Proclaimers- Official Note of Clarification Issued.

Gassage

Places The Proclaimers would walk. A helpful guide.

ICBM

They started in Auchtermuchty though, which changes the result slightly. But not much.

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Grumpyrocker

Is this the incorrect version of the map that assumes the Earth is flat? I seem to remember another version appearing online (which I can't find yet) that corrects the circles slightly for the shape of the planet.

/also pedant

holnrew

Are they descendents of Jesus?

ICBM

holnrew said:

Are they descendents of Jesus?

Given that they claim to have produced sunshine on Leith, quite possibly.

not_the_dj

Lightweights. Eliza (and many other fokies) would go 10,000 miles.

camf

I expect a public stoning... but I put on their first ever gig. They used to come along as our support band because they were a good laugh and didn't take up much room in the van. Back then they were also *€#*ing awesome as a live band with just the two of them. Didn't care so much for the records or the bands they put together but they're still lovely guys.

Gassage

camf said:

I expect a public stoning... but I put on their first ever gig. They used to come along as our support band because they were a good laugh and didn't take up much room in the van. Back then they were also *€#*ing awesome as a live band with just the two of them. Didn't care so much for the records or the bands they put together but they're still lovely guys.

I've seen them and I'd utterly concur they're effing great live....sang their hearts out and very complex harmonies. Rather like the Levellers who are utterly jaw dropping live

jd0272

Grumpyrocker said:

Is this the incorrect version of the map that assumes the Earth is flat? I seem to remember another version appearing online (which I can't find yet) that corrects the circles slightly for the shape of the planet.

/also pedant

Have a Wisdom. Bet that means it gonna take me longer to get to Edinburgh next week? Tsk.

Antique_Guitars

not_the_dj said:

Lightweights. Eliza (and many other fokies) would go 10,000 miles.

Thats is one of the truly terrible folk songs of modern times, terrible stuff!

martinw

camf said:

I expect a public stoning... but I put on their first ever gig. They used to come along as our support band because they were a good laugh and didn't take up much room in the van. Back then they were also *€#*ing awesome as a live band with just the two of them. Didn't care so much for the records or the bands they put together but they're still lovely guys.

Me and the missus saw them when we'd just started going out, in Buckie Fisherman's Hall. September 1987 it would have been. They were brill

camf

I think I must have seen them dozens of times around then... can't say they ever disappointed. 

not_the_dj

Antique_Guitars said:

not_the_dj said:

Lightweights. Eliza (and many other fokies) would go 10,000 miles.

Thats is one of the truly terrible folk songs of modern times, terrible stuff!

It's much older than that, 18th Century. Although Eliza's was the first version I head.

Lixarto

camf said:

I expect a public stoning... but I put on their first ever gig. They used to come along as our support band because they were a good laugh and didn't take up much room in the van. Back then they were also *€#*ing awesome as a live band with just the two of them. Didn't care so much for the records or the bands they put together but they're still lovely guys.

Well done - great band

Drew_TNBD

Why are so many people outing themselves as paedos?

DiscoStu

martinw said:

Me and the missus saw them when we'd just started going out, in Buckie Fisherman's Hall. September 1987 it would have been. They were brill

I was meant to go to that!
Mental!

chillidoggy

not_the_dj said:

Lightweights. Eliza (and many other fokies) would go 10,000 miles.

Not in a VW Camper they wouldn't.

martinw

DiscoStu said:

martinw said:

Me and the missus saw them when we'd just started going out, in Buckie Fisherman's Hall. September 1987 it would have been. They were brill

I was meant to go to that!
Mental!

I've still got the poster for the gig from Sound and Vision in Elgin. Keep meaning to frame it, but it's about 4 foot long!

MPH

Actually, I don't think there is any mention of walking 500 miles in a straight line.

They could just of walked for 1 mile and then back in their hometown 250 times (then 250 times more).

They would of looked a bit mental, but on the plus side they would never be far from home.

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frankus

What the fook are ye haverin' aboot?

not_the_dj

MPH said:

Actually, I don't think there is any mention of walking 500 miles in a straight line.

They could just of walked for 1 mile and then back in their hometown 250 times (then 250 times more).

They would of looked a bit mental, but on the plus side they would never be far from home.

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Hmmm, not sure that holds up.

The song is called "I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles", that suggests to me walking 500 miles (and then 500 more).

Also the chorus ends with "Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door"

So our hero can't be starting in Scotland as he's walking a thousand miles straight to get to his beloved. 

So mainland Europe, America perhaps (a good place to send a letter from).

**Edit** actually the usual route from Lands' End to John o'Groats is about 1200miles, so it's quite possible she's Cornish.

**Edit 2** I'm bound to f**** this bloody song up on Saturday night as all I'll be thinking about is this thread!