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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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LlynTegid · 28/11/2024 18:21

Lovely man Paul Heaton who I met about 15 years ago, wonderful songwriter, throughout his career.

the80sweregreat · 28/11/2024 18:15

Don't marry her , have me !
I do feel sorry for the girl in that song. She knows he won't.

Lonelycrab · 28/11/2024 18:14

Never did particularly float my boat but each to their own.

TellerTuesday · 28/11/2024 18:12

Love them, think I wore my carry on up the charts cd out in my early 20s. Haven't actually listened to them for a while, time for a blast for a hit of nostalgia.

Old Red eyes is back was my ultimate favourite.

Love Paul Heaton and he seems a very down to earth guy. He often puts money behind bars in a number pubs near the venues he's playing.

the80sweregreat · 28/11/2024 18:10

Paul Heaton did a great set at Glastonbury one year

FussyPud · 28/11/2024 18:09

Forgot to mention, am Northern.

Funkyslippers · 28/11/2024 18:07

DanielaDressen · 28/11/2024 17:59

Love them. And the HouseMartins before. The first female singer with the Beautiful South had an amazing voice.

Yeah her voice is exquisite & she's very good in the A Little Time video

alterego2 · 28/11/2024 18:06

Thank you for starting this @RuudVanWrinkleBreath - I now have Beautiful South playing loudly while I cook dinner. And I wouldn't have remembered without your thread!

Shityshitybangbang · 28/11/2024 18:06

Reminds me of my early 20s. I loved their music. Wasn’t keen on the song perfect 10 though. Just didn’t like the tune

DanielaDressen · 28/11/2024 18:05

Piggywaspushed · 28/11/2024 16:39

I also like 10000 Maniacs, REM and Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, whilst we are reminiscing.

I had all these on DVDs in a car I wrote off and lost them .

I really need to start listening to some of the old bands/singers who I loved back in the 90s.

REM were awesome
Old U2 stuff
Radiohead
The Black Crowes

I'm going to make myself a Spotify list!

DanielaDressen · 28/11/2024 17:59

Love them. And the HouseMartins before. The first female singer with the Beautiful South had an amazing voice.

the80sweregreat · 28/11/2024 17:59

'Happy hour ' by the Housemartins brings back so many memories. Such a happy feel good song and Fat boy slim on there too

TheCrenchinglyMcQuaffenBrothers · 28/11/2024 17:58

Funkyslippers · 28/11/2024 17:53

Gosh, Song For Whoever is anything but twee

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Oh ok then, 😂that's what I meant by 'taking the lyrics at face value'.

...it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs...

Definitely not the definition of twee.

the80sweregreat · 28/11/2024 17:58

Their lyrics are so clever and thoughtful
About real life, love life and divorce !

Piggywaspushed · 28/11/2024 17:56

I am not going to forgive this thread if I can't sleep tonight because of earworms.

Dita73 · 28/11/2024 17:55

N. They’re absolutely horrendous

TheCrenchinglyMcQuaffenBrothers · 28/11/2024 17:55

I'd be interested to know if there's much of a north/South divide in whether people like them or not

Am Irish (though live in the SE of England, if that makes a difference) and love them. When Bob Mortimer becomes Prime Minister, he should definitely give Paul Heaton a cabinet job...

Preferred Brianna's voice to Jacqui's, and also loved The Housemartins.

the80sweregreat · 28/11/2024 17:55

Paul Heaton is a legend of the pop world
I do love him ,

Kitkat1523 · 28/11/2024 17:54

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 28/11/2024 16:18

Annoying and twee, I agree.

Twee? 🙄
have you listened to the lyrics of these songs? Nothing fucking twee about ……bet you’ve never even seen Paul Heaton …..just someone else who has come on the thread to spout shite and make a tit of themselves🤣🤣🤣

Funkyslippers · 28/11/2024 17:53

FatOaf · 28/11/2024 17:34

I liked a few of their songs, mainly Old Red Eyes is Back, Rotterdam and Don't Marry Her. But I absolutely loathed Song for Whoever, which is horribly twee, and I found some others a bit copycat, e.g. the poor imitation of Tom Waits in Liars' Bar.

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Gosh, Song For Whoever is anything but twee

Shadyshady · 28/11/2024 17:53

I thought that was going to end...are shite!

One of a cluster of beige bands that surfaced in the 80's and drove me mad.

Dreary and overrated at the time. Pointless now!

MorrisZapp · 28/11/2024 17:52

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

TheCrenchinglyMcQuaffenBrothers · 28/11/2024 17:51

OneBadKitty · 28/11/2024 16:43

The thread is getting stupid now- anyone who thinks their songs are twee either doesn't know what twee means, or has never really listened to the songs.

They are NOT twee, twee means cute, sentimental, quaint etc. What is exactly is twee about them?

Yes and,
I know! They must never have listened to the lyrics, they are so cleverly written

I think it's either not knowing what twee refers to or, more likely, they're taking the lyrics at face value.
In fact, there's a comment I just read that has convinced me it is the latter (I won't say which one)....

periodiclabel · 28/11/2024 17:51

Luddite26 · 28/11/2024 17:19

Ha ha we could have all just swopped!😆

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I think he's still single if you're available :)

Inyournewdress · 28/11/2024 17:47

Wrapping presents? Do you have a lot of birthdays coming up OP? 😉

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