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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 #2

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

The Banderas, This is Your Life (1991) The Banderas were a kind of Communards off-shoot, whose debut (and only) album, ‘Ripe’, featured Jimmy Somerville, Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr. Yet the uplifting, House-inhabiting synth-pop of This Is Your Life was the duo’s only real … Continue reading →

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