http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:38:47 +0530 MyBB http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=54 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:08:07 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=54
mmmm she says, ok for a pound, you can go through the red door, and after, you can have a bonus.

ok, the guy says, so he goes through the red door, marked animal sex, and ten minutes later, returns, and says to the madam, ok wheres my bonus ??

so she says, go through the green door....... so he goes through the green door, and sees a crowd of guys in the corner..

whats goin on ?? he says, and another guy replies, fight to the front, and look through the spyhole.

so he fights his way to the front, looks through the spyhole, and sees a guy bein whipped by a buxom blond dressed in leather panties....

wow, he says, thats amazing !!!!, and the guy next to him says, yeah but thats nothin, youve just missed a guy shagging a greyhound !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>
mmmm she says, ok for a pound, you can go through the red door, and after, you can have a bonus.

ok, the guy says, so he goes through the red door, marked animal sex, and ten minutes later, returns, and says to the madam, ok wheres my bonus ??

so she says, go through the green door....... so he goes through the green door, and sees a crowd of guys in the corner..

whats goin on ?? he says, and another guy replies, fight to the front, and look through the spyhole.

so he fights his way to the front, looks through the spyhole, and sees a guy bein whipped by a buxom blond dressed in leather panties....

wow, he says, thats amazing !!!!, and the guy next to him says, yeah but thats nothin, youve just missed a guy shagging a greyhound !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=53 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:54:12 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=53 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=52 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:43:15 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=52
after ten minutes, he finishes his beer, runs up to the bar, and orders another pint.

While the barman pulls the pint, he says to the barman, dont suppose youve seen my mate in here have u ???

the barman replies, dunno whats he look like ????]]>
after ten minutes, he finishes his beer, runs up to the bar, and orders another pint.

While the barman pulls the pint, he says to the barman, dont suppose youve seen my mate in here have u ???

the barman replies, dunno whats he look like ????]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=51 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:30:49 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=51
another duck comes in, he says, hi my name is Billy, can i have a lager pls ?? and the barman says, why u so happy, and the duck says, cos ive been in puddles all day !!!

then another duck comes in, and the barman says, oh no, let me guess your name is Gilly !!

the duck replies.... no babe, my name is puddles !!!]]>
another duck comes in, he says, hi my name is Billy, can i have a lager pls ?? and the barman says, why u so happy, and the duck says, cos ive been in puddles all day !!!

then another duck comes in, and the barman says, oh no, let me guess your name is Gilly !!

the duck replies.... no babe, my name is puddles !!!]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=50 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:07:20 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=50
http://www.myspace.com/thebeautifulsoundtributeband]]>
http://www.myspace.com/thebeautifulsoundtributeband]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=49 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:53:55 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=49 and scrawled upon the headboard
for the whole wide world to see
is .. died in the arms of big Ted....

mmmm maybe sums my life up !! (posted at an early 0923)]]> and scrawled upon the headboard
for the whole wide world to see
is .. died in the arms of big Ted....

mmmm maybe sums my life up !! (posted at an early 0923)]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=48 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:39:13 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=48 Enjoy.
Git

Renowned miserabilist Paul Heaton, who famously broke up The Beautiful South a few years back because of "musical similarities", tells Tony Clayton-Lea about going solo, becoming even more opinionated and the difficulties of continuing to make pop music as a 46-year-old

HERE'S THE scenario: you're the lead singer and main tunesmith in a very successful band whose songs are played every day on radio around the world. When music programmes such as Top of the Pops (bring it back, we say!) were in existence, your face was regularly seen by millions. People whistle along to your tunes and despite their decidedly down-home nature, they are taken to the collective bosom.

That's the scenario, but here's the thing: you can walk down the main streets of many cities without being troubled by autograph hunters or hassled by the paparazzi. Children don't scream at you; more mature people may nod but don't engage you in conversation. There are various reasons for this, but the main one is that you are a miserable bastard with acid for blood.

Cue words from Paul Heaton, formerly of The Beautiful South, now out on his own, plugging a fine solo album called The Cross Eyed Rambler . He knows he has something of a reputation in relation to his pop-star image and public persona, and he seems keen to make no amends whatsoever. (On the other hand, he interrupts the conversation to say hello to his new bin men; he's recently moved house and wants to make sure he gets off on the best footing.) But, then, this is the member of a band whose CD sleeve credits once listed the following: "No thanks to God - he did fuck all."

