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Lazy Line Painter Jane
Fans who missed out on the 3 import EPs between 'If You're Feeling Sinister' and 'The Boy With the Arab Strap' should pick up this set that puts them all in 1 box, as it's quality work and all non-LP material. A Matador Records release.
Manufacturer: Matador Records
Price Range: $11.98 - $18.98
 Lazy Line Painter Jane
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| User Reviews |  | Strong short length
rating: 4
Apparently the old ep's from this group were, atypically for almost all bands releasing as many as B&S did, reliable for quality. No complaints here, although anyone who is a fan would know this particular ep would be a biased starting point to judge, since the title track became one of their most beloved tracks. Although it is not needed for those who have plenty of lp's to go, rest assured the brief time is marked with quality.
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What would the VU sound like if Lou Reed had been modest?
rating: 5
Now look, I don't care what else is on there, but I just spent 2 hours listening to the title track and being a Velvet Underground-o-phile I can say this is what the VU anno 69 might have sounded like if Uncle Lou had allowed a great female voice once in a while. True she sounds a little overly theatrical at first, but then again what do you expect from a song recorded in a church. Anyway, this one has less Smiths (you know, the group with the great lyrics but boring vocals), les Simon & Garfunkel and less Hazey Jane II (Nick Drake) in it than their other early songs, and more VU... so you won't hear me complaining.
As it happens, the other three are also good, though not as astral as the title track. Combined with the text on the cover, it is a feeling we've all been to. Long ago maybe. But then again, it should never be long ago. Sweeping chorus. I was just thinking how absolutely right this would sound sung by Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson... mmmm
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She Has This Boy
rating: 5
This is a superb box set and showcases songwriting as elegantly economic and sincere as lazy Jane's art. The keynote of great art is sincerity and that's what resonates here. Oh yes, "She will have a boy tonight"! The subject of the cover art is the breathtaking Thea Martin. I wrote this for her:
Not A Poem
(For Thea Rosamund Caromy Martin)
This is not a poem, this a kiss:
Pure joy, pure hope, pure passion between lips:
True God, from true God, pure light from pure light.
Warms you through the night, ends all dreams.
You've always known this kiss exists.
Loves you completely, from the first,
Shares every chimera, every wish when you wake,
Honours your best, forgives your worst;
Loves you at a moment's reconnaissance
of your olive eyes and sizzling lips, cerise;
your finespun frame and golden breast,
wrapped in red-ribbon and jet jacket,
vested in genius wit, in words that tease and strip
to Thea Rosamund Caromy Martin: soul, mate -
sagacious, conscious, correctly proud not to be pathetic
At your worst, you are God's church:
the sinfully rapturous sinews of strength that fit, no, furbish
your summer dress as I walk with you, along the criossette
and cannot hide under your Annie Hall hat
the masterpiece you read in me or the heart in you saying yes
that yeilds to kindness because it is kind and
cannot camouflage with the ice of a gifted mind
your wisdom once unheralded: girlish intuitiveness
that always understood the universe,
in your smile, scent and kittenish purrs;
nor the wisdom won in bloody battles, of the woman exalted:
by the pervading pulse and secret sighs of your soul's home,
you speak the truth alone: melted musical, sprinkled manna;
merry mouth, lovely, salted sores of centuries,
little sugar droplets ceaselessly stirring
while I shiver beneath the cinerous sky,
under the hovering torrent that worked its way inside.
So how could you not notice I am still student?
still convict on last ship to Australia, lying low in soup kitchens with
cats just coolin' to escape college or gallows;
yet, in your visionary grasp, suddenly I've outgrown my in-jokes
to be on quest, mote jueste, for a signature grail
for a word to rub and heal your poor, tired feet,
hammer a nail, sling an axe, bow to bride,
if words such as these are truly more than poetry
to unlock a kingdom's chest or spin the gold of your breast:
not words at all but your kiss in my kiss and, again, your kiss.
all that is me is yours: my reach in rivers overflown
my fingers in your hair, my face in your hands,
my heart thumping hard at your soft, soft centre of self.
This kiss is not a clanging bell, it is music.
This kiss is not an infidel, it is tantric.
This kiss is not science, it is mystic.
This kiss always listens before it speaks.
This kiss is not a patriarch, it is holy spirit.
This kiss is karma: Life giving to life,
goodness giving to goodness, giving back safely all magic and bliss
that began in the moonlight of the Petit Majestic
Is life's rich marrow, yesterday, today and tomorrow:
Slow and serene, it melts but never goes away
This kiss does not possess, does not scream, "Me!",
never asks if its happy. It just is.
This kiss waits peacefully and authentically:
in celebration, the act of love,
without condition, without risk.
© J Harkness 2005
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Want the most for your money? Check this out
rating: 3
Belle and Sebastian have been making great pop music for nearly a decade now, and some of their best work isn't on any studio album. You'll find great gems like "Lazy Line Painter Jane" and "The State I Am In" on this set, but why stop there? You could pay $18 for this box set. But there's a better option now.
A new 2 disc set has surfaced, thanks to Matador. It's called PUSH BARMAN TO OPEN OLD WOUNDS, and it contains all these songs and more for a cheaper price. If you're looking for non-album tracks from Scotland's best band, I'd say the decision is a no-brainer. Buy PUSH BARMAN instead - it's the price of a single disc album, and you get 25 tracks from all EP's 1997-2001. What a deal.
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Many breathtaking moments
rating: 4
Unabashed pop music, but richly so in a melancholy vein. Like a slow gin fizz. When the band's emotions get pumping, as on the track "Lazy Line Painter Jane", you can expect a shattering climax. Belle & Sebastian's early EP's are gathered together here impeccably, with great sound and artwork(but with teeny-tiny liner notes). It's the band performing at almost their peak(which eventually came with the "Arab Strap" album). Be sure to listen for the hidden track on the third disc. The lack of a female lead vocal(except on the title track)may be disappointing, but the melodies surely make up for this. Quite beautifully felt, surprisingly not redundant or repetitive(as the band became on "Waitress").
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