Get your feet back on the ground
A chance comment on Twitter this afternoon gave us a fun thought – with over 230,000 readers a month, could we get a song to No.1 in the charts by ourselves now, as both publicity and a rallying call for the Yes movement?
We got lots of suggestions for songs with apt lyrics about Scotland’s relationship with the UK and catchy tunes, so as democrats we’ve decided to have a poll to pick what would be the best choice if we should decide to attempt the project.
You can cast your vote below.
What song should we try to get to No.1?
- Should Have Been Loved (100%, 288 Votes)
Total Voters: 288
Loading ...SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOVED
(The Proclaimers, 2003)
“You’ve been let down, messed around
Told to get your feet back on the ground
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
Should have been loved
You’ve been ripped off, written off
Told an act of kindness made you soft
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
You should have been loved
But all your detractors underestimated you
Cause they don’t know you like I do
You’ve slept rough, you’ve stolen stuff
Been beaten by a guy to show he’s tough
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
Should have been loved
And anything new you tried to do
Got you treated like a jumper in a queue
When you should have been loved, loved, loved
You should have been loved
But when there was pity and when there was wealth
You wasted neither on yourself
Should have been loved, should have been loved
Should have been loved, should have been loved
Should have been loved, should have been loved
Should have been loved, should have been loved
Oh, your detractors underestimated you
Cause they don’t know you like I do, like I do
You’ve been let down, messed around
Told to get your feet back on the ground
when you should have been loved, loved, loved
You should have been loved.“
It’s a bit like voting for Saddam Hussein.
anyone have live stream for tommy Sheridan independence debate 730pm
Is this poll rigged?
Something inside so strong.
The Tide by Noisia…
“What has begun…cannot be stopped”
Is this a political choice because my genetics won’t let me choose if it is. 🙂
the song by The Angels – Am I ever gonna see your face again – who knows the chorus 🙂
Def not should have been loved. Is there a modern version of Scotland the Brave?
I’d have preferred ‘Orgasm Addict’ as a nod to our opponents but happy with the choice.
According to a reliable source yes Scotland have something similar in the pipeline
Cap In Hand
Brilliant idea Stu
Do we deliberately only have one option? 😉
Might I suggest ‘Cap in Hand’ by the same duo,
link to youtube.com
or maybe Hamish Henderson’s ‘Freedom Come All Ye’
link to youtube.com
or Dick Gaughan’s ‘No Gods’
link to youtube.com
Them’s my 3 for the no.1 spot 😉
I’d have preferred Cap In Hand, but since we don’t seem to have a choice El Presidente!
@bookie from hell All I can find.
link to irvinetimes.com
For me THIS seems rather appropriate:
“Jocks Revenge” by Whisky Kiss
link to youtube.com
Feel that YES positivity!
Say hello wave goodbye old 80’s soft cell and the thatcher era all rolled into one
I can only see one choice of song?
As I wrote on the previous thread, perhaps The Proclaimers would write a new song.
Could be the new Scottish National anthem.
Let’s get Caledonia to number 1, or hue and crys ‘hand and heart’
A Proclaimers song, how apt. maybe it will even get a mention at FMQS. I think the Proclaimers would be fully supportive and it would really annoy Johann, Alistair and the BT twitterati. Could we even think of letting get away with ignoring it?
At least you held off the true but rather unhelpful ‘Cap In Hand’
“Stockholm Syndrome” anyone?
I’ll pick Rebel Rebel, by Bowie. 🙂
What was wrong with Cap in Hand?
I always thought ‘Take The Power Back’ by Rage Against The Machine would get the blood pumping.. 😀
Like I said on Twitter, great idea, I thought Frankie Miller’s Caledonia would be cool but maybe a bit to sentimental, Sex Pistols Anarchy in the rUK 🙂 or go the whole hog and see if the Proclaimers would record a new ver of Flower of Scotland.
The UK chart goes worldwide so what an incredible thing to do.
thx highander
’79 RPM.
It’s got to be ‘Cap in hand’ by the Procs or ‘Dawning of the day’ by The Corries. Two great songs.
‘Freedom’ – George Michael, got to be. C’mon – the lyrics work and the video’s got lots of pretty ladies in it – what’s not to like?
There’s something not quite right about that vote. Can’t quite work it out yet.
If it is Charlie and Craig’s track and I believe they are pro YES they may well waive royalties that can be used to support the independence campaign
“Stockhom Sybdrome” anyone?
Don’t you mean Jockholm syndrome Boab?
Surely 500 miles? Anything else would just be to deep.
It has to be ‘ No Charge’, by Tammy Wynette 🙂
It has got to be Cap in Hand
Once a song has been selected, how about we put it there and keep it there from now until September…
What would it cost each of us?
£1/week maybe?
And it would constantly be splattered across the news too 😉
Maybe even some free advertising for Wings if we’re clever about how it is marketed
English group–YES
starship trouper
Cap in hand.
Hmm, if you’re gonna choose a song, it might be wise to establish beforehand whether or not the artiste(s) are in favour of independence.
Quite liked that Paolo Nutini song that was doing the rounds this morn.
Maybe Mr Gaughan could do a deep trance remix of ‘Precious Few Heroes’, get the bairns interested, ken?
One more for Cap in Hand
The Proclaimers – Cap In Hand
The Corries – Flower Of Scotland
Frankie Miller – Caledonia
Deacon Blue – Dignity
The Proclaimers – Letter From America
🙂
Cap in Hand should be our national anthem right up to 18th September 2014.
Ask the Proclaimers if they would do a letter from edinburgh
For the price of a download on iTunes, I’d buy a single every week until 18th September! How many singles do you need to sell these days to get into the chart? It’s not as much as you might think…
aye Cap in Hand apart from the bit aboot Hibs goalie as their goalies have been terminally shit since Goram..
I’ve always liked ‘Throw The ‘R’ Away’. It’s a superb antidote to the Cringe.
[youtube link to youtube.com
Brilliant plan!
However, it will have to be done quickly or the Unionists will catch on and sheer numbers from Englandshire could overwhelm us with some southern alternative.
Hermless by Michael Marra. And why not?
Something Inside so Strong or Cap in Hand.
Jock’s Revenge by Whiskey Kiss – just amazing
English group YES
song– IT CAN HAPPEN
English press will be wondering why so high the charts
great song
the theme tune from Rainbow
I’ve a feelIng the postal vote will swing this one :0
I did have a similar idea which was to encourage folk to put their ‘Independence playlist’ together on e.g. Spotify i.e. what songs will they be playing at their Yes celebration party on 19th September?
Could be some prize money to encourage a bit of creativity. If only we knew someone with a bit of spare cash to put towards it…
Looking through comments above. Flower of Scotland, the original by the Corries would make the maximum statement possible. I thnk.
Spooky, timing-wise, but I guess we are all on the same journey, much in step.
The “Make Alba Shine” YES song that featured at Celtic Connections (see Scot goes Pop link) has just finished being recorded in the studio by “Cask” this week.
link to scotgoespop.blogspot.co.uk
More news to follow regarding release date, but there will be a chunk of the proceeds going to the YES cause.
It was performed at the YES Badenoch meeting in January (wee clip below).
