Glasvegas-The Prettiest Thing On Saltcoats Beach

[andyl187]

im from saltcoats town is a disgrace these days dont go near unless i have 2 still a saltcoats boy but always

[andyl187]

im from saltcoats town is a disgrace these days dont go near unless i have 2

[1888gp]

adrossan harbour used to be booming,ma papa lived there n said boats came in fae ireland n other places,noo its run down tae fuck......shame

[belenjopunk]

Hmmm can't wait to see them---LIVE

[carsismeZ06]

does anyone have a tab for this???! So obsessed

[42carger42]

tnk for up this song u r awesomeeeeee !!! :)

[carsismeZ06]

I don't know if the demo or the actual song is better.

[Alinoz700]

Second song tonight I've heard by Glasvegas. I'm officially a fan........

[tatanpapasaltcoats]

my gran used to have a hut down saltcoats beach selling beach balls pails and spades ect , i spent my childhood down saltcoats beach , im so proud to be from saltcoats but i realise its a run down town now

[makemeateeshirt]

mon the Irvine Bay Project....

[makemeateeshirt]

hee

[carsismeZ06]

Guitar tab anyone? I'd like to know the intro

[UneducatedGenius]

saltcoats used to be a great place to go to i used to go there all the time with my family when i was a baby, i went back for the first time in about 17 years last week and i had a lump in my throat. The place is a shadow of its former self. Really upset me actually

[adrenalin]

different song?

[petermcq]

thers fuckall at saltcoats apart fae sand and seagulls

[Msparamorerock]

he he I live on saltcoats beach

[daryle02]

@Msparamorerock lol

[fukkinMWIdotcom]

didnt realize there was ennyfin pretty in solcoats lolz ko bit of a random tune man

[tomhamilton8]

a song about Saltcoats by the sea where I live

[charlieohms]

its prolly her huge tits u like Mike

[skullnbones85]

her tits are huge???

 I hadn't noticed... lol

[martybhoycfc]

iv been saltcoats many times. really nice place:)

[MIKEBENJ]

Theres something about the drummer that is sexy...

[ciaoeddie]

Los escuché anoche por primera vez y lo estoy haciendo ahora a solas en casa,

una grata sorpresa para mis días.

Saludos!

Argentina.

[rungut2]

james allan is excellent in this song. very nostalgic.....wow owo

[ShabbaBudzz]

i love it!

[finhq018]

This isn't about taking the piss. This song is a nostalgic love story from a time when Saltcoats was what the song suggests. I sing this song to my kids everytime we even get near the coast. There's something so sad about old seaside resorts gone bad. We shouldn't forget that once upon a time they were special to people though, that they have fond memories and that someone, once could gave been the most special. Prettiest thing on Santa Ponsa beach doesn't do it for me.

[RobbieIsRob]

lol prettiest thing on santa ponsa beach!!

[Spider4642]

@finhq018 You're right pal, I hate seeing the old resorts going downhill partly because I'm mostly living in Canada now. But it always pissed me off.

[dannyb1314]

@finhq018 absolutely spot on mate.

think us scots suffer from an inferiority complex whereby we assume anything written about things like this have to be comedy.

[cerys120]

i live in saltcoats

[xoanderson]

i wouldn't be hard to look pretty on saltcoats beach lol.

[Nerokicksass]

I lived at Saltcoats as a kid. Good times.

Great band!!!!

[guiltylight77]

Love the tranquility of this song. Especially the beach sound, and the way it mixes with the music. Lovely.

[audrey00051]

beautiful song T___T (............)

[panzer285]

please come tobrazil!!

[d2ncr]

stroggy i heard that song was written about you or maybe me one or the other. ha

[kildary9]

This is a lovely song,must be 36 years since I was in Saltcoats always liked it there.This brings back happy memories,thanks

[4nDre490rulezzz]

wonderful glasvegas in rome

[xCaronBx]

i love glasvegas. being glaswegian masel its easy to understand their songs, like flowers n football tops. but see wen a saw the title of prettiest thing on saltcoats beach a was pishin masel cause its weird hearin about a place that you know n have been to. and the fact that it is indeed a shithole makes it hilarious :L

[Zizzousa]

Those of you not from Ayrshire are missing something here.

Saltcoats beach is an utter shithole. Anyone who is, like me, from North Ayrshire will tell you as much, and I get the feeling that Glasvegas know that too.

