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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on June 10, 2017, 07:29:40 PM

Title: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 10, 2017, 07:29:40 PM: Just saw the trailer for this and had one of those whitened face moments, 30 years!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w51r4
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 10, 2017, 08:18:44 PM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on June 10, 2017, 07:29:40 PM
Just saw the trailer for this and had one of those whitened face moments, 30 years!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w51r4

Yes, I know.
I went to a few gigs back in theday....mind you I've met the boys a few times in the past couple of years and they are as genuine as they appear.
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 21, 2017, 10:10:52 PM: The doc's just finishing - and it was a pretty good effort. Mind you, they left one bit of the Proclaimers story out, so here it is....'cos this is R&E after all.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSMjgQHIZ0
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 21, 2017, 10:16:57 PM: .....and agian. There was a wee bit about 'cap in hand'. Not a bad song, imho - but this one beats it for me - hands down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ekIS9QWSA
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 22, 2017, 08:45:30 AM: Quote from: Anchorman on June 21, 2017, 10:10:52 PM
The doc's just finishing - and it was a pretty good effort. Mind you, they left one bit of the Proclaimers story out, so here it is....'cos this is R&E after all.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSMjgQHIZ0
Haven't watched it yet, and had wondered if their Christianity would be covered. I can understand why it wasn't in the time and it might have been their choice, or it might have been Orwellian naturalistic humanist secularist Stalinism.

I do wonder how many people singing Sunshine on Leith think the Chief is meant to be.
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 22, 2017, 08:50:58 AM: One of the (many) things I like about them is the way they make their views, whether political, religious or whatever, evident in their lyrics without being in your face. Very much in the tradition of the early '60's folk revival with rock, pop and a wee bit of punk thrown in the mix. Love them or hate them, their sound is unique.
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 22, 2017, 10:10:31 AM: Quote from: Anchorman on June 22, 2017, 08:50:58 AM
One of the (many) things I like about them is the way they make their views, whether political, religious or whatever, evident in their lyrics without being in your face. Very much in the tradition of the early '60's folk revival with rock, pop and a wee bit of punk thrown in the mix. Love them or hate them, their sound is unique.

A story popped up on my timeline elsewhere from Iain Lawson triggered by the programme covering a time when he was campaigning with the brothers and Jim Sillars during a Govan by election in the 80s. They were campaigning on top of a bus and someone shouted 'The Proclaimers are supporting the SNP, who've Labour got?' Jim, spying the Labour candidate, Donald Dewar, and the Labour organiser, Murray Elder, grabbed the mic, and shouted 'Who have Labour got?' And pointing at them individually said 'Wet! Wet! Wet!'
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 22, 2017, 10:30:42 AM: Typical Sillars. Mind you, with Donald 'the gannet' on board, I'd have suggested "The Fine (not so) Young Cannibals!
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on June 23, 2017, 02:27:00 PM: All together now..

"Whun ye goo
wull ye sund bark
ar lattar frum Amarica?"

I had a friend, he was originally from Glasgow, who looked like Craig & Charlie, we used to joke that he should perform this song standing next to a mirror.
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Anchorman on June 23, 2017, 02:38:47 PM: Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on June 23, 2017, 02:27:00 PM
All together now..

"Whun ye goo
wull ye sund bark
ar lattar frum Amarica?"

I had a friend, he was originally from Glasgow, who looked like Craig & Charlie, we used to joke that he should perform this song standing next to a mirror.

Er....the duo are not Weegies, and the accent is Fife!
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 23, 2017, 02:41:08 PM: Quote from: Anchorman on June 23, 2017, 02:38:47 PM

Er....the duo are not Weegies, and the accent is Fife!
Don't worry about Humph, he's just a Londoner ;)

(apologies HWB, couldn't resist)
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on June 23, 2017, 02:43:50 PM: Quote from: Anchorman on June 23, 2017, 02:38:47 PM

Er....the duo are not Weegies, and the accent is Fife!

Well if Brummies can get away with confusing suburban Surrey with the East End of London, we can get away with confusing Weegies with Fife! :P
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on June 23, 2017, 02:45:34 PM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on June 23, 2017, 02:41:08 PM
Don't worry about Humph, he's just a Londoner ;)

(apologies HWB, couldn't resist)

OK, I will put the Akita's back in their kennels :P
Title: Re: This is The Story - 30 Years of The Proclaimers
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 24, 2017, 11:02:17 AM: Quote from: Anchorman on June 21, 2017, 10:10:52 PM
The doc's just finishing - and it was a pretty good effort. Mind you, they left one bit of the Proclaimers story out, so here it is....'cos this is R&E after all.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSMjgQHIZ0
Now watched and enjoyed it, it is a pity though that the Christian aspects to their lyrics wasn't covered. Given Muriel Gray's obvious discomfort when their politics were discussed, it would have been interesting to see how other interviewees would have reacted to a discussion about their religious beliefs.

Had forgotten that Brendan O'Hara MP is in the I'm Gonna Be video