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  • In human history the "pants" for men is a relative newbe. Many ancient cultures featured men in long robes. But, I must say, I love a man in a KILT!!! It's so . . . oh, well I probably shouldn't say on-line. I am, by the way, of Scottish descent.

  • I'm not scottish but a man in a kilt should always be regimental lol :o)

    love this movie,another good looking scotts is gerard butler :o)

  • and...it's a Lovely song despite it NOT being the song that was played at the end of The Highlander

  • The Breacan an Fhéilidh (belted plaid) or Féileadh Mòr (great plaid) is 7 - 9 yards of 60" wide wool plaid, pleated by hand and belted on. The Great Kilt should hang no more or less than 1 inch above or below the knees. The excess is worn bundled behind and tucked into the belt or in an over the shoulder/under the arm manner joined by a large C shaped pin or brooch called a Penannular

  • sung by loreena mckenitt of scotch/irish descent from canada :)

  • @perseus43 Her name sounds Irish too.

  • @perseus43 Scotch is a form of alcohol...the word you're looking for is "Scots"

  • @perseus43 that was soooooooo NOT Loreena McKennitt

  • the end song of highlander is 'its a kind of magic' by queen

    not this dreary miserable bore.

    reminds me of that line angus speaks as connor is living his first death; "he's a highlander by God, the last thing he hears should not be that of a wailing woman"

    then again at least this crap song was at the end of crap highlander movies.

    original Highlander and best, there can be only one!

  • @ActToBeFree this was done because queen had stopped recording because of freddy mercury's demise if you cant handle facts then dont claim to be a fan

  • love this song

  • i love this movie so much!

  • because even the men wear skirts hahahahaha

  • @twinky666666 They're called kilts!!!

  • @TheGoogler77 still a skirt though !!!!

  • @twinky666666 A KILT IS NOT A SKIRT BY GOD

  • @Pbrock67 Kilt

    'any short, pleated SKIRT, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands'.

    seemed you had trouble dealing with facts.

  • @Pbrock67 GOD NEVER SAID IT WAS , I DID :p

  • @twinky666666 Only real men wear kilts

  • @Raven9619 i wont argue with that but the problem is "they died 700 hundred years ago and they wore trousers not kilts ".Those that have followed since are just lap dogs :). The philibeg or small kilt, also known as the walking kilt (similar to the modern kilt) was invented by an English Quaker from Lancashire called Thomas Rawlinson sometime in the 1720s

  • @twinky666666 Respectfully, I disagree! Here in the US there has been a great interest and activity in European historical re-enactment. The Highland Great Kilt is not only worn for such activities but I personally wore my Great Kilt for my "Handfasting" and at weddings of friends. I have seen a number of participants at Highland Games around the country wearing the Great Kilt when they compete. Granted, it's use is infrequent but far from dead. it's a growing tradition.

  • @twinky666666 there is an article on Wikipedia that has more detail but, Rawlinson did not actually create the walking kilt and his claim to have done so has been historically proven to be suspect if not false altogether. The story behind Rawlinson is that he claimed he came up with the short kilt as a response to the Great kilt being impractical for highlanders in his charcoal production facility.

  • @Raven9619 Well its no surprise is it that the Scots wouldn't want an Englishman to have invented their short skirts would they :).

  • @Raven9619 It is historically reported that Ceasar saw these colorful Plaids,Tartans during his conquest of Gaul. The Celts were not the only culture to wear a kilt ,as it were. In Scottish history there are only 73 or77. official tartan plaids. Two or three I can't remember which are also the official colors of a Family and a title. One of which is the Viscount of Dundee which is the Hereditary title of the Grahams of Montrose. I can wear 4 Tartans.but, Can't afford them...LOL

  • @Raven9619 The tartan has been around for thousands of years. I imagine the Gaels and there many Celtic cousins adapted many variations on this practical attire including wearing them with britches(pants) The Egyptians and the Isrealites also wore a short kilt and they were contemporaries of the ancient Celts. So why fight over it ....just enjoy the breeze..lol

  • Sorry, but Loreena McKennitt is not irish or scottish, she is canadian singer.

  • @watutuboy Well she is of Irish and Scottish descent.

  • @watutuboy So she got that red hair and pearly skin from the Mohawks did she. One can tell just looking at her where she's from.

