# Rock Songs With Bagpipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459 "2008-07-23T05:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/41 "2008-07-24T06:37:28Z")
One of my favorites is the version of _I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry_ by **Me First & The Gimme Gimmes**. A Hank Williams song performed by a punk band accompanied by a bagpipe. It doesn’t get much better than that 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/42 "2008-07-24T06:56:58Z")
Not exactly a “rock song”, but how about Michael W. Smith’s _This Was Her Time_ (written originally for Cassie Bernall, one of the Columbine High School victims. According to court transcripts, one of the shooters asked Cassie, “Do you believe in God?” Cassie answered, “Yes.” They killed her.) The bagpipe begins about halfway through the song & comes in strong at the end. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=blQrlj1cJSU](http://youtube.com/watch?v=blQrlj1cJSU) Great song. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![CrowJane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@CrowJane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrowJane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/43 "2008-07-24T12:05:12Z")
If anyone here likes Japrock, there’s a fantastic track by **Ghost** called ‘Caledonia’, which has got loads of bagpipes on it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/44 "2008-07-24T17:16:48Z")
In addition to the nice list posted by **Invisible Wombat** (I especially second the Enter The Haggis recommendation), some of the songs from Seven Nations and The Elders are good choices, although earlier SN stuff might be a bit more traditional than rock. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/45 "2008-07-24T19:46:04Z")
Tattoo by Mike Oldfield, on Tubular Bells II. EgyptLand (or We’re all Working for the Pharaoh) by Richard Thompson on Amnesia. [And here’s a list](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070926193850AAUIDpg) I found while checking that bagpipes really were used on those songs. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/46 "2008-07-24T22:44:38Z")
I was going to say, the Subway to Sally remix of The Crüxshadows’ “Winterborn” has lots of tasty pipes. I’d also recommend the first track on The Dropkick Murphys’ first album, Do or Die. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/47 "2008-07-25T00:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=Kolga] In addition to the nice list posted by **Invisible Wombat** (I especially second the Enter The Haggis recommendation)… [/QUOTE] This isn’t germane to the discussion, but I can’t resist pointing out that Enter the Haggis is not only a really talented group, but they’re really nice people. I introduced them at a concert last year and had dinner with them before the show. My only complaint was that they didn’t wear kilts when they performed. 😉 NOTE TO THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BAND: Do _NOT_ base your opinion of Enter the Haggis on one song! They cover and blend over a dozen genres and they’re impossible to classify, so experience a bunch of their work before deciding whether you like them. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/48 "2008-07-25T01:08:45Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] And how does posting a tired, lame and insulting joke help to answer the OP’s interesting question? If you’ve got nothing of any value to contribute, why don’t you just stay out of the thread? [/QUOTE] Sorry to offend. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/49 "2008-07-25T02:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] My only complaint was that they didn’t wear kilts when they performed. 😉 [/QUOTE] When i saw them, they were performing at the Scottish pavilion at the local multicultural fest, and they were kilted, with t-shirts and boots. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/50 "2008-07-25T05:40:59Z")
How about _Copperhead Road_? There are bagpipes in that wicked-ass tune, aren’t there? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/51 "2008-07-25T05:57:50Z")
Wow. I was going to chime in with both the Big Country and Church song, only to learn that not only are neither bagpipes, but both are e-bowed guitars. I had absolutely no idea! edit: Actually, now that I listen to it again, Big Country is pretty obviously not bagpipe, but that little bit in “Under the Milky Way” still sounds pretty damn close to bagpipes to me. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/52 "2008-07-25T09:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] Wow. I was going to chime in with both the Big Country and Church song, only to learn that not only are neither bagpipes, but both are e-bowed guitars. I had absolutely no idea! that little bit in “Under the Milky Way” still sounds pretty damn close to bagpipes to me. [/QUOTE] Sorry! It really isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/53 "2008-07-25T12:41:05Z")
At least one of the songs on _Tales of the Great Rum Runners_ by **Robert Hunter** has him playing pipes on it (not certain it’s bagpipes, though) - I think it’s _Children’s Lament_, but I could be wrong - it’s been a while since I’ve played the album… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/54 "2008-07-25T13:00:28Z")
[QUOTE=NineToTheSky] Sorry! It really isn’t. [/QUOTE] Oh, I’m not expressing doubt. I’m just amazed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/55 "2008-07-25T15:50:17Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] Huh, that’s neat. One other thing I discovered on Youtube: the video for “Big Country” did not feature a bagpiper. **I could have sworn there was a scene where a little kid is in a room and suddenly a bagpiper wearing a bearskin hat bursts in, in a cloud of smoke**. [/QUOTE] That was from their video for [Fields of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrIEPC0Eqw). Still no actual bagpipe in the song, though. (And by the way, it vaguely bugs me when people call Big Country a one-hit wonder in the US market. “Fields of Fire” also made the charts here.) ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/56 "2008-07-26T21:50:25Z")
“March Or Die” by Motorhead. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/57 "2008-07-27T00:02:43Z")
Does Paul Simon’s **The Boxer** have bagpipes? ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/58 "2008-07-28T15:19:27Z")
It isn’t exactly rock music, but [Rare Air](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km8pFVC9ImM) has some neat stuff. RR ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/59 "2008-07-28T15:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Does Paul Simon’s **The Boxer** have bagpipes? [/QUOTE] I’ve listened closely, and I don’t think so. There’s no bagpipe player listed in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459/60 "2008-07-28T16:42:55Z")
I think Pink Floyd’s “Chapter 24” from _Piper at the Gates of Dawn_ has bagpipes, but when I advanced-google “bagpipes” + “pink floyd” + “chapter 24” I get a zillion hits not one of which seems to contain the word “bagpipes” (go figure). So no confirmation. Could by synthy stuff that just sounds like bagpipes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-bagpipes/457459.md?page=4)