Saturday, April 30, 2005
Blog for Whoever
Tonight, I shall put on my hat as a musical reviewer. I shall wear this hat over the tin foil hat I normally don which I wear over.....um, okay, you get the point.
The Beautiful South is actually a band from the UK and not a description of the southern half of America, which is sometimes beautiful and sometimes not. The band was formed after the break up of the group The Housemartins in the late 80s or so. If you like cleverness, irony and cynicism(not the whiny pathetic kind but rather the world is screwed up, we're screwed up too so let's go drinkin' kind) The band manages to be successfully smart without being smartass, a fine distinction so many artistes cannot even vaguely comprehend.
WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
This is my intro album(showing my age there) and one I highly recommend. One of their more famous songs is Song for Whoever, here are some sample lyrics
Oh shirley, oh deborah, oh julie, oh jane
I wrote so many songs about you
I forget your name (I forget your name)
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
I forget your name
I love your from the bottom of my pencil case
I love the way you never ask me why
I love to write about each wrinkle on your face
And I love you till my fountain pen runs dry
Deep so deep, the number one I hope to reap
Depends upon the tears you weep, so cry, lovey cry, cry, cry, cry
Oh cathy, oh alison, oh phillipa, oh sue
You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
I wrote this song for you
Ah, yes, the great inspiration luv and how it can make you a bunch of dough. The sound is not mean-spirited and is sung with the poppy enthusiasm of a boy band. Here's to all the lovely ladies I've known but I'll be damned if I can remember which one you are. Honest. Classic.
THE WOMAN IN THE WALL
When you read the lyrics to this song don't go looking up the telephone number for the National Organization for Women and filing a complaint! So, the song is about a guy who kills his female companion, at least that is what it "seems" to be about.
He was just a social drinker but social every night
He enjoyed a pint or two or three or four
She was just a silent thinker, silent every night
He’d enjoy the thought of killing her before
Again, this song would be quite morbid if it weren't sung with such inspiration and enthusiasm.
Cry freedom for the woman in the wall
Cry freedom for she has no voice at all
I hear her cry all day, all night
I hear her voice from deep within the wall
Made a cross from knitting needles
Made a grave from hoover bags
Especially for the woman in the wall
Very Edgar A Poe stuff here. Sort of like The Telltale Heart theme song. I think the song is about people who are in relationships with jerks and they end up closed off from their friends and family as if they were already dead. Then again, maybe the writers of the tune just got totally pissed(drunk) one night and wrote a song about offing someone who annoys them. But I think not......
Then at last it seemed that he was really winning
He felt that he had some sort of grip
But all of his new life was sent a-spinning
When the rotting wall began to drip
SEE, the jerk does not get away with it. SO, all is well. Crime does not pay. If you're the woman or man in the wall GET THE HELL OUT!
I'll Sail This Ship Alone
This is a ballad sung with all the melancholy, desperation and false hope of unrequited luv. It's about how foolish we can sometimes be when we try so desperately to get back together with someone who 1) can't remember your name or 2) is a jerk who wishes you ill(see prior two songs). We only stalk the ones we love?
If, if you choose that we will always lose
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you decide to give him another try
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I wrote the perfect love song
You would take me back
Well I wrote it but I lost it
And now will you take me back anyway
Now if, if you insist that this is for the best
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
I’ll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I’ll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I’ll sail this ship alone
If, if you’re afraid that I won’t make the grade
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you agree to him instead of me
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I wrote the perfect letter
That I would have a chance
Well I wrote it, and you burnt it
And now do I have a chance anyway
If, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
I’ll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I’ll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I burnt myself alive
That you’d come running back
The lyrics may seem mean when you see them on paper but when you actually hear the song you can't help but feel a little bit sorry for the guy/gal even tho they may be a big ole fool! Who hasn't been a fool for love?
So, get on line and give a listen or buy the cd cuz I'm sure they need the money......better yet, give me the money to go to Britain where I can see them perform live.
