Belle & Sebastian — Another Sunny Day
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Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden
You were digging plants, I dug you, beg your pardon
I took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border
It broke the heart of men and flowers and girls and trees
Another rainy day, we're trapped inside with a train set
Chocolate on the boil, steamy windows when we met
You've got the attic window looking out on the cathedral
And on a Sunday evening bells ring out in the dusk
Another day in June, we'll pick eleven for football
(Pick eleven for football)
We're playing for our lives, the referee gives us fuck all
(Referee giving us fuck all)
I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines
Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds
Now everybody's gone, you picked me up for a long drive
(Picked me up for a long drive)
We take the tourist route, the nights are light until midnight
(Light until midnight)
We took the evening ferry over to the peninsula
We found the avenue of trees went up to the hill
That crazy avenue of trees, I'm living there still
There's something in my eye, a little midge so beguiling
Sacrificed his life to bring us both eye to eye
I heard the Eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear
You missed my eye, I wonder why, I didn't complain
You missed my eye, I wonder why, please do it again
The lovin' is a mess, what happened to all of the feeling? (All of the feeling?)
I thought it was for real, babies, rings and fools kneeling (Babies, rings and fools kneeling)
And words of pledging trust and lifetimes stretching forever
So what went wrong? It was a lie, it crumbled apart
Ghost figures of past, present, future haunting the heart
You were digging plants, I dug you, beg your pardon
I took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border
It broke the heart of men and flowers and girls and trees
Another rainy day, we're trapped inside with a train set
Chocolate on the boil, steamy windows when we met
You've got the attic window looking out on the cathedral
And on a Sunday evening bells ring out in the dusk
Another day in June, we'll pick eleven for football
(Pick eleven for football)
We're playing for our lives, the referee gives us fuck all
(Referee giving us fuck all)
I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines
Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds
Now everybody's gone, you picked me up for a long drive
(Picked me up for a long drive)
We take the tourist route, the nights are light until midnight
(Light until midnight)
We took the evening ferry over to the peninsula
We found the avenue of trees went up to the hill
That crazy avenue of trees, I'm living there still
There's something in my eye, a little midge so beguiling
Sacrificed his life to bring us both eye to eye
I heard the Eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear
You missed my eye, I wonder why, I didn't complain
You missed my eye, I wonder why, please do it again
The lovin' is a mess, what happened to all of the feeling? (All of the feeling?)
I thought it was for real, babies, rings and fools kneeling (Babies, rings and fools kneeling)
And words of pledging trust and lifetimes stretching forever
So what went wrong? It was a lie, it crumbled apart
Ghost figures of past, present, future haunting the heart
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shawshank wrote:
Which reminds me of the old joke about Peter West, who used to compere the old BBC TV show Come Dancing and had an 'idiosyncratic' dress sense:
Q: Why does Peter West wear leather trousers?
A: So that he can come dancing.
I'll get me coat...
I am waiting for the line....
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
Which reminds me of the old joke about Peter West, who used to compere the old BBC TV show Come Dancing and had an 'idiosyncratic' dress sense:
Q: Why does Peter West wear leather trousers?
A: So that he can come dancing.
I'll get me coat...
They have this 60's sound ... 
sirdroseph wrote:
I'm guessing you posted this before hearing The Delays. Quite the convincing female vocal, that. But not.
This song's OK.
The lead singer wins the award for most feminine male voice of all times!
They are ok I guess.
They are ok I guess.I'm guessing you posted this before hearing The Delays. Quite the convincing female vocal, that. But not.
This song's OK.
Kink-ey...........
Amazing album, great song: 8 from me!
Their new album "Write About Love" is great as well.
Their new album "Write About Love" is great as well.
So what's wrong with "pop"? In this case the song has a beautiful, complex and catchy melody. Hard to beat.
Bouncy — I gave it a 2.
After listening to this song many many times in the car, it's gone from a 6 to a 9... not even sure why, but it just keeps growing on me!
rprb wrote:
You are right! Sounds completely like that!
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
You are right! Sounds completely like that!
rprb wrote:
They formed in 1996.Still, awesome seggy from The Cure!
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
They formed in 1996.Still, awesome seggy from The Cure!
The lead singer wins the award for most feminine male voice of all times! They are ok I guess.
They are ok I guess. shawshank wrote:
Swore it was the Kinks before I looked.
I am waiting for the line....
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
Sound like Ray Davies?
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
Sound like Ray Davies?
Swore it was the Kinks before I looked.
Nice follow-up to the Cure's "Just Like Heaven."
Barry: Holy shite. What the f*** is that?
Dick: It's the new Belle and Sebastian...
Rob: It's a record we've been listening to and enjoying, Barry.
Barry: Well, that's unfortunate, because it sucks a**.
