I want this to be played at my funeral, otherwise i'm not coming.

@sarahdavies3335

4 жыл бұрын

I love your wit and I totally feel the same. 💯❤️

@2slotplayinggrannies36

4 жыл бұрын

I have told my kids the same....this is my funeral song...if I get one with the Covid 19 Issue.

@fredakithinji6736

4 жыл бұрын

That’s impossible

@iconsworld9

4 жыл бұрын

haha

@tatzybatzy1286

4 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of my favourite youtube comments ever 😂

I'm a Scotsman, but like most people in Scotland, we have ALOT of time for the Irish, and i can understand how this calls to them, it calls to me in the same way, it saddens me to think of the lament of Ireland, through all the grief and persecution heaped on her shoulders, for no reason. But, 20 miles across the sea in Scotland, the door is always open, and the fire is always roaring, with a wee dram, for our Irish kin and cousins. Erin gu brath, Alba gu brath :)

@jimmyray7843

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. If I was going to live anywhere else in these islands it'd definitely be Scotland. Don't think I could stomach living in England. Good luck in the Euros!

@nick.caffrey

3 жыл бұрын

As is our door to ye, our cousins in time. Alba gu brath!

@yutakasama9353

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up you american

@oliverkeegan9728

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyray7843 we are clan and always will be .

@jefgeelen3273

3 жыл бұрын

Bréagha!

My father's favourite song. He passed away just after Christmas. Played this at his funeral. Tears were flowing.

@genghisthegreat2034

7 ай бұрын

I measc na naomh go raibh sé

@Dutch3DMaster

5 ай бұрын

Played it at my grandpa's funeral today. Someone who took care of shopping his groceries for 2,5-3 years mentioned afterwards "the bagpipe just cut through my soul like nothing I ever experienced before!" Saw that person completely wrecked during the service as well, felt heartbroken for her.

@genghisthegreat2034

5 ай бұрын

@@Dutch3DMaster go n-déanfaidh Día grást d'anam do seanathar.

@irishcountrygirl78

4 ай бұрын

​@@Dutch3DMasteruileann pipe ❤️

@happygirl864

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

I’ve been watching this since I was 7 years old; I’ll be 32 tomorrow and this song has made me cry every time.

@amosbanham4952

Жыл бұрын

Are you me?

@TeamStevers

Жыл бұрын

Same. Parents had the Riverdance VHS. Still makes me cry.

@9u9l9w

Жыл бұрын

The greatest music coming from humans is from the countries of the UK. The richness and purity of their culture has not been matched by anybody in all of my 70 years. Every note of the performance gave me goose bumps.

@benpainter6874

Жыл бұрын

I've known this piece since highschool

@kaylareid6364

24 күн бұрын

Me too 😢

Reminds me of home. I haven't been back in 45 years. I closed my eyes, I could see the bluffs near Sligo. I could hear my uncle playing, weeping at the same time.

@emotionalfreedom555

5 жыл бұрын

Ruth: you need to go home!

@bungabening3530

4 жыл бұрын

My mother's 88 years old and also from Connaught (Leitrim) but hadn't been back home for several years because Dad had Alzheimer's. Dad passed away last October so Mum had the chance to head back to her hometown and had a whale of a time, going to bed at 5 in the morning, a real craic.

@lovethelord497

3 жыл бұрын

We're all warriors, live, love and laugh. My heart will forever be broken!

@donnymaca

3 жыл бұрын

@Jay M that’s a lovely thing to say you must be proud

@mrbrian826

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you have been back since posting this comment, even for a visit

Why do people cry when hearing this instrument? I'm a man and I have tears in my eyes. Is that normal? This is so beautiful

@petersimmons3654

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty normal yes. Abnormal not to really.

@fly_ona_wall729

3 жыл бұрын

HAUNTING....sad then being raised up...like a hopeful feeling. It hit the SAD CORD in my soul. It touched my core.

@fly_ona_wall729

3 жыл бұрын

HAUNTING....sad then being raised up...like a hopeful feeling. It hit the SAD CORD in my soul. It touched my core.

@kricketstrickland2851

3 жыл бұрын

There are thousands of years of turmoil and grief woven into that land, Ireland and Scotland. You can hear the pain of the land woven into the music. Tragic and beautiful at the same time.

