Sheffield band 'Babybird' had a worldwide hit with the radio friendly "You're gorgeous" in 1996. What the world didn't expect was this song "Bad old man" a couple of years later. It was on the album "There's Something Going On" which was much darker than their previous album 'Ugly Beautiful.' The lyrics to "Bad Old Man" are unsettling and paint a picture of a Jerry Springer type b-list celebrity with psychotic violent behavior. But set to such beautiful baroque-pop music... it shouldn't work at all. But it does work. In fact, it's a work of genius.
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