Saturday, July 28, 2012

Saturday Night Live Music: "King of the Road/Let's Get Married"

Melissa and I saw the Proclaimers, a kind of fantastic folk-punk-gospel duo, live in a tiny club in Salt Lake City, back in 1994, when they were touring the U.S. in support for their then-new album, Hit the Highway. I've followed their career, and been hoping to see them again, ever since. A great, great, soulful and powerful show--certainly equal to what they put on here.

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  1. Did you buy their popular album, "Sunshine on Leith"? We've enjoyed The Proclaimers for 19 years thanks to that.

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  2. Oh yes, Rob, we have Sunshine; that was the album that got me into them. (A friend from Virginia, who I was staying with when I lived in Washington DC for a summer, had a copy; previous to that, I'd only ever heard the "500 Miles" song on the radio.) But I actually think Hit the Highway is a better album, and some of their later ones are quite good as well.

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