That little Scottish ditty

[redeem147]

You'd think they could write a new folksong for Lex to know, instead of re-naming Loch Lomond. Did they really think people wouldn't notice?

[Krypton935]

ah... call me stupid but I didnt' notice. Im not really into the fad of memorizing folk song titles. :)

[StealthyMakoto]

Speaking of this.... when Lex started playing it on the piano, it reminded me of that episode earlier (I can't remember which one exactly) where Lionel played 2 notes on the piano... perhaps unrelated, but maybe this reference was supposed to give meaning to those notes Lionel played. As far as I can remember, they were pretty much just chalked up to an acting method or something, but maybe there was (retroactively) more to it than that, as we saw tonight.

[MozartRequiem]

StealthyMakoto,

Agreed! I thought that exact same thing! :)

(btw, it was from the season five episode "Solitude")

[chantal]

You'd think they could write a new folksong for Lex to know, instead of re-naming Loch Lomond. Did they really think people wouldn't notice?

Anyone who watched Masterpiece Theatre this past Sunday would know the song, as it was sung on that show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lomond

The loch is featured in the well-known song "Loch Lomond", which was first published around 1841.[3] The chorus is:

Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond

Snotty, a Scottish character Mel Brooks' 1987 film Spaceballs makes an apparent comedic reference to Loch Lomond. As he operates the transporter beam in Planet Spaceball's capital city, he mentions issues with the "interlocking system". As he fixes the problem, he goes on to say; "Lock one, Lock two, Lock three, Loch Lomond". Although to many hearers it sounds like he's saying "Loch Lone", the words are indeed Loch Lomond (there is no "Loch Lone"), in humorous reference to Snotty's Scottish heritage, the character intended to be a parody of Star Trek's Scotty.

Groundskeeper Wille, the Scottish janitor on The Simpsons, enters the kitchen whistling "Loch Lomond" in Episode 5F20, "Lard of the Dance".

[Welling_is_pretty]

Groundskeeper Wille, the Scottish janitor on The Simpsons, enters the kitchen whistling "Loch Lomond" in Episode 5F20, "Lard of the Dance". [/COLOR]
and if I'm not mistaken (and I just figured it out now! It's been driving me crazy since i saw the ep!) doens't Jacque the dog from Lady and the Tramp sing/hum it as well?

[Thrill_Seeker]

who the hell knows scottish folk songs ??
unless your scottish, I dont think that is weird at all,
I have never heard of that tune in my life.
and like it really mattered if it was a copy of some other song

[BigMeanBob]

who the hell knows scottish folk songs ??


A surprising number of people actually, especially when it is as famous as Loch Lomond...I suspect you'd be surprised if no-one outside of Australia had heard of 'Waltzing Matilda' right?

Of note, ACDC actually recorded a version of Loch Lomond also, so it definitely made it as far as Oz...

[chantal]

and like it really mattered if it was a copy of some other song

Yes, it matters! It would be like writing totally different lyrics for "God Save the King!"
..... Oh, yeah. We kind of did that, didn't we?

Actually, Loch Lomond is probably the second best known Scots song after "Auld Lang Syne." Which is not about Lana!

[adromidon]

I am part Scotish and never heard the name but had heard the song before just never knew what is was called.

[redeem147]

Yes, it matters! It would be like writing totally different lyrics for "God Save the King!"
..... Oh, yeah. We kind of did that, didn't we?

Actually, Loch Lomond is probably the second best known Scots song after "Auld Lang Syne." Which is not about Lana!

Really? I thought it was all. about. Lana.

:)

Joking, joking....

Mostly.

[Kal-alien]

I'm sure they wanted a recognizable Scottish melody. I swear. This board has gotten ridiculously picky.

[Welling_is_pretty]

It would be like writing totally different lyrics for "God Save the King!"
..... Oh, yeah. We kind of did that, didn't we?

Actually, Loch Lomond is probably the second best known Scots song after "Auld Lang Syne." Which is not about Lana!
:rotfl:
at both comments!

[DavetheAvatar]

Yeah my mum is Scottish and when we were watching it she immediately said "That's Loch Lomond!", she was complaining when Lex called it something else.


I'm sure they wanted a recognizable Scottish melody. I swear. This board has gotten ridiculously picky.

It's not being picky. If they used America the Beautiful and then said it was "an old American melody" called...I don't know...something random. The Skies of the American Frontier, yeah that'll do... Anyway, losing my train of thought, I think people would be a little annoyed. Why is this any different?

[mistaguitarmasta]

Because the boards decided so. Whatever the boards say goes. If they decide they don't care what SV calls Scottish folk songs, neither should you. If they decide they hate Lana with a fiery passion, so should you. If they decide they want Chlark, so should you! /sarcasm

[clana4everfan2]

hahah... I thought the song was a baby Kal-El lullabye.

[dunlopc]

Being a Scotsman It did not bother me a jot they changed the title. The song was only used to advance Lex's side of the story its not being changed permanently. I hardly hear the song these days except for weddings.

[adromidon]

we are allways picky where have u been?

[dunlopc]

I don't think I'll take comments from someone who states they are only part Scottish and can't even spell the word.

[adromidon]

ok that comment about always being picky was a joke.

Lighten up this is not grammar class who cares if i spelled it wrong. If I offended you somehow sorry.

[BigMeanBob]

I don't think I'll take comments from someone who states their only part Scottish and can't even spell the word.

Yeah, and he probably shouldn't take comments from someone who doesn't know the difference between 'their' and 'they're'.