Bagpipes and War
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- An overview of Bagpipes and their use in war featuring many pop-culture appearances.
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Movies Featured:
Waterloo 1970
Outlander (Series)
Samurai Jack (Series)
Joyeux Noel 2005
The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999
Dune 2021
Braveheart 1995
My Bunnies Lies Over the Sea 1948
The Buccaneer 1958
Joyeux Noel 2005
War Horse 2011
Patton 1970
The Longest Day 1962
Star Trek II 1982
Porky in Egypt 1938
The World is Not Enough 1999
I'm a British Army veteran and this reminds me of one exercise I was on back in the 1970's... We were on dawn stand-too when the sound of the pipes came out of the mist from somewhere to our front. From experience I can testify as to just how un-nerving this actually was!
The 1971 "Waterloo" movie is a great way to understand how and why music was used on the battlefield.
Not only bagpipes but drums and trumpets and horns and everything.
The music is conveying the orders from the commander to the thousands of men that has to be coordinated.
Another cool example is how bulge calls are used by the cavalry, where different tunes is played during the charge, as they go from canter to trot to gallopp.
I imagine the horses knew the different tunes just as well as the riders.
Kudos well done Sir , peeps forget that music was vital to convey signals over the fog of war ( fog also meant noise ;) )
And then there was that trumpeteer who were trying to destroy Duke Wellington's eardrums.
Alot was used for moving battle formations aswell as moral boosting etc, the pipers were like banner men if you saw ur banner go down or the music stops u know ur in trouble lol
@@quano5409 sound the recall!
@@quano5409 STOP THAT USELESS NOISE!!! 🤬
You forgot to mention Mad Jack Churchill. He went to war armed with the pipes, a longbow, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword.
I'm glad I wasn't imagining this because I was thinking the same thing
i read a book about him. Absolute mad lad
Was thinking the same thing! Dude sounds like he came from a swashbuckling adventure series! Why hasn't he gotten a movie and show about him?
Not bad, Johnny: I'll have several comments to add, here: Say something if I get to be noxious.
The Great Highland Warpipes is the full appellation for this instrument.
Part of his legend states that Bill Millen was 'so small', he inflated his pipes and floated ashore on D-Day.
Took me a LONG Time to learn that the fellow portraying Bill Millen in THE LONGEST DAY was, in fact, the Personal Piper of Her Majesty the Queen Mother.
In 1995, just before we left Texas, I was at the North Texas Highland Festival and Scottish Games, in Arlington, and I was a little overwhelmed when they announced that Bill Millen's PIPES were there in observance of the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. Eight Thousand people in attendance for that opening ceremony, and you could heard a mosquito die when those lone pipes sounded HIGHLAN' LADDIE once again. My tears were not alone, tho'.
That is great info and always appreciated!
I see you're a fellow long comment lover. I'm something of a long comment writer myself. Thanks for taking the time to write
@@ThommyofThenn Absolutely love it when there is good stuff to read, but F YOU if you are one of those guys who leaves space on purpose just to make me click "show more".
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq "Piping through the gore and muck/The Germans thought me mad/Skreelin' Hielan Laddie/Raisin' courage in the lads"
- The Real McKenzies, "My Head Is Filled With Music" (proper Canadian band, that, like Bill Millen himself)
The Piper who played Millen in the Longest Day was Pipe Major Leslie De Laspie late King's Own Scottish Borderers and a veteran of WW2
1 KOSB went into battle during Operation Granby (Desert Storm to our American friends) led by bagpipers.
In 1982 when 5 Infantry Brigade (Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkha Rifles) sailed to the Falklands War on the QE2 there were Gurkha bagpipes on the dockside to play them off.
Pipe Major Donald McKinnon (a WW2 Fighter Pilot) piped 1st Bn The King's Own Scottish Borderers into the battle of Knowing San in Korea 1951
"Playing those bagpipes, that's my bag" God bless you, Ray Stevens
I had that, it was the B-side to "Gitarzan." Such good memories!
The same Ray Stevens who sang the streaker?
@@dellawrence4323 Yup.
He was not full of air on that one. Great quotation
@@mbryson2899 Whoa yeah they call him the Streak, Boogidat Boogidat, the fastest thing on two feet, I can't get that tune out of my head even after 50 years.
