Best Military Pipe Band in the World? - You decide!

[@janethadley9162]

They're all are absolutely awesome just love listening to the pipes it makes my day and Jim your the best at this filming these wonderful people thank you

[@davidmills3569]

I had the good fortune to be posted to the 1Bn RHF during the early '70s. Bulford, Singapore, Edinburgh and of course NI. As REME attached, I invariably found myself located near the Pipe Band accommodation. Effectively, two & a half years of continuous pipe music. Bliss...for me at least.

[@hughgeeraerts738]

Private army of Blair Atholl....Hé Atholl Highlanders.

[@romeo9017]

Served with Aryglls at Redford and in Kenya - respect - Jockie Bain and the late Dave Osborne MBE RLC ….

[@timeforthinkers7418]

Good fortune indeed! Bliss without question! Love me some pipes!

[@AnMadreMor]

I was serving on HMCS Kootenay in '73 and we spilt some rum with The Royal Highland Fusiliers in Singapore, great bunch of guys the Jocks.Remember the City Gem Steakhouse...good times had by all. Thanks for the memories.

[@paulhurley3764]

Love all pipes and drums

[@etienneswart8700]

The sun never shines on these videos 🤷‍♂️🇿🇦

[@JimRamsayJWR]

Its Scotland. We don't get any sun!

[@redf7209]

Rather amusing the effort put in by the bands to look smart, but the police marching alongside at the end look as smart as drunks falling out of a pub

[@timeforthinkers7418]

I loved them all! I'm just a big sucker when it comes to pipes, drums, & marching bands. Trying to make a decision about which is best is not really possible with any degree of confidence as all things weren't equal. The video quality varied greatly.

[@mariapierce2707]

Great to see you! GODs will I shall be there next month. Great footage.

[@morlock2086]

Deus Vult!

[@michaelcody3829]

Brilliant thanks Jim.

[@GeneAutry2]

Thank you so much again Jim for this wonderful post.

[@PiperStart]

Very tidy performance from the Duke's band at the start. Lovely 6/8 marches.

[@jiloute22]

For me it's the 3 Scots "The Black watch"

[@ediatmelb]

I just love the Scots in their kilts and bagpipes.......so elegant with their scarves (?)!

[@szlachta9531]

In my opinion 4 SCOTS "The Highlanders"

[@michelleanne9530]

How fine they are!

[@georgealgeo5829]

Its nice to be scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dianacasey6002]

I agree it’s always been my favourite aren’t we lucky😊

[@khiggins8733]

Better to be Scottish and Independent !

[@jaguarladdie]

@@khiggins8733 In your opinion.......the minority. The soldiers in the videos are all more than happy being Scottish and British, or English and British, or Welsh and British, or Irish and British. The common factor.......they are all British.........and happy and proud to show it in uniform of the British army. Take your political nonsense to another video on KZbin. Jim Ramsay's videos are not a platform for you people.

[@khiggins8733]

@@jaguarladdie Your Unionism is obvious to see in your comments. You and your spawn represent the past . A day will come and shortly I believe when an Independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 will take its place among the nations of the world. If you are Scots then you will probably be better off emigrating south of the border with your own kind. A United Ireland 🇮🇪 also.

[@diannecampbell18]

hubby is in William Wallace family tree CAMPBELL wahoooo!

[@PrinzEugen1912]

For me, the best is 3 SCOTS "The Black Watch".

[@norsegleeclub1925]

Scot guard's pd and 4 Scots

[@chantalmercy4217]

J'ai oublié : quelle prestance et précisions, génial...

[@DanielRodriguez-xx7zh]

Hello 👋👋👋 ... Scotland ! Yes.. it is !❤❤❤ I 👍👍👍 no doubts ! 😌 I salute you ...friend 👏🙌💯 ! Thank for the video. Daniel.

[@raycookson416]

I love the special sound of the Black Watch but the Athol Highlanders and Scots Guards scored making all three equal first. 😊👍

[@frederickgates4349]

I totally agree

[@chantalmercy4217]

J'aime beaucoup. Super 👍👏❤️😇

[@andrewswan4911]

Always good to hear

[@michaeltroster9059]

Scots Guards all the way.