Now lets see if Bill can sell 5 copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band.
Dick: It's the new Belle and Sebastian...
Rob: It's a record we've been listening to and enjoying, Barry.
Barry: Well, that's unfortunate, because it sucks a**.
Now lets see if Bill can sell 5 copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band.
Hooray! More B&S!
lokiwolf wrote:
I've been listening for 6 years and it's because of RP that I actually own some B&S. While I'm not always in the mood for them, it is quite likable and fits in the eclectic programming nicely.
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
I've been listening for 6 years and it's because of RP that I actually own some B&S. While I'm not always in the mood for them, it is quite likable and fits in the eclectic programming nicely.
rprb wrote:
reminds me of the goombay dance band.
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
reminds me of the goombay dance band.
WTF!? Sucko-barfo!
I am waiting for the line....
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
Sound like Ray Davies?
"Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing, its only natural?"
Sound like Ray Davies?
I wasn't looking at the RP page, but heard this playing and said, "Huh, this is nice, I really like it." Imagine my surprise to find that it was Belle and Sebastian, a band I don't usually care for. I give it a solid 7.
Dior wrote:
It's funny how things can be heard in different ways. I was there in the 80s, suffered it musically most of the time and yet I don't hear anything in this that is remotely connected with that period. A very good band.
Ain't that the truth. This could be a new release by any one of several "contemporary" bands.
It's funny how things can be heard in different ways. I was there in the 80s, suffered it musically most of the time and yet I don't hear anything in this that is remotely connected with that period. A very good band.
rprb wrote:
It's funny how things can be heard in different ways. I was there in the 80s, suffered it musically most of the time and yet I don't hear anything in this that is remotely connected with that period. A very good band.
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
It's funny how things can be heard in different ways. I was there in the 80s, suffered it musically most of the time and yet I don't hear anything in this that is remotely connected with that period. A very good band.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast... (wank, wank)
Long time listener (2004), long time lover of this band and this song (made possible by RP). Born in '77, so not a baby boomer, and can listen to all of B&S' albums in a day and keep on smiling.
I do like this song, but I'm not sure if it really is a good song or if I like it for the nostalgia factor. No rating.
hey,
Does anyone know when B&S are releasing a new album? "Life Pursuit" was a great one. Always will give them a 10 and I do enjoy them em large doses...
Pick 11 for football, and the ref gives us F*** all - they must scousers. Or maybe there were 11 players per team at the superbowl last night?
Umtata umtata 
In limited doses, I find Belle & Sebastian to be lots of fun.
B and S are one of those bands that you obviously like if you are cool. I don't like 'em too much. What do you think that does for my self esteem?
This particular song is pretty decent, I think (6)
This is the worse of the 80s pop sound
i've been wondering where belle and sebastian had gone..haven't heard it in a while on RP
meydele wrote:
OK, he used the words "herbaceous border" in his song. That was great. Not sure about the song, but props for entertaining me with that.
Herbaceous Border. Hmmm...we could name our band that.
sfListener wrote:
Well, if that was the case I might even buy a couple of REM vinyls and a record player just to give them another chance. This here I definitely like.
REM at 78 rpm?
Well, if that was the case I might even buy a couple of REM vinyls and a record player just to give them another chance. This here I definitely like.
REM at 78 rpm?
Shades of "Brady Bunch" sacharrin Pop! 
3 --> 2
Neil
NeilAdvice to singer: First, find your range. Second...
stick to it.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners.
So does generalizing about the preferences of long term listeners.
OK, he used the words "herbaceous border" in his song. That was great. Not sure about the song, but props for entertaining me with that.
StevenQ wrote:
You forgot the dispensing instructions:
"Take 20 tablets, wrap plastic bag around head, fasten tightly about neck with tape, and go to sleep...."
Oh, I know that's cold. But snotty whiners piss me off...
Geez, if you need to know the directions, then you probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place!
K I N K S
C O P Y C A T
daveesh wrote: 
You forgot the dispensing instructions:
"Take 20 tablets, wrap plastic bag around head, fasten tightly about neck with tape, and go to sleep...."
Oh, I know that's cold. But snotty whiners piss me off...
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
lokiwolf wrote:
...includes the eye-popping "fuck-all,"...
Your eyes pop a little too easily.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners.
Hardly.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
Relax, you crybaby. It's a pop song.
Not normally a big Belle & Sebastian fan, but do enjoy this song very much. 8. 
I can't tell you why I hate this song.
But ugh. Hate it.
snowcat wrote:
Wow - some pretty powerful opinions against this song. I just happen to think it's a great pop song along the lines of The Kinks or possibly The Byrds. The beauty of RP is there is something for everyone!
I agree with you.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
Hmmm...I wander what would motivate you to shell out some cash. I guess you are getting what you pay for.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
Hmmm, seems to me you're not very "clever" with the use of synonyms
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners.
