Well, no, it has nothing to do with Northern Ireland. As has already been established, Buckfast is called "Buckie" in Glasgow too and the Orange marches are prominent in Glasgow as well. Just because similar phenomena is present in Northern Ireland, doesn't mean it's an exlusive reference to that when the rest of the song blatantly refers to Glasgow, where the same terms are commonplace.
Plus, in an interview in Pitchfork, Ted Leo said himself the song is about Glasgow.
@Keyser Soze 1984 ~ excerpt from Pitchfork interview " Even some of the faster ones, like "Bottle of Buckie," other than the fact that it relates to something that took place in Glasgow, it makes me think of Scotch, because I think I was drinking a lot of it when I wrote it [laughs]. And "C.I.A", actually, that's a caffeine song. That was me, actually sitting in a café, drinking espressos and really thinking, reworking, rearranging.
@Keyser Soze 1984 ~ excerpt from Pitchfork interview " Even some of the faster ones, like "Bottle of Buckie," other than the fact that it relates to something that took place in Glasgow, it makes me think of Scotch, because I think I was drinking a lot of it when I wrote it [laughs]. And "C.I.A", actually, that's a caffeine song. That was me, actually sitting in a café, drinking espressos and really thinking, reworking, rearranging.
Well, no, it has nothing to do with Northern Ireland. As has already been established, Buckfast is called "Buckie" in Glasgow too and the Orange marches are prominent in Glasgow as well. Just because similar phenomena is present in Northern Ireland, doesn't mean it's an exlusive reference to that when the rest of the song blatantly refers to Glasgow, where the same terms are commonplace.
Plus, in an interview in Pitchfork, Ted Leo said himself the song is about Glasgow.
@Keyser Soze 1984
@Keyser Soze 1984
@Keyser Soze 1984 ~ excerpt from Pitchfork interview " Even some of the faster ones, like "Bottle of Buckie," other than the fact that it relates to something that took place in Glasgow, it makes me think of Scotch, because I think I was drinking a lot of it when I wrote it [laughs]. And "C.I.A", actually, that's a caffeine song. That was me, actually sitting in a café, drinking espressos and really thinking, reworking, rearranging.
@Keyser Soze 1984 ~ excerpt from Pitchfork interview " Even some of the faster ones, like "Bottle of Buckie," other than the fact that it relates to something that took place in Glasgow, it makes me think of Scotch, because I think I was drinking a lot of it when I wrote it [laughs]. And "C.I.A", actually, that's a caffeine song. That was me, actually sitting in a café, drinking espressos and really thinking, reworking, rearranging.