beautiful south a song for whoever

[SuzLa1]

I can only find two videos of this song and they're both too quiet.

[OldSchoolRasslin]

Is Paul Heaton the father of Michelle Heaton out of Liberty X?

[TheFreakScott]

i guess 9 people have no pencil case

[SuzLa1]

Shame it's so quiet.

[SuzLa1]

It's really quiet and I have my volume right up. 

[Bishops67]

Love this vid, and the the message of it, Its most of what has been written and its a great South song. Just on thing, I put it on my facebook and now when I try to play it, I am told can't and must play it on youtube! Any reason?

[dbg177]

ENJOY

[chickenbroncitis]

I wished I could play the typewriter as well as he can.

[STANLEYCOURT]

It's about shagging - and what's wrong with that?

[BeckyLouiseeStaines]

I'm 15 and love this song, Loved it since I was a kid xD

[thegeezerdan]

8 people are fans of todays shitty music.

[thegeezerdan]

I love this song.

[PinkFloydFan74]

Fan-fucking tastic!!!!!

[Bagpuss76]

what i love the best about this is the video pretty much successfully predicts the way the music industry has become today....

[bebecar102]

Love this..

[rogerzilla]

It's not a love song, it's about a cynical songwriter who only goes out with women so he can write songs and have hits. The album version includes a coda where one of the women ("Mary") gets her revenge.

Paul Heaton looks so fresh-faced here; even ten years later you could see what all that hard living does to a man ;-) Dave Hemingway's voice is less distinctive, but he does deliver this with jaw-dropping clarity.

[CnutRexAnglorum]

@rogerzilla Hard living? :(

Some folk just gain weight; nowt to do with hard living.

[mrcolj]

Yeah, @TheEpsryn, it's a formula love song about how high-maintenance relationships are, "but it's all worth it." As you listen, you realize "it's all worth it" because he makes so much money milking her moods by writing songs and selling them.

[268DrGadget]

Excellant song. First time I have seen the video though.

Brilliant as Beautiful South & the Housemartins !

[gipperbanana]

The Epsryn, the song is from the viewpoint of a songwriter who is very cynical about the people he is writing for.He is writing for the Royalties and the girls are those who buy his records

[TheEpsryn]

seriously, its an old school love song, i mean the music is ok, he sings ok, but the lyrics... wtf i don't get it- is there a hole in his pencil case he sticks his pe nis through for her to give him head in class or something? i dont get the bottom of the pencil case thing!?! Is it where he keeps his ekkies- is this a song about being so fuck ed off your face you forget who or what you were doing but you know you loved it! please explain

[vitaemecha]

@TheEpsryn its like loving someone from the bottom of your heart, but at school you don't know what love is, and you write a girls name on your pencil case each time you fancy them, its about childish exploration of feelings before you know what love is.

[guyboxerdog]

@TheEpsryn Are you really that shallow? Were you never 13 and so crazy about some cuze that you thought you m,ay implode?

[MsJellicleCat]

@TheEpsryn Try Google, read the lyrics.. if you still can't figure it out and persist in thinking that the singing and lyrics are just 'OK', I suggest you go back to music that doesn't strain your brain like Hanna Montana & Bieber music. You'll be better able to understand and appreciate this kind of music in a few years.

[TheEpsryn]

seriously, its an old school love song, i mean the music is ok, he sings ok, but the lyrics... wtf i don't get it- is there a hole in his pencil case he sticks his penis through for her to give him head in class or something? i dont get the bottom of the pencil case thing!?! Is it where he keeps his ekkies- is this a song about being so fucked off your face you forget who or what you were doing but you know you loved it! please explain

[grivago]

Just amazing...

[billtr96sn]

@jasbk I am that boy. 50 years old now with many wistful memories.

[clodaable]

i just love this song, fuckin BRILLIANT...lol joke

[jasbk]

it reminds me of a schoolboy Crush... a boy with the names of all his crushes as he grew up, he then finds that pencil case again one day.... Just my thoughts

[TheEpsryn]

@jasbk dude thats a win- best explanation ever



[thegeezerdan]

I havent got a girlfriend but this song always reminds me of a woman.

[legindyoll]

How can you not like this.

[fransleeuw]

En musique la Grande Bretagne sera toujours bien loin devant la France...La preuve...

[1364MQVM]

great



[1364MQVM]

Reminds me of a reality show on tv

[roughton01]

what a brilliant song

[jpearse1891]

This is just the best, If I feel shit this will lift me, Cheers!

[MrDeano3330]

saw them in concert in Newcastle about 5 years ago and they were absolute class!