Not on the same league as the Wings crowd-fundraising, but the money to record “Make Alba Shine” in the studio was “pub-sourced” in about 5 minutes, after songwriter Gilly performed it at his legendary New Year’s Day gig (with Brother Fergus) in the Cairn Hotel in Carrbridge.
Flower of Scotland’s a dirge. First thing we need to do in the Glorious Independent People’s Republic of Scotland is ban that funeral tune!
Scotland’s Story by The Proclaimers
Freedom Come Freedom Go by the Fortunes
The Proclaimers – Scotland’s Story
I recommend the song written by Lou Hickey “Change is Coming”. She sang it at the Yes Rally in September 2013 and was accompanied spontaneously on stage by Eddie Reader.
Albert Herring says:
“It’s a bit like voting for Saddam Hussein”
I BEG your pardon?
@Gaavster “Cap in hand” is much better – the lyrics are perfect.
I also really like “The workers song” by Dick Gaughan which accompanied the LFI appeal video. “No Gods” is also excellent.
But maybe we should make a new version of “A man’s a man” went down a treat at the Rally.
It’s Now or Never by The King..
Praying in Wales. Go for it Scotland
My first post on Wings …yeah!
I was also going to suggest ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’. I was listening to it earlier for reasons other than the referendum and the words and sentiment struck me as entirely appropriate. I also think it would stand a decent chance of getting the whole movement going ‘yeah, we’ll get behind that and get it to number one’ …rather than just the WoS readers.
I’m sure there are loads of decent candidates worthy of the nod. This piques my curiosity and humour. I shall watch with interest.
Jerusalem – eh -just saying like
Big Country – Restless Natives
Book from Hell
There is no filming at the Sheridan meeting as the Labour MP refused to allow it. However someone is tweeting from it;
link to twitter.com
Michael Jackson Beat It…. Cap in hand is well cool.
I’d have gone for the Pink Fairies – Do It from Never Never Land
All you gotta do is do it
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, yeah! Ah Yes do it.
One song to be definitely excluded is the Strawbs – Part of the Union just saying like.
Both Sides the Tweed
The ultimate song about the relationship between the two countries.
thx marcia
Did Mark Knopfler not do a “sounds like” Big Country soundtrack for Restless Natives?
I go with the Proclaimers ” Should have been Loved”
OT just sent £25 to YES IN THE GLEN for the big August rally in Dunfermline. They are toiling to reach their initial target for preliminary deposits etc.
Check it out and let’s help them get this great day organised. It will be just a month before the BIG DAY!!
Land of hope and Dreams by the Boss – Lyrics so appropriate
First Post…Be Gentle
I want my country back (Autumn Almanac – The Kinks)
From this do-nowt dredge creeps a call from west-min-ister,
Then it dawns and then I crack.
It’s all crap so I want my country back.
Breeze blows sleaze from this musty-coloured fellow,
So I tell them he’s a sack.
Yes, yes, yes, I want my country back.
It has no meaning, better together,
Remembered, but not Forever
Flee to your hosted, shuttered rodent runs
Can’t compensate for lack of a colony,
Because the empires all gone away.
La-la-la-la…
Oh, your poor old union jack
Yes, yes, yes, I want my country back.
La-la-la-la…
Oh, in the autumn albas back
Yes, yes, yes, I want my country back.
I like my football on a Saturday,
Roast beef on Sundays, aye right.
I go to Blackpool for my holidays,
Sit in the open, shoot the shite.
This is my street, and I’m never gonna to leave it,
And I’m always gonna to stay here
If I live to be ninety-nine,
‘Cause all the people I meet
Seem to come from my street
And I can’t get away,
Because it’s calling me, (come on home)
Hear it calling me, (come on home)
La-la-la-la…
Oh, in the autumn albas back
Yes, yes, yes, I want my country back.
La-la-la-la…
Oh, I want my country back
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Bop-bop-bopm-bop-bop, whoa!
Bop-bop-bopm-bop-bop, whoa!
[etc.]
Freewil by Rush
There are those who think that life is nothing left to chance,
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.
A planet of playthings,
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive.
“The stars aren’t aligned
Or the gods are malign”-
Blame is better to give than receive.
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that’s clear-
I will choose Free Will.
There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand,
The cards were stacked against them- they weren’t born in lotus-land.
All preordained-
A prisoner in chains-
A victim of venomous fate.
Kicked in the face,
You can’t pray for a place
In heaven’s unearthly estate.
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that’s clear-
I will choose Free Will.
Each of us-
A cell of awareness-
Imperfect and incomplete.
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that’s far too fleet.
As we’ve already seen so many views so many songs so here’s my tuppence worth. 😉
The Cybernat song by Hazel Lewry
link to youtube.com
or The Nasty Cybernat by Yew Choob
link to youtube.com
Caledonia by Black Watch
link to youtube.com
The Clutha appeal… (kill two birds with one stone, sorry song, with this one)
link to youtube.com
Of course no song considerations can be had without a song about Stu’s favourite newspaper, could it? 🙂
The Daily Mail song by Dan and Dan
I think this is a good idea,though not the loved,loved,loved song.Obviously.its important that the artists performing the song are firmly in the YES camp.Most importantly,there is only room for one song at a time.One joint effort.I’d vote for either cap in hand or one great thing,if we’re sure the artists are on board.
They’re Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha for Flipper,Anus, Chairchoob, Beaker and his brother Dugless, HMS Hood and all the rest of them
Scotland’s story would be great
Here what about a bit of Marley Get up Stand Up.
An new version James D? What’s wrong with the one we have already?
Joseph,
You thinking of his soundtrack for Local Hero?
Cap in hand
IT APPEARS YOU HAVE ALL MISUNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF THIS DEMOCRACY.
Has to be Cap in Hand
Zakk Wylde’s “Hate your guts” off Pride & Glory.
Right enough, that might just engender the wrong sort of feelings 🙂
How about taking back D ream from new labour, things can only get better?
Rev, As we owe so much to those who have gone before us and who enabled us to reach this threshold I would go for Ted Christopher’s “Freedoms Flame”
link to youtube.com
@Joseph Curran says:
Did Mark Knopfler not do a “sounds like” Big Country soundtrack for Restless Natives?
I think it was the other way round.
i.e. the Big Country music for “Restless Natives” sounded like the earlier Mark Knopfler music for “Local Hero”.
79p on iTunes. Get it bought people.
I don’t think that it is a good idea i’m not saying that that the charts can’t be topped just that in my opinion it’s a bit twee.
How About Blackeyed Biddy – Right to be free link to youtube.com
If folk want a Yes song, it would have to be Wondrous Stories.
Caledonia – so appropriate
Let’s go glam and try a bit of Boy George with “Yes We Can.” Just look at who kicks the video off. 😉
@dinnatouch
Agreed, cap in hand, defines it all
Jocky Wilson Said by Dexy’s
Brilliant idea, i’m up for that 😉 but cap in hands no’ a very optimistic tune is it, letter from Embra sounds like a laugh though, or Dougie MaCleans Caledonia.
Your right it was for Local Hero. not Restless Natives.
“I’d have gone for the Pink Fairies”
Wow!!!,I’ve just put “What a bunch of sweeties”on,far out indeed!
Martyn Bennet and Move.
Where’s the Don’t Know button? Is this another dDoS loss?
