A Nostalgic Journey Through the Tracks of My Years. I first saw them in concert in the autumn of 1986 when they supported The Housemartins who were touring the UK at the time. I love the film and the musical. You are right there – love that scene right in the centre of Edinburgh! Last time I wrote about Elvis Presley, a performer who could only have come from the southern states of America. Sunshine On Leith by The Proclaimers: They have even appeared on Family Guy! great passion was music and as we were cooking said listen to this and played Sunshine over Leith . While I’m worth my room on this earth The first shows just what can happen when football fans adopt a song and in the case of Sunshine On Leith, that could only have happened with Hibernian FC, the club based right there in Leith. A stage musical called Sunshine On Leith was written in 2007 featuring the songs of The Proclaimers, and an excellent film of the same name was made in 2013. My tears are drying, my tears are drying My heart was broken, my heart was broken Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow My heart was broken, my heart was broken You saw it, you claimed For the next few years I played the albums countless times and by 1993 I assumed they had split up. My heart was broken, my heart was broken / Sorrow Sorrow Sorrow Sorrow / My Elvis, “If I Can Dream” and the ’68 Comeback Special, https://jukeboxtimemachine.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/06-sunshine-on-leith.mp3, Laurel Canyon: A Special Place In Time and California Dreamin’, Balm For The Soul #1 – George Michael, ‘Heal The Pain’ and ‘Desafinado’, Freshers Week, Student Life 2020 and The Long Journey From ‘Grease’ to ‘GREECE’, The Beat, “Mirror In The Bathroom” and Another Shower Room Update, Film Nights, The Waterboys and “How Long Will I Love You”, Petula Clark, “Downtown” and The Death Of The High Street, Earworm of the Week #5 – Feminism, Walter Murphy and “A Fifth of Beethoven”, “Dancing In The Moonlight” by Jubël, and Sweden, Thank You for the Music, Laurel Canyon: A Special Place In Time and California Dreamin', The Autumnal Equinox, Neil Young and "Harvest Moon", The Proclaimers, Hibs and "Sunshine On Leith", Janis Ian, "At Seventeen" and The Fate of the Ugly Duckling, Follow What's It All About? Sunshine On Leith Cup Final version (best bit kicks in at 1:14 – no pun intended): The second version of this song is from the film and is performed by Jane Horrocks. Your beauty and kindness Sunshine on Leith, Hibs CIS Cup The second version of this song is from the film and is performed by Jane Horrocks. https://jukeboxtimemachine.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/06-sunshine-on-leith.mp3. While the Chief, puts sunshine on Leith Hibs just won another big game recently and again there were scenes of the faithful fans singing Sunshine on Leith for all they were worth. A year later there was finally a third album, and I’ve continued to buy everything they’ve released since then. ( Log Out / ( Log Out / And your birth and my birth, Whenever I hear an old song on the radio, I am immediately transported back to those days - I know I'm not alone here and want to record those memories for myself and for the people in them. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Nothing compares to the first two for me, but it’s always a pleasure hearing those two voices together. View all posts by Alyson. The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith Lyrics. It is a song that is just so connected to their birthplace, Leith, a district in the north of Edinburgh. Music is such a powerful thing isn’t it and you will always think of your son now when you hear Sunshine On Leith. A completely different version from the one sung with such passion on the football terraces but sung with a different kind of passion, that of a wife for her poorly husband.
You touched it, You saved it Thanks so much for sharing your story Shirley as it must have been hard to write, I’m sure. His accent, his good manners, his songs, all reflected his roots and his “place” in the world, right from the very beginning and throughout his career. Made tears clear my blindness (Song by Charlie Reid/Craig Reid)
– Both versions make me all teary. If you haven’t seen either the stage show or the film, I would thoroughly recommend both although I would also thoroughly recommend bringing a large supply of tissues as I ran out last time – Not a pretty sight leaving the cinema. First of all thanks for taking the time to read these older posts – It’s a fine balance isn’t it, finding the time to read other bloggers’ posts but also have time to write your own stuff – I sometimes struggle (on top of a full-time job). What a great recommendation that was. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you It didn’t take them long to cross the Atlantic and appear on US television chat shows, their songs becoming big hits over there too. Really chuffed to hear you love The Proclaimers – They are just SO Scottish aren’t they but a lovely couple of chaps who are still making music and touring today.
Very clever how they can concoct a whole storyline around the lyrics to an artist’s songs, but they do. You saw it, You claimed it
It was a song that he always played for me when he came home , which was only for a few days each year .
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