Had trouble dealing with a business partner who took me all the way down.
Ten years ago I managed to pick up a case of clinical depression. Even though I leave, will I go on believing that this time is real - am I lost in this feeling? Like a child passing through, never knowing the reason. Forever hoping I can find memories, those those memories I left behind. Even though I still love "Orinoco Flow", my favorite lyrics are the ones in "Evening Falls." : "Forever searching never right, I am lost in oceans of night. It seems as if they have no grasp of the deeper things in life. I don't know why other teenagers get this kick out of rap and hard rock. I am only 14, and yet this just let my soul fly. I have never been to much of a New Age fan. Usually I am into classical and the more modern songs you hear on the radio, like Madonna and Celine Dion. After I did, I looked for other songs of hers, and found this CD.
I had heard "Orinoco Flow" off the Pure Moods CD, and before this, I had never heard Enya. Watermark only hinted at better things to come. Enya probably has THE best female vocal ever, even surpassing Sarah Brightman at her best. Both have that exotic "na-na-na, ne-ne-ne" sound.Ī giant leap from the understated Enya album (now called The Celts), Watermark is a watershed and benchmark for the former Clannad vocalist. It's better than the first version on the album. This is also the version on her Moonshadows video collection. There's a lot more drumming in this version, and also a part where she sings, accompanied only by the rhythmic pounding of African drums. "Storms In Africa II" begins with a clap of thunder and is also sung in English. "Na Laetha Geal M'oige," also sung in Celtic, is a forlorn song, with pipes lending the melancholy atmosphere. The Celtic-sung "The Longships" does evoke the image of the said ships sailing across the Irish Sea, with the pounding drum serving as the beater's drum, which sets the stroke of the oars striking the water. She provides all instrumentation on this album. "River" is a gentle melodic keyboard instrumental that highlights Enya's talents in other ways. It evokes waterfalls, springs, and sailing into a wondrous fantasy-land. The lush "Orinoco Flow," which became a #1 single in the UK stands out with its plucked pizzicato strings and vibrant sound. These three songs alone is reason enough to get this album. It really does paint a stark portrait of an exile, especially with the lyrics: "I'll wait the signs to come/I'll find a way/I will wait the time to come/I'll find a way home." Somehow, the exile will come home to his (her) family and friends.
A flute breaks the silence in the second song as a deep contrast from the strings. The lush instrumentation in "On Your Shore," "Exile," and "Evening Falls" really highlight Enya's vocals. "Eternum" is sung four times, and then comes that final chord, signalling her last breath. Loosely translated, it means "my journey ends here." The frenzied part of the song and chorus reflects the whirlwind way in which Marilyn's life ended. The haunting Latin "Cursum Perficio" was inspired by an inscription written on the portico of the Brentwood house Marilyn Monroe died in. They are emotional paintings in an audial museum, tugging at the listener with a sense of wonder. And clearly that is one of the ways in which Enya intended the tune to be interpreted. But simultaneously there is also apparently a subtheme based on her voyage to international success.Simply lovely piano instrumentals such as the title track and "Miss Clare Remembers" glide with a calm majesty. Conclusionīut overall, the idea fans seem to have clung to is the first explanation of “Orinoco Flow”. That is they are drawn to it due to its fairytale-like quality.
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However, whether or not the title of this song is intended to reference said river is debatable. Rather, Orinoco was also the name of the studio, situated in London in fact, where Enya recorded this song. Indeed you will notice that there is a “Rob Dickins” referenced in the fourth verse, who is steering the imaginary vessel featured on the track. Rob Dickins was actually Enya’s label boss at WEA Records. And looking at it from this perspective, the lyrics are meant to be symbolic of the professional journey the songstress had undertaken alongside the likes of Dickins and her manager, Nicky Ryan. an experience tantamount to a mental excursion. Or as Roma Ryan, who serves as a lyricist on this song, explained, it is “a journey of the imagination”. Indeed Orinoco is the name of a massive river in South America. And the audience is entreated to “sail away” with the singer to distant lands which most likely they would never actually visit in real life. And in that regard, this song is said to have two distinct meanings. One is quite obvious – it is intended to take the listener’s mind away from their actual environs, i.e.