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Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:28:10 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/01/2017 02:28

Stover75 wrote:

Was the Clare Grogan film Gregory's Girl?
That is such a good film.

No. It was called Comfort and Joy. It was about a war between people who drove ice cream trucks. It was fuckin hilarious. It was the same director though.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

CharlieBarley — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:18:13 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/01/2017 02:18

bobbyb5 wrote:

Of course I mentioned the cocteau twins. In fact, when I was a teenager I thought that the reason I didn't understand what she was saying is because she was Scottish. But of course that wasn't the reason at all. Americans can't understand Scottish at all. When they show Scottish movies they are subtitled.. Without subtitles we cant figure out what they're saying. Like when they show Trainspotting here its subtitled. And I when watched a movie with Claire Grogan who was the singer in altered images, one of my favorite bands of the 80s, it was available in subtitled our unsubtitled. I watched both of them.

Was the Clare Grogan film Gregory's Girl?
That is such a good film.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:12:25 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/01/2017 02:12

I forgot about Maggie Bell and stone the crows. And she's in my top 100 so I don't know how I forgot

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:10:25 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/01/2017 02:10

Of course I mentioned the cocteau twins. In fact, when I was a teenager I thought that the reason I didn't understand what she was saying is because she was Scottish. But of course that wasn't the reason at all. Americans can't understand Scottish at all. When they show Scottish movies they are subtitled.. Without subtitles we cant figure out what they're saying. Like when they show Trainspotting here its subtitled. And I when watched a movie with Claire Grogan who was the singer in altered images, one of my favorite bands of the 80s, it was available in subtitled our unsubtitled. I watched both of them.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

CharlieBarley — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:01:12 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/01/2017 02:01

There are loads of good ones that have been mentioned, I love Big Country, Jesus And Mary Chain and The Proclaimers. And I am just getting into Mogwai and Boards of Canada.

There are so many top quality Scottish bands, and I don't just say that because I am Scottish.

Many of my favourites have been mentioned. Were The Cocteau Twins mentioned?

I like older acts like The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and the mighty Bay City Rollers. I also love 80s band Deacon Blue, who were my favourite band as a teenager. They had so many good tunes. Plus Travis were top notch and did quite well in America, I believe, at least for a time. Plus Fran Healey is a talented songwriter and has a very good voice. I have seen both of those bands live. Yeh, so Travis and Deacon Blue,

Also 3 members of AC/DC were born in Scotland, which will probably explain the inclusion of bagpipes on their first album.

Two cracking little bands, not too well known are Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Bis. Both brilliant. Plus I also love Primal Scream, as mentioned.

Plus there are urban acts like Emeli Sande and Ms Dynamite, the latter's mother is Scottish.
Paolo Nutini is good. I even like a couple of tracks by Texas and Wet Wet Wet. Heaven forbid!

Other good Scottish artists:

Amy MacDonald
Biffy Clyro
Calvin Harris
Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat were Scottish, I think)
Hue And Cry
Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice were mentioned)
The Skids
The Fratelli's (check out Chelsea Dagger - a staple chant at football and rugby matches and sang along to in many a pub)
The View
Finley Quaye
K T Tunstall
Lloyd Cole
Fiction Factory (I only know Feels Like Heaven but what a song)
Hipsway
Chvrches
BMX Bandits
Glasvegas (gorgeous band)
Fairground Attraction/Eddi Reader (what a voice!)
the Danny Wilson song Mary's Prayer
Ultravox/Midge Ure
Gerry Rafferty's project Stealer's Wheel (Stuck in the Middle With You)
Frankie Miller
Marmalade
Dougie Maclean
Can't forget Lulu (already mentioned but ace)
Even Billy Connolly had a stab at the charts and scored a number 1 in 1975 with D.I.V.O.R.C.E. a parody of the famous Tammy Wynette song. Plus he started out in folk band The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, then went solo to revolutionise stand-up comedy as we know it in the UK, back in the 1970s

There are more but those are all the ones I can think of, apart from those already mentioned.
Check some out
There's a lot of good stuff.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

Graeme2 — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 03:11:45 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 09/30/2017 07:11

Scotland is the place. I love it. The landscape, the mountains, the people and the music. The top three concerts I've enjoyed were by Glasgow acts (Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream). The people behind the greatest indie label ever (Creation) are from Glasgow. The greatest electronic artists of all time are Scottish (BoC). Most of the greats have been mentioned, but some essential listening would be
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters by The Twilight Sad
Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
Special Moves by Mogwai
Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

HazeyTwilight — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:35:29 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 09/29/2017 21:35

Insomniac wrote:

Someone needs to champion The Twilight Sad in here....

