Dougie MacLean - The Gael (Last of the Mohicans Theme)

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  • @arcticwanderer2000
    @arcticwanderer2000 Рік тому +158

    As you get old and near the end it must be satisfying to know that if nothing else, you have written one of the greatest tunes of all time.

    • @TheMimifur
      @TheMimifur Рік тому +14

      Dougie is nowhere near getting to the end!!

    • @Cheximus
      @Cheximus Рік тому +2

      @@TheMimifur Well, objectively, he is.

    • @willdenoble1898
      @willdenoble1898 Рік тому +2

      @@Cheximusno

    • @mr.vancando4849
      @mr.vancando4849 3 місяці тому +2

      He's the same age as me, what's wrong with him?

    • @lindsayheywood7195
      @lindsayheywood7195 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Cheximus well, he may be older than you, but he is not NEAR THE END!!!

  • @cynthiaclee9209
    @cynthiaclee9209 2 місяці тому +15

    WOW, to hear “The Gael” from the composer Dougie McLean was a privilege, you sir are a master, loved it, just hits the right spot

  • @michaelkennedy4346
    @michaelkennedy4346 7 місяців тому +41

    I’m what you might call a stoic man, hardened by a lifetime of difficult construction work. But this music brings me to tears. Truly beautiful testament of humanity’s vicarious search for the divine.

  • @scottcharlesmac2587
    @scottcharlesmac2587 6 місяців тому +27

    If there’s ever a piece of music that stirs up a primal emotion in you that makes you want to fight for and protect your family until your last then this is it. Reminds me of my dad so much.

    • @tb7771
      @tb7771 4 місяці тому

      Agreed, also for me O Fortuna by Carl Orff.

  • @sabbey-
    @sabbey- 4 роки тому +300

    This is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, imo.

    • @roygoffin3441
      @roygoffin3441 4 роки тому +7

      Yes it is

    • @paulaarmstrong8431
      @paulaarmstrong8431 3 роки тому +7

      It’s like it comes from another realm.

    • @sabbey-
      @sabbey- 3 роки тому +4

      @@paulaarmstrong8431
      I believe it speaks to our deep, ancestral memories. Memories of love and pain, of oppression and of true freedom, long since vanished.
      To quote another Scottish musician, "it's only freedom calling".

    • @paulaarmstrong8431
      @paulaarmstrong8431 3 роки тому +6

      @@sabbey- That is a very eloquent response. I do believe you are right. I have read a few songwriters and composers who said that they felt that some of their best compositions were preexistent. The songs weren’t something they created themselves, but something they were given.

    • @sabbey-
      @sabbey- 3 роки тому +3

      @@paulaarmstrong8431 Yes. The Gael truly is a gift. And Dougie shared it with us so perfectly.

  • @paulhopley1838
    @paulhopley1838 Рік тому +46

    When they play music in heaven, this song will be on the play list. Absolutely beautiful melody.

    • @bufenuf642
      @bufenuf642 8 місяців тому

      And there must be golf and coffee to go along with it. Peace.

    • @natmilcur
      @natmilcur 10 днів тому

      ​@@bufenuf642oh no. Running barefoot and free in the hills goes with this composition in my opinion.

  • @uamstealth
    @uamstealth 2 роки тому +134

    No one else on this planet can bring this song to life other than dougie himself. Respect.

    • @paulaarmstrong8431
      @paulaarmstrong8431 2 роки тому +17

      I've heard many lovely, stirring, iterations of this theme brought to life, but Mr.Maclean's is the purest version.

    • @lukecage3569
      @lukecage3569 2 роки тому +6

      ?? Seriously? This is the most average version I've ever heard. Jenny does a better version also the version on the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack is better.

    • @paulaarmstrong8431
      @paulaarmstrong8431 2 роки тому +11

      @@lukecage3569 Seriously???? I don't give af what you think, Luke, lmao

    • @lukecage3569
      @lukecage3569 2 роки тому +1

      @@paulaarmstrong8431 Right back at you, loser skank. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @paulaarmstrong8431
      @paulaarmstrong8431 2 роки тому +1

      @@lukecage3569 Oh, no, some random incel on the internet doesn't like my musical taste and he thinks I'm a skank! Whatever will I do? 🤡

  • @stephanier7811
    @stephanier7811 Рік тому +41

    I never get tired of hearing this man play. Just beautiful and haunting.