@fly_ona_wall729

3 жыл бұрын

🥺It captures and follows sad emotions...then sounds hopeful and uplifting, soaring out on the other side

I love this so much. I lost my dear wife to cancer 7 weeks ago and I'm bawling my eyes out right now listening to this

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

6 жыл бұрын

48dirtfarmer ...Very Sorry to hear that mate, but I’m sure she’s close by as you hear this music. It’s the music of Heaven itself..🍀

@katiecompton6177

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. She will be in a good place don't worry. 💖

@stuartmccae7548

4 жыл бұрын

To you my friend,your tears are not waisted. They show the love over for your lost wife. And I too cry every time I listen to this beautiful music. I hope the pain of her passing has reduced but the joy of your life together is enhanced by this music. I’m not religious in any way but hope you find comfort in my thoughts. Your friend in the Ireland

@letgodbetrueandeverymanali3656

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, I'm a liver cancer patient, and I'm a Christian preacher of Gods word. Bless you..💙

@AshleyLebedev

4 жыл бұрын

So much love to you. In this time & the passing of time. A husband & wife is a beautiful thing & im grateful you took the time to comment what you were going through. I hope you’ve found some beauty & peace in the settling of the years. Much love 🧡

Without doubt. The most haunting piece of music ever played. I'm a stonecutter and spend lots of days alone working in cemeteries.I play this out loud as I sit inscribing headstones.It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time. Erin go bra.

@laetitialogan2017

7 ай бұрын

❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪♥️♥️♥️♥️

@stuart5107

7 ай бұрын

@@laetitialogan2017 so,i take it you agree,,,,,,,

I'm from Norway. The most touchable music I've ever heard! Thanks! Sincerely Roger/ Arve Vigulf Norway.

This is going to be played at my funeral when my time comes

@josephboland627

9 жыл бұрын

It takes an uilleann piper 7 years to learn 7 years to practice and 7 years to master and davy spillane is one of the best it will have be a recording because not many can play like that.

@luvtogroove

9 жыл бұрын

I played it at my mothers funeral,and i still cry,when i hear it

@josephboland627

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Baxter Do you play the pipes yourself

@54Bero

9 жыл бұрын

I still be with you!

@martinadshead3298

9 жыл бұрын

Seems pointless. You won't even know.

There is nothing, no words, no actions, no drugs like this song. I suffer from extreme. mind bending, heart breaking, soul crushing depression from time to time. At the worst of times I take a copy of the song, crank up my 500 watt stereo in my van on a remote hill top and let this song scream out into the night. It seems to take all the pain and darkness away as it thunders out over the hills and valleys. Thank you for allowing me to find peace and a little bit of happiness.

@cahillgreg

Жыл бұрын

Wishing you every strength there

@johndougherty68

10 ай бұрын

As Chesterton said: the Gaels of Ireland are a folk that God made mad. Wars make them happy and songs make them sad. I can't explain it and I won't ask you to. But I've been in that van as well. Happiness to you.

@dcabrames

10 ай бұрын

@@johndougherty68 I have heard the same but never knew who said it. Thank you for sharing

@neilgordon8145

9 ай бұрын

I can fully understand this. I had a place on one of the hills a few miles from here I lived where I went to listen to music, look over the valley at the setting sun, and weep. I hope this amazingly talented artist continues to sooth your soul.

@Foxthemelon

2 ай бұрын

Hang in there… theres light at the end of every tunnel

The most beautiful sound on earth. Ireland, where all good music is born. 🇮🇪

@shane-irish

Жыл бұрын

🇮🇪🇮🇪🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍

@relentless1989

Жыл бұрын

Im Irish, thank you but our Scottish cousins or masters at the music as well

@songbird3861

Жыл бұрын

So true .I just love this sound .Brings a tear to my eye.

@aart01smukke99

Жыл бұрын

I am Dutch but this is one of the most beautiful music there is. Love it!

@irishcountrygirl78

4 ай бұрын

​@@relentless1989l just favour the Uileann pipes over all instruments. Personally.

imagine waking up in a morning knowing you can play this good !!!!

I'm a live sound engineer and worked for the show that this was played in. Every night I would tear up and be filled with a love for my chosen field. But not before or since has that amount of emotion been achieved by any other.A truly beautiful and inspirational piece.

@ceallach8452

7 жыл бұрын

What mic did you use for them out of interest? Also did you compress them or anything?

@wallywalsh2811

6 жыл бұрын

Your very lucky i wish it was me, ,Wat a memory

@nashvilletennessee3194

6 жыл бұрын

I just can't imagine how amazing it would have been to be sitting live in that audience as this was played!

@fransmars1645

6 жыл бұрын

I was a seating attendant at the Hammersmith show. When this was playing I just stood there, feeling the pulses up and down my spine. A very memorable experience.

