I got the Trap door 'compilation video' for christmas, it was allways
one of my favourite programmes. Willie Rushton is, well was (God Bless),
a truely brilliant man, not only did he narate, and provide material
for, Trapdoor, but he also narrated Winnie the Pooh, for (I think)
Jackanory, Which my Dad's got, and is just lovely.
But can I confess that the music for Trapdoor was just awful. You here
it about 10 times in half an hour on the video, and it drives me insane.
Would B&S dare tackle the music to a kids TV show?
Why not make a plastascene type cartoon based on their songs?
I'm not sure what time it would be aired, maybe C4 could commision it
for late at night, cus their is a great absence of good TV on after
midnight.
Now that I know that the good people in HMV like a bit of B&S, I can ask
for a job and mention that I love them, hmmmmmm, would I get a job on
the strenght of that alone? Has anyone any more insider info into how to
get a job simply by liking the same band as your employer?
allfreedazane.
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Hello friends,
This is my first post to the list and I thought I would thank all you
beautiful people for your nice attitude to music and life in general.
All your mails have proven to be an interesting read.
My personal list of sad songs:
- Hallelujah Jeff Buckley
- any song by Portishead
- acoustic version of 'While my guitar gently weeps' George Harrison
- Street Spirit/No Surprises/Exit music Radiohead
- Things Behind the Sun Nick Drake
- So Cold in Ireland Cranberries
- October U2
- Meat is Murder The Smiths
- Caroline No Beach Boys
- Faith to clay Eric Matthews
- I Know/Eyesight to the blind Placebo
- No one speaks Geneva
- Across the universe Beatles
- The Dancer PJ Harvey
- Soothe Smashing Pumpkins
- Dust in the wind Kansas
- Stay on these roads A-HA
- Babe I'm gonna leave you Led Zep
- Dear Friend Paul McCartney
- Trouble me 10 000 Maniacs
- Your body lies Marion
- You're a big girl now Bob Dylan
- Still Life Suede
- At Seventeen Janis Ian
- Leave REM
And I agree with the person who said that Black eyed dog by Nick Drake
is a scary song. Indeed I can't think of anything filled with as much
anguish and distress. I can feel the agony of death when I listen to it.
Bye Now
Raphaele.
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Okay new member here. please indulge me as I'm still struggling to find my way round
this intricate technology based stuff.....
Tag (Hi Tag!) has instigated a constant stream of movie related postings and I'm
shocked and surprised that no-one has mentioned "Gregory's Girl," possibly the most B+S
film of all time. (Again apologies if this has been discussed and is nestling in an
archive somewhere.) If you haven't seen it its by Billl Forsyth, who also went on to
make "Local Hero"(also wonderful) and some very strange thing with Robin Williams as a
caveman(Erm...) Anyone with a passing interest in shy Scottish boys coming to terms with
unrequited love and finding beauty in the mundane (all of you I hope) should be watcing
this religously. It also introduces the brain numbingly gorgeous Clare Grogan, who was
the first crush of every hormone riddled pasty lad of a certain age (including Ritchie
Manic apparently) . Basically the most elegant, awkward, sublimely funny film ever
made...
On the subject of sad songs the one that always does for me is "My man's gone now" by
Nina Simone. The first time I heard it was at a friends party where I'd decided to bring
a scratchy old vinyl copy I'd found in a car boot sale instead of a bottle of wine
(cheaper and I'm a bit of a music fascist at parties). Anyway being such polite hosts
they put the album on straight away (unlike some people, still haven't heard that Rutles
album David..) as the party progressed the wine flowed, more people arrived and
evrything was going swimmingly....... until the album (Nina sings the blues by the way,
sorry) reached the part of "My man's gone now" where Nina screams "OOOLLD MAN
SOORRROWW!" at which point the room went deathly quiet and everyone swivelled there
heads and just stared at the speakers unable to believe that such a noise could come
from a human throat. Anyway my friend Sarah had just split up with her boyfriend and
she ran out into the garden to weep uncontrablly and I had to choke the odd one back
myself. Incredibly sad, incredibly beautiful and the most raw, naked howl of pain ever
to be recorded......... The other one that always gets me is "Atmosphere" by Joy
Division............just because.
Can I also just say that B&S can't play scrabble for toffee!
Love all, Rory
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Message text written by "PJMiller"
> One of my
favourite songs at the moment is by a splendid little chap called Aaron
Carter, who claims to be having a "crazy little party". He IS about seven
to
eight years old.<
No no no no no no no!!!!!! He IS the spawn of Satan and should be sent back
to hell immediately. AND his brother is in the Backalley Boys.
Aaaaaaaaaargh!!!
Sorry, got a wee bit carried away there, but it's still true.
My appologies for what I'm about to mention next as it must be gettin' a
bit boring for those outside UK or who are too old, but.....
80's CTV!!! (yeah well, it's the only thing I know about. Honest.) 'Button
Moon' and 'Finger Mouse'!!! How could I have forgotten these? Bah.
