I know I have Commented so many times on this Brilliance by Runrig, I just had to as this is my Favourite all Time Runrig Song & Hearing it on Bruce’s Funeral Sevice in Cape Breton (Canada) After his Death after Cancer I just had to Comment. Rory Was Amazing playing on his Guitar at the Funeral Service & Singing “Singing Hearts of Olden Glory” Was A Brilliant Tribute !! I hope the Legacy of Runrig will Continue & The Use of the Scottish Gaelic Culture & Music will Continue Forever. As A Proud Scot My Self I hope this Will Happen.
Ich habe Runrig vor über 30 Jahren kennengelernt. Noch immer berührt mich die Stimme von Donnie, liebe ich ihre Musik und besonders das Gälische. Ich verstehe Gälisch nicht, aber ich liebe es! Tief im Herzen fühle ich mich sehr verbunden. Danke Runrig! Schottland ist großartig und wunder schön 💖
Just back from an amazing week on Skye, I am from South West Scotland, but up in the Highlands of Scotland is magical, away from all the 'modern city living'. Listening to this on the couch in the dark with volume up, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing, I would go as far as saying it has a spiritual effect on the Scottish blood in our vains!!!👏👏👏
Seen a few comments about the Bruce/Donnie debate. Please don't - they are both absolutely awesome but Runrig is done now so just listen and watch the amazing music gifted to us by this IMHO, greatest of all bands (whoever was singing lead).
They both have their place but to my mind donnie is by far the voice of runrig . Bruce is great in his own career but not as he was as runrigs lead vocallist
My opinion If they huv tae make a comparison, they don’t huv a clue whit this amazing band’s message has been since the early days gigging in the isles
When u post a video It Is custom to make comments but If u don't like or agree with them delete or stop making vids..There will NEVER B ANOTHER Donnie...The Main Stay Of RUNRIG!!!!
An American that loves Celtic music. I took a Great Courses class on the Celts and was introduced to Runrig. Simply amazing. If reincarnation is real, i was either Irish or Scottish in a past life
coming on a 500 mile journey.. to a place this sassenack calls home. May last year I met the girl of my dreams (unfortunately it was at my friends daughters funeral) he introduced us at one point during the night. the night my journey home began... I drank whiskey that night with a Scottish colleague of his, chatted idly to this beautiful Scottish lass from invergordon in the highlands... then the dj played loch lomond ... straight away I fell in love with the band and my new found lass. we sang and danced like never before... now I too live in the highlands. a place of beauty, tranquillity and peace... Scotland is my home and I am proud to call it so. long live running, long live the home of the brave 😎
And from that point onwards for a while it was unclear if or how Runrig would live one. Then Bruce came to fill the void Donnie had left. And he did a marvellous job not by replacing Donnie, but by carving his own path with the band. You can't replace a person. You can only pick up what they have left and create something new. And that's what Bruce did together with the remaining band.
Having been born in Plockton within our Scottish Highlands I don't ever remember being introduced to Runrig, it was one of those things where you felt that it's always been there, it's part of the package so to speak. They will forever be one of my favourite bands and I honestly think that both Rory and Calum are among the greatest song writers, their lyrics are phenomenal!!
donny was the voice of scotlsnd but went his own way and i wish him succss, bruce will carry the flag and make it his own, he is just as brill, runrig lives on ]
Saw then in 1995 when they played at Irvine's Magnum Centre. My late husband was based at Prestwick with the Royal Navy. Best concert ever, sadly my husband passed away May 1997, played An Ubhal As Airde played at his funeral, so haunting and heartbreaking.
To everyone who has enjoyed this- and I see there are many, please note that Runrig will play The Last Dance finale concert at Stirling on 18 August 2018. I am heartbroken to put it mildly. Runrig you will live forever in my heart (and in my car and on my TV.) Thank you boys for so many wonderful years of music.
ich bin mittlerweile seit über 30 Jahren Runrig Fan und immernoch schwer beheistert! So tolle Musik. Gerdae hänge ich voll in Erinnerungen an genau diese Zeit...hach
I work in Papua New Guinea and was introduced to Runrig thirty years ago by a couple of Scots, relatives of the band who were working in PNG at that time [Hi Ali] . I have a good collection of CDs and DVDs and listen on a daily basis to their Musak. Tried to come to Scotland this year to get in a live performance or two but not enough cash on hand to travel that distance. All my Papuan friends and my family love their Music to . A universal language......
