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Old 27-10-2006, 22:12
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My favourite by a country mile is
The Trash Can Sinatras.
Also the most under-rated.
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Old 27-10-2006, 22:25
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I've always liked DEACON BLUE.
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Old 27-10-2006, 22:30
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deacon blue
wet wet wet
the proclaimers
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Old 27-10-2006, 23:23
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The Blue Nile
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Old 27-10-2006, 23:32
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Maybe Simple Minds?
Waterfront my favourite of theirs, while Don't You Forget About Me and Belfast Child are just classics.

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Old 27-10-2006, 23:57
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Do Snow Patrol count?

If not I'll go with Texas, then.
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Old 28-10-2006, 00:00
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I've always thought of Snow Patrol as a Northern Irish band, despite the press always calling them a Scottish band.
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Old 28-10-2006, 00:26
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Originally Posted by carrolls
My favourite by a country mile is
The Trash Can Sinatras.
Also the most under-rated.
Obscurity Knocks is one of my favourite all time tunes.......really like the opening line: "Always at the food on the photographs......"

There are loads of great Scottish Indie Bands: Idlewild, Belle and Sebastian, Ballboy, Astrid (RIP), Cosmic Rough Riders, Teenage Fanclub, etc...........be hard to pick a favourite.......
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Old 28-10-2006, 00:28
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So many to choose from. Probably The Proclaimers. You've gotta love The Proclaimers.

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Old 28-10-2006, 00:28
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It's a long time ago, but I always liked Marmalade
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Old 28-10-2006, 00:59
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Some poll last year had these as the ten best Scottish bands:

1 Belle & Sebastian
2 Travis
3 Idlewild
4 Wet Wet Wet
5 Sensational Alex Harvey Band
6 Simple Minds
7 Teenage Fan Club
8 Bay City Rollers
9 Primal Scream
10 The Proclaimers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4169075.stm
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Old 28-10-2006, 01:03
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Simple Minds, although the Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Stone the Crows were also great.
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Old 28-10-2006, 01:32
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Hmm, there's lots of good Scottish bands:

1 Simple Minds
2 The Blue Nile
3 Deacon Blue
4 Texas
5 Love and money
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Old 28-10-2006, 02:57
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The Blue Nile were simply sublime.

What about David Byrne of talking heads and Al Stewat (Year of The Cat)?

I also like Arab Strap.

Albannach live are something else too - four scary looking drummers thumping their way to hell and one piper. An amazing noise!
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Old 28-10-2006, 03:17
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I'll plump for Mogwai
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Old 28-10-2006, 04:03
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The Jimmy Shand Band .....

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Old 28-10-2006, 08:25
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one no-one's mentioned yet - Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - great band, who were huge in scotland's central belt late 80s/early 90s, but barely known elsewhere.

think the fact they wrote songs about male prostitutes, gang rape and AIDS didn't help - great as the songs were - (the rattler, face to face, goodwill city).

must have gone to see them live about ten times while i was at uni in glasgow. shirley manson was in them, who i met once, pre garbage days.

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Old 28-10-2006, 08:28
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Originally Posted by carrolls
My favourite by a country mile is
The Trash Can Sinatras.
Also the most under-rated.

Bay city rollers.
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Old 28-10-2006, 10:31
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That's good that people got Idlewild but there is one they forgot about.

Gun the band that did the cover of Word up.

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Old 28-10-2006, 10:34
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Originally Posted by iain
one no-one's mentioned yet - Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - great band, who were huge in scotland's central belt late 80s/early 90s, but barely known elsewhere.
I loved them, and brilliant live too. So far no mentions for Big Country either, another excellent live act with passion. The Proclaimers are always good for a laugh, with some very funny lyrics. Deacon Blue had some very thoughtful lyrics and incredibly under-rated IMO was The Silencers. Big in Scotland and France!
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Old 28-10-2006, 12:05
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[quote=Terrence Chant]Obscurity Knocks is one of my favourite all time tunes.......really like the opening line: "Always at the food on the photographs......" QUOTE]

I agree that would be a good opening line

Sadly it's really' Always at the foot of the photograph'
That's me there, snug as a thug in a mugshot pose'.

Great band though- one of the most underrated ever.
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Old 28-10-2006, 12:14
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Less mainstream maybe: Orange Juice / Josef K / Blue Nile / Mylo / Fire Engines
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Old 28-10-2006, 13:08
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I like Runrig and Franz Ferdinand.

Nobody has mentioned Slik yet? ... I guess I know why not though!
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Old 28-10-2006, 13:18
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The Beta Band and Boards Of Canada very trippy.
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Old 28-10-2006, 13:19
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1) Travis

2) Primal Scream

3) Simple Minds
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