Less Talk, More Music: Deacon Blue on “The Heaven and Earth Show”
Posted on 02.05.08 by Will Harris @ 1:11 am

Despite several US releases, Deacon Blue ended up having their name added to that great list of bands who never managed to make the translation from the UK charts, but they’re a really great group. I think Americans just didn’t know what to make of a band who blended pop, rock, and folk like they did…and even if they’d started to, they were no doubt completely flummoxed when the group teamed up with Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold to produce their fourth album, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing.

This performance of “Dignity” - a song which comes from the band’s 1987 debut, Raintown - was performed in 2006 for the BBC’s now-defunct “Heaven and Earth Show,” a Sunday morning religious program. I’m trying to come up with any American religious program short of a Billy Graham affair that would have someone so cool as a musical guest…and I’m failing miserably.


One Response to “Less Talk, More Music: Deacon Blue on “The Heaven and Earth Show””

  • David Medsker says:

    I haven’t seen a picture of Ricky in years, so it’s still hard for me to accept him as a man in his mid 40’s (late 40’s?). Still, very pretty version of the song. I still play Where the World Knows Your Name all the time.

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