I like Belle and Sebastian a lot, and I like "pop" a lot. It's a witty, funny, and romantic musical genre. Yet, just reading around the list and learning more about this movement, I am amazed at how contrary it seems to any youth movemnt I have ever known. My dad is a collector of 1950's American rock 'n' roll. With over 30,000 records and 5 books published, I consider him something of an expert. He tells me about the 1950's and 60's movements, when rock-n-roll kids were troublesome, rebellious, leather and ragged demin wearing monsters. Later, the movements I followed, punk, new wave, and "death rock" were always outwardly subversive. Political or "Shocking" lyrics (Crass, Gang of Four, The Damned, Bauhaus) and extremely "apocalyptic" looks (pointy boots and black hair) were de rigeur. To be called "pop" was equivalent to death. It was worse, embarrassment. This is what I consider to be so interesting about this movement, it's niceness. Please, someone, explain this to me. Are the hugs, fuzzy sweaters, comeraderie with one's parents all a symbol of a greater cultural fear of the millenial unknown, or is this for real? I love the music, but I'd like to solve the mystery of the seemingly docile youth who follow it. Ciao, http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+