Does anyone know when or why they stopped the mass pipes before cup finals? Looking back at finals in the 80's on YouTube it was fantastic and really added to the occasion. Quite sad it doesn't happen anymore.
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22-06-2019 06:54 PM #1
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Scottish Cup Final Bagpipes
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22-06-2019 07:09 PM #2
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Bagpipes make my ears bleed. I cannot stand the Damn things. Truly awful "sound"
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22-06-2019 07:15 PM #3
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I remember they used to play around the pitch at Scotland games mid 90s finishing with Scotland the brave. That was great too.
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22-06-2019 07:17 PM #4
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If you're too close, it is quite loud, but I seriously doubt your ears would bleed.
I think they make for a fantastic occasion when it's a full pipe band.
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22-06-2019 07:46 PM #6
Never going to see bagpipes on the pitch again. GFA are concerned about their safety.
The prospect of every single bladder being fatally burst by exuberant Hibbies is just too much for them, there's also a real worry that the sevconian hun guards would never make it onto the pitch in time to protect them all, not to mention the certainty of them finding themselves on the wrong end of a carefully inserted drone reed
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22-06-2019 07:46 PM #7
Anyone remember Rangers Final at Parkhead, when the "pipe" band, was a tad orange based?
Used to like the pipe bands for big matches...."There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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22-06-2019 07:48 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-06-2019 07:53 PM #11
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22-06-2019 08:00 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The plan was that during their half time tour of the pitch they would stop at each end and get the fans going. They passed by the huns' end first and some hibees seeing this decided they were some pseudo orange set-up.
When they tried to stop and play in front of us they got pelters.
Had they gone clockwise instead of anti-clockwise they would have been viewed differently.
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22-06-2019 08:09 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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22-06-2019 08:22 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't know if that's why the pipe band thing stopped, but it was definitely a problem.
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22-06-2019 08:23 PM #17
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22-06-2019 08:32 PM #18
I think that was down to the SFA's matchday organisers. Maybe a cost thing?
There are still bands now and again, but not massed bands like there used to be.
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22-06-2019 08:50 PM #19
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22-06-2019 08:53 PM #20
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Did they have the pipes before our cup win in 91? Struggling to remember!
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22-06-2019 08:55 PM #21
I played in a band sponsored by Scottish Gas who, for a while, were also the main sponsors of the Scottish national team.
There was an international played at Pittodrie on a Wednesday night and Scottish Gas insisted that we play (or lose our sponsorship)
We explained that it was really complicated given that all our guys had day jobs, so the accepted that we'd just do half time.
Our coach left Edinburgh at the right time, but various traffic jams, roadworks etc. meant that we were well late.
We tuned up in the bus and arrived at the stadium on the stroke of half time, only not at the main stand where we were meant to be, but behind the opposite stand. We forced our way in past the stewards and ran down the steps through the crowd and got on to the pitch through one of the wee gates.
We played 10 minutes, jumped back on the bus and watched the final half hour in a pub in the middle of Aberdeen before heading back down the road.
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22-06-2019 08:57 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Didn't stop me loudly booing them
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22-06-2019 09:05 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Outdoors, no people or traffic..........20 dB*
Background noise in a library...........40 dB*
Ordinary speaking voice.................60 dB*
Heavy traffic...........................85 dB*
Power lawnmower up close................90 dB*
Motorcycle (rider)......................90 dB*
Chainsaw...............................100 dB*
Rock music at concert..................110 dB*
Jet plane takeoff at 100 yards.........120 dB*
Threshold of pain......................140 dB
A solo piper at a distance of 1m will generally come in between 95 and 110dB, depending on how the pipes are set up.
For the past 10-15 years any responsible tutor will encourage their pupils to use ear protection, which the majority now do.
I've been piping for 33 years and can't adapt to using ear plugs though fortunately I haven't suffered any damage.
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23-06-2019 12:10 AM #25
What Pevemore said is how I remember it that and Super Ally’s overhead kick
Anyway I digress I have never been a fan of the bag pipes but I must confess to a tear running down my cheek at the recent Normandy Remembrance Ceremony when a lone piper played “Highland Laddie” the tune played by the Regimental Piper under the command of Lord Lovat as the allies stormed Sword Beach
I am also convinced that a lone piper has played throughout the game at recent HIBS away games in EuropeLast edited by BILLYHIBS; 23-06-2019 at 12:18 AM.
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23-06-2019 01:46 AM #26
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When played correctly, they are amazing.
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23-06-2019 07:59 AM #29
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23-06-2019 08:13 AM #30
I was just thinking about this the other day.
The build up to the Scottish cup final is quite good, if a bit generic. The pipes definitely set our big games apart.
It always seemed to be "A Scottish Soldier" they would be playing. It's a song you never hear anywhere other than by a pipe band prior to a big football match.
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