Sunday, September 26th, 2010
"Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying"
Bettie Serveert covers Belle & Sebastian
MySpaceWhen the Matador 21 was announced back in the Summer along with the fact that it would feature performances from label alumni past and present, I thought for sure that Holland’s Bettie Serveert would be part of it. Though never one of Matador’s flagship bands, they had a good, three-album run with them in the ’90s and with the release of their latest Pharmacy Of Love, were planning their first US tour in many years for this Fall – surely the two would be intersecting.
It was not to be, however – though visa issues have rejigged their itinerary such that this Tuesday night’s show at the Drake in Toronto is the kick-off, they still don’t hit the southwest US until a week after Matador’s “Lost Weekend” is over. It’s probably too much to have asked to have been able to see them twice in the span of a week, alongside all of the other great acts who’ll be at the Palms in Vegas, and considering I get to see Belle & Sebastian twice in a fortnight – once in Vegas and once in Toronto at Massey Hall on October 12, the day their new record Belle & Sebastian Write About Love comes out – I have no grounds for complaint.
The Betties and Belles do cross paths on the Matador At 21 charity box set that’s coming out on Tuesday and also on this tune, though, which dates back to who knows when – I think I got it off Napster for god’s sake. It’s Bettie Serveert frontwoman Carol Van Dijk strumming the Sinster tune solo and acoustic.
MP3: Bettie Serveert – “Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying”
Video: Belle & Sebastian – “Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying” (live)
Tags: Belle & Sebastian, Bettie Serveert
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9/26/10 1:08 pm
Hadn’t heard this in ages. Believe it’s from a Dutch radio show. Thank you. A great band in their day who can truly sing, “you can either be successful or be us” with conviction.
9/26/10 3:04 pm
Do you like Bettie Serveert’s cover of “I’ll Keep It with Mine”? It’s on the “I Shot Andy Warhol” soundtrack in case you’ve never heard it.