Belle and Sebastian fans

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:30 am

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=5235927

I'm sure some of you snobs are aware of this by now, but the NPR Live Concert Series has a download for an OUTSTANDING recent B&S show. This band is very clean and tight live. Screw_Mich gave me the heads up on this.

Other shows to listen to on there include stuff from the New Pornos, The Walkmen, Arctic Monkeys and Sigur Ros.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:55 am

I'm not down with the new B&S album. Maybe I need to listen to it more... :? Are they better live? I'll check it out.

And because I

the Walkmen!

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:59 am

The bootlegs I've heard from them are phenomenal. They're crystal clear and all very much in sync with each other.

I'm seeing them in July in DC, so I'll have a better answer to that question.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:53 am

b&s is one of the greatest live bands around. they are the pearl jam of british chamber pop when it comes to the number of different songs they play live. it's fucking incredible. i have four different boots of theirs and there is probably only five or six of the same consistant songs on them.

war you don't send me
war the model
war piazza NY catcher
unwar m_go beating me to the "i love b/s" thread i've been putting off for over a month

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:54 am

BTW, the new album is fucking awesome. if this is the crossroads album for them on the career ladder, they hit the fucking jackpot.

WAR THE BLUES ARE STILL BLUE
WAR YOUR COVER'S BLOWN

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:06 am

The new album is very, very good.

The only thing even marginally weak they've done is "If You're Feeling Sinister".

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:57 pm

the new album gets better every time i listen to it. stuart murdoch is one of the best songwriters of our generation. and not to mention the band as a whole is incredible.

i wouldn't classify if you're feeling sinister as week, just the most experimental b/s album. there are some classic tracks on it, just as a whole isn't very accessible, in my opinion.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:14 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:weak

Screw_Michigan wrote:isn't very accessible

You say tomato...

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:26 pm

i think that record is pretty accessible and poppy....the better cuts are the ones that clearly influenced by Marc Bolan....IMHO.

the opening verses of Blues are still Blue, for example....

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:58 am

you guys might know your music details a little more than mine, but i don't think sinister is a bad album at all. just very odd.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:03 am

It isn't even a matter of it being bad, but if you compare it to the rest of their discography, it certainly merits a "weak".