#sunshine on leith

[amagnificentobsession]

What can’t this man do? ♥️

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

My favorite David Tennant singing moments featuring my music major commentary because I refuse to stop pushing this agenda

[polywomp]

I had no idea how well David could sing until I found this song on Apple Music, recorded for a charity event.

[emotional-support-demon-crowley]

Public service announcement for fans of David Tennant's voice. If you're not already aware, he sang "Sunshine On Leith" for a charity album in 2019.

It's bittersweet and wonderful. Highly recommend.

[eyra]

will you ever write the 3rd part to statten park/sunshine on leith? pleeeease I don't mean to nag at you but please I would love it so much!

look I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I will do freedom & whisky 3 when Nicolas Cage does national treasure 3.

the ball’s in his court. x

[tartanbowtie]

The other song on the jukebox in the Resurrectionists pub

So, I've been listening to the songs playing in the background in the second season of Good Omens a totally normal amount of times, as one does.

The song Gabriel interrupts when he miracles Buddy Holly's Everyday to always play on the jukebox in Edinburgh, is Letter From America by Scottish duo The Proclaimers.

Letter From America is about the heartbreak of emigration, and the pain of separation from your loved ones runs through the whole song.

We should have held you, we should have told you

But you know our sense of timing we always wait too long

When you go will you send back a letter from America?

This bit in particular stuck with me. I think it's the way it echoes Crowley's sentiment that "it's always too late", on top of the heartbreak and loss of the final fifteen.

David Tennant and The Proclaimers

I'm not sure it's relevant, but. David Tennant is a huge Proclaimers fan. And I mean huge!

He wrote the sleevenote for their 25-year anniversary collection. He interviewed them for a BBC documentary about their career. And he's said, repeatedly, that The Proclaimers' music is the soundtrack of his life.

This is from an interview with David Tennant, about his cover version of The Proclaimers’ Sunshine on Leith for BBC Children in Need in 2019.

My point is... My point is. Do I have a point? I must have, why would I post otherwise?

Is it merely coincidence that a song that seems to be picked as part of Crowley's S2 soundtrack is by the band David Tennant calls "the soundtrack of my life"? That's m'point.

Bonus: David Tennant singing Sunshine on Leith. It's quite lovely.

[charsui]

So we're all aware that like Abba got a musical, so did the Proclaimers, probably the Beatles, hell Green Day did, right? Well, my wondering is where is the 2 part musical in which we see the entire world of My Chemical Romance's stories, a grimdark world with a devastating war for Black Parade and then the scrambling through the Cyberpunk wasteland that followed in Danger Days? I mean you can do 2 shows but the idea of this flowing world would be neat to look at

[literatemisfit]

Beautiful episode of Children in Need Got It Covered of the behind the scenes of the recording of the album that David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Olivia Colman etc sang on.

An absolutely beautiful moment where David gets emotional singing Sunshine on Leith and another sharing how he walked down the aisle to a Proclaimers song.

Link

Very big thank you to @belpheg0r-luna for the link!!

[scotianostra]

Leith mural: 'You are all worth your room on this earth' - Uplifting mural inspired by The Proclaimers.

Leith-based ‘Studio Something’ created the colourful piece of art in 2021 for all the community to enjoy after a difficult year.

The writing on the mural, ‘you’re all worth your room on this earth’ is an adapted lyric from iconic Proclaimers hit ‘Sunshine on Leith’.

Studio Something produce creative art, strategies and content for anything from TV shows and films, to community pieces like this one.

[queerestqueertoeverqueer]

new ineffable husbands edit :3

hehehe ... good omens hyperfixation go brrr 😭 david's cover of sunshine on leith has been stuck in my head for a week and this is the result >:)

[frazzlecrazzle]

Yvonne: You scared me!

Davy, who fought in Afghanistan and watched his friend get his legs blown off:

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

David Tennant’s Cover of Sunshine on Leith Is Actually Really Good

So I actually listened to bits and pieces from the entire Children In Need- We’ve Got It Covered album, and… David is kind of one of the only people on there who sounds like he knows what he’s doing? For one thing, he’s one of the ONLY people they don't autotune to high heaven, AND he doesn’t sound like he’s bored! Like the album is full of fantastic actors but most of them don't really know how to translate their acting abilities to singing. But David genuinely puts a lot of heart and emotion into his cover, and his voice has so much texture and character- he’s got a lovely vibrato and the perfect folksy, unpolished timbre for a song like this.

David’s a huge proclaimers fan, so clearly this is a song he loves. It’s actually a rather difficult song to make engaging, because it’s quite repetitive, but david does a great job giving each repeated phrase a slightly different flavor. He’ll do a soft, gentle “my tears are dryin,” then when he sings it again, his voice will tremble as he raises in volume- it’s a genuinely moving vocal.

This isn’t just me being a biased fangirl- I’m a musical theatre major, I know my shit! And I love this cover, I listen to it all the time! In terms of actors who aren’t trained vocalists, I’d give David around a 7.5- what he lacks in technical skill he’s more than capable of making up for in feeling with the right material. I honestly jsut really want to see David do a musical or a role involving music in some capacity, because his performances are so like music to me!

[mortifiedandawesome]

The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (Official Music Video)

[sarahthecoat]

and i finally caught up with gary innes' your requests on bbc scotland, he mentioned the baftas, and then played the proclaimers sunshine on leith. he didn't say david's name, but he played his favorite band, and he played the song david covered for a charity drive a few years ago. which has been played on your requests.

So. BAFTAs day. Britain's biggest, most important, most esteemed awards. Right?

But the BAFTAs aren't trending on Tumblr. Weird, huh?

You know who is? David "The show isn't about me" Tennant.

You know who else? Michael "DT's husband" Sheen. Was he nominated? No. Did he present an award? No. Was he in a 5 min sketch at the beginning? Yes and he was glorious. Is he David's husband? Yes and they're very happy together.

AND THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE.

Before long, good omens will be trending too, just you wait.

Also, Bark Ruffalo has all my love.

(gif by @invisibleicewands 💕)

[eyra]

listen about Sunshine on Leith I knowwwww it’s literally your fic and your feelings are valid and I feel like a fuck boy goin a ha ha don’t hate it ur so sexy 😤 but that’s one of my staple bedtime story fics if it’s any consolation

this proper made me laugh, thank you.

I don’t mind the premise of that story it’s just garbage writing 🫣 although, it is pretty cool to look back and compare it to what I’m writing now and realise how much I’ve improved in the last few years. and I like the idea that in a few more years I might look at things I’m writing at the moment and be like wow I’m sooo much better now.

but if you like sunshine on leith then I support you and I love you. x

[myoldsox]

Sunshine on Leith (2013) - IMDb

Musicals are not my usual thing....live outside of the box..... eh!