Here's one of my nephew. I forgot to turn the flash on and it's already getting dark inside on this midwinter's afternoon. He's scurrying about around the furniture and although I'm supposed to be playing hide and seek with him, I'm really lying on the sofa acting lazy. As he sticks his head out from his hiding place and I say "I found you now Eli." He smiles and says, "No you didn't Uncle Matt" and sticks his head back inside.
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Hi!
This one goes out to those chosen few who have got the "Centuary of fakers"
ep in their mailboxes already.
I want an review, and a description of every track. And do not just use the
word "fantastic"!
I´m dead curios - you see, and I guess more of us "unchosen" are.
So please, somebody...
///Klas, who also wonders if anyone "Over there" has seen "Henry Fool" yet.
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Hello there. I've just found the "Belle and Sebastian songbook" page and
noticed that the songs off the Lazy Line...E.P are not included. I think
they go something like this.
Steve
LAZY LINE PAINTER JANE
F# Bb
Working the village shop, putting a poster up
Eb min F# B maj7
Dreaming of anything, dreaming of the time
Bb min Ab min
When you are free from all the trouble you're in
F# Bb
In the mud on your knees, trying hard not to please
Eb min F#7 B
Anyone all the time, being a rebel's fine,
B min F#
But you go all the way to being brutal.
C#
You will have a boy tonight, you will have a boy tonight
B
F# min F#
On the last bus out of town, on the last bus out of town.
YOU MADE ME FORGET MY DREAMS
This song is built around the following chord sequence. There is a droned Db
bass note for most of the song.
Db
F#
You made me forget my dreams when I woke up to you sleeping
Db
F#
Db
We had peace for a night at least but the trouble starts today
This morning you'll say:
Ab F# Db
F#
"I'll see you sometime, maybe" and I fall back to uneasy sleep.
PHOTO JENNY
F#
I'm in a mess, I'm in a dress
There's nothing from here till tomorrow morning
B Bb min
G# min
How do I get there? How do I get there? I don't do drugs
F#
All my friends are on their holidays.
(Same for second verse)
C# B
Bb min
They got the drugs I could use but then I don't need any
C# B Bb min
All that I want is a photograph of Photo Jenny
B F#
How will I get one? I don't know
B F#
How will I get one? I don't know
B F# C#
How will I get her to strike a pose?
Then at the end of the song there are some harmonies on the word "pose" that
go..
A maj7, B, F#
A CENTURY OF ELVIS
There are four chord sequences in this one that are repeated. For those who
don't know, A/C# indicates an A major chord with a C# in the bass.
D A/C# G/B D/A G D/F# A (Play 4
times)
B min G D A (Play twice)
A A G D (Play twice)
D A/C# G/B D/A G D/F# A (Play twice)
B min G D A (Play twice)
D G D G (To end)
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Amanda wrote:
>That "make a new cult everyday" thing is an easy enough mistake to make
>BECAUSE IT IS THE ACTUAL LYRIC. (or at least according to the lyrics in the
>CD)
>Yeah, I know, I think I really meant to say I heard it as "make a new COAT
every day"....
>Though I have noticed that sometimes what is sung varies from what is
>printed there...like in "Seeing Other People," the line (according to that
>lyric sheet) is: "You're going to have to change/ Or your're going to have
>to go with girls/ You might be better off/ At least they know what they're
>doing." But in the song itself on the album, as well as in the BBC
>sessions version, the line sounds like "At least they know where to put
>it." Either way, it's still a sort of funny musing.
>
Yeah, well, they actually DO sing it as "at least they know where to put
it". It's especially clear in the Evening session recording I've got on
tape, where Seeing Other People is really, really slow (so I couldn't have
misheard it this time)!
It's funnier this way than on the lyric sheet, I think.
Has anyone read the small print beneath the lyrics for Pulp albums? It says,
"Please do not read the lyrics while listening to this recording". Maybe
that'd be a good idea for B&S...?
Bye, Ninette
>
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This photo from 1989 are of me (Klas) and my three friends, Anders, Anders
and Anders. We´re fourteen.
I´m the one with brownhair and ishockey haircut (this might be a swedish
expression so just think David Bowie as Aladin Sane) standing in the
middle, laughing, carrying the blond Anders on my back.
As you can see we´re on a train. That train is stuck on the great railway
bridge outside Edinburgh. I don´t remember it´s name, but it´s great and
red (I think). We´ve been stuck here for three hours. Twenty minutes ago we
moved ten meters or so, but now we´re stuck again. It might be at bit
strange but we´re having a great time climbing around in the compartment.
The old lady by the window are looking very upset as one Anders (the
darkhaired one) are on his way out of the train window, hundreds of meters
(ok mAybe not but it makes the story better) down are the Firth of forth.
The rest of us are laughing.
So why are we here in Scotland, alone and only fourteen. Well, as you can
see the redhaired Anders, who sits beside the old woman, wears a
scoutshirt. Yes, we been to a camp - the Discovery 89. That was ten days
ago and after that we visited new found friends in Turriff. The blond
Anders was a pretty wild young man, so he had a lot of troubles to get
someone who wanted to take him home. But he gave away some playing cards
featuring nude women to a boy (who´s name I will not mention) and got
somewhere to stay that way.
Now we´re on our way home, meeting up with leaders in Edinburg before going
to Glasgow and the airport.
The reason why I want to share this photo with you is that every time I
look at it I get very nostalgic. It just feels like this picture captures
the feeling of being young, childish, without any troubling thoughts and
looking forward without pessismism. And that´s not the case anymore.
///Klas
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Without wishing to bring up the old DJ chestnut again...
John Peel played "A Century of Fakers" on his World Service
programme this morning. He said he didn't like it at first,
but after six or seven listens he can't stop humming it to
himself. He followed it up with some nice "techno rubbish".
