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Beautiful South Exclusive - An Interview with Front Man, Paul Heaton (3/3)
By Julia Grant
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(1/3),
(2/3),
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Do you feel that some of your lyrics are under appreciated or that some of
your best have been overlooked? Personally, I think more recently that
Half Of Him (from TBS's 2004 album, Gaze) didn't get as much recognition
as it deserved.
Half Of Him is a song that I wrote in it's entirety.
Yes, I thought it was a little under received, but not compared to some other
stuff that I buy. I've had an equal amount of songs overrated as I have underrated.
For that, I feel in quite a privileged position.
Better for them to like your personality and hate your looks,
than ignore everything you say whilst making you wear a bag over your head!
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One of my favourite tracks from your last album, Superbi, is Bed Of Nails.
It's sung beautifully (a duet between Paul & Alison) and the lyrics are quite touching.
What is it about?
It's about sacrifice. The man is saying I'll happily exchange this perfect life
I have for a difficult one, and that is regardless of the pain that that may involve.
What's touching for many is downright offensive in the leper colony that we call the charts!
Has it ever felt awkward recording songs for everyone to hear, that can
often contain some quite personal and perhaps revealing lyrics?
No.
Do you ever find that people judge you a lot by you lyrics?
Maybe people think I'm cleverer than I am. I'm not at all convinced in the
"fans'" argument that writing good lyrics makes you a better person.
It is because of my fallibilities as a human, that I'm able to write lyrics,
not despite them. I hope people realize that when I wrote "A Little Time",
"Blackbird" etc that it wasn't from a higher place, but I'd also been (and
continue to)go through mistakes.
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It's said that you're an instant judge of character, is this true?
Yes, I tend to judge early. It's part of my job.
One, by early, I mean within the first twenty seconds.
Two, to judge a person isn't to profile them. I wouldn't look at
someone's skin colour or haircut! More their eyes, the way they hold their
mobile, or the height of their left ear lobe.
As a barometer, it's worked in my favour. I'm living with the people I want
to, I have fun being bitchy with friends and I'm a nightmare to mark at corners.
Just a couple more questions then, when you were on tour, what sort of things
would be on your rider?
3 banks of four
4 local ales
4 local crisps
And the other four friends who I formed the band with!
Other than that?
Smack for Sean
Charlie for Steady
Speedballs for Rothers
And a fine glass of Rioja for Hamster (via drip)
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Have you heard about the musical,
The Slide,
that's based on Beautiful South songs? Do you fancy going to see it?
Songs taken out of one person's context and put in another's appeals
to me as much as Abba Abba Hey - The Swedish Ramones.
There's also a book coming out called
"Book For Whoever - Memories and stories of songs by The Beautiful South"
, where fans have written
about what a particular song means to them. What do you think to that idea?
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It would be nice to read for me, because I never truly understood, and still
don't fully understand my value. I mean that not as false modesty, but
more as a misreading of a situation I didn't fully understand.
And the back of my mind, you see, was a feeling that I gained from my dad,
that maybe it wasn't ok to take praise. That praise should somehow always be deflected.
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People - An Interview With Carol Ann Kerry-Green (Arthur C. Clarke Judge) By Lynne Taylor
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By day Carol Ann Kerry-Green works for the local authority writing up reports and having
meetings but by night she can be time travelling to the distant future or experiencing
life in a colony on another planet - all because of her passion for science fiction novels.
Carol, who has been fascinated by the what if' from her teens, began her career in
British Science Fiction more than
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People - An Interview with Neils Children By Caroline Murphy
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Ok, so it's official, Neils Children rocked Cari's World! Yup, the Earth moved, and all that stuff... and that was just the sound check.
I caught up with John, James and Brandon on their first visit to
Wolverhampton from the Big Smoke, as they headlined at the Little Civic
(All those of you who went to see Papa Roach
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People - Jim Muir Slideshow By Michelle Dee
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It's the packaging that catches the eye first that and the fact you have to slice open the CD envelope with
a sharp implement.
Due to the popularity of the first EP, I have only the second two before me.
The Slideshow are storytellers first and foremost. Jim Muir began writing the songs during 2000 and 2001.
He says that he writes to
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People - Short Back and Sides - The Life and Times of Walter Oglesby, Gentlemen's Hairdresser By Jane Foster
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Walter Oglesby is a local character with a rich stock of experiences and memories.