It always amused me that you could send away for a fact-sheet on how to
make a Fingermouse. Did some people not realise it was just a wee paper
cone thing? I dunno. Kids, eh?
Should I rush out and buy the Bernard Butler album on Monday, or should I
get those blue cord flares I've been gazing at for ages? I always did love
Bernard. 'Suede' was the first album I ever bought (and one of the best,
though DogManStar was better); soooo sexy
<sigh>
I don't think they were my favourite band ever, though. Top 10 definitely,
but the manics (in my opinion) are the best band in the history of the
universe and will never be bettered. This is nothing to do with
musicianship or even writing the best songs ever, or anything, because I
know there are better albums/songs etc. than a lot of theirs. It's what
they meant to me at the time, really. I don't think I could ever become
completely bessoted with a band who existed years before I discovered them/
was born. It wouldn't seem the same, somehow. I dunno why...
Ah well. But what can you do, eh?
love always,
Debbie xxx.
'And what is the use of a book, thought Alice, Without pictures or
conversations?'
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Hello,
Rodd Begbie (the least racist man in the world, apparently) wrote:
>You know how Hugh Grant was in that film about four weddings and a
>funeral? Well, Richard E Grant's made a film about four dogs and a
>blackbird. It's called (all together now) Spiceworld The Movie."
Peter Miller wrote:
>What's more, I think there is quite a lot of nudge nudge double entendre
>in B&S lyrics, what with rude vicars and references to "where to put it",
>not to mention seven to eight year olds
One of these drew the following response from Chris.
>I actually feel slightly offended by the suggestion, since the song is a
>lot more serious than that.
Gentle reader, can you guess which? Nice to know we've all got our
priorities right, isn't it?
Tag
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Keith wrote:
>Surely you can do better than being offended by what is plainly a joke.
It's
>going to get pretty hard writing anything on this list soon if people
decide
>to take offence at things like this.
Yes, it'll certainly be difficult for me. For the record, I meant no harm to
seven to eight year olds, neither do I harbour a secret wish to cast
aspertions on Stuart Murdoch's lyrics. I was trying to make the point that
not everyone sees the same things in the songs, so it's a bit difficult to
tailor our postings to the spirit of B&S, whatever that is. Personally I
send all my sensitive responses to sunsets and the onset of springtime to
the Psychic TV / Throbbing Gristle list instead. I feel they contrast nicely
with the endless rantings about pierced knobs. For future reference, nothing
I send to the list is intended to wound or distress. I do all my ranting and
abusing off the list. Don't I? But I freely admit to being a bit mischievous
at times.
Back to business: the best happy songs in the world are "Feeling Hot Hot
Hot" by Arrow and "Funky Chicken" by Rufus Thomas. I don't share Rod's love
of the Spice Girls, but I can dig what he's trying to say. One of my
favourite songs at the moment is by a splendid little chap called Aaron
Carter, who claims to be having a "crazy little party". He IS about seven to
eight years old.
Today I attempted to have a B&S experience by paying a visit to a
photography exhibition. It was dead good, there was loads of pictures of big
hairy bums and a really good one of a cuddly toy factory, which I would like
for my living room wall. Lots of other stuff too. I'm glad I'm not a
photographer, otherwise I'd be really depressed. Mind you, I did get to use
the word "archbishopric" which was nice, and very Belle and Sebastian if you
ask me.
Peter
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Message text written by JOSEPH FOSTER
>I got the Trap door 'compilation video' for christmas, it was allways
one of my favourite programmes.<
Yay! I've got the board game and it truely is a wondrous piece of card and
plastic; with pop-up trapdoors too! (neh neh) The best board game was
Hungry Hippos, though- i used to take this into primary school on the last
day. Much fun was had (and still is, i think i will look for it tonight)
thats all. sorry...
love always,
Debbie xxx.
(sleaze score: 106. Hmmm)
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>On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, PJMiller wrote:
>
>> What's more, I think there is quite a lot of nudge nudge double entendre
>> in B&S lyrics, what with rude vicars and references to "where to put
>> it", not to mention seven to eight year olds
>
>I may not know much, but I do know that the line "seven to eight years
>old" isn't double entendre. I actually feel slightly offended by the
>suggestion, since the song is a lot more serious than that.
>
>C.
Surely you can do better than being offended by what is plainly a joke. It's
going to get pretty hard writing anything on this list soon if people decide
to take offence at things like this.
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So the pavements are covered in pale pink and cream-coloured blossom at
the moment. It seems like such a waste of something so beautiful, but
what can you do? I suppose you could go around sticking the wee bits of
natural confetti back on the branches, but it goes soggy and it'd get
frankly rather unhealthy after only a short while.
YIKES! Big thunder outside just now. It's pissing it down and there's
thick cloud outside the library window.
Anyway. Back to the nonsense. I really really want Tigermilk to be
reissued, as my (naughty naughty) tape is getting a bit knackered now.
Please! I'm dying here...
If we live to see the day that this actually occurs, the resulting
scream of joy from sinisterines will most likely be of
stratosphere-troubling volume. This is a good thing, honest.
ByeBye,
Liz.
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