![]() The Life Pursuit (2006) [ larger cover art ] |
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| andrewlevert | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 06:30 I love Belle and Sebastian, they are a perfect fit on RP. More B&S would be a great addition to the already fantastic roatation |
| Raechel | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 17:04 I worked with a gal who had two dogs, named Belle and Sebastian. I thought I had found a mutual fan, however came to learn that she had never heard of the band. She had named her dogs after the Disney characters. Disappointing, and sick... ![]() |
| jhorton | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 17:03 Oh my god, it's like, " Kate Bush Meets the Monkees!" |
| derekd (Mudball called Earth) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 17:01 Anyybody here old enough to remember Haircut 100? :) |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 13:52 Xeric wrote: Always a duo with the potential to get much, much too cutesy. As, say, here. They're a 7-member band, not a duo. The name "Belle and Sebastian" doesn't refer to anyone in the band. It's taken from the name of children's book & TV show.from the mid-1960s. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 13:46 Entirely too twee and unbelievably annoying. . . |
| bpkengor (York, Maine, USA) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 07:51 I'm really, really trying to keep an open mind here but this may be the worst song I've ever heard. It just might have to move ahead of "Feelings", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon", "Wind Between My Wings", and others on my list of the worst songs ever recorded. |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 07:47 Love this band, love this album, love this song. So unpretentious and fun. |
| cachorro (26S14.99 - 049W23.03 at Brazil) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 14:58 Horrible... This remembers me Jorge Ben Jor, a brazilian singer... eca! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 14:56 Waaaaah! that intro was great. It somehow breathed a breath of late sixties - early seventies fresh air into my brain. |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 12:56 pshaw! this song is most excellent |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 13:43 Coppertop wrote: This is so bad it's funny. It sounds as if a bunch of brilliant four-year olds were given a couple of popular 60's songs and asked to create something, "along those lines". This band is much better than this song. I am not sure why this song got picked, but it is not at all representative of their excellent music. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 09:36 Gednabb wrote: the ratings bar needs an "annoying" rating . . . My thoughts exactly! |
| malvey254 | Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:05 I suggest White Collar Boy and Act of the Apostle (Track 1) from this album. Two of their finest. |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 18:18 ick wrote: More emo drivel... Haircut 100 did this kind of crap in the '80s. I will admit that there was a bit of guitar in there that I liked but it only saved it from sucko-barfo. LOL!!! ![]() |
| teadye (St. Petersburg, FL) | Posted: Nov 28, 2008 - 12:59 Truly horrible stuff. |
| ick (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Sep 26, 2008 - 07:23 More emo drivel... Haircut 100 did this kind of crap in the '80s. I will admit that there was a bit of guitar in there that I liked but it only saved it from sucko-barfo. |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Sep 26, 2008 - 07:21 just plain gawd awful! |
| Decoy (lost at sea...) | Posted: Sep 26, 2008 - 07:19 MUTE ftw... the more I hear this, the more my head hurts ![]() |
| Gednabb (New York City) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 13:26 the ratings bar needs an "annoying" rating . . . |
| rrmusicguy | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 13:25 I don't care what anyone says. This is the highlight of the entire Life Pursuit CD...which is full of great tunes. No matter how many times I hear this goofy tune, it still makes me smile! |
| squidish (Peace on Earth. We need it now.) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 15:12 Makes me want to ride a scooter through the city wearing a tam o'shanter with a sunshine lens flare following me... |
| Welly (Lotusland) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 15:12 Ew. Noise. |
| firerytrigon (East Anglia, UK) | Posted: Dec 02, 2007 - 05:47 mrRTfromtheN wrote: Love this song, Belle and Sebastian should be played more often. Yeah, too right!! |
| mrRTfromtheN (the Netherlands) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 08:50 Love this song, Belle and Sebastian should be played more often. |
| aly25 (US) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 23:53 shoot this song just makes me chipper. I totally dig that guitar riff (smiles) |
| themotion (: :) | Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 06:11 gogirluk wrote: not one to slag music errr.......sounds like lift music to me (elevator in American) some people like it tho so good on them!
what he said! |
| RongoTBurg (Lost Wages, NV) | Posted: May 27, 2007 - 16:09 Phlegmaticman wrote: The guitar riff reminds me of Be Bop Deluxe.
yeah |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 08:47 The guitar riff reminds me of Be Bop Deluxe. |
| Wizzuvvoz (Innerspace) | Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 08:46 LuvsMusic wrote: I've had just enough caffeine that the little guitar man is actually keeping time to this song. Fun song!
I always thought he did. I always have too much coffee. Hmmmm...... |
| samrex (Brookline, MA) | Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 08:45 Xeric wrote: Always a duo with the potential to get much, much too cutesy. As, say, here.
Duo? |
| LuvsMusic (Houston, TX) | Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 08:45 I've had just enough caffeine that the little guitar man is actually keeping time to this song. Fun song! lmic wrote: |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Mar 25, 2007 - 17:24 |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 11:42 Wow! Sounds like a mash-up of The Beach Boys with Archie Bell & The Drells, with the guitar work off 'Who's That Lady?' by The Isley Brothers! Interesting to say the least! |
| pdhski (here) | Posted: Dec 04, 2006 - 12:10 rah wrote: i have to agree. i'm not generally a fan of the B&S sound, but there's something about this one that makes me shut up and just smile. and I am generally a fan, but this song go figure |
| Xeric (404 Not Found) | Posted: Nov 19, 2006 - 21:55 Always a duo with the potential to get much, much too cutesy. As, say, here. |
| Old_Pat (Belgium) | Posted: Sep 24, 2006 - 13:59 one of the few things that I've ever heard on RP that I have to turn off. Can not abide this. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Sep 22, 2006 - 08:28 Wow, after a bunch of snoozer songs today this is a welcome bit of energy and sugary fun |
| gogirluk (Folkestone, Kent England) | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 02:07 not one to slag music errr.......sounds like lift music to me (elevator in American) some people like it tho so good on them! |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 17:17 This is so bad it's funny. It sounds as if a bunch of brilliant four-year olds were given a couple of popular 60's songs and asked to create something, "along those lines". |
| rah | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 17:15 pedro wrote: yeah, how is it that this song only got a 5.9? this song is so much fun.
i have to agree. i'm not generally a fan of the B&S sound, but there's something about this one that makes me shut up and just smile. |
| Alpine (15 minutes from Paradise) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 17:13 Pop Perfect. |
| rolo (Boulder Creek) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 11:51 AphidA wrote: 5.9 is absurdly low for this song. Losers.
Please ... to follow the incredible musicianship of 'Nothing is Easy' with this "song" ... well .... all I can say is that Mr. Goldsmith missed the mark on this segue .... (IMNSHO) |
| pedro (Durham, NC) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 11:49 yeah, how is it that this song only got a 5.9? this song is so much fun. |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 11:48 whafrog wrote: This is unbelieveably well done bad music.
And yet.....I like it. In moderation. |
| Pipes (Top of the mountain) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 11:48 Yikes! |
| AphidA (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 11:47 5.9 is absurdly low for this song. Losers. |
| beezoo (Santa Monica, CA) | Posted: Jul 28, 2006 - 01:00 Actually kinda nice |
| jayvee2 (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Jul 25, 2006 - 19:49 Sounds like it could be background music to a British sitcom from the 70's. |
| Xeric (Various Strata) | Posted: Jul 25, 2006 - 19:46 Not a bad band. Not a good song. |




go figure
(IMNSHO)