Favourite Scottish Band/Musician

[Answerprancer]

As it's St Andrews day.

What's your favourite Scottish band / Musician / piece of music ?
Feel free to discuss further if you like.

Mine:

The Cocteau Twins, Biffy Clyro, The Fratellis, Shooglenifty.

The Cocteau Twins were the first band I heard that use their own made up language, I love Liz Fraser's vocals and she has a lovely gentle way about her in the rare interviews I've seen. I have a few of their CDs - Bluebell Knoll and Four Calendar Cafe are my favourites.

Biffy Clyro and The Fratellis are relatively new on the music scene but think they're both great bands. My fav tracks by them: Fratellis: Flathead, BC: The Captain.

Shooglenifty are a folk/rock band, brilliant musicians, very uplifting stuff. I've seen them twice, the first time at WOMAD, second at Glastonbury.

[ummmm]

Deacon Blue...

[Count-A-Strong]

The Fratellis have been around for years.

Billy Connolly

[jd_1984]

Simple Minds

[ummmm]

Del Amitri

[cupid04]

Bay City Rollers. [only joking]

[tiggerblue10]

I liked Big Country. Sad what happened to Stuart Adamson.

[T&S]

With you there ummm....very underrated band.

[jd_1984]

Do Wet Wet Wet (Love Is All Around) still hold record for longest time spent at No.1?

[Dris]

He died TB in America -he was an alcoholic -very sad.

[boxtops]

Runrig
Runrig
Runrig

The Humblebums when Billy Connolly was half the band

[T&S]

Committed suicide i believe Dris.

[ummmm]

I use to like Big Country...

Can't forget The Proclaimers...

[oranger]

Andy Stewart,Donald wheres your trousers.

[boxtops]

I'll vote for both of them, too, ummmm

[Answerprancer]

Ah yes ! Auchtermuchty's finest :-)
(I forgot about them)

[Arksided]

I always liked those twins that sung 'I would walk a thousand miles...etc' proving that you can sing with an accent.

[boxtops]

That's the Proclaimers, arksided.. ;-)

[T&S]

Does it get anymore Scottish than this?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MagG8J--BBI

[Answerprancer]

Yes indeed Ark. It seems to have become a bit trendy the last few years (singing with a clearly audible regional accent).

[Dris]

The Proclaimers for me -brought in New Year with them 3yrs ago in Aberdeen City centres sreet party- much dossness..Sang my heart out to them in Amsterdam when Scotland got gubbed 6-0 by Holland -did we care -naw !! I have belted them out in so many places across the world that I should be on commission -once just last year with an ABer passing Waverley Station Edinburgh 5 on a Saurday pm -'Sunshine on Leith' -big licks:)
BCR -snogged Les mckeown -claim to fame -still Shang a Lang like it was yesterday :)
Dougie McLean -was at school with him -lives just 3 miles fro me -thank you for Caledonia -he's a genius musician and lyricist.
K T Tunstall
Simple Minds (seen twice)
and cant forget the genius which are 'The Blue Nile' (was at their first ever live concert as Paul Buchanan suffers from awful stage fright ) awesome.!!
That'll do to be going on with :)