Runrig - an Ubhal as airde The Mountains Of Scotland

[MrStan1941]

Lovely voice, stunning pics.

[The1stClan]

Scottish and proud :D... ALBA GU BRATH

[TheGd1314]

National anthem anyone?

[tacfoley]

@TheGd1314 - not likely, less than 1% of Scots actually speak Scottish Gaelic.

tadhg ui fogladhe

[eddiehunt03]

@TheGd1314 Scots Wa Hae ?

[madscotsman65]

scotland is in gods hands till i get there then i will give it back to the scots

[madscotsman65]

SCOTLAND IS GODS LAND AND HEWILL TAKE CARE OF IT TILL I GET THERE AMD GIVE IT BAKE TO THE SCOTS

[Leezo09]

This was played at my friends funeral and it has stuck in my mind ever since. Beautiful music and so nostalgic

[voodoobaby405]

Beautiful song. Beautiful mountains. So different from our craggy Rockies that I look at every day.

[thingmey]

Turn up the volume to max an listen to this the way that it was meant to be heard. Stirring stuff. Thank God i'm a Scot

[grayduster100]

translates as The Highest Apple

[delreb]

im was born here and i no ill never leave still a lot to be seen and im nearly 40 lol, anyware else wouldnt be home

[MrLindsay08]

Why would anyone ever want to leave Scotland this ensures i will never leave.

[dougallsdiscs]

Jist like hame,I'm stuck in England but this Track especially keeps me sane among the Sassenachs,great stuff,Murray

[djangiebaby]

fantastic tune

[BlueSoylent]

"SAOR ALBA"

[ScottishShorts]

Most anti English remarks are made by children of past generations living over the water.

Bigwallypants yuou made a teuchter very happy today Thanks Mun

[helenkful]

so beautiful this brings tears to my eyes i,m a scot born in Edinburgh but now live south of the border Scotland will always be in my heart

[Dunollieman]

Beautiful song & the video is perfect. Making me homesick. I'm originally from Oban.

[verbaud]

Aching sorrow, majesty, and deep abiding love for the sacred.

[stu398]

This is perfection. Reminds me of happy times and for very different reasons, very upsetting times. But it always helps me just take myself somewhere else.

[bigcoolviking]

mountains are holy places.... "Rory Mcdonald"

[4shacks]

very nice i hope the english are envious

[criticsare2apenny]

@4shacks

Strange remark. Why bring your dislike of the English into it? You don`t "own" this land any more than the Nepalis own Everest

[petejones216]

@criticsare2apenny Plus we get to walk all over Ben Nevis for free ;) I still prefere are green an pleasant land!!

[LynskiBolshevik]

@4shacks Trust me, we are.

[LindsayCurran]

Stunningly beautiful! Many many thanks!!! Incredible footage and superb song - thanks from the Rocky Mountains, Scots Irish English Welsh descendant

[angelstar22]

Beautiful!

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

The hair the back of my neck stands up when I listen to this track

[knutkoeln]

Das Lied wünsche ich auf meiner Beerdigung. Es ist einfach nur genial.

Kann man bessere Musik machen?

[LinnTractorNut]

Mountains are the witness to mankind, they are the true measure of things important.

[floydmegan]

clearly u need yir heed lookin at u wudny ken a thing aboot scotland yir obviously a fat goobby swine gan by yir name arsehole <

[GOBBYLARD]

right. for a start. great song. great place scotland. but donnie munroe does not represent most scotts. most are fat, alcoholic and smoke and so have shit voices. i am part scottish and not that proud of it. one song does not make me proud to be who i am...

[iceonaboy]

Fuck you, you know nothing about Scotland, narrow minded prick

[gipskull]

wonderful song - thanks for sharing

[Zoostation23]

God dam im proud to be scottish!

I was lucky enough to go to donnies farewell gig in Stirling! I was very young when i went,Im now 22! Living in Edinburgh,the second heart of scotland,first being the highlands!

Alba Gu Bra!!!!!

[Nativesoldierboy]

This song reminds me of how I felt when I first set foot on my mothers homeland! I was an American soldier in the infantry. It was like my MacGregor spririts gathered to greet me! I could smell the wild heather sweet and strong that night. I picked a guardian thistle and smelt it. I could have sworn I heard men singing me a highland lullibie as I boarded the plane to Iraq! Moran Tank!

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Haste Ye Back soldier boy.God bless you.Safe home.Come back to Scotland.Her heart and people are waitng for you.

[knutkoeln]

Das wird auf meiner Beerdigung gespielt. So was Geiles gibts nie (!!) mehr. Bei dem Lied könnte ich jedes Mal weinen. Das ist ja schon fast klassisch. Was für eien Stimme und welcher Chor!!

