Enya watch

[Cork]

Aha! I found one.

Caribbean Blue

A nice piece, in 3/4 time, and, I thank you, Enya!

[Tyler]

I love Enya.

There was one time during the winter when I was living in BC and had to relocate from Vancouver to Surrey. I'd placed a good deal of my things into storage in anticipation of the move, including my cd collection.
When I got my basics into my new apartment we got hit with a killer snow storm and the storage unit was closed for a few days (and then I got snowed in to the parking lot for a couple more days). The only cd I had at the time was a copy of The Celts. I'd had it in a backpack I used to pack a few day to day items.

good times.

[cowtime]

Aha! I found one.

Caribbean Blue

A nice piece, in 3/4 time, and, I thank you, Enya!

seems like the kid fell into a freaky Maxfield Parrish world....

So much of her music is very repetitive, but that particular tune is fun to play on piano.

I will admit that like Ebude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HqIrHg70xE

[Cork]

Aha! I found one.

Caribbean Blue

A nice piece, in 3/4 time, and, I thank you, Enya!

seems like the kid fell into a freaky Maxfield Parrish world....

So much of her music is very repetitive, but that particular tune is fun to play on piano.

I will admit that like Ebude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HqIrHg70xE

Maxfield Parrish? Yes! I've had one of his works, on my wall for many years. It's titled, "A Path to Home," a moonlit, winter landscape, looking down into a valley having a far distant mountain in the background, with a fully developed, mature but leafless maple tree on an open, snow covered field in the foreground, and having an old farm house, downhill, just before the valley, with but one window illuminated in a soft yellow. It's of a quality which could invite a person to appreciate the scene for hour after hour, beautiful! And, unlike so many other Parrish works, there's nobody to be seen.

However, I'd say there's more to Enya, than that.

[djm]

seems like the kid fell into a freaky Maxfield Parrish world....

I did not know who this was so I had to look him up. Great! So now I need to buy a whole bunch more expensive art books. Thank you sooooo much.

I can't afford this!

djm

[Jack]

I also love Enya.

When I said "unaided" I meant a capella, without machines garbling the vocals. I can't find the video now but I watched an interview she gave where the host asked if she spoke Gaelic. She said of course, and he asked her to say something for him. She sang an Irish song right there on the spot. The audience was clapping to keep the beat and everybody seemed amazed that she could do that.

[djm]

Why should they be amazed? She grew up in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Irish is her first language. Many of the Irish songs that she and Clannad made famous were tunes they'd learned in school, just jazzed up a bit.

djm

[Jack]

They were amazed for two reasons: 1) Many people (such as the majority of the members on this forum) have a low opinion of Enya and expect her to be a talentless sold-out brand rather than a musical artist with genuine talent and 2) it's not every day that people hear a genuine Irish person singing or speaking real Irish language.

[djm]

So she's batting .500 then?

djm

[BrassBlower]

I guess I take the middle ground here: I like Enya.

However, there are some I like better, like Clannad, the Seekers, and

ducking to dodge the

Fairport Convention.

[Cork]

Actually, I can easily see cowtime's connection to Maxfield Parrish, and, frankly, I'd be surprised if Enya and company weren't somehow inspired by the same such art, at least on that particular tune, Caribbean Blue.

However, beyond any of the productions Enya and company have done, it's a wonder to watch them come and go on Youtube.

Here today, sometimes including literally millions of hits, and then gone, tomorrow!

As I was saying, it's something of a sport, to watch.

[s1m0n]

I sometimes wonder what Enya's voice would actually sound like if it wasn't so electronically modified and over-layered with echoes. Behind all of the mush there actually might be a genuine voice, but, then again, maybe not.

She's the kid sister or cousin of the Brennans of Clannad fame, who were a pretty good trad outfit before they struck airline TV commercial soundtrack gold.

[cowtime]

When I watched the video of Caribbean Blue the video put me in mind of Maxfield Parrish's paintings- along the lines of this- nothing more- 'course he did have a blue named after him, you know- "Parrish blue"

[djm]

Parrish the thought!

djm

[Cork]

......

Perhaps you've seen a winter image of Santa and his antlered reindeer?

Well, in fact, male reindeer drop their antlers by later in the fall season, and only female reindeer have antlers during the winter.

Yes, it's true.

And, perhaps that could help to give female reindeer some "elbow room", to help them carry their young to a springtime delivery.

Hmmm? Could Rudolph actually be Rudolpha, with her nose so shiny bright?