sitting at work today, reading the assorted press cuttings, I came across this thing, several times, about how the Scottish Parliament is wanting Scots to donate their favourite lines or verse, to be dotted up around the new building. And I got to thinking... What if it was Belle And Sebastian lyrics? Not quite poetry, but technically, it could be argued, it is verse. it was just an idea that made me smile, and made me sit and smile secretly to myself, while sorting out the dog poo from sectarianism in the press. So anyway, I've been dying to get home and e mail this to you all, becuase I was sitting there so well behaved today. I just wanted to get this little thingthat amused me out of my system. I couldn't help but imagine some of the song titles, put up around the new parliament, with Belle And Sebastian written below in italics. I'm not being serious about it, it was one of those light hearted fantasies of amusement you sometimes conjure up to help while away a few moments. Still, heres my thoughts about lines that would make amusing reading, written on a wall somewhere. "Fuck This Shit" "Could I write a piece about you now that you've made it? About the hours spent, the emptiness in your training You only did it so that you could wear Your terry underwear" "It's not as if they're paying you It's not as if it's fun At least not anymore" "Think of it this way You could either be successful or be us" "But if you are feeling sinister Go off and see a minister Chances are you'll probably feel better If you stayed and played with yourself" "If this town's your sinking ship Then you know where to jump" "I need someone to take some joy in something I do" "I am stupid and blind Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind" "You'd better take a weight off of your mind and listen To what other people say Cause things are going wrong your own way" "Trying hard not to please Anyone, all the time Being a rebel's fine But you go all the way to being brutal" (For Margo MacDonald's office, perhaps?) "Boo to the business world!" "There are people going hungry every day They've got nothing on their plates And you're filling your fat face with every different kind of cake And if you ever go lardy, or go lame I will drop you straight away That's the price you have to pay For every stupid thing you say There are people going lonely, and they'll stay Lonely fay into the year Because you're making blinkers fashionable And fashionably you'll say "All is equal in love and war" and "I'm sorry, but I've got some things to do" And you pretend to read a book you'll never finish till the day" "The wider issues of the day Don't interest you, you'll have to pay" "And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag Of the United States of Calamity, hey! After all that you've done boy, Im sure you're going to pay " "It's something to speak of the way you are feeling To crowds there assembled Do you ever feel you have gone too far?" "Hey people, looking out the window, you'll be gone tomorrow" "And all my friends deserted me because you painted me As the fraud I really was" "It would take a left wing Robin Hood to pay for school" "For every step there is a local boy who wants to be a hero" Anyway, I thought those would be my favourite lyrics that would make some sense to see in the Scottish Parliament. Probably raise a smile out of me when I go to work there also. And Belle and Sebastian are scottish (well, except Bob), and aren't lyrics just poetry to music anyway? I might just write them on the walls of the lavvy anyhow*. ;) Thats it. End of post. Love, Idles (PS. Sorry, I accidentally might have posted this a few minutes ago, when I hit the wrong button and it was only half done. Isn't that always the case?) * I probably won't really. ===== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corduroysmoke/ starting playground gossip and passing notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+