Though titled after the legendary record man Seymour Stein, Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson maintains the song is not about the recording industry, "'Seymour Stein' is in no way a comment or a put-down on record company executives. It's a love song about a girl." Instead, Jackson cleverly uses Stein as a kind of sounding board for love advice -- rhetorically posing intimate questions as if he were a close personal friend in this beautifully wrought ballad. - Tom Maginnis, allmusic .com
Though titled after the legendary record man Seymour Stein, Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson maintains the song is not about the recording industry, "'Seymour Stein' is in no way a comment or a put-down on record company executives. It's a love song about a girl." Instead, Jackson cleverly uses Stein as a kind of sounding board for love advice -- rhetorically posing intimate questions as if he were a close personal friend in this beautifully wrought ballad. - Tom Maginnis, allmusic .com
Though titled after the legendary record man Seymour Stein, Belle
Though titled after the legendary record man Seymour Stein, Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson maintains the song is not about the recording industry, "'Seymour Stein' is in no way a comment or a put-down on record company executives. It's a love song about a girl." Instead, Jackson cleverly uses Stein as a kind of sounding board for love advice -- rhetorically posing intimate questions as if he were a close personal friend in this beautifully wrought ballad. - Tom Maginnis, allmusic .com
Though titled after the legendary record man Seymour Stein, Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson maintains the song is not about the recording industry, "'Seymour Stein' is in no way a comment or a put-down on record company executives. It's a love song about a girl." Instead, Jackson cleverly uses Stein as a kind of sounding board for love advice -- rhetorically posing intimate questions as if he were a close personal friend in this beautifully wrought ballad. - Tom Maginnis, allmusic .com