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* GenreRoulette: According to TheOtherWiki, the band encompass Music/AlternativeRock, Music/CelticRock, Music/CollegeRock, Music/CountryRock Music/FolkRock, Music/IndieRock, Music/JanglePop and Music/PostPunk.
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* GenreRoulette: According to TheOtherWiki, Website/{{Wikipedia}}, the band encompass Music/AlternativeRock, Music/CelticRock, Music/CollegeRock, AlternativeRock, CelticRock, CollegeRock, Music/CountryRock Music/FolkRock, Music/IndieRock, Music/JanglePop FolkRock, IndieRock, JanglePop and Music/PostPunk.PostPunk.
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* FolkMusic
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* FolkMusicFolkMusic: Folk Rock is one of the styles they play in.
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* BandOfRelatives
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* BandOfRelativesAffectionateParody: On the receiving end of one from comedy duo Hale & Paces "Letter from Scotland", which was surprisingly faithful to the Proclaimers sound. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3c57Ac_xrc here]].
* BandOfRelatives: The twins are the only official members, though they do have a backing band.
* BandOfRelatives: The twins are the only official members, though they do have a backing band.
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A highly successful play-turned-feature film based on their music, ''Sunshine on Leith'', is currently touring Europe.
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A highly successful play-turned-feature film JukeboxMusical based on their music, ''Sunshine on Leith'', is currently touring Europe.
toured Europe to great reviews and spawned an equally-lauded movie in 2013.
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-->"The drink that I had three hours ago\\
Has been joined by fourteen others in a steady flow"
Has been joined by fourteen others in a steady flow"
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Has been joined by fourteen others in a steady
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-->"I just settled down with a bottle of gin\\
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Memories were raining punches down upon my head..."
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Memories were raining punches down upon my head..."''
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-->"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more\\
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
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Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your
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-->"Thought that I'd be happy\\
Gonna be so happy\\
Living life alone and never sharing anything"
Gonna be so happy\\
Living life alone and never sharing anything"
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Gonna
''Gonna be so
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''Living life alone and never sharing
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--->"I believe in God alright - It's folk like you I just can't stand"
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** "Angry Cyclist": about the reemergence of fascism and open bigotry in TheNewTens.
--->''Watch bigotry advance\\
Give ignorance a chance\\
With fascists we will dance by and by''
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* {{Scatting}}: The chorus to "I'm Gonna Be":
-->"Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)\\
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da!"
-->"Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)\\
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da!"
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* {{Scatting}}: {{Scatting}}:
** The chorus to "I'm Gonna Be":
-->"Da -->''Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)\\
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uhda-da!"da-da!''
** "The Doodle Song".
** The chorus to "I'm Gonna Be":
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh
** "The Doodle Song".
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--->I'm just gonna have to learn to hesitate,\\
And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't grate!
And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't grate!
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And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't
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-->"I need to toil, 'cause it's good for my soul\\
I feel clean when I'm working"
I feel clean when I'm working"
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I feel clean when I'm
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* ''This is the Story'' - (1987) - Just Charlie and Craig
* ''Sunshine on Leith'' - (1988) - First album as a full band
* ''Hit the Highway'' - (1994)
* ''Persevere'' - (2001)
* ''Born Innocent'' - (2003)
* ''Restless Soul'' - (2005)
* ''Life With You'' - (2007)
* ''Notes and Rhymes'' - (2009)
* ''Like Comedy'' - (2012)
* ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs'' - (2015)
* ''Sunshine on Leith'' - (1988) - First album as a full band
* ''Hit the Highway'' - (1994)
* ''Persevere'' - (2001)
* ''Born Innocent'' - (2003)
* ''Restless Soul'' - (2005)
* ''Life With You'' - (2007)
* ''Notes and Rhymes'' - (2009)
* ''Like Comedy'' - (2012)
* ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs'' - (2015)
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* ''This is the Story'' - (1987) - Just Charlie and Craig
* ''Sunshine on Leith''- (1988) - First album as a full band
* ''Hit the Highway''- (1994)
* ''Persevere''- (2001)
* ''Born Innocent''- (2003)
* ''Restless Soul''- (2005)
* ''Life With You''- (2007)
* ''Notes and Rhymes''- (2009)
* ''Like Comedy''- (2012)
* ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs''- (2015)
* ''Angry Cyclist'' (2018)
* ''Sunshine on Leith''
* ''Hit the Highway''
* ''Persevere''
* ''Born Innocent''
* ''Restless Soul''
* ''Life With You''
* ''Notes and Rhymes''
* ''Like Comedy''
* ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs''
* ''Angry Cyclist'' (2018)
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* BlackComedy: The video for "There's a Touch" has the brothers fall off a building, walk away and get hit by a car, and have a helicopter crash on top of them. [[MadeOfIron They walk away every time with only superficial marks, a slight limp, and tattered clothes]]; the guitar suffers worse than them.
