The Beautiful South – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:02:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png The Beautiful South – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Day 376: Everybody’s talking at me, The Beautiful South https://bensonium.com/song/everybodys-talking-at-me-the-beautiful-south/ https://bensonium.com/song/everybodys-talking-at-me-the-beautiful-south/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:00:49 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=cid&p=2984 One thing about getting old is you begin to recognise song covers. This song by the Beautiful South which was released in 1994 but is actually a cover from a much older hit from by Harry Nilsson which has a lot of more a country cowboy feel. I have put the original song below The Beautiful South remake because if you are over 45 you will remember the original song as it dominated the radio waves in the 70s. Interestingly enough, the lady who introduces the song (in Spanish) says something about Paul McCartney

The Beautiful South Cover of Everybody’s talking about me

Harry Nilsson original classic live performance (1968)

]]> https://bensonium.com/song/everybodys-talking-at-me-the-beautiful-south/feed/ 0 Day 328: Prettiest Eyes, The Beautiful South https://bensonium.com/song/prettiest-eyes-the-beautiful-south/ https://bensonium.com/song/prettiest-eyes-the-beautiful-south/#respond Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:07 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=cid&p=2693 This is the first song of The Beautiful South to appear in Covid Island Discs and what a lovely little song capturing the memories of a man looking back over the shared experiences of his long life with his lover. I particularly like the line: “Take a look at these crows feet, just look! Sitting on the prettiest eyes, sixty 25th of Decembers, fifty-nine 4th of Julys”.

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