31/12/2012 Hogmanay Live

Tonight we are at the heart of one of the biggest Hogmanay parties in

the world, ready to help you celebrate agree to new year. Hello

and welcome to Scotland's Hogmanay Live. I am Jackie Bird and I at in

Scotland's capital. We are bringing you a taste of Hogmanay parties

from right across the country. We will be partying you out of 2012

and into 2013. Not only are we in the shadow of this magnificent

castle, come with me because we have the electric atmosphere of

Edinburgh's street party with an estimated 75,000 people gathering

behind people stop coming up from our studios in Glasgow we have got

great music from Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain and Frightened Rabbit.

First, let's drop in on some of those huge gatherings across the

country. At Stirling Castle there is already a great Diego on there

and the Proclaimers are live on stage and we will have some of

their performance in a while. And we will head north and sample a bit

of Hogmanay Highland style with their party in Inverness. We well

have all of that and we will be asking you, yes, you, to join in

the biggest Auld Lang Syne you have ever heard. Wherever and whatever

you are doing, Sanjeev by sharing it with us. Tell us what you are up

to tonight on all the social media. For now, let's go to Glasgow with

Phil Cunningham and some of the very best traditional musicians in

the country and the great pipes and drums from the Boghall and Bathgate

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Caledonia. They are playing a We have got some fantastic music to

keep you entertained tonight. We have got a wonderful new voice from

car Bridge, Rachel Sermanni. I will be joined by Aly Bain in a while.

But first, from Selkirk here are a # I pictured a rainbow.

# You held it in your hands. # I had flashes.

# But you saw the plan. # I wandered out in this world for

years. # While you just stayed in your

room. # I saw the crescent.

# You saw the whole of the moon. # The whole of the moon.

# You were there in the turnstiles. # With the wind at your heels.

# You stretched for the stars. # And you know how it feels.

# To reach too high. # Too far.

# Too soon. # You saw the whole of the moon.

# I was grounded. # While you filled the skies.

# I was dumbfounded by truth. # You cut through lies.

# I saw the rain dirty valley. # You saw Brigadoon.

# I saw the crescent. # You saw the whole of the moon.

# I spoke about wings. # You just flew.

# I wondered, I guessed and I tried. # You just knew.

# I sighed, I sighed. # But you swooned!

# I saw the crescent. # But you, you saw the whole of the

moon. # The whole of the moon.

# With a torch in your pocket. # And the wind at your heels.

# You climbed on the ladder. # And you know how it feels.

# To get too high. # Too far, too soon.

# You saw the whole of the moon. # The whole of the moon!

# Unicorns and cannonballs. # Palaces and piers.

# Trumpets towers and tenements. # Wide oceans full of tears.

# Flags rags ferryboats. # Scimitars and scarves.

# Every precious dream and vision. # Underneath the stars.

# You climbed on the ladder. # With the wind in your sails.

# You came just like comet. # Blazing your trail.

# Too high. # Too far, too soon.

# You saw the whole of the moon. # The whole of the moon.

# You saw the whole of the moon. # The whole of the moon.

A great sound from Frightened Rabbit. We may not have The Whole

of the Moon tonight, but we have a Ben Nevis sense skyline. If it is

more music you want, the Proclaimers are performing up the

road at Stirling Castle, but in a moment they are going to send us a

letter from America. But it is also time to look back at 2012, a year

of momentous events and Scots were 2012 will be remembered as a year

of Scottish heroes and History in the making. It was a year when

Scots were world beaters. It got off to a stormy start after a new

year. We were buffeted and battered by a 100 miles an hour wind. It

blew away any Hogmanay hangovers. In spring, another weather forecast

made the news when Prince Charles came to BBC Scotland. The potential

for a few flurries over Balmoral... With almost two million hits, it

became an international YouTube smash. Thank God it is a bank

holiday. Sadly though, Long to reign over us was to be the

forecast of the wettest summer in 100 years. This was officially the

sunniest eerie in the UK this summer, the north-west of Scotland!

It might have been wet for most of us, but in June it we want to an

old flame. He rose from across the country took part in the Olympic

torch relay. It troubled almost 850 miles around Scotland and was seen

by almost 400,000 cheering fans along the way. Holyrood went to

Holyrood in change. A host of Scottish actors were recruited to

provide the voices bought a thumb. A Scottish Princess was the story's

star. Youngsters were at the heart of the UK's cultural calendar in

2012, launching the Cultural Olympiad with an amazing

performance alongside the Simon Bolivar Orchestra from Venezuela.