[Ormgaard]

His voice is amazing

I almost shit myself. Godamn you scotts can sing

[randombeachbabe]

was this the day it wasn't raining?

[aelwyd57]

Rhyfeddol! Un o ganeuon gorau Runrig.

[renatekuli]

Runrig > great

Song > wonderful

Video > very good

(sorry my english)

[kintakintyea]

This was my Favourite Runrig Song!!!

[54spiritedwill54]

Outstanding video. One of the best Runrig vids

[4allmusictypes]

I live at the base of one of these mountains!

[Uthlander]

Feel my envy... ;-)

[4allmusictypes]

I get that a bit :) it aint all glamerous though, lots of rain!

[Kevin1222]

to quote Runrig "the colours of Scotland keep you young inside"

[mactcampbell]

Excellent music and spectacular scenery. Must make the trip across the pond soon.

[saharbamo]

lovely song beautiful video xxx

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

I adore this song.Hail Caledonia,my beloved Scotland .God Bless her in all her beauty.Wha's like us  ? Damn few n they're awe deid !

[GaryPucket]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful song with us and showing the world the beauty I happen to live in here in the north west highlands.

[BillDFC]

How I wish I had the mother tongue.

[seonidh]

Mo Charra

Their is still time in your life to learn our language.

Slan,

[celticlass32]

WOW!Truly breath taking and beautiful just simply beautiful.Thank you for sharing .The music and the words it just carried me up on top of those beautiful mountains where i wish to be soon.I can only imagine what it will feel like just sitting or standing on top of one those mountains and just holding my arms out from my side just closing my eyes and letting my head fall back and let the breeze gently caressing my face feeling the gentle touch and this beautiful song.Alasdair I wish 4 us 2 share

[19EightBall77]

einfach nur end geil !

[doogalong]

simply a beautiful video throughout.

[bcmcph]

This music is just like you would imagine hearing in Glen Calvie.

[Usurped]

Being on top of one of those mountains is a spiritual experience.

[nikedinburgh]

I've never been there yet, but I believe New Zealand's a bigger version of Scotland. I'll cry like a bairn when I get there to photograph it.

[scotbrit2006]

That is the best compilation of views to go with this clip.

Thank you wallypants for such a glimpse of the country of my birth.

My eyes are moist as I was at some of these locations just two months ago.

[stupat3]

I'm a 60 year old from Ayrshire, living in Queensland, and I felt the same way as I was transported back to my homeland.stu

[chickachickachow]

suais leis a ghaighlig!

rinn mise a ghaighlig annns a bhun-sgoil anns a huile dad! agaus tha mi a nis a deanamh gaighlig anns an ard sgoil!

subhad Runrig !

xoxoxoox

oidhche mhath!

xoxoxox

[scotbrit2006]

This is a beautiful compilation Bigwallypants.

Thank you. My eyes are moist for the land of my birth and I was there two months ago at some of these locations.

The song and accompanying pics are utterly brilliant. Thank you sir.

[afyerheid]

quote"scotland may be small but it's heart is big"

[CANYONMOON]

Absolutely beautiful. I want to go there before I die!

[tamnaya]

Ruring Voces são os melhores ..Eu amo muito esta banda

Ilove that song I love scottish people miss all there

from Brazil

Thelma

[lazer1970]

come back tamnyana the hills will miss you!

[celtostara]

Ar Cànain 's ar Ceòl!

[MarieStockholm]

Outstanding video. One of the best Runrig vids on YouTube.

[boots992132]

oh my god its the occhills!

[bkbrawla718]

WOW! wat an absolutely amazing place! this has 2 be on the top 5 of "places i wanna go before i die".

[itsablack1]

you should come to Scotland then and do a bit of hill walking. There isn't a single hill you can't walk. It is also called "Monro bagging" nothing to do with Donnie though ;-)

[lazer1970]

please do come over the water you will love it! and be made most welcome in our wee country! god speed!

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Come,She is stunning haunting and beautiful all at the same time.Her honest beauty would bring a tear to the hardest of hearts.Come and see for yourself

[jennywren21]

i love all the run rig songs but for some reason this song means more it reminds me of my grandpa who was from the highlands and i miss him very much

[Iseld]

How glorious!!!

[MartinaBC1963]

Runrig is a great band, and this is a great song. :-)

I love both, Scots and the Gaelic language, and I have started to learn both, though I am a wee german lass. Thanks to Runrig and Donnie Munro and other scottish artists for doing so much for the gaelic language! Moran taing!

[thistlewarrior]

Love this song. It reminds me so much of my grandparents who died a few years ago now.

Saor Alba!

