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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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WooleyMunky · 29/11/2024 19:10

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 17:54

@CorbyTrouserPress

Which woman? The one who sang on A Little Time. Don’t know her name. I can’t put my finger on why I dislike her as it’s obviously a technically good voice I just find it really grating.

I find everything they did really insipid and twee.

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

FeetLikeFlippers · 29/11/2024 19:07

Thought this was going to be how over-rated they are! They are one of my all-time pet hates when it comes to music, I can’t stand Paul Heaton’s voice and I find their lyrics really cheesy.

eastegg · 29/11/2024 19:01

randomchap · 28/11/2024 14:42

Twee lyrics? Are you getting confused with another band?

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I know!

One that springs to mind:

He was very rarely drunk but
very rarely sober
And he didn’t think the problem was his drink
He only knew his problem
when he knocked her over
And when the rotting flesh began to stink.

Yeah, too twee!

Randomer68 · 29/11/2024 18:50

Love them! Really reminds me of being in my 20s and happy times. Loved Housemartins too.

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 18:32

@snoopydoggdogg

Me too. I think it's the melodies which makes them seem so twee - very simplistic repetitive up-and-down-the-scale tunes which feel like the equivalent of listening to "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round" on endless loop. Just dull.

Yes and sort of knowingly wink wink faux innocent in a way I found really laboured and naff. Can’t bear them.

snoopydoggdogg · 29/11/2024 18:29

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 12:33

I absolutely hate them. They're one of my pet hates. I found the lyrics twee and the vocals unbearable.

There's very little music I really dislike but they are like nails on a blackboard.

Me too. I think it's the melodies which makes them seem so twee - very simplistic repetitive up-and-down-the-scale tunes which feel like the equivalent of listening to "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round" on endless loop. Just dull.

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" sounds like Beethoven next to them!

And whoever said Lennon and McCartney couldn't write better needs to wash their mouth with soap!

Bundtbake · 29/11/2024 18:28

@ObieJoyful I agree!
Saw them in Manchester, really bad attitude.

Primmyhill · 29/11/2024 17:59

Sorry, I think they’re shit.

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 17:54

@CorbyTrouserPress

Which woman? The one who sang on A Little Time. Don’t know her name. I can’t put my finger on why I dislike her as it’s obviously a technically good voice I just find it really grating.

I find everything they did really insipid and twee.

CorbyTrouserPress · 29/11/2024 17:42

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 17:29

I always think his voice sounds like he's struggling to swallow a hard-boiled egg. I also hated the voice of the woman who sang with them.

Caravan of Love is actually beautiful. Housemartins fine. Beautiful South big cringe for me.

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Which one?

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 17:29

WooleyMunky · 29/11/2024 17:02

Youtube 'Caravan of Love' by The Housemartins on The Tube.

I know it is pre Beautiful South, but it is still very impressive. Heaton has always had a great voice.
And I had a massive crush on him in the 80s...🙄

I always think his voice sounds like he's struggling to swallow a hard-boiled egg. I also hated the voice of the woman who sang with them.

Caravan of Love is actually beautiful. Housemartins fine. Beautiful South big cringe for me.

WooleyMunky · 29/11/2024 17:02

Youtube 'Caravan of Love' by The Housemartins on The Tube.

I know it is pre Beautiful South, but it is still very impressive. Heaton has always had a great voice.
And I had a massive crush on him in the 80s...🙄

Eminybob · 29/11/2024 16:30

Love love love them.
Carry on up the charts is often on in this house. I know every word of every song.

Hillarious · 29/11/2024 16:22

Some people just don't get The Beautiful South or Paul Heaton, and that's fine. Their loss, but absolutely fine.

Lakeyloo · 29/11/2024 16:03

RuudVanWrinkleBreath · 29/11/2024 11:40

Housemartins sesh today😁

London 0 Hull 4

Loved them too ! My DP had a chat at work with Norman Cook on Tuesday, he said he was absolutely lovely. Very happy to talk about the football team they both support, gigs of his we've been too, the weather........

CorbyTrouserPress · 29/11/2024 12:48

’Should’ve kept my eyes shut’ was about domestic violence.

….My father stands with rope in hand
A screaming mother kneels in hope
And she hope and we hope
That the words that she said won't provoke
A smile is removed and a petal is crushed
What once was a laugh has turned into a joke
You should've kept your mouth shut….

So twee

Thepeopleversuswork · 29/11/2024 12:33

I absolutely hate them. They're one of my pet hates. I found the lyrics twee and the vocals unbearable.

There's very little music I really dislike but they are like nails on a blackboard.

Nolongera · 29/11/2024 12:28

Funkyslippers · 29/11/2024 10:23

What song is about domestic violence? Song For Whoever isn't

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Edit, sorry, I made a mistake, I thought you keep it all in was their first single, turns out it was song for whoever.

In fairness, it was a long time ago.

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RuudVanWrinkleBreath · 29/11/2024 11:40

Housemartins sesh today😁

London 0 Hull 4

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NerrSnerr · 29/11/2024 11:16

You keep it all in was about domestic violence 'husband getting ready to right, daughter sleeps the moment the light turns on she hears'.

EvilsElsasPetSnowman · 29/11/2024 10:24

Song for whoever is about people who use muses to make good songs

Funkyslippers · 29/11/2024 10:23

Nolongera · 29/11/2024 09:34

The number of people who think Song for Whoever is a lovely song about girls names, I know someone named from the song who thought that.

Sorry Phillipa.

Bit like people who think the Police's " Every breath you take" is a love song.

If you like their version of Caravan of love, have a listen to the Isely brothers original version, like 2 different songs.

Any band that starts out with a song about domestic violence isn't going for the easy sell.

What song is about domestic violence? Song For Whoever isn't

Nolongera · 29/11/2024 09:34

The number of people who think Song for Whoever is a lovely song about girls names, I know someone named from the song who thought that.

Sorry Phillipa.

Bit like people who think the Police's " Every breath you take" is a love song.

If you like their version of Caravan of love, have a listen to the Isely brothers original version, like 2 different songs.

Any band that starts out with a song about domestic violence isn't going for the easy sell.

Luddite26 · 29/11/2024 06:28

I had turned my back on the Beautiful South back in 1997 after they had been one of my favourites for a few years. Husband at the time was a fan and when we divorced I really hated them because they reminded me of him so much.
When I watched Paul Heaton's Glastonbury set on TV in the summer, it was like a hand hold taking me to revisit the long lost early 90s.I felt like ex husband had took them in the divorce along with so many of my belongings and watching that set gave me chance to claim them back.

dawnc27 · 28/11/2024 22:50

love them, 2 of my favs are woman in the wall and should have kept my eyes shut. im not sure if i should be proud or ashamed that those 2 were also the ones my kids aged around 7 would sing along to most!

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