.....
yada yada yada
.....
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
No, I think the need to be a long-winded oaf motivated you to register with the station.
lokiwolf wrote:
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
What do you expect from someone who gave the Sinead O'Connor cover of Downpressor Man a 9 rating.
Wow - some pretty powerful opinions against this song. I just happen to think it's a great pop song along the lines of The Kinks or possibly The Byrds. The beauty of RP is there is something for everyone!
This song insults your long term listeners. It may be clever and it may be that some baby-boomer's think it cool, but it grows tiring fast. After hearing it 20 times I am completely sick of it, and click on another radio station as soon as it comes on.
The words may be clever and it includes the eye-popping "fuck-all," but the tune is snotty, as if the singers are more-clever-than-the-listener.
I understand that U have a limited playlist, but please please DROP this item.
Oh, the need to tell you this motivated me to register with your station, so, if you wish, you may see this as a good thing: the song motivates folks to bitch, I mean feeedback.
I really, really hate this genre of music, and yet I can't help but listen. Sort of like that irresistable urge to gape at a car crash. You know it's bad, but you just...can't...stop...watching.
I really can't understand why anyone wouldn't love this song. It's the combination of a poppy tune (however indebted to The Kinks), the trebly production, and the camp and ironic but still somehow resonant lyrics that does it for me: " I hear that eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear". Gorgeous.
I could never figure out whether they are supposed to be ironically campy or self-righteously serious about their music.
Even their songs are bipolar.
I can't believe how lame this band sounds...they sound like Spinal Tap when they were the groovy/smarmy 60s band playing "Listen to the Flower People". 
mysteryplane wrote:
skinny dorks with cardigans and buddy holly glasses
Skinny dorks with cardigans and buddy holly glasses who write really cool, catchy songs, and are richer than you or I will ever be.
skinny dorks with cardigans and buddy holly glasses pretneding to read james joyce.
This CD was on pretty much every time i got into my friend's car. Grew to totally love it. The whole album is pretty great.
Zep wrote:
Wow, full of all kinds of poppy goodness.
sweet hooks!
my coworker totally digs these guys. now I see why!
handyrae wrote:
Perhaps it's because under all the happiness, B&S has always struck me as being 3 pills away from a suicide attempt?
Wow, full of all kinds of poppy goodness.
handyrae wrote:
Perhaps it's because under all the happiness, B&S has always struck me as being 3 pills away from a suicide attempt?
Indeed. The kind of "happy people" who are rushed one morning into the emergency room of the nearest hospital with everybody saying "I don't understand! They always looked so happy!".
Bump from a 4 to a 7.
i took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border.
sounds like the Kinks, I guess.
Excellent. I wish the rest of the album was this good.
... 
...
...I LIKE IT!!!
Well, it could be worse, they could be playing Cowboy Junkies.
New and better title:- Another Crummy Song
crockydile wrote:
Can someone please tell me why I like this so much?!! It's danceable, upbeat, very treble, everything I normally seem to dislike.
Perhaps it's because under all the happiness, B&S has always struck me as being 3 pills away from a suicide attempt?
pianocomposer wrote:
This is sucko-barfo
Can someone please tell me why I like this so much?!! It's danceable, upbeat, very treble, everything I normally seem to dislike.
Like Whitman said, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. "
Crocky Large.
ndg wrote: 
I agree
deanofox wrote:
Did I say anywhere that there was? I was merely stating that I dont... millions do.
By drawing attention to the fact that you don't engage in a certain behavior, you are implying that there is something wrong with those who do engage in said behavior. If you truly believed there was nothing wrong with watching gay porn, you would not need to go out of your way to explicitly state that you do not watch it. (Despite being a self-styled expert on gay porn soundtracks). Not to mention that "Not that there is anything wrong with that" is a joke from Seinfeld. (Not that I watch Seinfeld. I mean I like jews, I just don't watch that one show. I mean millons do, just not me.)
Always think I'm hearing the Swimming Pool Q's when I hear this: When Bells Ring. 
muskrat-toast wrote:
Tigermilk is very good. SO is If Your Feeling Sinister. Check them out.
Thanks! Bought both of'em. I think Dear Catastrophe Waitress is fantastic!!! Great great band.
I totally hear the Kinks in this ...
Come dancing ....
nick_valensi wrote:
I bought this CD. I'm a new Belle and Sebastian fan. Would like to hear their early stuff from Tigermilk.
Tigermilk is very good. SO is If Your Feeling Sinister. Check them out.
nick_valensi wrote: 
wonderful album!
ABSOLUTELY!
wonderful album!Another day in June, we'll pick eleven for football
We're playing for our lives the referee gives us fuck all
I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines
Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds
Only the rhyming scheme is more strange than the lyrics
deanofox wrote:
Gay porn music im sure. Good tune though. Not that I watch gay porn may I add.