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur 4 роки тому +161

    Througout this weird year, Dougie has done free concerts all the time. he is a true hero

    • @beachdog67
      @beachdog67 3 роки тому +5

      Aye.

    • @Winchester1973
      @Winchester1973 3 роки тому +6

      Hope he keeps performing - the weird year ain‘t over yet..

    • @totaloutlanderobsession8013
      @totaloutlanderobsession8013 3 роки тому +5

      @@Winchester1973 yeah this year sucks but his music is beautiful. …..stay safe everyone,

    • @sabbey-
      @sabbey- 3 роки тому +5

      Say hello to him for me, an Australian fan.

    • @TheMimifur
      @TheMimifur 3 роки тому +4

      @@Winchester1973 Dougie is still going. 104 and counting... with the Tattiefaces...

  • @sookie4195
    @sookie4195 4 місяці тому +13

    This touches my very soul. It reminds me of my Dad. My Dad playing the fiddle is my first memory of life.

  • @nina793
    @nina793 4 роки тому +57

    So this is the great man behind this epic and historic sound track

    • @harryku1007
      @harryku1007 4 роки тому +3

      Exactly dude

    • @AlanDantes76
      @AlanDantes76 4 роки тому +2

      I think he's just responsible for this song. The soundtrack was by Randy Edleman and Trevor Jones. They adapted this man's song and included it in the soundtrack as well, with credit to him. Since it is the main theme of the song, much credit should go to him as well, of course.

    • @robpatterson9803
      @robpatterson9803 6 місяців тому

      He and Daniel Lanois (producer). Lanois is a legend in the music industry. Look at his work.

    • @jolicska
      @jolicska Місяць тому +2

      @@AlanDantes76 just responsible? its exactly the same song from note to note. man, the hollywood two edleman and jones stolen his music and milked millions from it. there was no internet back then to track it down..

  • @winterspring6355
    @winterspring6355 3 роки тому +41

    If you have a heart at all... you can't not stop and listen to this, Thank You Dougie Maclean

  • @muhammadkassim8690
    @muhammadkassim8690 2 роки тому +41

    This will never get old

  • @TinjaniRayaick
    @TinjaniRayaick Рік тому +15

    This is an amazing piece. Dougie is the only one that can play it so

    • @TheChapeaumelon1
      @TheChapeaumelon1 Рік тому +1

      you got that right! every one who tries, they miss the irish/scottish swing that makes it so appealing

  • @Robescocia
    @Robescocia Рік тому +20

    Absolutely love this version and I love Dougie’s famous song”Caledonia”

  • @cliffsandifer3877
    @cliffsandifer3877 4 роки тому +39

    ALL you people that think the Gael is beautiful haunting and makes you proud to be of Scottish descent..... I am with you....

    • @Lucien234-i2z
      @Lucien234-i2z 2 дні тому

      Scottish Decent 😂😂😂😂! Some of us, like myself, are actually Scottish and not of decent. Come on! Get real!

    • @cliffsandifer3877
      @cliffsandifer3877 2 дні тому

      @Lucien234-i2z excuse me ...I am descended clan Moncrief lowland Scots, represented at highland games ....I AM real, and I placed 3rd in fiddle contest ..rather proud of that...not seeking argument

  • @Tam0de
    @Tam0de 4 місяці тому +4

    1:30 - chills & goosebumps starts to appear right here. That sound was such a big part of The Last Of The Mohicans. So epic.

  • @librapaladin81
    @librapaladin81 Рік тому +7

    Awwwe... Dougie-Dougie..... I love this man's contribution to the world!!

