Greetings, Can't help thinking that 'I Fought In A War' sounds like an old Duran Duran song, was it called Ordinary World? (goes something like, "I won't cry for yesterday, in an ordinary world, somehow i will survive") Can we expect the next video to be shot on a yacht in the Med featuring a frilly shirted Stuart M? (shit this knowledge of crap old music scares me). As for the album, after a few more listens I've decided I like it a lot. Fave tracks: erm, probably easier to list my least favourite ones cos I like most of them. Woman's Realm is probably the biggest surprise cos most reviews of the album said it was the weakest track (which it's certainly not). Least favourite tracks: Beyond The Sunrise, it might be a slow burner but it's a bit too strange at the moment (sounds vaguely like the song U2 did with Johnny Cash on Zooropa) and The Chalet Lines, I appreciate the sentiment and it's got very powerful lyrics (listen to it through headphones if you have any doubts, Stuart says fuck at least twice!), but it's a bit too depressing (amusing to note that the wonderful NME (spot the irony folks!) said that this was "a minimal, brittle sketch of half-forgotten romance." Hmmm think they might have failed to listen to it properly somehow!) As for the the rest of the album, I'm considering rationing myself to one listen a day so that I don't get sick of hearing it (perish the thought!) cos there's nothing worse than hearing something too often. BTW If there is a video for 'Wrong Girl' does this mean it's going to be the next single? Hope not, I want another EP with brand new songs, I'm willing to wait a couple of months for it though! Anyway enough of this gubbins, Dave Visit the new look, greatly improved www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk for all your B&S needs! david@djwhite47.freeserve.co.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+