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Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'


Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


DavidS - Dec 28, 2005 8:08:43 am PST #1683 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Heh. Slate writes about Enya:

On Amarantine, though, there's a different kind of linguistic stunt. Inspired by their Fellowship of the Ring experiment with Elvish, Enya and Roma Ryan decided to create their own language, Loxian. I wish I could report that this gambit involves smoked salmon; in fact, it revolves around the more banal topic of extraterrestrials. The Loxians, Ryan told the Guardian, "Are much like us. They're in space, somewhere in the night. They're looking out, they're mapping the stars, and wondering if there is anyone else out there. It's to do with that concept: are we alone in the universe?"

Ryan has written a book about the language, Water Shows the Hidden Heart (also the title of a song on Amarantine), in which we learn, among other things, how to ask a Loxian if he'd like a cup of tea ("Hanee unnin eskan?"). The lyricist claims that it was necessary to invent an alternative language because "some pieces that Enya writes, English will just not sit on." But judging by songs like "Less Than a Pearl," one of three Loxian numbers on the new album, Loxian is not appreciably more mellifluous than English or Gaelic or Latin or any of the other terrestrial tongues in which Enya has sung. I suspect other, cheekier motives: an effort to deepen Enya's reputation as a mystic and to tighten her grip on the Hobbit crowd. What's Loxian for "brand extension"?

I have an image of Enya babbling like Nell.

Though, to be fair, Liz Fraser might as well have been singing in Loxian for most of the Cocteau Twins catalog.


Tom Scola - Dec 28, 2005 8:10:47 am PST #1684 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Now I want to hear Enya singing in Luxan, but I fear she doesn't have the vocal range for it.


DavidS - Dec 28, 2005 8:12:04 am PST #1685 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Now I want to hear Enya singing in Luxan, but I fear she doesn't have the vocal range for it.

She should sing in all the geek languages including Klingon and Esperanto.


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2005 8:14:11 am PST #1686 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I would pay (well maybe not pay, but i wouldn't turn off the radio, which is my usual reaction to Enya) to hear her sing Klingon opera.


tommyrot - Dec 28, 2005 8:16:13 am PST #1687 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I would pay (well maybe not pay, but i wouldn't turn off the radio, which is my usual reaction to Enya) to hear her sing Klingon opera.

Heh.

Now I wonder what Klingon Death Metal would sound like.

(Don't say, "Klingon Opera.")


Tom Scola - Dec 28, 2005 8:17:25 am PST #1688 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Now I wonder what Klingon Death Metal would sound like.

Not very different from Finnish death metal, I suppose.


Spidra Webster - Dec 28, 2005 8:19:13 am PST #1689 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I think Nina Hagen would be best suited to singing a Klingon Opera. And Diamanda Galas.


Sean K - Dec 28, 2005 8:20:18 am PST #1690 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I think I'm embarassed on Enya's behalf.

Also, if she wanted to sing in a fake alien language, she could have saved herself a lot of effort and just sung in Klingon.

(ETA: This is what I get for taking a call and walking away before finishing a post -- everybody gets to the joke before I do.)


tommyrot - Dec 28, 2005 8:21:35 am PST #1691 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I think Nina Hagen would be best suited to singing a Klingon Opera. And Diamanda Galas.

Yes, of course.

But now I wanna hear someone poorly suited for singing Klingon Opera. Like Frente!

Also, I bet Björk could do some interesting things....

(What is Klingon for "I just laid an egg on the red carpet"?)


Spidra Webster - Dec 28, 2005 8:22:37 am PST #1692 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

But now I wanna hear someone poorly suited for singing Klingon Opera.

Blossom Dearie.