I want to break free – Queen
How about a Proclaimers “double A-side” (showing my age?) with Should Have Been Loved and Cap In Hand giving a good feel for what we want to say.
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!! STOP.
THIS IS THE SONG WE SHOULD SEND TO No 1 STOP.
IT’S OUR SONG STOP.
FROM US TO UKOK STOP.
WE’RE SENDING A VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD MESSAGE. STOP
Bedroom tax no more
trident no more
tories no more
You’re welcome Craig an Charlie, no charge 😉
It has to be ‘Scotland Will Flourish’ by the Corries – it may have been written years ago but the words still ring true especially: ‘let us be rid of those bigots & fools, who will not let Scotland live and let live’
link to youtu.be
ps this is my first post but I have been a big fan of Wings for a good few months now, & it really has helped me become a proud Yes supporter from previously being on the fence!
cap in hand is GOOD
strong lyrics
OT- Indy debate in Irvine. Labour MP refused to agree to filming. But judging by twweets from link to twitter.com Donohue the labour MP gettings a bit of a hard time.
link to youtube.com Its a long way to the top Scotland. Its also a long from Forfar to rock legend.
@Simon Yeah, brilliant! I meant a remix of the same song – I wouldn’t change it for any amount of English gold!
O/T – But this made me smile.
Dr John Robertson of BBC Bias Research has now been made up to full Professor by Uni of WoS.
Becomes Professor John W Robertson, Convenor: CCI Research Ethics Committee, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of the West of Scotland.
Now isn’t that ironic – BBC think he is useless and then he gets rewarde fo excellent work. (Via D Bateman blog)
Rev
Not everyone. It is like an East German election pre-1989.
Nothing against the Proclaimers but neither song is catchy enough for community singing. Caledonia is a beautiful song but too slow. We need something with an upbeat melody and catchy lyrics. Flower of Scotland doesn’t do it for me.
Don’t think we need a song which underpins the independence process so much as a rousing new Scots anthem.
Someday – Seekers
I would have gone for Puff the Magic Dragon but given the Rev’s heroin and fried mars bar habit …
( that’s the one he wears on Sundays for the service 🙂 )
gordox – Excellent news- University of the West of Scotland gives ‘kiss my big fat academic arse’ message to BBC 🙂 Congrats to Professor Robertson.
Scotland Will Flourish by The Corries
The Cure – Just Say Yes
Just say yes! Do it now!
Let yourself go!
Just leap! Don’t look!
Or you’ll never know
If you love it
You might really love it
If you love it
You might really love it!
Oh come on and love it!
Yeah, this is it
Don’t be cautious
Don’t think twice
This is it
Don’t play it safe
Don’t put on ice
Yeah, this is it
Don’t chew it over
No don’t kick it around
This is it
Don’t wait and see
Don’t try to work it out
Just say yes! Do it now!
Let yourself go!
Just leap! Don’t look!
Or you’ll never know
If you love it
You might really love it!
So don’t tell me
It could all go wrong
No don’t tell me
It could all be a mess
Oh don’t tell me
It could all be a waste of time
Just say oui! Si! Sim! Da! Ja! Yow! Igen! Kylla!
Just say yes!
Cap in hand for me too
Can’t see past ‘Cap in Hand’ myself. Its such an infectious tune and the perfect riposte to Lamont plagairising the Proclaimers’ words this week.
I also love Dick Gaughan’s “Both Sides the Tweed”. It’s a beautiful song and it exemplifies what we all want to achieve at the end of the day. It’s not all about money, it’s about things of much higher value. I think I’ll vote for this one.
link to youtube.com
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Albert Herring 7:25
wrt Tommy vs Brian from the Irvine Herald –
“Irvine Beat FM will also be on hand to record the event which will be broadcast on Peter Lockhart’s Sunday Talk-In show on the same weekend.”
Brilliant song and perfect for the job. I went to see them in October in the Hydro. Fantastic night 🙂
Let’s get this show on the road!
When do we start buying it? Any specific timing in mind?
Like it, sorry LOVE it Thepnr. 🙂
sneddon hope the final outcome of the debate in Irvine confirms the norm…majority of audience for YES. 🙂
I’m with Paul above, not a great idea in my opinion. Makes the Yes campaign look like a wee fringe group trying to be allowed to sing rebel songs, or a bunch of indie types moaning about Simon Cowell and X-Factor.
The only way I can think of it working is if the song in question provokes the BBC into banning it (for being overtly political, maybe?) and then you get a Streisand Effect. On those grounds, a rewrite of Cap in Hand might be an interesting release.
ahhh now it comes clear ….
Rev. Stuart Campbell says:
28 February, 2014 at 8:32 pm
IT APPEARS YOU HAVE ALL MISUNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF THIS DEMOCRACY.
Stu’s got a container load of fire damaged CDs he’s trying to shift 😉
Let’s not forget ‘What do you do?’, also by the Proclaimers.
I sincerely hope that this song is a relic of the past but it’s still beautiful.
link to youtu.be
That Proclaimers song is a new one for me but I have to say the lyrics are perfect.
If we can’t take a dig at the BBC by promoting The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by the late Gil Scott-Heron then I vote for Should Have Been Loved.
That proclaimers song is too much of a complaint.
Something more inspirational would be better.
One Great Thing maybe – isn’t that the ‘official’ song of the YES campaign?
Flower of Scotland is a love it or hate it job.
Anything folky will be seen as too parochial by the younger generation.
It would be good to see the indy supporting bands and artists do an original song – maybe with a shouty YES chorus along the lines of Van Halens JUMP 🙂
A free summer festival would be nice!
Or we could just hire Avicii to do a YES summer party anthem, Wake Me Up style, complete with YES tattoos 🙂
Get a dream team on the case, Eddi, Charlie, Craig and the Kane gang, gotta be a winner in there somewhere.
Cap in Hand great but not a song of hope, I would go for a land fit for zeros.
Thanks Arbroath 1320 the lyrics are perfect. Sums it up to a tee in my humble opinion 🙂 And it’s a “shouty” song.
How about the Proclaimers song “I’m on my way” it was used in the Shrek Movie.
We’re in a democracy? Have I gone to sleep and woken up on the 19th September??
@Onwards – what Jon D said
“Jocks Revenge” by Whisky Kiss
link to youtube.com
A trendy feelgood number
Aye that’s what I was thinking. It would please my partner too, she recently got a Twisted Sister badge that she wears with pride on her leather biker jacket :), sadly no bike I’m afraid. 🙁
@Calgacus MacAndrew
Sorry, Calgacus, just scrolled up and saw you’d already put a version of Both Sides the Tweed on already. Great minds think alike – I can never listen to this song without getting a lump in my throat.
I think the power has gone to the Revs head and he thinks we’ll all just jump when he says. So Rev, how high was that, again?
(and besides it’s only 89p on Amazon!..)
All we need is The proclaimers to release it!
@Onwards – you mean like this
link to youtube.com
Done in Irish Gaelic
The last link didn’t work for some reason link to youtube.com
@Juteman
Love the Martyn Bennet but I must say. Not his most accessible work. My favorite is “Blackbird” but I think “Aye!” more appropriate.
Not a serious suggestion but I was playing some Pink Floyd (I know!) the closing lines from the song “Time” keep playing in my head.
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.
The time is up, the song is over.
