O/T Deacon Blue - Dignity

[dembethewarrior]

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Decent band i'm sure they supported Madness at the old ice rink. If i remember correctly the female singer was kinda rough and ready looking but had a decent legs and figure and looked a right naughty bugger

Body for baywatch head for crime watch.

Like a pub crawl up the valleys.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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Decent band i'm sure they supported Madness at the old ice rink. If i remember correctly the female singer was kinda rough and ready looking but had a decent legs and figure and looked a right naughty bugger

Lorraine McIntosh? She was stunning back then.

They produced some really good stuff for a while… I still have their Burt Bacharach covers vinyl EP … they did a great version of ‘I’ll never fall in love again’. Loved their first 2 albums too… Think I probably just prefer ‘When the world knows your name’ to ‘Raintown’.

Have a bit of Prefab Sprout stuff as well and I get why they might be preferred, but for me Deacon Blue were better, but I’d make an honourable mention for both Aztec Camera and Orange Juice (well Roddy Frame and Edwyn Collins anyway)

[Tuerto]

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Not as good as Chocolate Girl!!

Town To Be Blamed is my favourite DB track.

[Chris Pontprennau Blues]

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Anyone down to see New Order in London later this year?

[G rangetown Blue]

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Paddy Mcaloon is indeed an underrated songwriter. He’s fantastic.

I think he’s rated by many…..bit like the Soul Crew !

[Lawnmower]

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Town To Be Blamed is my favourite DB track.

Chocolate Girl is a great song.
Ship Called Dignity is a really good one- resonates for me …

Deacon Blue played St David’s Hall a couple of years back. They were excellent.

Love Prefab Sprout too.
Nice to see others appreciate them too 👍

[Michael Morris]

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Dignity, I seem to recall, was one of the first songs I remember being advertised (as in a paid advert, not on a play list) non stop on commercial radio. Not sure what channel.

[Lost Johnny]

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There were a lot of these pop-rock or pop-soul bands from the mid to late 80s dominating the uk charts that were influenced or inspired by Steely Dan.

One band from that era and very much overlooked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nkkWa_B-_k