Talk:Niel Gow

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Possibly?

No qualification is needed here. Niel Gow is definitely the Da Man when it comes to fiddling or composing tunes or dances (or both, as needed) at that time. ~~D2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dee Fraser (talk • contribs) 17:40, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relevance of Speculative Personal Opinion?

This is supposed to be an Encyclopaedia article. What the hell has this piece of random pub-chat & "I-reckon-something" speculative opinion doing here?: "Moreover, it's difficult to tell a tune composed in the eighteenth century (unless by Niel Gow or Robert Burns), and no longer in copyright, from one composed in the 1980s. A good example of this practice is the jig "Calliope House" by Dave Richardson of the Boys of the Lough and introduced on their 1984 album Open Road, which appears on many recordings labeled "traditional."" This is BEYOND irrelevant to this Encyclopaedia article and should be removed at once! 'it's difficult to tell a tune composed in the eighteenth century' from ... whatever! (1) Says who? [or: Speak for yourself!] (2) Who the hell cares? [Is the difficulty of telling J.S. Bach's music apart from people writing in Bach's style now going to be essential reading in the article on Bach?] (3) What the monkey is this doing in an Encyclopaedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.248.208 (talk) 04:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]