2500 pipers - 1100 casualties- 500 fatalities in ww1 😢 that’s rough
Damn Germans. Not only do they lack a sense of humor...they hate REAL music!
The sound of Bagpipes speaks deep down to my soul......Thank you JJ my friend.....
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I don't know if other nationalities have the same feeling about their national instruments but there's something about pipes and the way they fill your whole body. Nothing compares to hearing and actually feeling a pipe band playing Highland Cathedral.
I thought you would have mentioned Mad Mitch and the Argylls being piped into combat in Aden - it's a very well-known moment here.
Ah, Mad Mitch, a true Brit and a great commander, betrayed by government.
Was just saying that. They really capture that middle-ground between an instrument for morale & a war horn (like those used against the Romans)
The bagpipe tradition has also been inherited into Singapore, most precisely during the late Lee Kuan Yew's funeral where the song "Auld Lang Syne" was played to announce his departure.
I love the sound of bagpipes. My best friend was a McLeod. Proud man that he was had many records that he loved to play. Being his room mate, I learned to love the sound. To this day when I go for a walk I hear then play (in my head of course), it makes the walk more fun.
1:42 In this Braveheart scene, Scottish Highland bagpipes are being shown on the screen, but Irish Uilleann pipes are being played and heard.
they also wouldn't be wearing tartans....especially not in battle. they'd be dressed exactly like their english enemies. why the hell would they run into battle with no armor or anything, lol
If I recall, they played bagpipes at the end of Hyena Road, too.
From what I recall, the audience uproard with laughter when they saw Scotty play the bagpipes at the end of Star Trek II.
Seasons greetings, and live long, and prosper.
still gives me chills of Scotty being a Scot.
One Sunday, the family was returning from church a very misty day in rural area, NW Oregon, and someone was playing the pipes over a hill away. Didn't see the player, recognized the sound . Have to suppoes it was a student, or maybe just a trained musician, enjoying playing in harmonious environment. Does sound super weird,out of the mist, player not visible.
Those playing a bagpipe at the end Hyena Road was funny enough, almost certainly reservists. The regiment featured in Hyena Road is the PPCLI (which isn’t a Scottish Canadian regiment). Funny enough, the real Hyena Road was patrolled by the Vandoos (R22e), a French-Canadian regiment.
Honorable Mention: The Northwind Highlanders of Battletech. You haven't lived until you see a rank of 90-ton humanoid assault mechs in tartan colors coming over a ridge, blasting everything before them or slamming other mechs into the ground in Death From Above 'Highland Burials', all to the skirling of pipes blasting out over their loudspeakers.
"He put up a terrific battle, but clean living prevailed." Is one if my most favorite lines Bugs Bunny ever said. Another great vid Johnny!👍👍👍
Also can say another video and also did notice this covert pistol of WWII the Welrod and it's been in the news lately of an murder in NYC involving a UnitedHealthcare CEO anyway may want to look that up on the pistol.
Something I read about the pipers and drummers in Waterloo is that they traveled from Britain to the Soviet Union to be part of the film. They were from the same regiment that fought historically at the battle!
The German soldier thought the piper was out of his damn mind to be walking head on into machine gun fire, playing a bagpipe.
Bag of steel!
This is what keeps me interested in your channel, so many different subjects and the stories behind them. You could've made a very long video on the bagpipes as there are so many stories behind them. There are so many stories and films that they have been a part of - as a previous comment highlighted - "The Devils Brigade" but also "Tunes of Glory" with John Mills.
They are an integral part of Scottish Military history, Piper George Laidlaw of the Gordon Highlanders won the VC in 1897 at the battle of the Dargai heights., where he continued playing despite being shot through both ankles and he became one of the most famous VC recipients.
(I think the Bill Millen part could've been expanded further - eg why Lovats commandos landed - they were reinforcing the paratroopers on Pegasus Bridge)
As a Scot, when hearing the skirl of the pipes it stirs things inside you - pride, strength and belief that you can succeed despite the odds. Well done on another great video.
Thanks for the kind words! Unfortunately sometimes my videos have to be a bit brief due to copyright restrictions. Most studios are happy to release clips for use but usually only if these clips are under 20 seconds or so.