The Beautiful South is actually a band from the UK and not a description of the southern half of America, which is sometimes beautiful and sometimes not. The band was formed after the break up of the group The Housemartins in the late 80s or so. If you like cleverness, irony and cynicism(not the whiny pathetic kind but rather the world is screwed up, we're screwed up too so let's go drinkin' kind) The band manages to be successfully smart without being smartass, a fine distinction so many artistes cannot even vaguely comprehend.
WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
This is my intro album(showing my age there) and one I highly recommend. One of their more famous songs is Song for Whoever, here are some sample lyrics
Oh shirley, oh deborah, oh julie, oh jane
I wrote so many songs about you
I forget your name (I forget your name)
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
I forget your name
I love your from the bottom of my pencil case
I love the way you never ask me why
I love to write about each wrinkle on your face
And I love you till my fountain pen runs dry
Deep so deep, the number one I hope to reap
Depends upon the tears you weep, so cry, lovey cry, cry, cry, cry
Oh cathy, oh alison, oh phillipa, oh sue
You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too
I wrote this song for you
Ah, yes, the great inspiration luv and how it can make you a bunch of dough. The sound is not mean-spirited and is sung with the poppy enthusiasm of a boy band. Here's to all the lovely ladies I've known but I'll be damned if I can remember which one you are. Honest. Classic.
THE WOMAN IN THE WALL
When you read the lyrics to this song don't go looking up the telephone number for the National Organization for Women and filing a complaint! So, the song is about a guy who kills his female companion, at least that is what it "seems" to be about.
He was just a social drinker but social every night
He enjoyed a pint or two or three or four
She was just a silent thinker, silent every night
He’d enjoy the thought of killing her before
Again, this song would be quite morbid if it weren't sung with such inspiration and enthusiasm.
Cry freedom for the woman in the wall
Cry freedom for she has no voice at all
I hear her cry all day, all night
I hear her voice from deep within the wall
Made a cross from knitting needles
Made a grave from hoover bags
Especially for the woman in the wall
Very Edgar A Poe stuff here. Sort of like The Telltale Heart theme song. I think the song is about people who are in relationships with jerks and they end up closed off from their friends and family as if they were already dead. Then again, maybe the writers of the tune just got totally pissed(drunk) one night and wrote a song about offing someone who annoys them. But I think not......
Then at last it seemed that he was really winning
He felt that he had some sort of grip
But all of his new life was sent a-spinning
When the rotting wall began to drip
SEE, the jerk does not get away with it. SO, all is well. Crime does not pay. If you're the woman or man in the wall GET THE HELL OUT!
I'll Sail This Ship Alone
This is a ballad sung with all the melancholy, desperation and false hope of unrequited luv. It's about how foolish we can sometimes be when we try so desperately to get back together with someone who 1) can't remember your name or 2) is a jerk who wishes you ill(see prior two songs). We only stalk the ones we love?
If, if you choose that we will always lose
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you decide to give him another try
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I wrote the perfect love song
You would take me back
Well I wrote it but I lost it
And now will you take me back anyway
Now if, if you insist that this is for the best
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
I’ll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I’ll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I’ll sail this ship alone
If, if you’re afraid that I won’t make the grade
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
And if, if you agree to him instead of me
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I wrote the perfect letter
That I would have a chance
Well I wrote it, and you burnt it
And now do I have a chance anyway
If, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I’ll sail this ship alone
I’ll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I’ll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I’ll sail this ship alone
Well they said if I burnt myself alive
That you’d come running back
The lyrics may seem mean when you see them on paper but when you actually hear the song you can't help but feel a little bit sorry for the guy/gal even tho they may be a big ole fool! Who hasn't been a fool for love?
So, get on line and give a listen or buy the cd cuz I'm sure they need the money......better yet, give me the money to go to Britain where I can see them perform live.
