The Proclaimers- The Streets of Edinburgh

[Moulin Yarns]

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You are tedious, really tedious. You were on another thread the other day saying you found hibs fans strange. Why do you bother?

He can't help being from a family of Celtc supporters

[cleanyman]

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He can't help being from a family of Celtc supporters

You grass

[Moulin Yarns]

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You grass

How you doing these days?

[cleanyman]

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How you doing these days?

Not bad at all David. Can't complain. I'll send you a PM after the game. Its going to be a nervy one.

[BullsCloseHibs]

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The Proclaimers are bad.

Really bad.

You sad muppet.

[Aldo]

Roll on November 17th. 6 of us going to see them. Tradition.

Album is cracking!


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[Moulin Yarns]

Can't stop watching the video. Trying to spot all the locations,in between the watery eyes 😭

[HibeEC]

Great video, anyone know who the production company was? Really like the song but will we all be singing it at ER any time soon?

[Pete]

Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

[Dashing Bob S]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

Where are you living currently?

[Hi Heid Yin]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

Hey, I'll have you know that this 60 year old "Oldie" lives in the city centre, just around the corner from the Uni and, yes, those "transient youngsters"

[houstonhibbee]

I think it’s great ��
In fact I’d go as far to say it’s as good as SOL
dirge Ha!

[houstonhibbee]

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Hey, I'll have you know that this 60 year old "Oldie" lives in the city centre, just around the corner from the Uni and, yes, those "transient youngsters"

im 60 as well LL
out of interest what was your first hibs game and why?

[BILLYHIBS]

I cannot understand how anyone can call The Proclaimers a folk group that gave Hibernian FC the greatest football anthem ever garbage!

This statement ranks up beside the posters that said Jamie Mac was gash and that we should punt Ryan Porteous out on loan.

These statements are what makes HIBS.net so compelling.

Out of interest to anyone that is interested I too am 60 and my first HIBS game was HIBS 1 v 1 Leeds United 1968 (fact)

[southsider]

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I cannot understand how anyone can call The Proclaimers a folk group that gave Hibernian FC the greatest football anthem ever garbage!

This statement ranks up beside the posters that said Jamie Mac was gash and that we should punt Ryan Porteous out on loan.

These statements are what makes HIBS.net so compelling.

Out of interest to anyone that is interested I too am 60 and my first HIBS game was HIBS 1 v 1 Leeds United 1968 (fact)

60 next year Billy. New song is brilliant and the video too. First Hibs game was a 2-5 defeat to St. J on xmas eve 1965.

[I'm_cabbaged]

Starter for 10. What’s the pub in the video?

[Billy Whizz]

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Starter for 10. What’s the pub in the video?

It’s somewhere on the thread

[I'm_cabbaged]

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It’s somewhere on the thread

Haha, never saw it, what a fanny 😂😂😂

[Billy Whizz]

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Haha, never saw it, what a fanny 😂😂😂

So what is it called, can’t be bothered looking back

[I'm_cabbaged]

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So what is it called, can’t be bothered looking back

Dagda on buccleuch street, used to be proctors.

[RoYO!]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

There’s quite simply nowhere in the British isles I’d rather live. But thanks for the input.

[Eyrie]

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I cannot understand how anyone can call The Proclaimers a folk group that gave Hibernian FC the greatest football anthem ever garbage!

This statement ranks up beside the posters that said Jamie Mac was gash and that we should punt Ryan Porteous out on loan.

These statements are what makes HIBS.net so compelling.

Out of interest to anyone that is interested I too am 60 and my first HIBS game was HIBS 1 v 1 Leeds United 1968 (fact)

It's a fair comment for those of us who don't enjoy their style of music.

I like the way that "SOL" has been co-opted by the fans as an anthem and I think it works well after a big win, but it's not something I would choose to listen to.

[BILLYHIBS]

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60 next year Billy. New song is brilliant and the video too. First Hibs game was a 2-5 defeat to St. J on xmas eve 1965.

