114. They Kilt It

114. "Run Runaway" by Slade

Guitar bagpipes!



Did I mention the guitar bagpipes?

GUITAR BAGPIPES!

'Nuff said!






















Well, there is a little more to be said about the video above. If you like guitar bagpipes AND speed metal AND Benny Hill, click the gear icon for the video settings and ramp up the speed to "2." Guitar bagpipes at twice the speed are twice the fun!

You're welcome.

But other than that, nothing else needs to be said!



























...except maybe this disclaimer--just because a rock song has bagpipes in it, that doesn't mean I'll like it. Paul McCartney's "Mull of Kintyre" bagpipe song was a huge top-selling song in England, but I don't like it enough to even put the video here. However, I would be derelict in my doody if I didn't alert you to the following video of that song.



But other than that additional tidbit of bagpipery, there is nothing else to say about bagpipes in rock songs. Truly, enough has been said at this point!







































...other than this one little last thing about rock bagpipes that is ELO-related. I used to think that Jeff Lynne's disagreements with other members of ELO maybe could have been avoided if he'd just been willing to engage in a little give-and-take when it came to musical artistic decisions. But after seeing the following video, I no longer think that. See, when bagpipes are featured in a rock song, they're supposed to be the most odd thing in the band. When bagpipes are the least odd thing, well...somebody has lost their freakin' mind!



What else can be said about rock bagpipes after that? Nothing else! 'Nuff said for sure!













































...apart from the following observation. When you're looking for rock songs with bagpipes in them, you run across some very sensational but disturbing bagpiperless performances on German TV that really make you ask yourself questions that you never thought you'd ever ask, such as "Did I just see Charlie Manson's evil twin sing Giddy-up a Ding Dong?"




The answer is yes. Yes, you did just see Charlie Manson's evil twin sing Giddy-up a Ding Dong. And you will never unsee it. Ever. Still, we have to wonder--would the addition of bagpipes have made it any better? No. Absolutely NOT!








































...unless Glen Campbell was playing them and/or singing in a duck voice.



'NUFF SAID!































































Yep. That's it. There's nothing else to see here. Please go about your business, sir.