@donaldaadland

5 жыл бұрын

Gaelic music speaks to the soul of those that are Gaelic and some of those who arent

It's the most beautiful Uillean pipe air ever composed. It sums up Ireland. The journey, the longing to find home both as a destination and place of origins. As an Irish American and professional Celtic musician, I can tell you this embodies everything about Celtic music. It's a masterpiece

@jamesdonalfaulkner

10 ай бұрын

It's wonderful alright..., but are you sure you have heard all the others?🙂

@cwaltzmusic

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesdonalfaulkner Have I heard all 15000 Irish tunes and song. I'm only at five thousand so I'll let you know

@jamesdonalfaulkner

10 ай бұрын

Math thu! Stick at it! 👏@@cwaltzmusic

1.000.000 Million views for a wonderful music - unbelievable!!! Many thanks to all friends around the world!

@yuryb59

6 жыл бұрын

Bernhard Romeni Thank you so much for this video...Davy, talent, of course ...

@ufo.detective

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much indeed for posting, Bernhard Romeni :)

@Teddibere1

5 жыл бұрын

Bernhard......THANK YOU for giving me many memorable times listening to this true MASTERPIECE. Xxxx

@donsheahan1569

4 жыл бұрын

I🇨🇮 🍀 🇮🇪

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565

3 жыл бұрын

1 million*?

One of the most heart moving pieces of music ever played.

@evelynconroy4821

6 жыл бұрын

John Bailey

@KingPhilipsRideshare

6 жыл бұрын

Ben G i second that but this is unreal. Socialist Solidarity from Ireland to the great Russian motherland

@fastasfox

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminGalbraith1 Not quite the same sentiment though 😂

@beginningtosee7457

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

There are pipes and then there's Davy Spillane .........

@garycheyne1876

7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@cathalodiubhain5739

6 жыл бұрын

tá sé ar dhuine de na ceoltóirí is fearr thart

@sowerby1950

6 жыл бұрын

Paul you're right. There are pipes... then there's Davy.

@Ned-ke3ui

4 жыл бұрын

Davy is a genius 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Simple as that🇮🇪

@cwaltzmusic

4 жыл бұрын

He's a master.

This was performed right after the intermission in the NYC live production... it was powerfully evocative and intensely visceral after all the jubilant music and lively dance of the first half. The theater was completely dark and quiet when suddenly the low basses long tone starting softly... then the pipes...I was paralyzed with emotion, transfixed by the beauty of this melody and the orchestration. If this was all I heard that night, it would’ve been well worth it.

This song and the way it's played proves without a doubt that we are more than just blood and bones, water and skin. There is no way that the physical can touch the soul like the music that is portrayed here. This proves we are a spirit and.... While reading the comments.. they prove that we are of kindred spirits on this ship called Earth no matter what race or country or gender Thank you all for being a part of my life. Thank you for the patience of me being part of yours.

@garywhitt98

Жыл бұрын

Lovely.

@regand7830

11 ай бұрын

I believe that too, with all that is in me. I am a black American woman, with only a few Irish ancestors. And this Irish music speaks to me always. The Playing For Change videos, are just such connections we have to each other, from anywhere in the world. I think you'll enjoy them.

@jenniferpeer1827

3 ай бұрын

That was lovely...God bless you! Glad you were born!!! ❤😊

And you don't even have to be a Celt to love this music or this instrument. It speaks very, very deeply to us. It resonates down my spine. But, everyone can enjoy it.

@arielsea9087

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I’m from an island in the Caribbean and come by from time to time to listen to this beautiful piece of music. Nothing like it.

@capajensen5689

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely -- for us who don't agree with what our forefathers and birthplace stands for, this music touches me as a human.

@jackeenjim

2 жыл бұрын

As a Gael, I proudly offer this to you, as it touches my soul, so might it touch yours. My hand in yours, Brother.

@fightinandirish

Жыл бұрын

Music is the language of the soul. It knows no borderline or race, we're lucky to have it.

I'm from Italy but the father of my grandfa was from Cork. I can't find the words to explain what I felt when I've been there . I can't explain how a part of my soul , felt this sound so familiar , really I can't. But Irish blood never lies. Eireann go brath**SORRY** ÉIRINN GO BRAGH!!

@laetitialogan2017

3 жыл бұрын

Bless you

@irishelk3

3 жыл бұрын

And Im Irish with some Italian blood. The Azzopardis and the Falzons. My fathers family even look Italian.

