Sinister: I've taken three E's, I still can't dance like Bobby Gillespie

[Ailsa Ross]

Hello children

BabyChris Crystalballs wrote:

> this might just be my imagination, but on an advert on
> bbc scotland for their internat chat site, to talk to
> other scothish people, it had soundbites of people
> saying stuff like "Ah dinnae ken whu'll wun thu leeg
> this seesawn" and I'm almost certain that you can hear
> an old woman saying "I'm a fan of belle and
> sebastian". If anyone else has noticed this, could
> they confirm it. I think that I'm going out of my
> mind.

I can confirm this, as I wrote about the very same thing to the list not
that long ago :)  Chris, I'm disappointed in you - you say all these
things about how I should be top of the list crush and you don't even
read my posts...

Isobel playing the sitar not a good idea cos it's too big an instrument
for her?  Unlike that tiny little cello you mean?  My secret spies (by
which I mean I can't remember who told me this) tell me that all of the
band except Richard have written stuff for the new album.  I don't
really know if I like this idea.  Say it's a 12 track album - that's
half the songs that aren't by Stuart.  Which is not good if you're a big
Struan fan like me.  Does anyone know which of them's responsible for
writing Landslide?  I'm sure someone told me Stu had written it for
Isobel, see I figured she'd written it as they all sing the ones they
write, but I guess it's not the sort of song a boy could sing, even a
boy with a voice like Struan's.

Does anyone else think Stuart David's songs are taking the piss?  See I
get the impression he doesn't like Belle and Sebastian's music much, and
I reckon he sits there thinking "I'm going to write something
nauseatingly uber-twee, and see if they realise I'm taking the piss". 
And irritatingly, although naff and uber-twee, they're really rather
pleasant.

BabyChris was also asking about Astrid Williams (or Astrid Williamson,as
she's really called).  I have no idea if she's any good or not, but it
*can* continue the thread about pop relatives, as her cousin is Candida
Doyle.  

I danced to Bon Jovi, Steps and Britney Spears last night.  And I
enjoyed it.  Just to prove I mean what I say about having no pretensions
about musical taste at all.  You can ask Alasdair, if he stopped being
horrified long enough to watch (although he was dancing to some pretty
cheesy stuff too).  Much more fun than the (cancelled) Arab Strap show
that we were meant to be at would have been, I imagine. 
Indie-schmindie. P!O!P! is where it's at :)

Ailsa xx
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