Deacon Blue?

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Any fans here? just wondered if I am alone

i shared a lift with them in a hotel in liverpool when i was 11! i was with my grandma, and she wittered on to the woman singer about how lovely her flowers were. i was shrinking in awe and embarrassment!!

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Yes I loved their music. I no longer have their albums. I will hunt for them on youtube.

dignity

Now you're showing your age. I'm so old that I saw Deacon Blue live at their height when I was a grown-up.

the boy singer (ricky?) was lovely

didn't the 2 singers get married and have babies together?

Ricky Ross is married to Lorraine, and Dougie Vipond is a BBC sports presenter.

Squeaver, I think I might be as old as you. I saw them a couple of times as an adult, and thought about going to see them when they played here recently.

Although I liked Deacon Blue, I prefered Hue and Cry.

(And - I'm really showing my age here - Hipsway)

ooh hipsway www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQwCrJ7LmE

Deacon Blue are playing locally to us (we are in scottish highlands) and I am wondering whether to go & see them or not. I still have all their music and still love it when I play it

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I got to see them a few years back when I won a competition on Radio Clyde (actually no it was Radio 1) to see them at King Tuts in Glasgow. I got a kiss from Dougie

ooh, hue and cry - i really fancied the singer!

Hue & Cry - there was a band. He's an MSP now isn't he, old whatsisname?

Looking for Linda - classic.

i'm having teenage flashbacks. and humming.

And Hipsway

And Goodbye Mr Mackenzie.

And Love & Money.

And Texas (the first time around)

And Orange Juice

And Aztec Camera

Ahh those were the days....

wow I do remember goodbye mr mackenzie!

Oh, I couldn't stand the woman. And Hue & Cry are so boring and awful they make me feel angry.

goodbye mr mackenzie

Yes Lorraine is the very definition of "hard-faced" isn't she?

I think she was the other woman too - didn't he leave his wife for her? Are they still together?

Yes, think she was the Other Woman (not completely sure if this is true but am enjoying typing it)

yes, they're still together

Real Gone Kid was about Maria McKee. That I do remember because You Little Thief by Fergal Sharkey was also about her.

Does anyone remember the River Detectives? I associate them with DB & the rest of Squeaver's list for some reason.

I have hankering for spending the rest of the evening on youtube doing a bit of wallowing in the late 80s/early 90s recordings of mildly successful Scottish bands.

Yes, I do. Weren't they from Liverpool? Oh no, I've got them mixed up with River City People haven't I? Who weren't very good.

The River Detectives

From Motherwell, according to Wikipedia.