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Flower of Scotland
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Track Listing
- Stirling Brig
- Kelvingrove
- Vicar And The Frog
- Bona Line
- Loo Song
- Black Douglas
- Bonnie Ship The Diamond
- Mothers Daughters Wives
- Tibbie Dunbar
- Shenandoah
- Castle Of Dromore
- Food Blues
- Flower Of Scotland
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7457 in Music
- Released on: 2006-06-26
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Five star performance
Firstly, with reference to Folksie's review I need to be slightly pedantic and say that folk music is generally defined as "music of the folk or of the people". As the Corries are Scottish and that their songs clearly have deep Scottish themes and lyrics to appeal to the Scottish market, they certainly adhere to this definition. This is to the extent the title track of this album, Flower of Scotland, has been adopted by the people of Scotland as their unofficial national anthem. Furthermore, the anti-English sentiment you complain about isn't so, simply a recollection of historical wars, also quite common in folk music. Finally, it is worth acknowledging that the Corries have also brought to the fore some historical events for Socts to be ashamed of, namely the infamous massacre of the Macdonalds by the Campbells in the song Massacre Of Glencoe (not on this album).
As this album manages to rouse the spirits of a proud Scot, I give it five stars.
I don't understand folksy
This is a great c.d.
I don't understand what folksy@redvolvo.freeserve.co.uk means about "too much English bigotory inherent in some of the songs".
I think folsky is missing the point, the Corries are singing about English bigotory. The problem for the poor English is they can never comprehend the love that the Scot's have for their country because they can't apply it to their own.
So what if a few merry Scots sing these songs at Murrayfield...
Corries "scot-pop" rather than true folk
Entertaining and mildly patriotic but worried about some of the anti-English bigotry inherent in some of the songs - especially when roared tunelessly by drunken rugby thugs at Murrayfield. The Corrie Folk Trio with Paddy bell were a very different kettle of fish for those who can remember them.
