Manchmal muss man, um zu siegen, alle Wälle überrennen

[venta]

I am in a sorry state.

I am listening to a German goth band.
A German "Celtic" goth band.
Who sing in German.
With random bits of plainchant thrown in.
And bagpipes.

And I'm enjoying it.

I'm a fully paid up member of the Society for the Destruction of Highland Pipes (Or At Least Their Relegation to a Distant Place). People playing Scotland the Brave at 22bpm make me really quite homicidal.

I like Nothumbrian and Uillean pipes, but that's because they're not so bloody raucous. Or loud. Or inclined to spew forth Flower of Scotland or Amazing Grace. The trouble is, of course, that on an album with the sound mixed properly, I can't tell what I'm hearing on Subway to Sally. I'm missing the liner notes from the album, and the website just says "bagpipes".

Which is a bit off, really, since it's a .de site, writen in German. And there was me being all smug about knowing the German for bagpipes (Dudelsack), and looking for it, and it just says "bagpipes". Bah.

Dudelsack is a much better word, anyway. We should use it. As failmaster pointed out earlier: 'bagpipes' sounds far too innocuous. It's like calling weapons-grade anthrax 'lungwimple'.

And anyway. Bagpipes. I ask you.

snow_leopard, you have a lot to answer for.

Comments

[davefish.livejournal.com]

But bagpipes are great. I like them anyhow, even before I had heard of Subway to Sally, or Tanzwut.

They're even better live, so you should make sure you come over to Leipzig next year :)

[zotz]

I am very very very dubious about bagpipes in rock. Patti Smith got away with it, though, so it can be done.

[davefish.livejournal.com]

The first time I was exposed to it was during a festival, where I got a full day of it. I'm not sure if I was more bemused or entertained, but it's worth a certain amount of listening to.

Anyhow, a lot of rock involves making a Godawful loud noise. Bagpipes are desinged for that puropse, what more could you want?

[venta.livejournal.com]

what more could you want?

Nice Godawful loud noise.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's not just me, then :)

By the way, my copy of 69 Love Songs has just arrived, and is fantastic. Thanks for the recommendation. The album seems to be unobtainable in the UK right now, though, I had to order it through the label.

It also refuses to play in my work CD drive without emitting hideous grinding noises - no, the irony of Magnetic Fields upsetting my computer is not lost on me.

[zotz]

Good. They have a new album out today, I think.