Loreena McKennitt — Santiago
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strick wrote:
variety is the spice of life
It takes a lot to suck worse than this. :P
variety is the spice of life
I love Loreena!! Her influences are wide ranging and fascinating. In this song, I hear the influence of the medieval "Cantigas de Santa Maria" of Alfonso X - thirteenth century Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage songs (hence the name?).
Unfortunately, the label "New Age" is applied to this very old musical form.
Unfortunately, the label "New Age" is applied to this very old musical form.
Hey nonny yes!
If you try to sing along you'll realize it's actually a fun song
jadewahoo wrote:
Like Icy Hot to my sore neck.
How can a person's voice be both chilling and warming all at once? Draw one into the depths while sending you into the limitless heights of ecstacy? How can the eerieness of the song reassure that our life, for all its mundanity, is magical still?
Loreena McKennitt possesses this talent, a true bewithching of the Soul, to awakenen us to our possibilities beyond what we have yet seen.
Like Icy Hot to my sore neck.
Pure Celtic skill. It takes an old Druid like myself to spot it.
ick wrote:
Like the gnomes in Stonehenge.
Why do I feel like I should start skipping around the room?
Like the gnomes in Stonehenge.
Why do I feel like I should start skipping around the room?
Loreena is good but this is not 2 good.
The best version of this song is on the recently-released "nights from the Alhambra" cds and dvd .
In fact, the dvd/video of this song is SUPERB. I love the little "hop" she gives in the middle of the song, very playful. And the violinist (whom I would call the fiddle player) is HOT (musically).
I would give the LIVE version from that release a "10" without question.
How can a person's voice be both chilling and warming all at once? Draw one into the depths while sending you into the limitless heights of ecstacy? How can the eerieness of the song reassure that our life, for all its mundanity, is magical still?
Loreena McKennitt possesses this talent, a true bewithching of the Soul, to awakenen us to our possibilities beyond what we have yet seen.
She's the only woman who has made me want to learn the hurdy-gurdy. I love her.
strick wrote:
It takes a lot to suck worse than this. :P
So...what's your secret?
No, just kidding. I'll admit that Loreena isn't everyone's cup o' tea. Most of us don't come home from work at night and think, "I need to put on some good Renaissance music!" Granted. But, if you explore her music a bit deeper, I think you'll find one of the most original - and certainly talented - artists out there.
Certainly a likeable tune, anyway.
strick wrote:
It takes a lot to suck worse than this. :P
You're right! Grateful Dead for example!!!!
Not her best effort but definitely a solid piece of music...
It takes a lot to suck worse than this. :P
Loreena McKennitt is a real sorceress. She makes New Age viable. 
The long lost song from the "Monty Python & The Holy Grail" soundtrack?
I like Celtic & Loreena too but this is really annoying.
her voice is so distinctive... i absolutely love it
Have a listen to Hot House Flowers or Bruce Cockburn's musical mannerisms of a Celtic nature to get a sense of a modern use of Celtic genre. (Oooh)
This, on the other hand, is 2nd-century Pagan incantation stuff set to a 4-piece rock background. I wish that I would feel my modern world reflected here in some small way other than that some of the instruments are electric and Loreena once visited Santiago, Chile.
One or two albums of pseudo-Celtic hodge-podge was great but 15 is pushing it. ...