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In Reply to: RE: Bagpipes can kill you. Who knew? posted by jec01 on August 23, 2016 at 10:41:59
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Sitting there in the article.
The only place I hear bagpipe jokes is here.
At the Australian War Memorial we hold a 'Last Post' ceremony every day except Xmas Day.
There is always a bag-piper.
Get OVER it, okay!?
Having paraded mostly to pipes and drums, and being used to them, I regard military brass bands as a poor second for marching to.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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Never understood why.
Not a lot of Marching going on here!
... the "Irish cop" tradition that exists (or used to exist) in some pats of the country? Irish are not Scots of course but they are closely connected in some ways.
Scotland is named after an Irish tribe, the Scotti.
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
It is my understanding that the Irish never enthused over the bagpipes quite as enthusiastically as the Scots did, and do. So the two are somewhat different in that way at least.Correct me if I'm wrong about this.
Edits: 08/27/16
Bagpipes are central to much Irish traditional music, and you didn't know? LOL!Uillean pipes, and Great Irish Warpipes?
Indeed much of Europe's early music uses a bagpipe of some kind.
I love the sound of well played bagpipes, lots of people do, too.
The 3-drone type are popular in most countries with a British past. Like India, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, ....... Hundreds of millions of people
A lament for the pipes is one of the most moving musical experiences available. The one played at the Last Post ceremony is always "The Flowers of the Forest".
Silly prejudices about them used to simply puzzle me.
Now I see it as willfully stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR87LsmXzBs
Even your USMC has members who love them.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 08/27/16
Most of the Irish folk I've heard so far, I cannot stand to listen to. I do like some American folk music supposedly inspired by the Irish folk stuff, but that's about it.
Enjoy it for yourself. I shall continue to stay away, I don't much like the sound of any bagpipes I've heard.
...after me lucky charms.
dh
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