Without trying to repeat myself from yesterday, this song just makes me smile partly due to the first two verses which are Don't know what I'm doing here, I'll carry on regardless, Got enough money for one more beer, I'll carry on regardless. Gold as gold, but stupid as mud, He'll carry on regardless. They'll bleed his heart 'til there's no more blood, But carry on regardless. There is an irony in the lyrics due as much as you want to laugh at the character in the song, you can sometimes listen to it and ask yourself if you should be laughing. Perhaps that's too deep, but I think we all know people who we have egged on when perhaps we shouldn't have.
This is the first album that Jacqui Abott sang as a member of Beautiful South as Briana Corrigan made the decision to leave the band after not liking the subject matter of some of the songs on the album. I must admit that of all their albums this is probably not the one to put on for family listening. But it is precisely for the bluntness of subject matter that the partnership between Dave Rotheray and Paul Heaton was sublime because they didn't stay within the fluffiness of song writing, because life isn't all about fluffy clouds and happy rainbows. Although I wonder how many people bought the album due to the brilliant version of Everybody's Talkin' to realise that not all songs were as upbeat but then again for anyone looking for romance Prettiest Eyes is a perfect love song.
Two interesting facts about the album; the tracks are listed in reverse order and the album cover was meant to feature the HMV dog but they refused the rights for the band to use them, so it is four dogs in a lifeboat. Some people probably think the album should have been called WOOF!
Have fun watching the elephant:
Good as gold by Beautiful South
Written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray
Album: Miaow
Released: March 1994
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