Danial wrote......
<<Please could someone inform me of a lyric from a B&S song which I cant quite
work out with my own inadequate ear/brain combo. The song in question is the
'hidden' track at the end of the 3..6..9.. Seconds of Light EP. I know 'Belle
and Sebestian...on the radio...playing songs for children' and the bit that
goes'sorry for all the trouble we've caused' but there is another line which
sounds like it ends in the word lunatic but this is what i am unsure of.
Any smart ear/brain combo out there willing to divulge this valuable
information? >>
I believe the line in question is "playing songs to learn and sing",
presumably a quote reffering to the Echo and the Bunnymen singles compilation
of the same name.
No doubt someone will have beat me to it, but there you go.
Also Peter wrote.....
<< >BBC 2's perennial favourite "Call My Bluff", am I right?
Come come now Mr Miller, I think you can do better than that.
Indeed I can. After an entire weekend spent scratching my ever-expanding
bald patch, it finally dawned on me that the line in question (we have a
difference of opinion Jeffrey) did in fact come from a programme hosted by
the aforementioned Jimmy Tarbuck. I can't for the life of me remember what
it was....it wasn't "Whose Baby", that was Leslie Crowther and Phil
Lynott.....it wasn't "Play Your Cards Right", that was Bruce Harris.....but
it was something vaguely connected to the world of gambling, ten to one
shots and so on. >>
It was called Winner Takes All.
Gary
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So anyway, I arrived In Edinburgh, looking forward to meeting friends and
associates at the annual convention of the Scottish Presbyterian Temperance
Society, of which I am an enthusiastic honorary member.
The fellow at my hotel had recommended a quiet and respectable tea room at
which to lunch, by the name of Berts, and had suggested I try their unusual
form of decaffeinated tea, which is served by the pint and is named Deuchars
IPA. He had a strange and twisted smile on his face, I remember. I am not
sure why.
The tea was uncommonly good, and I was enjoying my third or fourth cup when
I was accosted by all manner of unruly youths, who spoke in an argot I could
barely comprehend. They seemed to be addressing each other as 'Paul',
'Linda' and 'Keith'. This latter individual had a strange tan on his neck,
as if he would ordinarily wear some form of roll-necked garment during his
daily trawl around the parks and public spaces of Scotland's capital,
searching for half-smoked cigarette ends to satisfy his craving.
I must own at this point that I was beginning to feel mightily peculiar, a
fact which I can only attribute to a mild case of food poisoning, or perhaps
the beginnings of a mild influenza due to the inclement Caledonian climate.
The rest of the day is something of a blur. I have nightmarish memories of
faces mouthing words like 'Amon Duul II' and 'Rod Stewart catsuit', but have
no recall of context or, indeed, what these words might mean. I seem to
remember being on some form of low-life emporium, where the owner was
advising dubious looking types on music for porn films and something about
French ladies. The denizens called him 'Professor', although I cannot
believe that I was in any normal kind of educational establishment.
I awoke on Sunday morning to the confirmation that I was indeed subject to a
bout of the 'flu, so incapacitated did I feel. I had not only missed the
convention with my fellow abstainers, but had also missed morning prayer.
Next to my makeshift parkbench bed was a pile of foul-smelling vomit and a
bag of popular music records.
I wonder if you friendly and godly chaps on this mailing list might help me
to work out where I have been, what happened to me and who the young
ruffians I met might be, by analysing the names of the records?
They were by the folowing artists: Nathan Abshire, Tricky (an unpleasant
ditty called 'Polygram Is A Nigger', whatever that might mean), The Gaylads,
George Jones, Irma Thomas, Starbound, Volume 10, Oliver Sain and Ninjaman.
I also appear to have been relieved of a rather large quantity of money
during the hours of my unfortunate incapacity.
I would appreciate any help you may be able to give me on what may have
happened during my 'lost' hours, or why my influenza appeared to clear up so
very quickly (within the day, indeed).
Yours hopefully
Hopkins
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David S Mccarthy wrote, at the end of an otherwise perfectly respectable
email:
"Is anyone else starting to like channel 5 as well?"
I'm sure you're a really nice bloke, 'n' all that, Dave, but do you really
think this statement can ever be justified, even if every other Channel was
playing a rerun of "Right Here, Right Now - the Oasis Rockumentary"?
I live on the Greater London/Surrey border, and many people can't get C5,
in the shadow of the North Downs. I however, as one other person on
sinister can testify, live high on a hill, in full view of that glorious
Crystal Palace transmitter. I get absolutely perfect quality pictures, and
it still looks like a bunch of arse.
Perhaps it would be better not to have good reception: At least then, you
could stare at the fuzz and try to look for autostereograms.
I now realise that I have not backed up this outburst with any factual
content at all. So I give you "100% Gold". Taking it as your typical C5
programme may not be fair, but any channel that dares to show such
pointless drivel should immediately be disconnected.
