Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

500 Miles

Soundtrack to My Life – Track twenty-five

I’ve always loved The Proclaimers. My father used to listen to them when I was young. Then when I was older, I got obsessed with 500 Miles – it was one of the songs I would stop everything for just to dance around and sing to like a loon.

They came and played in Cambridge years ago: Obviously I went along. It was at a pretty small venue, so it was quite intimate but lots of fun.
After the gig (somehow) we got talking to them. They were so friendly and chatty. Everyone else was long gone by the time we’d said goodbye and left.
I found out they were playing where my best friend lived – she was very jealous that I’d gone to see them without her. They told me it wasn’t sold out and if I called the box office and said I knew them that I’d get cheaper tickets. Unfortunately, the box office was shut the next day so I never got tickets for my friend! Boo … oh well, I got to meet The Proclaimers.

That said, I was highly disappointed that they didn’t play at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.

The Proclaimers – 500 Miles