me of this US comedian ( and i am blocking on his name! ) who had this stand up routine about meeting morrissey, and he goes into this morrissey-esque sing-songy voice " Did i tell you i lied / and then i cried/ and then i lied... did i tell you i cried? oh, ok" > The lines I wrote where supposed to be a piss-take of some of the more obvious, > recurring themes in Stuart Murdoch's songs (esp. the earlier ones). Such as: yes, i think you spotted them alright! > I'm not remotely suggesting that these 'sum up' Belle and Sebastian - they're > the kind of things that if taken to extremes would make for a very dull, > formulaic twee pile of rubbish. Of course I think there's infinitely more to > them them than that - they wouldn't be my favourite bands for years if I didn't. agreed 100% there. i really didn't think you were trying to put the band down. so, it was silly, but i find parody humorous. One can make any line into a song by the Fall, by adding '-uh' to the end of every other word :) well, maybe that is only funny after having a few drinks and singing old bob dylan songs as if Mark E. Smith was singing... 'hey-uh, mr tambourine man-uh, come play your song-uh for ME!' you get the picture. ( side note - when MES recently sacked the band, it was reported he wanted to go on stage solo and do beachboys songs, oh i wish it was true... ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: B & S Article
by Christopher R Blake 04 Dec '97

04 Dec '97

Perhaps you've all read this but I just came accross it and thought I'd mention it. The 11/14 issue of Salon contains an article about Belle & Sebastian written by Nick Hornby. http://www.salonmagazine.com Sorry if this is old news - I've only been subscribed for a week and a half. Chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Okay, I'm ready.....
by ben ferneyhough 04 Dec '97

04 Dec '97

I have now moved house, you will be pleased to hear, so if anyone in the UK (sorry all you foreigners !!) wants a copy of Tigermilk, then mail me and I'll see what I can do. Okay then, don't all rush at once.....Ben. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: now wait just a minute...
by Amanda Bergman 04 Dec '97

04 Dec '97

>Don't take this personally, but... >That pastiche of a B&S song which someone suggested we could all add to in >a kind of internet happy clappy collaborative perfect world vomit inducing >experiment type thingy was simply astounding! >Please keep such "ideas" to yourself next time, I could do without the kind >of mental upset which your "song" caused me. >It's nonsense like this which gives fans a bad name. >Right, can I go back to sleep now? no, it's nonsense like *that* that gives fans a bad name. I'm relatively new to the whole email mailing list business, but wasn't that a flame? Let me just say that the B&S list has been one of the best things that's happened to me since I've been out here for school. Well, I guess it's been B&S in general, but I've "met" so many amicable, generous people via the list. Ben helped me obtain all 3 EPs, I had no trouble acquiring a tape of Tigermilk, and everyone else has been (for the most part) just so nice and good-humored and eloquent in their postings to the list. I've even struck up a few longtanding email exchanges with some people. Unlike some, I relish those mornings when I wake up, boot up the ol' Macintosh, and check my email to find 20-odd messages waiting for me. It's become regular routine. I fear for the upcoming vacation when I'll be away from my computer... And I finally found out about a fellow listee right here on campus (hello, Claudia!); we got to chatting last night at a transmitter training session at the university radio station (she inquired as to where I had purchased the enamel B&S badge that I wear on my coat; I explained the wonder that is international credit card charging), and eventually we both confessed to being (mildly) crazed fans. I'm glad to have found a kindred spirit here. Just my $0.02. ta, Amanda ------------------------ Amanda Bergman Northwestern University a-bergman(a)nwu.edu "there's a portrait in a back room which i keep for days upon which i relent and gaze for hours on the muscle, skin and bone of some imaginary friend." --Belle and Sebastian ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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