I need suggestions for songs/ tracks from Scottish artisits suitable for a DH MTB film. I've pretty much got the indie/ rock side of things covered, just needing suggestions from other genres, so that there is a bit of diversity in the music. Any serious suggestions greatly appreciated. It has to be from Scottish artists.
Cheers!
Upbeat? From this bunch of miserables? You will be lucky!
" don't come back too soon " by del amitri
" the sexual loneliness of jesus christ " by jackie levine
that should have you bopping
Well it's got to be the Proclaimers' 500 miles 🙂
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queen of the new year or real gone kid by deacon blue?
or big country by big country?
yes i still live in the eighties
Perhaps I shuld have said current, contemporary, within the last five years 😉
Thanks for the suggestions!
Real Gone Kid gets my vote - still makes me smile when I hear it 🙂
EDIT - sorry, just read it's for a DH film so that'd have to be crap thrash metal then 😉
Talking of what was acceptable in the 80s...If you want some electronic/dance music, Calvin Harris is from Dumfries, The Shamen were from Aberdeen and Boards of Canada are from Balerno. BoC even did a track called Happy Cycling, not sure how well it would work with some gnarly downhill action, though!
You could try some of the Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham stuff. Traditional Scottish folk but one or two tracks might do the job.
I'll see if Mrs M can pick something out
Into the Valley of course.
Blood by Arab Strap
...just kidding.
Something from Biffy Clyro?
Or Lucky Man by Thunder? [Working on a faint recollection that Thunder were at least in part a Scottish band]
Try Calvin Harris for the electo stuff: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=calvin+harris&aq=f
EDIT: Doh didnt see kcr's post
The State Im In by Belle & Sebastian 😉
Try Calvin Harris for the electo stuff:
That's not electro.
I've pretty much got the indie/ rock side of things covered
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.Try Calvin Harris for the electo stuff:
That's not electro
What is it then?, it aint indie, You could say electro-pop if you wanted to be pedantic?
Not my cup of tea either before you start saying "I would call it shite"
there must be a recent remix of sweet dreams by eurythmics?
What is it then?, it aint indie, You could say electro-pop if you wanted to be pedantic
http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/
Organic 355 - Thanks for the wiki link!
Gringo - Biffy are in there already.
Sobriety - thinking about Idlewild, but can't get a track that works with the footage - not exhausted all their songs yet.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming.
The Corries
http://www.superlyrics.com/lyrics/kGRU0hIlv3 @H@I/Lord_of_the_Dance_lyrics_by_The_Corries.html
sons and daughters - taste the last girl, blood, broken bones, dance me in?
Yeah Mylo - Destroy Rock and Roll album - don't know why I didn't think of that, having been to see him several times! Paris 400 would be spot on I reckon.
http://www.discogs.com/Mylo-Destroy-Rock-Roll/release/305827
Or Sunworshipper for any chilled out stuff.
Belle and Sebastian ?
I'm On The Way From Misery To Happiness :-))
+1 for the Sons and Daughters - top band, great music and very good live too.
U.N.P.O.C.
Boards of Canada
Ooops by Hudson Mohawke? or something from the Butter album.
Alex Smoke is my favouritest Scottish musician - very electro. Big back catalogue to find something suitable.
Then there's Rustie and Mike Slott - look here http://www.thisisluckyme.com
We were promised jetpacks, Twin Atlantic, Zoey van goey and if you want something really upbeat a bit of malcolm middleton 😉
Pencil Full of Lead Paulo Nutini
Something by Primal Scream?
Star sign - Teenage fanclub
Square 9- Frightened rabbit
Midfield maestro-There will be fireworks
and for some jangly summer pop
try
Sunkissed - Friends again
We were promised jetpacks are in there. I've used Twin Atlantic before. Sons and Daughters might sneak in there.
Going to have an enjoyable night of exploring new music!
Cheers for all the suggestions.
shooglenifty? peat bog fairies?
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Cheery little number & Kyle's from Dundee...
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Ideal for a bit of downhill, I'd of thought.
King Creosote, James Yorkston, Camera Obscura.
IGMC
Upbeat? From this bunch of miserables? You will be lucky!
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Scotlands Premier Ska Band.
Molly's Lips by the Vaselines?
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 
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.
King Creosote +1
Can be miserable, but try something from KC Rules OK.
Gun's cover of Cameo's Word up
Good Bye Mr Mckenzie?
Orange juice, Rip it up
Big Country
Smile by Supernaturals?
Ah, Gun, good shout!
Can we sneak in Snow Patrol? Founded in Dundee, based in Glasgow, scottish by all but nationality.
There's a whole selection of stuff from the Red Hot Chili Pipers....
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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
Need high tempo beats and contemporary style. If you also want it to sound very Scottish in character: shooglenifty or peatbog faeries.
t t - i know stuart adamson died in hawaii
BA Robertson - Bang Bang?
He did indeed in a hotel room fg, long way from home
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
Am I allowed to nominate family members?
Ain't that enough - Teenage Fanclub
or Alcoholiday. Or more or less anything by them really, I'm not picky.
Scotlands finest.
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Win - You've Got The Power
Or as most folk would know it..
Kinf Creosote is brilliant and Scottish, just not upbeat.
Into the Valley- The skids; quite apt title and bandname if you think about it.
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Were all gonna die by malcom Middleton
And anything by urusei yatsura, their stuff belongs on mtb films!
Pushing it a bit perhaps from your remit, but isn't Jake Black from Alabama 3 from Glasgow?
Bis - Euro disco
uplifting and Scottish with a european flavour, job done
also Macolm Middleton - Fight like the night
quite cheery ...by malcs standards
Ebenezer's Good - The Shaman
(my baby) does good sculptures and Top of the pops - The Rezillos
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
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Modern rock song or lazy line painter Jane by Belle and Sebastian there not particularly jolly but really get going and quite raucus.
Oh bloody hell I forgot about the Beta Band they are cracking.
Why are people still suggesting indie stuff when the OP said he had that sorted? Don't just read the bloody subject please!
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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"...
If you feel like giving an unsigned band some love, this is a chipper wee number.
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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.
Big Country - Fields of Fire
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