Comments on: Star Wars Theme Played on Bagpipes

By: yeah

yeah — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:16:59 +0000

0 comments on the exquisite buddhist paintings, 18 comments on bag pipe playing schmoe with darth vader helmet.

and i think to myself, what a wonderful world.

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:22:45 +0000

lol @ Chris

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:36:21 +0000

Any old rockers out there know pagpipes are great correctly infused into rock. April Wine - Harder and Faster album has a great example of it.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:55:23 +0000

You gotta have MORE BAGPIPE!

LoL dkvideo0

By: Jon C

Jon C — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:16:54 +0000

I think I'm in the second category.

By: dkvideo0

dkvideo0 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:27:07 +0000

Do you know the difference between and onion and a bagpipe?

No one cries when you cut up a bagpipe.

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:53:05 +0000

Get a Synthesizer, it is after all the 21st century.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:49:03 +0000

My alma mater had a pipe and drum corps, and so I became quite fond of hearing the sound of the pipes calling - from glen to glen and across the parking lots...

I will note, however, that the sound of poorly played and/or out-of-tune bagpipes makes me want to find the culprit and shove the chanter down his/her throat.

By: brian t

brian t — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:26:16 +0000

Finally, a topic I can comment on with some authority! I learned the pipes in the early 90s, courtesy of a former Black Watch Pipe Major. I gave it up after I left the band, because I found the Pipes incredibly limiting: only one volume setting (bloody loud), either "on" or "off" (no silence between notes). Only 9 notes (just over 1 octave) in a major scale, and they can not be tuned except to themselves. When we played with an orchestra, the whole orchestra had to retune to match the Pipes!

By: kid icarus

kid icarus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:25:02 +0000

at pat j. you don't keep the drones inflated. you keep the bag inflated. i'm all for the pipes, as i play them (grade 2 solo piper).

By: Pat J

Pat J — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:22:46 +0000

Courageous Grace: My sister tried to learn the bagpipes. She got pretty good on the chanter, but had dizzy spells and maybe even a couple blackouts trying to keep the drone inflated.

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:22:33 +0000

the Darth Vader mask is a nice touch. i'm all for bagpipes.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:20:31 +0000

I first heard the Star Wars theme on bagpipes about 10 years ago. A guy on campus played the pipes and one day he took requests. Someone suggest Star Wars and he did it. We imagined John Williams going over the sheet music for this wondering how he should play it. Full orchestra? Maybe experiment with something electronic? However, you know that somewhere in the back of his mind was a little Scot jumping up and down screaming "PLAY IT ON THE PIPES!! THE PIPES MAN!!"

By: Courageous Grace

Courageous Grace — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:16:47 +0000

lol, I absolutely love bagpipes (I've let my husband and family know I want "Amazing Grace" played by bagpipes at my funeral). Now I have a question for you, have you ever tried to PLAY them? As a classically trained vocalist, I have learned over the years how to manage my breath and have pretty good lung capacity, yet the one time I tried out a friend's pipes (only using the chanter, not the bag or drones) I was amazed at the sheer amount of air that had to be pushed into it to vibrate the reed.

Very difficult to play.

By: xayzer

xayzer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:16:46 +0000

These pipes sound like whiny children. That would have sounded so much better with bulgarian bagpipes (gaida). Just listen to this, it's so outer-worldly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWLMZnhUvUo&feature=related
(note: lower the volume a bit)

By: Pat J

Pat J — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:11:56 +0000

Bagpipes are fine if played by someone who really knows what they're doing, and is at least one city block away from my ear.

People who are just learning to play the bagpipes should probably do it on the surface of the Moon. The far side of the Moon, ideally.

That said, I stumbled across this rendition of the Star Wars theme quite some time ago, and my immediate response was, "This -- the propagation of this video to the world at large -- is what the Internet was created for."

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:54:30 +0000

Hey, nothin wrong with bagpipes. I feel for folks who play unusual instruments. I play the didjeridoo.

By: Doctor Slack

Doctor Slack — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:20:38 +0000

The worst things in the world are war, poverty, bagpipes, mimes, Star Wars nerdery and David Hasselhoff, not necessarily in that order.

By: Mr Pudifoot

Mr Pudifoot — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:45:36 +0000

If it wasn't for those blasted Democrats, it would be legal to kill bagpipers. And mimes.