Famously, The Beautiful South split up a couple of years ago due to "musical similarities", quite the most honest reason we can think of for canning a successful career. Going solo, then, was an obvious move, yes?

"I felt I had to," says Heaton, having sorted out his bin collection day. "When you're over 40, it's too late to be in a pop band, which was what The Beautiful South was, in my opinion. You can be over the age of 45 in a rock band, but not in a pop band."

He starts to chuckle. "There's something sinister about people of a certain age being in a pop band. An old rocker in a leather jacket seems fine to me. The Rolling Stones, U2, and so on, can do that, but I've made pop music all my life, and old guys in pop is sinister to me."

Heaton's fan base comprises a relatively niche bunch of people who listen to skilfully crafted pop music with an acerbic edge, a healthy dose of cynicism and a realist emotional punch. Does he think that more casual fans might wish he were more commercial?

"If you're the kind of songwriter that wanted to change your style of writing or totally deny your past, then that's when it can become tricky. But because I've pretty much stayed the same, most people who like me have liked me for most of my career. The only problem I face in that way is that people may want to hear stuff from the past, which I haven't been playing at all. I don't see that as a problem. And, in general, I feel that the people who have been to the solo concerts so far haven't found it a problem, either.

"What I've discovered is that if I totally ignore the past, then people concentrate on the new material more, whereas if I played a past song, I feel it would overshadow the new material, even though I feel the new material is strong. At this stage, I think it would be a mistake to throw in an old song."

Heaton name-checks Ian Brown, Paul Weller and Morrissey, whom he reckons have forged their solo careers "correctly, in that they initially denied their past in order to establish themselves as a solo artist. Once established, they started performing the occasional album track or single." That's the way he intends to go. "Some people would shout out for me to sing a Beautiful South song almost as a tease; they'd be cheeky, but certainly not as a way of saying we want our money back."

With Heaton you always got the impression that he cared little for the pop star experience; essentially, he's an urban folk singer-songwriter, a resolutely north of England bloke who struck a seam of silver with his ironic lyrics, laconic delivery and one-time prodigious intake of alcohol.

A self-confessed late starter ("I reached puberty at a ridiculously late age - I couldn't go into a shower at school or even in college," he tells The Ticket, which doesn't really know where to go with such an admission), Heaton says he never felt he was matching any of the artists whose songwriting he liked, yet definitely thought he was gaining ground on them. Plus, he adds, "as I get older, I become more opinionated. I've maintained my position on certain things over the years, and some people view that as being oldfashioned."

If he had become a pop star, Heaton says he would have been unhappy. He recalls the initial success of The Housemartins (the Hull band with which he started off his music career). "There was a period when we'd be on the telly a lot and in magazines such as Smash Hits , and it became quite painful.

How? Well, everyone knows you as Paul Heaton, the guy on the telly, and very few know you as Paul - your mate. I used to come back from touring and I'd look in the mirror and try to remind myself that the guy looking back at me was in fact me, and not some construct of someone else."

Presumably, new solo albums that refuse to carry on up the charts have further consolidated Heaton's stance on the value of being honest with yourself in an industry that often depends on artifice. His view on CD sales, or lack thereof, is similarly constructed.

"Any person who is successful has always had periods of drought," he reasons. "So the album not selling in bucketloads doesn't really bother me; you just keep knocking at the door. There is always somebody that wants to listen to you."

• The Cross Eyed Rambler is out on Universal. Paul Heaton plays Spring Airbrake, Belfast (Nov 12), Academy, Dublin (Nov 13), Dolans Warehouse, Limerick (Nov 14), Cyprus Avenue, Cork (Nov 16) and Róisín Dubh, Galway (Nov 17)

© 2008 The Irish Times]]> Enjoy.
Git

Renowned miserabilist Paul Heaton, who famously broke up The Beautiful South a few years back because of "musical similarities", tells Tony Clayton-Lea about going solo, becoming even more opinionated and the difficulties of continuing to make pop music as a 46-year-old

HERE'S THE scenario: you're the lead singer and main tunesmith in a very successful band whose songs are played every day on radio around the world. When music programmes such as Top of the Pops (bring it back, we say!) were in existence, your face was regularly seen by millions. People whistle along to your tunes and despite their decidedly down-home nature, they are taken to the collective bosom.

