GogLais wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 5:17 pm
Is it acceptable to like Runrig?
Very
That’s ok then, I’ve got most of their LPs.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 5:36 pm
by tabascoboy
Trash Can Sinatras ( formed in the 80s, although didn't cut a record until 1990 )
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 5:44 pm
by fishfoodie
Mike Scott is probably Irelands best music poach !
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 7:28 pm
by Blackmac
The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 7:48 pm
by Sandstorm
Proclaimers
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 8:10 pm
by bogbunny
Hugo wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 5:05 pm
So many great tunes knocked out by Scottish acts in the 80s
Simple minds (obviously),
Big country
Del Amitri
Hue & cry
Blow monkeys
Aztec camera Deacon blue
Dare I say.... Wet wet wet
A really golden era indeed.
Was at a party with Lorraine and Ricky before they had their first hit, absolute heidbangers
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 8:46 pm
by Biffer
Goodbye Mr McKenzie
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 8:51 pm
by Oxbow
Nobody mentioned The Associates yet? Shame on you.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 8:52 pm
by Biffer
Also, the KLF.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 10:36 pm
by Hellraiser
fishfoodie wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 5:44 pm
Mike Scott is probably Irelands best music poach !
Was about to post "The Waterboys. Ish."
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 1:35 am
by Niegs
Irn Bru
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 9:56 am
by dpedin
Blue Nile!!! They produced the best ever Scottish single with Tinseltown in the Rain in mid 1980s - call yourself Scots FFS!
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:06 am
by tabascoboy
dpedin wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 9:56 am
Blue Nile!!! They produced the best ever Scottish single with Tinseltown in the Rain in mid 1980s - call yourself Scots FFS!
Damn, yes - played 'Hats' so much when it first came out
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:28 am
by Simian
dpedin wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 9:56 am
Blue Nile!!! They produced the best ever Scottish single with Tinseltown in the Rain in mid 1980s - call yourself Scots FFS!
great call
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:28 am
by Simian
Blackmac wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 7:28 pm
The Jesus and Mary Chain.
most influential Scottish band, for my money anyhoo
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:38 am
by Tichtheid
Well I've just listened to Tinseltown in the Rain for the first time ever.
Meh, it's no "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images, now there is a pop song.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:21 am
by Wyndham Upalot
Although certainly not mainstream, Paul Haig was by far and above my favourite artist of the mid to late 80s.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:38 am
by tabascoboy
Pretty much one-hit wonders, The Big Dish. 'Miss America' was 1991 but this was a minor hit in the 80s
Oh, and forgot about Danny WIlson
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:04 pm
by Tattie
None of these mentioned yet:
Orange Juice
Hipsway
Love and Money
Fiction Factory
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 9:33 am
by dpedin
Then there was the niche Dundee band St Andrew and the Woollen Mill ...
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 3:32 pm
by Punter15
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (the Commotions anyway, but we’re adopting Lloyd because he’s so dour and grumpy)
Don’t forget The Bluebells, Hipsway, and Strawberry Switchblade
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 3:34 pm
by Simian
Tattie wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:04 pm
None of these mentioned yet:
Orange Juice
Hipsway
Love and Money
Fiction Factory
dpedin wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 9:56 am
Blue Nile!!! They produced the best ever Scottish single with Tinseltown in the Rain in mid 1980s - call yourself Scots FFS!
Tattie wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:04 pm
None of these mentioned yet:
Orange Juice
Hipsway
Love and Money
Fiction Factory
Orange Juice is a great shout!
It is. Bit I can’t remember why! A memory of someone playing a load of their stuff one night many years ago
It's.... Presence
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 2:17 pm
by clydecloggie
No mention of Ultravox yet?
And for me there's a second golden age around the emergnnce of Mogwai and Arab Strap. Man, I love Arab Strap. Bob Dylan's not fit to lick Aidan Moffat's boots as a lyricist. Should get a Nobel prize for The Holiday Girl alone, then another one for The First Big Weekend and a bonus one for Daughters of Darkness.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 2:42 pm
by tabascoboy
An outrage no-one has mention this lot yet
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 2:43 pm
by TedMaul
Huge love for Orange Juice. The Pop Group. The Scars. Josef K (albeit Paul Haig mentioned earlier). Friends Again.
A wee slice of Friends Again for you.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 2:51 pm
by TedMaul
AND some Scars
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 3:45 pm
by Yr Alban
GogLais wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 5:17 pm
Is it acceptable to like Runrig?
Why not? Good band.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 8:10 pm
by Biffer
clydecloggie wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 2:17 pm
No mention of Ultravox yet?
And for me there's a second golden age around the emergnnce of Mogwai and Arab Strap. Man, I love Arab Strap. Bob Dylan's not fit to lick Aidan Moffat's boots as a lyricist. Should get a Nobel prize for The Holiday Girl alone, then another one for The First Big Weekend and a bonus one for Daughters of Darkness.
And then Moffat should get another one for all of As Days Get Dark.
Saw them at Leith Theatre last year, fucking tremendous.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 8:20 pm
by GrahamWa
Gonna be in the small minority here but I think the Blue Nile were overrated. Every other band suggested yip all over them.
If you don't listen already, give Grant Stott's vinyl collective a spin on Radio Scotland on BBC sounds, great show with a regular Scottish twist.
Re: 80s Scottish pop
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 8:27 pm
by Chrysoprase
GrahamWa wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 8:20 pm
Gonna be in the small minority here but I think the Blue Nile were overrated. Every other band suggested yip all over them.
Maybe a minority but you're not alone. I've never understood the love for Tinseltown in the Rain, it's miserable pish.
Hipsway, Love and Money, Primal Scream and the Jesus and Mary Chain are some of my all time favourites, but interested that no-one's mentioned the Eurythmics or Bronski Beat yet
