Does anyone play the hurdy gurdy?

[Velcro]

Does anyone play the hurdy gurdy?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjyAA-kRZaw[/youtube]

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

Does anyone play the hurdy gurdy?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjyAA-kRZaw[/youtube]

It sounds like a bagpipe! awesome!

 

[OzziePete]

No but I like the Donovan song...  :tard:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKCUuyojDI[/youtube]

 

[Mapleg4]

[youtube=853,505]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8WGig0MLU[/youtube]

This is a Swiss Folk Metal band, Eluveitie that features the instrument. www.myspace.com/eluveitie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluveitie. Most of their songs are about the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe in Switzerland that was squeezed between the Romans and the Gauls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetii

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Ritchie Blackmore plays it:

[youtube=425,350]owNYrD9-Edw[/youtube]

 

[AutoBat]

Butthole Surfers version of the Donovan tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yWZcsgwF8

 

[swarfrat]

Indeed - it is a stringed bagpipe.

 

[hannaugh]

There is a hurdy gurdy band at our local Ren Faire every year.  Pretty cool instrument if you ask me. 

 

[elfro89]

It does sound like bagpipes. But bagpipes sound bloody aweful, there is nothing worse then walking through edinburgh in the summer time cause there is a piper on every street playing the same god damn song over and over, the bagpipes should have been an instrument the English should have burnt and destroyed!

The Uilleann pipes sound a million times better!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZhueCssDY&feature=related

 

[FirebirdFloyd]

It does sound like bagpipes. But bagpipes sound bloody aweful, there is nothing worse then walking through edinburgh in the summer time cause there is a piper on every street playing the same god damn song over and over, the bagpipes should have been an instrument the English should have burnt and destroyed!

The Uilleann pipes sound a million times better!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZhueCssDY&feature=related

Oh heck yeah, "Caoineadh Cu Chulainn"!!!!
Probably my favorite Uilleann pipes song, next to U2's "Tomorrow" lol
Cheers

 

[Cagey]

... bagpipes sound bloody aweful, there is nothing worse then walking through edinburgh in the summer time cause there is a piper on every street playing the same god damn song over and over, the bagpipes should have been an instrument the English should have burnt and destroyed!

The Uilleann pipes sound a million times better!

No kidding. How that instrument ever gained any popularity is a mystery for the ages. But, while it's true the Uilleann pipes sound better, it's much like saying a poke in the eye is better than a kick in the balls. I mean, seriously. WTF? <grin>

 

[elfro89]

... bagpipes sound bloody aweful, there is nothing worse then walking through edinburgh in the summer time cause there is a piper on every street playing the same god damn song over and over, the bagpipes should have been an instrument the English should have burnt and destroyed!

The Uilleann pipes sound a million times better!

No kidding. How that instrument ever gained any popularity is a mystery for the ages. But, while it's true the Uilleann pipes sound better, it's much like saying a poke in the eye is better than a kick in the balls. I mean, seriously. WTF? <grin>

I like to think of it more in terms of fellatio and sodomy.  One fresh and bold, the other is dirty and sneaky.

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

it's actually an awesome instrument!

 

[Velcro]

They're bloody expensive(understandbly so though) http://www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk/

 

[Cagey]

I like to think of it more in terms of fellatio and sodomy.  One fresh and bold, the other is dirty and sneaky.

Mmmm... fellatio and sodomy...​

 

[Big V]

[youtube=853,505]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8WGig0MLU[/youtube]

This is a Swiss Folk Metal band, Eluveitie that features the instrument. www.myspace.com/eluveitie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluveitie. Most of their songs are about the Helvetii, a Celtic tribe in Switzerland that was squeezed between the Romans and the Gauls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetii

Oh, how I love Eluveitie :headbang:

I love to say "hurdy gurdy" It just sounds so weird and funny :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Cagey]

Geez. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that was Deathklok in that video.

You can bite me any time you like, but you can never leave!​