Is it possible in this day and age to get a nearly 20 year old song into the charts by encouraging multi-downloads? Well that’s what fans of the Beautiful South are trying to do and this week (beginning Monday 5th Febraury 2007). The Suitable Mouth is supporting this campaign. If you have an itunes account, or one with any of the other LEGAL download sites then download Song For Whoever before Saturday and we’ll see if we can manage to get the band back up the charts!
What do you mean what song? This one:

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Thought this was apt – how we’re all feeling right now.

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The following article is taken from the BBC Website and is not a reflection of The Suitable Mouth’s Views:

Pop group The Beautiful South have split after 19 years – blaming, with a humour typical of the band, “musical similarities.”

Formed in 1988 out of the ashes of The Housemartins, the legacy of “the fourth best band in Hull” includes some of the most distinctive songs to make the top end of the charts – as well as perhaps the most-quoted single sales statistic in history.

It is said that a copy of their first Greatest Hits collection, Carry On Up The Charts, could be found in one in every seven UK households.

Their style, once described as being “as bitter-sweet as a pint of Tetley’s with a lime top,” twinned guitarist Dave Rotheray’s catchy, punchy melodies with singer Paul Heaton’s dry, cynical – and often darkly humorous – lyrics.

Their most famous songs, such as Song For Whoever, Don’t Marry Her and Perfect 10, took the opposite approach to most pop songs – by centring on what relationships are really like, rather than celebrations of endless love.

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The group’s only UK Number One hit, A Little Time, epitomised their style. A duet between Dave Hemmingway and Brianna Corrigan, it centred on a man trying to extract himself from a relationship, only to realise at the last moment he does, after all, love his lady – by which time, she has found she’d rather be without him.
Continue reading BBC’s Beautiful South Tribute

The BBC have confirmed the sad news – here’s the article from thier website:

Pop group The Beautiful South – known for such melodious hits as Song For Whoever, A Little Time, Perfect 10 and Rotterdam – have split.
In a two-line statement, the Hull-based band, formed by former members of the Housemartins, attributed their break-up to “musical similarities”.

“The band would like to thank everyone for their 19 wonderful years in music,” the statement said.

The band’s last album Superbi reached number six in the UK album chart.

But their most recent single – 2006’s The Rose of My Cologne – barely bothered the singles chart, peaking at 99. Continue reading BBC Confirms Split

The Beautiful South have announced they are to split up – on their MySpace page the band have announced that they are splitting due to musical similarities. Bass player Sean Welch, also logged onto the band’s official message boards as Pudding Billy to make the announcement.

It is thought that Paul Heaton will persue his songwriting with solo projects and Dave Rotheray will continue his Homespun project.

Begin to mourne now – we’ll tell you when you can stop!

Well, it seems that The Official Beautiful South Message Boards are down and out – why not keep you conversations going here – We’ve created the same topic areas for you to chat to your mates just visit our:

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It’s here again folks – The Suitable Mouth Ultimate Beautiful South Poll!!

CLICK HERE to have your say on the best and the worst of the Band in nearly 20 years!

The Poll will stay open until the end of January and you will have the chance to win a piece of Beautiful South’s past!  Here’s how it’ll work:

• A Fave Vote gets 10 points
• 2nd Fave gets 5 points
• 3rd Fave gets 3 points
• Least Fave gets minus 5 points

We’ll issue league tables in the coming months – good luck and… Have Fun!

Happy New Year to all – and 2007 should be a goodun.  With a new Homespun album due and rumours of a 2nd Paul Heaton Solo album there should be lots of live events for us to get our teeth into!  To keep us going though we can watch part 3 of Paul’s Gang below!

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The Suitable Mouth has designed it’s own amazon store with the best Beautiful South releases and related stuff – why not complete your collection in time for Christmas and help support your favourite Beautiful South fan site at the same time!

The Suitable Store

You wanted it – so you’ve got it!  Here’s part 2 of Paul’s Gang – a documentary about The Beautiful South.  Part one is further down the page!

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