Actually, on the plus side, I heard that they're thinking of increasing the
power of the Crystal Palace signal, so that everyone can get it. The only
thing is, they don't know whether it's going to interfere with television
just across the English Channel. Please do, as it would certainly drive
all the French mad, and they'd get out an EU directive to ban C5 from ever
broadcasting again.
Aaah, that's better... I feel much calmer now.
jim-bob
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this will hopefully give you an idea of what there is on belle and
sebastian on the internet. i've attached a web page file which will
document all the key sites (i.e. unique in content). it doesn't actually
give details of what is on the fanclub site though, but the link for
that is below.
enjoy re/discovering the resources
david
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merchandise, mail-outs, chat, lyrics, poetry,
biog, links, fiction, news, FAQ
http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/
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Hello,
My name is Shawn and I am a huge Morrissey from Vancouver, B.C., Canada
and have recently gotten into B&S after having them recommended to me by
friends on Panic the Morrissey list. Hello to the people I talked
briefly to on #sinister (I was MozBoy). Too be honest, when I first
heard the Sinister album I all I could think was YIKES! sounds like
someone is ripping off Donovan. But I recently got ahold of the Lazy
Line Painter Jane CD as well as a 7" of 3..6..9 Seconds Of Light and was
blown away by Jane as well as A Century Of Fakers. Fakers reminds me of
why I love Morrissey, and the vocals by Monica Queen on Jane are
INCREDIBLE! She reminds me of a young Dolly Parton or of Skeeter
Davis. Has she done anything else? Solo or with B&S?
A couple questions that I hope don't annoy the long timers on this list
(I know how new ppl can be a pain so I apologise in advance)
What's with the cryptic liner notes that tell you nothing about the
band? (That kind of thing was cool when when I was a teeny bopper into
Depeche Mode, but now I just find it annoying.)
Is Jeepster their own label? (I have a feeling I should check the faq)
WTF don't they reissue their first album? Can't they afford it? Or is
it some snobby reason?
Has any of their stuff charted in the UK? (I try to avoid the eNMEy)
I looked briefly at the last digest on the Sinister site, and noticed
what seems to be a discussion about the lead guys sexuality based upon a
couple songs, my question is: Does the lyric "My brother confessed that
he was gay/ It took the heat off me for a while" imply that the speaker
is gay? What is he trying to avoid people finding out about him? (BTW
boys I'm single ;) ) Also, what's with the stuff about "...I was moved
to kick the crutches/ from my crippled friend"? An act of violence? Or
an act of charity considering that he next seems to suggest that he
somehow healed this friend? (OK I just confused myself)
That's all for now, I don't want the welcome mat rolled up yet.
Shawn
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Talking of B&S music in programmes, on some kids thing on BBC2
Sunday morning presented by that Katy off of Blue Peter, they were
using a loop of 'Like Dylan In The Movies', just the opening looped
over and over...whilst some kiddies looked at machinery or something.
Bluddy graet it were, I'm telling yer
JJ
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Hello all,
just a quick reply to all those who asked for the set-list for the B&S
AIDS benefit gig ... well, Neil loves you all and wanted to let you know
that it is as follows (sorry Neil!!):
Curtis Mayfield - You Must Believe Me - sung by Stevie Jackson
Beck - Rowboat - sung by Richard Colburn
Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking - sung by Sarah
Orange Juice - In A Nutshell - sung by Isobel *
The Left Banke - Something On My Mind - sung by Stuart Murdoch *
the two * tracks were both performed at the Manchester gigs too!
i know you should have looked this up in the archive, but hey, i spose
this is easier ... read the faq's everyone (is that what you want me to
say paul???)
cheerybye,
Katrina. (alias a shot ukraine ... ?)
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Message from Stuart David. I quote verbatim to avoid legal action.
"Okay, I'm building a treehouse on the internet. And one of the things
in it will be a Venue. And there will be Internet concerts there.
Hopefully accoustic sessions from Isobel, Stevie, and Stuart. And
other bands too. Maybe one a month. The first trial one, I'll do a
really boring reading."
What he means is, download RealPlayer 5.0 from www.real.com if you want
to join in prospective fun, if in fact the cellos don't break and
something actually happens. You'll be kept posted here if it does.
Honey xxxxx
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I don't think it was pedantic suggesting Glasgowfor a picnic,
Edinburgh is a great place for a picnic, but if its preferable to
have one for the two cities surely Glasgows the more obvious choice
if it's to be a B&S picnic? But either way way its not important a
picnic anywhere would be a good idea.
On the subject of scottish language, in my experience of being
scottish most scots don't speak the Queens english but somthing in
between that and Scots, that Burns and many other poets wrote and
still write in and which is also to be found in a section of the
english higher papers since 1995, its not just an accent, there are
lots of different words. But right enough the lyrics to belle and
sebastian are written in english.
Also did anyone else hear lazy line painter jane being used as
background music to a section on channel 5s daytime thing at the
weekends, the mag about the RSBP at Lochwinnoch. It was a bright spot
in an otherwise boring day.
Is anyone else starting to like channel 5 as well?
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