  • @aleccrombie7923
    @aleccrombie7923 Рік тому +25

    What a legacy,to live on forever. A masterpiece

  • @phelinephrenzy2358
    @phelinephrenzy2358 Рік тому +21

    I'd always thought this was a traditional Scottish classic. Well, it is now!!
    Sir, I can't thank you enough for composing this song. Every time I hear a version of it, I save it in a file titled "The Gael/Last of the Mohicans".
    It is an honor to hear you play this. ❤

  • @Missbagpipernorthwest
    @Missbagpipernorthwest 3 роки тому +38

    Oh good Lord, as a bagpiper, this speaks volumes, the soul, the depth of the notes and the expression!!!!!!

    • @anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120
      @anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120 Рік тому +3

      Wow, great respect to bagpipers! I understand they are quite difficult to play. So grateful we have devoted musicians like you! The heart of Scottish music.

  • @Winchester1973
    @Winchester1973 3 роки тому +57

    I like how tenderly he guides the bow. Not much upper body jerking, or swaying from left to right... just delicate movements. If you muted the music you‘d never expect so much energy and liveliness in the melody. So much that‘s going on in his mind and soul, such focus and heart. I can see the deer break through the underbrush of trees, Le Long Carabine and Uncas chasing after... I can smell the rich forests of North Carolina and the Smokey Mountains where the final scene of LoM was shot. I can feel the ups and downs of life - inspiration and disappointment side by side. Melancholy and joy like twin brothers.

    • @pablokaufervinent8012
      @pablokaufervinent8012 3 роки тому +6

      I suspect he might have been thinking more of the Highlands in Scotland. Perhaps the Campbells chasing some renegade Jacobite.

    • @Winchester1973
      @Winchester1973 3 роки тому +4

      @@pablokaufervinent8012 that works for me as well. Was there only once, but was able to hike in the hills of Rob Roy some. Beautiful country and people!

    • @melinda6024
      @melinda6024 2 роки тому +3

      OOOH! Stephan, you have a gift with words; you should really consider writing some poetry, lyrics, prose,..something! don't let your talent go to waste!

    • @anthonyharris338
      @anthonyharris338 2 роки тому +3

      Beautiful words ❤

    • @anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120
      @anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120 Рік тому

      Such an amazing and heart-wrenching scene!

  • @josephbaugh8868
    @josephbaugh8868 4 роки тому +85

    If ever I had to pick one song for the rest of my days . This would definitely be it. THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL MELODY...

    • @theshow1269
      @theshow1269 3 роки тому +4

      When I first watched this movie I was so captured by this piece of music! Magnificent!

    • @korbendallas5318
      @korbendallas5318 2 роки тому +1

      Incidentally, mine would also be a violin piece: Bach's Ciaccona.

  • @LindaHopkinson
    @LindaHopkinson 5 місяців тому +5

    Doughie,Birnam Man Born and Bred,listenened to this Musical Genius for years 👏👏👏👏

  • @robertalancasey1309
    @robertalancasey1309 Рік тому +10

    this brilliant piece of music should be the scottish national anthem.....
    only a celt can feel this great sense of national pride it gives people.
    bit jealous being irish none the less this musician has composed a tune that will endure
    many life times and for that ta an biochas orainn.....

  • @Flangel66
    @Flangel66 7 місяців тому +9

    I know it was composed recently, but this is still what my old man would call a "rare ol' tune". ❤

  • @JonathanReynolds1
    @JonathanReynolds1 2 роки тому +19

    This makes me proud of my Scottish roots. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎻

  • @grzegorzpasternak2451
    @grzegorzpasternak2451 3 роки тому +33

    The music is so beautiful and excellent that almost 20 years ago I set it as my ringtone, and I'm going to keep it for the next 20 years.

    • @scrimmy45
      @scrimmy45 2 роки тому +3

      It will be one of the pieces of music played at my funeral. I have met the man and seen him perform several times. He lives only 50 miles from me in Scotland.

    • @sabbey-
      @sabbey- 2 роки тому

      @@scrimmy45 Please say hello to him for me.
      Cheers from Australia 🇭🇲

    • @eleanorpullen7131
      @eleanorpullen7131 2 роки тому +1

      It’s my ring tone too brilliant piece of music and a brilliant movie score

  • @squarewave808
    @squarewave808 4 місяці тому +4

    I think anyone can appreciate this fabulous piece. But, not to be overly dramatic, this punches all kinds of buttons in my Scottish/Irish soul. I don’t know how else to describe it.

