Difference between revisions of "Buckie High"

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The title may be a reference (like "The Beach At Redpoint") to a real place in Scotland; "Buckie High" (now Buckie Community High School) was the name of the high school that the band attended. 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). Coincidentally, there is a café near Buckie High School called Sandisons.^[1]

Alternatively, 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.^[2]

Quoting Gaby Ghazi: when I was a teenager having just finished school and turned 18, we made a bucket bong called Buckie and we filled it from the sea and smoked on the beach. I then went home a few days later and discovered the Old Tunes, and Buckie High specifically [...] ^[3]

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
-* The beginning of the song sounds similar to Beck - Send a Message To Her.<ref>https://youtu.be/QRcviyhhpiQ?t=2m56s</ref>
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 == Trivia ==