So, who do YOU associate 'Mull Of Kintyre' With?

[ChrisA]

From a website re Point Sands :-




Actually, I've always preferred 'Imagine' by Paul McCartney.

[Bitter End]

John Lennon ??????????????????? Ah've never thought o him an the Mull thegither

" ' Mull of Kintyre' written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine and performed by Wings. "

[Sheik Yir Erse]

Not a lot of people know this but John Lennon used to tour the west coast to escape the glare of publicity. My personal favourite memory was seeing him duet "Campbeltown Loch" with Fran and Anna, in the Argyll Hotel - with the Alexander Brothers as the backing band. I remember his kilt was a wee bit short, and he had it on back to front! Yoko just sat in the Burnside that night and got hammered.

He also wrote Working Class Hero during his short time as a welder at the Shipyard.

I think Point Sands know exactly what they're talking about

[RAM]

Notta lotta people know this, but one of the Beatles used to have a farm near Campbeltown.

[ChrisA]

Not a lotta people ken this, but one of the Beatles used to have a farm near Campbeltown.

aye, that'll be Ringo Starr???

[RAM]

The original Mull Of Kintyre pipe tune was written by Archie Duncan a corporal in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and a Campbeltonian.

[Kevin]

"Islaand of Gigha" and "Macrahanish" are another couple of mistakes too

Going by these mistakes I thought the web designer must have no local experience but it appears Net Visuals are from Tarbert.

[ChrisA]

The original Mull Of Kintyre pipe tune was written by Archie Duncan a corporal in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and a Campbeltonian.

? What, you mean, the bit where the pipes play the verse melody - as writtten by Paul McCartney? That means it was written by Paul McCartney, not Archie Duncan, who can at best, claim to have transcribed the part to pipes, but there is no artistic merit in that at all. Sorry, but all credit is Paul's for that tune. Unless you are telling me that the melody existed before the McCartney song, and was originally written by Archie?

[ChrisA]

"Islaand of Gigha" and "Macrahanish" are another couple of mistakes too

Going by these mistakes I thought the web designer must have no local experience but it appears Net Visuals are from Tarbert.

Crazy. But you would expect the person paying for the work to check it before print. I mean, Mull Of Kintyre as written by John Lennon? That's fantastic. Can just imagine the WIP session ....

"Ere love, just working on a website, that old song, Mull Of Kintyre, who did it then? ... "Oh I dunno, was it a Rolling Stone or something?" .."Nah, one of them Beatle fellers I think, er, whatisname, Paul Lennon? no, Ringo Jagger?, no, I got it now, it was 'im with the hair, that John Lennon feller that was 'im. Aye".

[RAM]

No ! Archie Duncan's tune was a different one altogether, written before the war. It just happens to have the same title and is well-known in piping circles.

Archie also played a pipe tune called "The Dhorlin" (Davaar).

[EMDEE]

The pipe tune "Mull of Kintyre" is a four part 6/8 jig which was written by my late father before Paul McCartney even had any association with the area. It is obviously not as well known as McCartney's song, and could not be expected to be, as these things are not done for wide exposure and certainly not for commercial gain. Like many Scottish musicians, his most valuable recompense, and all that he sought for from his efforts was the recognition and respect of his peers in the piping world, and this he had in no small measure. He also left a legacy of a good number of pipe compositions that will continue to be played by pipers and pipe bands well into the future.