  • @giuseppepatane5421
    @giuseppepatane5421 Рік тому +11

    Absolute magic the most beautiful soundtrack in film history

  • @lewistasso8866
    @lewistasso8866 2 роки тому +18

    I've been watching this for years and it will never grow old. When I hear this song, especially this version, it is very special. It takes me on a voyage from my home here in the northeastern US and transports me over the places I traveled. I can recall the times of my past driving through the Adirondack Mountain areas of New York state on my way to Montreal. It makes me think of times hundreds of years ago when that area was a significant part of North American and international history like in The Last of the Mohicans.

  • @jaydasg6
    @jaydasg6 19 днів тому +1

    One of the finest compositions. The violin play is excellent.

  • @marleneblaylock808
    @marleneblaylock808 Місяць тому +2

    So amazing! It is one of those tunes that you never get tired of hearing. It is enchanting.

  • @t.google1495
    @t.google1495 Рік тому +5

    I randomly thought about The Last of the Mohicans, and it brought me here. Such a great movie, and a great piece of music. It hits me right in all the feels.

  • @lucasbarton7903
    @lucasbarton7903 Рік тому +13

    Good on you Dougie, so many don't know your great creation. To hear about free performances is just pure humility. Your gentle change of note is divine. Thankyou.

  • @BPGav
    @BPGav 4 роки тому +80

    Incredible, I was up on the hills today, climbing 2 munros Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach.
    The previous evening I had been in aviemore listening to BBC Scotland and this song came on. I am familiar with it and gives me goosebumps everytime.
    Back to the hills, I had this overwhelming urge to play this song, Miraculously I had phone signal and I played this version. I was on the ridge line on top of Beinn a'Chaorainn and I started running along the ridge with incredible views of the summit, it gave me an overwhelming feeling of joy, connected to the mountain, free from the shackles of work and I was completely present in the moment. I had tears running down my cheeks and in that moment I was completely happy and grateful for being able to experience that moment.
    Thank you Dougie for giving us this masterpiece.

    • @mifinedrefined7446
      @mifinedrefined7446 4 роки тому +8

      What a wonderful moment. I can imagine myself do exactly the same, thanks for sharing! :)

    • @horticulturist2338
      @horticulturist2338 4 роки тому +5

      This has happened to me as well, but it was in the Rocky Mountains. I was high up overlooking the Garden of the Gods and played this song. I felt like a baby, but didn't care.

    • @neilcarter77
      @neilcarter77 3 роки тому +2

      I was on the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, listening to this...Wind was blowing at 189 mph, wind chill of -50 - - I died.

    • @johnahh5130
      @johnahh5130 3 роки тому +1

      Wow!

    • @johnahh5130
      @johnahh5130 3 роки тому

      @@neilcarter77 oops!

  • @johnbeattie8458
    @johnbeattie8458 4 роки тому +36

    Dougie that is so beautiful it breaks my heart

  • @juliefeasal8878
    @juliefeasal8878 3 роки тому +30

    Thank you Mr. McLean for writing the most beauiful blood stirring piece of music i have ever heard! I have goosebumps!

  • @Eltigre3632
    @Eltigre3632 4 роки тому +17

    Wish I could live in Scotland and listen to this every morning on the streets, regards from Spain!

    • @SuperRichy5
      @SuperRichy5 3 роки тому

      Regards from Perth Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @MelkorStorm
      @MelkorStorm 3 роки тому +1

      @@SuperRichy5 wish to be there too. North Spain, we are Celts too

    • @TheIjk07
      @TheIjk07 3 роки тому +1

      I'd have to come with you,honestly

    • @Eltigre3632
      @Eltigre3632 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheIjk07 let's do it!!

    • @larrym.johnson9219
      @larrym.johnson9219 3 роки тому +1

      @@MelkorStorm you bet! Kelt from Appalachia WV America.

  • @ilovesteve82
    @ilovesteve82 8 місяців тому +2

    I swear this song makes me cry every time. There is something indescribably deep to this melody. Literally wrenches my soul.

