The Proclaimers know the exquisite delight of your songs being sung in football stadiums
Word In Your EarShow Notes
The Proclaimers have only had a handful of hits but they’re songs that have kept expanding for nearly 40 years. And the World Cup was a reminder of how far they’ve reached. Craig and Charlie Reid talk to us here about first adventures onstage, talent shows, the tour circuit, the new album ‘You May Offend’ and …
… the moment the Proclaimers took off
… first records bought in Woolworths in Fife (including the less-than-prophetic World Cup anthem Easy Easy)
… the fraternal voices of the Everly Brothers
… seeing Joy Division supporting Buzzcocks and feeling “the heat and charisma” of Ian Curtis
… the unique way they write songs
… getting royalties when your hits are sung in televised football stadiums
… their first gigs playing Stones, Kinks, Clash and Pistols covers plus a Talent Show in ’77 on a bill with “a lassie singing Scottish ballads and possibly a performing dog”
… recording at Rockfield and the ghost of Bohemian Rhapsody
... their new video imagining John & Yoko as they might be today
… how easy it is to offend Gen-Z
… and hitchhiking 60 miles to see Hibs and writing ‘The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues’ about it.
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