Thought Id something more to say.
My vote would go to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band “The Man in the Jar” but hey, Im biased.
Hearts of olden glory (Runrig)
Good sentiment for a nation reborn
Any chance of getting a collective of pro-indy artistes together to cover a Proclaimers song, Band Aid style? Just listened to ‘What Do You Do’ (above) and that song would fit perfectly.
John Cage’s 4′ 33″ would get my vote.
What about Mull of Kintyre by …..
getting a bit carried away – Merlot must have kicked in
Sorry,that’s not working either for some reason so go to you tube and enter Ted Chistophers’s Freedoms Flame
Juteman… LOVING Move – Martyn Bennet
Bouncing around my living room 😀
Something insides so strong
Water Beastie
When’s the poetry night?
Orange juice Rip it up!!
@Andy Drynan
“trident no more”
wow, can you imagine if they did re-record that as a pro indy song – does anyone have the ear of craig & charlie? given their reaction to lamont’s abuse of exactly those lyrics they may well be up for it
At the Irvine meeting;
Heckler to Donohoe. ‘Get yer CV up to date, pal. Yer going to need it’
“I’m on my way” would be good. Together with “Over and done with” perhaps.
I’m coming round to Paula’s position here.
John Cage it is.
I hear and obey! (reaches for pinot..)
I saw the statement on twitter Stu ( and don’t like twitter). However, what about “the state of independence shall be” by Donna Summer? A lot of folk elsewhere couldn’t help but download. How embarrassing would that be to the naesayers? Can we not organise a date to start downloading it?
@Marcia
That twitter feed of the meeting in Irvine tonight is a scream!
Priceless, Jeannie! I’m praying the audience is just punters, and not Yes activists. They sound really fired up.
link to news.stv.tv That’s Stair Heid Rammy told then.
Am I the only one who thinks Better Together campaign is now gonna come out with their own song? Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up….!
As for YES song… might as well go full out and just go with that dramatic “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this any more” speech link to youtube.com
And lets not forget George Carlin… link to youtube.com It’s a big club and we’re not in it!
Just back from leafleting arrivals at the Sheridan/Donohoe Celebrity Death Match.
TS arrived, after reccying us from the car park, surrounded by a human doughnut of his most trusted guards (they know who they are…plus ca change, comrades eh?) He accepted a leaflet from me, but the head was down the whole time, no eye-contact, and no sound at all, apart from a vile comment from one of his party (who shall remain nameless) dismissing us as the ‘Scottish Psychopath Party’ (huh?) – the same character emerged some ten minutes later to call one of us a ‘monkey’. Nice!
The place was packed. We ran out of leaflets publicising next Monday’s Ayr Town Hall SSP public meeting (where Colin Fox and Jim Sillars will be speaking) and Trade Unions For Independence. 99% of arrivals cordially accepted the flyers – a few angrily waved them away when they realised who were were.
I asked the organiser, well before the hall started filling, if I could put the flyers on empty seats. Request denied – ‘no political literature on the seating’. Aye, okay big man…
The proposed Livestream was cancelled – the ‘speakers’ hadn’t given consent. Clan Destiny Films were denied permission to film the event, although Sheridan did agree to grant them an interview afterwards. It seems you really had to be there, eh? (‘Public’ meetings – don’t you just love them?)
And that, as they say, was that.
“The proposed Livestream was cancelled – the ‘speakers’ hadn’t given consent. Clan Destiny Films were denied permission to film the event, although Sheridan did agree to grant them an interview afterwards. It seems you really had to be there, eh? (‘Public’ meetings – don’t you just love them?)”
The organiser has said that Sheridan gave permission. It was Donohoe who refused. Have known for a few days.
Maggie’s Farm anybody?
link to metrolyrics.com
might even appeal to folk south of the border as well.
“Flower of Scotland’s a dirge. First thing we need to do in the Glorious Independent People’s Republic of Scotland is ban that funeral tune!”
At last!
Sorry for the O/T and sorry if it has been posted before.
The flaw in Osborne’s pre-emptive strike against a currency union
Of course it takes a non UK person to tell the truth.
David Scheffer is a law professor and director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.
Have a good read.
link to newstatesman.com
Thinking (that’s rare) about it we should go for something the Beeb is already unhappy with, Ta Ra Ta Ra
The Wicked Witch is Dead.
“Something inside so strong.”
Didnt see that Paul
great minds think alike,
yes its a powerful song.
O/T YES Dunfermline need some help to push their campaign along a bit …
link to indiegogo.com
I loved this Redskins track in the 80’s and it still gets me up and jumping around 30 years later! The lyrics are maybe too aggressive for some, but they are strangely prophetic!
You’ve never had it so good
The favourite phrase of those who’ve always had it
Better
Burn it up!
Realise the altogether
Bring it down
Burn together
The altogether’s an insane thing, insane thing
Bring it down
All together
The altogether’s an insane thing, insane thing
You’ve never had it so good
The favourite phrase of those who’ve always had it
Better
You never had so much is the cry
Of those who’ve always had much more, much more than
You & I
Burn brother burn
Fight together
This altogether’s an insane thing, insane thing
Bring it down
All together
The altogether’s an insane thing, insane thing
Burn
Insane thing, insane thing
Insane thing, insane thing
Burn brother burn
Let’s burn Together
Burn brother burn
Burn, burn, burn
This insane thing, insane thing
Burn brother burn
Burn sister burn
Spurn the lie
They use to justify
This insanity!
The inhumanity!
Of this insane thing
Burn brother burn
Burn, burn, burn
Some’s got it easy
Bring it down
The altogether
Keeps getting better for the few
Who’ve got it good to start with
For some reason that Dick Gaughan link didn’t work, so trying again.
youtube.com/watch?v=vXurIE7dP-0
Ian, it was Donohoe refused to allow filming, as if you didn’t know.
@Paula Rose –
You and poyums, eh? What are you like?
Go ahead – name a time and place. If you build it they will come an aw that stuff…
(I’ll even offer to read some of my stuff by way of an ice-breaker.)
Go on. I dare ye!
In fact, I double-dare ye! So there!
@alexicon
Thanks for the link.
This for the new national anthem and the no.1 spot in the Wings Hit Parade.
Meaningful lyrics ? – Forget it. People like something they can tap their toes to. Imagine this as our national anthem, people all over the world would be queueing up to emigrate here.
sneddon says:
“Indy debate in Irvine.
link to twitter.com
Donohue Sheridan
Donohue getting a pasting!
Fun to watch.
‘Cap in Hand’ is the best choice as much as I love some of the other suggestions (particularly anything from Runrig).
Good old Donohoe at the debate in Irvine tonight apparently said he wanted a 1p INCREASE in income tax and £1 OFF a bottle of whiskey. Meanwhile back in the real world Tommy Sheridan apparently received a standing ovation at the end of his spell. I wonder how Donohoe will get on, you’ll excuse me if I am not surprised to read he did not receive a standing ovation. I’ve just read he was booed at the start of his closing remarks so all going well for a NO victory in Irvine tonight then. 🙂
Scotlands 1982 world cup song wee have a dream
Still has to be “Dawning of the Day”
My God I thought people were joking about the fundraiser from Kent to “Keep the UK together” but it actually looks genuine. No way am I posting a link, but it’s fall-down funny.
