Here is the album as voted for by the great Scottish public. Or as I prefer to call it, ""songs sung by weegies when they are pished on cooking lager". Gerry Raffery?
Baker Street 70s, most popular Rod Stewart? Maggie May 70s,second Stealers Wheel? Stuck in the Middle of You 70s,third Deacon Blue? Dignity 80s, most popular The Proclaimers? Sunshine on Leith 80s, second Eurythmics? The Whole of the Moon 90s, second Frankie Miller? Caledonia 90s, third Snow Patrol? Run 00s, most popular Paolo Nutini? Candy 00s, second Franz Ferdinand? Take Me Out 00s, third I'm away for a in a darkened room.
Homme Posted November 3, Just been looking at picks in this thread. Floyd Posted November 3, PsychocAndy Posted November 3, No Arab Strap even in the lists? Arab Strap are quintessentially Scottish. Tazio Posted November 3, Johanes de Silentio Posted November 4, Posted November 4, Take Me Out 00s, third. Chad Sexington Posted November 4, Boris Posted November 4, Jamhammer Posted November 4, Not to mention Primal Scream or Teenage Fanclub.
I mentioned this last week. Not sure how that happened. Debut 4 Posted November 4, Floyd Posted November 4, As I said earlier, people in this country are morons! Poor final choice of songs I felt. BigAlim Posted November 4, Gerry Rafferty saves the list imo. Spitonastranger Posted November 4, JT Posted November 4, BigAlim Posted November 5, Posted November 5, edited. One of my most hated songs ever. Mind you, close contest with Stealers Wheel. Posted November 5, Bakers St, just always have Join the conversation You can post now and register later.
Reply to this topic Insert image from URL. Followers 0. It was nearly the American. But it has to be Love Song. STV plumped for Oblivious, but this is the choon.
And all from a boy from East Kilbride barely old enough to shave. This is one of the greatest Scottish tracks from the 80s because it was recorded in And you only have to listen to it, to realise how much the Fire Engines would go on to influence everything that came afterwards. Seminal, I think the word is. There are wrongs to be righted and Mike at Bella Caledonia and I are the folk up to the challenge.
So this week, the nineties. I said on a recent Flutter that most of the 90s choices were dross. That was possibly too harsh — some of them were. Also, do not expect any covers, or re-releases to feature. Primal Scream — Come Together. There were two seminal Scottish albums of the 90s; Screamdelica was one of them and frankly, each and every track could have featured on here.
There are others I like better but this album is about the greatest tracks and artists, and Come Together fits that criteria. Mind blowing. Teenage Fanclub — Is this music?
Well they got the band right but they managed to ignore the most important album the Fannies produced in the 90s. Right band, wrong album. This is the one that received all the critical claim, even making it into a list of albums to listen to before you die. Which is possibly taking it a bit far. The title track is the one that makes it. Capercailie — Coisch A Ruin.
Alistair Hulett — He Fades Away. Scotland is the modern standard bearer of the political protest song. Seriously, Billy Bragg aside, what other country has kept this tradition alive and so vibrant? Ali Hulett was always one of its unsung heroes but this track shows he was capable of making quite beautiful songs. The lyrics are heart-breaking and it has to be one of our greatest political love songs ever.
I simply cannot believe the STV panel ignored the Vaselines. In typically Scottish fashion, more famous for the songs they have allowed others to cover. That, in my humble opinion, defines them as greatest, important, seminal. And this is just such a great bouncy pop song. Bis — Kandy Pop. Has it stood the test of time? For sure. Annie Lennox — Little Bird. This album entered the charts at number 1 and sold over 1.
And it absolutely affirmed Annie Lennox as a towering songwriting talent — just as brilliant without Dave Stewart, as with. She enjoyed huge commercial success with this and subsequent albums — on the global stage. And all from a wee girl fae Aberdeen. I can appreciate her greatness, even if the STV panel cannot.
Del Amitri — Kiss this thing goodbye. And showed another side to the Scottish scene. We were very good at twee in the 90s. Twee, but with some killer guitar riffs, and great lyrics that hinted at something darker.
Only BMX Bandits could make a paeon to youthful love sound so aggressive. The Delgados — Pull the Wires from the Wall. Davy Scott is one of those unsung heroes of the Scottish music scene. So there, STV. Wet Wet Wet — Goodnight Girl. Were they a great band? Probably not. Would I rush out to buy them?
Definitely not. Not even when they were at the height of their powers. But hear me out. They were huge in the 90s. And whatever else we think, Marti — a wee skinny runt from Clydebank — had a great voice, capable of wonderful soul moments.
The Wets took a song to number 1 and kept it there for 15 weeks. It was unprecedented at the time. But I do not think re-interpreting centuries-old choons should qualify you for inclusion in the race to be part of our greatest album ever. And hopefully, some of you will chip in through our respective comment threads with your choices too. Franz Ferdinand — Do you want to.
An easy first hit. By a smidgeon, I think this is better than their other hits, not least because it is slightly rawer. Always a good thing in the burdz book. Idlewild — A Ghost in the Arcade. Anthemic, lyrical, energetic. A must in my book. Boards of Canada — Dayvan Cowboy. One of my complaints about the STV choices is the sameyness.
They give the impression that Scotland is a land of teuchter-ish softy indie rock in a range of guises. Obscure, largely instrumental, very experimental electronica. Especially when my chicklet loves them.
This track is still capable of generating a little moshing when played at full volume in oor hoose. Camera Obscura — If looks could kill. So many, so hard to pick. But no, this earlier track is the one, not least for the killer drum intro.
The ones from whom a hundred other careers and imitations follow? Yep, I think so too. Which is why omitting King Creosote verges on the criminal. And this track makes it because it epitomises my approach to life. And some bands have to be included because they capture a moment. This band did; shame they believed the hype.
This song is so powerful, so resonant of the broken times we live in, it makes for a tragic anthem for thousands of bereft, confused but defiant children.
Well done STV for including it though the original is much better than the smoothed out, more anodyne album version. Mylo — Muscle Car. I dare you not to end up tapping your toes to this one. Another band whose inclusion I agree with. There was a strong debate re Rod Stewart as his only claim was having a Scottish father and wanting to be known as a Scot.
Some other groups were mixed nationalities but played and made their breakthrough in Scotland. I'm amazed Big Country didn't get a mention Great to see Gerry Rafferty in there. Baker Street is one of my all-time faves. Ah OK. Doon the Water wrote: Wee Midge wiz though. Davie wrote: Doon the Water wrote: Wee Midge wiz though. I didn't 'claim it for Scotland. I just said he was in it. I thought he wrote it? Re: Scotland's Greatest Album by Sponsored content.
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