It may have been a cold, wet Midsummer's night, but the

atmosphere was electric and the launch of a summer to remember. We

will have a look back at some more memorable moments in a while, but

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now has some memorable music. It is Time to look ahead to 2013 now,

exactly five minutes in 2013 to be precise, because we will be trying

to bring the whole country together with one of the biggest sing alongs

of Auld Lang Syne ever attempted. Yes, straight after all the

Hogmanay fireworks we'll be getting almost one hundred thousand

revellers here in Edinburgh, Stirling and Inverness, and yes,

you at home, to join us in Scotland's world famous song of

friendship. Before that,, it's time to go to the capital of the

Highlands, they will all be joining in our Auld Lang Syne sing along,

and amongst the ten thousand already in the party mood is

comedian Craig Hill. Thanks Jackie, and welcome to Inbhir Nis, that's

Invershneky to you and me, and we're getting ready to toast

Hogmanay in with style. We're at the Royal Northern Meeting Park,

just a stone's throw from the Eden Court Theatre over there and the

River Ness over there. There's around 10,000 people here tonight

to celebrate what we hope will be a very lucky 2013.

Now we go to another big party, false start thank you, I'm in

Stirling, and the Proclaimers are on stage, storming Stirling with a

fantastic Hogmanay set tonight. There are about 6000 people here

tonight, looking forward to fireworks at midnight, and of

course we will be there. Hopefully you will be hearing us in a

singalong. Back to you. The Proclaimers are on stage right

now, here is a classic from that # When you go will you send back.

# A letter from America? # Take a look up the railtrack.

# From Miami to Canada. # Broke off from my work the other

day. # I spent the evening thinking

about. # All the blood that flowed away.

# Across the ocean to the second chance.

# I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land?

# When you go will you send back. # A letter from America?

# Take a look up the railtrack. # From Miami to Canada.

# I've looked at the ocean. # Tried hard to imagine.

# The way you felt the day you sailed.

# From Wester Ross to Nova Scotia. # We should have held you.

# We should have told you. # But you know our sense of timing.

# We always wait too long. # When you go will you send back.

# A letter from America? # Take a look up the railtrack.

# From Miami to Canada. # Lochaber no more.

# Sutherland no more. # Lewis no more.

# Skye no more. # I wonder my blood.

# Will you ever return. # To help us kick the life back.

# To a dying mutual friend. # Do we not love her?

# Do we not say we love her? # Do we have to roam the world.

# To prove how much it hurts? # When you go will you send back.

# A letter from America? # Take a look up the railtrack.

# Bathgate no more. # Linwood no more.

# Methil no more. # Irvine no more.

# Bathgate no more. # Linwood no more.

# Methil no more. # Lochaber no more. # Bathgate no

more. # Linwood no more.

# Methil no more. # Irvine no more.

# Bathgate no more. # Linwood no more.

# Methil no more. Music from the Proclaimers, and

this seemed like that doesn't get any better. We will have more from

the Proclaimers at Stirling Castle after midnight, but we will also be

uniting all of Scotland in a huge Auld Lang Syne sing along, and yes

we want you to sing along at home too. But before all that, as the

year slips away, a last look at 2012, a year of heroes and

anniversaries. 2012 was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year and Scotland

marked the anniversary with a special service at Glasgow

Cathedral. Yes, it rained. Internationally acclaimed violinist

Nicola Benedetti was one of many Scottish musicians who enchanted

the audience at the last night of the Proms. The Scots were also at

the heart of the Olympics opening ceremony. It was to be a year of

sporting drama. I am going to try this and it is not going to be easy.

We cried alongside a man who came close to an historic triumph. I am

getting closer. A few weeks later, he celebrated the fantastic victory.

It is a golden triumph for Andy Murray. And then another, a Grand

Slam victory at the US Open. This year will always be remembered as

the golden summer, when Scottish sports men and women went faster,

higher, and better than ever before. We cheered on the contrary's

greatest ever Olympian, just warm, from the year of heroes. If Camb

-- Can Chris Hoy seal this gold Craze toy gets the gold medal,

becoming the greatest British Olympian. -- Chris Hoy. There were

certainly no shortage has of stars from 2012 and we have another right

here in the studio, with a classic Scottish hit first released in 2004

by Franz Ferdinand, please welcome one of the freshest voices on the

Scottish music scene, here's Rachel # If you leave here, you leave any

broken, shattered, # I'm just a crosshair # I know I won't be

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The # I know I won't be leaving here.

