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Title: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 23 July 2009, 22:27:43

........a wee tune for the great Chieftan DLK......


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9nZ_qqf70I&feature=related[/media]

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 23 July 2009, 22:31:00

Takes me back to when I was living with my "Dad"  ;)

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: CaptainZok on 23 July 2009, 22:42:36

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m302/CaptainZok/bagpipeDaz.jpg)

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: amigov6 on 23 July 2009, 22:52:00

You can feel the pride in thier music. I'm fortunate enough to get a few Scotch (as we call 'em) runs so know it fairly well for an outsider as a happy place with welcoming folk.
    Some of the scenery is breathtaking. :y

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Entwood on 23 July 2009, 23:02:02

Standing at Murrayfield listening to the Scots sing that just before kickoff ... very, very emotional ....

1980 Calcutta Cup ... and the right team won ....  30-18 

 :y :y :y

edit .. just in case folks don't know ... the Scots were not singing at the end ...  :)

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: amigov6 on 23 July 2009, 23:08:07

A proud race & rightly so. I'm always happy to pack the truck & break off up there for 2 or 3 days. :y

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Pitchfork on 24 July 2009, 09:21:27

It ain't traditional
It was written in the 60s by one of the Corries who used to appear on the TV along with a girl singer called Paddy Bell

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 24 July 2009, 10:52:15

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It ain't traditional
It was written in the 60s by one of the Corries who used to appear on the TV along with a girl singer called Paddy Bell

It's a great tune all the same PF, how about this one.........



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWLZ4T8QqHo&feature=related[/media]

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: elite_one on 24 July 2009, 11:13:46

Heres another classic ..

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tW3dqYmDo[/media]

 :y

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: sassanach on 24 July 2009, 11:20:38

down here in deepest wiltshire all you get is blank faces unless you play one off three tunes a)green hills,b)scotland the brave or c)mairi's wedding (donald wheres your trousers) :y

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 24 July 2009, 11:25:54

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Heres another classic ..

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tW3dqYmDo[/media]

 :y

....nothing like the pipes and drums to send the shivers up the back of an Ulster/Scot :y :y

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: elite_one on 24 July 2009, 11:40:37

Also comes in song version ... words are very apt ...especially for scots who are away from hame  :)

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Pitchfork on 24 July 2009, 12:02:27

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Heres another classic ..

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tW3dqYmDo[/media]

 :y

....nothing like the pipes and drums to send the shivers up the back of an Ulster/Scot :y :y

For me the skins on the Snares are too tight

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Pitchfork on 24 July 2009, 12:03:10

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Also comes in song version ... words are very apt ...especially for scots who are away from hame  :)

It was a song originally

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 24 July 2009, 12:10:55

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Heres another classic ..

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tW3dqYmDo[/media]

 :y

....nothing like the pipes and drums to send the shivers up the back of an Ulster/Scot :y :y

For me the skins on the Snares are too tight

 ....I think that's the very thing that provides the crispness necessary to counter the sometimes indistinct rhythmic ability of the pipes.

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: elite_one on 24 July 2009, 12:12:19

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Also comes in song version ... words are very apt ...especially for scots who are away from hame  :)

It was a song originally

Not quite ... was composed in 1982 (not actually a classic) ;D ;D by 2 German musicians

words were added later in English and Gaelic

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Pitchfork on 24 July 2009, 13:15:01

I stand corrected
There does another urban myth

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: redelitev6 on 24 July 2009, 15:10:49

Andy stewart singing "a scottish soldier" -lump in throat everytime

Title: Re: For the bonniest of the bonny......
Post by: Pitchfork on 24 July 2009, 15:33:08

Try to find a recording of The White Cockade
It's a great Jacobite tune