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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 9973 Registered: 05-2005 |
Beating out genuinely great songs by Primal Scream, The Blue Nile, The Waterboys etc. https://planetradio.co.uk/forth-2/entert ainment/music/scotland-greatest-song/ Andrew, Stuart (and anyone else who can find Scotland on a map), fire at will. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1843 Registered: 10-2006 |
Well, that's interesting! I was at primary school with Richard, as we knew him then, an arty wee bugger already with a languid walk and hair-flick-out-of-the-eye thing that enraptured the lassies. He went off to posher climes for secondary, and the next thing I knew I was browsing through the NME in a Stockholm cafe and realised that the cheery poser in the hat on the front cover was him! Now, the first thing I found by his band was the Dignity single and I thought then, and still think, that it's actually a damn fine song, a great tune and a lyric that manages to touch a lot of people and, unlike a lot of songs written by Scots artists, does actually reference the country, which I imagine pushed it up the charts. Unfortunately I couldn't warm to anything else they did, but for that song alone, and the B-side too, which I forget the name of, he deserves a good whack round the chops with the old school cap. As for greatest Scottish song, well, who'd have thought? Was Burns ruled out because he's not pop? Otherwise, I'll have to see what comes to mind. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1844 Registered: 10-2006 |
One of the few pop songs to actually namedrop Maynard Keynes, too! So, listening to the interview there, a mixture of economics, Morrissey and Browning. Well, not bad. Feel very pleased for that skinny wee mucker in the playground. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1388 Registered: 04-2005 |
Clearly nonsense. Everyone knows that it is The Valves' "Ain't no surf in Portobello". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8mY4wc ns0 Not normally allowed to say anything nasty about Deacon Blue as my sister went out with the keyboard player. But that was years before and he was a hippy so hey ho. Deacon Blue were shite. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 9977 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glad I triggered that memory, Stuart. Yes, it’s an alright song. I’d never properly listened to it before today. But it wouldn’t place anywhere in my list of greatest ever Scottish songs. I’d rather listen to Moria Anderson and Andy Stewart do a duet of My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean than to ever hear a Deacon Blues song. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1845 Registered: 10-2006 |
If Scottish parentage will suffice, then it would have to be this one for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3j TVU | ||
| Burgers Member Username: Burgers Post Number: 173 Registered: 05-2005 |
I’ve just left Scotland after living there for 23 years. I’ve never had any time for any phase of Primal Scream. I remember the website jocknroll.co.uk (domain long gone I think) did a poll of Scottish albums back in 2007. It produced a pretty decent list of best albums, albeit Screamadelica was too high. Worst album was White on Blonde. I only know the singles and that it has a shit title. Deacon Blue and Primal Scream we’re also in the worst 10. I think Dignity is okay but there are hundreds, probably thousands, better. The first two Belle and Sebastian albums are flawless, for example. One of my favourites is TV21’s final single, All Join Hands. | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 362 Registered: 05-2005 |
It's Runrig 'Going home' for me, a classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbM2BarU OfY |