A few good Scottish bands are: Belle & Sebastian, Travis, Idlewild, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, "Runrig", Simple Minds, AC/DC (controversial!), Teenage Fanclub, Big Country, The Waterboys, Jesus and Mary Chain, Del Amitri, Primal Scream (kinda), The Proclaimers (a personal fave), The Fratellis, The Eurythmics, David Byrne, KT Tunstall, Boards of Canada, Camera Obscura, Reindeer Section, Mylo, Lulu, Annie Lennox, Garbage, Deacon Blue, Isobel Campbell, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Mull Historical Society, El Presidente, Biffy Clyro, Amy MacDonald, King Creosote, Texas, Paolo Nutini, Snow Patrol, The Bay City Rollers, Sandi Thom, The Beta Band, The Delgados, Franz Ferdinand. Oh, and David Sneddon.
Any others? Tell me, I forget sometimes.
Movies
Trainspotting,
The Wicker Man,
The Big Tease,
Highlander,
Shallow Grave,
Rob Roy,
Young Adam,
Braveheart,
Chariots of Fire,
Dog Soldiers.
Television
Anything with that Craig Ferguson fella, even if he is a traitor. TRAITOR!- But we still love you.
Heroes
Robert Burns, St Andrew.... also Terry Wogan. Irish, but we all love him anyway.
About me: I am Scotland, a nation above England (in many ways). Without the Scots, there would be no phone, and thus there would be no internet, and thus there would be no Myspace, so be grateful. Now, If you'd like to visit Scotland then it's only a short plane flight away - probably. While in me, why not visit some of my cities? Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, AYR, Fife, Fort William... there's a few. We've got castles and mountains and forests and valleys and lakes (Lochs, actually, and we invented them so you should call them Lochs too) and rivers and everything, really. Except deserts. We don't have one of those yet, and probably never shall. God's a lot like an overenthusiastic gardener when it comes to us, he wants us to grow and blossom even more, so we get most of the water from his can. That's a metaphor, by the way. I have no religious preference and I agree with everyone.
You'll find that I'm flexible that way.
Scotland is the home of haggis, bagpipes, kilts, caber tossing and the thistle, our national emblem. We are the best nation on Earth. Even better than Finland. Although that's not saying a lot, she's just a big tease.
Our culture here is fantastic, really it is. We have so many great bands, and I keep meeting new bands from both here and the rest of the World who've felt inspired by me, and that's a great thing. We're also slowly taking over Radio 1, as well as England's Parliament...
I guess I should end by saying something like "Mothers of the world be patient with your children", but you probably know that already.
Who I'd like to meet: Anybody! The Scots are a warm and friendly nation, as anyone who comes here on January 25th will find out..
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
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