Laidlaw? Gordon? That sounds like Half-Life.
@JohnnyJohnsonEsq how about a follow up video - "The kilt in war". Now that would be a fantastic topic to cover, it's many uses - positive and drawbacks, from Jacobites, to Waterloo, to WW1 with the Germans calling the Scots and Commonwealth soldiers who wore them as "The ladies from hell!", and those individuals who wore them in WW2 like Tommy MacPherson, "the kilted killer" who wore it on special operations with the resistance in France.
Bill Millen at pegasus bridge, talk about an iconic moment
🎵My name is Billy Millen/I braved the Norman shore/Mortar shells, machine guns, D-Day 1944/Back and forth I piped away/Many soldier fell that day/Battle raging all around/And the Allies held their ground...🎵
Hold until releaved.
A little interesting tidbit to add to this. To my knowledge, even after reunification with China, the old Hong Kong Police forces still use bagpipes for ceremonies, which they adopted after British colonial rule. Pretty cool to see
the movie shown at the start, Waterloo (1971) by Sergei Bondarchuk, is a MUST SEE in ultra high def with a great sound system.
the brilliant, beautiful photography...the crash of steel....the thundering horses...the cannonballs whizzing by your ears on the sound system....the screeching skirl of the bagpipes....it's an unforgettable experience.
ditto Zulu. make a big bowl of popcorn, turn off the lights, crank up the sound, settle into the couch, and enjoy the feast. it is AMAZING.
As part of the Scottish diaspora, I really appreciated this one, Johnny!
Was at an event last night where two pipers played indoors. I couldn't of been happier.
Drum and fife, pipes, nice soundtrack for battle...
I've wondered what it would be like being one of the musicians for a military. Bagpipes in particular have a reputation for being quite loud so I assume they could be heard against the din of battle.
They are definitely iconic to this day and are still associated with themes of honor and courage
Nice work buddy ,we had Pipes and drums in 6 RAR in Brisbane and great during parades ,they were stretcher bearers during exercises... pity i think pipes over the din of combat still inspire a little more some strange memory . :)
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@@GunnerHeatFire Sorry tae pish on yer haggis, but bagpipes were invented in Ancient Egypt or Greece and may have been introduced to Britain by the Romans. OK, only you jocks are crazy enough to use them though.
@@PaIaeoCIive1684
So, the idea that bagpipes came from Ancient Egypt or Greece isn’t completely out of the blue. There are old records and images showing instruments that look a lot like bagpipes in these ancient cultures. The Greeks, for instance, had something called the “aulos,” which had a similar vibe.
When the Romans were expanding their empire, they picked up all sorts of things from different cultures, including these early bagpipe-like instruments. Roman soldiers used them in their camps, which helped spread the instrument around Europe.
But the bagpipes we think of today, especially the ones from Scotland, are a bit of a different story. The Great Highland Bagpipe, which is the one most people picture, really took off in Scotland from the 16th century onwards. The Scots made this instrument their own, using it in everything from military parades to traditional celebrations, as mostly explained in the video.
So, while bagpipes have ancient roots and were spread by the Romans, the Scots definitely put their unique stamp on them.
Hoots mon....off to tend to the local herd of Haggis roaming free here in the wilds of the wirral peninsula....😅😅😅😅
@@GunnerHeatFire Aye, I was just joking with you friendly Caledonian neighbours. A kilted piper making an abominable noise is a Scottish cliche. If I'd said that to a Scotsman on a Friday night I'd be risking a Glasgow Kiss though.
My great, great grandfather was a piper and was killed in WW1 plying the pipes.
Honorable mention: The song "March of Cambreadth" by Heather Alexander. Possibly the greatest modern battle song, and frequently referenced/used in many science fiction series, especially by writers John Ringo and S. M. Stirling.
“My spear and I hail from Victoria!”
-Fionna “Bagpipe” Young, Arknights
00:25. Has wellington nothing else to offer me than these Amazons?
Immediately popped up in my head.
When i was in preschool my teacher she played I'm dreaming of home on the bagpipes it brings back memories for me
*standing in trench waiting for enemy, hears the sound of bagpipes from a distance coming towards our position*
Me: *chuckles* "I'm in danger."
