The Beta Band Rap-The Beta Band

[ti:The Beta Band Rap] [ar:The Beta Band] [al:The Regal Years (1997-2004)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Beta Band Rap - The Beta Band [00:13.66]We're the Beta Band and we're nice and clean [00:16.04]We're always polite and hardly ever mean [00:18.99]Times have changed we used to be smelly [00:21.96]We lived in a squat 'til a punk nicked our telly [00:24.79]Since we've been signed we eat real good [00:27.59]We always wash our hands and chew our food [00:30.58]Quashis rotis are our favourite dish [00:33.56]Served spicy with chicken or fish [00:36.43]In the world of fashion there's two shining lights [00:39.38]Nancy and Caroline they helped us alright [00:42.22]And Gordon Anderson played a big part [00:45.32]Just when the Beta Band was about to start [00:48.20]It all started in London town [00:50.97]When we gave our demo to Phil Brown [00:53.99]Then we met Miles at Parlophone [00:56.94]And let him hear Dogs Got A Bone [01:00.03]He said go to Falkner and put it on wax [01:02.83]So the next week was spent cutting four tracks [01:05.69]Now a manager was needed to make us complete [01:08.55]Miles knew a Wiganer we should meet [01:11.51] [01:23.46]His name was Dave with the broken specs [01:26.17]A quiet manner and nuff respec [01:29.05]We met at Nanchos and cleaned the plate [01:32.00]A meal like that we'd never ate [01:34.35] [01:34.86]Then we met Brian and the Microdot crew [01:37.96]Martin Matt and John Platt too [01:40.76]Adrenalin Village was the place to be [01:43.65]We had no money so they got us in free [01:46.74]The first thing Dave did as boss [01:49.44]Was make us play Water Rats in Kings Cross [01:52.46]We played five songs got credit for four [01:54.80] [01:55.31]Went down well so we decided to tour [01:58.18]Next up was Henry and Nich [02:01.16]Making the show go without a hitch [02:04.09]Up and down the country from side to side [02:07.08]Wi big yin driving it's a bumpy ride [02:10.00]Miles gave us an album deal [02:12.90]We said yes and went for a meal [02:15.91]Drinking champagne at EMI [02:18.70]The irony almost made us cry [02:20.81] [02:30.90]This one's for Scotland [02:32.03] [02:44.89]We went to Wales and fannyed around [02:47.49]Ended up with the Patty Patty Sound [02:50.22]With open minds we went to achieve [02:52.96]Chris Allison caught it all on Neive [02:56.01]He hummed and hawed and became a pest [02:58.39]Twittering on about the old Neive desk [03:01.17]We had to call in Keith and Miles [03:03.91]When Chris' hair got caught in the dials [03:05.89] [03:06.54]We started to get known on Radio One [03:09.31]When Jo Whiley got a fax from my mum [03:12.02]Mary Ann Hobbs invited us to play [03:14.68]At Maida Vale we spent a day [03:17.35]With Chris Allison's hair cut free [03:20.19]It was time for Cornwall and the third EP [03:22.81]With a glock and a sax and a mighty gong [03:25.67]All we needed was a hit pop song [03:28.25]We thought this time we were on a good start [03:30.95]But they made a new rule that banned us from the chart [03:33.91]The songs were good so we didn't give a toss [03:36.54]And we called it Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos [03:39.15] [03:42.35]Hello Nina Chakrabati