[TECKMASSE]

Thanks great song in 1990 

[ecc84]

i think Heaton saw the X-Factor coming back then.

so may acts in todays charts are just Blancmanges.

[mira941]

When I heard the chorus a big smile stood on my face and I started to cry.... that is an amazing song....

[mira941]

When I heard the chorus, a big smile stood on my face and I started to cry... that's an amazing song!!!

[BISHOPDRACULA]

can anyone post "Why can't I?" by The Beautiful South????

It doesn't exist on t'internet anywhere and it's one of my fav songs ever :)

[13muzic]

this sends shivers down my spine!

[sman88capitals]

Deep so Deep!

[sman88capitals]

we need some new songwriters that are as good and deep as this!

[MrAshhotty]

brill song

[lord5ugg5]

forgot how good they were. Thanks.

[6FeelsLikeLightning9]

Shame no-one writes songs this well any more. Decent singer/Songwriters are very difficult to find now

[Seanogoals]

Superb groups ......love the lyrics of their songs , just perfect.

[jbish79]

 amazing song

[fowlergod09]

hulls finest i know it doesn't say much but paul heaton is a genius

[TheCollierylad]

saw these live early 90's,Paul Heaton brilliant

[Nadiaflowerful]

BRAVI !!!! MI MANCATE !!!

[ShatteredxSpiritx]

What with them and penguins? xx

[ImNotYourSandwich]

lovee<3

[SuzLa1]

It isn't very loud.

[TheShaman74]

great

[pharmakeus62]

Cool -- and funny

[Oxmix64]

What happened to the "Mary" verse at the end?

Was it stolen along with the blancmange!

[danielzieba]

@Oxmix64 its on the album version. i have uploaded it on my youtube page

[karoliencasteur]

mijn eerste slow met mijn schatje!

[fezthedruid]

PENGUIN ON GUITAR!!! 1:49!!! beautiful south are good :D

[darthsidious2010]

Love these guys. Check out the Housemartins too (some of the same members).

[madbeatnik]

Anyone know where to find a vid of the full song (with the "let me talk about Mary" verse)?

[cedricthecentaur]

I'd heard the song hundreds of times but never seen the video before. it all fits together so well:)

[spotz62]

Best.....



[nosalvation88]

it's a song making fun of love songs and how you can make money from a few well placed words. the song is great, but a lot of people miss it's point...

[eightiesmod1]

@nosalvation88 This song is a pop version of expressionistic criticism of the abuse of words, emotions, etc...

Nowadays, those casted boy groups, those casted idols, who dont sing, dont talk about themselves, their feelings...

Sold emotions of cash making purpose only, for existences unable to have own feelings, own thoughts, just being how they were told to be, just feeling how they were told to feel by institutions only interested in money making, but labeling their trash as art.

[emmgr2]

I love their clever lyrics

[roadhockey]

rules.

[aLittleLena]

I love love love this song!

[boyracer1987]

The video to this is even more poignant in today's ex-factor obsessed manufactured world than it was when released 21 years ago. It's almost like they foresaw the way the music world was heading

[folkestone1]

I know, whats happened to british popular music!!!

[kangfesher]

This is group is one of my first true loves....just gorgeous and wicked.

[redalader]

<3Super sweet and cute song

[cuteguy65]

One of my favouite sweet song of all time.

[facepiat]

@cuteguy65 Me too . Wonderful song!

[JLBJoanneB]

I remember writing names of boys on my pencil case and then crossing them out and writing another. rofl

[pinklady931]

i love him coz,,,,,,, he puts me in my rite full place x

[prelepota]

Love you because, you put me in my rightful place ... :D

how true how ironic how great :)

[TECKMASSE]

Je regardais les oiseaux au travers de la baie vitrée et je ne voyais que toi !

[zomgbbqwth]

this is 1 of the sweetest song ever~

definitely one of my top 10 out of the 50000 mp3s i have~

[Jenscootergirl]

The number one I hope to reep, depends upon the tears you weep, so cry lovey cry.... :)

[applecynical]

Listening to this wonderful song is like a breath of fresh air compared to the crap dished out today. Absolutely great.

[fabslb114]

j'adore que des bons souvenirs

[virgulios]

I remember this lovely song and the video wanted to laugh at Stock Aitken and Waterman who were supposed to be able to make a cake sing ! I also remember the singer, good-looking according to me, especially when he licks his mouth at the end ...

[virgulios]

I remember this lovely song and the video wanted to laugh at Stock Aitken and Waterman who were supposed to be able to make a cake sing ! I also remember the singer, good-looking according to me, especially when he licks his mouth at the end ...

