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
"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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 12:48 AM EST up reply actions
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 1:05 AM EST up reply actions
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
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 1:27 AM EST up reply actions
actually never seen it
but I am also horrible at cards, except for spades, which i used to love playing
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 1:33 AM EST up reply actions
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.
I also really liked John Malkovich in that movie
I couldn’t eat an Oreo without laughing after that.
“Alright meester sonuvabitch, let’s play zum cardz!”
John Turturro was also great as Joey Knish.
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by Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
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
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.)
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
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
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
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
I'm really amazed
They have other songs other than “500 miles”. Good for them.
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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?
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")
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
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
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
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 Scott McKinney on Dec 30, 2008 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
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