What Stuart Murdoch was trying to do with God Help The Girl, Nick Krygovch has done better with his GIGI project. That is all.
― Craigo Boingo, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Belle_and_Sebastian_author_Cecile_Aubry_dies_at_81_P109189/
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(Not that I am sure what they were respectively trying to do, but I agree that GIGI is somehow spectacularly successful, and more so to me than GHTG.)
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link
saw their north american tour opener tonight and it was so <3
― maura, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:41 (nine years ago) link
http://athousandflowers.net/2015/03/30/weekly-wanker-049-stuart-murdoch/
Article itself is kind of weirdly intent on proving a single point, but I never thought I'd read about rape and death threats from B&S fans.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 08:02 (nine years ago) link
I decree these albums my favorites!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 November 2018 04:33 (five years ago) link
definitely understand the argument for Dear Catastrophe Waitress at #1, it's the best arranged and best produced at the very least
― ufo, Friday, 23 November 2018 06:06 (five years ago) link
i agree on the top 5 but for me it goes Tigermilk (classsikkk), Barman (has Lazy Line Painter Jane so), DCW (good), Sinister (big statement, slight songs), Strap (an album by a band).
― rip van wanko, Friday, 23 November 2018 06:44 (five years ago) link
The Books EP has a special place in my heart and would crack my top 5 releases
― Clam up, seal dick (fionnland), Friday, 23 November 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link
― Clam up, seal dick (fionnland), Friday, 23 November 2018 08:31 (five years ago) link
Won't comment on what Murdoch was trying to do with God Help the Girl because potential libel suits
― Mama Weer All Tankee Now (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 November 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
far be it from me to assume that the libel you had in mind would extend both to ghtg the musical project and ghtg the movie
― sign up for my waterless urinals webinar (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Didn't even realise there was a musical project but let's assume yeah
― Mama Weer All Tankee Now (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 November 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
that Gigi album does indeed rule, I still listen to it a lot. I do like the string arrangement on the title track of GHtG a lot, though.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 23 November 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
was unaware of this movie, looks like torture
― rip van wanko, Friday, 23 November 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
i've had that queued up to watch for two years
― akm, Friday, 23 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
i think Fold Your Hands Child is pretty fantastic if you cut out most of the songs that Stuart doesn't sing lead
I Fought in a WarThe ModelDon't Leave the Light on Baby (one of their best songs)Nice Day for a Sulk Women's RealmThere's Too Much Love
― Karl Malone, Friday, 23 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
(i actually quite like some of the others as well. 'beyond the sunrise' is a good song but it sounds like it's from a different album/band altogether. but overall they're not quite the same caliber as the Stuart songs)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 23 November 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
our rankings are exactly the same alfred! though i think v highly of girls in peacetime and would prob put it at no. 5
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 23 November 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
The Life Pursuit is also worth a mention. Would probably drop Arab Strap for that or Girls in Peacetime. Sinister is still my favorite.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 23 November 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
karl malone otm
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
i listen to fold your hands, child all the time
Do they have a better song that is slower than “don’t leave the light on baby”? It’s their best ballad imo
― Karl Malone, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
it's a great song, and the album cover great, and the title is great, and imo "there's too much love" is their best song
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
“women’s realm” >>>>>>>>
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 23 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
I got off the wagon, sort of, at Fold Your Hands, but it's hard to remember why when actually listening to it. "The Chalet Lines" and "The Wrong Girl" are also quite respectable.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 24 November 2018 00:44 (five years ago) link
Letting the other members do songs diluted the power of their albums, but there were still plenty of tunes.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
recently put some B&S songs on and they're a much, much better band than they were when I was 14, and I liked them when I was 14
― imago, Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
Nobody’s Empire is incredible; possibly their best song IMO. The fact that it’s autobiographical helps I suppose.
― piscesx, Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
"This Is Just A Modern Rock Song" forever
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
it's seeing other people and i don't love anyone obv
― imago, Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
They're a great band, but at a certain point I just couldn't be bothered. Probably more me than them, or likely so. I'm sure having taken so much time away from them will make me appreciate them more. I think "The Life Pursuit" was the last one I heard, and looking at the track listing I liked it. Last two ... definitely haven't heard them.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 November 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
I'll say this much about them. They might have been the last band, or at least one of the last, whose albums of the nascent internet era were passed around like samizdat. Tigermilk's reputation loomed as large as its elusiveness, and I remember getting an advance of Sinister that made me the envy of many. Or at least, you know, a few.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 November 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
It's Electronic Renaissance you cretins
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 24 November 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
ease yr feet tho
― lowercase (eric), Saturday, 24 November 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
step into my office, tho
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 November 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
this band has the most best songs
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 November 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
i want to make it clear that i don't think don't leave the light on baby is their best song, only their best slow song. and that i threw down the challenge of someone naming a better slower song than that by them, which went completely unanswered. as i understand it, this makes it the consensus ballad champion.
you're just a baby, tho
if i make a compilation of songs that end with the word "baby", those two have to be on it
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 November 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
prob not a popular favorite but i think my fav slow belle and sebastian song is “dress up in you”
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 November 2018 05:05 (five years ago) link
I fondly remember certain slow songs from the early EPs. "Slow Graffiti" and "You Made Me Forget My Dreams", etc. (Though nowadays I probably pluck Push Barman... off the shelf most often, just generally, for all categories of B&S songs, so...)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 24 November 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
For the first time ever I'm interested in Belle & Sebastian.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 November 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
BradNelson - Dress Up In You is one of my faves of the Life Pursuit
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Saturday, 24 November 2018 08:39 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing Stuart was trying to combine the "whiter than translucent" extreme indie-twee aesthetic with some Riefenstahl influences, and maybe try and creep on some young actor?
― calzino, Saturday, 24 November 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
Certainly he latter I'm assuming, dish the dirt someone.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
I looked at a trailer and it appears to be the worst film in the history of cinema. Also Glasgow appears to have no Scottish people (a bit like Edinburgh) and no ugly or old people (whither Belle & Sebastian?)
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:14 (five years ago) link
I wasn't joking about the Riefenstahl influences!
― calzino, Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
“We Rule the School” is the best slow song. It’s their mission statement!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
lol that movie also has Radcliffe + Maconie acting in it, proof that some of these ten-a-penny euro movie festivals will put their garlands on any old shit!
― calzino, Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
There’s a little bit of a creeper vibe to me when an artist over the age of (say) 30 is super into romanticizing/identifying with misfit teens.
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Saturday, 24 November 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Alfred’s album rankings are mine exactly.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 24 November 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link