Got to be something so outrageous that it will be difficult for the UK media to explain away!
How about:
Donald Where’s Your Troosers?- Andy Stewart
The Corries – Flower of Scotland
Has to be “Caledonia” !
O.K. folks the latest on how much David Cameron “loves” us genetically unprogrammed people living North of Hadrian’s wall can be read here.
link to tinyurl.com
public meeting
I don’t think NO,undecided voters will show up
get info from mainstream tv,radio
Irvine Beat FM will also be on hand to record the event which will be broadcast on Peter Lockhart’s Sunday Talk-In show on the same weekend.
Will someone will post a link to this if they find one?
Pride by Amy MacDonald
@Morag & Rev –
Hmm.
Let’s get this straight.
I was told ‘the speakers’ (in relation to the Livestream bar)and as I didn’t encounter another source able to confirm either way (not that I asked everyone else – we were rather ‘busy’) that is what I reported. Maybe the organiser was being ‘diplomatic’, or maybe the person who communicated the information to me got it wrong, but that’s precisely what I was told the organiser said, on the ground, and I was told that at approx 6.45.
Morag, I’ll ignore the ‘as if you didn’t know’ – not even sure what you’re implying there? If I was particularly interested in what Sheridan or Donohoe have to say about anything then I’d still be in the Volunteer Rooms. And in any event, I was there to hand out leaflets for an upcoming SSP public meeting, not to collect notes for a WoS article/BTL SSP propaganda piece.
What I’ve written above is a true account of what happened tonight – if you think it’s tainted with some ‘agenda’ then you’re crediting me with more imagination and guile than I happen to have.
I can’t understand why we let someone else rule our land – cap in hand.
For goodness sake Ian, I didn’t mean anything. It was only a throwaway remark meaning, I imagine you can guess.
We’ve been following tweets from Alison Wilson in the hall and she had the info that Tommy was happy to have been filmed.
Yes, Stu
We are wilfully misunderstanding this poll.
However an Ayetunes CD would be great
Dick Gaughan and Five Hand Reel with the Freedom Come A Ye
(words by Hamish Henderson music – the Bloody Fields of Flanders – by Pipe Major John McLellan of Dunoon)would be my first choice,,followed by Barbara Dickson’s Parcel of Rogues
“However an Ayetunes CD would be great”
Yours would be very different to mine…
Topical… The Proclaimers are not pleased.
link to archive.is
How about this one from Paolo Nutini? Not sure of his position in the constitutional debate but the lyrics are quite powerful.
@Morag –
Fair do’s.
I’m maybe still a wee bit wound-up about it all.
Cheers anyway…
It is important that the chosen artist doesn’t turn round and say they aren’t actually for Independence! They need to be firm Yes supports and not Nos or ‘fence sitters’.
Don’t know if anyone else has suggested but why don’t we pick a different tune each month till Sept.
We could afford that easily.
This is my first post on this site. Have been reading for a while and very impressed with the information available. As the Proclaimers support us in the YES camp, I think we should support them by choosing Cap in Hand as the single to promote, as it is very apt to our cause.
The Poll , however, does seem to only have one choice at the moment , and I would also support that choice , especially if the Proclaimers were willing to perhaps change some of the wording for us.
If timed properly we COULD make this a number one in the UK, what a slap in the face that would be, but I feel it would be most effective towards the last two months.
In 2013 Avicci reached number one with 267,00 copies sold in the first week, with Blurred Lines being the best selling single of 2013 at 1.47 million copies sold and occupying the number one slot for 5 non consecutive weeks, also making it the longest number one of 2013. If Andy Stewart could keep A Scottish Soldier in the charts for 36 weeks in 1961, surely with these ease of online purchasing we can get a ‘hit’ in 2014.
Perhaps a dry run with Should Have Been Loved just now, but we should bide our time and go for a big one in the summer. It needs to be something obvious, with broad appeal across all age groups. During the summer there needs to be an unstoppable momentum, a zeitgeist. The only one that I can think of that’s accessible, upbeat, not corny and has artistic merit is Caledonia. Probably the Frankie Miller version (sorry Dougie).
Caledonia at number 1 throughout August right up to September 18th and beyond. That should be worth a few thousand Yes votes.
I was going to suggest “who takes the baw fae Maggie Thatcher” by the Corries
But I’m with Alex
“We have a Dream” is the one that gets the closest
If we get this in the charts then its undeniable who did it and why its there
Heres a dark horse
Something a bit more direct aimed at Georgie Boy and all this little creepy friends:
Am I really the only one looking at the fundraiser page set up to get £30,000 so that the barely literate promoter (from Kent) can travel round Scotland telling us all how Salmond is all wrong and we should vote No?
It’s on its second day of an 8-day run and it has raised precisely £0. (Remember the effort we put in to get £30,000 for Stu a year ago, over 8 weeks?) The promoter hasn’t even had the nous to put in a bit of pump-priming money, nor has he persuaded anyone else to do it.
If this is a spoof, hats off to whoever set it up, my respect sir. If it’s genuine, I’m wetting myself.
forget me previous nomination for we have a dream
I know vote for this link to youtube.com
Last 10 seconds still relevant 40 years on.
Also when we did get Independence can someone please officially honour Roy Williamson (posthumously) and Roy Brown? The nation owes them and many others a debt
Tony… after hearing the Paolo Nutini track on a previous thread, I am fully behind getting this to number 1. Saying that, it would stand a good chance of nailing number 1 if it was released tomorrow anyway. Superb track.
A bit ambitious to spam the top 40 every month, not to mention pretty cruel to everyone – if some of the suggested playlist is selected. It’d probably provoke a backlash.
This would surely resonate with everyone, albeit for different reasons?
Or there’s Andre Rieu and his pipers from a few weeks back
I G
I agree. I have listened to all the nominated tracks and favour Caledonia.
Gone on the tube and listened to various options
Frankie Miller but also Eileen Laverty or Celtic woman are good. Maybe a woman should be asked.
It will appeal to the many Scots abroad as well as at home.
John Cage. That is all.
Proclaimers Cap in hand
@naebd – I think it’s just a bit of fun
As our favourite broadcaster ramps up it’s ‘celebration’ of WW1 I think either of the following would be appropriate:
The Green Fields of France
or
Mothers, Daughters, Wives
Both have been covered by the Corries
I’m with Dave McEwan Hill (@21.38) who went for Freedom Come All Ye fronted by Dick Gaughan. I go for this not because I uploaded the video which DMcEH embedded but because the lyrics describe our vision and the past we want to leave behind.
Gaughan’s website – link to dickgaughan.co.uk – says this about the song,
“This song is so rich in imagery and symbolism that it is impossible to give an adequate understanding of it without writing a major treatise. Basically, the main theme is anti-imperialism coupled with the recognition of the part that Scots have played in the conquest and subjugation of other peoples within the British Empire and the anticipation of the day when all peoples are truly free and can meet in peace and friendship.”
Dick Gaughan…Both Sides the Tweed.
Jeannie says:
Something Inside So Strong
Can only agree, Jeannie.
This one takes it outside our own borders and makes it international and multi-racial. It is one of the most powerful statements of determination and inevitability I have ever heard.
For me, it’s now about the inevitability of Independence, and of the indomitable human spirit.
