could kind of imagine 500 Miles produced in the same quiet/loud way as The Pixies' Gigantic
― NickB, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:42 (eight months ago) link
it's a good song
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:55 (eight months ago) link
I'm gonny be disagreeing with you on that one, sorry, yin.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:01 (eight months ago) link
it’s a great song
― brimstead, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:04 (eight months ago) link
brimstead gets it
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:05 (eight months ago) link
two names i never expected to add to my list of history's greatest monsters but there you go
― NickB, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:07 (eight months ago) link
It's not that it's bad (it is bad) but that after all of his huffing and puffing on the 'hard' stuff for decades...it's one hell of a choice.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:10 (eight months ago) link
Maybe Steve had a hot cold night out in Ayr one time and the robust vocalisations of the Reid twins forevermore remind him of that special experience? What I really want to know is whether he liked the song in his Big Black days.
― I spent too long trying to write sensible SF (Matt #2), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:10 (eight months ago) link
Auchtermuchty, to be precise.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:12 (eight months ago) link
Typical of the Proclaimers to come from a place with the most Scottish name ever.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:13 (eight months ago) link
... and the hometown of Jimmy Shand to boot! You couldn't make it up.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:14 (eight months ago) link
There are a lot of songs that are good songs that I don't want to hear and don't begrudge anyone else digging.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:14 (eight months ago) link
Thought the proper title was “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:15 (eight months ago) link
Maybe he was thinking of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” (and only likes half of it)
― Disappointing cantaloupe (morrisp), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:18 (eight months ago) link
Once in the late 80s/early 90s a friend and I were walking by The Bottom Line and there was a huge line around the block to get in. We asked who was playing and they told us in what I assumed at the time were Irish accents but of course might have been Scottish “The Proclaimers!” I’m not sure if we even knew who that was at the time. My friend said to me “James Redd, from the size of that line I was sure it was going to be The Rolling Stones playing a secret show or something like that.”
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:21 (eight months ago) link
I would queue 500 blocks
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:02 (eight months ago) link
Alongside 500 Jocks.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:02 (eight months ago) link
Think the proclaimers are basically fine, but appreciate that if I were Scottish I would most likely find them unbearable
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:04 (eight months ago) link
no true scotsman (could possibly dislike them)
is how i break it down to an extent
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:06 (eight months ago) link
wonder how harry lauder would go down in 2023, guessing "poorly"
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:15 (eight months ago) link
tbf too the Proclaimers twins are prob the biggest selling musicians who also somewhat resemble Steve Albini, facially
― master cushion (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:15 (eight months ago) link
Birmingham City fans sing Harry Lauder at every game ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:18 (eight months ago) link
(Josh, what’s yr Bluesky handle?)
@joshinop I don't think there will be much excitement on there from me, but it's always nice to connect!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:24 (eight months ago) link
Proclaimers, Buddy Holly brings to mind the DLR quote "The reason the critics all like Elvis Costello better than me is because they all look like Elvis Costello."
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:41 (eight months ago) link
500 miles is a great song. I liked it, then I made fun of it and now I’ve gone back around to liking it.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:43 (eight months ago) link
dlrelvis costelloeven the proclaimersbut esp buddy holly
alex, the question is "who are artists better than steve albini?"
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:54 (eight months ago) link
Hmm. “500 Miles” sounding pretty good on this listen. Maybe I will try it at karaoke as a way to work on my comedy IRN-BRU accent.
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
Xpost Sorry, it was people Rivers Cuomo thinks he looks like.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
lol
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
if you live in scotland 500 miles is akin to freebird or somesusch, although i'd take freebird over it in a second.
― stirmonster, Monday, 4 September 2023 21:37 (eight months ago) link
Do people yell out out “500 Miles!” at every gig by every band in Scotland?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:41 (eight months ago) link
of course.
― stirmonster, Monday, 4 September 2023 21:42 (eight months ago) link
Every band in Scotland plays it.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:44 (eight months ago) link
Then a haggis walks backwards on the stage while a kilted piper plays
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:49 (eight months ago) link
wpm
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:53 (eight months ago) link
I prefer “500/20 Miles” myself
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 22:14 (eight months ago) link
500 Miles is brilliant and it's still not one of my favourite Proclaimers songs : )
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:16 (eight months ago) link
FWIW I'm pleasantly surprised by his Specials love - I unconsciously (and unfairly) assumed Jamaican or JA-derived music would be off his remit somehow - but then I remembered didn't he also dig UB40 in the early 80s?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:20 (eight months ago) link
Which is the best Proclaimers song in your opinion?
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 22:28 (eight months ago) link
Probably it's There's a Touch. Though I cannot conceive of it being up ilx's alley at all. Followed by Throw the 'R' Away.
What can I say, their Best Of MVs DVD was foundational stuff for me so it's partly a nostalgia thing but I never 'outgrow' such attractions. I'm quite happy to give some, if not all of the love that Folk Festival pop needs here.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:34 (eight months ago) link
Throw The 'R' Away for me
― MaresNest, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:52 (eight months ago) link
Based on his taste and his no-no list, I bet Steve is the ultimate "Cabaret Voltaire personally betrayed me after Red Mecca" guy
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:06 (eight months ago) link
lololol
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:21 (eight months ago) link
I know he did criticize 80s Wire.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:02 (eight months ago) link
I'm with James Redd. I wouldn't call it a favorite, but after listening to it a few times, "500 Miles" sounds like a pretty good single to me.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:13 (eight months ago) link
I listened to that whole album for the first time the other day, it was pretty solid.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:47 (eight months ago) link
That album even has its own POLL
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:57 (eight months ago) link
Do you know what their most recent album is called?
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:11 (eight months ago) link
He seemed to have kicked up a fuss today amongst Jeff Rosenstock fans
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:42 (eight months ago) link
I'd tread lightly that's a tough bunch
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:08 (eight months ago) link