Beans on Toast - Jamie & Lilly
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This story starts with an email.
The email was from a girl called Jamie. It was regarding a show that I had coming up in Brighton; she was coming along to the show with her girlfriend, Lilly, and she wondered if it was at all possible for me to give Lilly a shout out at the gig. In particular, she asked if could I dedicate my song ‘I'm Home When You Hold Me’ to her. Apparently, they both loved the song and often danced around the kitchen to it.
Me being forgetful and an idiot, I hadn't responded at all to the email when a few weeks later I received another mail, this time from a girl called Lilly. In the email, Lilly informed me that she was coming along to my Brighton show with her girlfriend, Jamie, and asked would I be able to dedicate ‘I'm Home When You Hold Me’ to Jamie as they both loved to dance to the song, in the kitchen. I had to re-read both emails to get my head around the fact that they had both requested the song to be dedicated to each other without the other one knowing.
How cute is that?
I still failed to reply to either of them but on the night of the gig, before I played the song, I told the story about the emails and explained how it had been a double request from Jamie to Lilly and from Lilly to Jamie. It turned out that they were both in the front row. As I told the story, they hugged and kissed. Then, when I played the song, they both held each other and danced. It was a magical moment.
I met them both after the gig. They weren't massively surprised about the double dedication, explaining that they quite often buy each other the same Christmas presents! I ended up going on a night out in Brighton with them, drinking rum. Lots of rum. The rum had its usual effect and the next day my memory of our night was blurry. I did remember, however, that Lilly was a teacher and Jamie a nurse (or was it the other way around?). Typically, they both worked extremely hard and were severely underpaid but, at the same time, they loved their jobs and their lives together. It was inspiring.
For the rest of the tour, every time I played that song I told the story of the emails and how it went down, trying to recreate that feeling of magic for each new crowd. Towards the end of the tour, I realised that, in fact, they'd stolen the song! That song is about my wife, Lizzy, and each time I sang it I dedicated it to them. We couldn't be having that. They needed their own song.
I took their names, their professions and for the rest of the song, I joined the dots. Which is essentially a flashy way of saying that I made that shit up. Later in the year, with the song finished, I was back in Brighton. This time I emailed Jamie and Lilly, inviting them along to the gig so they could hear their song. Again, they were both in the front row of the gig. I played the song while they both held each other tight and danced. Another moment of magic - I nearly bloody cried! After the show, they gave me full permission to use the song and to play it far and wide. Which I did.
In order for me to make a video for the song, Jamie and Lilly let me join them for a day at home and on the beach in Brighton. The song will be on my next album ‘Cushty’ out on 1st December 2017. It's dedicated to Jamie and Lilly, to all the hard working teachers and nurses out there, and to anyone who loves Love.
Beans x
Taken from the album 'CUSHTY'
on Xtra Mile Recordings.
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Video by Beans on Toast
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Quick update for anyone interested:
Today, 22/07/2018, Jamie and Lilly got married!
OH MY GOD REALLY?? this is so amazing
Congratulations, day before our anniversary. Lovely we live in Eastbourne and recognised the coast line behind you, which made us watch this beautiful video ❤️
This is one of my wholesome love songs that I love listening to, so knowing that they gone done got wed, makes it even so, so much more beautiful. I hope you two have the best life.
Lily is my cousin...you've made them so happy doing this (not that they needed to be any happier since finding each other!). Thanks so much...it's as perfect and lovely as Lily and Jaime. xx
Me too lol who are you 🤣
@@lukemailly omg same are we all cousins
The fact that Lily is a nurse makes the last two lines of this song so much more powerful in these times.
Just read the description and cried. No shame. This song has now become 10x better!
Gorgeous song about true heroes
Genuinely think this is the best love story. This is what love should be like for everyone.
What a beautiful story in the description and a beautiful gesture from you, you're a good man Beans.
Anyone who hasn't read the description please for your own sake go read it makes this song even better
yes Jaime and Lily are awesome I can vouch for that! and ridiculously cute together and getting married :) this year!!!!!