  • @watutuboy This just in from Wikipedia and confirmed from her own bio on her website...McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack (died 1992; a livestock dealer) and Irene McKennitt (1931-2011; a nurse). She moved to Stratford, Ontario in 1981, where she still resides.

  • Fuck, wanna be Immortal everytime when i see this movie.

  • @polarkreis201

    Why would you want to be an immortal? When you think about it, it would be such a lonely life...especially if you were the last one.

  • @Stjarntydarna It would be great to be immortal because you can see the world and experience EVERYTHING! Also, according to Highlander series/movies, the last immortal will be mortal and will be able to have children, which is the "final prize."

  • @TheGoogler77 Sure... watching your friends and those you love grow old and die, that would be great. And as for being friends with other immortals..., it is always going to be in the back of your mind that there can be only one. Sooner or later they will be killed, or worse, you'll have to do it to be the one. Sounds like lots of fun.

  • @cuzzinator I guess seeing your loved ones die is a price you must be willing to pay for glorious immortality. And I wasn't referring to highlander immortality, but to immortality in general.

  • An incredible song, beauty - hope - pain...... it is inspirational, incredible.

  • Loreena McKennitt, beautifull Loreena

  • this song makes me cry and im a guy :( makes me wonder how i will will feel when i lose someone close to me.....life has to go on right? Saw my mom making out an insurance policy...i almost broke down...had to go for a drive thru the mountains and just think...this song helps....thank you

  • lindo son, como um sonho!

  • Love Loreena McKennitt she sang this song so good it's haunting and sorrowful "Bonney Portmore she has another song The mummer's dance check it out. - Fan for life

  • Loreena McKennitt is from Canada

  • yes! very very Great!!

  • Was this really played at the end credits of the first Highlander Movie?

  • @lawrence4566 In the first movie, it was Queen's "It's A Kind of Magic". This song was played at the end of the the third and fourth movie and the tv series finale.

  • Its enya and laura mcKennit and its an old song from ireland who thought it was scottish, played at my mates dad's funeral touching song!

  • @mrcru1664

    Her Name is Loreena McKennitt, not Laura, and Enya had nothing to do with this record.

  • @mrcru1664 wow sorry for your loss...i will be sad for a long time when i lose my parents...i will have this song too

  • need to know the name of this Song.. Please....

    

  • @Djtinus99

    Bonny Portmore by Loreena McKennitt

  • Truly Great!

  • Just because it was in a movie about a highlander doesn't make it a scottish song. It is an old irish song about the oak trees of portmore in ireland

  • I had a pleasure to live in Scotland couple years and since then when i'm listening this song i just want to back there....such a good memories!!!!!!!

  • is the best soundtrack in the history y si quereis tambien os lo digo en castellano

  • its nice

  • Tout simplement génial;féerique et transcendant;cette voie!!!!!

  • great song you can really feel like you've lived 400 years.

  • @PumpkinPuffer stupid fuckin ejit!!!!!!!!! its scottish for fuck sake, im all for diversity but come on.

  • @Sarskia1 It is an Irish folksong but, both the old growth forests of Ireland and Scotland have suffered greatly from the heavy handedness of progress. To cover a few pieces of history. The Highland kings track there descent to the kings of Antrim in Northern Ireland who were actually called Scots...Hence the name. So yes there is a very close relation between the two. And there all CELTS either Gaelic or Germanic descent. The Celts have an ancient tradition for music and singing.

  • i luv this song puts me in tears every time i here it

  • @Andys12169 Are you kidding me?? 

  • @Haldir0812 No Loreena Mckennitt is Canadian he got that right

  • I like it!

  • Is this song from the film (1986) ?

  • @RosaBeck1971 no. it was used in highlander the final dimenson (1995)

  • Thanks Scotland for being such a great nation and please lead other nations without state in Europe to independence with your upcoming referendum and to freedom through peace and democracy.

  • Why do the scottish and irish girls have such an amazing voice??? Very Great!!

  • @Haldir0812 She's actually Canadian

  • @Haldir0812 - I would say that the culture has gifted us far more than just beautiful voices but the most beautiful people in the world in this man's opinion.

  • @Haldir0812

    ...she's Canadian...

  • @Haldir0812 it's probably something in the genes

  • @Haldir0812 she's Canadian! :)

  • does this song beutiful song have an actual name?

  • @jsamboy It's called Bonny Portmore by Loreena McKennitt & was used in Highlander III: The Final Dimension.

