Yesterday, I was walking down Buchanan Street when a seagull shat on me. Actually, it was technically a miss. A bit of splashback landed on the hem of my trousers and my boot (thank goodness I didn’t opt for open-toe sandals, eh?) But it was a really giant dollop. Actually, it was technically several smaller dollops. Rapid fire. A man was walking parallel to me, about a foot and a half away. Wwe exchanged looks when we realised what might have been. I detected no small amount of relief in his eyes. They say that having a bird crap on you brings good luck. And so it was that I spent the evening at the smallest gig B&S have played for a very, very, very long time. The ticket said ‘Members of Belle & Sebastian’. The email had said “THIS IS NOT A BELLE & SEBASTIAN GIG!” Stuart told somebody this was because they might have been sick of each other after so long together. But as it happened, all seven of them stepped onto the stage shortly after the raffle draw (Nal won brute cider!). You could tell they’d been playing the songs a lot recently, all singers being in good voice. “Five new ones and three covers!” said Stupot. “No,” argued Stevie, “Six new ones and two covers”. In the end, with the crowd baying for more, we got six newies and three covers. Here’s what they were (I think): Step into my office, baby – you might have heard this on the Christmas Peel session. Mick shoves his hand up his French horn – woooooaaaargh! All wrapped up in books – a total newie to me – don’t think it’s been performed in publick before. As Ailsa put it, “A proper Belle & Sebastian song”. It was a real cracker. The kind that would put the yellow album on a more equal footing with the white, red and green if it had replaced the Clunker. I can’t remember this one – can somebody fill it in? I think it’s the one that sounded a bit like Good Vibrations. Roy Walker – Also on the Christmas Peel session, I think. Finger clicks supplied by audience, if memory serves. You don’t send me – You might have heard this one before, too. I think I might even have seen them do it live. It totally, totally sounds like Sunshine Superman by Donovan (take note for your list, Carsmile Steve). Straight As in Love (Johnny Cash cover) – Stevie was born to do country, really, wasn’t he? He had to get Stuart to push his glasses back up his nose. Twice. Lucifer San (Pink Floyd cover) – Cracking work on the glockenspiel from our man Beans. I am a cuckoo – I think I was concentrating quite hard on not fainting due to the heat at this point. Alone Again Or (Love cover) – more funny faces from Stevie. He finished with Richard John Girlanders’ favourite chord! There, is *that* enough content for you? Juicy Lucy ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ************************************************** The Winchester Club http://www.geocities.com/the_winchester_club __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+