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* BlackComedy: The video for "There's a Touch" has the brothers fall off a tall building, walk away and get hit by a car, and have a helicopter crash on top of them. [[MadeOfIron They walk away every time with only superficial marks, a slight limp, and tattered clothes]]; the guitar suffers worse than them.
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* LetsDuet: Charlie and Craig sing every song together.
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* VocalTagTeam: Charlie and Craig sing every song together.
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The Proclaimers is a Scottish [[FolkMusic Folk Rock]] band based around identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. The group started as an acoustic duo with just the brothers before expanding into a full Rock group for their second album. They're known universally for their 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" and their thick Scottish brogues, but they've had other hits in the UK with "Letter from America" and "King of the Road", and "I'm On My Way" was featured in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. While their song subjects center around SillyLoveSongs and the struggles of familial life, [[HiddenDepths listeners may be surprised to find serious discussion of Scottish politics and independence]].
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And I would walk five hundred more,\\
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles,\\
To fall down at your door.''
-->"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
The Proclaimers
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-->"I'm just gonna have to learn to hesitate\\
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And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't grate"
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And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't
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* ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs'' - (2015)
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* CountryMusic: One of the elements of Americana present in their music
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* CountryMusic: One of the elements of Americana present in their musicmusic.
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* GrandRomanticGesture: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
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* GrandRomanticGesture: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"Miles)":
* JukeboxMusical: ''Sunshine on Leith'' is a jukebox musical based around the Proclaimers' music.
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* ListSong: "Cap in Hand", listing things the brothers can do, "but I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land".
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* ListSong: "Cap in Hand", listing things the brothers can do, "but I can't but they "can't understand why we let someone else rule our land".
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* SomethingBlues: "The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
* TheSomethingSong: "The Doodle Song"
* TheSomethingSong: "The Doodle Song"
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* SomethingBlues: "The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
Blues".
* TheSomethingSong: "The DoodleSong"Song".
* TheSomethingSong: "The Doodle
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** "The Light", see ProtestSong
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** "The Light", see ProtestSonga ProtestSong about Christian fundamentalism from a moderate's point-of-view.
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* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow the Money"
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow the Money"
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* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and Story'', ''Persevere'' and ''Let's Hear it for the Dogs'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of theRoad"
Road".
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow theMoney"Money":
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow the
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* TakeThat:
** "Throw the 'R' Away" towards the people who said they should tone down their accents in their music.
-->"I'm just gonna have to learn to hesitate\\
And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't grate"
** "The Light", see ProtestSong
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''This is the Story'' is composed of only Charlie and Craig, one acoustic guitar, and occasional percussion. Their voices and stories are given plenty of room to breathe as a result.
* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
** "Throw the 'R' Away" towards the people who said they should tone down their accents in their music.
-->"I'm just gonna have to learn to hesitate\\
And make sure my words on your Saxon ears don't grate"
** "The Light", see ProtestSong
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''This is the Story'' is composed of only Charlie and Craig, one acoustic guitar, and occasional percussion. Their voices and stories are given plenty of room to breathe as a result.
* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''This is the Story'' is composed of only Charlie and Craig, one acoustic guitar, and occasional percussion. Their voices and stories are given plenty of room to breathe as a result.
* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
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* LyricalDissonance:
** "I Met You", while sounding happy enough for the narrator falling in love, has implications of HopeIsScary.
-->"Thought that I'd be happy\\
Gonna be so happy\\
Living life alone and never sharing anything"
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother", an uptempo, rollicking song about hoping the great woman this person is now doesn't turn into everything he hates about the older generation.
** "There's a Touch", a very upbeat song about losing your lover to ''their'' lover before you.
** "I Met You", while sounding happy enough for the narrator falling in love, has implications of HopeIsScary.
-->"Thought that I'd be happy\\
Gonna be so happy\\
Living life alone and never sharing anything"
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother", an uptempo, rollicking song about hoping the great woman this person is now doesn't turn into everything he hates about the older generation.
** "There's a Touch", a very upbeat song about losing your lover to ''their'' lover before you.
* RockAndRoll: "Guess Who Won't Beg" is in the style of 1950's rock.
* SomethingBlues: "The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
* TheSomethingSong: "The Doodle Song"
* TheSomethingSong: "The Doodle Song"
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-->''*Footsteps*''\\
"[[TheStinger AND I WON'T TURN OUT LIKE MY DAD!!!]]"\\
''*Door slam*''
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* BreakupSong: "What Makes You Cry?" as the guy questions why his ex-wife [[StepfordSmiler doesn't seem so broken up by their divorce]].
