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Post by jno on Jun 27, 2017 15:28:42 GMT
The Proclaimers - possibly the most famous people ever to come from Auchtermuchty.  However, what is your favourite hit of theirs to make the UK top 50? Pick TWO!
Letter From America
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Sunshine on Leith
I'm On My Way
King Of The Road
Let's Get Married
What Makes You Cry?
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larchlapriley
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Post by larchlapriley on Jun 27, 2017 17:32:15 GMT
I've always loved the Proclaimers, not least because 'Cap in Hand' features one of the few cultural references to the football team I supported from about age 8 onwards...
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly
They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs Goalie
It is something of a mystery how I came to support Stranraer given that I was born 380 miles from Stair Park but I suppose there are plenty of people who support Real Madrid who live in Motherwell. Maybe I just lacked ambition.
I have fond memories of going with my parents to watch Stranraer lose 4-0 in the Scottish League Cup to Hibs at Easter Road in August 1988 while we were on holiday. Steve Archibald was playing for Hibs at the time and scored a couple of the goals. Later that season we lost 8-0 to Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup. As Terry McCann once said "He may be in the gutter but he's looking at the drains".
Anyway, to get back to the serious business, I voted for Letter from America and Sunshine on Leith although I could have voted for any of them really.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 27, 2017 17:39:22 GMT
I'm not so much of a fan.. They are okay.
I have to say I don't like their version of King of the Road. Awful in comparison to Deano's.
Is this all they ever did?
I cannot see any other songs winning this but the top two.
Sunshine I didn't like..
I'm gonna have to deliberate on this.
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Post by jno on Jun 27, 2017 18:04:11 GMT
Incidentally, 'Proclaimers: This is the Story' is currently (as I write this) on BBC iPlayer to download on CatchUp TV in the UK.
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Post by daz on Jun 27, 2017 18:58:13 GMT
Loved their first album, pretty average from that point onwards IMO. I detest 500 Miles with a passion, more to do with being the Scotland song and being over played and Sunshine on Leith is the Hibs anthem, so they can shove that one where the sun don't shine, which is Leith usually!!  The programme is well worth a watch. Come across as two decent guys and love their football which always earns respect in my eyes. |
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 27, 2017 19:39:19 GMT
Good performers. Very catchy songs and in it for the music, not the adulation it brings. Honest pair of lads.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 9:58:39 GMT
I'm Surprised they haven't had more hits than that.
Don't know the last two but What Makes You Cry is brilliant,so that one plus,and this is a tough one to decide,500 miles.
I,ve always meant to check out more of their stuff.I have a couple of their lps but never really played them.
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Post by Portland Road on Jun 30, 2017 7:41:29 GMT
I watched the BBC4 documentary and they come across as good, well-grounded guys. Knowledgeable about music in general, and their own music and why it might be successful. I well remember their first hit. It was on IIRC TOTP - then a few days later I heard it on a pub jukebox - it hit me that it was quite a song, very honest and traditional amongst the gloss of the time. I think 'Letter From America' and 'Pump Up The Volume' must have been the two outstanding songs of the period What has always struck me about them, is the wholehearted passion and conviction they show when performing their songs, in tandem with their native accent. I think this has endeared the passive fan to them. They have emerged into the public consciousness only intermittently, however many artists are like this (the Bee Gees being a prime example), so this should not be held against them. |
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Post by bensonrad on Jun 30, 2017 19:17:38 GMT
I do like a bit of the proclaimers, the Dexter Fletcher film Sunshine on Leith is really good, with all their hits.
I am going to go for:
Lets get married
500 Miles
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Post by larchlapriley on Jun 30, 2017 19:25:32 GMT
Incidentally, 'Proclaimers: This is the Story' is currently (as I write this) on BBC iPlayer to download on CatchUp TV in the UK.
