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Op 15-10-2015 om 0:41 schreef Chris Brown:

On 14/10/2015 07:49, Mark Goodge wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:45, Chris Brown put finger to
keyboard and typed:

6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam

This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place"
song for me. But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes
is a supermarket in Stoke-on-Trent.

I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is
very similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.

What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is
beautiful"?

Some people probably are. But the song is about ennui, isn't it?

Yes, but it's also about a bland samey-ness, which doesn't apply
particularly well to Stoke.

I think that's more a passing mention really.

Apart from its association with that one supermarket, I've always
felt it applied more to places like Basingstoke or Peterborough.

Or Rotterdam? Actually, I think that's just where they wrote the
song.

Paul Heaton told The Guardian, that he wrote the song
in a bar in Rotterdam (The Netherlands):

<https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/30/beautiful-south-how-we-made-rotterdam-or-anywhere>


But yes, that was in an article from march 2020 :-)

And Jacqui Abbott explains the "blond and beautiful" line.

Rink
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Op 15-10-2015 om 0:41 schreef Chris Brown:

On 14/10/2015 07:49, Mark Goodge wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:45:57 +0100, Chris Brown put finger
to keyboard and typed:

57.aaa (32)aaa Babylon Zooaaa The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes

Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.

I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different
intros.

Their entire output was essentially just the one song.

Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.

I can't say I remember it particularly well.

My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite a
bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously less memorable.

I found the album with the same name on YouTube and I think it's great !

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKLWXkeehl8>

Want to play it on the speakers loud, but it's 1:30 AM, so not possible
for the neighbours.
How did I missed this album?

From the Dutch wikipedia I understood that there also is a second
album, which was not promoted by the artist as a protest to the record company.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SD73UtKJI&list=OLAK5uy_myNGmN1J5OV3pJroFH9CUhfughsTgvW_s&index=1>

Rink




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On 26/08/2020 00:44, Rink wrote:

Op 15-10-2015 om 0:41 schreef Chris Brown:

On 14/10/2015 07:49, Mark Goodge wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:45:57 +0100, Chris Brown put finger to
keyboard and typed:

57.aaa (32)aaa Babylon Zooaaa The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes

Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.

I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different
intros.

Their entire output was essentially just the one song.

Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.

I can't say I remember it particularly well.

My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite
a bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously
less memorable.

I found the album with the same name on YouTube and I think it's great !

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKLWXkeehl8>

Want to play it on the speakers loud, but it's 1:30 AM, so not possible
for the neighbours.
How did I missed this album?

From the Dutch wikipedia I understood that there also is a second
album, which was not promoted by the artist as a protest to the record company.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SD73UtKJI&list=OLAK5uy_myNGmN1J5OV3pJroFH9CUhfughsTgvW_s&index=1>

Yeah, my brother borrowed the first album and then bought the second
one. A promotional copy, which was the only evidence of the album being promoted at all really.

Chris

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