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Date Posted: 22:20:44 01/25/05 Tue
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's message, "Okay, I think I remember Simple Minds, and we ALL know who the Rollers are but who the #@*&!!! are the rest of those guys! THERE ARE NO OTHER SCOTTISH BAND BESIDES THE ROLLERS!!!!!! That is that and I have spoken!" on 12:52:57 01/24/05 Mon
>>Remember when we were talking
>>about voting for the best Scottish Band ever. I know
>>many of us voted and the results panned out. Our Bay
>>City Rollers came up #8 - okay so maybe we would have
>>liked them to be #1 but #8 is nothing to cough about
>>when it comes to thousands and thousands of bands that
>>could have made the list. So feel free to take your
>>index finger ~ place it on your right bun ~ part your
>>lips and squeal "SIZZLE."
>>
>>Belles of the Scottish music scene voted best of all
>>time
>>
>>
>>BILLY BRIGGS January 13 2005
>>
>>
>>BELLE and Sebastian were last night named as the best
>>Scottish band of all time.
>>The indie band from Glasgow beat Travis and Idlewild
>>into second and third place respectively in a poll by
>>the List magazine which attracted 12,000 voters.
>>The winner of the prestigious accolade was announced
>>at King Tuts in Glasgow in front of an invited
>>audience of stars of the Scottish music scene past and
>>present.
>>Also featured in the top 10 of the awards, sponsored
>>by Orange, were acts including Primal Scream; 80s
>>legends Simple Minds, and the Bay City Rollers.
>>Current music sensations Franz Ferdinand, winners of
>>last year's Mercury Music Prize, came in 15th. Eddi
>>Reader came 30th overall, with the Average White Band
>>at number 47.
>>Belle and Sebastian, named indirectly from the French
>>novel of the same name about a boy called Sebastian
>>and a mountain dog named Belle, came on to the music
>>scene in 1995.
>>Fronted by Stuart Murdoch, they emerged with wistful,
>>nostalgia-laden indie pop that examined sexual
>>frustration, loneliness and isolation.
>>Dear Catastrophe Waitress, their 2003 album, was a
>>nominee for the Mercury Music Prize, won last year by
>>fellow Glaswegians Franz Ferdinand.
>>Mark Robertson, music editor of the List, said the
>>idea behind the project was to rediscover the very
>>best of Scottish music.
>>"Everyone has strong opinions about who they believe
>>deserves this prestigious accolade, and we wanted to
>>open this up to the public to decide," he said.
>>A number of Glasgow artists made the magazine's top 50
>>– among them Travis, Teenage Fanclub, Blue Nile, Wet
>>Wet Wet, Lulu, and Del Amitri.
>>The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, of Boston Tea Party
>>fame, was another Glaswegian entry at number five.
>>Harvey, formerly Glasgow's answer to Tommy Steele,
>>died of a heart attack in 1982 but the band still tour
>>and his contribution to the Scottish music scene is
>>not forgotten.
>>Rob Adams, music critic for The Herald, said that on
>>stage the group lived up to their name.
>>"They were the first band I saw and are aptly named as
>>they really were quite sensational. People remember
>>them because they were so good," he said.
>>East coast entries included Deacon Blue, the
>>Proclaimers, Associates, Eurythmics, Skids and Big
>>Country. Further north, Runrig and Mull Historical
>>Society merited a place.
>>In recent years, Scotland's music scene has been
>>flourishing and Glasgow – home to many top British
>>acts including Snow Patrol – has led the way in
>>challenging London.
>>According to the New York Times, Glasgow is now
>>regarded as one of the world's "coolest cities" for
>>music, ranked alongside New York, Tokyo and Cologne as
>>one of the planet's four top rock cities.
>>The Scissor Sisters, the American group, said Glasgow
>>was the second-best city on earth after New York and
>>even joked about taking a bus-load of Glasgow fans
>>with them on tour.
>>A number of Scottish artists mentioned in the top 50
>>took to the stage at the awards ceremony, including
>>Colin MacIntyre of Mull Historical Society, Gary
>>Lightbody and Nathan Connolly of Brit nominees Snow
>>Patrol, and Idlewild.
>>
>>Scotland's top 10
>>1 Belle and Sebastian
>>2 Travis
>>3 Idlewild
>>4 Wet Wet Wet
>>5 Sensational Alex Harvey Band
>>6 Simple Minds
>>7 Teenage Fanclub
>>8 Bay City Rollers
>>9 Primal Scream
>>10 The Proclaimers
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I remember The Proclaimers. They are identical blonde Scottish twins from Edinburgh. {I think I'm in lust} The had a hit with "500 Miles" and also did a song for Shrek.