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* The song title could be a reference to 'Buckfast', colloquially "Buckie", a tonic wine infamous in Scotland for its potency and extremely high caffeine content. 'High' in this context would be a refrence to being intoxicated. <ref>[[wikipedia:Buckfast_Tonic_Wine]]</ref>
 
* The song title could be a reference to 'Buckfast', colloquially "Buckie", a tonic wine infamous in Scotland for its potency and extremely high caffeine content. 'High' in this context would be a refrence to being intoxicated. <ref>[[wikipedia:Buckfast_Tonic_Wine]]</ref>
  
* Alternatively, the title may be a reference (like "The Beach At Repoint") to a real place in Scotland; Buckie is a small fishing town in the county of Moray. Scottish schools are like their American Counterparts known as High Schools (Secondary in England). It's a possiblity that they or friends/relatives may have attended this school influencing the title. Another nostalgia for their childhood? <ref>[[wikipedia:Buckie_High_School]]</ref>
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* Alternatively, the title may be a reference (like "The Beach At Repoint") to a real place in Scotland; Buckie is a small fishing town in the county of Moray. Scottish schools are like their American Counterparts known as High Schools (Secondary in England). It's a possiblity that they or friends/relatives may have attended this school influencing the title. Another nostalgia for their childhood? <ref>[[wikipedia:Buckie_High_School]]</ref>. Coincidentally, perhaps, there is a café near Buckie High School called Sandisons.<ref>[https://plus.google.com/117646962799245837291/about?gl=uk&hl=en Google]</ref>
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==

Revision as of 04:34, 14 December 2013

Buckie High
Running time 5:16
Appears on Old Tunes Vol. 2


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  • The song title could be a reference to 'Buckfast', colloquially "Buckie", a tonic wine infamous in Scotland for its potency and extremely high caffeine content. 'High' in this context would be a refrence to being intoxicated. [1]
  • Alternatively, the title may be a reference (like "The Beach At Repoint") to a real place in Scotland; Buckie is a small fishing town in the county of Moray. Scottish schools are like their American Counterparts known as High Schools (Secondary in England). It's a possiblity that they or friends/relatives may have attended this school influencing the title. Another nostalgia for their childhood? [2]. Coincidentally, perhaps, there is a café near Buckie High School called Sandisons.[3]

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  1. wikipedia:Buckfast_Tonic_Wine
  2. wikipedia:Buckie_High_School
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