Now 82, Walter only retired from his trade as a barber six years ago.
During his time he worked for 40 years on Hull's docks, being not only a
hairdresser to the local docker population, but a friend and confidante too.
When the docker's trade started to wane, he began collecting their tools of the
trade and exhibiting them
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People, Interviews - Interview with Tokyo Dragons
By Michelle Dee
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Tokyo dragons are definitely not like The Smiths, lets just clear that one up.
They play a brand of loud ballsy U.S. rock circa 1995, maybe like G.n'R. or
Aerosmith with a bit of Kiss thrown in.
It's been a while since I checked out the mainstream rock scene.
These guys have been going for four years and hail from N.W. London
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People, Interviews - Interview With The Paddingtons By John-Paul Nicholas. Photographs - The Paddingtons at The Adelphi By Darren Rogers
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They look like The Clash used to. They look like The Stone Roses' evil twins.
They look like a gang.
And they are as tight as a gang, finishing each other's sentences and putting across their
points individually, knowing that they speak for the band as a whole.
Acting as spokesman Lloyd says What I fuckin' hate about music magazines is
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People - Ellie Beill - Move In Direct
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My name is Ellie Beill. When asked by thisisUll.com to write an
article on myself I was unsure.
But here goes ...
The property market has always fascinated me.
I think it comes from moving house eight times before I was 18 (that averages a move every 2.25 years!).
So I guess
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People - Sleaze Queens - Inside Story, Outside World at Dukes March 3rd 05.By Michelle Dee
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Two bright, young, rock n roll girls, are bidding to become the best Djs in town.
They have been making a name for themselves at the Sweet n Sour night, on
alternate Saturdays at Silhouette for a number of months.
Sparkly Mel and Sultry Kat bring a selection of tantalizing tunes
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People - Interview with John Robb By Steve Rudd
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John Robb: is a legendary figure in punk-rock circles, having been at the forefront of making
some fantastic music since the age of sixteen, when he co-founded The Membranes in Blackpool.
Since then John has been involved in allsorts of interesting projects
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People, Interviews - Fifty Nine Violets at the New Adelphi
By Michelle Dee
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Their Christmas card lists run to half a dozen names, they have a penchant for blowing up amps;
they are a thrilling live experience; they are of course the Fifty Nine Violets:
from Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire.
For the majority of
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People - DJ Chris Plant
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DJ Chris Plant started his professional musical career back in 1996, although his passion
for music began when he was just seven years old.
The 22 year old from Kirkella has wanted to be a DJ for as long as he can remember
and has travelled the globe
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People - Interview with The Ga*Ga*s at Asylum By Andy Dykes
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I walk into Asylum in the middle of a soundcheck.
There are people all over the place, any number of whom look like they could be a
roadie, or the member of a band, or a vagrant.
Never before having met any of the people I am about to interview, figure a
bit of
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People, Interviews - The Johnsons - A Band Is Born
By Michelle Dee
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Once upon a time, in a garage not far away, four young men came together and began
to play rock and roll music.
In eight days they had a show to do.
Time was of the essence and if they could only withstand the pressure, the
ambitious
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People - An Interview With Torso Horse By Steve Rudd
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Torso Horse, for those people who don't know, are a Goth-Metal band
from Bridlington.
They have been plying their trade for about five years now, and in the past
couple of years in particular they have become very well known indeed: both in
and around
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People - Computerman at Fairview Recording Studios
By Michelle Dee
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Computerman are a Nottingham band, who have been on the scene since January 2004.
They recently came to Hull, specifically to Fairview Studios in Willerby, to
record an eight-track demo CD. The demo will include tracks: Increasingly so, No recover
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People - An Interview with Jim Eldon - Local Enigma
By Jane Foster
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Jim Eldon is a musician living in East Hull who, I'm told, doesn't normally do interviews .... so a
rare request it was that was received by thisisUll.com, from Andy his agent, for someone to do the deed.
This email was passed on to me, as Jim is a singer
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People - Caz Meets The Walnut Dash By Caroline Murphy
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And now to the Walnut Dash. So who are these people who text me at the eleventh hour and expect me to drop everything and come and interview them! Well actually they're extremely entertaining people, and their music is bloody brilliant!
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