[xsheselectric20x]

:) brill x

[GSDG55SGG]

Merci beaucoup !

[billyblack1982]

amazing song. yes oscar boy!!!!!

[billyblack1982]

amazing song. yes oscar boy!!!!!

[scoopmortix]

love this song

[Mynxabel]

Why is this so quiet?

[Mynxabel]

@beezlebub9597 Lol its referring back to school/college when you used to graffitti your pencil cases/books etc with names of girls/boys you thought you "loved" at the time (and how they often changed for many lol)

[KINGofALLtheMERCIANS]

Back to summer 1989 for me. It's a wonderful, magical journey. Whatever happened to chart music?

[0114owl1867]

my lad lent my carry on up the charts cd to his mates dad, who loved it so much he played it to death, so i told him that the songs on carry on were no way near as good as the tracks on old cd's, welcome, choke, 0898 etc so he borrowed them all and i haven't got them back yet, ha ha i dont mind spreading the word, best band since 1989 for me, so underrated its a crime !

[patbutler1]

Great song. they forgot to mention my beautiful wife Ailish. however, i won't forget Her name.

Pat in Ireland

[GSDG55SGG]

THX beautiful song

[Laheney6]

quality song!

[zomgbbqwth]

i love you from the bottom of my pencil case~ T_T

[WHAMGEORGEMICHAEL1]

** Not audition for George Michael lol ***

[jezzyby47]

The best line is 'and i love the PRS cheques that you bring', (PRS = Performing Rights Society), i.e. the cheques that make you rich!!!

[ZAKDAVIDLEWIS]

BRILLIANT SONG WHICH WE WANT TO GET AS NUMBER 1 INSTEAD OF JEDWARD TWINS ON FACEBOOK!! JOIN US TO SAVE MUSIC AND NOT GET JEDWARD TO NUMBER 1 BUT THIS INSTEAD, BIT LIKE RATM vs JOE

[electraleigh]

Zak you rule!!!!! I never thought of putting our group on here!!!! Leigh

[mrmrscosanostra]

fuck off, its just a FUCKING GOOD SONG. IF YOU FOLLOW THE CHARTS/AND JEDWARD BOTHER YOU...........YOU SHOULD ERASE YOURSELF/

[Mangopumper]

I love u from the bottom of my pencil case !!!

Brilliant line.....do kids still have pencil cases tho? I thot they just carry knifes these days....

[burnsybaby1987]

Brilliant mick take of all those crass lovelorn ballads cloging up the charts!!!

[eHonkey]

I just love that beginning. Beautiful South's got a brilliant sense of humor

[chrismay3]

@eHonkey its cos theyre from the north east (yorkshire)

[MACHAWK123]

The vid's OK. This short version of the song is fine but the longer version is just, well try and find it yourself, i think it's, brilliant.

[TheInfectedlife]

does he say at the start i love you from the bottom of my pencil casE?

[scoopmortix]

@TheInfectedlife yes !!!  it's irony! very good song!

[lordvalmont76]

RIP my first "first loves"

[lordvalmont76]

RIP my "first loves"

[AufbauMusik]

shit quality,but good song

[deweymcmoo]

always reminds me of my first girlfriend jennifer. like the beautiful south she is no longer here.

[horse460]

Where are you now Beautiful South?  So class!!!!!!!!!!

[davepenn]

great song

[xsheselectric20x]

love this (: x

[jenzie92]

Lol

I'm Jennifer :)

[verzatyleboi]

im the lips champion at this song on the xbox. challenges welcome

[Jerkoffjenny]

jennifer ;D

reminds me of my dad:)

ledge songggggg(L)

[Anonymousminx3]

Its me (deborah) ,my childhood friends sisters Julie & Jayne mention thats why I love this song so much ha ha

[jeffiegirl]

All about me!! Shelley xxxxx

[minimal1975]

i know who this song is about and why...it is the biggest heaton secret lol :)

[spaceman979]

tell us more !!!!!!!!!!

[Jtube1980]

good times lol done the lot of them ha ha

[IsAnnoyinMe]

i used to love this song i played lips and i remmebred it great days

[Timsalt3100]

I used to know a girl by the same name of Annabelle so I agree on that statement. It's intresting though Just how many variations there is though Like Anabel , Annabel and the way I spell it which is Annabelle.

[ktpennybags]

Jennifer alison  ;)

-is so my name ;D

[warlow23]

i love this song, annebelle isnt in enough songs nowadays, my name by the way:)

[boombya123]

annebelle is a beautiful name