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If you take then give back good
If you steal be a Robin Hood
Appetite, another great song
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I always thought Deacon Blue were a poor man's Prefab Sprout - a band that should have been much more successful than they were.
I'm a big Steely Dan fan, and Deacon Blue took their name from a track off the Dan's 'Aja' Album, which is my least favourite (despite, or maybe because of, the fact that everyone else seems to drool over it), so they were always on a hiding to nothing.
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tforturton
I always thought Deacon Blue were a poor man's Prefab Sprout - a band that should have been much more successful than they were.
I'm a big Steely Dan fan, and Deacon Blue took their name from a track off the Dan's 'Aja' Album, which is my least favourite (despite, or maybe because of, the fact that everyone else seems to drool over it), so they were always on a hiding to nothing.
Peg is a fantastic song off that album , never knew it wasn't Walter Becker who did the amazing solo
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Tuerto
Stan, i think that you were gawping at Ricky Ross :hehe:
Was he wearing a short tight lycra dress? :sherlock:
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Faron Young , Appetite , so many great songs
Faron Young is a great song :thumbup:
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stan butler
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.
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stan butler
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)
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pomeroy
Not as good as Chocolate Girl!!
Town To Be Blamed is my favourite DB track.
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Anyone down to see New Order in London later this year?
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Wash DC Blue
Paddy Mcaloon is indeed an underrated songwriter. He’s fantastic.
I think he’s rated by many…..bit like the Soul Crew ! :biggrin:
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Tuerto
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 👍
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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.
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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