as big as the cardigans may soon become a terribly known underestimate of their impending greatness.
yes, i thought the cardigans reference was hilarious! in a years' time i doubt anyone will remember the cardigans (which isn't to say i don't like their straight up Pop, just, well who remembers Frente!), whereas i have thought for ages that B&S were going to be very big indeed.
they conducted a league of bands and bought in a team of judges, the idea being to whittle all the current contenders down to a few important bands, Belle and Sebastian came second, only after Bentley Rhythm Ace, and only because Andy Ross at Food hates B&S with a passion.
well we all know he has the taste of a porcupine. (??!!) sorry to dis porcupines...
Belle and Sebastian may not be the Spice Girls, but we're not talking about that leg of the race are we? We're talking in the vein of The Smiths
again the smiths... and again it's to do with the fact that B&S are at the stage where they generate polar opposites of opinion. You love them unconditionally or you think they're a bunch of depressing tossers. it was the same with the smiths, although that did change to some extent later on. As it will no doubt for B&S. The press can very easily pick up B&S and not give a toss about whether they give interviews or whatever... they can choose to describe them to their readers in any way they want, and i have a sneaky suspicion that they will push a line of B&S being the alternative to Oasis, something like that. But that's just my opinion.
They are the only band I can name who are important not because of a photo or interview, or drugs and a rock and roll ability to blag, but simply because of great records.
oooh, that's being simplistic about the nature of POP surely? :-) we must know that the greatest thing about Pop is that a great record does not make a great Pop Group... it's a jigsaw puzzle of linked elements. it's clothes they wear, the way they dance (or not!), the things they say (or don't)... a whole host of things. B&S are not going to be big JUST because of great songs. That helps, but don't pretend they are outside the Pop circle and are not being forced to play by some of the media industry rules. respect, the duke -- Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ Tangents On-Paper: PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@mail.zynet.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@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@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------