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08-28-2010, 10:20 PM
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| | | Bagpipes play Amazing Grace at the 8/28 Restoring Honor Rally
At the end of the Rally representatives of the Montgomery County Fire Dept. played Amazing Grace.
There were also a couple of glimpses of the piper and drummer in their regalia.
I do not want to start a political discussion. Just thought some of you might want to see and hear the piper.
If you care to watch a re-run of the event on CSPAN the pipers start about 3 hours and 6 or 7 minutes into the full length coverage.
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08-29-2010, 05:03 AM
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| | | Very appropriate, I would say. I can imagine it well.
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08-29-2010, 06:44 AM
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08-30-2010, 09:01 PM
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Man.....I hate that song!!!
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08-31-2010, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Bigkahuna  Man.....I hate that song!!! | It is certainly not my first choice when it comes to pipe tunes -- I wonder if the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ever regret putting that tune on their album back in the 1960's? 
Gi'e me Flowers of the Forest, Sleep Dearie Sleep or Lochaber No More any day.
T.
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08-31-2010, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by cajunscot It is certainly not my first choice when it comes to pipe tunes -- I wonder if the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ever regret putting that tune on their album back in the 1960's?
Gi'e me Flowers of the Forest, Sleep Dearie Sleep or Lochaber No More any day.
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08-31-2010, 07:12 AM
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The piper was playing at the opening, I believe, and to an astoundingly large crowd of up to 500,000. The tune, being such a well-known one for the pipes, was appropriate to a general audience, surely?
EDIT: I stand corrected by the OP- it was at the closing. Spliced news coverage can be misleading....
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08-31-2010, 07:22 AM
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I'm with CajunScot and BigKahuna... any more when I hear "Amazing Grace" I am reminded of Colonel Jock Sinclair's immortal line, "...yon's a cheesey tune..."
That said, given that he was playing before a general audience in the USA, I would be hard pressed to suggest any other pipe tune that would not have been ethno-specific.
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08-31-2010, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown I'm with CajunScot and BigKahuna... any more when I hear "Amazing Grace" I am reminded of Colonel Jock Sinclair's immortal line, "...yon's a cheesey tune..."
That said, given that he was playing before a general audience in the USA, I would be hard pressed to suggest any other pipe tune that would not have been ethno-specific. | "We'll no have 'Charlie is My Darling' either..." 
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08-31-2010, 07:41 AM
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As a piper, I have absolutely no problem with this tune. It probably single handedly made the bagpipes a house-hold word in America. My only beef is that the piper is not tuned properly (Typical piper complaint). If you're going to lay down a hymm, do it well!
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