That's the scenario, but here's the thing: you can walk down the main streets of many cities without being troubled by autograph hunters or hassled by the paparazzi. Children don't scream at you; more mature people may nod but don't engage you in conversation. There are various reasons for this, but the main one is that you are a miserable bastard with acid for blood.

Cue words from Paul Heaton, formerly of The Beautiful South, now out on his own, plugging a fine solo album called The Cross Eyed Rambler . He knows he has something of a reputation in relation to his pop-star image and public persona, and he seems keen to make no amends whatsoever. (On the other hand, he interrupts the conversation to say hello to his new bin men; he's recently moved house and wants to make sure he gets off on the best footing.) But, then, this is the member of a band whose CD sleeve credits once listed the following: "No thanks to God - he did fuck all."

Famously, The Beautiful South split up a couple of years ago due to "musical similarities", quite the most honest reason we can think of for canning a successful career. Going solo, then, was an obvious move, yes?

"I felt I had to," says Heaton, having sorted out his bin collection day. "When you're over 40, it's too late to be in a pop band, which was what The Beautiful South was, in my opinion. You can be over the age of 45 in a rock band, but not in a pop band."

He starts to chuckle. "There's something sinister about people of a certain age being in a pop band. An old rocker in a leather jacket seems fine to me. The Rolling Stones, U2, and so on, can do that, but I've made pop music all my life, and old guys in pop is sinister to me."

Heaton's fan base comprises a relatively niche bunch of people who listen to skilfully crafted pop music with an acerbic edge, a healthy dose of cynicism and a realist emotional punch. Does he think that more casual fans might wish he were more commercial?

"If you're the kind of songwriter that wanted to change your style of writing or totally deny your past, then that's when it can become tricky. But because I've pretty much stayed the same, most people who like me have liked me for most of my career. The only problem I face in that way is that people may want to hear stuff from the past, which I haven't been playing at all. I don't see that as a problem. And, in general, I feel that the people who have been to the solo concerts so far haven't found it a problem, either.

"What I've discovered is that if I totally ignore the past, then people concentrate on the new material more, whereas if I played a past song, I feel it would overshadow the new material, even though I feel the new material is strong. At this stage, I think it would be a mistake to throw in an old song."

Heaton name-checks Ian Brown, Paul Weller and Morrissey, whom he reckons have forged their solo careers "correctly, in that they initially denied their past in order to establish themselves as a solo artist. Once established, they started performing the occasional album track or single." That's the way he intends to go. "Some people would shout out for me to sing a Beautiful South song almost as a tease; they'd be cheeky, but certainly not as a way of saying we want our money back."

With Heaton you always got the impression that he cared little for the pop star experience; essentially, he's an urban folk singer-songwriter, a resolutely north of England bloke who struck a seam of silver with his ironic lyrics, laconic delivery and one-time prodigious intake of alcohol.

A self-confessed late starter ("I reached puberty at a ridiculously late age - I couldn't go into a shower at school or even in college," he tells The Ticket, which doesn't really know where to go with such an admission), Heaton says he never felt he was matching any of the artists whose songwriting he liked, yet definitely thought he was gaining ground on them. Plus, he adds, "as I get older, I become more opinionated. I've maintained my position on certain things over the years, and some people view that as being oldfashioned."

If he had become a pop star, Heaton says he would have been unhappy. He recalls the initial success of The Housemartins (the Hull band with which he started off his music career). "There was a period when we'd be on the telly a lot and in magazines such as Smash Hits , and it became quite painful.

How? Well, everyone knows you as Paul Heaton, the guy on the telly, and very few know you as Paul - your mate. I used to come back from touring and I'd look in the mirror and try to remind myself that the guy looking back at me was in fact me, and not some construct of someone else."

