09-16-2005, 10:58 PM
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| Celtic rock band - Enter the Haggis
Just thought I would share this with those that enjoy celtic-type music. The band Enter the Haggis is a celtic/rock hybrid that turns out to be very entertaining. Samples can be found at: http://www.parenfaire.com/outdoor/Co...certSeries.htm http://www.enterthehaggis.com/index.php?page=Multimedia
Enjoy..
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09-18-2005, 02:09 PM
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| Meh, but what an off-putting name! Like Bathe in the Kimchee or Dunk In the Sewer...  | |
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09-18-2005, 06:33 PM
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| My sister's family saw them at the Kansas City Irish Festival a couple of weeks ago and raved about them (even their eight year old daughter was talking about them). | |
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09-19-2005, 12:24 AM
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| Cool sound.
If I liked bagpipes, I'd like them. | 
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09-19-2005, 01:57 AM
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| I used to like bagpipes... then I spent a week and a half sharing a room with three pipers who practiced with their chanters until 2AM...
If I hear Scotland the Brave, Amazing Grace, Scotch on the Rocks, or Black Bear once more, I'm gonna FREAK!!!
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09-19-2005, 01:34 PM
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| I love "Amazing Grace," how sweet the sound..... | |
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09-19-2005, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt I used to like bagpipes... then I spent a week and a half sharing a room with three pipers who practiced with their chanters until 2AM...
If I hear Scotland the Brave, Amazing Grace, Scotch on the Rocks, or Black Bear once more, I'm gonna FREAK!!! | My brother is a competitive piper... it's horrible.
Worse than my experiences with a roommate who decided to finally learn the banjo. Yep, bought hisself some tapes and started pickin'.
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09-19-2005, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee My brother is a competitive piper... it's horrible.
Worse than my experiences with a roommate who decided to finally learn the banjo. Yep, bought hisself some tapes and started pickin'. | I think there are maybe three sets of pipes on the entire planet that are actually tuned properly. I'm sure they're all in museums somewhere. 
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09-19-2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt I think there are maybe three sets of pipes on the entire planet that are actually tuned properly. I'm sure they're all in museums somewhere. | Any change in temperature causes them to change tune. Inside, outside, humid, dry, morning, afternoon, evening, night... all require retune. Not to mention that they FALL out of tune.
Tuning is a component of how they receive their scores from the judges.
This leads to the horrible realization that bagpipe competitions have bagpipe judges. What incredibly bad luck.
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09-20-2005, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee My brother is a competitive piper... it's horrible.
Worse than my experiences with a roommate who decided to finally learn the banjo. Yep, bought hisself some tapes and started pickin'. | There seems to be a pattern there. Perhaps people are just trying to drive you off? | |
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09-20-2005, 06:49 AM
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| What is it with you americans and bagpipes? And why do you guys listen to rubbish scottish folk music?
For the record I like the sound of properly played bagpipes but one walk down princes street hearing those b*******s playing for the tourists can put you off. | |
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09-20-2005, 08:02 AM
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| Cool.....................
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09-20-2005, 11:17 AM
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#13 | | the dark one
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| I like the sound of the band. Fun. Plus, I actually like bagpipes.
Prices Street - meh, tourist trap. Coolest bagpipe incident I had was sitting in the parlor of an old Victorian B&B on an island off the coast of Scotland. Sun was setting. All of a sudden I heard the pipes begin, somewhere just down the road. Asked the proprietors about it, and they said their neighbor did this pretty much every evening. I took a stroll, and there he was, an ancient little guy facing out to the Firth of Clyde, playing his pipes. It was so melancholic and beautiful. I never wanted to leave.
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09-20-2005, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Gav What is it with you americans and bagpipes? And why do you guys listen to rubbish scottish folk music? | The American thing aside... at the time, I didn't have much choice - I used to play in a military band. We'd meet other military bands. Probably half the reserve units in Canada have the words "Queen's" or "Highlanders" in their name. Probably a third of those have pipers and/or pipe bands. That's a lot of badly played, limited repetoire bagpipe music.
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09-20-2005, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by swordwench I like the sound of the band. Fun. Plus, I actually like bagpipes.
Prices Street - meh, tourist trap. Coolest bagpipe incident I had was sitting in the parlor of an old Victorian B&B on an island off the coast of Scotland. Sun was setting. All of a sudden I heard the pipes begin, somewhere just down the road. Asked the proprietors about it, and they said their neighbor did this pretty much every evening. I took a stroll, and there he was, an ancient little guy facing out to the Firth of Clyde, playing his pipes. It was so melancholic and beautiful. I never wanted to leave. | That does sound good...
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09-20-2005, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt That does sound good... | As was the single malt I was wandering about with in my hand. Ahhhh...
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09-20-2005, 09:50 PM
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| I'm listening to "Gasoline." I don't hear any bagpipes.... but I love it. It doesn't sound at all how I thought it would, not very "Scottish" at all... weird. It sounds like country music. | |
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09-20-2005, 09:55 PM
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| Wow. That sounds... different. It's cool. I wish there was more singing. | |
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09-20-2005, 10:45 PM
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| Those are really some of their worse songs. I haven't found any of their better stuff for free download yet. A lot of the songs are more lively and humerous with a bit more singing as well.
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