Got my Legal Man single (CD) in the mail yesterday, listened to it quite a few times since then. Legal Man itself reminds me of, say, Taxman era Beatles. I enjoy hearing B&S rock a little more than usual, nice break from all the wonderfully sweet and fragile songs. Nice, witty, humorous lyrics. I doubt it has what it takes to be top-40 (too old sounding, not enough cussing or fake drum beats), but, hell, I enjoy it. Judy is a Dick Slap is fun, although the fact that it's an instrumental (which I remembered reading once I had heard the song) was slightly disappointing. I was hoping for some dick-slapping lyrics, maybe explaining why Judy has found herself in such a posistion. Anyway, reminds me of something, say, Fountains of Wayneish, because of the analog synths and the upbeatness. Winter Wooksie is nice, although it doesn't seem like the "typical b&s" that someone claimed it to be. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Reminds me of White Album era Beatles, like something John Lennon would have written. The melody, maybe the instrumentation too... Anyway, may I also mention that it's nice to hear a B&S song that has a little more of an emphasized base line? The drums are nice too, and I like the sitar (?) at the beginning of Legal Man. Glad to have it, thoroughly enjoying it, well worth the 5.50 + 2 shipping and handling from CDNow. Feel free to right in support of my wonderful opinions. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+