That Melodic *Thing* in Scottish Pop

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So more ill-judged politicisation then. Guilty as charged.

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 11 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

eight months pass...

What about Reindeer Section? They consist of members of Arab Strap, Belle and Sebastian,Idlewild, Teenage Fanclub, Snow Patrol, Astrid, Mogwai, Mull Historical Society, V-Twin, Eva and Hercules. If there ever was a supergroup this would be it. And a song like You Are My Joy from their last album Son of Evil Reindeer is slowly unfolding and then leading to a minimal but very catchy chorus.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 14 December 2002 20:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

scottish melodic pop = grebtest music EVAH!

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 15 December 2002 11:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

**They consist of members of Arab Strap, Belle and Sebastian,Idlewild, Teenage Fanclub, Snow Patrol, Astrid, Mogwai, Mull Historical Society, V-Twin, Eva and Hercules.**

Every single one of these bands should have their musical instruments taken away and thrown into the Firth of Forth.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Sunday, 15 December 2002 15:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'll forgive Arab Strap, Mogwai and in a pinch Idlewild, but otherwise I find this a useful approach, Dr. C.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 16:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mogwai and Arab Strap are great. Idlewild, B&S and Snow Patrol are good. The others are average to crap.

― Callum (Callum), Sunday, 15 December 2002 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Every single one of these bands should have their musical instruments taken away and thrown into the Firth of Forth.
I'd prefer to throw Blue Nile with or without instruments into the Nile to feed the crocodiles. I am not sure if the crocodiles would go for them when the lead singer would start to sing though...

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 15 December 2002 20:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...

RC: With early Simple Minds I could always sense an obsession with Europe and travel: the lazy critical line here is that this was a desire to escape and get away from English dominance. Am I right or is this another myth?

BD: No, I suspect it's probably more of a desire to emulate their heroes, Berlin era Bowie, Kraftwerk and anything coming out of Conny Plank's studio.

are there any other bands which have come out of glasgow (??) which have an obsession with the 'berlin set'? I know yummy fur are big on it. (any others?) I'm curious as to what makes that era of music (roxy, eno, bowie, iggy, lou, nina hagen, liliput) seductive to glaswegians if it even does.

one of the reasons yummy fur never cut it fr me (and this harks back to the fiery furnaces thread and numerous smiths threads) was what seemed to me an almost puritanical approach to iconography and images. look at how delicious a range of 'influences' they have, it could have been put to so much more affect, which wd perhaps helped mobilise thr magic a bit more. I bet they wouldn't have sneered at video installations.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link

I guess I'm more interested in That Berlin *Thing* in Glaswegian Rock. but I really like the good doctor's question too.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago) link

There's also the Berlin Thing in Dublin, viz. THE DIRTY VICAR ON TOUR 2004.

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link

i wish Alexander Blair was still around

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

I want to talk about Altered Images!

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

Are they now THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME?

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:00 (twenty years ago) link

I do hope not.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link

Not *quite*, PF.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link

Don't you like AI, Tom?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago) link

No. I only realised that I didn't a couple of days ago though, I always sort of assumed I did without listening to them.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link

Not buying the reissues then, Tom?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

I bought the first two AI reissues as part of the missus' Valentine's Day present. Bite's on the way.

― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link

I'll stick with the vinyl - I think I have everything I need.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago) link

Reluctance to telegraph chorus = marking our distance from the opportunistic capitalist songwriting of England.

"We Could Send Letters" clearly has a chorus, and a great one at that.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 22:57 (twenty years ago) link

hang on hang on, Altered Images reissues?! i'd love a proper reish of "Pinky Blue"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago) link

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