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Tuesday 16 November 2010

DEAN EASTWOOD - DUNDEE TIGERS - 1987

I'm gonna squeeze in a few music items now before it gets all Christmassy in December, so the next couple of weeks will consist of a rummage through some old publications and a dip into Dundee's back catalogue.
It's The Old Tay Whistle Test!
Let's get our toes tapping with this...(snigger)...classic, from our very own singing minstrel (or should that be mincetrel?!) Dean Eastwood.
The tune is called "The Tigers Of Dundee" and is a song about the Dundee Tigers, the ice hockey team who's 2nd generation incarnation formed in 1987.
Perhaps Dean's regular visits to the Kingsway Ice Rink explains his choice of footwear!
Thanks to the Bear.

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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 November 2010 at 09:26

    Is that sang no' hellish?

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  2. Anonymous16 November 2010 at 09:36

    Someone got a reverb unit for Christmas...

    To be honest, at least there aren't any bum notes this time round, although it still sounds like a preset on a kiddy's Bontempi organ.

    And where's Dawn?

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  3. Craig16 November 2010 at 10:03

    Lord knows what rhyme he would have made for the Dundee Rockets!

    Dawn's dulcet tones very much missed on this ditty......

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  4. Anonymous16 November 2010 at 14:24

    Sometimes things get you down,have a shit day and you feel pretty depressed,then you log on here ,see stuff like this and all of a sudden life aint so bad,thanks retro :-)

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  5. Bridie16 November 2010 at 16:25

    I lost the will to live after about 30 seconds...however, I was impressed that he managed to magically weave the words "Whitley Bay" into the lyrics.

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  6. Simon Cowell17 November 2010 at 05:58

    That is probably one of the worst things I have ever heard in my entire life.

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  7. Anonymous17 November 2010 at 11:27

    Love it.So bad it is actally enjoyable, but you have to look at the picture to appreciate the whole package!!

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  8. Anonymous17 November 2010 at 13:44

    Dean was indeed a regular at the old ice rink when the Rockets/Tigers were at their height in the 80s. He also used to write a column in the Rockets programmes around the 85/86 season under his real name of Norman Maiden

    (as a side note, my verification word for posting was 'suffer', maybe they'd heard the song?!)

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  9. Beano11 December 2010 at 16:59

    As a current Dundee Tiger I've got to big this guy up as a legend! But we need a new team song.

    Any takers.....?

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  10. Jim Kerr29 June 2018 at 09:25

    He is the real reason GED Grimes is my bass player

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