Funny Scotland the Brave...

[Mike1]

Graham, trust me, spending just two minutes with Ronnie Browne would change your mind about your visit to Scotland. He has a tremendous heart for Scotland and her people. Don't make the mistake of judging Ronnie by a single parody song, wait until you've seen the fire burning in his eyes as he plays a proper rendition of Scotland the Brave.

Yes, a date on that video would be interesting.

Here is a shot of Ronnie and a pal of mine, taken at the Wallace Homecoming in Lanark, September 2005.


As you can see. a bit of an 'aging process' has been taking place.

[Niblox]

...I don't think you could get away with references to Jews, Pakistanis, or any other ethnic groups like that any more. The Scottish Parliament is trying to attract more people to come to Scotland, because the population has been declining for a long time. Where are they going to get them if they confine themselves to white/caucasian celtic christians (preferably presbyterian?).

Borat did a hatchet job on the USA in his latest film and they didn't realise that the mickey was being taken out of them. This song is just embarrassing.

[raindog]

Hi Niblox,
well, it was a long time ago when the song was done. I think back to the way the world was and find the song amusing. If a modern day singer had sung it I wouldn't like it. A similar thing happened to a south african singer who had a big hit with a song about his childhood (this was in the seventies). He referred to a sweet candy which the kids used to call 'n*****balls'. Just after he had the hit the whole feeling about south africa changed and he had to stop doing the song....Probably a good thing :-)
I daresay the Cories wouldn't do their song today either.


Jeff.

[Mike1]

I daresay the Cories wouldn't do their song today either.

Roy Williamson passed away, some 15-16 years ago, so that would be one heckuva reunion tour.