[Chris Martyr]

@OCB

I think you may have given birth to a monster here mate....

[OCB]

@OCB

I think you may have given birth to a monster here mate....

Ya think? It’s May, and TBH if I was circling around some English fetes I’m sure I’d love to see and hear some actual Morris stuff.

I guess very much like bagpipe music - effin horrible to hear recorded, but the difference “live” @@.

[Bill Haddow]

bagpipe music

Best appreciated with the assistance of binoculars

Bill H

[Chris Martyr]

I’d love to see and hear some actual Morris stuff.

I find watching Morris dancing a bit like eating a kebab .

[ sort of thing you only do when you're 'piste',,, ]

Mind you , if it was Dark Morris by Steeleye Span with Miss Jessie-May Smart on violin,,,,,

[morticiaskeeper]

I've got into more traditional music over the past few years. Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound System, Bellowhead etc.

It has been said that the definition of a gentleman is a man that is capable of playing the bagpipes, but chooses not to. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers do put on an excellent show.

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[Bill Haddow]

I find watching Morris dancing a bit like eating a kebab .

Are the Edgeley Morris Men still on the go ? I haven't heard of them for a wee while.

Bill H

[Chris Martyr]

Are the Edgeley Morris Men still on the go ? Bill H

,,,,,,,,,,Hhmmm . Had to scratch my head a bit with this one .

They're not connected to the Borsetshire Mummers by any chance are they Bill..?..

[Bill McCarthy]

Go to Gateshead, Inner London etc. and the chavs therein will dance about on anything - Ford, Vauxhall, a Jag even

[Bill Haddow]

They're not connected to the Borsetshire Mummers by any chance are they Bill..?..

Don't think so, Chris. Mummer play was one of the few folklore fal-de-rals that Nigel P didn't drag into LL, though they could have had a crossover / mesalliance elsewhere.

Bill H

[OCB]

bagpipe music

Best appreciated with the assistance of binoculars

Bill H

You never wondered why there’s a piper at a funeral? Them things can cross the ethereal divide!

I kinda like the BadPiper, never had the chance to see him live - but the YouTube video of him doing Thunderstruck is a laugh.

Got talking to a Flemish colleague of mine yesterday and today, he procured a Black Watch kilt, nice hand crafted sporran, belt etc for not a bad price. The lad is 6ft plus, has a rather fun haircut and is most of the way through having his upper body covered in little pictures. Apparently over here, amongst the post-punk/biker culture- “it’s a thing”.

I did suggest he goes to a “proper” Ceilidh - the fun ones where trad music was played, but steel toed boots and gum shield are advised.

Ooh, that would be a fun “gig economy” adventure here in Belgium- a hard/thrash metal “Celtic fusion” Ceilidh

I did see the Afro Celt Sound System (free) at the Grand Place many years back. Lovely surprise that was, since I was genuinely just taking a short cut.Sounded more Indo/Pak than Afro to me, or at least the first album.

*edited for mild iPhone induced wobblies.

[Samsonite]

If you want bagpipes try having a watch of Saor Patrol on You Tube ...
I quite like them .. err hmm

[Bill McCarthy]

How to drive a Scotsman mad - nail his feet to the deck and play a Runrig album. These guys were bliddy good, until the lead singer Donnie quit to become a bliddy MP. They had everyone jumpin’. A CD of theirs survived the Columbia disaster and returned to them - a favourite of Dr. Lauren Clark - a tribute to her on the tube - “Running to the Light”. Worth a scrintz.

[OCB]

How to drive a Scotsman mad - nail his feet to the deck and play a Runrig album. These guys were bliddy good, until the lead singer Donnie quit to become a bliddy MP. They had everyone jumpin’. A CD of theirs survived the Columbia disaster and returned to them - a favourite of Dr. Lauren Clark - a tribute to her on the tube - “Running to the Light”. Worth a scrintz.

Never heard about the Colombia story before. Emotive stuff indeed.

Just did a rough and dirty genealogy check, and her paternal elder was apparently from Paisley and in the US circa 1800. I have a very strong connection to the Scot’s Clark family - as in it’s my maternal grandmother’s family, and I knew plenty of the local Clarks, to the point my aunt (born 1893) stayed with us in the late 70s. Rather effin freaky to think I’m maybe a few family steps away from Dr Lauren.

I have family who are retired and in the family history game, so will check that out.

[kanga]

bagpipe music

Best appreciated with the assistance of binoculars

Bill H

.. but the long distances over which the unmistakeable sound carries has been used as a weapon of war, alerting the enemy that Scots (or Irish or Canadian or Gurkha or ..) soldiers are nearby and, eg, controlling dominant ground; disheartening the former. Reportedly, it was even used in the Falklands*

(*heard only 2nd hand)

[OCB]

bagpipe music

Best appreciated with the assistance of binoculars

Bill H

.. but the long distances over which the unmistakeable sound carries has been used as a weapon of war, alerting the enemy that Scots (or Irish or Canadian or Gurkha or ..) soldiers are nearby and, eg, controlling dominant ground; disheartening the former. Reportedly, it was even used in the Falklands*

(*heard only 2nd hand)

Great - let’s be honest. If there was a UN vote on designating bagpipes as a WMD, even I’d struggle to oppose it