Enya a goddess?
Mike Cobb
good one. Even so, I suspect Enya to be a goddess! Certainly the
angels themselves take voice lessons from her. Is it possible,
just a little bit possible, that the transcendental world breaks
into the physical world through Enya's music?
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Mike Cobb
SWade
>--
Watch out for the Christians, Mike ... you're treading thin ice with
them on a topic like this!
I personally put her a little higher than just your mundane goddess,
but that is entirely IMHO!
Perhaps more reasonable is that she is channelling energy of a higher
power and has a destiny to help unify the world.
And, for you Christian readers: She been touched by the Holy Spirit!
>Mike Cobb
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tho...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Mike Cobb (10260...@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
: I'm a rational, emotionally intact 40 year old with a life...a
: good one. Even so, I suspect Enya to be a goddess! Certainly the
: angels themselves take voice lessons from her. Is it possible,
: just a little bit possible, that the transcendental world breaks
: into the physical world through Enya's music?
: --
: Mike Cobb
Let me guess Mike... you like her music? Just wanted be sure of that.
Isn't she just the cutest woman? Those eyes, and her voice is so soft
and sweet, and, I can now honestly say that after five straight hours of
listening to TMoT, I actually LIKE Anywhere Is. I mean, I loved the
whole CD, but that song was just so poppy sounding, almost like a (Pre
Morrisette) Alanis (PLEASE PEOPLE, NO DISCUSSIONS ON ALANIS).
But you know, it kinda grows on you.
Talking to you later...
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email:"Ice Man" tho...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Stephen Williams
: I'm a rational, emotionally intact 40 year old with a life...a
: good one. Even so, I suspect Enya to be a goddess! Certainly the
: angels themselves take voice lessons from her. Is it possible,
: just a little bit possible, that the transcendental world breaks
: into the physical world through Enya's music?
Oh my goodness, not this "Enya is divine" thread again.
Here we go, read my lips:
ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
*ahem*
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Stephen
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SWade
>Oh my goodness, not this "Enya is divine" thread again.
>Here we go, read my lips:
>ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
>*ahem*
>--
>Stephen
You boys certainly are quick to criticize! And, how, may I ask, are
we to know this is a topic that's been covered before?
Sir, you are, as a human, entitled to your opinion. I for one
disagree though that Enya is " ... a good singer, nothing more."
Who else that you know in the entire history of music has had such
universal impact (aside from the Beatles) and is so universally
admired and revered?
And, I am heartily offended by your bold statement that she's just a
good singer! I'd like to see YOU try to compose, play every
traditional and digitized instrument and then spend months or even
years perfecting the layering so that the emotion comes through as
desired.
Sir, such diligence, dedication, determination and insistence on
perfection is not the work of just another singer ... it is the mark
of a true genius.
As to her being a goddess, you obviously have no concept of the term
so I will not waste my fingertips trying to explain!
But, remember this: the world was in need of a light and one
glimmered on the shores of Donegal in 1961. Now, it is a towering
lighthouse casting its compelling beacon for all that desire to
"...take a turn and turn to begin a new beginning ..." (paraphr)
You may want to just stick with Madonna and Mariah ....
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SWade
>Oh my goodness, not this "Enya is divine" thread again.
>Here we go, read my lips:
>ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
>*ahem*
You boys certainly are quick to criticize! And, how, may I ask, are
we to know this is a topic that's been covered before?
Sir, you are, as a human, entitled to your opinion. I for one
disagree though that Enya is " ... a good singer, nothing more."
Who else that you know in the entire history of music has had such
universal impact (aside from the Beatles) and is so universally
admired and revered?
And, I am heartily offended by your bold statement that she's just a
good singer! I'd like to see YOU try to compose, play every
traditional and digitized instrument and then spend months or even
years perfecting the layering so that the emotion comes through as
desired.
Sir, such diligence, dedication, determination and insistence on
perfection is not the work of just another singer ... it is the mark
of a true genius.
