Steve is some character. Been married 7 or 8 times. Done a stint in jail and nearly died a few times thru drugs. But fantastic singer/ songwriter.
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Thread: Proclaimers in Melrose
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18-06-2019 01:54 PM #91
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18-06-2019 01:56 PM #92This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I like enough of their material to go and see them every so often But like lots of Artists they all have a shelf life where they are past their creative best but can still put on a good show although their sound quality live can be variable imo
We stayed in a small pub in Lilliesleaf outside Melrose and the three couples in the Bar after midnight were there as had also been to the concert One couple were from Burnley and had come up specially to see them for the first time and weren’t really that award of the Hibs connection but loved the idea of thousands of football supporters singing Sunshine on Leith as their Anthem
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18-06-2019 02:52 PM #93
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteLast edited by CockneyRebel; 18-06-2019 at 02:56 PM.
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18-06-2019 02:53 PM #94This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
*Only caveat is Track 9 "Little R N Roller" should be avoided. It's that albums yellow submarine moment.
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18-06-2019 02:55 PM #95
Looking for 2 tickets for the Edinburgh castle gig guys if there is any available!
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18-06-2019 03:07 PM #96This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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18-06-2019 03:15 PM #97
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18-06-2019 03:47 PM #98This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
His best known album is "Copperhead Road" (1988) and Guitar Town" (1986) is well liked. Both would be a good starting point .
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18-06-2019 04:22 PM #99
Nobody should be above criticism and music tastes are just a matter of opinion. Why should folk who don't like the Proclaimers not be allowed to state so on here? That's not putting the boot in, it is expressing an opinion. You don't get to where Charlie and Craig have without encountering people who aren't big fans of your music along the way.
As it happens, I love them. I remember going to see them at the Whitehall theatre in Dundee about 18 years ago. It was the first gig they'd done in some time (can't remember why) and it was up there with the best live performances I've been to. I'm not a fan of 500 miles, but Letter from America is a masterpiece alongside Sunshine on Leith. Cap in Hand is another of my favourites. My Dad used to have them on in the car all the time when we were wee, and I always surprise folk (including myself) when I realise I have subconsciously managed to learn all the words to songs like Throw the R Away.
I have a love hate relationship with Scotland and have always lived here. Whenever I've been away for more than a few days though I always find myself putting their music on on my way back home. There is probably more I can relate to in their music than that of almost any other band and I often feel like a view Scotland in a similar way to them - with frustration more than anything but with a few other positive and negative sentiments thrown in.Last edited by Smartie; 18-06-2019 at 04:31 PM.
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18-06-2019 07:03 PM #100This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not much happening on the football front with Hibs at the moment so it was a chance for folks to get heated about something else that lots of us at least know about.
Probably not the right thread to do it on but it was something different from implausible rumour and puns..
Maybe I could start a thread on how much I hate the dirge that is "Flower of Scotland"
Nah, that wouldn't get anyone frothing at the mouth.
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18-06-2019 07:15 PM #101
It’ll never be as bad as the dirge that is GSTQ.......
I’ve seen The Proclaimers pre and post Sunshine on Leith being a Hibs anthem as well as down south with only a handful of Hibees present. Different experiences but all enjoyable. A charity gig at Easter Road in front of thousands would be incredible."Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.' - Paulo Freire
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18-06-2019 07:36 PM #102This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Scotland the Brave has a brilliant tune, infinitely better than the cure for insomnia that is "Flower of Scotland"Last edited by CMurdoch; 18-06-2019 at 07:43 PM.
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18-06-2019 08:49 PM #103
Cocteau Twin......I adore the stuff the Cocteau Twins did and did so from the start.
Mrs Iggy bought me a sumptuous box set of theirs about 20 years back, maybe more, All cds in a velvet box lid with remixes of the singles on 4AD. Until then everything I had was on vinyl as they were part of the post punk pantheon that had swallowed up anyone with ears.
I listen to them more than I do the Proclaimers who are a joy to listen to at Easter Road. And Hampden.
I remember hipsters of the time (yes, we had them) trying to get me into this folk punk stuff that was ‘This Is The Story’. I never got it anymore than I did the poet of Barking and all his ‘Spy vs Spy’ stuff. We had Red Wedge then. Now we’ve goy Ayes and Naws.
Anyone who witnessed the Pogues play Edinburgh mid 80s (Xmas 85 at the Playhouse maybe) will know what a crowd can bring to a live act. Liz and Robin wouldnae have fancied that gig much at all! I thoroughly did though.
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19-06-2019 02:53 AM #104
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19-06-2019 03:05 AM #105
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19-06-2019 04:59 AM #106
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Seen The P’s support the Housemartins in Edinburgh and at the end of their set they ran to back of room to sell their CD.
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19-06-2019 12:00 PM #107
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Someday remains my favourite though.
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19-06-2019 09:41 PM #108This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
e.g. "Cause I know there's an angel just for rock 'n' rollers
Watchin' over you and your daddy tonight"
Yuk!
"Someday" is good though as are all the other tracks.
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19-06-2019 09:54 PM #109This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Fills in all the gaps.
Record company got it right for once.
Is this the first time the Cocteau Twins have been discussed on Hibs.net?
Meanwhile JKB posters are discussing how much they like the Stone Roses for the thousandth time .
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19-06-2019 10:13 PM #110This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not sure why. I should remedy that.
The box set that Iggy Pope has is the business for filling in all the gaps in a Cocteau's collection.
Wish my wife had bought me it!
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19-06-2019 10:18 PM #112
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