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DaveTheRave
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18 Feb 2010, 4:24 pm

Does anyone else hear feel that the housemartins were a grossly underrated band. paul heaton in my opinion is a legendary wordsmith. anyone else agree on both counts. wb if u wish :) thanks.



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18 Feb 2010, 6:55 pm

I've heard very little of The Housemartins. I have the "Caravan of Love" 7'' vinyl single, but I tend to shy away from overtly religious music. I really like a lot of what their bassist Norman Cook has done with his solo project Fatboy Slim, though.


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18 Feb 2010, 7:39 pm

DaveTheRave wrote:
paul heaton in my opinion is a legendary wordsmith.


When he's good he's very good, and when he's bad he's awful. Though I'm basing that opinion on the BS, haven't heard much by the Housemartins. :wink:


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18 Feb 2010, 8:14 pm

Yeah. Definitely underrated.



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19 Feb 2010, 4:37 am

i can swear to you that the housemartins ae not really religious. its just that one song really. i suggest u listen to build and i smell winter. awesome tunes. especially build. shows how talented they were.