Is there such a thing as International Bagpipe Day? Is it today?
The irony is that, with the time Claire comes from, she wouldn’t know what a mixtape was either.
17th March 23, 08:59 AM
OC Richard
Could somebody explain to me what that cartoon means?
19th March 23, 05:04 AM
Silmakhor
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Originally Posted by OC Richard
Could somebody explain to me what that cartoon means?
Guessing that the unwritten punchline is something like "all bagpipe music sounds the same." But I dunno.
19th March 23, 07:31 AM
OC Richard
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Originally Posted by Silmakhor
Guessing that the unwritten punchline is something like "all bagpipe music sounds the same." But I dunno.
Who can say.
I've been doing music, live and as a studio musician playing on albums and TV and film scores, for 40 years and I can't remember hearing or seeing the word "mixtape". I guess it's a more recent term? Something from the DJ industry? I don't know what it means.
"Demo tape" on the other hand has been a common term in the music industry for ages. People still used "demo tape" after they stopped being tapes! I guess it's quicker to say than "demo CD" or "demo audio file".
19th March 23, 08:34 AM
kilted2000
A mixtape is a term used for a custom tape of different songs usually made by a boyfriend to a girlfriend, a compilation of love songs for example. I don't know if it is still a thing but it was when cassette tapes were used. Maybe the cartoon means that in the past a mixtape would have involved a live band. I wonder if the bagpipes are an Outlander reference. I've never seen the show but the guy in the cartoon looks a bit like the main guy in the show.
19th March 23, 08:38 AM
Silmakhor
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Originally Posted by kilted2000
A mixtape is a term used for a custom tape of different songs usually made by a boyfriend to a girlfriend, a compilation of love songs for example. I don't know if it is still a thing but it was when cassette tapes were used. Maybe the cartoon means that in the past a mixtape would have involved a live band. I wonder if the bagpipes are an Outlander reference. I've never seen the show but the guy in the cartoon looks a bit like the main guy in the show.
Yup, good explanation. I have seen a few Outlander episodes, and this definitely fits it.
The show is melodramatic fluff, but the music on the soundtrack is excellent.
20th March 23, 02:59 AM
Touchstone
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Originally Posted by Silmakhor
Yup, good explanation. I have seen a few Outlander episodes, and this definitely fits it.
The show is melodramatic fluff, but the music on the soundtrack is excellent.
I don't think it's an Outlander reference, directly. For one thing, they don't wear modern kilts. Just "if a Scot wanted to make a mixtape for his girlfriend, how would he do it?" (But I agree with all the other comments.)
21st March 23, 05:29 AM
tubino
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Originally Posted by Touchstone
I don't think it's an Outlander reference, directly. For one thing, they don't wear modern kilts. Just "if a Scot wanted to make a mixtape for his girlfriend, how would he do it?" (But I agree with all the other comments.)
Mixtapes were a thing - you would spend hours compiling a meaningful journey of songs on a cassette to give your girlfriend. Now it's just a playlist.
But yes, I think the joke is to throw the word into a pre-electronic context. The translation means you don't hand over a tape; you have live musicians performing a set of songs -- and bagpipes are always funny?
