I just started thinking yesterday ( for the first time - ha ha. If anyone wanted to get a sarcastic shot at this staement, well I beat you to it:-)), when I got the new Ep, about "Le pastie...". First I thought it was a ordinary "you´re so lonely, nobody understands you and they are evil and so buorgeoise or what ever it´s spelled"-kinda song (just like the great favourite "Expectations"). But then isn´t "Le pastie" a song thats quite mean to the "you"-figure in the song, with the singer being quite sarcastic about the goodness and specialness of the spolied Bourgeoisie-brat who just wants to get away, spending her time reading Salinger and Kerouac? I don´t know, maybe this is clear for everyone, but I find it quite interesting as "Le pastie" must be the most "agressive" B&S song since "Me and the major". And in that case quite agressive to B&S fans too, i suppose:-)
YES YES YES!! This is exactly what i was saying in my review, and i'm assuming the subject line was an intentional reference to the McCarthy song!? I think this is a very sensible reading of the lyric, and i do think that there's a lot more snide cynicism in some of Stuart's lyrics than people at times realise. There's a whole lot more to B&S than fey winsomeness, but that's the tag the press keep pushing so that's how they get perceived. so does everyone else feel the same way, or are we all feeling a little fragile about our little bourgeouise beatnik pasts? ;-) 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------