Edwyn Collins is quite possibly the greatest living Briton for so many reasons and Paul Quinn's beautiful vocals made this a great take of a brilliant song.
@@AdleschottBeck Billy Mackenzie may have been the more acrobatic singer (and he did at least get a little more recognition, just not enough to keep him alive 😿). Paul is undoubtedly Scotland's greatest "unknown" (to the masses) singer. I seem to remember reading around the late '80s that Paul had basically been tied up in a contractual dispute with his label, whereby he couldn't release anything on either that nor any other label for a number of years, which if true just makes my blood boil at the loss of creative output by such a *voice* for a good number of years. I treasure every recording of Paul Quinn that has ever made it out into the wild!
I bought this on 12” single when it was released. I was a fan of both fellas bands. God knows how I really got into Bourgie Bourgie. News reached me as a teenager in Yorkshire via a well thumbed music paper. Me and my mates would get one each so we got them all between us. I was on Sounds duty so would be first with the rock news whilst the more exotic stuff like this I would generally have to read about after someone else had claimed the “scoop”. I’m glad this flew below the radar and I saved all my vinyl. Even though the house is groaning with it, I’m still gonna find this and play it in May 2024. I’m not even sure what year it was or if I knew it was a cover before or after I bought it. I’ll enjoy looking at the sleeve and label rather than searching online. Memories aren’t made on Wiki, they are pressed on vinyl, stamped on labels and printed on record sleeves. I’m not sure what impact it being “overlooked” had on the people involved, hopefully not too much as a side project, but it seems more precious because of it.
Only 575 views for one of the finest cover versions ever recorded. That’s enough to make a grown man cry…
Edwyn Collins is quite possibly the greatest living Briton for so many reasons and Paul Quinn's beautiful vocals made this a great take of a brilliant song.
0:42 Love Paul Quinn’s voice. Was in the audience at the QMU when he announced Bourgie Bourgie were calling it a day. 😢
@@alexandermarkie1317 Was there a better Scottish vocalist of his time, criminally overlooked. I wish him well.
@@AdleschottBeck Billy Mackenzie may have been the more acrobatic singer (and he did at least get a little more recognition, just not enough to keep him alive 😿). Paul is undoubtedly Scotland's greatest "unknown" (to the masses) singer.
I seem to remember reading around the late '80s that Paul had basically been tied up in a contractual dispute with his label, whereby he couldn't release anything on either that nor any other label for a number of years, which if true just makes my blood boil at the loss of creative output by such a *voice* for a good number of years.
I treasure every recording of Paul Quinn that has ever made it out into the wild!
Gorgeous.
Lush, gorgeous, and haunting. Linger on.
I bought this on 12” single when it was released. I was a fan of both fellas bands.
God knows how I really got into Bourgie Bourgie. News reached me as a teenager in Yorkshire via a well thumbed music paper. Me and my mates would get one each so we got them all between us.
I was on Sounds duty so would be first with the rock news whilst the more exotic stuff like this I would generally have to read about after someone else had claimed the “scoop”.
I’m glad this flew below the radar and I saved all my vinyl. Even though the house is groaning with it, I’m still gonna find this and play it in May 2024.
I’m not even sure what year it was or if I knew it was a cover before or after I bought it.
I’ll enjoy looking at the sleeve and label rather than searching online. Memories aren’t made on Wiki, they are pressed on vinyl, stamped on labels and printed on record sleeves.
I’m not sure what impact it being “overlooked” had on the people involved, hopefully not too much as a side project, but it seems more precious because of it.
Beautiful 12".
The other comments say it all. A gorgeous, fresh cover.
This is pointless and vastly inferior. So much so that's it's included on Keir Starmer's Desert Island Discs.