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Enya – Storms in Africa
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This is the third track off her 1988 album Watermark.
The song was used as a soundtrack for the 1990 movie Green Card.
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Enya – Storms in Africa (Part II)
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9th and final track off her 1988 album Watermark.
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Enya – Even in the Shadows
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With a choir of voices calling out above a pulsing beat, “Even in the Shadows” is one of the closest encounters Enya has had with pop music.
Exposing herself in a moment of
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Enya – May It Be
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“May It Be” is both a blessing song and a prayer, written by Enya in collaboration with Nicky and Roma Ryan specifically for Peter Jackson’s film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of
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Enya – Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
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“Orinoco Flow” premiered on Enya’s 1988 album Watermark, and was released as its first single a month later.
The single charted in at least 15 countries. It went to number one in
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Enya – On Your Shore
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[Verse 1] / Strange how my heart beats / To find myself upon your shore / Strange how I still feel / My loss of comfort gone before / [Verse 2] / Cool waves wash over / And drift
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Marston Smith – Boadicea (Enya
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Instrumental
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Enya – Exile
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4th track off her 1988 album Watermark.
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Enya – Evening Falls...
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6th track off her 1988 album Watermark.
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Enya – Watermark
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Opening Enya’s second studio album, “Watermark” is a piano-based melody flowing over layered vocalisations that act like strings.
Despite not actually having lyrics, the title
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Enya – The Longships
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7th track off her 1988 album Watermark.
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Enya – Paint the Sky With Stars
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[Verse 1] / Suddenly before my eyes / Hues of indigo arise / With them how my spirit sighs / Paint the sky with stars / [Verse 2] / Only night will ever know / Why the heavens
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Enya – Only If...
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[English Lyrics] / [Verse 1] / When there's a shadow you reach for the sun / When there is love then you look for the one / And for the promises there is the sky / And for the
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Enya – Only If You Want To
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[Verse 1] / When there's a shadow you reach for the sun / When there is love then you look for the one / And for the promises there is the sky / And for the heavens are those who
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Enya – Oíche Chiúin
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[English Lyrics] / [Verse 1] / Oíche chiúin, oíche mhic dé / Cách 'na suan dís araon / Dís is dílse 'faire le spéis / Naoín beag gnaoigheal / Ceananntais caomh / Críost, 'na
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Enya – Cursum Perficio
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[English Lyrics] / [Refrain] / Cursum perficio / Cursum perficio / Cursum perficio / Cursum perficio / Cursum perficio / [Interlude] / [Refrain] / Cursum perficio / Cursum perficio
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Enya – Na Laetha Geal M'Óige
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[English Lyrics] / [Verse] / Ag amharc trí m’óige / Is mé bhí sámh / Gan eolas marbh / Bhí mé óg san am / [Refrain] / Anois, táim buartha / ‘S fad ar shiúl an lá / Ochón is ochón ó
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Yung Lean – Greygoose
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Third and final track of Lavender EP.
The title is a reference to Grey Goose – a brand of smooth, pure tasting vodka, produced in France.
An alternative version of the song was
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Enya – Smaointe…
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When Enya played the melody for this piece to her producer, Nicky Ryan, he heard the sense of loss in the music. He told her that it should commemorate her late grandparents. Roma
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Relative Ways
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This song was written as a sort of pep-talk to the band, in the third week of recording the album. At that point things were getting rather tense and emotionally draining. Keely
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – How Near How Far
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“How Near How Far” was a song idea Keely had written three years before it was finally recorded. The “How near, how far” refrain was actually a different song that he added. Its
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Days of Being Wild
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All sewn up / Pull out the seams / Take your call / Your voice is static / Far from my reach / I burn the page / Imaged are blurred / Am I afraid? / Around my throat / You came so
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Spoon – Everything Hits at Once
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[Verse 1] / Don't say a word / The last one's still stinging / Back of my mind / I feel that phone ringing / And there is no way back from this / [Chorus] / Everything hits at once
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Spoon – 10:20 AM
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Britt Daniel on 10:20 AM:
‘That was also spurred on by my grandfather dying. It’s got the line about ‘I carry you out’ and it starts to sink in. I had to carry his body out of the
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Source Tags & Codes
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“Source Tags & Codes,” the final song on the album, was also the last song written for it. The inspiration was a poem called “Drive” Keely had written earlier that year while on
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Baudelaire
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Named after the great French decadent poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), this song draws heavily on the imagery of his “Au Lecteur” (To the Reader), which, in true decadent
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Richter Scale Madness
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[Intro] / Okay this is a song about killing everybody / Let's all sing along now / [Verse 1] / Dream machine / John and Exene / Smear campaign / And a swat team / [Verse 2] / Let's
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – It Was There (That I Saw You)
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It was there that I saw you / And it was there that I came / As evening sighs / Rises up against the sky-line / Let me come and have my leis / You were fair and fey as a sun that
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RobotWisdom – A logarithmic timeline of the universe
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Mine pre-dates Wikipedia’s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detailed_logarithmic_timeline
It’s a fun way to create a personalised view of all history.
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