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To think The Beautiful South...

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RuudVanWrinkleBreath · 28/11/2024 13:38

were...bloody amazing!?

AIBU to think this band might be the most underrated band in the UK...EVER!?

I have just blasted out their greatest hits whilst wrapping presents and had a nostalgic sing-along. So many wonderfully written songs, great singers too. Criminally underrated in my opinion.

AIBU?

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MasterBeth · 30/11/2024 08:47

JustMeAndTheFish · 29/11/2024 20:15

I mean after Genesis obviously, they are the best band on the planet.

Oh dear.

MasterBeth · 30/11/2024 08:46

CommonAsMucklowe · 29/11/2024 23:23

I don't rate Lennon/McCartney either, I thought I was alone.

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Not rating McCartney as a songwriter is a bit like not rating Constable as a painter or not rating Navratilova as a tennis player.

Not liking McCartney as a songwriter is something a bit different, although I would hope suggests ignorance on your part rather than terrible taste. McCartney's canon is so huge and so varied and has been covered by so many artists in so many styles who have found something melodic and/or lyrical in it.

hammyhamster72 · 30/11/2024 08:20

Nope not for me - twee lyrics and make me switch off.. Don't marry her is one of the most irritating songs ever!

Sorrynotsorry22 · 30/11/2024 07:52

The cringe is physical

SassK · 30/11/2024 05:54

I think PDH peaked with the Housemartins, I still have several Housemartins songs on playlists (though I don't hate Beautiful South or anything, all good sing alongs, and I love sail this ship alone, one of his best). Paul Heaton is a lovely guy, and still good live.

LindorDoubleChoc · 30/11/2024 05:00

Yabu! I love music, have a very wide range of favourite bands/singers/songs ... but there is not a single Beautiful South song that I can bear to listen to for one second. No exaggeration. That radio gets turned off the second I hear an opening bar. I'm almost phobic!

Paul Heaton to me is smugness personified.

SullysBabyMama · 30/11/2024 03:40

I saw them (well some of them) live a couple of years ago, with my best friend and our two little ones on a Sunday lunchtime. It was AMAZING! They sounded good and the vibe was beautiful.

caznjoe53 · 30/11/2024 03:12

ThroatwobblerMangrove · 30/11/2024 00:06

I can't say I'm a fan of the later stuff but "Choke" is one of my absolute favourite albums ever.

I think Quench is a great album too

caznjoe53 · 30/11/2024 03:11

Seen Beautiful South live several times and also him on his own. I think he's a musical genius

CrowleyKitten · 30/11/2024 02:25

they aren't one of my favourites, but they have some catchy tunes, and I admire that Paul Heaton is very invested in keeping their ticket prices low so that people can afford to go and see them and have a couple of drinks without being well off. he seems a really decent sort.

ThroatwobblerMangrove · 30/11/2024 00:06

I can't say I'm a fan of the later stuff but "Choke" is one of my absolute favourite albums ever.

CommonAsMucklowe · 29/11/2024 23:23

EnglishGirlApproximately · 28/11/2024 14:09

Paul Heatons new album is a joy as well, I'm listening to it a lot right now. Possibly the best song writer this country has ever produced (before anyone comes at me - no I don't rate Lennon & McCartney 😉)

I don't rate Lennon/McCartney either, I thought I was alone.

RedHelenB · 29/11/2024 21:48

MorrisZapp · 28/11/2024 17:52

Does he not sing some pish about loving the wrinkles on a woman's face? Insufferable.

Why can't you love the wrinkles of a woman/man you've shared a life with?

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 21:06

Sorrynotsorry22 · 29/11/2024 19:42

Was always told, if you can't say something nice, then don't say anything !.

That kind of undermines the point of a discussion board though, no?

IsSpringSprangedYet · 29/11/2024 20:59

I've loved them since I was little - I had no idea what 36D was about until I was much older!! I was fascinated by the artwork on the 0898 album. And I really like their version of Don't Fear the Reaper.

Love Deacon Blue as well.

WillimNot · 29/11/2024 20:58

Yes, absolutely class.

I love A Little Time. It's my woman power tune. It's as my DD would call it "peak savage"

Rotterdam and Don't Marry Her are exceptional. I would love to see Paul Heaton.

JustMeAndTheFish · 29/11/2024 20:15

I mean after Genesis obviously, they are the best band on the planet.

SnickoryDickoryDock · 29/11/2024 19:52

I love them. Paul Heaton is doing a UK & Ireland tour at the moment. I have tickets to see him in Dublin in March.

Jack80 · 29/11/2024 19:48

They are a great band

Sorrynotsorry22 · 29/11/2024 19:42

Was always told, if you can't say something nice, then don't say anything !.

Serp12 · 29/11/2024 19:40

You are not wrong! They are amazing!

Vgbeat · 29/11/2024 19:39

Love, live, love the Beautiful South, always special to me as they were my late dads favourite band. Saw Paul Heaton a couple of years ago and he was brilliant and a lovely guy

Saschka · 29/11/2024 19:16

ChessorBuckaroo · 28/11/2024 16:34

I've known that song all these years (can remember hearing it in shops (Woolworths near the pick n mix section sticks in my memory) when it came out when I was 10 without focusing so much on all the lyrics) and didn't know about that little twist..just checked the lyrics. Very clever.

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See, I think the twist is incredibly obvious and you can see it coming from space 🤷‍♀️

cgwmtl · 29/11/2024 19:16

I love them, have most of their albums and have them on in the car a lot of the time.

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 19:16

@WooleyMunky

Brianna Corrigan.
Left the group over misogyny in some of the lyrical content.

Ah yes I remember her now. She did have a technically great voice and I think in another band it could have worked really well.

There was just something about them: the lyrics, the vocals (particularly Heaton) which was so childish and syrupy. It just set off my gag reflex.

They're one of only two bands whose music annoys me so much I have to turn it off or leave the room. The other being Supertramp. Vom.

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