I been a fan for many of years and no better band has ever came out scotland then runrig. There tickets for there show went so fast that they were out saleing Madonna i miss them so much what a band. I hope one day they will come back that will be a good day for Scotland and for there fan's.
I 'm Brasilian and my teacher James M C send me this video for message. I loved this. I have been in Scotland and since this I respect their culture and courage. Scotishis were very brave and give our admiration.
My husband heard a Runrig song on a jukebox when he spent a weekend in Scotland. He loved them. So do I. We have all, or most of there cd's. We listen to them a lot. Xx
THANK'S RUN RIG FOR GIVING US 45 YEAR'S OF YOU'R BEAUTIFUL 🏴 MUSIC ALOE STIRLING CASTLE IS BEAUTIFUL MY OPINION WOULD HAVE BEEN LOCH LOMOND would have been a better choice ? Wishing yourself @ family well in the future 🤗 this our 🏴 our lives ♠️
I was in my 50s before I discovered Runrig and I've been a fan for 20+ years. Got more of their albums than any artist except John McCormack. What beautiful atmospheric music! Have chosen Maymorning for my funeral. Thank you guys!
Best band ever never forget the live Concerts in Denmark 🥰 First encounter i dident know who they were and while working to put beer stands up Donnie was Warming his voice up for a long time Before start. I Said to my husband omg cant he shut up just 5 min. Answer just wait till the start and me pff but omg I was in Aww and been since 🥰
...not only on Scottish blood @31snax. I am German and miss them so much. So sad Bruce is not longer with us. Malcolm is one of the best gitarrists on earth - AFTER Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler.
I saw them in the Barbican Centre in York in I guess 1993..they were great but it was a small crowd and a big soulless venue. About a year later I saw them in Edinburgh with ten times the crowd....what a difference. The atmosphere still gives me goosebumps
Hi Jan , we would have been at that gig . Also saw them at St. Georges Hall Bradford and Oben ! It was a time of life when we went to live bands . Also did a few Saw Doctors and Mary Black concerts ........ fantastic .
I'm a Sassenach with Scottish ancestors and I absolutely love Runrig, My wife and I had a very good night out at Stirling castle where we were piped in by a spot-lit piper on the battlements and the D jay played plenty of Runrig, ....everyone loved it. We all danced the night away.
Im from essex but my dad was was from Greenock i grew up to these and still to dis day i listen to them in memory of my dad had all there songs at my dads funeral n bag pipers to even tho im half scot im proud to be one ..rangers thru n thru too miss u soo much pops allways on my mind n neva will be forgotten i miss u dad from ur wee man cameron lol as u used to call me xx
I hear you brother ,both my parents were runrig fans,both passed away now but when I listen to this it takes me back to when I was younger ,good times,I'm only 20 mins from Greenock,these songs are so powerful for me as I'm sure they are for you,this set is by far my favorite,long live runrig,with Donnie as the lead man obviously👊
There's even a Runrig song that mentions Greenock - and the MacDonald brothers' father had a best mate in the army from Greenock in WW2. Very sadly, that man was killed in his tank. Mr MacDonald took Rory to meet his family in Greenock and they gave Rory their son's accordian - Rory's first musical instrument. So Runrig and Greenock are strongly connected.
It’s 2022, September and I’ve only just discovered Runrig sadly as a result of watching of all things Countdown on TV And a mention by the host of the show….gutted I discovered them too late
I am from Denmark - took part in Dunny's farewell in Stirling in 1997 - and was there on the last dance last year 18th August 2018. Fan for 30 years - love every bit of it!! Look forward to Fans' Q/A in Denmark, Vejle, 24th August 2019. :-)
Great concert, great band and great fans. And how great to ears is the scottish gaellic language. C'est simplement trop génial rrrrrrunrrrrrrig! Thanks for sharing.
I've been a massive Saw Doctors fan for years and being Irish, I didn't really get into Runrig until the recent showing of their last gig on Sky Arts. I'm now hooked... love them. They have the same soul as The Saw Docs who I've seen about 30 times live.xxx
Almost 25 years ago and still one of the best large gigs I have ever attended. Great atmosphere, great singing and playing. A fitting farewell gig, although to my mind his true farewell should have been The Last Dance. I never understood why they didn’t try to feature all the musicians who were ever a part of Runrig in that show as it was the bands final fling.
30years ago if not more I was working on the Newcastle Upon Tyne quay side Market , I was selling confectionary, Standing opposite me was a man selling Cassette tapes, he was playing Runrig music, The music was so good I bought two tapes of him and I have been hooked on them ever since .
30 years ago I heard loch lomond in the radio the first time. At this time I was RUNRIG Fan and I want to go to Scottland. I think its time to go!! And now, so many years later I see and heard Donnies Last track. What had I cray! So many memory`s ! Best Musik ever! And best voice ever!!!
Being from Belfast my sis & bro in law took me to this concert,never heard of RunRig but after this was hooked plus I have worn out about 10 cds of them they are a great band brilliant voice has Donnie 👍👍👍
We saw them here in '97 and again on Skye & also in England(twice), such atmosphere and many years of great 'driving' music on trips between the West Coast & our families in England. Sad to see the boys 'retiring' but they deserve a good turnout in their final 2018 concerts.
An absolutely amazing concert and extremely emotional as was my last year in Scotland before moving to York but after Donnie left the band I got his autograph when he sang with the Glasgow Islay Choir in 1998.......We have been in York 17 years now and called our house "Clach-A-Mhuilinn" and our neighbours are massive runrig fans but that was when Donnie Munro was the lead singer......Bruce has a fab voice but not the depth of Donnie Munros voice........My Dad was convinced we were going to call our house Runrig.....what an amazingly inspirational band they have always been and still are even without the lead man Donnie.....
that's your opinion Bruce outshone Donny by all the miles last night and without him the band wouldn't have survived these past 20 years - the Donnie v Bruce debate is tiresome and utterly pointless - things that are ....
Bruce is a good singer but he can’t sing a Gaelic I noticed that in August he stood down for some of the songs while Donnie could sing the Gaelic 🏴🏴
Solus Na Madainn Edge of the World Canada Ard The Greatest Flame The Mighty Atlantic Mara Theme Chi Mi'n Geamradh Precious Years Every River Protect and Survive Pride of the Summer The Middleton Mouse Sìol Ghoraidh Thairis Air a Ghleann Flower of the West Only the Brave Tureadh Iain Ruaidh Alba Loch Lomond Encore: Going Home Hearts of Olden Glory Precious Years
I'll enjoy this whole 1997 gig while I work this afternoon. Michael Gove's snide remark to Pete Wishart MP today brought me back here. I sold my last kit in 1993 and the only positive thing I have to say about Gove's EU Withdrawal Statement is that he reminded me of Runrig and Donnie singing in Gaelic. @20:28 the days before smartphone lights in which the fire officers tolerated scorch burns on gig gear!
Better without Donnie in my opinion. without him they could have eclipsed U2. but that is not the Runrig way. Donnie is unique, but his voice doesnt have popular appeal, Bruce does! They realised too late, but I get the impression it didnt matter,. To me they love what they do and climbing to the top of the greasy pole is the last of their considerations Long live Runrig and all who have sailed in her!
Donnie's voice doesn't have popular appeal?? I suggest you read the comments posted on any youtube site where Runrig's music plays. Donnie's voice is hugely, hugely! appealing to the public at large.
So Runrig fans like Donnie´s voice? Well Well! That´s like saying Catholics follow the Pope. Ask any of the great unwashed out there and you will find most of them have never even heard of Runrig. Lack of radio play was one reason. They hardly ever get played outside of Scotland in the UK Another was Donnie. He just didnt have mass appeal in the way that the likes of Bono or; even Jim Kerr did. I read one review where the critic wrote "The lead singer (couldnt even be interested enough to look his name up) struts like Jim Kerr with rickets" I took friends with me to concerts and the general opinion was "The band are great, but the singer spoils it" ;Hardly "Hugely appealing to the public at large" then. A lot of them came on board when Bruce arrived.
