The Proclaimers: What Offends Us—and Why We Never Look Back (#297)

Thank you.

You're approaching 40 years together.

500 Miles has passed a billion streams, and Coldplay are sending Sunshine on Leith, but this album doesn't sound like two people settling into their legacy.

So what keeps The Proclaimers moving forward?

I think you want...

We want to write new stuff.

We want to write songs about what is going on now, what we're thinking about, what's going on now.

Uh, and obviously, you cannae write the same...

Well, some people can.

You can't, I, I cannae write the same songs at, at 63, 64 that I could at 23 or 24.

So it, it, it's just a matter of, of writing something that you actually want to get up and perform.

And Craig, when your son told you that 500 Miles has passed a billion streams, your reaction was basically, "I'm not interested."

Yeah.

So what does excite you now?

I think just doing the new stuff.

Uh, playing, playing the new gigs, recording that, this last album.

Uh, doing new stuff, uh, that's, that's what stimulates me.

That's what keeps me going.

It's great that the, the old stuff's still played.

That's fantastic.

But, um, uh, we're not that interested in the old stuff, other than it brings people along to the shows, and it, you know-

Sure

...

it gives you an in in, uh, in TV shows and, and radio, whatever.

But a- apart from that, we're, we're more interested in what we're, we're doing now.

Thank you.

You're approaching 40 years together.

500 Miles has passed a billion streams, and Coldplay are sending Sunshine on Leith, but this album doesn't sound like two people settling into their legacy.

So what keeps The Proclaimers moving forward?

I think you want...

We want to write new stuff.

We want to write songs about what is going on now, what we're thinking about, what's going on now.

Uh, and obviously, you cannae write the same...

Well, some people can.

You can't, I, I cannae write the same songs at, at 63, 64 that I could at 23 or 24.

So it, it, it's just a matter of, of writing something that you actually want to get up and perform.

And Craig, when your son told you that 500 Miles has passed a billion streams, your reaction was basically, "I'm not interested."

Yeah.

So what does excite you now?

I think just doing the new stuff.

Uh, playing, playing the new gigs, recording that, this last album.

Uh, doing new stuff, uh, that's, that's what stimulates me.

That's what keeps me going.

It's great that the, the old stuff's still played.

That's fantastic.

But, um, uh, we're not that interested in the old stuff, other than it brings people along to the shows, and it, you know-

Sure

...

it gives you an in in, uh, in TV shows and, and radio, whatever.

But a- apart from that, we're, we're more interested in what we're, we're doing now.