We will get there, it’s just a question of when. Please let it be during my lifetime.
Another suggestion could be Tom Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down” OK its not particularly Scottish, nor is the writer but it sends a pretty clear message:
Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down
You could stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won’t back down
Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
And I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won’t back down
Chorus
Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down
Well I know what’s right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around
But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down
Hey baby there ain’t no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down
Any excuse to play – Jimmy Shand Bluebell Polka
It’s kind of off topic, but when armed service day comes round in Stirling this summer, I wouldn’t mind getting a double A side of The Green Fields of France and Mothers, Daughters Wives in to Number 1.
Ooh Boorach, I see you’ve had the same idea!
Here’s Iceland’s favourite daughter, Bjork, with Declare Independence. Its a bit shouty, but gets the point across.
The Corries -Scotland Will Flourish
I love this song. Just says it all
Lyrics to Scotland Will Flourish :
Scotland will flourish by the sweat of labour
The strength of our will and the force of our mind
Forget the old battles, those days are over
Hatred corrupts and friendship refines
Let the Scots be a nation proud of their heritage
With an eye to the future and a heart to forgive
And let us be rid of those bigots and fools
Who will not let Scotland live and let live
Let us govern over country wisely and fairly
Let each man and woman work with a will
And Scotland will flourish secure in the knowledge
That we reap our own harvest and ring our own till
And let us be known for our kind hospitality
A hand that is open proper to friends
A hard working people, proud and unbending
Scotland will thrive and win out in the end
Scotland will flourish by the sweat of labour
The strength of our will and the force of our mind
Forget the old battles, those days are over
Hatred corrupts and friendship refines
So let us be known for our kind hospitality
A hand that is open proper to friends
A hard working people, proud and unbending
Scotland will thrive and win out in the end
I could be convinced to go for Cap In Hand but that’s about it
As we need to reach out to women voters, I would go for Donna Summer / Chrissie Hyde / Moodswings /The Pretenders with Spiritual High (State of Independence) which was written by Vangelis.
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
P.S Like the new BT / UKIP/ BNP slogan, Love Britain Vote NO.
Hmm. It was a struggle deciding, but in the end, I’ve gone for ‘Should Have Been Loved’ by The Proclaimers. 😉
@Ian Brotherhood
“You can go your own way” – I’ve often thought this would be a great song for us, but reworded to “We can go our own way, We can call it our…Independence Day”. Actually, that’s how I tend to sing it these days anyway.
Anything by Wings.
So they were right, you spent the money on dope after all…
The Amy McDonald number above, but with the video from the equal marriage trailer
Should be a new recording.
A sort of ‘It’s just a perfect day’ type rendering of Cap in Hand with a whole bunch of different people from across the musical spectrum together.
Gaavster
2Brilliant idea Stu
Do we deliberately only have one option? 😉
Might I suggest ‘Cap in Hand’ by the same duo,
link to youtube.com
or maybe Hamish Henderson’s ‘Freedom Come All Ye’
link to youtube.com
or Dick Gaughan’s ‘No Gods’
link to youtube.com
Them’s my 3 for the no.1 spot ;)”
All favourites of mine, but not sure “No Gods and Precious Few Heroes” quite fits the Rev’s profile in at least a couple of ways 🙂
But I’d vote for ‘Freedom Come All Ye’ by our Mr Gaughan.
link to youtube.com
or, considering the time of year of the referendum and the with a salient anti-violence message, his masterful rendition of Westlin Winds.
link to youtube.com
But the Proclaimers are great too.
Im up for anything that Mr Gaughan has done. One of my life changing moments was the first time I listened to ‘handful of earth’.
OK, looking at this logically…
It would have to be something that is already available on iTunes etc. It would also need to be something that many people would buy without realising why it is suddenly selling well. There are lots of good suggestions on this thread.
I like Letter From America, cos Johann Lamont set us off in that direction this week. It’s been on the news so that could be what put it into people’s minds. And, of course, the guys are pro-independence and have been in the news complaining about JL hijacking it.
As for best time to buy it… Saturday night after midnight. It’s when new releases are released and a sudden rush to buy would be normal. Get it high enough before 4pm Sunday and it would appear in the top ten at the start of the Chart Show on radio. If it is in the top ten it would be brought to more people’s attention and therefor could go higher before the chart is “locked down” around 6pm. Without radio play it would be difficult but do-able.
Of course already we all have a wide spread of IP addresses and locations, if iTunes was checking.
I’m heading off now to research possibilities on iTunes. I’ll report back later 🙂
We could also ask Steve Earle to join in.
or a bit of Hebridean Chant from the good Rev…
Is it just me or is Newsnights Gordon Brewer in actual fact a Harry Enfield character?
He’s hilarious.
He almost had a a fit when Ian Mcwhirtrer announced Standard & Poors potential AAA assessment.
Another vote for Scotland Will Flourish. All the rest of you are simply wrong.
Further to Sam Cooke, I’d also like to add some more to the mix –
link to youtube.com
link to youtube.com
And for the inevitable party on September 19th –
I think Amy has it for me. Pride. What’s not to like?
Chris Rea
YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY
What about this it would be amazing so bonny. link to soundcloud.com
Nice work on all the clickable links in the lyrics. I actually clicked on them for once. 🙂
Among Proddy Dogs and Papes sung by Mick West
Could not find a “youtube” of Mick, here’s one with the Song’s writer, if we can get those on both sides of the sectarian divide to understand their just pawns in a game, it will help no end.
How awesome is it that someone being nominated for a song relevant to these momentous doings is also a contributor to the discussion?
The man will maybe blush, but you know what I mean, right?
Are any BT blogs similarly embarrassed?
Come to think of it…are there any BT blogs?
link to m.youtube.com
“Killing the past and coming back to life”
Scotland singing to Westminster – ” where were you when I was hurt and helpless?”
OMG found Mick Singing it on the BBC Music Player, anyway will post a link its starts about 6.50 secs in
link to bbc.co.uk
I am a Patriot
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday
I was walking with my brother and he wondered what’s on my mind
I said, What I believe in my soul ain’t what I see with my eyes
And we can’t turn our backs this time
I am a patriot and I love my county
Because my country is all I know
I want to be with my family people who understand me
I’ve got nowhere else to go
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday
And I was talking with my sister she looked so fine
I said, “Baby, what’s on your mind?”
She said, “I want to run like the lion released from the cages
Released from the rages burning in my heart tonight”, yeah
And I ain’t no Communist and I ain’t no Capitalist
And I ain’t no Socialist and I ain’t no Imperialist
And I ain’t no Democrat so I ain’t no Republican
I only know one party and it is freedom
I am, I am, I am
I am a patriot and I love my country
Because my county is all I know
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
…
Ah luv democracy!
For a younger contingent (hip hop) there is Stanley Od’s ‘Marriage Counselling’ which has the merit of being right on message.
Hallelujah Freedom, by Junior Campbell. Any relation, Rev ?
What about this one, link to youtube.com
Simple, up-tempo, and positive: I’m gonna be (500 miles).
Even better if Charlie and Craig record an indy version with a gender-neutral lyric eg “one” for “man”, and replaced “To fall down at your door” with “For what we’re ready for.”
Humbled and honoured as I am by being included in a professional capacity on this thread, for me it just has to be “Hermless”.
