This band is so under rated it's criminal, however...I like that there aren't many ppl who don't appreciate them properly listening, it's like a club with just a few proper members
"Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese" absolutely classic line. Also love "Terry meets June in Tales from the Crypt". Some brilliant lyric-writing in this song
Like I've said in other vids by him...he is close to being given the title of....king of the gift for words......in my opinion anyway. ....he definitely up there with the best lyrics writers....
First heard this song well the whole album when I was 6, going through my mums CD collection in 92-93. I have had no idea what the words meant then and it's only now aged 34 seeing the video for the first time do I get it!
Hadn't heard this (and didn't know who performed it or song title) since hearing it on a Virginia Beach radio station called The Coast back in the early 90s. Weird how I ended up here.
This is my life And this is how it reads For every chapter A thousand memories A murder, a mystery Where everybody bleeds A fantasy, a thriller With romance and disease Diary entry, 9th of May '62 We've had some ugly babies But none were quite like you Diary entry, '62, end of May It looks as if the nose and chin Are definitely here to stay They're here to stay They're here to stay If my lips start smiling And my knees start knocking I'm a failure (You are, you are) And if I seem half-hearted It's because I'm broken hearted I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are) I am (You are, you are, you are) I am This is my life And this is how it reads A documentary That nobody believes Albert Steptoe In 'Gone With the Breeze' Mother played by Peter Beardsley Father by John Cleese Diary entry, '68, end of the year A cardboard Apollo 6 Has given the all clear 11th December '68, Captain's log Proposed trip to Mars Is cancelled due to fog It's due to fog It's due to fog If my lips start smiling And my knees start knocking I'm a failure (You are, you are) If I seem half-hearted It's because I'm broken hearted I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are) I am (You are, you are, you are) I am This is the play It was I who wrote the script Terry meets June In 'Tales From the Crypt' It was going to be a film But the camera person slipped They later found him Scolding a banana Diary entry, 10th of April '89 The world is going mad But me, I'm doing fine I'm doing fine I'm doing fine Back to bed, back to reality Back to bed, back to reality Back to bed, back to reality Back to bed, back to reality
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Diary entry, 4th of March '24. I finally found it more than 30 years after I saw this videoclip on TV.
This band is so under rated it's criminal, however...I like that there aren't many ppl who don't appreciate them properly listening, it's like a club with just a few proper members
One of Britain's finest songsmiths over the last 30 years is mr Heaton
"Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese" absolutely classic line. Also love "Terry meets June in Tales from the Crypt". Some brilliant lyric-writing in this song
Like I've said in other vids by him...he is close to being given the title of....king of the gift for words......in my opinion anyway. ....he definitely up there with the best lyrics writers....
His voice as well!
Fully agree mate
First heard this song well the whole album when I was 6, going through my mums CD collection in 92-93. I have had no idea what the words meant then and it's only now aged 34 seeing the video for the first time do I get it!
Best song from Beautiful South.
Agreed
One of their best! Love the riffing on Soul II Soul at the end, genius.
I used to listen to this song with the love of my life I'm on 22 but great song, exciting, and full of life I love you Zuzia! If you're out there!
Nice little tongue-in-cheek reference at the end there towards the song that stopped “Song For Whoever” making No.1!. “Back to bed, back to reality!”.
Genius writing ✍️ Paul Heaton 👏👌
Hadn't heard this (and didn't know who performed it or song title) since hearing it on a Virginia Beach radio station called The Coast back in the early 90s. Weird how I ended up here.
This song randomly popped into my head
Love this song....."Mother played by Peter Beardsley, Father by John Cleese" :-)
@ ▷ The Beautiful South
🎶▷ My Book
💿▷ Choke
📅▷ 1990
🎬︎▷ Pedro Romhanyi
Paul Heaton: secretly a handsome man?
Genius
This is Pretty much Similar to My Book/Life, but in Mine John Cleese Plays Mother & Father is Played by Peter Beardsley!.
A cardboard apollo six is given the all clear...class line ...
This is my life
And this is how it reads
For every chapter
A thousand memories
A murder, a mystery
Where everybody bleeds
A fantasy, a thriller
With romance and disease
Diary entry, 9th of May '62
We've had some ugly babies
But none were quite like you
Diary entry, '62, end of May
It looks as if the nose and chin
Are definitely here to stay
They're here to stay
They're here to stay
If my lips start smiling
And my knees start knocking
I'm a failure
(You are, you are)
And if I seem half-hearted
It's because I'm broken hearted
I'm a failure
(You are, you are, you are) I am
(You are, you are, you are) I am
This is my life
And this is how it reads
A documentary
That nobody believes
Albert Steptoe
In 'Gone With the Breeze'
Mother played by Peter Beardsley
Father by John Cleese
Diary entry, '68, end of the year
A cardboard Apollo 6
Has given the all clear
11th December '68, Captain's log
Proposed trip to Mars
Is cancelled due to fog
It's due to fog
It's due to fog
If my lips start smiling
And my knees start knocking
I'm a failure
(You are, you are)
If I seem half-hearted
It's because I'm broken hearted
I'm a failure
(You are, you are, you are) I am
(You are, you are, you are) I am
This is the play
It was I who wrote the script
Terry meets June
In 'Tales From the Crypt'
It was going to be a film
But the camera person slipped
They later found him
Scolding a banana
Diary entry, 10th of April '89
The world is going mad
But me, I'm doing fine
I'm doing fine
I'm doing fine
Back to bed, back to reality
Back to bed, back to reality
Back to bed, back to reality
Back to bed, back to reality
The world is going mad, but me, I'm doing fine
Hahaha😂To the far (Due the fog). The Housemartins 1990/1991. 🎉
„Cancelled Due to f€ck“, this is what my band Hein O))) Jugend made out of it…
Back to bed... back to reality
"It was going to be a film but the cameraman slipped, we later found him scolding a banana."
XD
The dog's not dogs bollocks.