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The Ballad Of Raymond and Norman

The Ballad Of Raymond and Norman

Memories of the teenage Teenage Fanclub

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Alastair McKay
Sep 14, 2023
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Teenage Fanclub rehearsing in Glasgow (clockwise from top left: Norman (with Euros), Raymond, Dave, Francis. Photos: Alastair McKay

It’s a bit unseemly to have a favourite band, but then there is Teenage Fanclub. If Teenage Fanclub had only ever done one thing, and that one thing was the couplet “She wears denim wherever she goes/Says she’s gonna get some records by the Status Quo”, then that would be a fulfilling artistic career, because those two lines contain multitudes. What thi…

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