Tribute to "Sunshine on Leith" on BBC 6 music

[Engels74]

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]

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]

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

An hour and seven minutes in.

[Hibrandenburg]

Superb.

[Engels74]

2007 😉

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

[Sir David Gray]

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]

Aw man, greetin again.

Thanks for sharing!

[DarlingtonHibee]

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

[WoreTheGreen]

Overwhelmed is a understatement

[hibsbollah]

Ohhhh my days.

[Northernhibee]

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]

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]

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

[Mibbes Aye]

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.


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 :greengrin

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 :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

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]

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

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

[Thecat23]

Simply fantastic!

[hibby6270]

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

[Mibbes Aye]

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.

:agree:

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Peanut Shaz]

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]

:agree:

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]

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]

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

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 :greengrin

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]

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.

[snooky]

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.

Exactamondo! :aok:

[jacomo]

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.


You got to insure against theft with Celtc about.

[HibbiesandtheBaddies]

You got to insure against theft with Celtc about.

To be fair, the Scouse had already knicked it from a 1940s American musical.

[CentreLine]

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.

I’m really surprised that Leeds haven’t picked it up. Never be as good but they could work it

[Austinho]

Sent chills down my spine as usual. You can shove your Forever Blowing Bubbles, YNWA or Blue Moon.

[Tornadoes70]

That was terrific. Thanks for sharing.

:aok:

Mon the Cabbage!!!

[NAE NOOKIE]

Cheers OP that was good.

Always nice to see the message going out and brings a nice wee bit of attention to Hibs as a club and us as a support. As others have said the great thing about SOL is that its practically unnickable and it ticks the one box you really must to qualify as a really great and cool football anthem ... it doesn't mention the club or even football anywhere in the lyrics :greengrin

The other thing is that we don't abuse it... it isn't played when the team run out and you will be lucky to hear it sung more than 5 or so times a season ... that for me makes it even more special :aok:

[tomf]

As a songwriter who has occasionally connected with the audience emotionally I recognise how difficult it is to write a song that really, really works. Sunshine On Leith works about as well as any song can. The connection with Hibernian through the guys themselves makes it almost unassailable as a football song. No matter how many times I have heard it I still found tears in my eyes hearing it again. A great intro to the piece and a great idea to splice the recording with the Hibs fans singing the song. In the same way that the football family recognises You'll Never Walk Alone as a genuine football anthem regardless of its actual origin I believe they recognise Sunshine On Leith as being one of the best songs associated with a football club, if not the best. A few may be jealous but most know a great song when they hear it.

[Austinho]

Just googled to see if it was ever released as a single, and saw it made it to 41 in the charts.

Surprised to see 500 Miles only ever charted at number 11. Thought it would have been much higher.

Edit: made it to number 3 in the US and number 1 in Australia when it was rereleased.

[HoboHarry]

Takes a fair bit to get this auld guy emotional but that did it. Jeezo, that was fantastic........

[PatHead]

Goosebumps.

[Sauzee16]

That’s magnificent. I actually got lost in a daze back to that day in May listening to that for some reason and it’s not happened much (might be the headphones and train journey).

[One Day]

Was also mentioned on Pointless this evening. Richard Osman appears to be a big fan so does Alexander Armstrong

[Scott Allan Key]

I’m really surprised that Leeds haven’t picked it up. Never be as good but they could work it

Sunshine on Keith also works. For their one fan.

[snooky]

Sunshine on Keith also works. For their one fan.

Also Neath RFC. http://www.neathrugby.wales/

And of course, the Hearts could adopt "Sunshine on Thiefs"

[Danderhall Hibs]

Also Neath RFC. http://www.neathrugby.wales/

And of course, the Hearts could adopt "Sunshine on Thiefs"

Hill O Beath have been known to belt it out.

[snooky]

Hill O Beath have been known to belt it out.

Aw right. If you're stretching it to 3 syllables then Tenerife comes into play.

[delbert]

Just googled to see if it was ever released as a single, and saw it made it to 41 in the charts.

Surprised to see 500 Miles only ever charted at number 11. Thought it would have been much higher.

Edit: made it to number 3 in the US and number 1 in Australia when it was rereleased.

It became popular in the US after being used as the theme for the Johnny Depp movie ‘Benny and Joon’

[The Pointer]

Very good summation for many people and it's interesting how emotional people with no apparent connection to the club get when they hear it. Quite a lot put into a short piece and very enjoyable.