OK, someone had to bring it up…It might as well be me. 
So what do you think - Is Titanic good or bad for piping in general?
One other thought (something that’s always bothered me) is how can Gaelic Storm claims to be the band from Titanic, but they have no piper in their group. The steerage scene is clearly all about the piper, isn’t it? Maybe just my bias, but I know I was disappointed when I went to hear Gaelic Storm and found out there was no piper in the group.
OK, someone had to bring it up..
Why?
Waterford piper Brian Walsh used to be in the band and, if I remember correctly, was it’s founder and driving force. After the movie came out they split up. I think it’s good for piping in a very general sort of way in that it informs the general public that they exist. As we all know the VAST majority of humans have no idea what uilleann pipes are. It’s our job to help get the word out 
Patrick
At a gig the other day I had my first-ever request for “the theme from Titanic”. When I failed to deliver that one I was asked for “the theme from Braveheart”.
Same as it ever was…
A couple reasons:
It was a cultural phenomenon in 1997, and is, I believe, Sony Music’s biggest selling album.
In the early 2000’s many claimed that the movie was, at least partly, the reason for starting to play the pipes (Although I have to guess if that was the reason for starting, they probably are not still playing.)
So another wave of pipers coming, do you think? LOL
I think it wiz more of a phenomenom in 1912 
As for the film …moronic
LOL = “lots of luck”
That might have more to do with Celine Dion than uilleann pipes.
I think that the movie was merely one of many elements that contributed to an increase in the popularity of pipes. Riverdance was another. Probably the most important was the Celtic Tiger which allowed the Irish government (and citizens) to invest more in the traditional arts and the cultural identity.
But none of them would have meant much if the strong foundations of piping had not already been laid by several generations of passionate pipers and pipemakers. This is what will sustain piping in the long term.
and, fwiw, GS does have a GHB/UP/whitle player. At least for their last 5 albums it’s been Pete Purvis. Canadian, I think.
I think it’s really Titanic 4D. The movie has become unstuck in the space-time continuum, and will continue to materialize in the present from time to time, like the Tardis.
No, no … This is the best:
First ever? After all this time? Man. You must have been playing for abstemious folk in classier haunts than I. 
Thanks for the info. Maybe I need to take another listen.
This one even made my teenagers laugh!
Well, with the kids on their Easter break I was dragged along to the see the movie. Its the first time I,d seen a 3D film in the cinema and I was impressed with the quality of the picture and the 3D effect. But after the novelty of the 3D wore off its still the same movie and Kate’s boobs didn’t look any different in 3D.
RORY
Rory, I have to agree. My wife and I went yesterday. There was more uilleann pipe in the incidental background music than I remembered, and I missed dialog as I was listening to the soundtrack. 
I recently heard the story of Titanic passengers from Addergoole, Co. Mayo. Fourteen left on Titanic from this village, and only 3 survived. This story is more tragic, and much more compelling than the made up romance.
http://www.mayo-titanic.com/The_Addergoole_Fourteen/Default.204.html
The village has been putting itself in the public eye as the community with the largest proportionate passenger loss. I suppose Southampton, loosing 549 (mostly crew members) would have a claim in the tragic loss stakes, if they too wanted to make the whole thing into a cultural festival to draw in a few tourists.
I was watching the “memorial” in Southampton on the news.
The reporter kept talking about how sombre a day it was, and how it still deeply affected people today. Cue the interview with the grinning woman who said “My great great great grandad was on the Titanic. I never knew him and know nothing about him… it has affected me deeply”. Well diddums - my great great great grandad is dead too…
The shots of people tossing wreaths into Southampton harbour (also grinning) were accompanied by an audible “wayhay!” in the background.
Seeme more like a fun day out for the family than a memorial. It all seemed grotesque to me - a bit like professional mourners (if you know your bible you know what I mean).
I guess they think grief might be a tourist draw, so they keep stoking it long after anyone with a meaningful emotional connection to the titanic has died.