Being called the prettiest thing on that beach isn't much of a compliment.

Good song though.

[ForeverReeling]

Thanks for this.

I've uploaded the other version of this song. See video response.

[strogdogg]

am from saltcoats and trust me our town is a dump....apart from the TRO!!!

[craigtoun1]

go write a message in the sand of what you want to say to me ice-cream won't be long now that I'm here with you the glistening sea runs through your hands as you float upon the sparkling sands the setting sun shines on your hair I'm walking on the salty air you are...the prettiest thing on saltcoats beach hand in hand we stare across the oceans waves promise me we'll do this again some day

[mcphisto85]

so simple and beautiful

love it

:(

[MelDesria]

loove glasvegas have really meaningful lyrics, particularly cruel moon...

[juancamex]

I dont really listen to them. I just wanted to share my personal opinion, of course i dont like them and i'm not gonna like them.

You guys are free to listen to them.

Have a nice day.

[juancamex]

I saw them in portland, OR, and i dont really like them, i was about to ask for my money back, cause i think they are really bad.

The lights were so brigth that people can't see, they were suppose to play at 10:15 and they appeared 45 minutes latter. The lead singer drunk and drinking beer and they are a parody between The Cure and The Clash (a bad parody).

Go back to scotland and play in bars for 15 dollars a ticket. (That's what i paid to see them) hahahahaha.

[Neboolosa]

your opinion...don't like them? simple...don't listen to them.

[mog505]

That is called rock and roll mate? It's the way music is meant to be, none of your polished corporate bands, they rock up when they feel is the best time, and being pished at a gig, well what a crime! lol.

The lead singer is a weegie, what would you expect him to be other than drunk and drinking beer?

Go and watch Linkin Park if you want rock that is clean enough for children, this is real music my friend! :)

[davemcq]

GO listen to some other band then, no one gives a damn about your opinions..

If they are so shit then why did U2, (yes, U2 with bono and the edge) approach Glasvegas asking them to back them up on their tour to Hampden stadium, (glasgow) they are being recognised by the big guns.

[Neboolosa]

I simply adore all their songs but this one...holy cat it's so awsome so fucking beautiful....simply divine

[petermccabe41]

this is beautiful, any chance u can put up the other version of dis song aswell? not sure which is the album version....thanks :D

[allweareiscrazy]

best Glaswegian band in a good few years! x

[johnnypoker46]

I've been looking at Glasvegas videos here for the past hour, and I like the band!

I haven't been to Saltcoats beach since 1961, as I recall, and North America is far far away, so I won't be going any time soon ...

[MaxyMusicPage]

amazing!!! just back from there gig in preston!! second time Ive seen them now and they were magic!! goin to see them again in january!!

[PhAnToM1968]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

[TomHughesLeeds]

they can do no wrong!

[zofie44]

On which CD do I find this song?

[octobersky54321]

i'm in love with this band!

[Automaticstop1]

this is fucking beautiful!!!

[thegorb99]

Their quite big now Glasvegas,but i just cant get into them.The lead singer annoys me.Wearing those daft big shades all the time.

I dont know if he"s trying to be funny or cool but he just looks like a prick.They"ve got 1 decent song "Daddys gone".And as for this song what a load of SHITE,i thought i would be bious because im scottish but im not.

[vamperotic]

Dont like a band due to image, its the music that counts, plus listen to all their songs, then be the judge about dady's gone.

[thegorb99]

i have been i only like daddys gone

[SpassMacher2000]

this sounds a little like a Sigur Ros song

[stevobeith]

the start makes me need a pish haha

[oasarse]

doesnt the start remind of champaigne supernova?

[theevilcarebear]

LOL nupty's.

i agree

[MrsBorucBabii]

y t fuk us talkin bout oil ya bunch a nuptys fs get a life. glasvegas are immense see us at barrowlands 16 dec cani wait !

[boylebhoy2007]

HAHA!! Good old Saltcoats. Are the poofs toilets still there?

[MissMacRae13]

saltcoats beach is amazee hiy !! :O:D

[Moforofosofo]

Just buy a couple of old Radiohead albums and you'll get the same music a bit cheaper!

[andytaggart]

where's saltcoats. ha ha ha. Only jokin!!

