Gar Veteran Member Posts:1676  
| 5/18/2005 4:16 PM |
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In a poll conducted by List Magazine, Belle & Sebastian ran away with being named the Best Scottish Band Ever. Is this deserved? They are a cracking band who rarely achieve the recognition they deserve.
Here's the list anyway:
1 Belle & Sebastian
2 Travis
3 Idlewild
4 Wet Wet Wet
5 Sensational Alex Harvey Band
6 Simple Minds
7 Teenage Fanclub
8 Bay City Rollers
9 Primal Scream
10 The Proclaimers
11 Texas
12 Mull historical society
13 Big country
14 Snow Patrol
15 Franz Ferdinand
16 Bis
17 Deacon Blue
18 Fish
19 Jesus and Mary Chain
20 Mogwai
21 Runrig
22 Trash Can Sinatras
23 Del Amitri
24 Orange Juice
25 Nazareth
26 Beta Band
27 Biffy Clyro
28 Altered Images
29 Aztec Camera
30 Eddi Reader
31 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
32 Fire Engines
33 Delgados
34 Arab strap
35 Vaselines
36 Associates
37 The Pastels
38 Eurythmics
39 Aereogramme
40 Blue Nile
41 Boards of Canada
42 Rezillos
43 Incredible string band
44 Cocteau twins
45 Dogs Die in Hot Cars
46 Spare Snare
47 Average White Band
48 Lulu
49 Skids
50 Shamen
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Daragh Advanced Member Posts:666
| 5/18/2005 4:17 PM |
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beta band would definitely be my favourite from that list. To be honest i know very few of the others.
The Incredible String Band get a lot of praise, got one of their albums and it did nothing for me, primal scream are good (ish), i like some of their stuff, depends on mood really, screamadelica is great if youre in the mood.
Boards of Canada are good too, but i wouldnt say everyone would like them, more niche typa thing.
Travis - f**k that!
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| 5/18/2005 4:41 PM |
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incredible string band are amazing imho
what album djew get?
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DaraghAdvanced Member Posts:666
| 5/18/2005 4:44 PM |
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the hangmans beautiful daughter, never really got into it, may try it again, just because so many people love it.
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 5/18/2005 5:43 PM |
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Incredible, never realised so many great bands came out of Scotland. My fave bands on that list would be:
The Rezillos - day-glo B-movie punk rock! Sputnik Kiss is an absolute classic!
Jesus and Mary Chain - need no introduction
Primal Scream - Their work is patchy overall but "Screamadelica" and "Vanishing Point" are incredible
Orange Juice - even if its only for "Rip it up", surely someone has sampled that tune for its incredible groove already?
Delgados - Probably the best of the Chemikal Underground bands
The Vaselines are worth checking out if you're a Nirvana fan, although kind of happier sounding, but still with a pretty dark sense of humour.
I've heard good things about the Pastels, are they as good as people make out? I reckon they would probably be my kind of band being a bit of Galaxie 500/Luna fan.
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 5/18/2005 10:45 PM |
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Talking of Scots, wait till u hear the new Sons & Daughters album - wow. That will feature in my Top 10 for this year
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The_Thin_Man Basic Member Posts:137
| 5/19/2005 8:04 AM |
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What about James Yorkston and his Athletes. 'Moving Up County' is a beautiful album.
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John DoeBasic Member Posts:338
| 5/19/2005 12:15 PM |
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Nice to see Big Country getting a bit of recognition. An under rated band IMHO.
Travis at number two is a sick joke, or even, if you will, a Travis - ty. *ba - dum TISH*
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 5/19/2005 12:41 PM |
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yeah, Pilchard, Sons and Daughters record is really good. Was just talking to the drummer a minute ago, nice bloke. They're supporting British Sea Power over hear in June and playing over 10 festivals this summer. yowza. Anybody see them support Franz Ferdinand?
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GarVeteran Member Posts:1676
| 5/19/2005 1:10 PM |
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Yeah I saw them support Franz Ferdinand, while they were good they weren't overly great.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 5/19/2005 9:19 PM |
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No I missed them. By the time I arrived for that gig they'd already finished and the Fiery Furnaces were on stage. Ragin! I know I've already posted this link on this board before but if anyone wants to check out the video for their new single Dance Me In (It's a class tune by the way) you can check it out here;
http://www.sonsanddaughtersloveyou.com/media.php
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 5/20/2005 1:24 AM |
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No argumet with Belle & Seb. being up there, great band but Primal Scream should be number 1 inho, all the rest are very very lightweight in comparison
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 5/20/2005 12:43 PM |
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Mogwai are the best Scottish band ever. Also, absolutely shocking that Blue Nile are at 40. What the f**k's goin on there??
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Vent My SpleenAdvanced Member Posts:500
| 5/20/2005 12:58 PM |
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I think this poll was put together quite a while ago, prior to The latest Blue Nile offering. Given that the hadn't released anything for eight years prior, it's understandable they would be under the radar.
For anyone who hasn't hasn't come across them, check out Hats or Across the Rooftops, thoroughly splendid stuff.
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 5/20/2005 1:00 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
yeah, Pilchard, Sons and Daughters record is really good. Was just talking to the drummer a minute ago, nice bloke. They're supporting British Sea Power over hear in June and playing over 10 festivals this summer. yowza. Anybody see them support Franz Ferdinand?
Also supported Idlewild recently. |
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fiddlechick New Member Posts:63
| 5/20/2005 4:28 PM |
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Belle and Sebastian are great undoubtedly. Eddi Reader is cool - love her Robert Burns album...it's so sensual or something.
Capercaille (lead singer Karen Matheson) are also excellent.
Never heard though of most of the bands on that list though.
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 5/20/2005 4:32 PM |
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Lists sorted by nationality are utterly redundant. It doesn't mean anything.
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 5/20/2005 5:04 PM |
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Oh dear, we'd better cancel the Cluas end of year polls then... 
I know what you mean, I tend not to care where music comes from as long as its good, I'm not thinking "oh I'd better support the Irish music industry" every time I buy a CD, I'm thinking whether I like the album or not. Lists like this are just a bit of fun and help to focus peoples minds on a particular national scene so tend to be good publicity for bands in that country. |
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 5/20/2005 5:18 PM |
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The Belle and Sebastian folks apparently accepted their award by saying "we have very loyal fans".
Seems it was a "A Nation Once Again is the best song ever" type deal.
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silentsighNew Member Posts:67
| 5/20/2005 7:02 PM |
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My Top 3 would be, NO.1 The Beta Band (by quite a bit) followed by Primal scream, Belle and Sebastian and Mogwai. Not a bad line up for a small country like scotland
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