1987 HEADLINE NEWS HURRICANES LASHED HOME COUNTIES - 3O DIED IN KING’S CROSS FIRE - HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE ROLLS OVER AT ZEEBRUGGE - TERRY WAITE TAKEN HOSTAGE IN BEIRUT - BLACK MONDAY WIPED ESO BILLION OFF WORLDWIDE SHARE PRICES
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After a magnificent video for ‘Dver the Sea’, shot atop a New York skyscraper and featuring much claymore swinging, Caledonian funkster Jesse Rae enjoyed a curious fifteen minutes of fame: he was an American cult; unheard of in England, and a fond joke among Scottish clubbers. While recording an album in the States, he claimed to shuttle back and forth across the Atlantic in full regalia. ‘It caused a lot of problems with metal detectors,’ he said rather predictably. Where is he now and why on earth did no one think of calling big Jesse in to do the Bravehearf soundtrack?
SPORT
‘Stephen Hendry could be well on his way to becoming snooker’s richest player,’ The List confidently predicted at the start of the year of the promising seventeen-year-old.
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People in Edinburgh don’t like to see anybody being successful, whereas in Glasgow they’re a lot more encouraging
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The big noises from the group of figurative painters known as the Glasgow boys — Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski, Peter Howson - were brought together with some other hot tickets such as David Mach in the International Festival exhibition, The Vigorous Imagination. ‘Here was not one or two, but a whole school of youthful geniuses,’ wrote Scottish art historian Duncan McMillan. ‘Separated from the hype, the range of talent in this exhibition was striking.’
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Underneath all the wideboy Glasgow
banter from Robbie Coltrane running
about in a over-sized Teddy boy suit, Tuffi Fruttiturned out to be a love
I Clydebank popsters Wet Wet Wet had a hit with their debut album Popped In Souled Out and before we knew it they were truly massive . . . Meanwhile The list noted that Deacon Blue showed some promise . . . Muriel Gray split her skirt, P..l. Proby style, on the llogmanay show . . . Tony Roper had a huge hit with his first play The Steamie . . . Spike Lee lit his first joint with She’s Gotta Have It . . . The Tron panto written by Craig Ferguson referred to ‘poseurs who read The list (what about poseurs in leather trousers, eh Craig?). . . And Lloyd Duinan was still pursuing a career in theatre in the days before weather charts beckoned.
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" MUSIC A couple of geeky-looking guys with glasses made a big impression on The Tube with their song about the modern Clearances ‘Letter From America’ (subsequently voted the best Scottish pop song of all time by The Scotsman). After months of flogging round Scotland’s smaller towns, people were finally listening. ‘We felt we weren’t really doing what we wanted to in the groups we were in before, and felt the only people who knew what we wanted were the two of us,’ said Charlie (at
least we think it was Charlie). The Fife boys were swiftly signed by a major label and recorded their first album This is the Story. Now, as the Sunday Post might say: We love ’em, | America loves ’em,
story. However, Coltrane as Majestics singer Danny McGlone and Emma Thompson as Suzi Kettles conducted the early days of their romance like a war of attrition. It was brilliant and hilarious and a bit moving and
when they finally got it together you couldn’t help but wonder if the bed- springs would take it. Since John Byrne’s smart comedy was first screened it has -._ . become a / ; benchmark u ' 4‘ Scottish humour which few, if any, have surpassed. Demand repeats now!
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