# I know I won't be leaving here. ...with you # Eyes say don't you

know, you say you don't know. # You say take me out.

# If I move this could dark a, if I move this could die.

# Come on, take me out. # I know I won't be leaving here #

I know I won't believing here, I know I won't be leaving here with

It is nearly time, the clock is ticking to take us out of 2012.

Make sure you have your glasses charged because in a few seconds we

will be getting 2013 off to an amazing start with fireworks and

songs. Before that, time for a few moments of reflection as we join

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Pipe Major Jason Sumner on the They have become a happy new year.

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Happy New Year, everyone. All the CHEERING. Bat was magnificent, a

very happy new year from all of us at BBC Scotland. Plays, join me

with 75,000 people in Edinburgh and thousands more across the country

for our song of friendship, Auld # Should auld acquaintance be

forgot, # And never brought to mind?

# Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

# And auld lang syne! # For auld lang syne, my dear,

# For auld lang syne, # We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

# For auld lang syne. # And here's a hand, my trusty

fiere! # And gie's a hand o' thine!

# And we'll tak a right gude- willie-waught,

# For auld lang syne. # For auld lang syne, my dear,

# For auld lang syne, # We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

# For auld lang syne. # For auld lang syne, my dear,

# For auld lang syne, # We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

I do not know what it sounded like where you look wire, but it sounded

great here. The enthusiasm was magnificent and what a way to start

the year. Marsh more music to come from Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain

and the Proclaimers at Stirling Castle. The crowd here are a truly

magnificent. It is the first time I have come here for the fireworks

and no wonder they come from far and wide to experience it. It has

been a wonderful evening, a dry evening and it is showing off the

party atmosphere. They have come from around the world. We are on

Twitter and Facebook, so please tell us about your own Auld Lang

Syne moment at home. Another tradition at this time of the year

is thought a very special first for it. We have no cold, because it is

renewable these days. We do not even have a tall, dark and handsome

man. I am sure there are a few out there. But here is here we do have,

it is Mrs Brown and family. At a time of friends and family, think

about each other and gather around for the new year. From everybody at

the Brown family, happy new year. As Mrs Brown said, a very happy New

Year to you. Happy New Year to you as well. Her happy new year. We are

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going to play some tunes to get And they always venues together,

Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain. From one class, Scottish cheer up to

another. Time more from the Proclaimers at Stirling Castle.

Turn this up and sing a loin -- along. # When I wake up, well I

know I'm gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who wakes up

next to you. # When I go out, yeah I know I'm

gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who goes

along with you. # If I get drunk, well I know I'm

gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who gets

drunk next to you. # And if I haver, yeah I know I'm

gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who's

havering to you. # But I would walk 500 miles,

# And I would walk 500 more, # Just to be the man who walked

1,000 miles, # To fall down at your door.

# When I'm working, yes I know I'm gonna be,

# I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you.

# And when the money, comes in for the work I do,

# I'll pass almost every penny on to you.

# When I come home, (when I come home) oh I know I'm gonna be,

# I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you.

# And if I grow old, well I know I'm gonna be,

# I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you.

# But I would walk 500 miles, # And I would walk 500 more,

# Just to be the man who walks 1,000 miles,

# To fall down at your door. # When I'm lonely, well I know I'm

gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man whose lonely

without you. # And when I'm dreaming, well I

know I'm gonna dream, # I'm gonna dream about the time

when I'm with you. # When I go out, (when I go out)

well I know I'm gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who goes

along with you. # and when I come home, (when I

come home) yes I know I'm gonna be, # I'm gonna be the man who comes

back home with you, # I'm gonna be the man whose comin'

# But I would walk 500 miles, # And I would walk 500 more,

# Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles,

# To fall down at your door. # But I would walk 500 miles,

# And I would walk 500 more, # Just to be the man who walked

1,000 miles, The Proclaimers in the magnificent

surroundings of Stirling Castle. More from them later in the

programme, and we'll have that whole concert for you on BBC

Scotland later in the year. Still thousands of people enjoying

themselves here in Edinburgh, some of them starting to move off home

in time to catch the TV comedy show voted for by you as the Comedy Kick

Off for the New Year is Chewin' the Fat, a classic episode first shown

in 2001. But now we have got some more music. Rachel Sermanni has

supported the likes of Elvis Costello and Mumford and Sons. Her

first album called "Under Mountain" came out in October to huge

critical acclaim. Here she is playing live in Glasgow with a

# Deep, deep down under mountains # I have heard them call my name.

# Will I play their little game and tell them

# deep deep down # I've been waiting for the

fighting to begin. # Hold my hands up.

