Sinister: Belle & Sebastian dream #2

[chris perriman]

it happened last night, i dreamed the video for the forthcoming single!
the band were in a deserted airport at night and they were skateboarding and 
scootering around the place.  that was kind of it, sorry, it was quite cool 
when i dreamed it, the song was dead funky with a choppy wah-wah guitar type 
bit in it.  i was wrong about my last dreamed song prediction so i've no 
reason to believe this one will be any better.

people have been mentioning Sigur Rós again.  this can only be a good thing. 
  the american publication 'entertainment weekly' described the band as:

sigur rós = [(pink floyd + godspeed you black emperor) + air]

so how would B&S be described best as a mathematical equation?

Belle & Sebastian = (love + the smiths) x nick drake

i'm sure some of you can come up with something better than that, in fact 
why limit it to just bands, i suppose any variables could be allowed; is 
twee a variable? are 'the films of Hal Hartley' a variable?

hot dogs and cold drinks,
Pez*


PS for those who are interested, this is what i do in my spare time.  sad i 
know, but i didn't go as far as transcribing the violin solo bit.  i'm not 
*that* good.
-use as you see fit and feel free to correct the mistakes in the lyrics-
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  Song:	Shoot the sexual athlete
Artist:	Belle and sebastian


chords:	A	x02220
	A/D	xx0220
	D	xx0232
	G	320003

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verse 1
D                   G
now i'm in a band,  people try to make me do things
D           G
kiss arses  and pay tribute
D                       G
but i'm inclined today  to do those things anyway
D                 G
and i don't care  who hears it


chorus 1
A              A/D
coz i'm a fan  of the go-betweens
A                A/D
a fan of robert  and i always have been
A                  A/D
but i like grant,  now that i've met him
A
because he's charming.


verse 2
of all the stars, and all the would be stars
i take them home to my mum and dad
yeah he's charming, but he's a troublemaker too
he amuses me greatly

chorus 2
i like wendy and i saw vickers
pete stole the set list and the itinerary
he wrote my name down as "to a rent boy"
it was hard but so is life

instrumental verse

instrumental chorus

verse 3
i was making button badges
and i had too much time on my hands
i coloured them by hand
Pere Ubu and erm... The Sugarcubes

chorus 3
kids came in to watch me
but pete and shaun just scorned
just like they scorned robert
but i secretly love the big guy
who dressed like sherlock holmes
and he fixed us with a quizitive eye
before saying such romances
that only the sods
trampled underfoot by thatcher
could appreciate the love
could appreciate their love

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all choruses are in 4:4 time, all verses are in 5:4
except verse 3 which is in 4:4

bass line for verses 1,2 and instrumental verse
  G|----------------------------------------|
5 D|--------4-------------------------------|
4 A|5---5-------5-----------9-10------------|
  E|--------------5-7---7-----------------5-|
    |       |       |       |       |


bass line for verse 3
  G|--------------------------------|
4 D|--------4-----------------------|
4 A|5---5-------5-----------9-10----|
  E|--------------5-7---7---------5-|
    |       |       |       |


bass line for chorus
(except the last bar which just plays an A)
  G|--------------------------------|
4 D|--------------------------------|
4 A|--------4---------------4-------|
  E|5---5----5----3-5---5----5---3--|
    |       |       |       |


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guitar for choruses 1,2 and instrumental chorus
(except the last bar which strums an A chord)
chorus 3 is just the chords strummed
    A               A/D
  e|----------------------0---------|
  B|------2-------------------2-----|
4 G|----2-----2---------2-------2---|
4 D|--2---------2-----0-------------|
  A|0---------------0---------------|
  E|--------------------------------|
    |       |       |       |


guitar for verse 2 and instrumental verse
(verse 1 has no guitar)
    D               G
  e|-------2----------------3-2-0-----------|
  B|3---3-----3-----0---0---0---------------|
5 G|--2---------2-----0-----0---------------|
4 D|------------------------0---------------|
  A|----------------------------------------|
  E|----------------------------------------|
    |       |       |       |       |


guitar for verse 3
    D               G
  e|-------2----------------3-2-0---|
  B|3---3-----3-----0---0---0-------|
4 G|--2---------2-----0-----0-------|
4 D|------------------------0-------|
  A|--------------------------------|
  E|--------------------------------|
    |       |       |       |

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