By Jake
Let me come clean about something: I love One Year in Texas. I know, you're probably calling me 'gay' right now and that's okay. What isn't okay, in my opinion, is the lack of weekend articles here. Over the next several weeks I'm going to try out some new possible regular features. Hopefully they will be good enough the first time to keep so I don't have to keep thinking of new shit. I bring you the first attempt: Saturday Morning Music Video Round Up. This article is going to showcase several music videos from a band or a genre, maybe even a theme. This week I chose one of my favorite bands: Belle & Sebastian. It's a safe choice.
My favorite incarnation of Belle & Sebastian is when Isobel Campbell was still with them. I love her voice and the songs she wrote a lot. I feel like she kept the band from getting too upbeat/funky, which is one of the reasons I haven't listened to their newer stuff as much as their pre-Dear Catastrophe Waitress material.
Lazy Line Painter Jane is a great EP released by the band.
"Like Dylan in the Movies" taken from a live performance on Sessions at W. 54th, I think. This song is great, and you know Maddie will love it because it's about acting like Bob Dylan.
Without a doubt, "Legal Man" is my favorite Belle & Sebastian song. Back in the day when I'd make mix CD's all the time because I had nothing better to do and our internet was 56K, this was a song that was on nearly every one I made. When I saw B & S live in 2002, they played this song and it was amazing. They followed it up with a four guitar version of "The Boys are Back in Town" which is sadly not on Youtube.
Let me come clean about something: I love One Year in Texas. I know, you're probably calling me 'gay' right now and that's okay. What isn't okay, in my opinion, is the lack of weekend articles here. Over the next several weeks I'm going to try out some new possible regular features. Hopefully they will be good enough the first time to keep so I don't have to keep thinking of new shit. I bring you the first attempt: Saturday Morning Music Video Round Up. This article is going to showcase several music videos from a band or a genre, maybe even a theme. This week I chose one of my favorite bands: Belle & Sebastian. It's a safe choice.
My favorite incarnation of Belle & Sebastian is when Isobel Campbell was still with them. I love her voice and the songs she wrote a lot. I feel like she kept the band from getting too upbeat/funky, which is one of the reasons I haven't listened to their newer stuff as much as their pre-Dear Catastrophe Waitress material.
Lazy Line Painter Jane is a great EP released by the band.
"Like Dylan in the Movies" taken from a live performance on Sessions at W. 54th, I think. This song is great, and you know Maddie will love it because it's about acting like Bob Dylan.
Without a doubt, "Legal Man" is my favorite Belle & Sebastian song. Back in the day when I'd make mix CD's all the time because I had nothing better to do and our internet was 56K, this was a song that was on nearly every one I made. When I saw B & S live in 2002, they played this song and it was amazing. They followed it up with a four guitar version of "The Boys are Back in Town" which is sadly not on Youtube.
