Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1998 - Hector The Hero

[murfenator923]

What a fine display!!



[Mukahara]

@ZeitgeistWI I agree, I was just commenting that the fact that someone thought that someone was class just because they shot Germans is looking at the wrong stuff

[ZeitgeistWI]

@Mukahara They had even more of a problem with it because MacDonald was a Scot.

[ZeitgeistWI]

@Mukahara Hector MacDonald wasn't in World War I which is what I think you are referencing but I understand what you were trying to say. This man was a man of quiet strength whose only fault was that he rose up through the ranks into the officer corps. That made certain "gentlemen" of the officer corps not only jealous but also dangerous. The British officers who were of "high birth" had a real problem with a man rising through the ranks who was not born a "gentleman

[thewindthatshakesbar]

I want to go there, to watch or to play bagpipe! my biggest dream...

[pjbrenna01]

A fantastic tune combining brass, electric, strings, vocals and the king of music, the pipes. From an Irishman.

[karahan246]

Magestic and gorgeous... but in the same time very nice and gentle tune

[seanmac44]

What a fantastic arrangement, wish I could have seen it live. A superb tune for an amazing man.

[amc3]

Never in my life have i heard such a pathetic version .......of such a great piece of music......

Please leave this to Janna Reid and Ally...thanks

[TheNaughtiusmaximus]

@amc3 I don't know about "pathetic" and it's just my humble opinion, but it could do without the electric instruments and choir, but the massed bands and massed pipes and drums with the fiddle and tin whistle parts left in would be nothing less than awesome

[delgadosfan]

This is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written!!!

[delgadosfan]

This is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written!!!

[pjbrenna01]

I have been to the tattoo six times. This is one of my favourite pieces on my ipod. Bravo.

[YARROWS]

It's Sir Hugh Dowding for me what a man,along with fellow Scot Sir Robert Watson Watt and the Few.Saved this Country from invasion in 1940.Sir David Stirling is worth a mention aswell founded the SAS, and dont forget General Robert Urqhurt.The only British General to shoot Germans in WW2.

[Mukahara]

@YARROWS you say that like it's something to be proud of... what pride is to be had for killing people? necessary or no

[ZeitgeistWI]

@Mukahara The man whom the song was written about was a hero not for his martial prowse, which was considerable, but for who he was as a man. A father, a husband, a self made man who rose through the ranks to attain a commission and all by his own hard work and determination. I would dare say if we had more like him today and others, the world would be a far better place than it is. He was a man of courage, honor and decency. In the end, he was destroyed for being so. That is a hero.

[hajo2503]

That is real great!!!

[gilliser]

Hector MacDonald eh.

[MattyyTaylorXx]

i have been to every 1 since 95 when i was born (Y)

[Psgurl90069]

Aw I was at this. Great, great time! :)

[windybaer]

They did this again in 2002. One fiddle, 792 pipers. We were there. And you could hear the audience humming along. Totally awesome feeling.

[bond238]

nice i was there in ediburgh that year 1998 great

[Collaboration2010]

really nice arrangement !

[jlcarter99]

If only every Hero could rate such a tune,.... it would shame those who send them to war.....

BYDAND and SEMPER FIDELIS

[Drewburn17]

I really like the flute part at 2:39, but you cant hear it in this one :(

[lewis1936]

Hector the hero,destroyed by an English upper class conspiracy.

[afyerheid]

Bang on,one o Scotlands finest.

[dazgregs]

@lewis1936 Never heard so much pish in all my life - it was his peers who made the allegations....them being his Scots counterparts....

[lewis1936]

I take it you mean " never read so much" ...Anyway for your elucidation read Wikipedia Sir Joseph West Ridgeway 1844 -1930

[dazgregs]

@lewis1936 touche....

[flygweilo]

@dazgregs It would appear that the allegations against Sir Hector really gained traction after he offended expatriate colonial 'society' in Ceylon (as it was then). Would he have harboured contempt for them and the way they lived? Possibly - if so, he would have had little time them. It is easy to see how the rumours would have been propagated in revenge.

The established society of that colonial era would have encompassed all four Home Nations.

A sad and unjust ending for a very great man.

[Outrider21]

I was there in '98 also..It's such a special event..This made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. So..very well done. Bravo!

[swelsher]

Heh, cool. This is basically the Wolfstone arrangement of the tune.

[Malag777]

I was there in '98! It was something I'll never forget. Those little boys on their little motorcycles scared the heck out of me!

[TheMasterOfDisaster8]

Scotland rocks my socks!

[propub]

totally rocks

[PraetorianXI11]

beautiful a touching melody.

[johnmillsauld]

@PraetorianXI11 hi i was there on that night and every night the tattoo was on i was one of the team of lighting operators for the show we all used to wait for this piece of music as we all thought it fantastic