    Laura Creamer did a version that was used in Highlander: The Series episode Homecoming.

    Also, Highlander: Endgame this time with Jennifer McNeil doing the vocals.

  • Beautiful. Even now I still miss the Highlander series. It was just so awesome.

    I really hope Freddy Mercury found his rest and fullfillment at last in the arms of

    Jesus and the acceptance he never felt anywhere else.

  • Slovakia too Thanks a people of Scotland for that beautiful story.For me and my friends.

  • GREAT SONG VERY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

  • great song, cool movie too thanks 

  • i love this song every time i hear it, it always makes me cry it's so beautiful

  • ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh maaaaaaaaaaaan!

    i forgot loreena mckennet did a song for highlander!

    one of my faves of hers too.

  • loreena mckennitt has a divine voice!

    bonny portmore always gives me the chills!

  • when i was a kid i wanted to be an immortal you know see everything the knowledge...now im 32 my wife to-be left me for an hindi guy i feel so lonely and i dont want to live that much. raul beloved husband of anna i will love u forever

    either this song heal my wounds or punishes me its beautiful though

  • Its Great song....i was born and raised in Scotland and Serve it the British Army in the Territorial Army in the Royal Regiment of Scotland and have as such served in Iraq and Afghanistan a few times (and in fact flew home last week)....who cares where it came from or its Scottish conection....its still good Thanks for posting it........

  • Saying where shall we shelter,

    where shall we sleep...

  • Hail Scot!!!

  • 2:00 who let the dogs out? That flame on the brain bitch needed a chop. What is he thinking about when he thinks back on her? BU-URN HIM, ANGUS! BU-URN HIM!

  • this song is like a ghost love thru the ages that calls and makes one think of loves of the past that were lost.

  • I think I want to cry.

  • Bonny Portmore 

  • Name of the song is Bonney Portmore By Loreena McKennitt.

  • @Ashlyntaylor Cool.

  • What's the name of the song?

  • Boo hoo! The English are nasty to us. Let's go sit in corner and cry.

  • @fisticuffsmyth Don't be so stupid Smyffy .... they left because they didn't want to kick the sh'it out of them. And there are HEAPS of it inside every Englisher. LOL

  • @heehawluck1 Not this one.

  • @borgduck If you're English ....... it goes without saying that you are full of s'hite. LOL

  • @fisticuffsmyth LOL!

  • I find it interesting that they cast a french to play scottish and a scott to play spanish/egyptian-something.

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  • Sounds like Enya.

  • How does it not have anything to do with the movies?

    "Bonny Portmore" is an Irish traditional folk song which details the centuries of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically The Great Oak of Portmore, being leveled for military and shipbuilding purposes.

    The song laments the destruction of the Ornament Tree, an old oak which is believed to have stood near Portmore Lough, County Antrim.

    The symbolism between the MacLeods and the Forest is easy to see.

  • @kubwulf - Spot on. ALBA GU BRATH!!!!!!!!!!

  • @kubwulf The song is a traditional folk song of Ireland, concerning the deforestation of that country. The great ornament tree of Portmore was believed to be in excess of a thousand years old. Don't know if that's true though, def. plausible.In the Highlander I believe it was used as a metaphor for Connor and Duncan McLeod in that they were cut off from family,friends,culture and humanity by there immortality. They had no home but, the world was there home.They clung to there heritage.

  • Acht it's gid like, nae seen this film fur ages, taks me richt back, love it

  • Thank you Loreena (McKennitt) (Canadian); again your voice is phenomenal

  • If only you'd know where this music came from...

    Something lost over time but good for us, they found

    the lyrics ;)

    Thank you...

  • Does anyone know who sings this song? or what this song is called? O.O I can't find it at all D:

  • @chongging92 its call "End Game" by Loreena McKennitt off the Highlander Soundtrack

  • @SCrosby1013 no it is not, I found it

    it is called Bonney Portmore

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  • But the ending song was "A kind of magic" by Queen?, a non album version?...or am I wrong?

  • one of the greatest movie's ever. I know there are a lot of movies out there but this is one of them.

  • Idea in this movie is cool and all but movies suck, but this song is AWESOME

  • @Globox822 its Bonnie Portmoore and it was an song wriiten about the destruction of a waterlocked castle in scotland by the english..

  • @irishted32 wasn't this song about the cutting down of old-growth forests in Ireland by the English in the early 19th century?