IT'S TIME TO PAY THE PIPER!
HERE'S YOUR 👍,
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"My Bunny Lies over the Sea"...classic Bugs, Thx Mel!
Hearing bagpipes in person is an experience. The amount of bass & treble they put out is remarkable
This video is scotsman approved
Scottish bagpipes and Highlander regiments in kilts. As the Germans once called them, "the Ladies from Hell!". Great video !
I grew up in Chicago, loved bagpipes since I was a kid. Cop and firefighter parades often had pipers, and all their funerals did.
Johnny, the 007 ending was perfect!
thanks for another great video, Johnny. For bagpipes in the movies, it's tough to beat the entrance of the Canadians scene from 1968's The Devil's Brigade
Holycrap I actually had that lined up and totally forgot while editing 😅
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Haha! I was watching for it!
Devil's Brigade....very under rated film....and book( s)
The truth was better than the movie....
@@marklittle8805 It usually is :)
What other instrument can equal our bagpipe in the rallying of a clan, in incitement to battle or, in days of peace, lifting tired men’s feet along the last few miles to camp?
- General Frank M Richardson
Bagpipes are forever my favorite instrument, and they are the best one, too.
I remember seeing people create an audio reconstruction of what a solider in a front line trench in WW1 would have heard during the beginning of an assault. Not just a random approximation, but an actual scientific reconstruction taking things like distance, the actual weapons used and trenches into account (it wasn't just one reconstruction it was a whole set of them). Cacophony is the only appropriate word to describe the result. Then they added a bagpipe player into it and unless they added it within several feet of the "listener", it was impossible to make out over the noise of battle.
I have no doubt that seeing a piper marching into enemy fire would be an inspiring sight, but it is unlikely that many would have actually heard the pipes themselves. (note that I am only talking about a large assault during WW1, not some little skirmish, probe or other war.)
love your vids, Johnny! One of the few accounts I have on notifs for a new one. Never fails to brighten my day. Thanks so much sir! o7
well thank YOU for leaving some kind feedback!
For a long time, I lived across the street from a college with a strong performing arts program. Sometimes I would hear bagpipes coming from the parking lot of the auditorium on weekends or early evenings, when it was empty. This went on for a couple of years, and then I guess the mystery piper graduated. I miss it so much.😞
"Wha wadna fecht for Charlie, Charlie?
Wha wadna draw the sword, the sword?
Wha wadna up an' rally, rally
At the royal Prince's word?"
Bretons also went to battle with bagpipes being played, with our own Breton version of the bagpipe, the Binioù kozh
Back in July I was at a funeral for a pastor friend of mine. It was the first time I heard bagpipes played at the grave site.
"Red is the perfect one
Black is the brooding bad boy
And yellow, well, she's the girl
Then what are you?"
I'M SCOTTISH!
*BAGPIPES INTENSIFIES*
On my infantry course we were in the swamp and creek on the base for a couple weeks and our final was an attack on a fixed position with a piper playing, only about 10% of the platoon were from a highland regiment
right now there is this beautiful young woman you should listen to... piper ally... not only does she do the traditiponal thing but she rocks out.. takes todays songs and jams them
Yep! And she's easy on the eyes too!
“Why didn’t you shoot at the piper?”
“We thought he was a lunatic.”
For use in war, this venerable instrument got bagged and became a pipe dream.
Joyeux Noël is one of my favourite films
The bagpipe scene from war horse is so freaking awesome.
I'm glad you admit the puns worthiness. Especially, considering a man of your pun experience.
Was listening to the House Atreides bagpipes when I saw the notification
Yes, that was stirring to hear and see. Pleased that House Atreides in the marvellous recent Dune films kept the pug from the Lynch film also.
I would always imagine house atreides soldiers charging on the battlefield with their bagpipes playing
Reminds me of the spoof comic 'Rifle Brigade' where a gang of stereotypes is depicted fighting in WW2. 'The Piper' played tunes that would cause enemies to claw off their own ears, bash their heads into solid walls in a vain attempt to fall unconscious, or - in the extreme - have their heads explode.
I live in a Canadian small city that was founded by Scots. There is a bagpipe band that practices outdoors near my home in the Spring and Summer so I hear a fair bit of bagpipe. I have a work friend who plays. I joke with him that bagpipes are not made for people to listen to and enjoy they were meant to make people afraid and to run away. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Q. Why do pipers march while playing?