Although, as we’re looking for an actual anthem here, Frankie’s version of “Caledonia” takes some beating. Especially if it includes that Tennents ad 🙂
@Dick Gaughan –
(I can hardly believe I’m typing this…)
If the man nominates the song, so should it not be, eh?
I mean, seriously?
Juteman
I think the poll is rigged, pass it on but don’t tell anybody.
This one’s for José Manuel Barroso… European Song 😀
I have changed my mind, just listened to Paulo Nutini’s Iron Sky and it is the one, no question. If he is not supporting Independence I am a Duck..
No Scottish person at this time would release a song with the lyrics contained in Iron Sky if they were going to vote NO.
Please Please ref make your mind up very soon, I am going to buy this as my first ever purchase on ITunes and I aint going to wait much longer… See attached article which I found googling tonight and everybody if you have not listened to the link earlier go and do it now!!!!
link to smithsmagazine.co.uk
Even Adele said its the most powerful song she has every heard….
Tear Down These Walls – Runrig
Tear down these walls
They keep raising for you
In the slipstream of luck and democracy
A victim of chance and geography
I reap and I sow the face of the earth
While big guns play games with the land of my birth
I walk these hills and I sail the seas
I’ve weathered the storms of history
Created to live, created to share
With the fish of the sea, the birds of the air
Tear down these walls
All men were born the same
You came here with nothing
But naked and a name
Oh, a name
Tear down these walls
They keep raising for you, hey, hey
I’m not too hot on Dukes or Earls or Graces
But I love respect and exalted places
Give me the people with sod on the knee
The higher the monkey climbs the more he reveals, oh, oh
Tear down these walls
All men were born the same
You came here with nothing
But naked and a name
Tear down these walls
All men were born the same
You came here with nothing
But naked and a name
Oh, a name
Tear down these walls
They keep raising for you
Oh, tear down these walls
They keep raising for you
Aw, tear down these walls
They keep raising for you
Tear down, tear down tear down
@haud on the noo
Did you mean this yin?
link to m.youtube.com
Here’s how much they ‘sellers’ can pack intae seventy seconds – enough tae mak a man greet, eh?
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours.
I’ve got to second Marriage Counselling by Stanley Odd. They’re great spokespeople too and are playing at several festivals over the summer, so the song will get heard lots. I’d also rather support an exciting young Scottish band than someone who’s already made their money and their name.
In with a shout surely ‘This is your land’, written by Woody Guthrie and performed by Bruce Springsteen at President Obama’s inauguration ceremony.
Alba – Runrig. Pete Wishart ought to approve.
Lorraine McIntosh does a lovely version of Freedom Come All Ye.
Caledonia – popular already and the right sentiment.
I think its a great idea and would make headlines. Just look at the success of the anti-X Factor campaigns.
Or how about Louis Jordan with “Caldonia” from 1946. The whole world should know we like to boogie
O/T
A wee round of applause for us a’
link to t.co
I hope this is really where we are – it looks increasingly like it..
Anything by Eric Bogle, but The Band Played Waltzing Matilda or All the Fine Young Men for starters.
Has to be 🙂
Hue and Cry song called PLAN B
@jingly jangly
Wow. Brilliant song from Paolo.
If its got to be singable by a crowd then you can’t go far wrong with a Proclaimer’s ditty like ‘I’m On My Way’.
Just for the joy of it please give the following a viewing…
link to google.co.uk
It’s Al Green singing ‘People Get Ready’ and its awesome!
I should point out in case of doubt that in the post above I was refering, of course, to the late Michael Marra’s version of “Hermless”.
I’ve heard others dae’t bit nane wi the same conviction. (An gin ye’re no a Dundonian, thon accent’s a real bastirt tae dae!)
‘This Gift’ – Sons & Daughters
link to youtube.com
“This gift will last forever
This gift will never let you down
Some things are made from better stuff
This gift is ready to be found
Just you believe it now”
Bit late to this thread, but have to admit I like the Proclaimers and letter from America, tho its lyrics obviously not suited to here and now, but its sentiments as expressed by others here are great, eg
Trident no more
Tories no more
Bedroom tax no more (ok that doesn’t scan so well)
So, rewriting the start a wee bittie:
When you vote you can send them
a message from Cal’donia.
Take a look at the rail track
from Montrose to Anglia
Sort of…you get the drift
@ Dick Gaughan
A ‘peh roll’ puzzled me for a while.
Ah Jigsbro..
Sons and Daughters – wish they’d come back 🙁
Already suggested several times, Something Inside So Strong says it all.
The words of this song sum the whole campaign for me.
We have
The chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?
Chorus:
You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
This time
We know we all stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing, we can make it better
Oooooooh,
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?…
You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
{Instrumental[Bag Pipes(Tin Whistle)]}
Ooooooh
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?…
You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
(repeat until end of song)
Am just thinking anything by “The Ukranians”…
The yes campaign is dignified, the no campaign is not. What abot Dignity by Deacon Blue?
Preference would be:
Something inside so strong by Labi Siffre;
Pride by Amy McDonald;
and not forgetting D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by Tammy Wynette or Billy Connolly.
Remember this has to be sung by crowds of people and some of the earlier choices are so dirge like it is sad. It needs to be uplifting and speak to the heart and, of course, be a good tune.
I think the one which has the best chance of getting into the charts is the Proclaimers, ‘Cap in Hand’
But I would like to stick another couple up there just because I think they say something.
First
If we’re co-opting John Cage, it’s got to be “Scottish Circus” link to facebook.com Desperate shame about Eddie McGuire though.
Ignore the Braveheart piccie on this next video
Cap In Hand – perfection.
Like the Rev Jo Hamilton is an ex pat Scot in England.
Paolo Nutini – Iron Sky
Just released today.
Powerful, passionate and truly about Scotland.
Without hyperbole, set to be one of the greatest songs ever written. Check it out on YouTube.
Paolo is one of us!
Yes
I always thought that this one by Fish summed things up.
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned on here.
link to m.youtube.com
Seems like the target is a little low though – if it can be done once then why not aim higher and pick a new song every month.
Sorry,I forgot to include the link to Paolo’s Iron Sky!
Rev, listen to the lyrics and get it out there!
As I said on Twitter, if we were actually going to do this, from a “bang for your buck” point of view, we’d be far better writing and recording our own song, with a nice blatant title like “Scotland Is Being Lied To By The Media”, “Anyone Who Says Scotland Would Be Forced To Join The Euro Is A Fucking Idiot” or “Euan McColm Is An Arsehole”.
After all, one of the strongest statements in pop history was “God Save The Queen” by the Sex Pistols, particularly as it demonstrated the sycophantic nature of the BBC et al by pretending it didn’t get to number one. Nobody listens to the charts any more, so nice lyrics with a coded message does nothing. What you want is to hammer the point home, and you do that by having a particular title.
Or just choose Declare Independence by Bjork.
For all my fellow ravers out there, how’s about Freedom by QFX? There’s even a mix with bits from Braveheart in it to really piss off the Unionists.
link to youtu.be
What Doug D said.
