Tribute to "Sunshine on Leith" on BBC 6 music

**Engels74** · 18-03-2018 02:28 PM

Elbow front man Guy Garvey does a show called Finest hour on 6music and today he had a theme about great lyricists and he started to explain his love for the song Sunshine on Leith but also it's connection to Hibs. He plays it and about 1/4 way through he blends in us singing (I think at hampden). This on the anniversary of our league cup win in 2007. I had tears in my eyes. His show is available on iPlayer.

**SirDavidsNapper** · 18-03-2018 02:58 PM

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Elbow front man Guy Garvey does a show called Finest hour on 6music and today he had a theme about great lyricists and he started to explain his love for the song Sunshine on Leith but also it's connection to Hibs. He plays it and about 1/4 way through he blends in us singing (I think at hampden). This on the anniversary of our league cup win in 2006. I had tears in my eyes. His show is available on iPlayer.

2007 😉

**zlatan** · 18-03-2018 03:18 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wg7cv

An hour and seven minutes in.

***Hibrandenburg*** · 18-03-2018 03:33 PM

Superb.

**Engels74** · 18-03-2018 03:37 PM

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2007 😉

Ouch. Sorted. Still bit rough after last night or memory is going. 😂😂

**Sir David Gray** · 18-03-2018 03:40 PM

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know Craig and Charlie were actually born in Leith. I always associated them with Auchtermuchty and I knew they lived there and just assumed that's where they were also born.

**Paisley Hibby** · 18-03-2018 03:41 PM

Aw man, greetin again.

Thanks for sharing!

***DarlingtonHibee*** · 18-03-2018 03:56 PM

That song gets better every time I here it. Tissue please...

**WoreTheGreen** · 18-03-2018 03:58 PM

Overwhelmed is a understatement

**hibsbollah** · 18-03-2018 04:01 PM

Ohhhh my days.

***Northernhibee*** · 18-03-2018 04:08 PM

He's also got a song about ex Hibs loan stars coming to the end of a relationship. It's "Jonathan Grounds For Divorce"

***AFKA5814_Hibs*** · 18-03-2018 04:10 PM

I often go on Twitter and search for Sunshine on Leith just to see what people are saying about it. Amazing the number of non Hibs fans who claim it to be the best football song. We are very blessed to have such an iconic song associated with the club.

***bigwheel*** · 18-03-2018 04:15 PM

Thanks for sharing this - was a great listen....

***Mibbes Aye*** · 18-03-2018 04:25 PM

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Elbow front man Guy Garvey does a show called Finest hour on 6music and today he had a theme about great lyricists and he started to explain his love for the song Sunshine on Leith but also it's connection to Hibs. He plays it and about 1/4 way through he blends in us singing (I think at hampden). This on the anniversary of our league cup win in 2007. I had tears in my eyes. His show is available on iPlayer.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wg7cv

An hour and seven minutes in.

Thanks for sharing, that was phenomenal and like others the tears just appeared

Funny thing is I really don't like Elbow and Guy Garvey but I'm now prepared to revisit my opinion.

As per AFKA's post I think we have a song that other fans can identify with and are probably really jealous of.

The DVD is going on now

**Pretty Boy** · 18-03-2018 04:35 PM

Already one of my favourite radio shows but that's by the by.

Brilliant stuff and we have the best football anthem in the world, Liverpool's YNWA is about all that is comparable. It just works.

**Engels74** · 18-03-2018 04:56 PM

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Thanks for sharing, that was phenomenal and like others the tears just appeared

Funny thing is I really don't like Elbow and Guy Garvey but I'm now prepared to revisit my opinion.

As per AFKA's post I think we have a song that other fans can identify with and are probably really jealous of.

The DVD is going on now

my pleasure mate. Ive listen to it about 5 times now and still welling up every time 😂😂

**Thecat23** · 18-03-2018 05:14 PM

Simply fantastic!

**hibby6270** · 18-03-2018 05:18 PM

That was well worth a listen. Think Guy Garvey ”gets it” just the same as we do. GGTTH & SoL.

***Mibbes Aye*** · 18-03-2018 05:29 PM

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Already one of my favourite radio shows but that's by the by.