[hertblue]

To all those who don't care about the oil issue: if Scotland was in receipt of her oil and it wasn't spent anywhere but Scotland then the country would be in a much better state. Scotland would be much richer and wouldn't suffer many of the social problems that inform Glasvegas' work. Politics may be boring but it is the only way to create real change in Scotland. It is absurd that Glasgow is one of the poorest cities in the EU and oil-rich Scotland has terrible poverty and health too.

[hildibildibaldi]

Saltcoats - brown flag beach. Has anything been done about the interesting sewage outfall pipe in recent years? Ha, ha, ha. Saltcoats........ worst of the three toons.

[kookooo1]

Mad farmers live in saltcoasts

[amygeebabes18]

omg to all bout the oil its a gd song fukin listen to it okies thankyou

[moagfifi]

i'm always down in saltcoats to see my gran XD great song =D

[danioh1994]

Salcoats is next to my town

[hertblue]

In international law as part of both the 1968 Jurisdiction Act and Scotland Act 1998 the UK sector of the N Sea was split into Scottish and English sectors. 90% of current oil + gas revenues are within the Scottish sector. The oil companies currently operate under UK govt license. At independence this license will come under Scottish govt jurisdiction by right. Rump UK will have no legal or moral claim on these revenues at independence. To believe otherwise is totally ignorant and disinegenous.

[219970]

Ah, Wikipedia is wonderful, isn't it? A technical point for your interest (as a non-lawyer I presume) - the acts you refer to are not "international law" but acts of Parliament which are binding only here. In addition, they can be repealed at any point by a later act. So if Westminster wished to do so for economic reasons, it would merely pass an act repealing the former statutes and amend the split of the oil. There is no need at present, it is just a paper distinction without substance.

[hertblue]

The claim was not insubstantive which is why they divided it into seperate sectors to begin with. Westminster wouldn't repeal these Acts because the political cost would be too huge and they'd risk international censure and credibility in doing so. Imperialists like yourself will just have to face the fact that 90% of hydrocarbon revenues will be Scottish at independence. Rump UK will have to respect Scottish sovereignty and territorial integrity no matter the bluster.

[2laurie2]

iam from Saltcoats :D

[stevenm1888]

surely its the irony of the fact that theres very few people on saltcoats beach, and the very few woman there may not be the bonniest.Sorry for my honesty, but thats my take on the tune.But then again I live in Glasgow so I have ,once anyway, been the prettist thing on saltcoats beach.great band great tune.Very half man half buiscut,Mon the hoops !!!

[kevinemm123]

love this song as l met ma lovely woman on saltcoats beach @ur all a great band cannae wait 2 cu all live yyyeeeeeeeeeesssssssss

[flobbit25]

im from saltcoats xD

[monicarose1993]

saltcoats beach is... believe it or not... a beach... on the west coast of scotland...in a place called salcoats :)

xxxx

[RfcCrazy]

any1 see Vegas on soccer am?

James used to play for Gretna, Falkirk and Queens Park ;)

[gordyblair]

Fuckin awesome Gig of a lifetime, Did think they pretty quiet and the crowd were only there to see Muse but still i was pissed and i loved it !!!!

[goatoil]

fuckin stunning

[gordyblair]

i Fucking Love Glasvegas !!!! going too see them Kasabian and muse in Dublin Tomorrow (wed) cannae wait !!!

[lecar18]

how were they?

[Higo0o]

Glasvegas wernt great even tho i love them, couldnt get the crowd going. Kasabian were great but they should now that we have moved on from ''ole ole ole'' But Muse of course owned the show and were amazing.

[1967Jimmy1888]

Was Down Saltcoats Beach Today.. Fucking Class

[Famehater]

this is fuckin gorgeous! theres nothin pretty about salcoats beach tho so it could have been a right munter lol

[charlieeboi1199]

whats saltcoats beach?

[Famehater]

lol its a beach in a place called salcoats mate J.

[charlieeboi1199]

ahh yes well it would be wouldnt it

[jimncezhightide]

saltcoats is a place on the coast used to go there as a wee boy we called it the shitey shores lol

mon the vegas

[charlieeboi1199]

yes thank you jimncezhightide famehater has just established that

nice name though, must be rle hard to tell people that though, a bit of a mouthful

"Hey, whats your name, can i have your number?"