[@dungtrumpet5490]

Up till the Black Watch came on, it was nice to see the regimental bands play something other than The Atholl Highlanders and The Glendaruel Highlanders.

[@panhubert6459]

3 SCOTS "The Black Watch".

[@rusty633]

Bloody fantastic

[@ST-ld2wz]

Shit, I cry whenever I get a chance to hear a pipe band, so you want me to choose one?

[@williamanderson8883]

ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS ALL THE WAY

[@mikhellen3267]

I don’t see dragoon. What time stamp?

[@RoderickGMacLeod]

The conditions under which these recordings were made were not equal. There is absolutely no way to objectively compare.

[@lukaszpiper]

They All nr 1!!

[@robertwillis4061]

Just a side thought.. Queen Elizabeth and her carrier support squadron were in Japan a couple of weeks ago. A pipe band from one of these regiments should have gone out to do a parade in Tokyo, along with the Royal Marines & Navy, as a show of support to Japan

[@rawnut77]

Battalion! Quick-Step! Forward, March! Scotty military bands are the best in the world forever.👍

[@amanchaudhary742]

2nd battalion the third Gorkha rifles. ❤️

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

Definitely the Black Watch.

[@davidstartup3399]

They're all good !

[@militaryevents107]

The black watch first, scots second.

[@joseramos-pb4yj]

Great uniforms , i specially like the tonnags ( scottish poncho )

[@matthewsmith3381]

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

[@celticwoodworking8706]

Always in the top three , for many decades.

[@malcolmstanford4776]

All the bands are great and sound fantastic but hard to beat odd Irish Regimental pipe band as well

[@girlwithnoname9738]

1) 3 Scots 2) Scots Guards

[@johnmullins3157]

Just a great band.

[@donsheean9547]

The Atholl Highlanders is a privately owned group I believe.

[@celticwoodworking8706]

It is the only private military in the world. Other than the Pope.

[@texleeger8973]

I have watched the source video, "Glasgow Homecoming Parade," dozens of times. I can not ever get enough. My vote is with the Scots Guards piping the 1st Battalion Scots Guards home from Afghanistan in 2013.

[@ozzietadziu]

No better than many I've seen and heard. The title is self-serving.

[@apw1981]

4 Scots.

[@hilarioushen4164]

Royal Irish second to none. Plus the field marshal Montgomery pipe band also from Northern Ireland is the best pipe band in the world winning trophies year after year after year. Check it out for yourself.

[@celticwoodworking8706]

He's talking about Military Pipe Bands. Field Marshal Montgomery is a civilian band. The regiments rarely compete, so it's hard to compare, and music like life is subjective.

[@BL-jt3qt]

The marching troops between 0:33 and 0:55 all seemed to be overly well fed.

[@celticwoodworking8706]

They have not had to repel and English attack for some time now.

[@lukaszpiper]

1st Batalion!!

[@michaelgibouleau4088]

Airson Alba an-asgaidh agus neo-eisimeileach 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ylovaht2097]

By smart fellow ... Onely sniper or native Highlander can feel The echo from solid rock ...the missing part of scottish madness Thank you

[@jimmclean9312]

For me it's The Highlanders {4 Scots}, always well turned out and best sound. Technically The Atholl highlanders are not a military band as they are not part of the Army, but rather a private Militia with no Royal warrant.

[@ВераМихалёва-й5е]

Красавцы!!!только воевать ни с кем не надо😟😢а архитектура какая!

[@ylovaht2097]

Post war memories of these fine fellows or ... Russian SPETSNAZ with borned cosscs souls without mercy. .. In early morning near camp fire ..Never again from both sides

[@mrrobcity7950]

3 Scots , The Black Watch. 🥁

[@Alex462047]

Well, if they're not the best, they're very, very good.

[@primaveraitaly5002]

They are all fantastic but somehow the black watch has something more.

[@Braun30]

Bought a great whisky at Atholl Castle. Must have been 1995

[@Braun30]

But then there was one bagpipes player and she was a lady.

[@ritapitt8273]

I do love the bagpipes, but being half English half Irish it's the Irish band for me.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The Atholl Highlanders look a little portly, I'm assuming they are not active duty soldiers.

[@alanaw27]

The Duke of Atholl is allowed to have his own independent army.. I think it is the only independent army in Britain. Purely ceremonial now though.

