Hullos... Well, before I begin, I suppose I should mention that I don't have a working tape player in my car. I HAVE to listen to the radio. It's that or nothing. And I suppose it's safe to say that radio is not that good. So as a result I'm quite familiar with top 40 and new alternative music ( a la canadienne). Well, anyhow, as I was driving to school this morning, I was listening to the local "alternative" station, though I use that term very loosely, and then this familiar guitar riff comes on. String Bean Jean? It was almost exact. Except this mess of music was a product of the less than interesting The Offspring. The title of the song: the Kids Aren't Alright. I was confused, sad, shocked, saddened etc. How could they bastardize such a lovely song? Why can't I hear the real thing? I don't think that the Offspring ripped it off B&S. Or could they? After all the Offspring do have the habit of stealing melodies and riffs. They blatantly copied the Beatles "Life Goes On". Who knows? Still I can't help but think that the Offspring know nothing of the lovely Belle and Sebastian. But the riff is exactly the same! It's a horrible song though. Turrah! Cindy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+