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Runrig Music Videos

Beat The Drum Loch Ness 2007 EPK Play Video

Beat The Drum Loch Ness 2007 EPK

Official music video for the track Beat The Drum Loch Ness 2007 EPK by Runrig.

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Runrig - Live in Loch Lomond - Loch Lomond Play Video

Runrig - Live in Loch Lomond - Loch Lomond

Live footage of the Loch Lomond outdoor concert of 1991. From the Wheel In Motion DVD. ------------ By yon bonnie banks, by yon bonnie braes Where the sun shines on Loch Lomond Where me and my true love spent many...

Runrig - Loch Lomond Play Video

Runrig - Loch Lomond

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond Where me and my true love spent many happy days On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. T'was there that we parted in yon shady...

Runrig - Running To The Light Play Video

Runrig - Running To The Light

From DVD Day of Days. Rory MacDonald sings Running to the light.

Runrig - Going Home Play Video

Runrig - Going Home

(The Highland Connection - 1979) live at Stirling Castle - (Donnie Munro's Farewell) 1997. My very first VHS rip, excuse the video quality (I tried to keep the highest possible sound quality though) ------------ In...

Runrig - Cnoc Na Feille / Siol Ghoraidh Play Video

Runrig - Cnoc Na Feille / Siol Ghoraidh

2 Songs from Runrig's City Of Lights DVD. Footage of North Uist.

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Runrig Biography

Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald and the MP Pete Wishart. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more recently, Bruce Guthro, and Brian Hurren. To date, the band has released thirteen studio albums, with a number of their songs sung in Scottish Gaelic.

Initially formed as a three-piece dance band, which played wedding receptions, the trio's first performance took place at Kelvin Hall, in Glasgow.

Runrig's music is often described as a blend of folk and rock music, with the band's lyrics often focusing upon locations, history, politics and people that are unique to Scotland. Songs also make references to agriculture and land conservation.

At present, Runrig's largest fan bases can be found in the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany. Since 1999, the band has gained attention in Canada, following Nova Scotian singer Bruce Guthro's entry to the band.

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Runrig Lyrics

Runrig - Precious Years Lyrics

It's all over now, no more summers in heaven
After world war two wed, and a life of ups and downs
I see it now, precious even on paper
A young man and his bride and someone to make time stand still

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Runrig - The Cutter Lyrics

When you arrived in Canada, you walked the streets
Out of work, out of money, prospects bleak
Now, the plane comes down from the morning sky
And you touch the land where the fire won't die

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Runrig - Flower Of The West Lyrics

Sunburst, oh, the morning moar
The light of God, the heart of youth
I look around me, my eyes find their rest
On this garden, oh, the flower of the west

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Runrig - Only The Brave Lyrics

Twelve o'clock at night
Streets of many corners
The lunar river winds
Down the closes and the lanes

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Runrig Discography

Runrig albums.

  • Everything You See - 14/05/2007 (Ridge Records Ltd/GB)
  • Proterra - 25/08/2003 (Columbia Records/DE)
  • Searchlight - (Chrysalis/GB)

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