National Anthem.

[57vintage]

My preference would be The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen

Devolution and subsidiarity have ground to a halt in Edinburgh though, powers are being increasingly centralised and services and spending controlled there, as if one size fits all.

During the 79 referendum campaign, we in the Yes for Scotland campaign held a meeting in Banchory, and when someone asked about devolution of powers to the then Grampian Region and Kincardine and Deeside District Council, it was pretty much unanimous that that was what devolution was about, and what its proponents would have liked to have seen.

20 years in, and not a sniff, but without Banffshire's whisky excise revenue...

If Banffshire EVER gets any say in its own affairs and needs an anthem, McPherson's Rant would be my choice. With everybody trained to sing it like Portsoy's own Jimmy McBeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-8...l&index=4&t=0s

For Aberdeen, I prefer Scott Skinner's The Bonnie Lass O Bon Accord (what a minor key interlude!) rather than The Northern Lights, where the range makes it difficult to sing, as everybody tries to sing it in too high a key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_auPYJq6R4 Imagine Mk II Deep Purple taking that on.

Flooers O The Forest is Scotland's blues, but pipers only ever play it at funerals or remembrance occasions. It would set a precedent playing an anthem after we've got gubbed by Haiti, though.

[Disco Buc]

This is ace .

https://youtu.be/tAsdo0zMUyA

[stewarty27]

I presumed this was just Stewarty's sneaky way of getting another thread about independence mk2 when there is already a perfectly good thread for that.

Vintage, get your keys, I reckon we have a thread that needs locked...

Oh Aye say !!!

[InversneckieDob]

Italians are nae usually known for their lack of words.

Good anthem though, even if it does sound like two different tunes stuck together.

Aye it starts aff one thing then you hit the da da de-da...... bit near half way.
Cool as.

[stewarty27]

Devolution and subsidiarity have ground to a halt in Edinburgh though, powers are being increasingly centralised and services and spending controlled there, as if one size fits all.

During the 79 referendum campaign, we in the Yes for Scotland campaign held a meeting in Banchory, and when someone asked about devolution of powers to the then Grampian Region and Kincardine and Deeside District Council, it was pretty much unanimous that that was what devolution was about, and what its proponents would have liked to have seen.

20 years in, and not a sniff, but without Banffshire's whisky excise revenue...

If Banffshire EVER gets any say in its own affairs and needs an anthem, McPherson's Rant would be my choice. With everybody trained to sing it like Portsoy's own Jimmy McBeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-8...l&index=4&t=0s

For Aberdeen, I prefer Scott Skinner's The Bonnie Lass O Bon Accord (what a minor key interlude!) rather than The Northern Lights, where the range makes it difficult to sing, as everybody tries to sing it in too high a key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_auPYJq6R4 Imagine Mk II Deep Purple taking that on.

Flooers O The Forest is Scotland's blues, but pipers only ever play it at funerals or remembrance occasions. It would set a precedent playing an anthem after we've got gubbed by Haiti, though.

Are you a musician Vintage ? Bit of an insight there minor key's inat. Ye ken the beggar's cant ?

[Disco Buc]

that's what you get for popping round and having a cup of coffee and a chat.

v50

[57vintage]

Are you a musician Vintage ? Bit of an insight there minor key's inat. Ye ken the beggar's cant ?

No, I'm a chancing busking "give it the old 7th fret A string muffled E" dep nowadays.

Enlighten me on the beggar's cant?

I ken the Devil's Interval though. (not just half time at Ibrox).

[Disco Buc]

No, I'm a chancing busking "give it the old 7th fret A string muffled E" dep nowadays.

Enlighten me on the beggar's cant?

I ken the Devil's Interval though. (not just half time at Ibrox).

Vintage you let me doon I'd thought you would have got that V50 reply old chap.

[57vintage]

Vintage you let me doon I'd thought you would have got that V50 reply old chap.

It's a V40 Cross Country that's in my driveway. 65 plate, automatic, 40k miles, never raced or rallied.

Eco as **** - £20/annum VED.

Safe too - one of those Maseratis could have your eye out. Careful now.

[Disco Buc]

It's a V40 Cross Country that's in my driveway. 65 plate, automatic, 40k miles, never raced or rallied.

Eco as **** - £20/annum VED.

Safe too - one of those Maseratis could have your eye out. Careful now.

V50 was Jack Wilson's car reg known throughout the city during the early 70s.