Proclaimers -classic or dud.

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Despite the Fife accent, being twins and wearing NHS glasses I think they're great.

― Billy Dods, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Good GAWD, dud all 500 miles.

― nathalie, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Karaoke CLASSIC, sez I.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Comparing other groups to them, as an insult = Classic.

Visiting my Father and finding him listening to -Sunshine on Leith- = DUD

― Bobby D. Gray, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Oh they're pretty good, though I often like the idea of them more than many of their songs. But there's a real brimstone and passion there which I find far more seductive than the hoary rock- cock 'intensity' of, say, Iggy Pop or Jon Spencer. Their brand of regionalism - see also It's Immaterial - I like a lot. They know their way round a tune and their lyrics are far more deft than most reviewers would have you believe. They're Scottish puritans, they look like kids you'd bully at school and they're not part of the indie crowd. That doesn't mean they're duds. I bought 'Persevere' in New York only last month and it's a bit of a belter. The Proclaimers versus Mogwai? The former by a country mile!

― T Traherne, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Oh Jesus, we have exhausted a lot of groups in these C-or-Ds, haven't we?! ;-)

"The Proclaimers versus Mogwai? The former by a country mile!"

Only if we're talkin' who's more deserving of brutal torture...

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Absolutely fucking marvellous. Good Christian Socialist Scottish boys. And those harmonies...

― chris, Tuesday, 25 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

two months pass...

Most of it I can do well without (OK then, Proclaimers w/band => DUD), but the "This Is the Story" album remains a CLASSIC with me -- whenever I put it on and the acoustic guitar + handclaps of "Throw the 'R' Away" starts, I get this urge to shout along with Charlie for the next forty minutes (good thing with the Procs: they shouted), and then play it again, this time shouting along with Craig.

Wonderful album, IMO, though a little taxing on the voice. Maybe I should learn the air bongos.

― OleM, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Terrific. 'I'm Gonna Be' is there worst moment, of course. 'Sunshine on Leith' (the song) perhaps their best.

― N., Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm gonna be is karaoke heaven with bonus points for audience participation so you are overruled Nick.

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

classic

― see ar (see ar), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I! WOU! WAH! FI! THOU! ZA! MIL! AN! I! WOU! WAH! FI! THOU! ZA! MO!

Yeah they'z fun (and yes I've heard other stuff). Classic.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:35 (twenty-two years ago)

woops. replace THOU! with HUN!

It's been a while.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm ganna bi five hundrrrrredd miles. Five hundrrrrrredd miles

Fun, but dud....

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

lol

I cannot believe I am still actually really into "500 Miles"

like, shouldn't this get old at some point

― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Monday, 6 December 2010 21:23 (fifteen years ago)

eight months pass...

I'm ganna bi five hundrrrrredd miles. Five hundrrrrrredd miles

Fun, but dud....

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:56 (7 years ago)

― nakhchivan, Friday, 19 August 2011 22:34 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

Over And Done With is classic.

― piscesx, Friday, 16 October 2015 14:26 (eleven years ago)

Teardrops is also classic.

― everything, Friday, 16 October 2015 16:16 (eleven years ago)

Probably in the top five nicest musicians I've ever worked with, although hilariously they tour with an English to English translator basically. Not kidding.

― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 16 October 2015 16:17 (eleven years ago)

That doesn't surprise me at all, especially after learning that Americans have subtitled people with relatively easy to understand British accents... I mean, REALLY?

― Turrican, Friday, 16 October 2015 20:31 (eleven years ago)

I'll never forget seeing Oasis' Behind the Music episode, which featured subtitles for everything that came out of Liam's mouth

― beamish13, Friday, 16 October 2015 22:53 (eleven years ago)

ten years pass...

Can truthfully say I never liked these cornball cunts.

“You have to have freedom of thought.”

Ahead of provocative new album named You May Offend, Craig and Charlie Reid talk about their anger at the SNP, Western warmongering and the imperilment of free speech.

Read the interview with The Proclaimers here ⤵️https://t.co/UFFUUzSIJG pic.twitter.com/dzVmgNXv71
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 9, 2026

― Happiness is a warm gurn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 September 2026 09:17 (three weeks ago)

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