As far as I know the Belle and Sebastian Sitar song is called "Legal Man", and it's not a real Sitar I think, it's a special Sitar Guitar which is

like

a normal guitar only it's got a sort of metal thing at the bridge, which makes it sound like a Sitar. I think. Stevie plays it. I think.

is that like on the twintub remix of starfighter pilot by snow patrol wheres theres that sample of someone saying "NOW YOU TOO CAN MAKE YOUR GUITAR SOUND LIKE A SITAR!"? because isnt the boy geddes involved with twintub? or am i just getting confused? about, like, everything?

...for a great pop record with sitar on it, try Ananda Shankar's 1970 album (i think it's self-titled)...it's got a cover of Jumpin' Jack Flash that rocks the free world.

yeah, thats on david holmes quite brilliant essential mix.

Oh, Bridget Bardot too, for sultry French singing.

yeah, shes on there too. has anyone noticed how i have subtly brought the disparate threads of the universe together? sitars/french stuff? its like live aid. or alternatively the last half hour of some post-tarantino yoof film. oh dear, nick hornby rears his ugly head again...

Any of us Belle & Sebastian fans will immediately identify with the main protagonist's love of music, and probably his neurotic antics as well. no thats the shoe by gordon legge youre thinking of. i cant put my finger on it, but whenever i read nick hornby something just seems really false to me. and did you not notice how that book is actually an attempt at a justification for going MOR as you grow older? or it just me?

Some of us have feelings that we just dont have the words to describe adequately and when we try some of what we mean is filtered out by our inability to find the right language. er, yeah.

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