You must be a die hard after that first result. I was born and brought up in Gorgie and was a Hearts supporter. My Dad was a Hibby who idolised the Famous Five. He took me to my first HIBS game and when I saw the teams running out and the green jerseys with white sleeves reflecting off the glare of the floodlights and the 40000 crowd that was me hooked. The game kicked off to a tremendous roar from the crowd the green and white jerseys swarmed around the Leeds eighteen yard box Colin Stein scored inside the first five minutes lobbing Gary Sprake from an acute angle to send the crowd into raptures squaring the tie on aggregate.Halceon days indeed!

[Fife-Hibee]

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It's a fair comment for those of us who don't enjoy their style of music.

I like the way that "SOL" has been co-opted by the fans as an anthem and I think it works well after a big win, but it's not something I would choose to listen to.

Not enjoying a certain style of music, doesn't make bands who play that style of music "garbage". A bit of objectivity goes a long way.

[ahibby]

The lyrics are not conducive to it catching on imo. Its a sentimental song and will hit the spot for some. The melody is okay and the production is massive. I would like to hear it unplugged so that the song comes over more than the massive production. We r told to try and keep words and syllables natural in song writing but the boys dont always follow that guide. I like the melody the production and the sentiment but not so much the lyrics. Cap n hand, Marys fingertips and S O L, all have better lyrics imo. Its ok though.

[G B Young]

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It's a fair comment for those of us who don't enjoy their style of music.

I like the way that "SOL" has been co-opted by the fans as an anthem and I think it works well after a big win, but it's not something I would choose to listen to.

What's brilliant about Sunshine on Leith is that as a football anthem it will forever remain unique to Hibs and has boosted the club's profile worldwide as a result. The vast majority of football songs are adopted or adapted by more than one club and in some cases they're sung by just about everyone. But Sunshine on Leith is different. It was always a great song but I doubt even the Proclaimers imagined it being sung by 20,000 Hibs fans on a regular basis. It's only when you hear it sung like that that you realise how well it works in that context and the fact that nobody else can ever sing it at a football match apart from Hibs fans makes it all the more special.

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

There's an interesting piece in Bella Caledonia you should read mate. There's quite a bit to the theory that Edinburgh has pretty well become a sort of urban donut with the locals all living around the edges and the centre occupied by the extremely wealthy, hotels and tourists .. the rise of the 'air B & B being particularly detrimental. You could see it becoming like Monaco where everybody who works there lives across the border in France because they couldn't afford a cupboard in the principality itself, never mind a one bedroom flat for example.

I'm no luddite, I'm all for modern architecture if it enhances a city …. But over the last few decades IMO the council have allowed a few projects to go ahead in the city centre which should have had them stood against a wall and shot. Edinburgh is a world heritage site for a reason and for better or worse depending on your point of view the tourists flock to it for a reason. Its heritage and skyline should be protected at all costs and IMO the folk running it ( or should I say ruining it ) in the last few decades have IMO lost sight of that fact.

Anyway … as for the song I think its ok.

No matter what you think of it, nothing can ever top the Proclaimers allowing that utterly atrocious mangling of their best work that was the film 'Sunshine on Leith' … what the hell were they thinking

[Hamish]

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First up I am a huge fan of the Proclaimers......however....

This song is a dirge and as somebody who grew up in Sighthill I barely recognise any of these ‘streets of Edinburgh’ apart from the City Centre.

Not their best.

My sentiments exactly. Seen them a few times and they have always been excellent.

This may be a grower but ah hae ma doots.

[pacoluna]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

Full of rich transient youngsters? Only youngsters?

Try being young and trying to afford a mortgage in Edinburgh, bleeds you dry. A lost generation.

[One Day Soon]

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Edinburgh is great at arms length. Wouldn’t move back for the world.

The only way you’ll ever be able to buy a flat near the centre of Edinburgh nowadays is if you’re quite well off or if you’ve got rich relatives.

From the center going outwards, the soul has been gradually ripped out the place. It’s nothing more than an interesting mish mash of transient youngsters.

Quality bit of pish that.