'fraid not, Colin. You'll just have to live with it. Big fan of The Carpenters too, are you?
Cheers, Paul Gretton -----Original Message----- From: colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 November 2008 13:52 To: NSP List Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral Alas, I'm finding myself saying "oh, that's a nice tune" now that I have heard it :( I'm even thinking of searching for the dots. Is there any hope for me? Is there a cure? Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Ormston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NSP List" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:44 AM Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral > > Now I can't get Highland Cathedral out of my head! Grrr!!!! > I wonder if they've tried using it as a form of torture at Guantanamo > Bay??? > > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:40 +0000 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CC: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral > > > > "And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!" > > > > Should that be Highland Cathedral ineff and a ' , > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:40 PM > > Subject: [NSP] Music for funeral > > > > > > > My gut reaction is: play anything appropriate - there are lots of > > > options - but please, please, please don't play Amazing Grace! I > don't > > > think one should do anything that might contribute to that awful > piece > > > of slop becoming a part of the Northumberland repertoire too. It > would > > > be dreadful if it ever became a standard feature of funerals on > this > > > side of the Atlantic the way it has in the States. And in the > States > > > the problem is not just with funerals: over there, there are only > two > > > tunes associated with bagpipes (of any type), namely Amazing Grace > and > > > that other one. > > > > > > > > > There was no Amazing Grace at the Cenotaph this morning and I think > you > > > may agree that the somber ceremony of commemoration was still > pretty > > > effective. > > > > > > > > > And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!! > > > > > > > > > Paul Gretton > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.1/1781 - Release Date: > 11/11/2008 > > 8:59 AM > > > > > -- > > >