Can't believe I forgot about these guys. 😮 Looks like I should head up; I'm shallow and blind.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:30:17 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/29/2017 21:30

The song "In a Big Country" by Big Country is everything U2 was trying to be their entire career. Although U2's " I Will Folllow"came a year or two before Big Country. so you can't help but think that big country was actually aiming for U2. You know, everything had to be an Anthem. But those two songs actually DO sound like anthems.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

Insomniac — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:09:48 GMT

Author: Insomniac

Posted: 09/29/2017 21:09

Someone needs to champion The Twilight Sad in here....

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

LittleM1971 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:32:02 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 09/29/2017 20:32

Lastings wrote:

My #40 album of all times belongs to Scottish band 'Idlewild'.

One of my favourites too, 100 Broken Windows for me though. Can't believe I forgot them!!!

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

Lastings — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:23:12 GMT

Author: Lastings

Posted: 09/29/2017 20:23

My #40 album of all times belongs to Scottish band 'Idlewild'.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

LittleM1971 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:44:07 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 09/29/2017 18:44

The Pastels, Aztec Camera, Teenage Fanclub, Josef K, The Skids, The Rezillos, The Orchids, The Vaselines, The Waterboys, Altered Images.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:37:24 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/29/2017 18:37

Fischman wrote:

While like most, I put a lot of UK bands at the top of my heap, I think few of them have been specifically Scottish. A few second tier artists for me though.

Top of the Heap
Surprisingly, none that I can think of

Other honorable mentions
Big Country
Nazareth

One (or two) Hit (at least for me) Wonders
Lulu
Average White Band
Sheena Easton
Simple Minds
Annie Lennox
Gerry Rafferty
Al Stewart

Ian Anderson is Scottish, but as a whole Jethro Tull aren't. Ditto the Young brothers but not AC/DC and the Knopfler brothers but not Dire Straits

Now that's just pop/rock. I'm also a big Celtic fan and here's some Celtic artists from Scotland that I play regularly:
Silly Wizard
Sileas
The Battlefield Band
The Poozies
The Tannahill Weavers
Capercaille

And of course, there are Scottish groups who fuse rock and traditional Celtic sounds, most notably the great Wolfstone.

I can't believe someone else likes big country. I thought Gerry Rafferty was American, I didn't know he was Scottish

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:33:17 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/29/2017 18:33

HazeyTwilight wrote:

Look no further than some of BEA's favourites: Belle & Sebastian, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Boards of Canada.

I also really like Mogwai, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, Primal Scream and Close Lobsters. Scotland's so nice, I want to back!

Wow. . I had no idea all those were Scottish.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

Fischman — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:55:11 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 09/29/2017 16:55

While like most, I put a lot of UK bands at the top of my heap, I think few of them have been specifically Scottish. A few second tier artists for me though.

Top of the Heap
Surprisingly, none that I can think of

Other honorable mentions
Big Country
Nazareth

One (or two) Hit (at least for me) Wonders
Lulu
Average White Band
Sheena Easton
Simple Minds
Annie Lennox
Gerry Rafferty
Al Stewart

Ian Anderson is Scottish, but as a whole Jethro Tull aren't. Ditto the Young brothers but not AC/DC and the Knopfler brothers but not Dire Straits

Now that's just pop/rock. I'm also a big Celtic fan and here's some Celtic artists from Scotland that I play regularly:
Silly Wizard
Sileas
The Battlefield Band
The Poozies
The Tannahill Weavers
Capercaille

And of course, there are Scottish groups who fuse rock and traditional Celtic sounds, most notably the great Wolfstone.

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

HazeyTwilight — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:44:30 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 09/29/2017 16:44

Look no further than some of BEA's favourites: Belle & Sebastian, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Boards of Canada.

I also really like Mogwai, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, Primal Scream and Close Lobsters. Scotland's so nice, I want to back!

Re: How about Scottish bands and musicians?

Hayden — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:57:00 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/29/2017 15:57

I still vouch BEA should designate bands as Scottish, English or Welsh rather than just blanketed under 'UK'. I'm not entirely sure why we don't.

How about Scottish bands and musicians?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:50:42 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/29/2017 15:50

When I was really young in the 80s, there were all these bands that I thought were so great from Scotland. Some of the ones I liked were Big Country, The Proclaimers, Altered Images, Cocteau twins and a shitload more. And then I found out that a lot of even older musicians that I liked from the seventies were Scottish too . Like Donovan , Al Stewart , Jethro Tull . But I hardly know any recent ones. Besides Franz Ferdinand. What are some more good Scottish musicians either old or new?