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British newspaper The Guardian has described Heaton as "one of our finest songwriters: his music reveals an exuberant ear for melody, his lyrics a keen eye and a brilliant wit". [1] AllMusic said: "The warm, mellifluous voice of Paul Heaton often masks the jagged satirical content of his lyrics." [2] Early life [ edit ] Paul Heaton presents… The 8th". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 7 December 2018.

Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott Score Second UK No.1 Album With ‘N Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott Score Second UK No.1 Album With ‘N

Paul, I saw you fronting the Housemartins at the Leadmill in Sheffield and remember you saying : “This one is for anyone who voted Tory. Get up off your knees, you bastards.” Do you think we ever will [escape Tory rule]? Flashbleu a b "bio". Paul Heaton Music. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010 . Retrieved 25 December 2013. In narrative songs like The Good Times, how much of the story is mapped out in advance before you put pen to paper? Heaton That was Womad in 1989. We were quite a weird set of people and that was the first gig we played where we didn’t smash our gear up, so three of us rolled an enormous, 10ft wheel on stage during Pere Ubu’s set. They were screaming: “What are you doing?” We went “It’s part of the show!” Then suddenly we were ushered off [laughter]. I hadn’t liked them when they supported the Clash in 1978, so it was silent revenge.

Abbott After we did The 8th [a Heaton show turned solo album with guest singers], Aaron Knight invited me to sing with him in Edinburgh, which was a lovely experience. I wasn’t in a covers band when I was younger. I kinda got prompted to sing by a friend when I was a bit drunk. When I joined the Beautiful South they told me not to worry, that we were doing a low-key warmup gig to just 650 people. I was like: “What? I’ve not even performed in front of my family!”

Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott - N.K-Pop Lyrics and Tracklist

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbottrelease their fifth studio album ‘N.K-Pop’today (7 thOctober ‘22) on EMI. ‘N.K-Pop’adds another clutch of deliciously barbed pop songs to Heaton’s Ivor award winning song collection. The album has been chosen as ‘Album Of The Week’ on BBC Radio 2 next week and Paul & Jacquiwill be performing on Later With Jools Holland on 15 th October. Not a lot, really, but there’s quite often one scene in my mind and it spreads from there. On this one, I had a really vivid image of a pub with a fireplace, and I fleshed it out by having a conversation with myself. I thought about what might have happened there, and the landlord running the place on his own after his wife has gone. Sometimes I think of a song as an unfinished crossword puzzle and it’s my job Do you think musicians and bands are more reticent about being overtly political nowadays than they were in the 80s and 90s? HilsLM I wanted to write a song for folk who have lost a child, whether by miscarriage, stillbirth or in infancy,” Heaton said in a statement. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have scored their second UK No.1 album as a duo with their fifth studio set N.K-Pop. It entered the Official Albums Chart at the top just 19 months after its predecessor, Manchester Calling, achieved the same feat.A television documentary covering Paul Heaton's life and career was broadcast on Wednesday 12 December 2018 on Channel 4. The documentary included archived material and interviews with many key figures from throughout Heaton's life. I have an ageing-related question regarding Perfect 10 . You sang you love “her body, especially the lines”. How do you feel about getting older? DaddyPig Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbotthave already made two songs available from ‘ N.K-Pop’– the poignant ballad ‘Still’, which was described as ‘ beautifully heartbreaking’ by Dawn French, and the gospel pop song ‘Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two). Jacqui, have you had the opportunity to perform other people’s songs outside your partnership with Paul, and if not is that something you’d consider? AlanCambourne