A1. They're trying to get away from the racket.
A2. Moving targets are harder to hit.
Hey Johnny I was in the Canadian Scottish regt back in the day and the pipes and drums used to give me a woody. lol
The first song played by Bill Millin on D-Day was the Scottish traditional song 'Hielan Laddie'
"What's the difference between a bagpipe and an onion? You cry when you slice up an onion." - My late high school biology teacher and bagpipe player
Love your channel Johny. It gives me amazing movie recommendations! One request. Can you always include the year next to the film name in top left corner. Sometimes movies have the same name and made in different years (The Buccaneer) or made in other countries with the same name. Much appreciated!
Thanks man. In the meantime I try to always put the year and full title of any movies used in the video description. 🙏
Once again Johnny… love the puns at the end!😜
Set phasers to pun?....😅😅😅😅
@@eamonnclabby7067
Outstanding rely!!!
Everybody gangsta until Fat Bastard shows up playin bagpipes and steals your mojo
The first time I went to some Scottish Games (Santa Rosa, Califfornia) I was worried I wouldn't be able to find the pipers. Spent half the day following bands and solo pipers around.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005
Have you ever been to the Games in Pleasanton?
THEY ARE GREAT!
@@KevinSmith-yh6tl I used to, for a long time, but apparently the powers that be were leaning on them to not show icky firearms, and a lot of WW I/II and other military reenactors stopped showing up, then the Roman and Celt reenactors stopped showing up, friends moved away, and I haven't been there in 10-15 years. They are a long drive away.
@grizwoldphantasia5005
Yep, haven't been in a long time.
I'm relying on my old memories.
I'm not gonna lie: When the piper came off the Atredies ship in Dune, it brought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye.
Thousands, TENS of thousands of years in humanity's future, yet the Atridies still played the pipes before their warriors....Dune is just so STRANGE most of the time that I instantly connected with this little bit of a scene that reached all the way back to the past. God bless Monsieur Villeneuve!
Great video as always Johnny, but you really missed out by not mentioning John Churchill (aka "Mad Jack") of the No.2 Commando.
I think we should ask ourselves at this point what did Braveheart get right historically?
How do you find these obscure bits of film? As always, your video is simply marvelous. Thank you.
This episode really blew me away!
Brazilian Marines and Ghurkhas have long had bagpipes in their bands, courtesy of the Brits.
Hungary, Croatia, and, I think Poland, have had bagpipes, back to early Medieval history, their own form of bagpipes.
I kept waiting for for Scottie to play at Spock's funeral and I wasn't disappointed.
Fun fact for any bf1 fans out there in operations game mode sometimes you can hear bagpipes during a attacker advance
Thank you for mentioning the Irsh Pipes, no oen ever does.
Lord Byron was reputedly impressed by the Greek tsampouna, a double cantered bagpipe without a drone, and felt that this demonstrated an historic connection between Scotland and Greece. Highlanders and klephts, both mountaineer insurgents playing warlike bagpipes- not a coincidence. Or maybe he was just being romantic.
Music in battle makes everything better perfect examples like in Longest day and in the cool tank attack on that train station in Kelly's Heroes.
That scene of the Battle of New Orleans in the Buccaneer seemed to have more pipers and drummers than armed men in the British ranks. No wonder they lost.
The British learned the agony of Lafitte.
No they lost because they didn't play to their strengths and met the enemy on the ground of their choosing. Having a pipe band or not was not the reason
@@marklittle8805 I wasn't being serious -- should've put a smiley face emoji, maybe? It was a comment on the clip of film where there appeared to be too many musicians. I doubt if the film was accurate as I'm pretty sure Charlton Heston wasn't at the battle.
@@PaIaeoCIive1684 no problem. But I have talked to more than a few Americans about the old question "Who won the war of 1812?" And then get told about the Battle of New Orleans. It was screwed up and after the Treaty of Ghent in any event. But glad you understand that it is more complicated than we Commonwealth nations and our fondness for the pipers
AFAIK, we got evidence that even ancient Romans knew bagpipes!