[@harrybuik9763]

I wonder if the Atholl Highlanders are made up of the vale of Atholl pipes and drums how many all the bands are great but I notice how small 🤔 the pipes and drums in militry regiments are getting its like is getting back to about 1908 when you had 6 pipers and 3 drummers 😆 made up a pipe band 🤔 as most people love the pipe bands there flourishing all over the 🌎 🗺 🌏

[@expat1964]

The black watch without a doubt

[@guillermocalvomahe7648]

The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina's Pipes and Band seems to me to be their match, but then, I may be biased!!!

[@chugwaterjack4458]

3 Scots all the way! Were the Atholl Highlanders a re-enactment group? Don't get me wrong, they were great, but most seemed to be of post-military age.

[@Tourist1967]

The Atholl Highlanders are unique. Europe's only private army. The Duke of Atholl's own bodyguard. Mostly made up of workers on the Atholl estate and those from the immediate area. It is not on the ORBAT of the regular army, although it does bear Queen's Colours, so is technically part of it.

[@SSG5thSFGA]

@@Tourist1967 Thank you. I understand. The determined looks on these folks were striking.

[@dee7781]

Field Marshall Montgomery pipe band, N.Ireland. check them out.

[@heretichunter74]

Gordon Highlanders.

[@henryparent1157]

The best.

[@Caitlin1928]

Good videos of the bands, although they all seemed kind of the same to me.

[@StevenConstantineMoschidis]

black watch every time!

[@robertoherrero3623]

Yes, the best

[@rubencameria2821]

aca no hay comentarios quebquede claro ok?

[@thomaslinton5765]

OMG ! Weapons of war! Don't tell Joe. 😃

[@stuartbromley5328]

The black watch

[@pjmoseley243]

are they serving Soldiers anyone??

[@Backs4more]

Yes, except the Atholl Highlanders at the beginning. All now Assault Pioneer platoons.

[@iaintosatti4681]

The smartest turned out military pipes & drums out there at the moment are undoubtedly the 1st Bn. Scots Guards, the Highlanders (4 SCOTS) and perhaps rather surprisingly to some, the Aberdeen University Officers Training Corps. That may surprise some but for a number of years now, the AUOTC have been looking immaculate when on parade. I can't say the same for the other University OTC bands nor other TA/Reserve bands. And in terms of sound, it's pretty much the same three bands again. Looking further afield, both the RHF and the Black Watch appear rather scruffy and their sound is poor and unfortunately, the RSDG is a mere shadow of the band it once was. As for the Irish bands, recent performances were certainly not inspiring. Haven't heard any Gurkha bands recently so no comment on that one. But for me the prize at the moment goes to 1SG with runners-up being 4 SCOTS and AUOTC.

[@robertfairclough1690]

Canae wack 4 RTR

[@_i_am_unceded]

Some where, a Scottish XXXL white wide belt salesman is having boat drinks in the sun.

[@st1nk1n]

Some say the first bag pipes were made from dog skin. Walkies!

[@jimmacconduibh1006]

RSDG

[@gordonburns8731]

No... side drums not carried ccorrectly, on the left hip.

[@matthewsmith3381]

Royal Scots dragoon guarrds

[@gray3553]

Only private Army in Britain.

[@chrispollard6568]

Atholl Highlanders military?

[@celticwoodworking8706]

They are a private military owned by the Duke of Atholl. A tribute to when a guy could have is own army. Now you just have to have a lot of kids.

[@mariobordicchia3749]

Fanfara dei Bersaglieri in much better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4fTd56epJZ7gq8

[@elkabong6429]

D’ya know why bagpipers are always marching? Why, they’re trying to get away from the sound! 😆😆😆

[@roganmuldoon6709]

Embarrassing marching skills of the navy guys behind the 2nd Scots pipers

[@williammilton2446]

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[@alexandermunro1984]

They're not bad...but a long way off some Irish, Canadian and US bands. Those LGBT socks spoil it a tad though.

[@normanmaclean7684]

I think you’ll find we wear hose with a kilt not socks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😡

[@Backs4more]

Is that so? Such as who? Keep taking the meds.

[@davidmills3569]

Well! That fattest bands anyway.

[@pjmoseley243]

are they serving soldiers? because of your comment