Beautiful South in general

You know you should never analyse a joke because it is no longer funny?. The same is true of music, too much alcohol and friends round means it gets interesting. But you know you can't work out what makes it great it just is. TBS are the most underrated band in the music industry. I was almost amused to see in Q their review for Gaze was relegated to a few paragraphs. The typical underdog that the TBS see themselves as. It got a perfunctory three stars as I think Quench did, I don?t know what Red got because I didn't bother reading the review. TBS work because they are clever, Paul Heaton may paint a picture of a wandering loser ...

I was really introduced to The Beautiful South when I won tickets to see them perform in Bridlington in 1998. During that gig I realised I actually knew a lot of their songs, but didn't actually know that it was them who sang them! After this gig I got into the band big-time, I have all their CD's and whenever they release a new single I buy both CD's just to get the B-sides. I even spend time on Ebay searching for other mercahndise. Okay, maybe I'm not as dedicated as some but I am a huge fan of the band. So why do they irritate me so much? Simple, they, or their management/PR company, do not promote themselves enough! They do release ...

NOTE: This opinion is not on the Beautiful South in general, but on their latest album, Solid Bronze - Greatest Hits, which does not currently have a catergory on dooyoo. Hope nobody minds. As a long term fan of the Beautiful South, I was concerned when they released their first Greatest Hits - Carry On Up The Charts in 1995 - that their new massive fanbase (1 in 7 households own a Beautiful South Record) would mean that the fantastic, sniping, sarcastic lyrics of Paul Heaton would have to be toned down in order to appeal to a mainstream audience. However, this was not the case, and this second greatest hits proves it. I cannot believe that it's been six ...