Thanks for the reminder. I completely forgot this as I was forced to attend a colleague's leaving do on Wednesday night and completely forgot to record it on BBC2 Scotland. |
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Post by gustav on Jul 26, 2017 19:54:19 GMT
500 miles has done them no harm at all. Voted for that and would have done Letter from America but I really like their cover of King of the Road so that is my second choice.
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Post by jno on Oct 19, 2017 3:06:25 GMT
500 miles has done them no harm at all. Voted for that and would have done Letter from America but I really like their cover of King of the Road so that is my second choice. Liked their cover of 'King of the Rord' so much, I now play it in my own band! ...two OWS of pushin BRUM bars an ää by twelve four bit ruhm.So superb I even sing it in the accent too!  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Oct 19, 2017 7:20:57 GMT
Liked their cover of 'King of the Rord' so much, I now play it in my own band! Is that because you are an over 60s band? |
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Post by jno on Oct 19, 2017 12:40:36 GMT
Liked their cover of 'King of the Rord' so much, I now play it in my own band! Is that because you are an over 60s band? We are well over the 60s |
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Post by jno on Oct 19, 2017 14:53:39 GMT
Some uplifting positive energy from the encouragement brothers there folks I'll soon be featuring in Hell Toupee! Where's my walking stick anyway? |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Oct 19, 2017 15:39:25 GMT
Singing songs like 'King of the Road' in a fake, Scottish, Proclaimer accent sounds like the kind of novelty act that would be entertaining people at an old folks home..
And therefore I merely enquired if jno was a singer in an 'Over 60s' band.
I can't imagine a younger (say, under 60s) crowd really 'appreciating'* it. Not without getting to boo and throw objects at the band at any rate.
Even The Proclaimers would probably think it uncool and that really tells you something.
I mean Jeez what does jno's band do for an encore, 'Can't Smile Without You' by Barry Manilow?
*tolerating
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Post by plasticpenguin on Nov 16, 2017 1:46:55 GMT
My daughter thought they were a one-hit wonder with '500 miles'. Strange how different people perceive a certain band or group. Very good songs by an underrated act. A friend of mine once said I looked like one of the Proclaimers. I retorted, "how can I look like one of them when they are identical twins". He would have trouble winding up a cuckoo clock. |
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Post by jno on Nov 17, 2017 7:47:09 GMT
My daughter thought they were a one-hit wonder with '500 miles'. Strange how different people perceive a certain band or group. The youth of today! Some people say "I blame the parents" |
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Post by plasticpenguin on Nov 17, 2017 8:59:17 GMT
My daughter thought they were a one-hit wonder with '500 miles'. Strange how different people perceive a certain band or group. The youth of today! Some people say "I blame the parents" Fair point. What's more regnant is the fact '500 miles' is only Proclaimers record I have and the radio generally don't play the others. |
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Post by jno on Nov 17, 2017 12:28:48 GMT
Agreed, it's either '500 Miles' or 'Letter To America' that gets aired.
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Post by daz on Nov 18, 2017 13:37:17 GMT
Sunshine on Leith as you have never heard it before and let me assure you despite the fairly dodgy sound quality, I heard them sing this at Hampden back in April and it really does makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Nov 19, 2017 9:29:03 GMT
Sunshine on Leith as you have never heard it before and let me assure you despite the fairly dodgy sound quality, I heard them sing this at Hampden back in April and it really does makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Errr...erm... no, doesn't 'do it' for me. It is hindered, though, by all the distortion on the recording. |
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Post by chopper on Nov 20, 2017 18:54:13 GMT
I can’t pick two - they weren’t really my thing.....
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 20, 2017 19:47:36 GMT
I can’t pick two - they weren’t really my thing..... I'd have trouble picking just one of their songs Chop. |
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Post by jno on Apr 20, 2020 9:30:32 GMT
I watched the film 'Sunshine on Leith' yesterday which is a musical based solely on Proclaimers songs. I have to say I actually enjoyed it! Good stuff and nice to see them making a cameo. It's over and done with, it's over and done with... great tune. |
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