I just thought you might like to know.
People who live in tree houses in the jungle heard it.
Peruvian llama herds heard it. Even educated fleas heard it.
So hooray for the BBC World Service!
Apparently I'm getting paid for doing the wrong translation,
so that's OK. I'll believe it when I see it, but still.
I'm more partial to Oasis now than I ever was. I think it's
because of the Flying V guitar in that video with all the
helicopters. I see no reason why brickkies should or
shouldn't make music, or musicians become brickies.
Communists used to do that as punishment for excess
grooviness. I also think it's OK to nick tunes. There are
only so many ways to make the air vibrate. If you think up
something "new" someone else will immediately copy it and
run off with all the money. And where do you draw the line
between "influenced by" and "ripping off"? It keeps lawyers
in business, I suppose.
Peter
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Hello, just a bit about the String Band....I promise not to go on cos I
presume most folk on the list won't be interested
Here's what I said
>Stuart Murdoch's voice occasionally reminds me of the Incredible String
>Band. This is initially what attracted me to B & S.
Here's what Charlotte Said
>> I can't believe my eyes - someone has mentioned the Incredible String
>> Band! Completely underrated. I read that they have just reformed and
>> are about to play some gigs, believe it or not.
>>
>> I must admit the connection is not obvious at first sight... nor at
>> second sight... er, which B&S songs are you thinking of?
I was meaning the *voice* rather than the songs. You know, the fellow
out of the String Band with the higher voice (Robin Williamson I think).
It strikes me especially in B&S ballads like "The Boy Done Wrong
Again". Both have quiet voices, similar accents and a tendency to
pronounce "a" as in "say" instead of "cat". Even when I first got
"Sinister" the first thing that struck me was that they had a song
called "Fox in the Snow", which made me instantly think of the String
Band song title "Ducks on a Pond".
That's just what I think. The music and the lyrics are totally
different, just the voice.
Apologies to anyone who doesn't know/care what I'm on about.
Chris
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Yeah, we finally got it all together.
So forgiving a few spelling mistakes you can view the new merchandise on a
gallery I've made and then use an on-line order form to send the order to us.
Everything's ready, we've got hundreds of shirts, records and cd's just
sitting here waiting for you.
And to those of you who use Credit Card, you can also buy Ink Polaroids from
us if you're ordering anything else at the same time.
David Kitchen
Belle and Sebastian Fan Club.
PS: If you'd bookmarked the old merchandise page it's still the same one, or
visit it via the link below or from the official site!
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http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/belleandsebastian.htm
mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk
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Hello,
I always thought in "Seeing Other People" the words "Your kissing your
double, your kissing your reflection" were sang instead of "Your kissing
your elbow etc.".
I thought it was about these skinny long hair boys who go to discos and
get stuck into skinny long hair girls who look the same as them. And It
got me thinking is it incredibly vain to be attracted to someone who
looks like you, or is it worse to think you can do better.
I just read that. I know what I mean.
Anyway, the person who said the trumpet from "Dog On Wheels" is like
"Alone Again Or" by Love is spot on. It sounds like B & S have tried to
do the same things with the guitar flurries throughout the song.
Stuart Murdoch's voice occasionally reminds me of the Incredible String
Band. This is initially what attracted me to B & S.
I'm off
Chris
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It's all coming out into the open now, isn't it?
I too must confess to a (limited) familiarity with The Incredible
String Band. Unfortunately I sold my two CDs quite a while
ago. (That's the trouble with selling things, you always
regret it in the end. Even if you get 250 smackers for it,
you're bound to fritter it away on other loony tunes or
nonsense.) I was quite partial to the song "Funny Little
Hedgehog", obviously a by-product of a particularly hefty
bong session. For reasons beyond the comprehension of
mere mortals, this particular area of Spain (or the Basque
Country, please yourself) is rife with Incredible String
Band albums. I don't know if anyone actually buys them.
There's loads and loads of them. Can't say they remind me
much of Belle and Sebastian, but you never know what's
around the corner.
Just how many people on this list have got wierd beards?
Can I have a free rant? Thank you. I've just spent the
entire afternoon translating some crap about clothes,
including the phrase; "...blah blah blah...will offer proven
and timeless styles that every woman desires and wears. In a
nutshell (note nifty Orange Juice reference), indispensible
clothes that never become unfashionable...." As if that
wasn't traumatic enough, I get home to a mumbled message on
the answerphone telling me that it's the wrong bloody
document after all! What do I do? Go round and punch his
lights out? Get pissed? Honestly, I don't know what the
world is coming to.
Sorry about that, but I had to get it off my chest, and
there's no-one else in the house. Should any of you come
across the Cottonfield Basic Line range of boring and
practical clothing, BURN IT! Knitwear!!! what a stupid word!
This should also answer Keith's question as to what I'm
doing in Spain. Translating the wrong bloody document,
that's what I'm doing. At least today. Other days I'm either
an unemployed layabout or a struggling artist. Depends how
you want to look at it.
And belated thanks to Charlotte for the Taggart information.
Yes, I did go to that famous seat of learning perched atop
Gilmorehill. It earned me the right to translate the wrong
documents. I voted for Winnie Mandela. I saw Taggart
outside a tube station once. He looked just as miserable as
he does on the telly. I'm not bloody surprised.
Now I have to translate a contract about a mystery product
that must be sold from a white cupboard. I kid you not.
Although I'm moaning I'm quite happy underneath it all,
because it's bloody difficult to get translation work.
Ironically, the bosses tend not to trust beginners.
I'm desperately trying to think of something B&S
related...they've been removed from their prominent display
position in my local record emporium. I don't know where
they've put them all, because they won't fit in the racks
for all the Incredible String Band goodies.
Peter
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