Posted on Thursday, 23rd July 2009 by Stephen
One of the hardest things about music is actually feeling it. It’s too easy to just write what sounds decent, and not really put my heart into it. So when a song can really make me feel deep down, I’m intrigued. In my experience, the emotional quality of a song has to do with escaping the mundane, both lyrically and musically, and presenting to the listener a vast spectrum of sensations. Two of the main ways to do this are through long distances and long periods of time. That’s why I love Enya – she does an excellent job of spanning an incredible range of feelings. Her ethereal sound includes stark elements from the past and the present – fleshing out orchestral arrangements with electronic sounds. And her lyrics bring together years of circumstances, shrouding modern life in the expansive mystery of the past. Trains and Winter Rains I think shows her strengths the best of any of her songs.
Posted in Music, Thought | Comments (2)
December 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
But she looks SO corny singing! Yeeesh.
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Haha I’m sure she can’t help it. After four Grammys some artists just lose it…