Top Five Proclaimers Songs

Letter from America
What Do You Do?/ Cap in Hand
Sean
Sunshine on Leith
Act of Remembrance

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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) can be 6th

I combined “Cap in Hand” and “What do you do?” because I could’t decide which song on the same sentiments (scottish nationalism) I liked better

by royalsreview on Dec 30, 2008 12:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

"I'm Gonna Be" has been overexposed, pop culture-wise

…but I think it is one of their best on its own merits.

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 12:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

the enduring artifact of Benny & Joon

by royalsreview on Dec 30, 2008 12:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The movie that changed my life

Actually, what I remember most about that movie is that I saw it as part of a preview audience. I was in law school at the time and the U. of Minn. had a free showing of it pre-release and we filled out comment cards afterwards to say what we liked and didn’t like about it. So I took part in shaping American culture. You’re welcome.

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 1:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I sorta did that once for Rounders

although it wasn’t the whole movie, just a set of reactions to the trailer

this started when someone came up to me and my friends in a mall in Austin, TX

considering that many years later, Rounders, along with the game of poker itself, would become huge cult phenomena, I guess I should be proud

if only I could have also influenced Office Space and Swingers

by royalsreview on Dec 30, 2008 1:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Like many men 18-44, I own Rounders and love the movie. Of course it has the trailer on the DVD extras. It’s amazing how many scenes on the trailer are not at all in the final cut of the movie.

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 1:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

actually never seen it

but I am also horrible at cards, except for spades, which i used to love playing

by royalsreview on Dec 30, 2008 1:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Great movie

It’s no Citizen Kane, but it is highly enjoyable with great performances by Damon and Norton (possibly my favorite actor). And you don’t need to really be into cards or poker to enjoy the movie

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 1:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I should hate Damon

but somehow I don’t

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Dec 30, 2008 1:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

a few years ago,

I dated a girl who was head over heels for Matt Damon, I couldn’t stand him. But after we broke up, I slowly began to realize that he is a very talented actor. I especially liked him in Good Will Hunting and Dogma (which I get about 64.8% of my theology from, the rest is from Keeping the Faith).

But I still almost died laughing at the Matt Damon puppet in Team America.

by DarthYoshi on Dec 30, 2008 2:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I also really liked John Malkovich in that movie

I couldn’t eat an Oreo without laughing after that.

by DarthYoshi on Dec 30, 2008 2:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

“Alright meester sonuvabitch, let’s play zum cardz!”

John Turturro was also great as Joey Knish.

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 2:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

"i.......bvet..........zhit.......aaauuuuuuuuuwwwwwlllllllllllllllll......"

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Dec 30, 2008 3:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I like Rounders quite a bit

But it was kinda ruined by all my friends in law school who glamorized that they could become Matt Damon and quit law school to become professional poker players.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 30, 2008 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

can you blame them?

If I had decided on law school, I’d probably want to quit and become a professional poker player, too.

(No offense to the lawyers who populate RR…but I used to work for lawyers and realized after a couple of years that it wasn’t for me.)

by DarthYoshi on Dec 30, 2008 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wish Rounders had come out in my first year of law school

It would have inspired me to leave. It came out six years too late. :(

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

as the 90s recede

I understand them less and less

the whole alternative/grunge/ethan hawke era thing seems to have totally left no impact on anything

now lets all go swing dance daddyo!

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Dec 30, 2008 1:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Really makes the 80s seem authentic in comparison

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 30, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This Is A

Joke, right?

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Dec 30, 2008 1:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I had no idea who the Proclaimers were until i saw that 5000 miles reference...

but i guess I’d vote for that one as #1?

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Dec 30, 2008 3:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

not a fan

by ZeppelinDZ on Dec 30, 2008 10:31 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

I'm really amazed

They have other songs other than “500 miles”. Good for them.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 30, 2008 12:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

It's the only one I've ever heard,

but I do think it’s an awesome song. Not “oh-how-silly” kind of awesome, but genuinely enjoyable.

WTF, self?

by minda33 on Dec 30, 2008 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

Kinda romantic actually

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 30, 2008 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

they had a decent song on the soundtrack from "Shrek"

I can’t remember the name of it for the life of me…but it was one of two songs on the soundtrack that I remember really, really liking (the other being Rufus Wainwright’s version of "Hallelujah")

by DarthYoshi on Dec 30, 2008 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't understand why you'd let someone else rule our lives

Which song is that one? That’s Jackie Ballgame’s fave.

Especially when talking about himself.

Oh yeah, and stay tuned for the “The Legend of Mark Teahen”, coming to a blog near you

I'm about to change my username to DannyDuffyfan

by jackie ballgame on Dec 30, 2008 3:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That's from "Cap in Hand"

The “someone else” was the U.K. ruling Scotland. They were big supporters of Scottish independence, or at least autonomy.

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What do you do....

when democracy fails you?

What do you do ….
When the rest can’’t see it’s true?

To me, these lines have seemed very “spot on” certain days.

I have a very good Proclaimers memory. Of me and several friends painting my old apartment. Windows open on a fall afternoon. Sunshine on Leith playing loudly all afternoon. Us singing “Oh Jean, Oh Jean, You let me get lucky with you!” Good times.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Dec 30, 2008 8:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I really like heart felt political songs

(especially when I can relate to the message at least to some degree) The Proclaimers songs about Scottish independence come to mind, as do Midnight Oil’s songs about Aborigine land rights and Indigo Girls songs about freedom and justice (to name but a few).

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by NYRoyal on Dec 30, 2008 8:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs