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Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian on <I>The Queen Is Dead</I>; mention in liner notes

posted by davidt on Friday October 10 2003, @09:00AM
Mat writes:

Yesterday night on "Fast Forward" on German music channel VIVA, Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian extensively explained his love for The Queen Is Dead in the "My favourite record"-section of the show. Apart from mentioning other favourite bands such as Felt, Cocteau Twins and Orange Juice, he said that whenever having made a record in the past, he listened to The Queen Is Dead, as it examplifies how the whole of a record can even be better than its single parts. He particularly mentioned There Is A Light That Never Goes Out as the dénouement (= the critical point in a drama shortly before its end) of a beautiful record, and Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others as its curious ending. To him, Murdoch said, The Queen Is Dead is the perfect album.
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Finn also writes:

The e-zine "Tasty" has an interview with Stuart of Belle and Sebastian where he gives love to the Smiths (yet again!):

"A- What are your favourite, top five albums of all times?
S- Well, I'm not going to be able to tell us because I'd have to think about it. I could tell you my top fifty films because I sat and worked it out before. I won't get it right. But how about. 'Poem of the river', by Felt, 'You can't hide your love forever', by Orange Juice, 'The Queen is Dead', by The Smiths."
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Whore In Retirement also writes:

Both The Smiths and Moz are mentioned in the new Belle and Sebastian cd, Dear Catastrophe Waitress. The following quotes are taken from Stuart's diary ala the liner notes...

"I just came back to the house to have a little lunch and there's a package here from Bob, who's making a little film that I'm helping with. He's sent me a Felt dvd called 'A Declaration'. This to me is very interesting. It's almost too much to take. Lawrence looks so good, it's too much, it's like a dream. I can't believe this band ever existed. They're so perfect. Fuck The Smiths, fuck Orange Juice, Felt, FELT, FELT!!"

and...

"Larkin, Cohen, Lawrence and Moz. The rest of you boys can leave your quills in your tunics."

Their new cd, by the way, is simply sublime. Imagine Moz penning lyrics for Murdoch someday...stop me there!
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  • This is going to go down like the proverbial lead balloon but here goes anyway...

    I like B&S a lot, "If You're Feeling Sinister" is one of my favourite albums. I love Murdochs voice and his lyrics.

    I love "There's Too Much Love" from "Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant", with it's bold Northern Soul leanings and the fact that I can dance in my living room to it.

    I love the artwork.

    I cannot stand the kind of "indie mafiosa" that follow them. Specifically the man and woman children who make up the core of their Glasgow fan base...you know the types, huge, overweight men with barber shop haircuts who insist on wearing band t-shirts despite the fact they are in their early thirties...namechecking obscure eighties acts like a badge of honour, making terrible fanzines and talking the same way that Steven Pastel sings. Those girls...wearing clothes that weren't cool in the seventies or the seventies revival...hair clasps in the shape of ladybugs. Their snobbishness...their desperate desire to be "Indier than thou", laying claim to bands and then dumping them when boys who work in offices start humming their breakthrough single on the way to work.

    Belle and Sebastian in particular attract these types because that is what they themselves are.

    I love their music, I love the ideal...I just can't buy into that "scene".
    SundownPlayboy -- Friday October 10 2003, @09:33AM (#76482)
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  • this time at The Guardian:

    "I had one of those pivotal moments when I saw the Smiths playing Bigmouth Strikes Again on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and another one when I first heard Felt"

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/homeentertainment/story/0,12830,1059381,00.html

    btw, take a look at the album behind Stuart: "Under achievers please try harder" by Camera Obscura.
    any other person interested in C.O. (apart from Lawrence & Sweetness)?
    charles byron <{boy_afraid} {at} {hotmail.com}> -- Friday October 10 2003, @12:05PM (#76518)
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    life without my sweetheart is only half a life
  • This Stuart have a incredible good taste, BUT... B&S is a very silly band to me...
    Anonymous -- Friday October 10 2003, @02:35PM (#76534)

  • So shoot me (Score:1, Funny)

    I'm one of those stuck up people who won't listen to new indie rock.
    xLoveletterx -- Friday October 10 2003, @09:17PM (#76553)
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  • This is one of the best CD's of the past 10 years. In the US, I was not aware of any scene- just good enjoyment of the band!

    With love,
    KEN
    sycophantic_slag -- Friday October 10 2003, @10:01PM (#76554)
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    "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
  • Who is Larkin
    Fury -- Saturday October 11 2003, @01:53PM (#76602)
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