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[Stu H]

think I might go to this on the Saturday - good old Deacon Blue singalong !!!

[The Nal]

Are people serious with the whole Deacon Blue thing?

Edited by The Nal, 14 April 2011 - 04:06 PM.

[frodoisdead]

The Nal, on 14 April 2011 - 04:05 PM, said:

Are people serious with the whole Deacon Blue thing?

What's not to like?! I'm always a sucker for catchy pop.

[tolywoly]

The Nal, on 14 April 2011 - 04:05 PM, said:

Are people serious with the whole Deacon Blue thing?

Yep. I'll be checking them out on the Saturday. On my own possibly, girlfriend's not a fan.

[The Nal]

frodoisdead, on 14 April 2011 - 04:22 PM, said:

What's not to like?! I'm always a sucker for catchy pop.

tolywoly, on 14 April 2011 - 09:05 PM, said:

Yep. I'll be checking them out on the Saturday. On my own possibly, girlfriend's not a fan.

Cool, wasn’t taking the piss. Just always thought they we’re a bit, well, meh. But I don’t know any of their stuff really in fairness. Must check em out!  

[Morse Code]

The Nal, on 15 April 2011 - 10:06 AM, said:

Cool, wasn’t taking the piss. Just always thought they we’re a bit, well, meh. But I don’t know any of their stuff really in fairness. Must check em out!  

They're a band that happen to reflect a particular time in my life so probably sentimental more than anything else.

Suspect I may be there on my own though as I played some of their stuff to my 18 year daughter, who's coming for the first time this year, via youtube last night and she gave me one of those 18 year old daughter looks and just said "really dad?!?"

I think she could be with you on this one!  

[Pooog]

I still find some of the tracks pretty decent - tho they were the first band I grew up listening to, so maybe a bit of nostalgia from me.

Saw them recently in London as a surprise treat from my other half.  They put a lot of energy and modesty into it and it was great, actually.

"And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag..."

[Morse Code]

Pooog, on 15 April 2011 - 10:28 AM, said:

I still find some of the tracks pretty decent - tho they were the first band I grew up listening to, so maybe a bit of nostalgia from me.

Saw them recently in London as a surprise treat from my other half.  They put a lot of energy and modesty into it and it was great, actually.

"And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag..."

".....the children call him Bogey, he never lets on, but I know cos he once told me....."

[Pooog]

Morse Code, on 15 April 2011 - 10:32 AM, said:

".....the children call him Bogey, he never lets on, but I know cos he once told me....."

Brilliant song  

[gooner1990]

I was about 7 when Real Gone Kid and Dignity were flying high in the charts, always assosiate them and Simply Red with what we used to listen to in my Dads Ford Escort XR3i at the time  

Would be good for a nostalgic sing-a-long but I don't think I could do it at the expense of The Chemical Brothers.

[gooner1990]

[Spindles]

My kids want to go see coldplay (no taste!), Deacon blue were the first band I ever saw live and I am aiming to enjoy my first headline set at the acoustic tent in all these years.  Like someone else said, this is a band that have associations in my life, for that reason I see them as the best headliner for me on saturday.

[ampersand]

weird what fests do to you.

they're headling bella which i'm going to and i think it's an awful choice for headliners of that medium festival. yet, looking at the clashfinder, i may have gone to see them had i been going to glastonbury. despite a band like coldplay playing, who i'd definitely see at bella and would be an amazing headliner choice.

[rexclark]

I quite like a few of their songs. Is the legend that is Dougie Vipond still playing with them?

[Grateful Ghoul]

Still have very fond memories of listening to Raintown on my paper round back in the day and hearing Loaded live for the first time, this was tarnished somewhat when I heard that they were Aled Jones favourite band lol

[drewsstrat]

I would be in heaven if they played raintown from start to finish!  They have in the past note for note.

For me Coldplay have been given the cold shoulder...

I'm sad that last years excellent Mcintosh Ross set was largely ignored - some great tunes as well
albeit with no DB stuff - so I will be there