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- From: coburnn@spot.Colorado.EDU (COBURN NICHOLAS SCO)
- Subject: Re: Enya and U2...
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:03:57 GMT
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- In article <1jnuohINNbrm@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> buzz@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Serge Pontejos) writes:
- >Well Folks, it looks like I inadvertently answered my own question
- >after I posted my note when I went out to buy a Clannad album.
- >
- >I am a big fan of Enya and I just recently was introduced to the joys
- >of the internet, and noticed a lot of mentioning Clannad in the same
- >breath with enya. I was curious to see how similar Clannad sounded
- >to Enya, so I went to my local Tower Records and bought _Anam_ (I
- >probably would have bought something else, but it was all that was
- >available when I went in.) . It seems that you can add the opening
- >section before the concert of U2's live at Red Rocks to the growing
- >list of things that use Clannad's "Harry's Game" as background music.
- >It's interesting to think I had the seeds of Clannad planted in me
- >before I even knew of them...
- >
- > Not minutes after I realized this, I decided to call around
- >to see if any other stores in my town carry Clannad, and found the album
- >that "Harry's Game" originally appeared, _The Magical Ring_ (on Tara
- >Records) and a few others. I found an album that was dated earlier
- >than _The Magical Ring_, called _Dulaman_ (Gael-Linn records: CEFCD
- >058) and I like it a lot better than _Anam_! More traditional stuff,
- >with intruments that do not require plugging in. It's a wonderful
- >album, highly recommended by moi...
- >
- >Just wondering, are there any other albums that pre-date _The Magical
- >Ring_ besides _Dulaman_? My disc sez _Dulaman_ is dated 1976, and
- >_The MAgical Ring_ is dated 1982. I figure since I answered my own
- >question I thought I'd toss another question your way...
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Serge
- >
- >
- >--
-
- This little snippet of music also is the theme song of the
- movie 'Patriot Games' (which on the soundtrack just says
- 'traditional Gaelic song'), and the theme music on a new
- Volkswagon commercial.
-
- Nick
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