And we have to admit, these two go along in perfect harmony. The characters, the mellow mood, the weather...



More people though so and I went to explore what I thought was more than a mere internet meme.

First off, Belle is a character in Peanuts, one of his sisters:
Nevertheless Belle & Sebastian claim to have gotten their name from a French children's story. (I remember the cartoons on the TV, it had to be an anime based production of course, and I even have their book.)

There is a copy of the original Peanuts theme, with the same rhythm boxes and all, wandering around the Internet labeled as being played by Belle & Sebastian. It made it's way to Last.fm as you can see.

There are also references to a live cover performance of the Peanuts theme.

Finally, "Seeing other people" from Belle and Sebastian really does sound a lot like the Peanuts theme:

These last two points seem to be the only factual relationship between the two...