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* BreakupSong: BreakupSong:
** "What Makes YouCry?" as the guy Cry?": The narrator questions why his ex-wife [[StepfordSmiler doesn't seem so broken up by their divorce]].divorce]].
** "There's a Touch": The narrator loses his lover to another man.
** "What Makes You
** "There's a Touch": The narrator loses his lover to another man.
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* WanderlustSong: Their cover of "King of the Road"
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* BreakupSong: "What Makes You Cry?" as the guy questions why his ex-wife [[StepfordSmiler doesn't seem so broken up by their divorce]].
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* ListSong: "Cap in Hand", listing things the brothers can do, "but I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land".
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* ProtestSong:
** "Letter from America": about Scottish relatives living far away from home while their homeland was in a poor state.
** "Cap in Hand": about England controlling Scotland.
--->"But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land"
** "The Light": about Christian fundamentalism, from a moderate's point-of-view.
--->"I believe in God alright - It's folk like you I just can't stand"
** "Letter from America": about Scottish relatives living far away from home while their homeland was in a poor state.
** "Cap in Hand": about England controlling Scotland.
--->"But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land"
** "The Light": about Christian fundamentalism, from a moderate's point-of-view.
--->"I believe in God alright - It's folk like you I just can't stand"
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* MadeOfIron: The brothers in the video for "There's a Touch", who walk away almost unscathed from falling off a building, getting hit by a car, and having a helicopter land right on top of them.
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* MadeOfIron: The brothers in the video for "There's a Touch", who walk away almost unscathed only moderately harmed from falling a lethal height off a building, getting hit by a car, and having a helicopter land right on top of them.them. One of them has his trouser leg set on fire at the end of it, but he continues walking away ignoring it.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: ''This is the Story'' - "Over and Done With", the first line of each verse.
* BlackComedy: The video for "There's a Touch" has the brothers fall off a building, walk away and get hit by a car, and have a helicopter crash on top of them. [[MadeOfIron They walk away every time with only superficial marks, a slight limp, and tattered clothes]]; the guitar suffers worse than them.
* BlackComedy: The video for "There's a Touch" has the brothers fall off a building, walk away and get hit by a car, and have a helicopter crash on top of them. [[MadeOfIron They walk away every time with only superficial marks, a slight limp, and tattered clothes]]; the guitar suffers worse than them.
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* MadeOfIron: The brothers in the video for "There's a Touch", who walk away almost unscathed from falling off a building, getting hit by a car, and having a helicopter land right on top of them.
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* TitleTrack: Every album except ''This is the Story'' and ''Persevere'' has one.
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* {{Scatting}}: The chorus to "I'm Gonna Be":
-->"Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)\\
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da!"
-->"Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)\\
Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da!"
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* GrandRomanticGesture: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
-->"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more\\
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
-->"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more\\
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
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* MeaningfulName: Their singing style has lots of projection and spirit. They indeed "proclaim" what they sing.
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* DrowningMySorrows: "A Long Long Long Time Ago"
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* DrowningMySorrows: DrowningMySorrows:
** "It's Saturday Night"
-->"The drink that I had three hours ago\\
Has been joined by fourteen others in a steady flow"
** "A Long Long Long Time Ago"
** "It's Saturday Night"
-->"The drink that I had three hours ago\\
Has been joined by fourteen others in a steady flow"
** "A Long Long Long Time Ago"
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* CoverVersion: "(I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down" by Lester Blackwell, "My Old Friend the Blues" by Music/SteveEarle, "King of the Road" by Roger Miller, "Five O'Clock World" by The Vogues, "Whole Wide World" by Wreckless Eric, "Sing All Our Cares Away" by Damien Dempsey, "It Was Always So Easy (To Find An Unhappy Woman)" by Sanger Shafer and Arthur Owens Sr.
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* CountryMusic: One of the elements of Americana present in their music
* JadeColoredGlasses: The narrator of "Then I Met You" feels there's nothing left for him in the world until the "You" in the song comes into his life.
* LetsDuet: Charlie and Craig sing every song together.
* LetsDuet: Charlie and Craig sing every song together.
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I feel clean when I'm working"
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I feel clean when I'm working"working"
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''This is the Story'' is composed of only Charlie and Craig, one acoustic guitar, and occasional percussion. Their voices and stories are given plenty of room to breathe as a result.
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: ''This is the Story'' is composed of only Charlie and Craig, one acoustic guitar, and occasional percussion. Their voices and stories are given plenty of room to breathe as a result.
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* AntiLoveSong:
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother": a father gives said advice to his daughter. He's not too happy about the mother.
