snowfallsoon
motherf***er approved
i've only heard two off the new one, but i want to hear more!
i've only heard two off the new one, but i want to hear more!
It's a funny old world.
John Hunt makes a couple of records designed to help him make friends with the people in various other "indier than thou" Glasgow bands like Camera Obscura and The Pastels and succeeds in convincing "real" people that these records are worth listening to as well as paying money for!
Just shows you.
Kimura
Also, am I allowed to feel superior for recognising the complete steal from Vince Guaraldi's 'Peppermint Patty' in Clockwork?
In actual fact the music does the talking...or should that be the singing?
I could well imagine there's quite a lot of snobbery in and around those bands you mentioned.
Good luck to him regardless.
I'd have been impressed if Hidden by Rags hadn't mentioned the Guaraldi homages earlier in the thread...
The Glasgow "scene" is hideously snobbish Charlie.
Lots and lots of men and women who talk, write and dress like children...seriously, just take a look at Steven Pastel, Stuart Murdoch and almost any other Glasgow scenester.
Kimura
I can well imagine, it's not the first time I've heard that.
I see a lot appear and help out on each others records...which is fine really.
Although didn't Arab Strap have some beef with Stuart Murdoch? There's a song in there somewhere.
I may well have imagined that feud mind.
Arab Strap were annoyed that Belle and Sebastian named their third album Boy With The Arab Strap - if my memory is correct (pushing 70 so who knows), it seemed Arab Strap thought it may have been done purposefully as a dig of some sort.
I saw Cats on Fire play last week and they thanked Butcher Boy for all of their help and then covered one of their tunes... Im not sure of the song title though. I thought it was a really sweet gesture and Cats on Fire were great. Will be investing in some Butcher Boy soon.
I saw Butcher Boy and Cats on Fire at Indietracks a couple of days after that gig and they were both on great form. There are a few videos on YouTube, the Cats cover of Your Woman by White Town is well worth a listen.
btw I read on another forum that it was I Could Be In Love With Anyone that they covered in Glasgow. I'd have loved to have heard that.
Mmm something or nothing then, i thought Stuart had stolen all of their girlfriends ha.
Well regardless of any indie snobbery Glasgow has a rich tapestry of bands and my collection would be a lot worse off without them.
I've no interest in meeting any bands/artists, I'd ramble nonsense anyway.
Amen! x
The Glasgow "scene" is hideously snobbish Charlie.
Lots and lots of men and women who talk, write and dress like children...seriously, just take a look at Steven Pastel, Stuart Murdoch and almost any other Glasgow scenester.
If I'm being totally honest I have a personal "beef" with John Hunt but that's another story...although I do have the earliest recordings of Butcher Boy on a CD entitled "Saint Stevie" which includes four songs; "Juicy Fruit", "When I'm Asleep", "Caliban" and "The Spines in Spain". I don't know if any of those feature on any "official" Butcher Boy releases but I have 'em.
Kimura
React or Die has made it into the The Times top 100 albums of the decade at No 93.