The Proclaimers... another reason to love them

I’ve had The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues on a loop in my head since this thread. I’m also a hibee so delighted at their comments. And that they didn’t vote for the SNP. Well done lads.

Sensible, intelligent and forthright. No shit taken. ‘Gon yersels Craig and Charlie!
Here’s my Proclaimers story. I was working in a shop in Edinburgh about 30 years ago (gulp) I was staring out the window bored witless and spotted them crossing the road and heading towards the shop. To my horror the tape that played on a loop in the shop started playing a Proclaimers song. I watched them approach getting ready for mortification but they just walked past… not before one of them caught the eye of the red faced, horrified looking women in the window.

I’m sure they would have just laughed if they’d come in but I was easily embarrassed in those days and was worried that they would think I’d done it deliberately 🫣

Absolutely love that tweet from Alison Moyet. She is so right.

Have never been a particular Proclaimers fan but may buy their album just to prove a point. Over the past few years, I've bought a lot of books by GC authors (eg Jane Harris and Amanda Craig) just so show my support, so I might as well do the same with music.

It's been really noticeable that so many businesses that have allied themselves with the trans cause have lost money (Bud Lite, Nike etc) while people who ally themselves with the GC cause have flourished (remember the rabbit rescue people getting all those donations?) I think there's a massive difference in opinion between the people who run arts organisations, publishing companies etc, who have cut ties with GC artists, and the buying public, who have all been giving them money.

Eddie izzard is getting stick from some TRAs because he hasn't said awful things about JKR. I came across an ADHD page that had taken down a post about Eddie and apologised for it, because he had said something that I gather was slightly defensive of JKR or at least not fully castigating her.

So he's a baddie now too

…and because I cannot my money where my mouth is- their complete back catalogue has been downloaded on Spotify. Same as I did for Roisin Murphy.

'It quickly becomes the least sexy song imaginable, with all the erotic allure of a GLC pamphlet.
And before the first verse is out - it happens. The lyric that causes your entire body to convulse in embarrassment. ‘And just because you’re gay I won’t turn you away/If you stick around I’m sure that we can find some common ground’. How considerate, Bill, ta very much.
And what exactly does he mean by finding common ground? Sharing our animus for ver Torees? Or perhaps some light frotting in a doorway?'

The frotting gifs are not what I'd expected, tbh. They're making me hungry. Is it teatime?

Gareth Roberts is great - highly recommend his book Gay Shame.

Does anyone follow Gareth Roberts - OldRoberts953 on Twitter? He has a substack ‘Middle Class Holes - a guide to the most awful semi-posh people in Britain’. Billy Bragg is his latest ‘victim’ and it’s glorious!
https://theageofstupid.substack.com/p/working-class-zeroes-25-billy-bragg?r=44xwv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I've learnt a new word that I'm sure will be very useful: alethophobia is fear or dislike of the truth.

Gods I love Alison. Ordinary Girl always gets me wobbly.

I should think more and more people will be speaking out now. It's becoming easier and easier to smell the victory amidst the bullshit we've been sucking up for the last few years.

Never been a fan of The Proclaimers - and not just because they were once an earworm FOR DAYS. But I will add them to my playlist to compensate them for the one trans fan who feels compelled to cancel them

And what with the BBC is decommissioning Drag Queen - I will even do a happy dance to 500 miles.

I’ve always loved The Proclaimers. Intelligent wise lyrics from intelligent wise men ❤️

I know absolutely nothing of them bar 500 Miles. I have just bought their new CD, though. I liked the couple of tracks on that review linked to upthread.

I love both that they did this and also that this is now something famous folk feel they can do - especially with a new album coming out!!
Tide is indeed turning

There was a comedy show on in Oxford on Wednesday - Paul Merton and Suki Webster and a couple of other comedians improvising - and they walked off at the end to 500 Miles.

I couldn't help wondering if it was deliberate...

Isn’t Ricky Gervais left leaning? I would think so. He also seems to be GC.

Left leaning GC men are very hard to find

How very dare you! 😁

I suspect he is. I saw part of an interview between him and Davina McCall recently (popped up on my facebook) where she said something like 'You've gone all Dalai Lama'. He has had a lot of therapy over the years and seems to have become really quite sensible. Not seen anything either way but he seems pretty switched on. Saying that, so do lots of them until they open their mouths 😂

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-turns-proclaimers-against-37644864

'Prominent Nat band the Proclaimers revealed that they didn't vote for the SNP for the first time since 1983 - and it was down to Nicola Sturgeon. Craig Reid confirmed that he decided not to support the party at the Holyrood Election due to "anger" over the former First Minister's gender self-ID bill.'
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'You May Offend is the album's title track and is about free speech. Craig compared this to the gender critical movement getting death threats. He said: "There’s women, actual women, who are threatened with violence – sometimes get violence – and de-platformed because they have the temerity to say that a woman is an adult human female. And they are shouted down by 0.5 per cent in a population who are male and who think that because they put on a dress, and they put on make-up, that that makes them a female.”'
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'On claims he may be "right wing" on this issue, Craig said: I think it’s the Left losing their collective mind. JK Rowling: I think she was absolutely wrong on Scottish independence and has been proved wrong. But I think she’s absolutely right on women’s rights. You can agree with some people on almost everything, and you can agree with other people on maybe one or two subjects. But it doesn’t mean [you agree with everything]. You have to have freedom of thought.”'

Also that the letters spelled out "TRANCE", which is quite a neat observation on the cult-like mentality. Trans/trance... Definitely not accidental.

The question now is whether they will be Roisin Murphy'd.

Any BBC plays of the new album?
Any more reviews? They've a sell out tour, they're obviously big names in music.

Isn’t Jimmy Car GC?

I've been listening to the new album all morning. "There's No Plan" is screaming "Nicola Sturgeon" 😂 They're so good

Just not true, though. Plenty lefty men.with gc views

I'll just leave this here