"Yeah okay, save me as jimncezhightide, or for short jimncezhigh" :D :L

[jimncezhightide]

yeh thats the account name the we were looking for a band name mate which is now the frets !!

[scottishcraig]

im from saltcoats! its the best 1 of the three towns!LOL

[stuk5101]

hahahahaha its not a new song its been out for ages

[eilizlol]

meant that it is new as it has just been published n their new single !!!

was aware that it has been out obv as the band have been around for a while !!!

[SocailistPoet]

As much as i like Glasgvegas what's with all the sectarnist stuff you've uploaded, can you not just leave the past in the past, the Irish troubles happened a long time ago, lets lay it to rest.

[weecoby3]

She's a brainless, bigotted fool mate and like most of her ilk, will never stop grasping on to the utter garbage she parades as "beliefs"

[SocailistPoet]

To true my friend, Scotland could be strong if we put our past aside, well actually Irelands past. It's all very fucking silly.

[stutaggart]

Aye it would be good. I mean it will be...we got the best band and we are THE country of peace and independance...and ...oh yeah...FREEDOM. I digress though...Glasvegas-cool as a bag of cool things (and more musical then Gretna FC)

[219970]

only 3 million people, no industry, loads of unemployment, average life expectacny of 56 in east Glasgow, crap infrastructure....yep, Scotland would do really well on its own.

[SocailistPoet]

First of all the population of scotland is around 5 million and has being rising over the past couple of years due to immigration, further more Scotland contributes more to the National purse per head than England does. There are parts of the Uk with life expentancy as low as 48 and they're outwith Scotland, when you look at it in relative terms Scotland is actually not to bad. At the end of the day you clearly have your opinion and I have my own, lets just enjoy Glasvegas and not talk Politics.

[219970]

Fair point, I was only jesting! Although I would be interested to see your evidence for your claims - where is the 48 year life expectancy in England? And where is your evidence to show that the Scots contribute more? In fact, my understanding was that uni fees, old age care etc are paid for by Westminster, not Scots, but this doesn't apply in England. Due to its size (nothing more) England (and London) clearly dominates the UK at an economic level, I'm afraid that's just the way it is.

[SocailistPoet]

Certain areas in the big English cities, just google it. Due to North Sea oil an independant Scotland would be able to finance all of the benefits you talk of, England could also afford these things however they have never voted for it, parties and politicians have put such policies in Manafestos ect. End of the day I rate Evan Davis highly as an economics expert and he believes Scottish Nationalism would work.

[219970]

Basing your argument on North Sea oil is precarious since it will run out! In any case, I doubt that an entire country could run off North Sea oil. These kind of statements sound good, but are worth little when broken down. Scotland would survive on EC handouts, which is what Ireland and other smaller countries do. Economic experts all disagree which each other, it's just a case of which expert you quote. Give me an example of a "google" search that proves your point and I'll check it.

[hertblue]

Nonsense. There's 50-100 years left of oil. Scotland would be one of the richest countries in the world per head and would not need EU structural funding at all. English economists Grant Thornton just this year published a report stating Scotland would be 4.4 billion in surplus this year if independent. The future's so bright for Scotland no wonder Glasvegas are wearing shades ;-)

[219970]

Ownership of the oil is not in the hands of "Scotland", which constitutionally, notwitstanding devolution, is still part of the UK and governed, ultimately, by Westminster anyway. The rights to source and sell the oil wholesale are in the hands of companies which are either listed or privately limited - but either way I am not sure how your argument works. Scotland doesn't own the rights to the oil. Your argument is very general and your "facts" open to deconstruction.

[hertblue]

In international law as part of both the 1968 Jurisdiction Act and Scotland Act 1998 the UK sector of the N Sea was split into Scottish and English sectors. 90% of current oil + gas revenues are within the Scottish sector. The oil companies currently operate under UK govt license. At independence this license will come under Scottish govt jurisdiction by right. Rump UK will have no legal or moral claim on these revenues at independence. To believe otherwise is totally ignorant and disinegenous.

[mafiabhoy1]

seriously ?? who really gives a fuck .....

[fergal24kinney]

Not this version though, I prefer this one to the demo, its proper ambient like. However, I do wish they'd used all of the lyrics from the demo, some great lyrics left out of this cut

[GlasgowChief]

Beautiful tune