Titanic in 3D
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Titanic in 3D
OK, someone had to bring it up....It might as well be me.
So what do you think - Is Titanic good or bad for piping in general?
One other thought (something that's always bothered me) is how can Gaelic Storm claims to be the band from Titanic, but they have no piper in their group. The steerage scene is clearly all about the piper, isn't it? Maybe just my bias, but I know I was disappointed when I went to hear Gaelic Storm and found out there was no piper in the group.
So what do you think - Is Titanic good or bad for piping in general?
One other thought (something that's always bothered me) is how can Gaelic Storm claims to be the band from Titanic, but they have no piper in their group. The steerage scene is clearly all about the piper, isn't it? Maybe just my bias, but I know I was disappointed when I went to hear Gaelic Storm and found out there was no piper in the group.
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Re: Titanic in 3D
Waterford piper Brian Walsh used to be in the band and, if I remember correctly, was it's founder and driving force. After the movie came out they split up. I think it's good for piping in a very general sort of way in that it informs the general public that they exist. As we all know the VAST majority of humans have no idea what uilleann pipes are. It's our job to help get the word out
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Re: Titanic in 3D
At a gig the other day I had my first-ever request for "the theme from Titanic". When I failed to deliver that one I was asked for "the theme from Braveheart".
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Re: Titanic in 3D
A couple reasons:Mr.Gumby wrote:Why?
It was a cultural phenomenon in 1997, and is, I believe, Sony Music's biggest selling album.
In the early 2000's many claimed that the movie was, at least partly, the reason for starting to play the pipes (Although I have to guess if that was the reason for starting, they probably are not still playing.)
So another wave of pipers coming, do you think? LOL
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Re: Titanic in 3D
I think it wiz more of a phenomenom in 1912 As for the film ...moronic
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Re: Titanic in 3D
Jarlath.I wrote: So another wave of pipers coming, do you think? LOL
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Re: Titanic in 3D
That might have more to do with Celine Dion than uilleann pipes.Jarlath.I wrote:... and is, I believe, Sony Music's biggest selling album...
I think that the movie was merely one of many elements that contributed to an increase in the popularity of pipes. Riverdance was another. Probably the most important was the Celtic Tiger which allowed the Irish government (and citizens) to invest more in the traditional arts and the cultural identity.
But none of them would have meant much if the strong foundations of piping had not already been laid by several generations of passionate pipers and pipemakers. This is what will sustain piping in the long term.
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Re: Titanic in 3D
and, fwiw, GS does have a GHB/UP/whitle player. At least for their last 5 albums it's been Pete Purvis. Canadian, I think.
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Re: Titanic in 3D
I think it's really Titanic 4D. The movie has become unstuck in the space-time continuum, and will continue to materialize in the present from time to time, like the Tardis.
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Re: Titanic in 3D
First ever? After all this time? Man. You must have been playing for abstemious folk in classier haunts than I.tommykleen wrote:At a gig the other day I had my first-ever request for "the theme from Titanic". When I failed to deliver that one I was asked for "the theme from Braveheart".
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rorybbellows wrote:Heres the best version of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuSdU8tbcHY
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Re: Titanic in 3D
Patrick D'Arcy wrote:Waterford piper Brian Walsh used to be in the band and, if I remember correctly, was it's founder and driving force. After the movie came out they split up. I think it's good for piping in a very general sort of way in that it informs the general public that they exist. As we all know the VAST majority of humans have no idea what uilleann pipes are. It's our job to help get the word out
Patrick
Thanks for the info. Maybe I need to take another listen.WannabePiper wrote:and, fwiw, GS does have a GHB/UP/whitle player. At least for their last 5 albums it's been Pete Purvis. Canadian, I think.
This one even made my teenagers laugh!rorybbellows wrote:Heres the best version of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuSdU8tbcHY
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