it sound very affordable at this distance, but I was on £3 an hour in 1999 so maybe not
Crap/not crap: Belle & Sebastian
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Were they not also doing some cruise or something?
ETA Yes All bands on deck: aboard the Belle and Sebastian Med and music cruise
ETA Yes All bands on deck: aboard the Belle and Sebastian Med and music cruise
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Oh, that's less steep than I thought. Suppose Camera Obscura must've been really really early in their careers then.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
As someone who values tunes over lyrics I quite like them (ditto “Teenage Fanclub”)
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I have a Belle and Sebastian tea towel
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
I love them and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Much like I'm not ashamed to love my crocs.
They have so many great tunes;
I'm a cuckoo
Step into my office baby
We rule the school
Funny little frog
Seymour Stein
The Boy with the Arab strap
If she wants me
The Blues are Still Blue
Seeing other people
Me and the major
Get me away from here, I'm dying
Judy and the Dream if Horses
The State that I am In
Shes losing it
I could be dreaming
Jonathan David
I did see them live once at Brixton academy. It was rubbish. Too quiet and you could hear the hubbub of the crowd above the music the whole set
They have so many great tunes;
I'm a cuckoo
Step into my office baby
We rule the school
Funny little frog
Seymour Stein
The Boy with the Arab strap
If she wants me
The Blues are Still Blue
Seeing other people
Me and the major
Get me away from here, I'm dying
Judy and the Dream if Horses
The State that I am In
Shes losing it
I could be dreaming
Jonathan David
I did see them live once at Brixton academy. It was rubbish. Too quiet and you could hear the hubbub of the crowd above the music the whole set
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This week the score draws are plentiful
I do like them. Some good tunes, witty and interesting lyrics, seen them live a few times, and bought all the albums up until some point I can't pin right now, but after seeing this awful film
en.m.wikipedia.org
which is like a Belle & Sebastian song brought to life, I suddenly realised that I'd been projecting my own very different reality onto their stuff and even though it was always an issue brought up, I started to think old-as-me Stuart Murdoch's fixation with youthful themes had really started to get weird.
God Help the Girl (film) - Wikipedia
Looby
Well-Known Member
I love them so much, I think they’re my favourite band.
There’s a huge catalogue and some of it is a bit pants but their music is so important to me. I think the earlier albums just perfectly captured a time a stage in my life.
I’ve seen them loads of times. They did two anniversary gigs at the Albert Hall for Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister which I went to. It was perfect, just the loveliest gig ever except it was Brexit referendum night and we came out to news of the exit poll.
Last I saw them was in Brighton and I went on stage for Arab Strap which I thought I wanted to do but I really was panicked when I got up there and realised what was happening.
I know they’re fairly hated and people think they’re twee and all that but I really don’t care.
There’s a huge catalogue and some of it is a bit pants but their music is so important to me. I think the earlier albums just perfectly captured a time a stage in my life.
I’ve seen them loads of times. They did two anniversary gigs at the Albert Hall for Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister which I went to. It was perfect, just the loveliest gig ever except it was Brexit referendum night and we came out to news of the exit poll.
Last I saw them was in Brighton and I went on stage for Arab Strap which I thought I wanted to do but I really was panicked when I got up there and realised what was happening.
I know they’re fairly hated and people think they’re twee and all that but I really don’t care.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
The Boy with the Arab Strap is one of the best songs ever recorded imho.I love them so much, I think they’re my favourite band.
There’s a huge catalogue and some of it is a bit pants but their music is so important to me. I think the earlier albums just perfectly captured a time a stage in my life.
I’ve seen them loads of times. They did two anniversary gigs at the Albert Hall for Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister which I went to. It was perfect, just the loveliest gig ever except it was Brexit referendum night and we came out to news of the exit poll.
Last I saw them was in Brighton and I went on stage for Arab Strap which I thought I wanted to do but I really was panicked when I got up there and realised what was happening.
I know they’re fairly hated and people think they’re twee and all that but I really don’t care.
At the risk of sounding like a nanna, it has a really good beat going.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
The thing is, B&S fit the "guilty displeasures" category of "bands I should like but don't" category so well, that I really hope the reason I didn't mention them at the time is just because I hadn't thought of them, but I can't help suspecting that I had an attack of paranoia and decided that if I posted about my dislike of Belle & Sebastian I'd essentially be doxxing myself because of how I make sure that everyone I meet instantly knows about how much I dislike B&S.
God knows what I was thinking back in February 2021, it was a different time.Jimmy? Is it really you?
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
That, and “If you’re feeling sinister” are incredible. I think we have the first 4 albums here but those two are the ones.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
derivative jangly twee brilliance 
Looby
Well-Known Member
I’d say it’s the opposite and lots of people can’t stand them.The thing is, B&S fit the "guilty displeasures" category of "bands I should like but don't" category so well, that I really hope the reason I didn't mention them at the time is just because I hadn't thought of them, but I can't help suspecting that I had an attack of paranoia and decided that if I posted about my dislike of Belle & Sebastian I'd essentially be doxxing myself because of how I make sure that everyone I meet instantly knows about how much I dislike B&S.
Their fans are very devoted though.
If you ask me they've only done the one decent song - Lazy Line Painter Jane.
Haven't liked any of the others that I've heard.
Haven't liked any of the others that I've heard.
Yeah... Like when they won the Best Newcomer Brit Award...
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
I remember working for £5 a day during the summer holidays (school student)...1991.
8am to 6pm Mon to Wed and Sat.
8am to 10pm Thur Friday...
Got £6 on those days.
That was proper exploitation
. My first part-time job (when I was still at school) in 1987(?), I was on £1.31 an hour working in a bakery/cafe. By 1991, I was working part-time in pubs and the standard wage for brewery-owned pubs was round £3 an hour.
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
That was proper exploitation
It was very difficult getting anything in Ireland. It was a coffee shop / bakery.
I was 14 / 15 ish? And the guy who owned the place didnt declare the teenage workers.
Tbh I was just glad to have the money.
I was too.
ska invita
back on the other side
Too stripey
ska invita
back on the other side
Q
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I still rather like some of the tracks on The Boy With The Arab Strap, but they've made some awful, irritating stuff since.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
So Stuart Murdoch appeared on Question Time with that utter cunt Douglas Ross.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Who here remembers the Sinister mailing list?
newrepublic.com
E2A:
Bloody hell, GORDON'S ALIVE
The Sinister History of the Belle and Sebastian Email List
How email, a shared love of music, and an off-kilter sensibility produced a different kind of social network.
newrepublic.com
E2A:
Bloody hell, GORDON'S ALIVE
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