@Manuel_P_M

2 жыл бұрын

@IRISH JAY IRISH JAY thanks

@doublejace

2 жыл бұрын

From the states, mom's side of the family is from Cork. Keep well.

English through and through ...this piece is so moving ..so proud of my Irish friends ..beutiful country ..beutiful people ....

I'm a proud Scotsman and love the sound of the pipes. My wife and I have seen Riverdance which was fantastic. These pipes are special and very moving.

There's something amazingly haunting about Uilleann pipes. Any Bag pipe can be powerful but there's always been something about the Uilleann ones that sound like they're singing, or crying for that manner. They're extremely strong sounding as well.

@mcchuff

10 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. I've always thought the pipes sound like they're sobbing in this song. Especially at 2:33.

@weeardguy

6 жыл бұрын

Yep. Had the privilege of seeing Irish group Cara performing live 2 or 3 years ago at about 1,5 meters distance from me. The piper didn't play this tune, but what he did play had the same hauting cry to the pipes as this marvellous lament. Can still remember the tears and would definitely go to such another intimate concert as 2 years ago.

@frankv8891

3 жыл бұрын

it comes with a soul....

@Coastiestevie

3 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of painful history with Ireland. That’s why.

@daviddonpelleyable

3 жыл бұрын

Its felt in our blood , my blood sings with emotion

Here is an spanish (Asturian) man crying before listenig this beutiful melody... Here we have also pipes but this man can make cry his uilleain, and made me also cry...

@Connnor

3 жыл бұрын

Viva Asturias! Xxx

I have never been so moved by a piece of music.

@grunthostheflatulent9086

7 жыл бұрын

anyone who fails to be deeply moved by this piece are either a very cold fish or a star trek vulcan !.its the most beautiful piece of music i have ever herd, played from the heart, never fails to bring a tear to my eye, also please forgive me if i get a bit heavy here, but the melody speaks to me of a long forgotten wisdom, lost in the mists of time. more please davy!

@weeardguy

7 жыл бұрын

No, you're not the only one who thinks of it like that. This brings shivers to my spine every time I hear it (and I dislike the version from the 1996 edit of Riverdance Live in New York) Most music with uillean pipes has the same effect. My grandma passed away a month ago and I asked if they could play this at the funeral (as she loved this) but my dad had arranged something different. He played some version of 'Long Journey Home' by some Irish Orchestra, which was probably an even 'harder' part to sit through than this. It brought big tears and that didn't stop for the rest of the funeral ;)

@grunthostheflatulent9086

7 жыл бұрын

i also dislike the 1996 version. i feel if its not played properly as per the original score, then, it should`nt be played at all (it should be a crime to adulterate this music) only joking!

I am British and love this music more than anything.

I love how even he nods with approval at 1.29, I must have listened to this song a thousand times. I just get it!!!!!! Davey Spillane, you are a legend to me.

I am moved to tears every time I listen to this. Lights off, volume up, eyes closed. Wow.

I want to meet Davy Spillane and give him such a big hug for this beautiful music and his skill to play it. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

I am biracial. Irish, Scottish, Kenyan, and English. I remember watching this when I was 5yrs old. It made me cry then, and it still makes me cry at 27yrs old! 💖beautiful!

@hrsdrvqueen5946

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingofstars102 why is that, pray tell?

@Mgaffo222

18 күн бұрын

No you are not

The essence of grief, distilled into the most poignantly ravishing sound I have ever heard. Thank you.

@lisahargrave310

7 жыл бұрын

Anotheryou21 very well said. I felt it followed the trajectory of intense grief, especially during the highest notes. As the emotion plays out there is a bit of relief and consolation reflected in a more relaxed tone towards the end. It is very reflective of the waves of grief and how they can roll over us.

@KSguitarmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic way to describe it!!

I will be buried to this tune....most amazing piece of music....you must be already dead if you feel no emotion when listening to this

@fmfagan

9 жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike friend. I've always intended the very same thing.

a poem without words

Rien de mieux pour rappeler le martyre de ce peuple Irlandais ☘️ Respect ! ✊

This song has kept me from committing suicide so many times...I just listen to it over and over and let all the pain drain out with each note as it touches me. Thank you Davy Spillane. In this song and Midnight Walker I find a place to shut out the world...❤❤

@laurakibben4147

25 күн бұрын

While it makes me want to out of thinking back to everything that's gone wrong and that I screwed up for myself after discovering the song 😭😭

My English family play this music for the funeral of my Irish great grandmother who sadly passed alway ten years at the age of 107 in 2007. Her coffin was draped over the Irish flag as she was lowed into the Irish soil next to her husband who she was married to for 80 years and never remarried. RIP Gram-Gram we still missed you😢🇮🇪.

