I've just been watching Genghis Khan on TV and there a shaman is beating a bodhran - a tad larger and hairier than the average one you find at a session but a bodhran none the less - while passing on the gods' message that all lands of the earth were granted to to Tamujin (as Genghis was known then); all he had to do was go and conquer them. Naturally he took his Mongolian bodhran with him!
So it was a war drum; probably doubled as a shield in a tight corner while the stick made a great shillelagh to belabour the enemy. Clearly some stragglers of the Golden Horde got further west than the history books would have us believe and so the bodhran came to Ireland!
And there you have it! The reason the bodhran is the focus and cause of such ill humour is that bloody war is in its very soul.
There once was a Mongol named Genghis
And now we have bodhrans in bliss.
Just like the feet
They can help keep the beat
But more often than not seem to miss.
A shaman was beating a bodhran
to tell the gods there was a war on.
It was used as a shield
and the spear would not yield!
There was the end of THAT moron.
The first Mongolian Shaman frame drum was made of a Woolly Mammoth butt stretched over a huge round frame. However, they couldn't solve the problem of how to play around the Mammoth tail. It was said that you couldn't crack jokes about their woolly drums or they would sack and plunder your city. No sense of humor at all.
Do the bongs that grow on trees come preloaded with the smoking herb? How do I get a map?
Come all ye fair hearted musicians and lend an ear to what has been written,
For many here berate the bodhrán and are with themselves quite smitten.
To those I say, let it rest for a day, for surely you will not find any a quittin’.
Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
I've just been watching Genghis Khan on TV and there a shaman is beating a bodhran - a tad larger and hairier than the average one you find at a session but a bodhran none the less - while passing on the gods' message that all lands of the earth were granted to to Tamujin (as Genghis was known then); all he had to do was go and conquer them. Naturally he took his Mongolian bodhran with him!
So it was a war drum; probably doubled as a shield in a tight corner while the stick made a great shillelagh to belabour the enemy. Clearly some stragglers of the Golden Horde got further west than the history books would have us believe and so the bodhran came to Ireland!
And there you have it! The reason the bodhran is the focus and cause of such ill humour is that bloody war is in its very soul.
Michael
# Posted on April 25th 2005 by bong tree
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Hmmm. Must be strong stuff in that there bong. ;)
# Posted on April 25th 2005 by sara g
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
I think he's been drinking the water
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by ...
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Wow... we've come around to "bongaid" again!
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Phantom Button
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
There once was a Mongol named Genghis
And now we have bodhrans in bliss.
Just like the feet
They can help keep the beat
But more often than not seem to miss.
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Jams O'Donnell
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
A shaman was beating a bodhran
to tell the gods there was a war on.
It was used as a shield
and the spear would not yield!
There was the end of THAT moron.
Yeah... Sorry about that..
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Emily Horne
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
The drum of the Mongols was hairier
but not really very much scarier,
than the bodhrans we know
and cry about Oh!
Has anyone seen my terrier?!?!?
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Emily Horne
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
OK, It's a goat but a terrier would work just as well right?
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Emily Horne
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Gee, and all this time I thought Genghis Khan died a lo--o-o-o-o-o-ng time ago. But no, apparently he's got his own show on the telly.
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by Tunes!
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
The first Mongolian Shaman frame drum was made of a Woolly Mammoth butt stretched over a huge round frame. However, they couldn't solve the problem of how to play around the Mammoth tail. It was said that you couldn't crack jokes about their woolly drums or they would sack and plunder your city. No sense of humor at all.
Do the bongs that grow on trees come preloaded with the smoking herb? How do I get a map?
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by CeolCairdeas
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Come all ye fair hearted musicians and lend an ear to what has been written,
For many here berate the bodhrán and are with themselves quite smitten.
To those I say, let it rest for a day, for surely you will not find any a quittin’.
Peace,
Ed
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by ejsant
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Then there is the theory that bodhrans were brought to earth from outer space in bodhran shaped space craft.
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by CeolCairdeas
Re: Revealed! - the true nature of the bodhran
Genghis Khan was a bit of a wimp and an all round nice guy compared to me. Once I get back from Edinburgh I will be looking up the rest of you.
# Posted on April 26th 2005 by bodhran bliss