JUDGE POP is back

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another week, another case for JUDGE POP. This time he's investigating an outbreak of TWEE on the streets of MEGA CITY POP. The good Judge has his suspects - Belle And Sebastian, ten-year indie pop veterans who regularly turn up high on the Poptimists last.fm charts. Are they a credit to pop - or a menace?

[Poll #965057]

If Belle And Sebastian are cubed, they will join PATRICK WOLF, who was narrowly found guilty last time the good Judge's services were called upon.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Pro:

1. I like their inclusive spirit.
2. I like a lot of their tunes.
3. Indirectly responsible for me knowing lots of my friends.

Anti:

1. Their inclusive spirit extends to letting people who aren't Stuart Murdoch do the songs.
2. I haven't liked many of their tunes since about 2000.*
3. Indirectly responsible for Snow Patrol.

*they are another of those bands my listening life is littered with who got rub pretty much as soon as I started liking them. Except for "Stay Loose" which is grebt in bits.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

come on, blaming them for snow patrol is pretty damn harsh.

otherwise OTM.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK "Indirectly responsible for How Does It Feel" then, arf arf.

Have they inspired anything good musically? (As opposed to socially)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Related to your last question: are they in any way actually afilliated with Camera Obscura?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's something faintly repulsive about Camera Obscura even when I enjoy an individual song or two.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Stuart Murdoch did some producing for them - the divine Eighties Fan was one of his I think.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

That was the track that made me go "must have more now"

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It was Your Sound in the middle of the night on 120 Minutes that got me.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

He was also going out with the singer - dunno if he still is as my nindie gossip skillz are not up to scratch (also I don't care).

My B&S verdict: the first 3 albums great (and the EPs), the rest rather rub.

(they were sort of responsible for tompaulin, in that Jamie decided to form that band at the first Bowlie Weekender)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

no, stuart and tracy-anne split up aaaages ago.

however, belle and sebastian were why their keyboard player moved to glasgow...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

not really no. i think most of the similar bands that came after them were influenced by the same bands as b&s and thought "hey we can do that" rather than being directly influenced by b&s.

i can't even think who ppl might say were influenced by them (camera obscura definitely don't count)