As to her being a goddess, you obviously have no concept of the term
so I will not waste my fingertips trying to explain!
But, remember this: the world was in need of a light and one
glimmered on the shores of Donegal in 1961. Now, it is a towering
lighthouse casting its compelling beacon for all that desire to
"...take a turn and turn to begin a new beginning ..." (paraphr)
You may want to just stick with Madonna and Mariah ....
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him/her by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy
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Jeffry Conrad
Just an FYI, the new FOX network TV show "Kindred: the
Embraced" has now used at least one Enya song and one Clannad
song as background music.
The show is nothing special, but I have to give them a
thumbs up on their choice of atmosphere music.
But then that's just my opionion...JC
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p...@pa.msu.edu
In article <4lo1f5$m...@spam.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cs...@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Stephen Williams) writes:
>Oh my goodness, not this "Enya is divine" thread again.
>Here we go, read my lips:
>ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
>
>*ahem*
>Stephen
>
She's more than just a good singer. She's an incredibly gifted composer,
creating a style of music never heard before and so far unequaled. Of all
the music in the world, hers is the only one that makes me stop in my
tracks and just listen. As an added bonus, all this talent is wrapped up in
a woman with truly captivating looks. No, Enya is not going to restore
sight to the blind or raise the dead, but we should all be thankful that
she exists here on Earth and that we have been privileged to have heard her
music.
Dan Pon
Stephen Williams
SWade (sw...@atl.mindspring.com) wrote:
: cs...@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Stephen Williams) wrote:
: >Oh my goodness, not this "Enya is divine" thread again.
: >Here we go, read my lips:
: >ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
: >*ahem*
<snip>
: And, I am heartily offended by your bold statement that she's just a
: good singer! I'd like to see YOU try to compose, play every
: traditional and digitized instrument and then spend months or even
: years perfecting the layering so that the emotion comes through as
: desired.
Okay, sorry *blush*, what I meant was, don't try to deify someone that isn't
divine. As a *human being*, her talents are first rate. But *only* as a
human being.
<snip>
: As to her being a goddess, you obviously have no concept of the term
: so I will not waste my fingertips trying to explain!
Actually, I am Christian and so do know a little about (false IMB) gods and
goddesses :-) To apply a term suggesting divinity to a mortal is simply
wrong IMB.
: But, remember this: the world was in need of a light and one
: glimmered on the shores of Donegal in 1961. Now, it is a towering
: lighthouse casting its compelling beacon for all that desire to
: "...take a turn and turn to begin a new beginning ..." (paraphr)
: You may want to just stick with Madonna and Mariah ....
Nah, don't like either of them
My posting was not meant to cause offence to anybody; it was just an attempt
to kill the 'divinity' thread. The last one I saw was "Enya is a Modern
Goddess" or something equally ridiculous.
Terje Kvernes
p...@pa.msu.edu wrote:
>
> In article <4lo1f5$m...@spam.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, cs...@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Stephen Williams) writes:
> >Here we go, read my lips:
> >ENYA IS A GOOD SINGER, NOTHING MORE
> >
> >*ahem*
> >Stephen
> >
> She's more than just a good singer. She's an incredibly gifted composer,
> creating a style of music never heard before and so far unequaled. Of all
> the music in the world, hers is the only one that makes me stop in my
> tracks and just listen. As an added bonus, all this talent is wrapped up in
> a woman with truly captivating looks. No, Enya is not going to restore
> sight to the blind or raise the dead, but we should all be thankful that
> she exists here on Earth and that we have been privileged to have heard her
> music.
>
> Dan Pon
she is a truly gifted musician in all respects... But as she says herself,
there is more to the music than only herself, it is a three-person thing...
(In which she playsd a very special role...)
Terje
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Michael Daly
sw...@atl.mindspring.com (SWade) wrote:
>>--
>Watch out for the Christians, Mike ... you're treading thin ice with
>them on a topic like this!
I presume you mean the fundamentalist version. I am a Christian,
a Catholic actually, and think that at times she could well be inspired.
