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a century of fakers...
I've been having a sort through my music this morning and I found this song. It's A Century of Fakers by Belle & Sebastian. I used to love this song. In fact, I used to love the band until Mrs McMuffin and I went to see them one night a few years ago. For some reason the show was nearly two hours late in starting and when they came on stage the band played shit. Oh, and they didn't even say anything about keeping everyone waiting. It was a strange experience, but not as strange as my reaction to it all. I still feel pissed off with them for behaving badly. I didn't buy the new album that they were touting at the time, and I stopped listening to them. Having said all that, I still have a soft spot for this song. It's hard not to like a song with these lyrics:
There are people going hungry every day They've got nothing on their plates And you're filling your fat face with every different kind of cake And if you ever go lardy, or go lame I will drop you straight away That's the price you have to pay For every stupid thing you say
mr mcmuffin on 15 May 2005 @ 01:18 PM ✲ Permalink
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Saw them in 1999 and they were pretty feeble, except when Stuart Murdoch, in a huff, smashed his guitar to bits. Two years later I saw them at the Royal Albert Hall and they were EXCELLENT, a vast improvement on the shambolic group I'd seen before - as a band they had their shit together while still clearly having fun. In fact, I'll bet the earlier gig mentioned in this review of the R.A.H. gig was the one you were at. I loves 'em!
Posted by: Nagl | 18 May 2005 16:44:27
Actually it was this gig and I despised them for it too. At least National Park were sweet if not inspiring and Elliot Smith, bah!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 18 May 2005 18:33:16