@karmasauce6288

5 жыл бұрын

Byzantine Soldier my condolences. It’s a lovely tune.

@ufo.detective

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your account, Byzantine Soldier. RIP & 'welcome Home'. 🙁🙏☘️

@winterramos4527

5 жыл бұрын

107yrs old. Damn, what a life

@pjrdj

4 жыл бұрын

codladh samh

@15footgelatinouscube

4 жыл бұрын

Memory eternal!

This stunningly beautiful piece of music is the absolute essence of Ireland

Why can I never watch this without tears streaming down my face at the end. It's so incredibly sorrowful. Beautiful... absolutely beautiful ...even if it does always make me cry.

@ellenphilomena4535

8 ай бұрын

This is how I feel all my life...Belfast was left behind... the south got on with it. It's like looking back at an island when 3/4 of your people your fought with and for...walked on.

It was said of the Irish (by someone who knew us well( that 'All their wars are happy, all their songs are sad'. None sadder that this beautiful piece played by a master.

@niallginty3912

9 жыл бұрын

listen to this. niall

@rickyball6707

9 жыл бұрын

Very soulful

@joesoap81

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Gantly ''The Gaels are the Race that God made mad For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad''

@tomforde6696

6 жыл бұрын

G.W.K. Chesterton

When I first heard this piece of music I was 14, it immediately created a vivid image of Cu Chulainn sitting on top of a mountain weeping. As each tear fell from his cheek to the ground he began to see the future of his kin, dying from hunger, persecuted, enslaved and murdered. This music speaks to my soul and always brings tears to my eyes as that image comes to me. It reminds me of my heritage, my family line and the sacrifices they made so that our music, dance, poems and art never died so that we can be blessed by it today in our time.

@vestty5802

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Baker Irish were never enslaved

@user-ys5yv2nz6w

4 жыл бұрын

@@vestty5802 Tens of thousands of Irish people were sent to the Caribbean by Cromwell allegedly after rebelling against English control

@vestty5802

4 жыл бұрын

Fionn yes but most of the Irish in the Carribean were not sent by cromwell

@Ned-ke3ui

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice👏🏻🇮🇪

@PaulBaker12

3 жыл бұрын

Irish people were enslaved by the British, we were not allowed to own our land, we couldn't speak our own language, sing or play our music, educate our children, practice our beliefs and culture. We couldn't even eat our own food. Our mothers were abducted, raped, tossed into convents or sent to work for British lords or in a lot of cases, beaten to death. Our Fathers were conscripted to the British Empire Army to be used as fodder in the name of the King or Queen whose goal was to assert control over weaker nations. You can debate all day whether the Irish were taken and sold as 'slaves', but no one can deny that the British enslaved Ireland, the remnants of the damage done is very visible to this day. The 'Irish Border' for example, should be the sea and not the one that separates the Republic from the North. Please don't tell me that we weren't enslaved, we were!

This melody, to me, sounds like the anguished cry of the soul. It's both touching and heart breaking. It brings me to tears every time.

@JackD7

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@pastychomper4939

2 жыл бұрын

For the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. -- G. K. Chesterton.

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I ever heard. ❤️🍀

Some of the most beautiful music in the world. It surpasses anything that could be made with all the electronic gear in the world. This has soul, it has grace, it is a gift from God! It makes me cry to hear the sad lament, it makes me miss my Irish mother, God rest her soul!

@TheDublin47

6 жыл бұрын

She must have been a lovely mummy RIP

@andronikyegiazaryan3546

6 жыл бұрын

Amen!

I heard this when I saw the show the first time, omg, I cried like a baby. It touched me in a way no other music has, and I can listen to this over and over and never get tired of hearing the beautiful sound of the Uilleann Pipe. Davy Spillane is an Outstanding Musician.

Being Irish and having worked abroad for 34 years I always get the tug of heart strings for home and remembering my dear friends who have passed especially my mother and younger brother 😢🇮🇪🍀

This music is calling me home to a nation i never knew i belonged to

Da geht mir das Herz auf und Freudentränen rollen runter - Danke.!

I would like to send this music by the Grace of God . To my Dad, A Co Mayo Man . Who passed away March 1985. He would have loved this tune on the Uilleann Pipes. Rest in Peace Dad . From all of your Sons and Daughters .God Bless .

