Alas, I'm finding myself saying "oh, that's a nice tune" now that I have
heard it :(
I'm even thinking of searching for the dots.
Is there any hope for me?
Is there a cure?
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ormston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NSP List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:44 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral
Now I can't get Highland Cathedral out of my head! Grrr!!!!
I wonder if they've tried using it as a form of torture at Guantanamo
Bay???
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:40 +0000
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CC: [email protected]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral
>
> "And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!"
>
> Should that be Highland Cathedral ineff and a ' ,
>
>
> Tim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:40 PM
> Subject: [NSP] Music for funeral
>
>
> > My gut reaction is: play anything appropriate - there are lots of
> > options - but please, please, please don't play Amazing Grace! I
don't
> > think one should do anything that might contribute to that awful
piece
> > of slop becoming a part of the Northumberland repertoire too. It
would
> > be dreadful if it ever became a standard feature of funerals on
this
> > side of the Atlantic the way it has in the States. And in the
States
> > the problem is not just with funerals: over there, there are only
two
> > tunes associated with bagpipes (of any type), namely Amazing Grace
and
> > that other one.
> >
> >
> > There was no Amazing Grace at the Cenotaph this morning and I think
you
> > may agree that the somber ceremony of commemoration was still
pretty
> > effective.
> >
> >
> > And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!
> >
> >
> > Paul Gretton
> >
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