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- Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
- Date: Tuesday, 29 Dec 1992 12:07:59 EST
- From: Eric C. Anderson <ANDERSON@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92364.120800ANDERSON@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: rec.music.newage
- Subject: Re: Volkswagon and Enya/Clannad
- References: <2934671964.1.p00166@psilink.com>
- Lines: 19
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- In article <2934671964.1.p00166@psilink.com>, "Dan Thompson"
- <p00166@psilink.com> says:
- >I have recently been seeing a series of Volkswagon commercials --
- >talking mostly about "driving is a passion" or some such marketing
- >scheme. Anyway, the background music for this commercial sounds quite
- >nice, with some similarity to Enya, by my hearing anyway. I have played
- >back through my Enya (Enya, Watermark, and Shepard Moons), and have not
- >heard it. Perhaps it is Clannad? -- I've heard that they are similar.
- >
- >So... does anyone recoginize this music, or was it just done for the
- >commercial?
- >
-
- I believe it is Maggie Boyle, another Irish singer. This piece was also
- used in the soundtrack to 'Patriot Games'. At one point in the movie, I
- think when Dr. Ryan comes into an Irish pub, the camera focuses on a TV
- showing a music video of this piece.
-
- Eric
-