They used to be very widespread in medieval Europe, along with hurdy-gurdy and other classical medieval instruments. However, later they were mostly replaced by squeezeboxes until they fell out of favour as well. Only few places kept the tradition of bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, and squeezebox alive and most are just known for one of the instruments...
As fun fact: all these instruments are popular among medieval folk, rock, and metal. One of the pioneers were the German band In Extremo, who struggled finding a balance as the bagpipes were the loudest of all instruments, which meant that all their other instruments were custom made to keep up!
The skirling of the pipes has never stirred some latent patriotism in me, they've always sounded like mourning to me at least when played in context of war and remembrance.
They sound beautiful to me because they're sad, and help me to contemplate the losses of war.
A bit out of context: As far as i know, Generalmusikdirektor Gottfried Piefke , supreme commander of prussian army bands, composer of Preußens Gloria and other marches, had this job between ca. 1860 and 1880. In 1864 he supported prussian assault on Düppeler Schanzen/ Dybbøl Skanser by massing three army bands and ordering to play selfcomposed Düppeler Sturmmarsch.
as a Canadian. i will always love hearing Scotland the brave on bagpipes.
Loved the "Kilty as Charged" I must remember that the next time I wear my kilt instead of a black tie penguin suit. Keep up the awful puns and excellent content
Gunn Clan here- bagpipes would certainly be a morale booster in battle
I’m not sure Mel Gibson worries about historical accuracy 😢
Bravefart's regularly considered to be the least historically accurate film of modern times. Mel's The Patriot is almost as bad.
True....😊😊😊
Jason Issac...brilliant actor and scouser....
@@PaIaeoCIive1684 To be fair the Patriot deliberately changed the lead character because his historical counterpart was a slave owner, and they were right that American audiences were too dumb to know green dragoons were on the British side. So much was admittedly change that it falls into the category of historical fiction.
To hear some actual audio of pipes being played in a combat zone, here is an example recorded at the Netherlands in 1944 th-cam.com/video/TxA6pmXBtXg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=S4CAgFrayZQOl1Lu&t=1448
4:30 What is the rifle is Richard Todd carrying?
That's not Richard Todd. It's meant to be Lord Lovat at D-Day. According to his biography, he carried a short US M1Carbine at D-Day -- not the bolt-action rifle here. Earlier in the war at Dieppe he carried an 1893 Steyr-Mannlicher rifle but that looks nothing like the one at 4:30. Might have to ask the film's armourer what it is.
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"looks like he tuck a cat under his arm, sucks and bites on the tip of the cats tail... and sounds like that too"
approximate translation of a segment out of one of the battle-tech novels about someone playing a bag-pipe (haven't the book at hand and my copy was in german)
Anyone getting war flashbacks backs when the trailer Halo ODST starts off with bagpipes at a military funeral
The sound track for that ad was epic.
wait wait wait. braveheart got something wrong?
It’s such an iconic sound that it wouldn’t be weird hearing in modern warfare today as a rallying cry. No matter who you are are background
I think the Scottish often forget that no one outside of Scotland can stand the ear piercing screech of the bagpipes, and others have a unnatural reflex to silence them.
I took my pipes to Afghanistan in 2010. I had the unfortunate honour of piping at a ramp ceremony for a fellow Canadian. I can't say as I care much for Amazing Grace any longer.
Nice seeing Samurai Jack, Villeneuve's Dune, and that Looney Tunes tale here, but I was expecting maybe one of those Disney's Aladdin DTV movies... could have sworn the genie played one in the third film or something.
Ah, good, Braveheart historical inaccuracies inciting hype backlash.
Addendum: Saying, wasn't there a Halo short film prequel to one of their games that had bagpipes? May be misremembering lots, but I think it's the ODST tie-in "The Life".
Samurai Jack had the most beautiful Bagpipe playing imo.
Good stuff Johnny.
I can’t bag your pipe puns.
There’s also the northern pipes. These are not blow but squeezed.
Excellent...totally biased Gael here....the SAS had a piper on a raid in Northern Italy.. towards the end of WW2....and of course good old Bill Millin RIP...at D day....thanks Johnny....slainte...!!!! 😊😊😊....E
I was waiting...and waiting...and waiting...for that James Bond clip to appear!!!
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