Agree with Uistman - Donnie's still a very good singer, interacts well with the audience, has a very talented band plus is writing some beautiful songs of his own now. His "An Turas" album (which includes some Runrig classics) is one of my all-time favourites.
I so miss Donnie's deep resonate voice in Runrig now that he's left. It's not the same. The music is, of course, still awesome: but I miss *that* voice, which can bring tears.
@UISTMAN59: that's sad! I guess the vocal chords dry up as we get older and the basso resonance isn't as functional. Thankfully I have all the cds, and some vids, and can pretend it's happening now. All good things must come to an end, it seems.
@UISTMAN59 I disagree I think his voice has mautured and deepened slightly. His solo work and new band although less epic and less powerful than Runrig, He has a few tracks where his voice is outstanding and stll brings a tear to the eye!!
@ruth18a Out of curiousity, how well can you understand Irish Gaelige? Ive been trying to figure out for quite some time how mutually intellligible these 2 languages are (indeed, some scholars think theyre simply strong dialects of one language) and its been hard to find a difinitive native speaker who has enough knowledge and experience with the language to give an educated answer. Some people have claimed that they are 95% mutually intelligible, others say not at all. What do you say?
@darkmonoxide They're certainly not that mutually intelligible. I'm not a native speaker but I have reasonable fluency in Irish and I'd say that I understand about 20% of what he's saying. A native speaker of Ulster Irish would understand a lot more though. I think it's a bit too far to suggest that they're dialects of the same language, that would certainly have been the case a few hundred years ago but in my opinion, too much has changed between them.
thats cause the irish speak gaelic .. and pass it off as irish, maybe they have a few different words, like for example .. im scottish ... and i speak mostly english ,, with the odd scottish words wee = small .. tae = to .. ye = you .. n more lol .. a wanty learn gaelic, im a scot and i speak english .. im embarassed .. hope for scottish independence !!
@conchubhar1 Really sounds like Scottish Gaelic to me.
There is a difference between Scottish and Irish Gaelic, but there is a bigger difference between Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and Scots. So I think the two of them are speaking Gàidhlig
Donnie is a good singer and it's probably time for a reunion with the band. That will inspire his vocals again!
gilped 2 months ago
Agree with Uistman - Donnie's still a very good singer, interacts well with the audience, has a very talented band plus is writing some beautiful songs of his own now. His "An Turas" album (which includes some Runrig classics) is one of my all-time favourites.
Strathpeffer 3 months ago
I so miss Donnie's deep resonate voice in Runrig now that he's left. It's not the same. The music is, of course, still awesome: but I miss *that* voice, which can bring tears.
Br2veHe2rt 6 months ago
@Br2veHe2rt I've heard him since and his voice is not as good now adays for some reason, but he was great 20 years ago.
UISTMAN59 6 months ago
@UISTMAN59: that's sad! I guess the vocal chords dry up as we get older and the basso resonance isn't as functional. Thankfully I have all the cds, and some vids, and can pretend it's happening now. All good things must come to an end, it seems.
Br2veHe2rt 6 months ago
@UISTMAN59 I disagree I think his voice has mautured and deepened slightly. His solo work and new band although less epic and less powerful than Runrig, He has a few tracks where his voice is outstanding and stll brings a tear to the eye!!
bigcoolviking 3 months ago 2
@conchubhar & knubbelidoo
They are both speaking Gaidhlig (Scottish).
The woman interviewing Donnie is from Uist and Donnie is from Skye.
Their pronounciation of various words are different because of their accents but they are both speaking Scottish Gaidhlig.
(I am from Scotland and speak Gaidhlig fluently and have been used to hearing all kinds of different dialects of the language since I was born)
Hope this helps clear things up for you both - it can be very confusing! :)
ruth18a 11 months ago
@ruth18a Out of curiousity, how well can you understand Irish Gaelige? Ive been trying to figure out for quite some time how mutually intellligible these 2 languages are (indeed, some scholars think theyre simply strong dialects of one language) and its been hard to find a difinitive native speaker who has enough knowledge and experience with the language to give an educated answer. Some people have claimed that they are 95% mutually intelligible, others say not at all. What do you say?
darkmonoxide 11 months ago
@darkmonoxide They're certainly not that mutually intelligible. I'm not a native speaker but I have reasonable fluency in Irish and I'd say that I understand about 20% of what he's saying. A native speaker of Ulster Irish would understand a lot more though. I think it's a bit too far to suggest that they're dialects of the same language, that would certainly have been the case a few hundred years ago but in my opinion, too much has changed between them.
fionnskie 9 months ago
donnie is the man !
JOHNCONNELLGROUP 2 years ago
great - hope you can get it up
love trying to distingiush gaelic - very similar to irish really
slán agus beannacht
conchubhar1 3 years ago
thats cause the irish speak gaelic .. and pass it off as irish, maybe they have a few different words, like for example .. im scottish ... and i speak mostly english ,, with the odd scottish words wee = small .. tae = to .. ye = you .. n more lol .. a wanty learn gaelic, im a scot and i speak english .. im embarassed .. hope for scottish independence !!
Rfc1Darryl 2 years ago
right - well they are two different languages
thats scots - not gaelic
you shouldnt be embarrassed - you can always learn
conchubhar1 2 years ago
@conchubhar1 Really sounds like Scottish Gaelic to me.
There is a difference between Scottish and Irish Gaelic, but there is a bigger difference between Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and Scots. So I think the two of them are speaking Gàidhlig
knubbelidoo 1 year ago
@conchubhar1 thats scots gaelic you tit
joeblow238 11 months ago
Thanks for posting! do you have the rest of the interview?
thairis2 3 years ago
I think so - somewhere! Keep tuning in and I'll see if I can dig it up again.
UISTMAN59 3 years ago
Yes, please...!!! :-)
Segorean 3 years ago