David Farnor | On 01, Feb 2014

Director: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: George Mackay, Antonia Thomas, Jason Flemyng
Certificate: PG
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To be sung to the tune of I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles). Preferably with a Scottish accent.

When we wake up
Well, we know we’re gonna be
We’re gonna be the ones who smile and shows their teeth
And when we go out
Yeah, we know it’s gonna be
It’s gonna be because we saw Sunshine on Leith.
Don’t need to get drunk
‘cos you know you’re gonna be
Laughing and havering like you’re drunk oh yes, you do
Cos Dexter Fletcher’s
Musical is so lovely
You’re gonna be smiling to yourself the whole way through.

And we would walk five hundred miles
And we would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To see the film once more.

When he’s working
Dexter knows just how to be
So realistic and free it feels true
The first half takes a
While to get going but
Once it goes it’s hard not to go along with it too.
Over and Done With
And other good Proclaimers songs
Sometimes don’t fit or the dubbing looks a bit wrong.
But George Mackay and
Antonia Thomas are great leads –
It’s hard to fight against chemistry so strong.

And we would walk five hundred miles
And we would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To see the film once more.

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

The other actors
Are also really quite good
Ne’er thought Peter Mullen could smile without a push
His wife, Jane Horrocks
Sings the titular blues (so well)
You forget Pete looks a bit like George Bush.
The songs are a tad
Convenient, so Jane’s called Jean
Her daughter’s off to the US, yeah, you can tell
Where they fit in
To the jukebox music plot
Right down to the distance-themed pay-off we know so well.
Down to a crowd-singing climax that sounds so swell.

And we would walk five hundred miles
And we would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To see the film once more.

When we’re working
Well, we know we’re gonna be
We’re gonna be the ones who everyone else hates.
Cos we’re singing The Proclaimers all day through
We’ll have to buy them earplugs just to compensate.
Maybe we should
Go and work in a big bank
Where people sing all day just like they’re on TV.
Sunshine of Leith feels
Like a long Halifax ad
Where we all get the loans we need; it’s so happy.
And Howard’s head is paraded about gleefully.

And it will cause five hundred smiles
And it will cause five hundred more
‘cos the songs are great, the music takes
The story forward; who wants more?

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
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

And we would walk five hundred miles
And we would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To see the film once more.

 

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