On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Youn Jong Noh wrote:
You know, there is much pleasure to be had in singing Belle & Sebastian lyrics that have a really catchy melody but that are strangely atypical and complex. For example - "The Asian man/With his love hate affair/With his racist clientele". (I thought I was the only one who felt this way, but I saw the exact same lines mentioned in the same context in a review.) And these lines I think could be reversible - the sort which singers change on you in live performances - "We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing" & "We know you are hard cause we all you saw you drinking from noon/Until noon again".
I'm in 100% agreement with you here. I think that (atypical melodies) is one of the many reasons why the music is so infectious. I found when I first heard lines like "The Asian man.." that I thought it seemed like a rather odd and awkward line to sing but after repeated listens, it just felt right. :-) Also another good example is "Ease Your Feet Into The Sea" (which is turning into my favourite song to sing along to). The melody seems to go places you don't initially expect but seem to really enjoy after repeated listens -- especially the lines "But their eyes would pass over you Over you/Who's seeing you at all?/Who's seeing You at all?" allen ussher -- "Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile Till your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle." -- Song to the Siren, Tim Buckley. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+