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother": a father gives said advice to his daughter. He's not too happy about the mother.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proclaimers_3865.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Charlie and Craig Reid]]
The Proclaimers is a Scottish [[FolkMusic Folk Rock]] band based around identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. The group started as an acoustic duo with just the brothers before expanding into a full Rock group for their second album. They're known universally for their 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" and their thick Scottish brogues, but they've had other hits in the UK with "Letter from America" and "King of the Road", and "I'm On My Way" was featured in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. While their song subjects center around SillyLoveSongs and the struggles of familial life, [[HiddenDepths listeners may be surprised to find serious discussion of Scottish politics and independence]].
A highly successful play-turned-feature film based on their music, ''Sunshine on Leith'', is currently touring Europe.
!!Studio Discography
* ''This is the Story'' - (1987) - Just Charlie and Craig
* ''Sunshine on Leith'' - (1988) - First album as a full band
* ''Hit the Highway'' - (1994)
* ''Persevere'' - (2001)
* ''Born Innocent'' - (2003)
* ''Restless Soul'' - (2005)
* ''Life With You'' - (2007)
* ''Notes and Rhymes'' - (2009)
* ''Like Comedy'' - (2012)
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!!This band provides examples of:
* AntiLoveSong:
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother": a father gives said advice to his daughter. He's not too happy about the mother.
* DrowningMySorrows: "A Long Long Long Time Ago"
-->"I just settled down with a bottle of gin\\
So I moved on to whiskey, and it hit me again\\
Memories were raining punches down upon my head..."
* FolkMusic
* TheFundamentalist: "The Light" is a scathing condemnation of the real-life examples of this trope from a moderate Christian perspective, with lyrics such as "I believe in God alright/It's folk like you I just can't stand."
* InternationalPopSongEnglish: One of the best known aversions: the band refused to tone down their thick Scottish accents for their music, and it became one of their defining features. They wrote "Throw the 'R' Away" in response.
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: One of the country's musical treasures, and arguably one of their most "Scottish-sounding" bands in popular music. Song topics sometimes include Scottish independence ("Cap in Hand"), emigration ("Letter from America"), and straight-up love for their home ("Sunshine on Leith").
* SillyLoveSongs: Much of their output is love songs, running the gamut of silliness ("500 Miles"), sincerity ("Let's Get Married"), and hardships ("What Makes You Cry?").
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow the Money"
-->"I need to toil, 'cause it's good for my soul\\
I feel clean when I'm working"
[[caption-width-right:350:Charlie and Craig Reid]]
The Proclaimers is a Scottish [[FolkMusic Folk Rock]] band based around identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. The group started as an acoustic duo with just the brothers before expanding into a full Rock group for their second album. They're known universally for their 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" and their thick Scottish brogues, but they've had other hits in the UK with "Letter from America" and "King of the Road", and "I'm On My Way" was featured in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. While their song subjects center around SillyLoveSongs and the struggles of familial life, [[HiddenDepths listeners may be surprised to find serious discussion of Scottish politics and independence]].
A highly successful play-turned-feature film based on their music, ''Sunshine on Leith'', is currently touring Europe.
!!Studio Discography
* ''This is the Story'' - (1987) - Just Charlie and Craig
* ''Sunshine on Leith'' - (1988) - First album as a full band
* ''Hit the Highway'' - (1994)
* ''Persevere'' - (2001)
* ''Born Innocent'' - (2003)
* ''Restless Soul'' - (2005)
* ''Life With You'' - (2007)
* ''Notes and Rhymes'' - (2009)
* ''Like Comedy'' - (2012)
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!!This band provides examples of:
* AntiLoveSong:
** "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother": a father gives said advice to his daughter. He's not too happy about the mother.
* DrowningMySorrows: "A Long Long Long Time Ago"
-->"I just settled down with a bottle of gin\\
So I moved on to whiskey, and it hit me again\\
Memories were raining punches down upon my head..."
* FolkMusic
* TheFundamentalist: "The Light" is a scathing condemnation of the real-life examples of this trope from a moderate Christian perspective, with lyrics such as "I believe in God alright/It's folk like you I just can't stand."
* InternationalPopSongEnglish: One of the best known aversions: the band refused to tone down their thick Scottish accents for their music, and it became one of their defining features. They wrote "Throw the 'R' Away" in response.
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: One of the country's musical treasures, and arguably one of their most "Scottish-sounding" bands in popular music. Song topics sometimes include Scottish independence ("Cap in Hand"), emigration ("Letter from America"), and straight-up love for their home ("Sunshine on Leith").
* SillyLoveSongs: Much of their output is love songs, running the gamut of silliness ("500 Miles"), sincerity ("Let's Get Married"), and hardships ("What Makes You Cry?").
* {{Workaholic}}: "Follow the Money"
-->"I need to toil, 'cause it's good for my soul\\
I feel clean when I'm working"