THIS SONG IS THE SONG RESPONSIBLE FOR MY FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE UILLEANN PIPES (and making certain I made sure I ended up with a song on my album that had authentic uilleann pipes played by a brilliant musician in Nashville. The late great Hunter Lee. Such a deeply meaningful time in the studio with him. And of course, I wept as he lay down his tracks) ♥️

played this at my Dad's funeral 25 years ago, fathers day today! 🙂

@pierrickmouazan517

Жыл бұрын

I'd like this played at my funeral!

~Irish blues glisten with warm tears that no words can rightly express, as upon mind's canvas, images are clear and crisply painted. Emerald fields... bluest skies...gentle waters sweetly whispering... Home...~

@mickysmith07

10 жыл бұрын

Just say you like it

@J_Rossi

10 жыл бұрын

I said I love it, in my own words. :)

@brucecollie7336

10 жыл бұрын

J. Rossi And well said i to miss my home

@conanwright1183

7 жыл бұрын

Your a real writer. your use of words are great

@J_Rossi

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly, Sir.

I might be dreaming but I find it amazing how perfectly the Uilleann pipes conveys hope, gratitude, sorrow and regret. Davy Spillane hypnotizes with this song. Thanks!

As a Scottish person this makes me cry at the end it makes my heat feel what its like for it to break.

Literally one the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard

At 78 I'm an old road dog retired from the road at this point, but tons of stories and time to tell them. So if you're not into people's remembrances I understand. It isn't required reading lol! But if you are, here's one. I was fortunate enough to make my living in music most of my life. I was playing a gig one night and a friend of mine was recording a Stevie Ray Vaughn tribute on one of the pbs stations for me and he left it off at my house, so I was eager to get home and listen to it. It was VHS tape back in those days. So I came home, got into my PJ's and hit play. I had just started to make some videos with some primitive equipment and was learning about lighting etc. So this program starts that had some neat lighting going on and I thought, well this is interesting. Stevie Ray got him some lights lol! But then these dancers come forward and this show started and the "drums" to the music were the feet. Other percussion as well, but the feet stood out. And as a musician I'm always interested in seeing something I wasn't used to seeing. Well, before I know it, I'm no longer thinking about Stevie Ray, I'm just being blown away by all this Irish music and some of the best dancing I had ever seen. So I get further into the program because by this time, I'm taken in and I wasn't going anywhere. Then this. I sat there and tears started rolling down my face. It's a good thing I didn't have to talk because I could not have. I still get a lump in my throat when I hear this. But of course as we all know now, Riverdance. What a musical and dance spectacle. Like no other. I love this music!! I was given the gift of being able to play pretty much any instrument I set my mind to, and don't know how many I play at this point. So, as usual, when I hear an instrument I like I can usually just go get one and start learning. This definitely made me want to go and buy some pipes the next day only to realize that a good set hits near 10 grand lol! So I stuck with all my fretted and keyboard instruments. I did learn to make some music vids and still make my living doing it here on KZread. Thank you Lord for your blessings and the gift of Music!! The world would not be a very happy place without it. I still wonder if I could have successfully learned the instrument now that I know that it is one of the harder instruments to master. By the way, for those interested in some music history, Jubal, descendant of Cain of Cain and Able in the Bible, was known as the father of all who play the harp and the pipes. I can just imagine one day he was out hunting and realized that the bow string made a neat sound when he pulled back and let it go with an arrow. It was a short step for him to realize that as he's stringing his bow, the string made different sounds as it was tensioned differently during the stringing process. Another short distance to thinking, if I put several strings on this bow, I can have several tones at my disposal. I think I'll call it a harp. And being of a musical mind, he's probably getting some cane together for whatever and realized that when the wind blew over an open hole, wow. A neat sound. Wouldn't take much trial and error from there to put several tubes of various lengths together and, You know, these look like pipes so these will be the pipes. I would love to know what that early music sounded like. I'm quite sure at that point there was no chromatic scale yet! OK. Probably didn't happen quite like that, but it does make one wonder how it happened. By the way, I listened to the Stevie Ray tribute the next night. It was OK, but they needed some dancers lol!

For all u who cried, all of u who love ,all of u who smiled listening to this thank you. You are true lovers of music.

My mom and i used to listen to this song all the time, she always told me when it was her time to go, to have it played at her funeral, i lost my mother on september the 8th of this year after her courages battle with cancer, my step father would not have it played at her funeral ( asshole right ) but its ok mom the night after you were laid to rest i got in the car and blasted it as loud as i could just for you. I love you and i miss you.

