Fuck knows if such a story is true, but why would he lie, man? What would he have to gain from that kind of motherfucking fabrication?
Anyway, being something of a renowned critic of cultural motherfucking affairs, I felt it my duty for to offer a history of these Proclaimers cats via a detailed intellectual critique of each of their recordings.
Which is why we start with This Is The Story, being chronologically first in line.
Maybe Tarantino wants to screw with the narrative and have album 3 coming first, like that Goddard cat from the films about the French, but The Duke is gonna go out on a limb, and spit in the face of general consensus and so on, and take this motherfucker from A to B in an organised manner.
This Is The Story has no truck with the "band" carry-ons. There's no drum-rolls to speak of, other than a tambourine shake here and there, and if you were thinking maybe there'd be a bass line like what Flea from the Really Hot Chillies would batter out, then you'd be 60 miles north-west of correct. There's just acoustic guitars and those glorious, intertwining, utterly captivating vocal harmonies.
Or at least, that is, until the end, when somebody decided the thing to do would be to fling on a "band-version" of Letter From America, which manages to make the sublime seem utterly brash and nauseating. The track is co-produced by Gerry Rafferty, one half of the second greatest Scottish band ever, The Humblebums (the other half was Billy Connolly), and later the writer of the song about Stuck In The Middle what a fella cut a cops ear off because of, which makes it even more mystifying as to why it sounds so awful.
In fact, so out of place does the thing seem, that you'd be wishing some more Reservation Dogs or whatever would get all scalpel-happy and cut the ears off of your own damn head, that you might not have to listen to such a cannibalistic atrocity.
Fear the fuck not, though, since you can program that son of a bitch the hell out, and make do with the beautiful acoustic version.
The album establishes the themes that would preoccupy Craig and Charlie Reid for the rest of their career. Scottish Pride (Throw The "R" Away, Letter From America), The God Affair (Sky Takes The Soul), the songs about childhood (Over And Done With), and also, the sex, love etc (Make My Heart Fly).
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Article comments
1 - Jim Carruthers
Now, while they're no Macc Lads or Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (and yes, I do have albums from both of those fine groups), those two lads do make fine tunes.
But they are a warning to all those pop tarts who try to make it on their looks. Jumped up Jebus, have you seen the pair of them lately?
Right to make you cack yer kecks.
(or however that bit o faux gobshite is supposed to go).
2 - Bob A. Booey
I have no idea what you're talking about and I read only parts of this yet I was still entertained even if I couldn't bring myself to read more than a sentence or two at a glance.
I would walk 500 miles for you, Duke.
Teenage Psychopath would have been a good Ramones song.
3 - Jenni
You're a genius!! They are fabulous!!
I've read this article over and over for days now, would you PLEASE update it with some more of your writing genius? Thanks!!!
Mr. Carruthers have you seen them in person lately? They are very easy on the eyes these days. :)