# Deep sleep now under # skies of pressing dark upon my

dress # watch it turn from white to red

# under the bone clean moon # I am clinging to this

burning,shaking bed. # Must I hold my hands up,

# my bloody hands up # Mercy mercy I've been caught

# lying with my darkest thought # they grabbed my wings and pinned

me to the wall. # Oh light please try to hold your

ground # lift me up before I drown

# The din creeps neath my skin # and I can't hear no

# From the neighbouring town # there's a boy who comes to sing

upon our street # I watch him from the window

thinking # deep, deep down

# he'd be richer if he just became a thief.

# but still he holds his hands out # I walk down to the river stand

and shiver in the wind # throw stones and watch them sink

into the icy blue # let it rise about my ankles.

# I don't want this darkness # Mercy mercy I've been caught

# lying with my darkest thought # they grabbed my wings and pinned

me to the wall. # Oh light please try to hold your ground

# lift me up before I drown # The din creeps neath my skin

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# and I can't hear no # Mercy mercy I've been caught

# lying with my darkest thought # they grabbed my wings and pinned

me to the wall. # Oh light please try to hold your ground

# lift me up before I drown # The din creeps neath my skin

# and I can't hear no Rachel Sermanni there. Every year

we are joined by some of the best traditional musicians in the

country, we call them the house band, but they are much more than

that. Hugely talented and great friends. It's their turn to

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entertain you at home, this one is A great performance from our own

band in the studio there. The party is also going strong here in

Edinburgh and I hope it is where ever you are tonight. I don't think

many of these revellers are failing the cold. I have to come first, I

am feeling chilly myself but I hope it is warm near you tonight. It's

time for one more blast from Stirling Castle, here are the

# When I was a younger man # When I was a silly boy

# I didn't need a thing, I # Was strong as anything, I

# Viewed solitude as a joy. # But since I met you I'm

distraught # You wandered in and now I'm

caught # I never thought I would see

# Someone so truly good # Someone who's so everything I'm

not. # I want to spend my life with you

# Don't want to live all alone # I can't conceive of the years

left in me # Without you in our home.

# But what if, what if, what if what

# If it's not perfect then it's not # But every care I'll take

# Nothing I won't forsake # To dwell beside what you've got.

# Every time I think about you # I think I can't live with you

# I'll tell you something # I am nothing without you.

# I want to spend my life with you # Don't want to live all alone

# I can't conceive of the years left in me

# Without you in our home. # I want to spend my life with you

# Don't want to live all alone # I can't conceive of the years

left in me # Without you in our home.

# Without you in our home. Now they are Mawbray and music from a banned

under the new album out in February, this is Woodpile by Frightened

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# We left our social trance, struck down by the hand of fear # I've

fallen to the corner's arms, seem weird I, I'm done for years.

# I'm trapped in a collapsing building

# Come find me now, we'll hide out # We'll speak in our secret tongues

# That wood needs to ignite # There's no spark for

# A snapped limb and an unlit fire. # Would you come with me down this

# I'm trapped in an abandoned building

# Come find me now, we'll hide out # We'll speak in our secret tongues.

# We come back to my corner # Spent too long alone tonight

# With you coming back to my corner # Will you come back to my corner

# Spent too long alone tonight # With you coming back to my corner.

# Lit torch to the woodpile eye # We come back to my corner

# Spent too long alone tonight. # With you coming back to my corner

# Lit torch to the woodpile # Come find me now, we'll hide out

That is almost us for tonight for stopped the thank you to the

musicians who performed, and many thanks to you for being part of

Scotland's Hogmanay Live. Wherever you are, to everyone at the BBC

including my team at Edinburgh, from the thousands of people here

in the capital, from the people at Stirling and our Studios in Glasgow,

a very happy and healthy 2013. Stay tuned for the new year, the kick-

off, a special showing of Chewin' the Fat. But before that playing us