The bends of the notes are incredible and cut to the very core of my soul. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I told my wife years ago this is what I want to be played at my graveside service when I pass on from this life.

I'm a grown man and I cried like a baby listening to this, a lot of lovely memories came flooding to me of my childhood, lost loves, the times we spent with my now deceased grandfather... Everyone has good memories and this is the song to bring em back. Well done

I've listened to this about 10 times today. This is the most beautiful and powerful piece of music I've heard.

No shame to cry to such music. Thanks for sharing.

Don’t forget that the French also have Celtic origins. We are touched by the sound of the pipes as well. We just call it the cornemuse.

@genghisthegreat2034

2 жыл бұрын

Dumnorix (Gallois)......"Domhan Rí " ( Irlandais )......" Le Roi du Monde " ( Francais)

@relentless1989

Жыл бұрын

us Irish never forget that Europe is mostly Celts. thats why the European union is a Celtic union, and us Irish want to stay with or French, German, Italian etc cousins, who may fight with each other now and again but what family doesn't have a falling out now and again, we our Celts after all, fighting is in our blood.

This is one of the songs I want played when I die

Wow my hairs stood on end truly amazing !!!! I love Ireland 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 this song just makes you love life !!! I want this playing at my funeral

Music knows no boundaries and whenever I listen to the Uilleann pipes I feel like crying. Hey, and I come from a small Latin American country, Guatemala. My most treasured memories are from Ireland when I visited. Davy Spillane, I've been listening to your music for a long time and never get tired of it.

I don’t think there is a single other song in the world that gives me full body goosebumps more than this performance.

@Sionnach1601

Жыл бұрын

Have a listen to "Secret Garden"'s "Hymn to Hope". It's even more poignant, if that's possible

I saw this as a seating attendant at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1995. Made the hair on my back stand on end then, as it does now.

The day my Grandmother died, I played this track on the Riverdance CD and I burst out in tears and sobbed. Before that I was just numb, and this broke the emotional damn for me.

NOW THIS...this is jawdropping. When I saw Riverdance live at the beginning of this year, I heard this and couldn't close my mouth or hold in any tears. This is beautiful! 😍😍😍

@Mysteriobaku

7 жыл бұрын

Emma Hutchings o

@breenwalshe7667

6 жыл бұрын

Saw him down the local last Sunday night,he was playing this tune..........the only tears that were shed was at closing time......no more pints of porter........

@looseleftie

6 жыл бұрын

I saw Riverdance also some years ago.. I remember Davy and this piece... Hairs standing on back of neck...The power of music!

@user-zk1wi6ve5g

5 жыл бұрын

I, too was blessed to see Riverdance live. That night will stay with me for the rest of my life. I am so proud to be Irish. My grandfather was born there. I've never been there...but I can dream.

One of the most moving pieces of music I’ve ever heard. Incredible.

Never has any musical piece grabbed my soul like this. Davy Spillane is amazing.

This piece makes me think of my little Brother who I just lost 7 months AGO! I hope he can hear it in Heaven. And know I'LL always Love and miss him!

Most beautiful music i ever heard.

I was born in Portugal and there was a strong Irish/Scottish link with Portugal in the bygone days. This music speaks directly to the soul. Still cant listen to this without breaking into tears. Cant imagine how Davy can sit there and play this without breaking down

Still and will always be the most beautiful piece of music ever. Makes me cry everytime. 🤍

My eyes fill with tears but my heart soars when i hear the pipes and think of home. I have listened to Davy for many years.

This poignant lament reminds me of something my father told me a long time ago. "For God hath made the Celts mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad"

@paddymac5161

Жыл бұрын

Incorrect quote The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. G K Chesterton. The ballad of the white horse.

It's so painful and yet so hopeful at the same time. Basically Ireland in a nutshell...

@jaymcd8577

7 жыл бұрын

thank you on behalf of u all ;)

@slivershamrock6708

6 жыл бұрын

Its so beautiful and wonderful Ireland in a nutshell

@anthonyclinton9000

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Banks so true!

@donaldaadland

5 жыл бұрын

The Hope's and torments of a society

@irishcountrygirl78

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

I'm not irish and not even close to it, but celtic music resonates the heck out of me! I just can't help it, whenever I hear this music it gives me chills and my eyes get full of tears. I can't explain why it happens, perhaps in a previous life I was irish? I just love celtic music!!!

