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So it transpires that the Proclaimers have been "kicked off" the coronation playlist because of their anti-monarchy views that they have previously uttered in different interviews on music-media channels - that will be a "badge of honour" in the eyes of many resident Scots!!! How petty it becomes eh esp when it is very clear that a huge chunk of the population don't support a Royal Family and the hugely obscene amounts of money (plus public money thrown in!) attached to the whole institution! I'm sure Charlie and Craig Reid won't lose any sleep at all re such a crass decision coming from lickspittle officials of the House of Windsor. The boys had no time for them anyway and explained precisely why they felt that way and also why Scotland has to be an independent country well away from the whole concept of Brit govt interference, being bullied by govts Scots don't vote for, and the Brit establishment/govt impudently "ripping off" Scotland for generations!!

Out of curiosity why on earth would The Proclaimers even be on the coronation playlist in the first place?  Its like say Gary Glitter is off it as well, when the reality is they were never remotely near it in the first instance!!  Surely this is just a shit stirring story by someone!!

Besides, Charles ain't ever walking 500 miles anywhere, he has trains, planes and automobiles at his disposal to do that for him!!

It's the brainchild of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; entirely a government thing to make some hapless bugger(s) temporarily useful. They did similar playlists for the 2018 World Cup featuring a song from every participating country, and for last year's Jubilee. There's no rhyme or reason to a lot of the selections, as stuff like The Beatles' Come Together (the first song on the list!) is hardly going to be packing the dancefloor; they're just hit songs by a range of British & Commonwealth artists who are internationally recognised, have cross-generational appeal, and vaguely sound from the title like they're appropriate for the occasion.

But of course, like any such initiative, it's entirely at the mercy of people going "I'm offended by this choice!" In this instance, it seems like a few royalist busybodies have objected to the Proclaimers for their views on the monarchy (rather than the eminently more justifiable reason of what their warbling actually sounds like). Funnily enough, I notice that last year's Jubilee playlist featured Delilah by Tom Jones, which recently got booted from the pre-match playlist at Welsh rugby matches because it's a murder ballad. Had that controversy landed twelve months earlier, the DCMS would probably have been deluged by complaints and quietly shuffled that off their list too. We live in daft times.

The playlist is here, though I wouldn't recommend listening to it until you've first checked that the skip function is in good working order: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lCJ7Y...wz79h8bXer