Part one of a great documentary about The Beautiful South, originally shown on the BBC in 2000, which takes an in depth look at the creation of the album 'Painting It Red.'
Took my mum to her first ever concert a couple of years ago when they were playing in edgerly, she loved every minute of it, Paul has that way of making you feel like you're meeting a mate in the pub for a pint and a song, sadly mum died last year but it will always be a great memory for me xxx
The end credits confirm the narrator is indeed Craig Cash. If you're missing his voice over work, he can be found on Gogglebox, and with a time machine, the old Sofaworks and Sofology commercials 🛋
Once met Paul Heaton and "His Dole-ie Mate Kev" when they were in Dublin. (I gather he was having a Domestic at the time...) I was DJing at a club and we got talking about music and I was invited back to their flash hotel, (it was The Westbury) for a late gargle. The Concierge balked at us arriving at 4am and explained the 'residents only' policy. (IE, NOT me!) Heaton produced his wallet and said, "So make him a resident..." Incredibly open, kind, nice, generous, funny, sad, soulful, intelligent guy... (Funnily enough, years later, wearing my other hat as a Music Journalist, I interviewed him and Jaqui Abbot... She was lovely, HE WAS A PRICK!!!) But hey... Nobody likes journalists! But HEATON is a songwriter up there with Costello, Randy Newman and Stephen Patrick M... (And a genuinely lovely guy to talk to about music, life and love with...) Respect. xx SF
I met The Housemartins back in 87 at the Royal Court in Liverpool. As a 17 year old, I was on a yts placement at the theatre so I was incredibly excited to meet the band. They were all so kind to me apart from Paul who scowled at me and could not have looked more pissed off when I asked for his autograph. Im sure he didn't know I worked there but I was devastated at the time. I'm only discovering a lot of The Beautiful Souths stuff now because it's taken me this long to forgive and forget! Great songwriter though!
Paul is good but in my opinion Dave is the best singer. He was supposed to be the lead singer. I realized that he was always on the plane. It's good that today he has his own band.