Brilliant stuff and we have the best football anthem in the world, Liverpool's YNWA is about all that is comparable. It just works.

It's going to be impossible to thank Craig and Charlie enough.

Beautiful song that just works for us, and captures the heart of anyone else who hears it.

Nameless · 18-03-2018 05:36 PM

I'd hope if he listens to Joyful Kilmarnock Blues or Cap In Hand, he might revise his opinion that the Proclaimers are "cheap". Notwithstanding that, it was a nice tribute to Sunshine On Leith.

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**SirDavidsNapper** · 18-03-2018 05:41 PM

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I'd hope if he listens to Joyful Kilmarnock Blues or Cap In Hand, he might revise his opinion that the Proclaimers are "cheap". Notwithstanding that, it was a nice tribute to Sunshine On Leith.

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The only Elbow song i know is the one they always show at Glastonbury etc. "Beautiful day" or something. Absolute durge. Not my kind of music at all but wouldnt call it cheap or tacky. Thought that was uncalled for by the guy.

***Northernhibee*** · 18-03-2018 05:43 PM

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The only Elbow song i know is the one they always show at Glastonbury etc. "Beautiful day" or something. Absolute durge. Not my kind of music at all but wouldnt call it cheap or tacky. Thought that was uncalled for by the guy.

Man has opinion about music.

I thought he was very complimentary about them. There are bands that I find cheap and tacky but can appreciate when they do something good.

***CropleyWasGod*** · 18-03-2018 05:55 PM

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He's also got a song about ex Hibs loan stars coming to the end of a relationship. It's "Jonathan Grounds For Divorce"

From the album...the Seldom Seen Albert Kidd.

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**007** · 18-03-2018 06:17 PM

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to next week's show when he talks about the Hearts song.

***Peanut Shaz*** · 18-03-2018 06:27 PM

The best thing about the song is the fact no other club can sing it as their anthem i.e. (Celtic/Liverpool). It's unique to Hibs and that's great.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-03-2018 06:33 PM

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It's going to be impossible to thank Craig and Charlie enough.

Beautiful song that just works for us, and captures the heart of anyone else who hears it.

It must be an amazing feeling for those 2 to be at one of the games when The Hibernian Choir belts out a rendition.

***jacomo*** · 18-03-2018 06:43 PM

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The only Elbow song i know is the one they always show at Glastonbury etc. "Beautiful day" or something. Absolute durge. Not my kind of music at all but wouldnt call it cheap or tacky. Thought that was uncalled for by the guy.

Tbf that’s quite an atypical Elbow song.

Something of a cheap bid to create a singalong anthem.

**~~G B Young~~** · 18-03-2018 06:53 PM

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Thanks for sharing, that was phenomenal and like others the tears just appeared

Funny thing is I really don't like Elbow and Guy Garvey but I'm now prepared to revisit my opinion.

As per AFKA's post I think we have a song that other fans can identify with and are probably really jealous of.

The DVD is going on now

Garvey's show is good with a lot of cracking tracks given an airing. He has, IMHO, a decent taste in music but I agree that Elbow are nothing special. Vastly overrated in fact.

As for other fans being jealous of the way SOL has become synonymous with Hibs, you're damn right. The yams in particular must privately wish they had a similar anthem. But they're a club that, quite simply, doesn't lend itself to these sort of romantic associations. Dour, functional and imbued with an absurdly misplaced arrogance, they're everything Hibs aren't.

***jacomo*** · 18-03-2018 07:12 PM

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Garvey's show is good with a lot of cracking tracks given an airing. He has, IMHO, a decent taste in music but I agree that Elbow are nothing special. Vastly overrated in fact.

As for other fans being jealous of the way SOL has become synonymous with Hibs, you're damn right. The yams in particular must privately wish they had a similar anthem. But they're a club that, quite simply, doesn't lend itself to these sort of romantic associations. Dour, functional and imbued with an absurdly misplaced arrogance, they're everything Hibs aren't.

And I thought Elgar had composed Pomp and Circumstance in honour of The Famous.

Turns out there’s no evidence he had ever heard of them. My bad.