  • @chewie21117there are many stories and such as to what the song was really about but as far as I can tell it is an Irish traditional folk song which details the centuries of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically The Great Oak of Portmore, being leveled for military and shipbuilding purposes.

    The song laments the destruction of the Ornament Tree, an old oak which is believed to have stood near Portmore Lough, County Antrim.

  • @chewie211171 it is an Irish traditional folk song which details the centuries of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically The Great Oak of Portmore, being leveled for military and shipbuilding purposes.

    The song laments the destruction of the Ornament Tree, an old oak which is believed to have stood near Portmore Lough, County Antrim.

  • @irishted32 Actually, I think its about a forest in Ireland being decimated by the English.

  • @Highlander01 you are right, while it has nothing to do with the movie itself, it is still a beautiful musical piece.

  • Qual o nome dessa musica e quem canta ?? por favor quem sabe me diga!

  • es ENYA??

  • @MIGUEL2005LIMA Nein. Ist Loreena McKennitt.

  • @Spacelord2525 danke.

  • @MIGUEL2005LIMA This is Mckennitt, but Enya and Mckennitt do a duo version of this song. I'ts on U-Tube, you might find it under Highlander if you can not find it. I never listened to it though.

  • @MIGUEL2005LIMA I found it, Look up: Enya & McKennitt Bonny Portmore

  • @MIGUEL2005LIMA No my friend her name is loreena mckennitt, a great celtic singer in her own right

  • HIGHLÄNDER FOR EVER!!!

  • i love to meek SEX on this song omfgg

  • this was quite a series of movies, that went on for 20 years ,where did the later clips of Heather and Mcloud come from ?

  • Being part Scots I have loved this song since hearing it at the end of Highlander 3.

    Took me a while to find it and so glad I have. If I get to the pearly gates I sure hope they are playing this.

  • bellissima musica

  • Somebody once heard that song....than he created the term "epic"!! ;))

  • i get the chillies when i hear this song, so awesome

  • Never fails to grip my heart.

  • i love that song i used t oplay it often on piano and guitar too

  • I'm a grown man... kind of a tough guy I guess, and I cried.

    This is beautifull music and she has an angels voice.

  • What? Come on man. I love proper rock, like ACDC, Aerosmith, Sabbath, Maiden, but even I can tell a good peice of classic music. This would be one of those

  • good on ye lad...its sad to limit yourself to one or two genres... this is appropriate to the scene...

  • so nice song AND WHAT A MAGIC VOICE SHE HAS !!!!!!!!!!!! (McKennit)

  • amazing :)))

  • who ever found this is a legend cos i've been searching for like ever

  • yes legend

  • great post!

  • Świetny kawałek!

  • Thank you, thank you. At last. Thank you... I've been chasing this song for years!

  • i just love this song it makes my heart beating faster =)

  • McKennit relates this is a song about deforestation. Not sure how that relates to The Highlander?

  • The Laura Creamer version was played with a montage of previous Highlander the Series scenes at the end of the Series in 1998.

  • @regnvejr1 There can be only one... Tree!

  • Such a haunting movie... such a haunting song. Love them both! Thanks for sharing :)

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  • hey, were are the opening and closing theme songs for highlander?

  • This song is actually from the Highlander TV series. The episode is called Homeland: After purchasing an antique bracelet in Paris, Duncan heads off to Glenfinnan, to return it to the grave of Debra Campbell, the first love of his life. You can watch all the episodes on Fancast.

  • Can some one please tell me the accurate singer and name of the song?

  • Loreena McKennitt; Bonny Portmore

  • Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt; the song is her version of the traditional Irish song "Bonny Portmore"

  • Loreena McKennit, Bonny Portmore, it's an old Scottish song.

  • Very inspired video!Thanks!

  • i personally liked this movie

  • Magnifique voix, elle me donne des frissons

  • the movies should've ended after the original, the series allowed for more range because they could always include more characters, where in the first movie connor was clearly the last one alive.

  • Prequel featuring other swordsmen might have worked. But a sequel was just desperate

  • I actually saw the TV series b4 i saw any of the movies and the show is what got me hooked strangly enough

  • and the name of the song?

  • Bonnie Portmore

  • Gosh for me it is hard to choose. I lean toward Duncan but gosh, Can't I just have both. lol...

  • sorry.... It is Loreena.... Listen to the voice