Comments on: The Piper is down

Question: The Piper is down

jadepearl — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:58:25 -0800

songfilter: I am trying to compile a CD of pop/rock tunes that uses the bagpipes or its assorted cousins including keyboard fakery to achieve a celestial set of tones that only squeezing a bladder with a mouthpiece can provide.

Besides, "Do you think I'm sexy" from So I Married an Ax Murderer , "Long Way to the Top" by AC/DC, the Church's "Under the Milky Way" and Big Country's "In a Big Country" what other pop/rock tunes can the green board suggest for bagpipe assisted seduction?

By: ubersturm

ubersturm — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:04:21 -0800

In Extremo and Saltaltio Mortis play rock with bagpipes. [For the latter, try their album "Erwachen"; "Heptessenz" has a slightly less rockier feel.] Both of them base many of their songs off of medieval songs, but the music is definitely rock.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:12:24 -0800

Last track on Quasi's "Sword of God"—Rock And Roll Will Never Die, I think.

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:20:44 -0800

Most of Dropkick Murphy's Do Or Die album has bagpipes. Its boston irish punk though, not sure if that quite fits what you need.

By: forrest

forrest — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:25:18 -0800

On Slade's "Run Run Away", they used guitars in harmony to simulate bagpipes.

By: ubersturm

ubersturm — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:25:55 -0800

Er, Saltatio Mortis. I can type, really, I swear. If you want individual song recommendations: For In Extremo, try "Spielmannsfluch," "Santa Maria," "Vollmond," or "Palastinalied," though many of their songs would fit. I'm not as familiar with their newer stuff, but I hear it's even more rock-based. For Saltatio Mortis: "Hor die Trommeln" or perhaps "Am Scheideweg."

For Celtic stylings, Cruchan is a Celtic metal band - I remember mostly tin whistle in their stuff, but there may be some bagpipe as well. There's of course Irish-American folk-punk - the Dropkick Murphys, Floggy Molly (uileann pipes rather than normal bagpipes), etc.

By: ashbury

ashbury — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:36:26 -0800

I once saw a comedian play Van Halen's Eruption on bagpipes. It was fantastic! True story. That is all.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:36:29 -0800

Also in the same vein as Saltatio Mortis is Wolfstone. For non-bagpiped celtic excellence, I suggest Shooglenifty.

By: Sonny Jim

Sonny Jim — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:38:58 -0800

For that special, late '80s feeling, allow me to add:

Rod Stewart, "Every Beat of My Heart"
Simple Minds, "Belfast Child"

Not sure how much seductive mileage you'd get with those two, however.

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:54:49 -0800

"You're The Voice" by John Farnham

By: ubersturm

ubersturm — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:56:19 -0800

Cruachan. Maybe I was wrong about the typing. Speaking of Celtic metal, I think some Skyclad tracks have bagpipes, along with the more common fiddle and tin whistle, though I can't for the life of me remember which albums I should be looking on. I don't think that Waylander or Primordial use any bagpipes, though I could be wrong.

Cultus Ferox's stuff is mostly a little less metal/rock than In Extremo, but "Skurkanas" or "Rans Horder" might work. Schattentanz's "Ein Blatt im Wind" and Cumulo Nimbus' "Wirtshaus" would probably be OK as well. [I found these on compilation albums, so they might be harder to find.] I don't have any Subway to Sally, but I'm told they're more or less like In Extremo & Saltatio Mortis. And of course, there're Tanzwut, side-project of the very traditional Corvus Corax, who play electronic music with rock and medieval bagpipes. Try "Der Traum," "Labyrinth," "Der Wächter," etc. There's also an album of electronic remixes of Corvus Corax's traditional stuff called "In Electronica."

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:57:16 -0800

"Bigpipe Style" from Orbital's "Style" single (or "The Altogether" bonus disc).

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:05:17 -0800

ACDC on "It's a long way to the top...

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:14:17 -0800

Prydein

By: hydrophonic

hydrophonic — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:15:05 -0800

The untitled track (#10) from Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

And check out this wikipedia list.

By: evil holiday magic

evil holiday magic — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:29:35 -0800

The Beatles's "Baby You're a Rich Man" has some interesting stuff.

By: itchie

itchie — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:03:17 -0800

"Oh La La" by The Faces has bagpipes in the end. (It's on the Rushmore soundtrack.)

By: Doublewhiskeycokenoice

Doublewhiskeycokenoice — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:31:01 -0800

Anything by the Real McKenzies rocks hardcore to the max. A lot of newer Dropkick Murphys has bagpipes now that they have a full time piper. For a more raw punk rock sound with your bagpipes check out Blood or Whiskey. Cheers!

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:24:38 -0800

Running with the fact the some metafiltarians can't tell the difference between Bagpipes and Uilleann Pipes - U2's Tomorrow, from the album October has always been a favourite of mine.

And given too that you don't mind fakery - it'd be worth listening to the works of Big Country from the 80s, which (almost) patented a creditable Bagpipe-esque sound which the wrung from their guitars.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:25:22 -0800

See, and if I read the question already, I'd know you knew about Big Country! ;-)

By: baker dave

baker dave — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:54:43 -0800

try wings mull of kintyre

By: Chunder

Chunder — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 01:30:09 -0800

I wouldn't say that it's particularly suited for "bagpipe assisted seduction", but some of Korn's stuff has bagpipes in (Shoots 'n' Ladders, from their selftitled album; possibly others)... it all depends on the kind of stuff your... um... target likes! :)

By: featherboa

featherboa — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:56:46 -0800

Er, on the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire soundtrack, there are three songs attributed to Weird Sisters (a fictional band, played in the film by Jarvis Cocker and Jonny Greenwood among others), one of them, 'Dance Like a Hippogriff', has a bagpipe solo. It's not hugely seductive, though.

By: lannanh

lannanh — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:54:01 -0800

omg, i can't believe i'm going to associate this with my name considering it's probably not even correct, but does celine dion's "my heart will go on" count?

By: DelusionsofGrandeur

DelusionsofGrandeur — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:07:12 -0800

Joan of Arc by Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark

By: chocolatepeanutbuttercup

chocolatepeanutbuttercup — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:53:35 -0800

Peter Gabriel: Biko.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:05:02 -0800

I have this album and was particularly thinking of the samba reggae and bagpipe cocktail called "Glenmalambo" by Scots-Brazilian fusion band Macumba.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:13:19 -0800

Queen, "Gimme the Prize," from the Kind of Magic album and Highlander soundtrack, has a Brian May solo that opens with a bit meant to sound like bagpipery.

By: jadepearl

jadepearl — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:10:20 -0800

Keep the songs a coming, I am a reviewing and compiling as I type. I do agree that some songs are not "pop" enough or not standard seduction but who said I was into standard seduction?

Thanks to all the contributions so far.

By: synecdoche

synecdoche — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:43:35 -0800

See albums by Arab Strap (I know there are songs on Monday at the Hug and Pint that do, and possibly some on the new album, The Last Romance).

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:51:03 -0800

"Nothing's Alrite in our Life" from "East Hastings" from "f#a#∞" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Phew.

By: hilker

hilker — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:22:42 -0800

"America No More" by The KLF.

By: vers

vers — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:24:34 -0800

Kate Bush, Night of the Swallow

By: QIbHom

QIbHom — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:40:23 -0800

They may not quite be pop enough, but you might want to give a listen to the Tartan Terrors. There are sample mp3s on their website.

Watching their dancers throw in traces of "YMCA", the Macarena and the Hustle into traditional Celtic step dancing...really, do see them live sometime!