# Bagpipe "national anthem" at the beginning of Meatballs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375 "2023-10-31T15:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/1 "2023-10-31T15:48:18Z")
The scene cued to the song [is here](https://youtu.be/yPEfxNbvcjo?si=e7XdbvuMNG75RjEA&t=80). So what bagpipe song is that that Tripper plays as the national anthem? I’ve seen one reference as _Louden’s Bonnie Woods and Braes_ but I’ve listened to a few different versions on Youtube and that is not the right song. Can anyone identify it? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/2 "2023-10-31T16:14:33Z")
I think that’s Loudon’s Banks and Braes, the opening part. This link has a clip to it being used in _Waterloo_\*, which sounds to me the same as the Meatballs clip. > **[Louden's Bonnie Woods and Braes - Bagpipe News](https://bagpipe.news/2020/01/24/loudens-bonnie-woods-and-braes/)** > > By James E. Scott This strathspey takes its name from a song written by Robert Tannahill, the Paisley poet, who was born in 1774 and died in 1810. He wrote some fine songs, and it is a pity that we do not hear them sung today. He did not compose \[…\] ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/3 "2023-10-31T16:47:32Z")
_Meatballs?_ How old is everyone here? Holy cow. _Meatballs,_ seriously? Threads like this are why I love this place. Surely nobody under 40 remembers this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/4 "2023-10-31T18:29:33Z")
I think I see it now. I think what was throwing me was the _Meatballs_ version starts out a little slower, almost like a few warm up notes then the song. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/5 "2023-10-31T18:42:59Z")
That’s the “strike in” - you inflate the bag, and then squeeze hard and play a few notes to get the pressure right, then on to the tune (or “chune” as my piping instructor used to say). ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/6 "2023-10-31T18:45:41Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Surely nobody under 40 remembers this movie. A Canadian classic! I like this bit from the Wikipedia article: > [Harold Ramis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ramis) said that Reitman did not know for certain whether Murray would be in the film until he showed up for the third day of filming.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatballs_(film)#cite_note-GQ-3) ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/7 "2023-10-31T18:46:25Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > _Meatballs?_ How old is everyone here? Holy cow. _Meatballs,_ seriously? Threads like this are why I love this place. Surely nobody under 40 remembers this movie. I remember being 40… I actually know a bunch of kids that were in the movie as extras, it was shot at one of the jew-ish Toronto based camps. [Camp White Pine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_White_Pine) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/8 "2023-11-01T00:04:55Z")
It was only Jew-_ish?_ ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipe-national-anthem-at-the-beginning-of-meatballs/992375/9 "2023-11-01T00:21:16Z")
Yep, there are essentially two categories of Jewish camps - religious and non-religious. The religious camps have exciting activities like Torah study and Hebrew lessons that take up half the day and then more typical camp activities. The non-religious camps (like the one my wife and I attended) were 95% Jewish kids but were not kosher and the religious aspects were limited at most to a blessing before meals and lighting Shabbat candles on Friday nights.