  • @damirfilipovic3761
    @damirfilipovic3761 Рік тому +8

    in Bosnia we say that there is no good folk music without Dougie MacLean

  • @donnafletcher5386
    @donnafletcher5386 7 місяців тому +5

    If I ever get married I want this as the wedding song.

  • @anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120

    Wow, what a special moment to hear the Great Original play his piece! Just gorgeous!

  • @jasonchytka1864
    @jasonchytka1864 Рік тому +3

    I cry every time i listen...listen close hes telling such a story!

  • @amnahaque9058
    @amnahaque9058 3 роки тому +8

    You can listen to it again and again and again.

  • @rrafael74
    @rrafael74 3 роки тому +13

    Best solo rendition ever... Does not even skip the octave 👏👏👏👌

    • @n4nz00
      @n4nz00 8 місяців тому +1

      It should be since he wrote it

  • @paulMcGlothin
    @paulMcGlothin 2 роки тому +8

    Great performance by this gifted performer and composer.

  • @merledoughty5787
    @merledoughty5787 Рік тому +4

    We used to be friends with Dougies cousin here in New Zealand, she brought a tape back from her visit to Scotland which we have, its not a reproduction its the real thing she had recorded when he played at these events. A most haunting tune thanks Dougie

  • @jdee286
    @jdee286 2 роки тому +6

    Beautiful. Simple. Authentic.

  • @gordi-music
    @gordi-music Рік тому +4

    That there is.... perfection.

  • @stephfahey1101
    @stephfahey1101 7 місяців тому +2

    This makes me emotional every single time I listen. What a Masterpiece!

  • @allanm1946
    @allanm1946 2 роки тому +9

    Million thanks to this man!
    God bless ❤️

  • @aurangzebkhan2260
    @aurangzebkhan2260 5 років тому +62

    Dougie the living legend performs his legacy with passion par excellence.
    The music is divine, breathtaking and mesmerising. I miss a beat every time I listen to it.

  • @jaylineff
    @jaylineff 4 роки тому +51

    This is how it should be performed. Not huge orchestras. Not guitar. Not harp. No bagpipes. No other instrument but fiddle and by this man.

    • @Dardziling
      @Dardziling 4 роки тому +1

      so true

    • @ed_goblin
      @ed_goblin 3 роки тому +4

      You may have noticed there are other instruments in the recording which is probably how he wrote it, yet I get what you mean - original is best.

    • @stephfahey1101
      @stephfahey1101 3 роки тому +1

      @@ed_goblin No bagpipes though??? ;)

    • @R-Fen
      @R-Fen 3 роки тому

      Indeed

    • @julifolo
      @julifolo 2 роки тому

      Here's a MacLean many-instruments concert version that doesn't use bagpipes: ua-cam.com/video/4v8pM7cHrT8/v-deo.html -- I've been alternating between these 2 versions. (The bagpipes didn't help that other not-MacLean version, what a mess.)

  • @yauki1312
    @yauki1312 4 роки тому +43

    Beautiful music Dougie. Thanks for writing and sharing it.

  • @AryanAleviZaza
    @AryanAleviZaza 4 роки тому +9

    I am not Scottish and even less British but certainly my heart is Scottish Gaelic, from the Highlands region more precisely. Listening to this music makes you feel as though you are free, as free as the wind that travels and caresses the mountains of Scotland.Because this music reflects the soul of Gaelic Scotland. If you want to know Scotland first listen to this

    • @larrym.johnson9219
      @larrym.johnson9219 3 роки тому

      Did you know?that the mountains in Scotland were once part of the Appalachian mountains before the continental drift happed about 3 billion years ago.

    • @AryanAleviZaza
      @AryanAleviZaza 3 роки тому

      @@larrym.johnson9219 Certainly my friend !! And the coincidence that many Scottish or Irish-Scottish Gaelic settled in the regions of the Appalachians during the colonial period

  • @davidcraig5181
    @davidcraig5181 5 місяців тому +2

    Such a moving and beautiful melody

  • @melinda6024
    @melinda6024 2 роки тому +5

    this song is by far the best part from the movie...amazing Dougie, thanks!

