Selling Scotland

[Nearly Sane]

Just caught up with this. It's actually very good. I do think that  the national anthem should be switched to Caledonia.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cy28

[Steve H]

What was wrong with "Scotland the Brave", which was considered the Scottish national anthem when I were a lad, and is a jolly, catchy tune, unlike the current dreary, depressing dirge?

[Nearly Sane]

What was wrong with "Scotland the Brave", which was considered the Scottish national anthem when I were a lad, and is a jolly, catchy tune, unlike the current dreary, depressing dirge?

Because the lyrics are pish.

[Gordon]

What was wrong with "Scotland the Brave", which was considered the Scottish national anthem when I were a lad, and is a jolly, catchy tune, unlike the current dreary, depressing dirge?

It's stereotypical rubbish of the 'shortbread tin' variety and to me it smacks of the White Heather Club version of Scotland. As an anthem played/sung at sports events involving Scotland it has been supplanted by 'Flower of Scotland', which is a bit of a dirge and not much of an improvement.

[Nearly Sane]

The Frankie Miller version of Caledonia. Which as part of an advert changed my life.

https://youtu.be/4lNWDmfnUsY

[Gordon]

The Frankie Miller version of Caledonia. Which as part of an advert changed my life.

https://youtu.be/4lNWDmfnUsY

For me that is the definitive version - that he lost his voice as he did was a tragedy.

My favourite Frankie Miller recording - just sublime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1QbLgEEOA

[Anchorman]

What was wrong with "Scotland the Brave", which was considered the Scottish national anthem when I were a lad, and is a jolly, catchy tune, unlike the current dreary, depressing dirge?

 



I remember Cliff Hanley, who wrote the words to 'Scotland the Brave' (the official ones, anyway) saying that if they sung them at his funeral, he'd get out of the box and strangle them...he HATED those words with a vengeance - he wouldn't even take royalties for them.