[bb3ca201]

Tha mise uabhasach brònach nach bi mòran daoine a' cleachdadh a' Ghàidhlig a-nis -- is àithne dhomh mòran Ghàidheil nach eil facal sam bith aca anns a' Ghàidhlig. Tha sinn ann an Canada a' feuchainn ri Gàidhlig ionnsachadh agus a bhruidhinn a-rithist.

[PaulMurray10]

Tha mi an dochas gun teid ma dhuibh. 'S e Gaidhlig cànan a tha sonraichte ri eachdraidh na Gaidhelaich air feadh an t-saoghal agus 's e droch rud a bhitheadh ann ma sguireadh sinn a bhidh ga bruidhinn.

Beannachdan

[hevybrothmeister]

i learnt gaelic in school here in Aberdeen so there are still some places teaching it, more schools seem to be making it a language that you can learn. but it is quite sad that so many people and even highlanders dont speak gaelic.

[Reikiman]

My thanks xxx

[icetrout]

Looks like some fine fishing to be had:]

[RosaLichtenstein01]

Great video, thanks for posting it -- but, what, no Liathach or An Teallach...!?

Capercaillie would have been better, though.

[alacas69]

Excellent video and song! It's a damming indictment of the UK education system under the various successive Westminster governments that I as a Scot cannot understand the language used in that song!

[chikdanger]

We actually stopped speaking Scots Gaelic in the lowlands during the 14th century for economics reasons,( trading with the English). We didn't pass the treaty of union until 1707. so we canny blame the English gits fur this!!!

[Islandretreat]

Scots Gaelic was widespread in the 16th century and was still being spoken in many parts of the "Lowlands" right up until the 18th century. In Fife, parts of Ayrshire including Kyle, Carrick, Cunningham and in Dumfries and Galloway regions. Rumour has it that Margaret MacMurray the last Gaelic speaker in Carrick died in 1760.

[alacas69]

I blame among a few culprits the Westminster funded and sanctioned education system; do you honestly believe that it was in their interests to further strengthen Scottish identity.

[Islandretreat]

That's in the past. Gaelic survived (just) we should do our best to keep it alive. It used to be the language of the court and country and nowadays people get charged with contempt for saying "aye" instead of "yes".

[alacas69]

Aye, I agree. I have heard folk chastising their kids for using the 'Scots' language. There is ignorance regarding the language and as I said I do not believe that it's accidental.

[rethcuet]

good vid, but can i just suggest that you change the title.

its actually an ubhal as airde.

might make it easier for folk looking for this song

[bigwallypants]

Thank you rethcuet, consider it done.

[Dorkascorkas]

@bigwallypants living in North West Australia......McLaren says a big than you for the upload ! ,,

[tarrytown07]

Everytime runrig's on air you realize their music's a class of its own. One has to go to Scotland to breathe, touch and taste that country. Then maybe you'll understand the spiritual dimension of this band's music. Songs like this make this world a better place to be!

[vanefreja86]

@tarrytown07 Every time I hear their music, i get transported back in time, when i travelled all around scotland for 1 month, its been the only holiday in my life, where i didn't want to go home to DK again!!!!

[tarrytown07]

@vanefreja86 I think on the 7th day after God had created earth, he sat down looked around and though “ ... after we’ve finished what we came here to do, let’s create something really nice just for the sake of beauty”. He took what was left from rocks and waters created scotland, and sprinkled that land with the most gentle, peaceful and open hearted people I’ve met in my life. The only other place in the world where I have met people that live totally in peace with themselves and others is DK.

[vanefreja86]

@tarrytown07 That is nice of you to say - somehow i did also feel strangely "at home" there...

[16520516]

@tarrytown07 And the angels said to God "Why have you given Scotland so many good things - the beautiful landscape, whisky, haggis, and all the wonderful people who are going to live there in the centuries to come?" And God said, "Well, I thought I owed them something. Have you seen their neighbours?" lol Just a joke folks.

[UISTMAN59]

Ace. *****

[wisnaemeinCoventry]

We have had our political differences and argued over them,Donnie. But in this place of self exile and on this day and every other day, I am thinking of somewhere else. For yourself and the music, I thank you. Tom.

[moorlanddragon]

Thanks for sending me home again!

Thank-you!

[laurabaggley]

Love this song, one of my favourite runrig tunes

[onepeachykeen]

Thank you and thank mackiemoo for sending me here.Outstanding and so relaxing to watch.

[paleblueinvancouver]

God I miss ma hame. Thank you for posting! Going back next summer. Thank you Canada, but it's time for me to come home.

[Taranau]

I remember saying this before somewhere,old friend,someone once said,"where two or more of you meet in my name,there is my church"thanx,again,for showing us the Cathedrals of Scotland...An darach mor.