I disagree with Robin and Stuart about lyrics being the most important thing in rock music. It's riffs that really count. And so it shall remain, until deaf us do part. That's why I like my 4 LPs on one MD Neil Young minidisc so much, especially when the riffs are accompanied by machine gun noises. It's also why I like my Led Zep DVD. I wonder whether the new B&S DVD will be as good as the Led Zep one? I'm not sure about that title, 'Fans Only'. Surely it would have been better to call it 'Real Fans Only', or perhaps 'Real Fans (a Pathetic Term) Only'. Doesn't Isobel look gorgeous as a drawing? I might get my crayon out and have a go myself. I have heard the new record, but I haven't got much to add to the lively debate. At times the orchestration's debt to the closing bars of Stravinsky's 'Le oiseau de feu' is a both liberating and overpowering for this listener, and the attempt to emulate the theme from the BBC's 'Top Gear' motoring programme at the beginning of 'I'm a Cuckoo' is a huge adrenaline rush. I can see the similarity between 'Stay Loose' and The Squeeze and Denim, but I don't think that's quite right. It reminds me of something else, but I can't put my finger on it. I think it might be something on Stiff Records. Was Ian Dury on Stiff Records? Does it sound a bit like Ian Dury? 'DCW' reminds me of New Order's 'Blue Monday'. The lyrics seem to be littered with references to heroin. 'Wrapped Up In Books' contains the line, 'You should never split a pole', which obviously means, 'you should never share a needle', a nod to the infamous 'shooting galleries' of Glasgow, where Stuart Murdoch spent the mid-eighties. 'I will say a prayer, just while you are sitting there' - nodding out. 'Our apsirations are wrapped up in books' - hunt the stash (we all know Murdoch loves a treasure hunt). Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+