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Camera Obscura includes Smiths reference in song

posted by davidt on Friday February 22 2002, @09:00AM

Brian Colin writes:

The Scottish band Camera Obscura ( very Belle & Sebastian-like; one track is even produced by Stuart Murdoch ) have made a Smiths reference in their song "Pen and Notebook" on their new CD Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi.

The line goes:
"You saved for a bass guitar...
You knew you'd made a mistake
when you first saw Marr"

Right up there with Belle & Sebastian's "Seymour Stein," I'd say.

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the Stuart Murdoch song in question... (Score:1)

...is of course "Eighties Fan", which was (imho) the best song released last year. I can't recommend it highly enough.

danbutt -- Friday February 22 2002, @10:22AM (#24983)
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again... (Score:3, Informative)

C.O. is a lovely band, exactly the kind of band that our man should be listening to instead of…. well, you know whom… ;-)
“Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi” (yes, very Belle & Sebastian-like but IMO more “naļve” musically and lyrically) is probably one of the best releases from last year and “Eighties Fan” (entirely produced by Stuart Murdoch) a true gem that every indie-rock kid should give it a try.

If you want to download a couple of songs from “Rare UK Bird” (1999) please try www.theparkandride.co.uk

charles byron <{boy_afraid} {at} {hotmail.com}> -- Friday February 22 2002, @12:25PM (#24991)
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the first time that she came to my house, she bought Chardonnay, now I buy Chardonnay, almost every day!

named after a Nico album? (Score:0)

Camera Obscura was an 80s Nico album, long after her classic first 4 albums.

Anonymous -- Friday February 22 2002, @12:44PM (#24994)

What other tracks (Score:1)

I downloaded both tracks mentioned on here "eighties fan" and "pen and nootbook" i was just wondering what other tracks do you recomend as both of them were fantastico :)

Interlude61 -- Sunday February 24 2002, @11:30AM (#25045)
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Re:What other tracks by charles byron (Score:1) Sunday February 24 2002, @12:23PM

Re:What other tracks (Score:2, Informative)

I've just finished writing a piece about them for a greek fanzine. They're great! And it's great that you like them - why don't you go out and buy their album insteading of downloading all of their songs through the internet. The story is old, I know, but honestly, this is a small band on a indie label. I'm sure they could do with some more copies of their album being sold. You could try Melody Bar mail-order: www.apexonline.com/melodybar [apexonline.com] which is based in the UK and sells it for £8 (about US$12)

gladioli <{marifiori} {at} {hotmail.com}> -- Monday February 25 2002, @05:27AM (#25074)
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Camera Obscura and other bands .... (Score:2, Interesting)

Nice to see Camera Obscura getting a bit of free PR through here. They're a fantastic band, and I think a lot of Smiths fans would enjoy their music. For anyone reading this who isn't familiar with them, think country-tinged C86 jangle-pop, a singer with a sexy Scots accent, and thoughful lyrics. Definately, "Eighties Fan" was the best single of last year IMHO.

And, as someone else said, "BUY THE ALBUM!" Camera Obscura are a *really* small indie band. Support them and their music. you can order from their label's site .... http://www.andmoresound.co.uk
- whenever I do i get a nice little handwritten note with my order, and when I ordered the album they sent me a massive poster for being their more "distant fan".

Other bands in a similar vein would be Spearmint, Hefner and Tompaulin. All these bands released great albums last year, which should more than fill the gap in the current Morrissey-free environment.

Lawrence

PS - hi Charles Byron .... remember me? Rachel Block's New Zealand friend.

LawrenceM -- Monday February 25 2002, @01:15PM (#25083)
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Re:Camera Obscura and other bands .... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday February 26 2002, @01:51AM