My oldest pal studied in Hull and is obsessed with Heaton and Larkin. We spent much of our 20s in pubs arguing the indie v dance wars. The amount of time wasted down those cul-de-sacs. I think there was a section of the indie crowd who remained deeply suspicious of anything that wasn’t jangly - the Manics were like that too. Heavily political too and just heavy in general. There probably is a mellow Fug-style bally remix of the beautiful south’s Rotterdam waiting to happen but otherwise, it all leaves me very cold.
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My first proper girlfriend liked Beautiful South, and to be romantic for our first time (and mine specifically) I put the CD on in her bedroom to create the mood (!)
Except I didn’t know how her CD/Radio thing worked and there was mood lighting, and I wasn’t invested enough.
I had set it to repeat one song.
Awful, awful mistake that I only realised once it was too late, and I couldn’t let on that I was listening to the music, if you know what I mean.
But I was…and now I can’t hear ‘Song for Whoever’ without cold sweats and chilling flashbacks. Looping and looping. The horror.
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When background music goes wrong.
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I get why people dont dig them but they arent BBC Luvvies
Teyr’e from Hull!
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Apart from Quentin
Safe non confrontational ditsy no harm here move along guv lad pop from Hull? They may not have started out as BBC luvvies but it didn’t take long, at all.
I am having a bit of a chuckle here. If you’re taking the mick then fair enough But with the amount of absolute wrong ‘uns in the world at the moment, from pedo presenters to war mongering politicians, killer cops and conservative MPs to single out the inoffensive Paul Heaton seems a little unfair. I didn’t even realise he was still a thing,
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Looking at the lyrics to Welcome To Heatongrad and he’s probably not going to be performing that on The One Show anytime soon
US Supreme Court and Trump’s partial immunity from prosecution whilst president.
So the c**t is above the law.
Whatever happened to public servants being subject to scrutiny?
Madness.
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Reminds me of this (possibly apocryphal) story:
That negates the entire spirit of this thread ie a place to have a whinge about bullshit.
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I think a lot of Americans have - and incredibly - realized how partisan a farce of an institution the SCOTUS is. 6 conservatives to 3 who always make their decisions across political lines, and today they made sure to do Cheetoh Nazi’s bidding by saving their verdict for the last moment before the court adjourned for a couple of months meaning no chance he can be tried for anything. It’s a joke.
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Oh I know, and I’m enjoying it. We’ve had a lot of pet peaves aired and sacred cows slain over the years.
This one just seemed a bit close to saying “and that John Craven? He’s a right c@nt!” 
Is he the lad on Cuntry File ?
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Reminded me of a time my brother in law invited his Aunt Peggy to stay with us over Christmas. She was generally a quiet and demure old lady…or so we thought…
Until we were all sat there in front of Antiques Roadshow and Fiona Bruce appeared (as she would). Peggy quietly announced “can’t stand her, she’s a cunt. Shes always trying to force herself in front of the camera!”
After we’d recovered from the shock and the laughter, my bro in law explained that she was the presenter so of course she’d be in front of the camera…
“She’s still a cunt!” Replied Peggy.
How could anyone hate Fiona Bruce?
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I’m with Peggy all the way, Bruce is another BBC Tory behind the bland, middle class, middle England, church fete veneer
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Her and Jo whiley don’t have eyes. Just mere little openings.
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Well there is that yeah 
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I didn’t mind her myself, never paid much attention to her tbh, then she got the Question Time job and her impartiality and her husband’s activities came to light
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QT for me sums up where the UK has gone wrong because the format is so tired with all the divs or plants in the audience and you learn absolutely nothing. The calibre of debates is shocking. Both left and right routinely attack the BBC for bias and I’m sure it exists but it’s all so parochial when the real issue imo is the lack of thinking across the spectrum at a time when humanity is facing existential threats. They should be getting intellectuals, scientists, thinkers on, not lowgrade MPs, comedians and celebs spouting the latest cliches. I want to see sharp minds exchanging ideas, not lazy soundbites.
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