The two singers fell in love and been married for about 34 years and still going strong, with grown up kids and still writing music. I find that so endearing

Love this song so much, as a Scottish person it gets me in the feels

Oh yes, Deacon Blue. Love this.Takes me right back to the 80s. Another 80s track by a scottish band that stands the test of time is the amazing "Labour Of Love " by Hue and Cry. And, right at the end of the 80s, Cuddly Toy by Roachford just HAS to be heard.

The two singers, Ricky Ross and Lorraine MacIntosh married in 1990. Still together

On paper this is a long way from being their biggest hit... but EVERYBODY in Scotland knows this one, it's like our alternative national anthem (well, one of them along with "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".

I'm glad you played this from there debut album" Raintown "it's not the original version but or maybe it is. Reminds me so much of being 17 back 88. Ricky Ross is a underrated songwriter." Chocolate girl " is a great song from the same album one of my favourite Scottish bands which ruled my ears back then Big country, skids, Altered images, simple minds. Just realised its a live version still Great

Happy (belated) New Year guys - I'm only just catching up after an awful couple of weeks of family illness! Anyway, this is another fine song to follow 'Chocolate Girl' which you featured last year and tells the tale of a man finding and keeping dignity. I'd say this particular video doesn't show the band at their absolute best which is a shame as they were usually excellent live. If you fancy another of theirs I'd suggest a live version of "Real Gone Kid."

Deacon Blue - 'I was Right And You Were Wrong'... a fantastic atmospheric song. 😎

Im from glasgow and ive worked for the council for 20 years..

A very good band. I only have a knowledge of their hits but I appreciate their music

I think he was used to an instant response from a Scottish crowd who knew the song, but this is a TV show being recorded in London and the crowd didn't expect the sudden ending.

This is still a favourite in Glasgow and surrounding areas in pubs and karaoke

I was seriously getting into House music when this came out, so I didn't give it or the band much attention at the time. It's only decades later that i realised they were actually a pretty decent band. You can't have everything, where would you put it?

Mmmm ! Yep ! Fair to middling ! Always found Deacon Blue " a bit Gin and Tonic without the Gin" ! If you Follow ! One Scottish Band that have more Gin in their Tonic ,is "Runrig" Proper brill live tracks such as "Dance called America" "Loch Lomond" to mention a few !! some of their songs are in Ghallic which sounds angelic !!! Cheers !

Deacon Blue have got so many great songs

Queen Of The New Year by Deacon Blue is great

Brilliant!

You can’t get all the lyrics cis he’s singing in his native Scot’s accent ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Set it up set it up again, IE he's into a sesh, telling all who'd listen he's more than the eye meets, he has plans, ambitions, and one day he'll be watching others working and they'll be jealous of him with his ship/dingy, dignity.

Always go for the official video for a first watch, this is a variation of the original song.

Lead singer Ricky Ross is from my home town dundee scotland

If you like this also try Fergus sings the blues and Real gone kid , proper Scot’s band 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another great Scottish band

Did you ever get to try Joe Jackson Im the Man... , Cheers guy enjoying the reactions, its interesting from this side of the pond. keep going x

Unfortunate choice of video guys, not them at their best at all, I'd add my vote to Malcolm's below for 'Real Gone Kid' - studio version this time ??

Shame you didn`t listen to the studio version , so much better.

Hey 80s another good band

Hi guys. Just subscribed. Deacon blue are so underrated . Best regards from Glasgow Scotland UK 🇬🇧 . If you give a thumbs up you will get so many more viewers. Good luck. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

They were bigger in the late 80's.

Has to be real gone kid next by these!

Why don't you make my telephone ring another song by deacon blue

With todays cost of living crisis, that hard working man in his shit job that nobody else wants who saved his money could really only afford to buy a raft, not a ship.

ok you askt what is this song about its based on a true story about the little green boggy a street sweeper from maryhill in glasgow he saved up 27 years of wages and got a boat and saild up and down the cost of scotland one of the best bands to come out of glasgow and there has been more than you two think easy with the coments the harmony between the singers is real good.

Guaranteed floor filler In Scotland 👌

Scottish singers singing in Scottish/English can be difficult to understand fully. I'm fairly fluent as I live 50 miles from the Scottish border.

Not your fault guys, I am surprised this is off their site as it's probably the worst version of this nice song I've heard. I'm not sure who was doing the sound mixing but it was awful as was the arrangement. Glad you discovered them though,, they are a great band with nice music.

This song is wasted on you guys 😂

You two must understand how big this band was and still are in the uk and around the world the two singers are married to one another and have children great band live need to find more live deacon blue but i must repeat deacon blue are a much loved band even if you in usa dont know much about them

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