On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Rachel Playforth wrote:
We Are The Sleepyheads hasn't made much of an impact on me at all, could be any guitar band bar the voice really :(
Aw Archel. Being list mum is a bit like being The Queen - as a rule I don't officially hold an opinion on constitutional matters like whether a new LP's good or a load of old rubbish, where official means mailing the list, rather than what I gossip about elsewhere. But you've made me break my psychotic and pointless self-imposed rule, open my perennial yellow handbag and declare with royal mandate that I *like* Sleepyheads, probably more than any other song on the LP. And this coming from a stodgy old monarch who still maintains blasphemously that Electronic Renaissance is a bit out of place on Tigermilk, like a mad science experiment involving eye of newt that you stumble across on page 58 of Lancet. Oops, there, now I've done it again. I really like Sleepyheads! I can't think of a better remix of Bowie's "Sound and Vision" (because, let's face it...) - much better than The Sea And Cake's version. I hope this doesn't get them sued. And I LOVE the rising "bada-bada-bada" just after the first line or three of Stuart's. It makes the little robin in my heart tweet. Not you, Stout, although I can't think of a nicer Robin to build a little nest there if you like. I'll fetch some twigs. What I'm wondering is, as I can't attend concerts because of my laborious royal duties, if any of you concert-goers could tell me if they try to play it live, and if so, if they manage to still make it so crispily and metallic? I can imagine it might end up like a soggy dishcloth live. I hold no constitutional position on the rest of the LP (other than to say that someone's been watching a lot of Top of the Pops from 1974) and members should feel free to vote according to conscience. Blue blue electric blue... Honey x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+