A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Jul 15th 2010, 6:30 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
another criminally under rated band was Bourgie Bourgie / Paul Quinn
always had a liking for Scottish music and could never understand how they could produce such good stuff when in the NE we had Dire Straits, Lindisfarne, Jimmy bastard Nail, Gazza and Ant and Dec
Jul 15th 2010, 7:22 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
saw them when they were still Friends Again, still one of my favourite albums
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JyNr2O4V8yM
another criminally under rated band was Bourgie Bourgie / Paul Quinn
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jqLDLWPJm_M
always had a liking for Scottish music and could never understand how they could produce such good stuff when in the NE we had Dire Straits, Lindisfarne, Jimmy bastard Nail, Gazza and Ant and Dec
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JyNr2O4V8yM
another criminally under rated band was Bourgie Bourgie / Paul Quinn
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jqLDLWPJm_M
always had a liking for Scottish music and could never understand how they could produce such good stuff when in the NE we had Dire Straits, Lindisfarne, Jimmy bastard Nail, Gazza and Ant and Dec
Jul 15th 2010, 7:30 am
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Jul 15th 2010, 8:57 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Jul 15th 2010, 5:40 pm
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
always had a liking for Scottish music and could never understand how they could produce such good stuff when in the NE we had Dire Straits, Lindisfarne, Jimmy bastard Nail, Gazza and Ant and Dec [/QUOTE]
Ya crackin jokes, you cant liken Dire Straits to Gazza and A&D.
I have grown nostalgic for Dire Straits since I left the Toon.
[/QUOTE]Ya crackin jokes, you cant liken Dire Straits to Gazza and A&D.
I have grown nostalgic for Dire Straits since I left the Toon.
Jul 15th 2010, 8:20 pm
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Talking of Simple Minds got me thinking of some of my favourite Scottish bands of that era.... so for no apparent reason here are 5 classics:-
Ultravox (when they were important - John Foxx on vox)
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie (where Shirley Manson of Garbage first appeared) - The Rattler is their biggest hit, but this is a classic:
Simply brilliant band, should have "broke" America, one of Nirvana's favourites, but not as much as another of the MacKenzies, the bassist was Nirvana's roadie.... the great Teenage Fanclub
The sublime Primal Scream... here is a lesser known beauty....
another Creation act - the brilliant JAMC
Ultravox (when they were important - John Foxx on vox)
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie (where Shirley Manson of Garbage first appeared) - The Rattler is their biggest hit, but this is a classic:
Simply brilliant band, should have "broke" America, one of Nirvana's favourites, but not as much as another of the MacKenzies, the bassist was Nirvana's roadie.... the great Teenage Fanclub
The sublime Primal Scream... here is a lesser known beauty....
another Creation act - the brilliant JAMC
All brilliant.
Jul 16th 2010, 7:12 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Nary a mention of Shotts and Dykehead, Brit. Cal., Glesga Polis.
See youse, ye widnae no a good band if it..........whit?
Wally.
See youse, ye widnae no a good band if it..........whit?
Wally.
Jul 16th 2010, 7:36 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
I have grown nostalgic for Dire Straits since I left the Toon.[/QUOTE]
I just did, they're all utterly shite
Jul 17th 2010, 4:49 pm
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Jul 17th 2010, 4:55 pm
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Jul 17th 2010, 5:04 pm
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Jul 17th 2010, 5:14 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHYVF...eature=related
i bought a blue and white polkadot shirt after seeing this
i bought a blue and white polkadot shirt after seeing this
Aug 13th 2010, 6:27 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Mea Culpa TGFKASE, Commotions for sure...Atttractions went with the McManus chappie was it?
Aug 13th 2010, 7:31 am
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Re: A selection of brilliant Scottish Bands (spawned from the Live Aid thread)
Heartily agree with Biffy, Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub, and the Travis were/are a bit hard done by, particularly there early stuff was great as were they live.
Others of note, in my opinion, Belle & Sebastian (who have a new album out later this year
), the sadly no more Beta Band, and the marvellous Frightened Rabbit:
Others of note, in my opinion, Belle & Sebastian (who have a new album out later this year
), the sadly no more Beta Band, and the marvellous Frightened Rabbit: