The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has changed

[Bretrick]

My best friend from the 70s had a father and two uncles who played the bagpipes in parades etc.
We would watch the Tattoo on television.
Different regiments would perform and it was a true spectacle.
This latest tattoo seemed extremely limp in comparison. Dancing and singing?
Move with the times but to me those early years were the best.

 

[Robb.hisself]

My best friend from the 70s had a father and two uncles who played the bagpipes in parades etc.
We would watch the Tattoo on television.
Different regiments would perform and it was a true spectacle.
This latest tattoo seemed extremely limp in comparison. Dancing and singing?
Move with the times but to me those early years were the best.

We are a people divided by a common language. The term tattoo here means an illustration placed on the skin. It could be permanent or temporary. At first reading your script I couldn't comprehend it as I was expecting it to some how refer to what I define as a tattoo. But, then I realized it is a word while spelled the same has many different meanings. If I were standing in front of you and yelled: "Put up your hands. This is a stick up." would it mean something different to you than to me?

 

[Bretrick]

We are a people divided by a common language. The term tattoo here means an illustration placed on the skin. It could be permanent or temporary. At first reading your script I couldn't comprehend it as I was expecting it to some how refer to what I define as a tattoo. But, then I realized it is a word while spelled the same has many different meanings. If I were standing in front of you and yelled: "Put up your hands. This is a stick up." would it mean something different to you than to me?

It would mean you are intent of robbing me of my money/valuables

 

[jujube]

We went to the Grand Tattoo in Toronto one year. What a spectacle! Definitely deafening.

 

[Capt Lightning]

The word Tattoo origin dates back to the early 17th century. In Dutch, “doe den tap toe” means “turn off the tap.” During that time, drummers or trumpeters would play to instruct bars to stop serving alcohol. The sound also calls soldiers to retire for the night and return to their barracks.

 

[NewlySenior]

My best friend from the 70s had a father and two uncles who played the bagpipes in parades etc.
We would watch the Tattoo on television.
Different regiments would perform and it was a true spectacle.
This latest tattoo seemed extremely limp in comparison. Dancing and singing?
Move with the times but to me those early years were the best.

Thought the same thing when I happened to catch it on tv a few years ago and a lot of it was ethnic peoples, not Scots. I have nothing against it, but I had the expectation that a Scottish military parade/show would be...I dunno...Scottish? Again, nothing against the Indians and the Chinese, but...I was looking to see bagpipers, not bhanghra....