  • @brianmcphee506
    @brianmcphee506 4 роки тому +14

    Yes! This sound speaks to the heart of a true Scot, as I am one. 💙

    • @gerryscully9248
      @gerryscully9248 4 роки тому +6

      Also to a fellow Gael, from Eire, the soul bleeds in a way only Gaels can understand. This composition is monumentally important.

    • @smallbluecaramel9144
      @smallbluecaramel9144 3 роки тому +1

      Regards from Brittany, this theme is moving for us too...

  • @paulscudds8474
    @paulscudds8474 Рік тому +2

    One of my very favourite pieces of music and beautifully played.

  • @lesleyrose8572
    @lesleyrose8572 3 роки тому +16

    Wonderful to hear Dougie play this last night at his solo on line concert His son prepared a backing track to enable to enjoy this fabulous fiddle tune.

  • @yoshimimiyazaki2602
    @yoshimimiyazaki2602 3 роки тому +11

    love watching Dougie keeping time with his left foot. This is so beautifully done -- so proud he wrote this!

  • @CAMDENISLINGTON
    @CAMDENISLINGTON Рік тому +4

    One of the best music in entire history. Thanks Duugie.

  • @Nefertitidancer
    @Nefertitidancer 3 роки тому +4

    Last of the Mohicans is one of the most beautiful soundtracks for a movie. I used some of them for veil when I used to belly dance.

  • @francespower4631
    @francespower4631 Рік тому +2

    Phenomenal talent Composer singer and musician.This is so beautiful.Seems he is a fine person as well.Thank you Dougie

  • @peakfiddler
    @peakfiddler 4 роки тому +12

    Dougie plays the fiddle just like his wonderful singing voice, simply superb.

  • @alisonaussie4995
    @alisonaussie4995 2 роки тому +3

    So incredibly beautiful

  • @eleanorpullen7131
    @eleanorpullen7131 3 роки тому +6

    Outstanding piece of music from the best their is ….🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @scottybritt-bm1on
    @scottybritt-bm1on Рік тому +3

    So powerful and beautiful if they were words what would they be? Definitely the the most beautiful Melody I've ever had the privilege of hearing best instrumental I've ever heard in my life ever since I was a kid it captured me wonderful musician thank you

  • @fionnaitsradag5152
    @fionnaitsradag5152 2 роки тому +6

    This is an especially beautiful rendition.

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur 3 роки тому +5

    Last Saturday was concert 104, Dougie is a hero....

  • @roberthitchcock7214
    @roberthitchcock7214 Рік тому +7

    My favorite movie theme song by far! "Duncan!!" Duncan was the real hero of the movie. What a film and what a song.

  • @Lassisvulgaris
    @Lassisvulgaris 2 роки тому +6

    Beautiful piece of music.....

  • @pattyyuraitis5071
    @pattyyuraitis5071 3 роки тому +9

    Oh how I feel every note..... It is one of the most Beautiful 💚

  • @varunb2465
    @varunb2465 3 роки тому +10

    From the master himself! one of my all time favorites 👌

  • @lucasbarton7903
    @lucasbarton7903 10 місяців тому +2

    Dougie, magic. well done Sir

  • @HoiPolloi23
    @HoiPolloi23 2 роки тому +7

    wow, thank you janice for uploading and sharing this beautiful piece from dougie himself. blessings to everyone watching.

  • @grazynacendrowska2506
    @grazynacendrowska2506 2 роки тому +6

    Jedno z najlepszych wykonań tej muzyki poprostu cud!

  • @Shadow-bx8ri
    @Shadow-bx8ri 3 роки тому +8

    One of the most memorable tracks, played like a dream. It's out of the world. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @KSNT-TheTaint
    @KSNT-TheTaint Рік тому +2

    Music that will no doubt inspire warriors and fighters for generations to come!

  • @sgtcrab2569
    @sgtcrab2569 4 роки тому +33

    Thank god to hear the composer play this after tons of covers from the Hot Violist to whomever. It is ": The Gael" Leave the Mohicans out of it. Look at his composition .."The Osprey" which is brilliant also.

