La Rue Du Chat Qui Pêche | CD | Sarah/Quatro QTCY-2024 | June 21, 1993 Blueboy-Elle [from SARAH74], Blueboy-Air France [from SARAH74], The Sugargliders-Letter From A Lifeboat, East River Pipe-Helmet On, Action Painting!-Sensation No.5, The Harvest Ministers-You Do My World The World Of Good, The Rosaries-Leaving, Secret Shine-Loveblind, Boyracer- I've Got It And It's Not Worth Having, East River Pipe-My Life Is Wrong, The Sugargliders-Ahprahran, The Harvest Ministers-6 O'Clock Is Rosary, The Rosaries-Ivory Tower, Secret Shine-Temporal, Boyracer-Black Fantastic Splitting, Action Painting!-Classical Music.   Sleeve notes "La Rue Du Chat Qui Pêche" - the shortest street in Paris; it's just an alleyway really, on the Left Bank, two minutes down from the Place St. Michel and that shop that sells huge mushroom pizzas (filling and warm on a cold autumn night when you've three hours to kill before the boat-train leaves for Dieppe) - a tiny, nothing-y alleyway full of messy backdoor clatter and the smell of restaurant kitchens, it runs down from La Rue de la Huchette's lights and tourist bustle to the Siene, somewhere between Pont St. Michel and Petit Pont, where the river divides round the île - and none of this is especially relevant but - our English compilations have always been named after local roads, places, that's all - Bristol streets - and - I remember, before we left England, the Japanese guidebooks we borrowed being full of terrifyingly helpful advice like THEY DON'T HAVE STREET NAMES, and DON'T TRY TO CATCH A BUS or you'll never be seen again - and I remember we wandered hopelessly in circles in the rain outside Shibuya station on our first night in Tokyo, trying to find the way back to our hotel; and one afternoon while Heavenly soundchecked we thought we'd walk to Roppongi, but just found ourselves an hour later trudging south- west under some huge expressway that roared on above us forever - so - well, maybe that goes some way to explaining our compilation title - and hopefully you'll like these songs - all by bands new to the label, though some of you may have seen Blueboy when they were over this February - and - well, here's a few words about each band - just in Japanese, so they won't know what we've said...   Elle instrumental. Elle: A French fashion magazine.   Air France strange as it may seem i still live a lie caught up in your dream take me far away away away air france blossoms in my mind (in my mind) air france leave the world behind (world behind) smile me into bed and take my innocence smash my little head and drag me far away away away air france blossoms in my mind (in my mind) air france leave the world behind (world behind). Air France: An airline.   © 1993 Blueboy, Sarah, Shinkansen.