A quick burst of noise, and why not. Quiet noise, mind – a couple of acoustic versions which I think of as the ‘proper’ versions of these two songs – I didn’t hear them first, before the original ones, but I’ve heard them most and like them a lot more than the busier album/single versions elsewhere. The Beautiful South are very good at that thing of being quiet and calm and filthy and bitter and everything all at once.
The Beautiful South – Don’t Marry Her (acoustic) mp3
The Beautiful South – Perfect 10 (acoustic) mp3
July 14, 2009 at 3:19 pm
It’s nice to see someone else on the blog scene has an ear for Paul Heaton and chums, they’re too often unfairly derided. One of my favourite bands and I’m not afraid to say it.
July 14, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Never really got into the Beautiful South all that much. I suspect it was largely down to resentment on my part that they weren’t The Housemartins. (if TBS had been a completely new project without any Housemartins baggage I’d probably have really liked them Such is the fickle nature of yer average indie music fan!).
July 14, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Sorry, should have been an extra bracket in there. So…
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there yer go!