The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3512   Message #17940
Posted By: Frank in the swamps
19-Dec-97 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: a culture of saccharine
Subject: RE: a culture of saccharine
There is an "Irish pub" near here that was supposed to have a celtic band one night. The group consisted of two fellas from the gulf coast (Florida) in kilts playing guitar and bass, a canadian in blue jeans playing bagpipes. It was folkish rock & roll. the funniest part was their learned ignorance, the piper introduced a tune as "a rebel song from Scotlands last war of independence" and proceeded to play "Ye Jacobites by Name". It was clear he had no clue that the wars of independence were settled four hundred years before the Jacobite rebellion. It was puzzling however that he could actually sing the song and not realize that it was condemning the Jacobites. But the movie "Braveheart" was a big success, and being Scottish is now groovy. Seems everybody wants to be tribal.