@jimburdin

3 жыл бұрын

you are not alone in that respect.. my mum listened to this when i was a youngster...makes me miss her more

@nathanverzinskie9582

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂 I love it so much it makes me cry and I'll give me the Blessing to the to be 🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@Eoghanbass2000

Жыл бұрын

You once were. In a previous life.

@tuxsax

Жыл бұрын

@@Eoghanbass2000 mostly probable. I hope one day I'll be able to play this instrument, in this life

Just about to pack up from the north of Ireland to spend a week in the wilds of the Dingle peninsula. I spent 15 years bringing my kids here for their summer holidays. Now they are all grown up with kids if their own and want to let their kids enjoy the simple pleasures of how it was for them. Saturday morning 6am convoy heading south. Can't wait to climb a hill and immerse myself in this beautiful country with this beautiful music.

Im listening to this music in a cottage in the west of Ireland the cottage was built in 1820 i can only imagine the stories the walls could tell .this beautiful music seems to resonate with me and even my little kitten holly Who i brought on holiday with me seems to be transfixed with the music. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 to you and your family and subscriber's ❤

This tune brings shivers and tears every time I hear it. I think it is one of the most beautiful concoctions ever produced.

The most beautiful thing I've ever heard

Invokes so much emotion..there will be Uilleann Pipes in Heaven..

@yusufchowdhury5977

7 жыл бұрын

Debra Wood kdskkweksk the ieeieiowoweirurueuuyhu

@timorphil5472

4 жыл бұрын

Aye there will be - that's how we know it will be Heaven. If it is Scottish bagpipes we're in the wrong place.

If you don't weep listening to this, you don't have a heart. BEAUTIFUL ☘

This song might have just saved my life tonight

The most moving piece of music I've ever heard. It captivates me as much today as it did when I first heard it nearly 20 years ago.

Today we feel our deep loss, and rejoice at the new-found higher state of being of the wonderful Liam Óg ÓFlynn. The piper is with the poet now. Adieu Liam. Níl sa bhás ach malairt beatha.

I'm arabic, born and raised in Denmark, but always felt I've lived a past life in Ireland... Don't know why... but I'm obessesed with Irish music, it's culture and ginger women! Always have been!

The lord touched the child’s brow, and in a gentle voice said. “Davy, take this instrument and convey my sorrow for the hearts of the troubled”.

@cahillgreg

3 жыл бұрын

The child seeing that the lord stood but two paces away, grinned and slowly relaxed his sphincter - like a pupil dilating - and pumped the fetid fumes from his colon into the lord's lungs - no brash breaking of wind; no gushing buttocks belching raucously - just a perfect hush as the air around them started to hum.

@babooshka2887

Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

@flickingbollocks5542

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully put Matthew. Do you write poetry?

i like the way he just closes his eyes and feels the music so beautiful!

Absolutely adore this lament .Heard Davy play this a hundred times or more.Never get tired of hearing it. Hauntingly beautiful.

The Uillean Pipes were played at my grandfather’s funeral. While I wasn’t extremely close to him, I knew all about his heritage growing up in Co. Clare and his love of Irish music. When the pipes started playing as he was being lowered into the ground, my father and I wept uncontrollably. It’s an instrument which can so perfectly capture both the grief of one’s death and the beauty of the life they lived in an instant. I loved you Chris. Your mind may have been gone by the time you left, but I know deep down you never forgot about me.

Lost my Dad 2nd August, he loved this song and we played it at his funeral, he's so missed and this song just means so much and rings cord of many happy times listening to this song with him

If there is such a thing as a soul, then I think this instrument, played like this, will seek it out.

2:23 just hits me. So beautiful. And the chord shift at 2:47 brings instant tears to my eyes. Perfect =)

@srirampdm

6 жыл бұрын

Jonathon Shrum absolutely! That chord at 2:47. It's like being lifted ashore.

@KSguitarmusic

3 жыл бұрын

2:47 = C major chord into a Dsus and then leading to the most climactic point of the piece on a G Major chord at 2:55 when he's playing a B5 to C6. So majestic. What really makes it go - other than Davy's exceptional talent and playing ability - is the sweeping orchestral background. Totally diatonic piece with no chromaticism but yet so powerful.

I heard this live in London, 1995/6 riverdance. When this came on I just burst into tears, no reason, just couldn’t control myself. Had to excuse myself , so embarrassed …

So a friend of mine shared this with me today, as I have lost a big part of my heart. My grandma passed this morning and she was the closest thing I had to remember my mom by. Thank you friend