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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #18

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy (1984) I can think of few pop songs, or music videos, which capture social climate, family rejection, loneliness and prejudice as beautifully – and heartbreakingly – as this:

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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #14

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Barbara Dickson – January, February (1980) That hair, that voice, those power suits. The clarion strains of Barbara Dickson were something of a permanent fixture on my mum’s record player when I was young, but nostalgia alone doesn’t justify why … Continue reading →

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