Bagpipes in Glasgow and Edinburgh
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La Cornemuse
Only bagpipes can truly do justice to a great tune.
But don’t take my word for it:
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The few times I have heard bagpipes, I have gotten the chills. Such a sound, hard to even describe.
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It is the sound of the spirits of the dead celebrating or lamenting in the heather-clad glen above the silent grey loch…
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Love the bagpipes. 😊
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Thank you, Jo, you are clearly a lady of taste and discernment
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This is fabulous!
Also, one of my favorite bagpipe performances is the total overboard overkill beyond all the beyond of Andre Rieu’s all out show in Scotland some years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GD-5mRyaJw
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Thank you, Na’ama, glad you enjoyed.
Mr Rieu’s performances often include mass bagpipes to great effect, as in your link, which was in fact in the Netherlands.
I am always amazed when someone says they don’t like bagpipes, it’s like saying they don’t like the saxophone or violin, it just makes no sense to me.
For a more understated approach than Mr Rieu’s you might enjoy this:
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Oh! I thought it was in Scotland! Maybe there was another one – as you say – in a show in Scotland and I mixed the videos. In any event, yeah, he’s a master of schmoozing and making merry with the crowd.
And — yes, I LOVE this clip! Had seen it before and was delighted to see it again. 🙂
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I see all the women are kissing up saying they love bagpipes. They are interesting.
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Perhaps this is because the ladies are more open to life’s most beautiful experiences than an uncultured hill-billy, Ted?
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Bagpipes are fabulous.
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My point exactly
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I LOVE bagpipes!
Ronda
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Because you are a lady of taste and discernment, Ronda!
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Oh my goodness! It’s not easy typing with my fingers in my ears!!!
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Soulless Sassenach, I don’t expect you to have any culture!
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I was dying see your reply and you didn’t disappoint! Ready, steady … blow!
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I left more insults over at your place too!
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Dear CE
I truly love bagpipes.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That’s because you have a soul, m’lady
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