Presumably, new solo albums that refuse to carry on up the charts have further consolidated Heaton's stance on the value of being honest with yourself in an industry that often depends on artifice. His view on CD sales, or lack thereof, is similarly constructed.

"Any person who is successful has always had periods of drought," he reasons. "So the album not selling in bucketloads doesn't really bother me; you just keep knocking at the door. There is always somebody that wants to listen to you."

• The Cross Eyed Rambler is out on Universal. Paul Heaton plays Spring Airbrake, Belfast (Nov 12), Academy, Dublin (Nov 13), Dolans Warehouse, Limerick (Nov 14), Cyprus Avenue, Cork (Nov 16) and Róisín Dubh, Galway (Nov 17)

© 2008 The Irish Times]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=47 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:13:33 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=47
I saw Paul on TFI Friday about 72 years ago and Chris Evans made him do a taste challenge which involved salt n vinegar crisps.

Apparently Paul can tell you which make it is just from tasting (walkers, KP etc.)

Anyone know if he can still do it?]]>
I saw Paul on TFI Friday about 72 years ago and Chris Evans made him do a taste challenge which involved salt n vinegar crisps.

Apparently Paul can tell you which make it is just from tasting (walkers, KP etc.)

Anyone know if he can still do it?]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:59:34 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=45 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:29:57 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=45 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:25:58 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:51:41 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=42 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:20:24 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=42
im your no.1 fan
woman in the wall
i think the answers yes
manchester
love adjourned]]>
im your no.1 fan
woman in the wall
i think the answers yes
manchester
love adjourned]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=41 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:16:13 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=41
we"re not deep
the light is always green
bow down
i bit my lip
happy hour]]>
we"re not deep
the light is always green
bow down
i bit my lip
happy hour]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=40 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:45:54 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=40 I'm going to the gig in Dublin in November and just wondering what kinda stuff will he be playing ? Is it all new or will there be some old stuff from either of the 2 bands above ?
Cheers,
phantom]]> I'm going to the gig in Dublin in November and just wondering what kinda stuff will he be playing ? Is it all new or will there be some old stuff from either of the 2 bands above ?
Cheers,
phantom]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:04:03 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 The Cross Eyed Rambler,Just wondering when I go see him this November in Dublin
will he be doing songs from Fat Chance rolleyes
Cheers
Git]]> The Cross Eyed Rambler,Just wondering when I go see him this November in Dublin
will he be doing songs from Fat Chance rolleyes
Cheers
Git]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=38 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:43:35 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=38 The volume button dons't work,but for that price you can't turn it down.lol]]> The volume button dons't work,but for that price you can't turn it down.lol]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=37 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:25:02 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=37
Also, how do I get in touch with him? I'm not a fanboy, quite the opposite. I like Housemartins, not greatly though. Didn't enjoy Beautiful South, although my elder brother has been a huge fan of both - so i got to hear a lot of his work.

I run a web-site ranked forth on google under 'album reviews', so get quite a lot of attention. I don't want attention from people mailing me 'review my album' - i want to promote worthy artists and it's a crying shame Paul's excellent solo album - the best thing he's ever done - isn't getting the sales, say, Beautiful South got ten years ago.

Anyway, any info, please contact me.]]>
Also, how do I get in touch with him? I'm not a fanboy, quite the opposite. I like Housemartins, not greatly though. Didn't enjoy Beautiful South, although my elder brother has been a huge fan of both - so i got to hear a lot of his work.

I run a web-site ranked forth on google under 'album reviews', so get quite a lot of attention. I don't want attention from people mailing me 'review my album' - i want to promote worthy artists and it's a crying shame Paul's excellent solo album - the best thing he's ever done - isn't getting the sales, say, Beautiful South got ten years ago.

Anyway, any info, please contact me.]]> http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=36 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:48:13 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=36 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=35 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:37:05 +0530 http://paulheatonmusic.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=35 I sent Paul a book a few years ago called "Da little book of Bertie"By Will Hanafin, Can you please find out did he get it and if so what he thought of it.rolleyes
Thanks.
Git]]> I sent Paul a book a few years ago called "Da little book of Bertie"By Will Hanafin, Can you please find out did he get it and if so what he thought of it.rolleyes
Thanks.
Git]]>