But in England, their brand of militantly Scottish folk-pop is deemed a novelty at best, grievous aural harm at worse.Well, this English man likes those things about them. In fact, for me it has in part to do with the fact that they clearly sing in Scottish accents. The significance of that is that very few British songsters seem able or willing to sings in any accent other than a better or worse rough imitation of Bob Dylon imitating Southern US black singers. So Ian Drury also gets a thumbs up for daring to sing pop in Estuary English.
In any case it's often winciful to hear Brits do that accent. All too often they hyper-correct on the post-vocalic R's so calm becomes 'carrm' for example. What's wrong with real British accents, people?
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