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  • Upbeat songs from Scottish artists – suggestions?
  • Gilesey
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    The bike song

    Cheery little number & Kyle's from Dundee…

    Macinblack
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    Cnoc an Tursa – Bannockburn

    Ideal for a bit of downhill, I'd of thought.

    Naranjada
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    King Creosote, James Yorkston, Camera Obscura.

    IGMC

    skidartist
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    Upbeat? From this bunch of miserables? You will be lucky!

    I'm Happy, and I'll……..

    Sqwubbsy
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    The Aphetameanies – Say Something Special

    Scotlands Premier Ska Band.

    AlasdairMc
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    Molly's Lips by the Vaselines?

    Northwind
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    There'll be some Xcerts that'll do the job but I don't know the name of any of the songs 😳 Presumably you've already got some Fannies in there? You could probably get away with using 2 Biffy songs, 27 maybe and something off a new album since they're basically a different band.

    Or… How about Marmaduke Duke, Single Ladies? I'd try and recommend some other Marmaduke Duke as I'm a big Biffy fanboy and Sucioperro are OK but sadly MD are s**t :mrgreen:

    Good shout on Twin Atlantic btw, Lightspeed's just waiting to be used for a really nice mtb vid, it's almost too perfect.

    I always want to use some Mull Historical Society but I've never made it work yet. Had a crack with This Is Not Who We Were once but it didn't hang together well.

    How about a spot of the dreaded Runrig? They're pretty rotten but Siol Ghoraidh has a nice pedally rhythm to it… An Ubhal As Airde (the one from the Carlsberg ad) makes for a lovely quiet bit, I used it in a motorbike vid once and it was a total joy to work round. Hearts of Olden Glory or Hearthammer would be usable I guess, again Hearts for a seriously laidback bit. Disclaimer: It's my brother that's the Runrig fan, I'm just a passive Runrigger.

    thebunk
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    King Creosote +1

    Can be miserable, but try something from KC Rules OK.

    cove123
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    Gun's cover of Cameo's Word up

    Good Bye Mr Mckenzie?

    Orange juice, Rip it up

    Big Country

    Smile by Supernaturals?

    Northwind
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    Ah, Gun, good shout!

    Can we sneak in Snow Patrol? Founded in Dundee, based in Glasgow, scottish by all but nationality.

    druidh
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    There's a whole selection of stuff from the Red Hot Chili Pipers….

    TheFlyingOx
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    TijuanaTaxi
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    Were Big Country Scottish then, thought most of the band were English born and a Canadian

    More Scots in AC/DC I reckon, well the Young brothers were born there and pretty sure Bon was too

    buzz-lightyear
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    Need high tempo beats and contemporary style. If you also want it to sound very Scottish in character: shooglenifty or peatbog faeries.

    farmer-giles
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    t t – i know stuart adamson died in hawaii

    br
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    BA Robertson – Bang Bang?

    TijuanaTaxi
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    He did indeed in a hotel room fg, long way from home

    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    i can't youtube at work, but try looking for the shape of things to come by the headboys.

    if needs to sound very scottish, have a look for runrig, banks of loch lomond has pipes and stuff so scottish, a dance called america is upbeat musically but is about the clearances so the words aren't very upbeat. some of their gaelic stuff is pretty good – O Cho Meallt from Heartland might be worth a listen

    BoardinBob
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    Am I allowed to nominate family members?

    brassneck
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    Ain't that enough – Teenage Fanclub
    or Alcoholiday. Or more or less anything by them really, I'm not picky.

    Scotlands finest.

    LycraLout
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    Runrig
    ..Alba is Gaelic for Scotland

    O Cho Meallt

    U31
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    Win – You've Got The Power
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqkePGfRFuE

    Or as most folk would know it..

    anagallis_arvensis
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    Kinf Creosote is brilliant and Scottish, just not upbeat.

    slimtubing
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    Into the Valley- The skids; quite apt title and bandname if you think about it.

    10
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    Apologies if I missed it already posted but… yeah buddy!!

    Or for Idlewild

    MrNutt
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    Were all gonna die by malcom Middleton
    And anything by urusei yatsura, their stuff belongs on mtb films!

    adamdv8
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    Pushing it a bit perhaps from your remit, but isn't Jake Black from Alabama 3 from Glasgow?

    Alcopop
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    Bis – Euro disco
    uplifting and Scottish with a european flavour, job done
    also Macolm Middleton – Fight like the night
    quite cheery …by malcs standards

    BikePawl
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    Ebenezer's Good – The Shaman
    (my baby) does good sculptures and Top of the pops – The Rezillos

    hels
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    Aberfeldy ? (with apologies if they aren't actually Scottish, but they are cheery and they sound like they should be Scottish)

    Mull Historical Society

    Twin Atlantic

    Innes
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    Belle and Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap

    donks
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    Modern rock song or lazy line painter Jane by Belle and Sebastian there not particularly jolly but really get going and quite raucus.

    donks
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    Oh bloody hell I forgot about the Beta Band they are cracking.

    DezB
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    Why are people still suggesting indie stuff when the OP said he had that sorted? Don't just read the bloody subject please!

    stanfree
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    Trance before It was even invented . Classic Minds…

    SprocketJockey
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    "Folk Song Oblivion" by the Phantom Band would work really well in an MTB film, and I wouldn't consider it as either indie or rock.

    Very Scottish. Upbeat. Riff would be good around some jump edits, middle eight would work well around a more flowy section.

    Lyrics also apt. That line about "I can't see for the Mountain's Silhouette"…

    Resin42
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    If you feel like giving an unsigned band some love, this is a chipper wee number.

    Pablo Eskimo – Bunny Boiler

    LD
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    Martyn Bennett. Something from Grit – Chanter is on youtube? May not be that easy to get hold of but definetly worth a listen, very scottish and some awesome beats.

    kennyp
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    Big Country – Fields of Fire

    TijuanaTaxi
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    Don't know much about them or their music, but aren't Texas a scottish band

    There again Simple Minds had a tune I liked, think it was called "Don't you forget about me

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