A singing duo from Inverness have delighted the offshore oil and gas community with a ditty poking fun at life on North Sea installations.
The “Rig Pigs” have shared their song with thousands of viewers on an industry Facebook page, hitting close to home about an “aspiring greenhand roustabout”.
A newbie adjusting to life offshore is a focal point of the tongue-in-cheek tune, which also takes aim at a culture of “bootlicking” offshore.
Comments to date have praised a segment dedicated to the greenhand laughing excessively at an offshore installation manager’s joke.
“Well done lads, love the gaffer laugher interlude,” one viewer remarked, while another said the composition was so good it should be Christmas No1.
And one said it was the “best thing ever put on here”, in reference to the posting on The Rig Workers’ Rant.
The duo behind the video both work offshore, including singer-songwriter Mike MacGillivray, who said he was delighted by the response to the song.
It all started over a few beers
He added: “We were just having a few beers… one night, going over a few different ideas for songs.
“We both work offshore, and have seen and been in hilarious situations out there – as I’m sure most offshore workers can relate to.
“We thought we’d put pen to paper over a couple of chords and see what happens.
“We had a great laugh writing it so just hoped offshore workers would find it funny too.”
The best ideas come when you least expect it.”
Mike MacGillivray.
Mr MacGillivray, an acoustic guitarist performing under the name MACGILLI, continues: “Me and my mate still write music together.
“We were going to try and implement his spoken word poetry throughout my loop music that evening, but that offshore song came and found us instead.
“The best ideas come when you least expect it.”
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