Hardly a Goddess, but then I don't think Mike Cobb was 100% serious.
Sometimes great art can provide the link between the two worlds,
or at least 'tune in' people's minds to be on the right wavelength.
At her finest moments Enya provides the right atmosphere for
contemplation.
Michael Daly
Swade
mike...@ihug.co.nz (Michael Daly) wrote:
>sw...@atl.mindspring.com (SWade) wrote:
>>>--
>>Watch out for the Christians, Mike ... you're treading thin ice with
>>them on a topic like this!
>I presume you mean the fundamentalist version. I am a Christian,
>a Catholic actually, and think that at times she could well be inspired.
.................yes, thank you for pointing out that omission ...
Fundamentalists are exactly who I referred to!
>Hardly a Goddess, but then I don't think Mike Cobb was 100% serious.
..................merely a figure of speech since our language has no
word to adequately describe her influence/impact.
>Sometimes great art can provide the link between the two worlds,
>or at least 'tune in' people's minds to be on the right wavelength.
................. exactly what I was trying to express ... thank you!
>At her finest moments Enya provides the right atmosphere for
>contemplation.
................. and so much more
>
>Michael Daly
................. Swade
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mpa...@africanet.com.br
In <4lk3te$f53$1...@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>, Mike Cobb <10260...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
>I'm a rational, emotionally intact 40 year old with a life...a
>good one. Even so, I suspect Enya to be a goddess! Certainly the
>angels themselves take voice lessons from her. Is it possible,
>just a little bit possible, that the transcendental world breaks
>into the physical world through Enya's music?
>
>Mike Cobb
Hi, Mike.
Enya's music certainly is not trivial. I mean, her songs' harmonies carry *something*
that just transcends musical energy... It speaks to your soul. Perhaps she's really
channeling some higher energy to our mundane world!
Whatever the cause, I just feel *great* when listen to her... :)
Marcello Pires Alves.
mpa...@africanet.com.br
mpa...@bhnet.com.br
Wolf Read
In article <4loavh$1q...@mule1.mindspring.com>, sw...@atl.mindspring.com
(SWade) wrote:
> And, I am heartily offended by your bold statement that she's just a
> good singer! I'd like to see YOU try to compose, play every
> traditional and digitized instrument and then spend months or even
> years perfecting the layering so that the emotion comes through as
> desired.
Composing music "so that the emotion comes through as desired" is not all
that difficult--and you even mention the key to success: ". . . spend
months or even years . . ." Anybody who devotes themselves to an art with
that kind of tenacity will produce quality stuff: one just needs to
discipline themself. I suspect even Enya would agree with this.
Now, had Enya grabbed a synth and "every traditional insturment" at the age
of, say 5, and composed 'The Memory of Trees' in a few days or weeks, I'd
say you'd have cause to call her a genius, and maybe even something more
divine . . .
BTW: Even Enya's mixing comes off a little stiff when I compare it to, say,
someone freeplaying a single instrument. Freeplay is the most pure and
emotional music out there--it is a breath of fresh air becuase the player
cannot deny the 'errors' and has to live with them: it is in those 'errors'
that new and original stuff is made, and the sound tends to be more
natural. After all, in nature, there are patterns and cycles, but they
rarely repeat themselves in *exact* fasion (there only reiterations of
similar ideas, with each iteration echoing the one before it in some
fasion, but not exact fasion). After all:
"All art is but imitation of nature."
(Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.)
-Seneca, Epistle to Lucilius
Cheers
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Wolf Read, for myself.
Research Associate
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature
leads, or you shall learn nothing."
-- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
jakea...@gmail.com
> I'm a rational, emotionally intact 40 year old with a life...a
> good one. Even so, I suspect Enya to be a goddess! Certainly the
> angels themselves take voice lessons from her. Is it possible,
> just a little bit possible, that the transcendental world breaks
> into the physical world through Enya's music?
>
> --
> Mike Cobb