Never been so moved by a song so truly about love, half the time crying my eyes out half the time dancing round the room to it on my own. How anyone can dislike it is past my imagining. All my blessings out to jamie and lilly
You Sir are a fucking legend. The song is great and everything about the story is gorgeous..especially as I love Brighton and recognise many of those places! Keep it up, all of you.x
Another awesome tune by Beans. This man is a lyrical genius !
Beautiful story and an awesome gesture. Proper made my day reading about this.
I was at the beans gig in Colchester last night with my wife daughter and daughter's friend , it was just sublime , thank you beans , music with honesty & integrity …. bloody marvellous
Saw you guys on left field at Glasto this year, was beautiful.
Love this song, video and story!! X
My favourite video ever ❤ even more special Jaime and lily are my sister in laws ❤
So bloody cute, see you at Koko in December
That a wonderful story! And wonderful, wonderful persons!
Lilly and Jamie... You are both still as a ridiculously cute and amazing as the moment I first met you both! Big love to you both, what an amazing video!
Aww that's fuckin adorable!!!
heard him tell the story live and it's just the sweetest thing ever
It's not possible to stop smiling during this video
This story is amazing! I remember you telling that story before playing that song in Wiesbaden a couple of months ago. Great fucking song!
For the last year and a half every month or two i come back to this song and have a cry, so beautiful
This is beautiful Jay! I wish we had more thoughtful and kind artists like you out there! Keep being wonderful. 💗
Such a beautiful song Jay. What a gift you’ve given them and us. Can’t wait to hear it live. Cheers.
So lovely to spend some time with Jamie and lilly last weekend, what beautiful people xx ❤️❤️
Great story and great song.
Absolutely love this! Jay, you’re a wonderful human being!
cracking story and tune
This is wonderful. This makes me love Brighton even more than I already do too
A beautiful song for a beautiful story
Thank you Beans. Another great track and an incredible video.
Congratulations to Jamie & Lilly! You 2 are in our hearts forever now thanks to Jay & this beautiful song!
Just heard on Spotify, love it Mr. Toast. Thank you
Literally just listened to it on radio x. 😂
Awesome song, awesome story! Well done!
Bloody Excellent.
That's beautiful and I love it.
Beautiful song jay :) so nice
Awww, I love this! Beautiful song for some beautiful people!
This is awesome.. well done Jay! :)
Heard this at boomtown another nice song
so lovely
I teared up at my desk at work. Thank you!
this is the most amazing thing i’ve ever heard and the story is so cute i nearly cried
This is just beautiful.
Loved this at boomtown see you in Cardiff 😀😀
I love this so much!
y'all i'm heccing' sobbing they got married and even have a whole ass song now and i'm just- my lesbian soul is quaking y'all.
Such a beautiful story, love the song!
This is so beautiful
Thank you!
Excellent! Love it.
This also absolutely amazing! I just heard it and immediately loved this song :)
This is beautiful. Amazing Beans ❤️
Ah man, this is lush ❤
Stunning!! Love this! Looking forward to seeing you in December Jay! 😃
This means so much more now than ever!!!
The rent in Brighton isn't cheap. That's annoying coz that's where they live........
Deep
Brian May and Freddie Mercury, who was very "generous" made love with each other musically, Brighton Rock is just a small clip from Sheer Heart Attack ua-cam.com/video/wZ9W4xUj-kE/v-deo.html
these two still together?
Can Lily or Jamie pls confirm that they are still in love? :P
Serephic Hawk Hello, yes we are ! It’s our first wedding anniversary on Sunday ❤️ lots of love Jaime and Lily xx
Are those the true Jaime and Lilly?
Yep!
Thanks, and oh - I just realized it was all in the video description. Anyway, that's damn cute!
This song is beautiful. The world needs more examples of media that show everybody that the LGBT community are just people. They have love lives, ups, downs, work, the whole nine yards. They don't have an evil fucking agenda (or if they do, it's probably still better than the school shootings and massacres that are around today).
you wouldnt have thought theyd be from brighton