Alternatively, I was put in mind of Fish’s cover of Thunderclap Newman’s ‘Something in the Air’ – credentials for this song as a candidate? Well, apart from the lyrics, and happy beat, a nice chorus about the revolution’s here… at the time Fish was a fairly large SNP supporter (I even remember him saying ‘Free by ’93, I truly hope so’ on stage once), and EMI blocked him from putting this single out before the 1992 general election on the grounds that it was “too political”. It got a delayed release and no promotion, disappearing fast…so it kind of is a song that got martyred for the cause of Scottish independence!! 😉
Paolo Nutini has just released what may be one of the greatest rallying calls for our young to vote Yes!
To all Wings fans please watch or listen to his new song Iron Sky. Astonishing.
Paolo Nutini has just released what may be one of the greatest rallying calls for our young to vote Yes!
To all Wings fans please watch or listen to his new song Iron Sky. Astonishing.
Things can only get better 🙂
It has to be this tune………
Had a canter, well trot through the posts and @MegsMaw gets my vote, says what needs to be said and gets a crowd jumping.
Has to be Cap in Hand
Perhaps the can release a refreshed version and state that all proceeds go to Yes Scotland.
Yes I do feel better – McAlmont & Butler
It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) – REM
I will survive – Gloria Gaynor
There is a light that never goes out – The Smiths
Royals – Lords
There is power in a union – Billy Bragg (OK, perhaps not)
And agree with previous poster – ‘This is the sea’ would be perfect.
Aye, Paulo’s is a good shout. current and well kent.
My preference is for “I will survive” my vote is for ABSOLUTELY NOT RUNRIG!
We’re in for a bit of a fight in September 😉
link to youtube.com
And it’s got a great shouty chorus and ending, works for me!
@The Man in the Jar: Hot City Symphony 1 & 2, as a double A side, Vambo AND The Man in the Jar, what’s not to like? 😀
Why just have one song – why not a series of songs between now and September?
On My Way by The Proclaimers would be a great one to use
Paolo Nutini’s new song ‘Iron Sky’ is pretty obviously pro-Independence!
Regarding suggestions for a Runrig song, does anyone know what the band’s opinion is regarding independence? Former member Donnie Munroe used to be a Labour supporter and stood for election to the UK and Scottish parliaments in the 90s as a Labour candidate. Many Labour supporters oppose independence but I’m not sure whether or not he does. Former member Pete Wishart is of course an SNP MSP but I’m not sure what the political views are of the other current and former members.
First time on ‘Wings’ but I have been reading it for a couple of months !
Maybe not Scottish enough but Bob Dylans ‘Times they are a changing’
Last verse
” The line it is drawn The curse it is cast
The slow one now Will later be fast
As the present now Will later be past
The order is Rapidly fadin’
And the first one now Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin”
it has to be Paolo Nuttini, he has wide appeal with young and old, his material is new and fresh, just what the Yes campaign needs.
This is a great version for standard lifer’s and NO business but theirs … link to youtu.be
oops .. link to youtu.be
Did no one suggest “Please release me” by Engelbert?
Ok, I’ll get ma coat.
Getting back to Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini, just watched the video for the umpteenth time, every time I well up.
Have just noticed the subliminal fade out shot, of the the guitar neck being mirrored to show a Saltire..
C’mon Rev put us out our misery, if you don’t tell us today Im going ahead to buy it anyway.
Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini
We are proud individuals
Living for the city
But the flames
Couldn’t go much higher
We find God and religions
To bait us with salvation
But no one, no nobody
Can give you the power
To rise
Over love
Over hate
Through this iron sky that’s fast becoming our mind
Over fear and into freedom
Oh, that’s life
That’s dripping down the walls
Of a dream that cannot breathe
In this harsh reality
Mass confusion spoon fed to the blind
Serves now to define our cold society
From which we’ll rise
Over love
Over hate
Through this iron sky that’s fast becoming our mind
Over fear and into freedom
You’ve just got to hold on
You’ve just got to hold on
[Charlie Chaplin’s speech from The Great Dictator]
“To those who can hear me, I say – do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed – the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. ….. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men – machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! …..
You are men! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
….. let us use that power – let us all unite.”
And we’ll rise
Over love
Over hate
Through this iron sky that’s fast becoming our mind
Over fear and into freedom
Into freedom
From which we’ll rise
Over love
Over hate
Through this iron sky that’s fast becoming our mind
Over fear and into freedom
Freedom, freedom
Oh, rain on me
Rain on me
Rain on me
Ok so nobody listened to ‘This is the sea’ well here is another great Waterboys tune
Standing at the door of the pink Flamingo crying in the rain,
It was a kind of so-so love and I’m gonna make sure it doesn’t happen again,
You and I had to be the standing joke of the year,
You were a run around, a lost and found, and not for me I feel
Take your hands off me, hey,
I don’t belong to you, you see,
And take a look in my face, for the last time,
I never knew you, you never knew me,
Say hello goodbye,
Say hello and wave goodbye,
We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit but it just wasn’t me,
You’re used to wearing less, and now your life’s a mess, so insecure you see,
I put up with all the scenes, this is one scene that’s going to be played my way
X stix that’s a bit spooky (again) as I was having ‘do it’ going round in my head earlier in the week.
Stu, I’m quite sure there’s any number of musicians and associates quite prepared to put in a bit of their time should you want to record something special. I know there’s quite a few readers on here in a position to make this happen.
Its got to Paolo, having watched Iron Rain live at Abbey Rd, I cant help but think this young man is going to be our next biggest export, it gets my vote.
Inti Illimani, folk group forced to flee Chile by the Pinochet’s gangsters.
En libertad
Quisiera tener alas para volar,
cruzar por el espacio en libertad
En libertad, como los pajarillos
que nadie me pregunte: ¿a dónde vas?
I wish I had wings to fly
to soar for a little while in freedom
Free, like the little birds
And no-one to ask me: where are you going?
Here with some initial improvisation by Paco Peña.
@Colin
FWIW my favourite Waterboys track is ‘The Stolen Child’ a musical version of Yeats’ magical poem.
Brilliant idea. I think the proclaimers should be consulted. They might write something especially. If not I’d vote for cap in hand.
For Good measure, my favourite Gerry Rafferty track. Which I had to upload to youtube since noone else had.
A2 says:
“I was having ‘do it’ going round in my head earlier in the week.”
One of my favourite tracks of all time. In fact Never Never Land is in my top 5 albums of all time. Not everyone’s taste, but I condider it a classic.
For people who have suggested a couple of Yes (the band)songs it just so happens that i wrote quite a few of their earlier songs in conjuction with their singer. There is one in particular which wasn’t recorded by Yes but Jon tried to do it with someone else but couldn’t get the words to work. Some one else ended up recording it adding to the lyric to make it work for them. I am in the process of re-writing a couple of lines and am recording it now as we speak. I’ll up it to youtube when it’s done. 🙂
I’m surprised no-one has suggested these guys. No lyrics in this other than “AAARGHHH!” but the sound fairly stirs the blood, especially in the middle of Buchanan Street!
link to youtu.be
I agree, though, with everyone saying Paolo Nutini’s ‘Iron Sky’ should be the top choice. It couldn’t be more timely, the meaning is unmistakable and it will have very wide appeal.
@chicmac
You probably remember this guy some called the Scot’s Bob Dylan..
Colin
Sure do, possibly more than he does 😉
Here’s some interesting footage of Donovan and Dylan hanging out
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