Just when you thought it was all over a surprise new album has been announced. The album is called The BBC Sessions and will be released on 19th March 2007.
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:
Thought this was apt – how we’re all feeling right now.
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.
Butchered teddy bears
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