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

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Don't blame me blame mrph he bought me the album!!!

[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 :)

Tonight

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

See your earlier post for directions - any idea when you might turn up?

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Could be worse. Could be
A German "Celtic" goth band.
Who sing in Gaelic

Now, that would be rough...

[uitlander]

I suppose I should have mentioned that my MP3 server at work had a selection of northumbrian pipe music.... and there's also a half built set in my garage. Shall I burn you a CD?

Oi!

[inskauldrak.livejournal.com]

dinnae 'dis' the pipes lassie!*

In terms of conduit, I'll be in oxford around this time next week (though it'll another week before I see Catt** again) if that's any help.

*insert wild-eyed shaggy bearded scotsman with accompanying accent here.

[dmh.livejournal.com]

Whatever happens, don't listen to the In Extremo cover of "This Corrosion". I did, and I regretted it. :o.