    • @tonymaries1652
      @tonymaries1652 4 роки тому +17

      Since I came across the cover by Jenny O'Connor and her band Circa Paleo a week or so ago I have been looking for a recording by Dougie Maclean, and also the music score. Jenny O'Connor is a good player and gets all the attention because she is young and pretty but the pathos and raw emotion of the original is just not quite there. Perhaps it is because the American music scene is just very different from the UK. I see wonderful costumes and the audience sitting down on nice clean straw bales but I don't see people visibly moved by one of the most emotional melodies I have ever experienced. Dougie Maclean is one of the greatest composers of our time and not appreciated as much as he should be. Typing with a sore throat and a tear in the corner of my eye - and a dram of whisky by my side.

    • @TheEvilDrR
      @TheEvilDrR 3 роки тому +3

      Been a huge Dougie MacLean fan since the '80's when I was associated with a community radio station (KNON in Dallas) that had a Celtic music program, and the DJ played several of Dougie's tunes that were recorded live. I just now found out Dougie composed this tune. Wow.

    • @stewartjackson5483
      @stewartjackson5483 3 роки тому +4

      Without the Gael, the last of the Mohicans soundtrack would never sound like it does.

    • @jdee286
      @jdee286 2 роки тому +5

      Yes, it amuses me the way people go on about the Mohican spirit in this ... it is pure Gaelic. Dougie makes that fiddle talk. He is a Master.

  • @joyaldred7781
    @joyaldred7781 Рік тому +2

    Moving and beautiful.

  • @Valhallaforevermore
    @Valhallaforevermore 4 роки тому +10

    love that's song ... far far better then the movies !

  • @missy-t9d
    @missy-t9d 4 роки тому +18

    Absolutely beautiful. I want to play this!

  • @nannymac47
    @nannymac47 Рік тому +1

    What a pleasure it was to see him in person in Coventry..

  • @truthteller308
    @truthteller308 4 роки тому +19

    Thrillingly beautiful!

  • @dudukolachoichoi9346
    @dudukolachoichoi9346 2 роки тому +1

    If I had not listened to your violin I could never come to know my day to day life has so much pain hidden in it

  • @jeffstevens763
    @jeffstevens763 Рік тому +1

    This raw talent no computers etc the best version in my opinion what you would hear in any highland kaylie magical

  • @adriennemitchell4129
    @adriennemitchell4129 Рік тому +2

    The one and only dougie McLean fabulous

  • @patriciarodger6619
    @patriciarodger6619 Рік тому +3

    Beautiful..

  • @amnahaque9058
    @amnahaque9058 3 роки тому +4

    Love this.
    Brings back old memories.
    Most beautiful tune.
    And glad to see the man behind it.

  • @geoffcameron1138
    @geoffcameron1138 4 роки тому +20

    Wonderful - thank you so much for sharing, Janice - great to see Dougie MacLean performing one of his greatest pieces. Love from Australia!

  • @stlouisix3
    @stlouisix3 Рік тому +2

    Douglas Dougie MacLean was a versatile, Jack-of-all-trades musician who managed to succeed at it. This was a brill rendition of his song. Scots helped Canada🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @ganeshsewa9696
    @ganeshsewa9696 6 місяців тому +2

    This is music is my forever best.

  • @Eltigre3632
    @Eltigre3632 4 роки тому +17

    Who can dislike this? You should have no heart

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur 4 роки тому +9

    First heard this at Findhorn. Dougie played it.,

  • @carlsmagula
    @carlsmagula 4 місяці тому

    My favorite movie, my favorite song, watching the movie snd listening to the song tears my heart and soul open and everyone and everything that ever mattered to me appears before me and I cry, and I never cry, I never cry.

  • @DavidFlockhart
    @DavidFlockhart 8 місяців тому

    The tune that got me started on the fiddle, Dougie. Many thanks to you.

  • @twosacrowd
    @twosacrowd 3 роки тому +1

    Have just booked tickets to see this incredible perfomer and composer in Glasgow on St Andrew's night. It will be Heaven to hear this Live!!!!!

  • @Robescocia
    @Robescocia Рік тому +2

    Awesome. Makes the hair on my neck stand!