It's no use denying it you ponced up old pooftah
Great Stuff!
Another Sunny Day
Heard this melody before in a song on the "Yobs Christmas Album" (a Punk classic!)
deanofox wrote:
Gay porn music im sure. Good tune though. Not that I watch gay porn may I add.
Only good point is that it is not as blatently bad as YMCA
huebdoo wrote:
I thought the Kinks had come back from the dead
I didn't realize any of the Kinks were dead to begin with. I think a few Beach Boys have passed.
rcurrier wrote:
Country sound?
And what country would that be?
As others have noted, it sounds like it's coming from The Kinks. Which is a long way from Nashville.
Have you ever heard of "The Mushwell Hillbillys"? It was The Kinks "Nashville" album.
Awesome! Love the harmonies.
And that was a Seinfeld reference, deanofox.
cattgirl813 wrote:
Not that there's anything wrong with that....
Did I say anywhere that there was? I was merely stating that I dont... millions do.
deanofox wrote:
Gay porn music im sure. Good tune though. Not that I watch gay porn may I add.
Not that there's anything wrong with that....
Gay porn music im sure. Good tune though. Not that I watch gay porn may I add.
Sweet! Poetic and yet powerful
huebdoo wrote:
I thought the Kinks had come back from the dead
No doubt. I had to do a double-take at my iTunes display screen to make sure it wasn't a lost Kinks tune.
Not bad.
Like the easygoing songs of this band!
iMacomania wrote: 
Where did these guys (gals?) come from? I must be way out of the loop or else they were transported 3 decades into the future without anyone noticing.
LadyLovelyLocks wrote:
Agreed ... I've never seen the fascination for this group 
This is sucko-barfo
Dig it!
*Where's the shovel icon when you need it?*
wonderful album! huebdoo wrote:
I thought the Kinks had come back from the dead
Ditto.
xiola wrote:
they've found a rare mix in which i'll actually tolerate the country sound.
Country sound?
And what country would that be?
As others have noted, it sounds like it's coming from The Kinks. Which is a long way from Nashville.
Breath of sunshine after being stuck in an office all day!
xiola wrote:
... i like it. they've found a rare mix in which i'll actually tolerate the country sound. lol. albeit the interludes are my least favourite part in this track, but i am defenitely quite enjoying the verses :) i like the light-poppy-but-slightly-retro feel, and the singing is pleasant.
Yeah! I picked up on that rootsy sound too! I like it!
Nice little diddy about "getting your f*ck on". I'm down.
I bought this CD. I'm a new Belle and Sebastian fan. Would like to hear their early stuff from Tigermilk.
feels like biking on the first warm spring day
Good lines, both musically and lyrically. Very good all the way.
huebdoo wrote:
I thought the Kinks had come back from the dead
I had the same thought.
... i like it. they've found a rare mix in which i'll actually tolerate the country sound. lol. albeit the interludes are my least favourite part in this track, but i am defenitely quite enjoying the verses :) i like the light-poppy-but-slightly-retro feel, and the singing is pleasant.
Love this poppy sound
B&S are alright. Not amazing, but alright. Some of their songs are damn good. Others are ok ...and still others suck.
Hmmm...don't hear "pennisula" in a song that often.
pvcnote wrote:
They are very very boring!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed ... I've never seen the fascination for this group
They are very very boring!!!!!!!!!!!
Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden
You were digging plants, I dug you, beg your pardon
I took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border
It broke the heart of men and flowers and girls and trees
Another rainy day, we're trapped inside with a train set
Chocolate on the boil, steamy windows when we met
You've got the attic window looking out on the cathedral
And on a Sunday evening bells ring out in the dusk
Another day in June, we'll pick eleven for football
(Pick eleven for football)
We're playing for our lives, the referee gives us fuck all
(Referee giving us fuck all)
I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines
Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds
Now everybody's gone, you picked me up for a long drive
(Picked me up for a long drive)
We take the tourist route, the nights are light until midnight
(Light until midnight)
We took the evening ferry over to the peninsula
We found the avenue of trees went up to the hill
That crazy avenue of trees, I'm living there still
There's something in my eye, a little midge so beguiling
Sacrificed his life to bring us both eye to eye
I heard the Eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear
You missed my eye, I wonder why, I didn't complain
You missed my eye, I wonder why, please do it again
The lovin' is a mess, what happened to all of the feeling? (All of the feeling?)
I thought it was for real, babies, rings and fools kneeling (Babies, rings and fools kneeling)
And words of pledging trust and lifetimes stretching forever
So what went wrong? It was a lie, it crumbled apart
Ghost figures of past, present, future haunting the heart