givemenoughrope wrote:Enough with these 'what's worse' thunderdomes already. Gimme good stuff.

It's more fun to talk about shit that sucks.

Benny wrote:i can't really understand the comparison between two, unless is by somebody that doesn't really grasp what is going on with both bands.

by and for manpussies, the both.



my vote is for belle and sebastian. boy with the arab strap is a great record, and they're so deep in the wuss-rock gang that even their mastering is limp wristed.

I don't know who is more "precious" but . . .

the music of Belle and Sebastian takes place in a universe where there are blowjobs.

the music of the Decemberists takes place in a universe where there are no blowjobs, only back issues of literary magazines. it is English lit grad school rock. fuck them.

PEPPER! wrote:I don't know who is more "precious" but . . .

the music of Belle and Sebastian takes place in a universe where there are blowjobs.

the music of the Decemberists takes place in a universe where there are no blowjobs, only back issues of literary magazines. it is English lit grad school rock. fuck them.

Nobody could say it better if they tried for the next 20 years

The first two Belle and Sebastian albums are great, nothing wrong with those records.

PEPPER! wrote: it is English lit grad school rock.

You obviously haven't met the right English lit grad students.

Being not 14 or a girl or a 14 year old girl I do not like either band.

BC=both crap

Belle & Sebastian have balls underneath all the pretty. The Decemberists have prog underneath all the boring.

Belle & Sebastian are infectious and awesome. They win.

Tom wrote:This is really no contest.

If you voted for BS, then you've probably never heard the Decemberists.

Shit makes Saddle Creek sound like Butt Trumpet.

I'm not really a BS fan, but BS at least as an atom of sincerity.

Man, I can't stand either band in this Preciousdome, but I hear absolutely no sincerity to Belle & Sebastian's wuss-rock Nick Drake rip-off bullshit.

DregsInTheCrowd wrote:Belle & Sebastian have balls underneath all the pretty.

No, they don't.

B & S get my vote for being lame, spineless, precious music over the Decemberists, but with high, obvious waffles.

"San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?...
The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor
He knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for
a doorway
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench
Life outside the diamond is a wrench"

From "Piazza, New York Catcher", B&S

C'mon, literate about baseball and making Piazza jokes and a Scotsman? Respect.

I haven't heard anything this funny out of the Decemberists, who also completely suck.

Full disclosure: Belle and Sebastian (and blowjob) fan