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and brought the rooIn to a cotnpletc hush with ltis take on "l'hc State That I .-\m ln‘.
.\'e\t tip was indie legend liugene Kelly who. by his own admission. wasn't sure how people wottld react to his brief set M Vaselines classics. ‘l was worried how it was gonna go down.‘ said Kelly. 'liyeryonc lsnows Snow Patrol. ldlewild and .\lull Historical Society but l’y'e not had the success they haye so I was worried that people would be. "Who's this guy
He needn't have worried. .-\n ageless rendition ol‘ '.lestIs Don't Want Me tor a Sunbeam‘ proyed the highlight. while ‘Molly‘s l.ips‘ and ‘Son ol a (iun' reminded the crowd ol‘ the \"aselines' musical pedigree. Kelly rottnded oll with a couple ol coycrs. one from Ble Bandits and one other inspired choice.
'I originally wanted to do something by l-‘ire lingines or Orange Juice but just couldn’t on an acoustic; so then I thought ".-\ha? The Proclaimersm 'l‘he metronomic stomp ol ‘5()() \lilc‘s' raised one til. lllc‘ biggest L‘ltc‘ct‘s til. the cyening. It is a song that Kelly has a peculiar affection for. ‘I wanted to try and turn it into a sort ol‘ country song but you can‘t do it. you just haye to go "dang dang dang da da dang!" l retnember a few years ago wlten Scotland got knocked otIt ol the World (‘up and l was in the (iarage with Richard ('olburn l'rom Belle & Sebastian and at the end of the night ey'eryone was tip dancing to that song. liyen though they had lost. we were partying. happy in deleat.‘
The tinal liye performance ol‘ the night caIne l'rom ldlewild who. energised t‘rom recording their latest record. were on strident l'orm. .-\ selection from their back catalogtte was giy'en the
more gentle acoustic treattnent. as was their
closer. a surprisingly stunning \ersion of Simple Minds ‘Don't You Forget About .\le‘. The band‘s Roddy \Voomble was positiye about the
‘I AM VERY TOUCHED.
I GUESS WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY, OUR FANS ARE EXTREMELY ENTHUSIAST IC'
l‘Ull. 'lI‘s interesting that The Iii! has chosen to open the lorum to the Scottish public and it t‘eels good to be a pan til it.‘
The clima\ ol the eyening came with the countdown to the top ten and the atmouncement that the winners were the one and only Belle LN Sebastian. \Vith cries l‘ronI guitarist Steyie .lacls‘son that 'l‘eenage l-‘anclub clearly the musicians‘ choice on the night should haye won. they accepted their award with good grace and typical modesty. 'l am \cry. \ery touched and \cry. \cry delighted. The poll maybe says more about the tans than the bands." said Jackson. ‘I guess w e'\ c been Very lucky with the support; our tans are extremely enthusiastic.‘
The band's Stuart Murdoch appeared just moments alter his bandmates had left the stage. admitting to The list: ‘l‘m yery embarrassed. I can‘t belieye we won something atid I missed it? The list has always been my layourite maga/ine eyen when I tried to get a job there and tailed back in abottt 1004. So I l'oi'giye you now.‘
Murdoch was delighted. il' a little sheepish. about the band‘s place at the top of the St). ‘l‘m sure you'll get a lot of people going. “I don‘t eyen know one of their songs. What the luck." There will be a lot of pissed oll people going. “Fucking Belle & Sebastian?" But the people who buy the records are the ones who feel passionately enottglt to vote in this kind of thing and hopelttlly that‘s reflected here.‘
Murdoch is right. The 50 Best Scottish Bands
catnpaign was about arousing a passion for
Scottish music among l'ans not only here. but globally. We may be in Vogue currently but Scotland is somewhere that consistently spouts l‘orth band alter band of quality musicians with so many great songs. Some artists get noticed. while others might langttish in relatiye obscurity bill it has always been our aitn at The List to help mature and support this incredibly ll'lllll‘lll scene. llopel'ully fans will also continue to seek otIt this great music made on our doorsteps arid the Scottish scene will continue to thrive.
The List would like to thank all the bands who performed as well as Orange, Fopp, Sound Control, King Tut’s, Vic Galloway and BBC Radio for all their support. Huge thanks go out to those of you who voted to make the event such a success.
THE FINAL 50 AS VOTED BY THE PUBLIC
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BELLE & SEBASTIAN TRAVIS IDLEWILD | WET WET WET THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND l SIMPLE MINDS TEENAGE FANCLUB
BAY CITY ROLLERS
PRIMAL SCREAM
THE PROCLAIMERS
TEXAS
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BIG COUNTRY
SNOW PATROL
FRANZ FERDINAND
BIS
DEACON BLUE
FISH
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
MOGWAI
RUNRIG
THE TRASHCAN SINATRAS
DEL AMITRI
ORANGE JUICE
NAZARETH
THE BETA BAND
BIFFY CLYRO
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AZTEC CAMERA
EDDI READER
GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
FIRE ENGINES
THE DELGADOS
ARAB STRAP
THE VASELINES
THE ASSOCIATES
THE PASTELS
EURYTHMICS
AEREOGRAMME
THE BLUE NILE
BOARDS OF CANADA
THE REZILLOS
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
THE COCTEAU TWINS
DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS
SPARE SNARE
AVERAGE WHITE BAND
LULU
THE SKIDS
THESHAMEN
Those who were nominated by The List but never made the final 50
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