The State I Am In by Belle and Sebastian.
The first song off Belle and Sebastian’s first record. According to the sticker on it, I purchased my vinyl copy at Etherea on Avenue A for $14.98. Looks like the 1999 pressing, so I wasn’t that far behind when I bought this, no later than 2001. Not sure where I first heard it, or if I just tried it out in the store.
These songs have stuck with me, all clever turns of phrase and chords. Other than some mistakes, confusion, or preferring to sing certain lyrics as I remember them rather than what I see written down on the websites where I look for chords, I haven’t changed the words of these songs much. (Kinda sounds like I did when I read that sentence back, but work with me here…) But the “crippled friend” lyric here is a little cringe in 2021. I sang it anyway.
So the new MIDI keyboard is a lot of fun, as you can tell. One live guitar and vocal today, with the rest all software instruments obviously mashed live to go with my faulty rhythm and flubs.
Oh, and I think I’m playing this a full step lower than the record, because I am not going to pretend I can do it the other way.
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