Enya - Crap/Not Crap?

[A Dashing Blade]

There's a mashup of Orinoco Flow vs Smack My Bitch Up around that's guaranteed raise a smile.

Apart from that she's rubbish and don't waste bandwidth downloading the remix albums that are floating around the net.

 

[kyser_soze]

There's a mashup of Orinoco Flow vs Smack My Bitch Up around that's guaranteed raise a smile.

Got a link for that?

 

[the B]

What music do you like that may not be to everyone's taste?

I'd like to take the piss

Plenty

Knows it. I take the piss, get taken the piss out of - it's all good

 

[A Dashing Blade]

Got a link for that?

Hmmm, looked for it on gybo and it seems to have gone (but a lot of people looking for it), there are two versions, you want the one by Apeboy . . . the only place I can currently see it is as part of a mix here http://cravo.dyndns.org/mixes/

Else PM me & I'd be happy to mail it to you

 

[milesy]

my dad used to play enya a lot when i lived at home. i couldn't stand it. maybe he just wanted me to move out

 

[ellietiger]

ok from someone who is a proud Greenday and Jimmy Eat World fan, i love enya. i cant help myself and its something im ashamed of. wish i could sing like that...

 

[lizzieloo]

ok from someone who is a proud Greenday and Jimmy Eat World fan, i love enya. i cant help myself and its something im ashamed of. wish i could sing like that...

Why are you ashamed of your own taste in music?

And if you are ashamed why are you telling everyone?

 

[Biffo]

Did you know that enya was originally created by lab tech's in california to work as a musical valium for stressed out mums, but some people with dubvious taste in music actually started liking and buying it and propelled her into a household name. 'tis true i tell you.

I have to shoot this rumour down in flames sorry. She grew up in Doneghal and my mate (and quite a few of his mates) 'knew' her (nudge nudge wink wink) when they were young-ish people.

More of a Beth Orton man meself.

 

[lizzieloo]

Beth Orton

 

[kyser_soze]

Our name is Clanad
We sing pretentious songs in gaelic

This breathy style is not intentional
It's because we're all
asthmatic

 

[exleper]

oh come on, there's musical philistinery, and there's just plain common sense...you are clearly not thinking straight pacific. Enya is now, as she was in the beginning, and forever shall be, a huge stinking pile of horse crap.

anyone remember that southpark episode where some old man said being elderly was like listening to enya in a dark room?

 

[lizzieloo]

oh come on, there's musical philistinery, and there's just plain common sense...you are clearly not thinking straight pacific. Enya is now, as she was in the beginning, and forever shall be, a huge stinking pile of horse crap.

That's an opinion.

 

[exleper]

That's an opinion.

No, it's cold hard fact. Accept it.

 

[skyscraper101]

bump

Article in the beeb today about Adele being the UK's richest female musician with a fortune of £85 Million - yet this is still less than Enya's fortune estimated at £91 Million!

Who's buying all these Enya records? I don't even hear Orinoco Flow all that often these days and couldn't name another tune. Yet I doubt a day goes by when I don't hear an Adele number. There are presumably hundreds of thousands of Enya fans still around. Are they all as reclusive as she is?

More: Reclusive songwriter Enya beats Adele in the music rich list

 

[emanymton]

bump

Article in the beeb today about Adele being the UK's richest female musician with a fortune of £85 Million - yet this is still less than Enya's fortune estimated at £91 Million!

Who's buying all these Enya records? I don't even hear Orinoco Flow all that often these days and couldn't name another tune. Yet I doubt a day goes by when I don't hear an Adele number. There are presumably hundreds of thousands of Enya fans still around. Are they all as reclusive as she is?

More: Reclusive songwriter Enya beats Adele in the music rich list

Is it anything to do with people not buying music in the same way they used to?

 

[lizzieloo]

bump

Article in the beeb today about Adele being the UK's richest female musician with a fortune of £85 Million - yet this is still less than Enya's fortune estimated at £91 Million!

Who's buying all these Enya records? I don't even hear Orinoco Flow all that often these days and couldn't name another tune. Yet I doubt a day goes by when I don't hear an Adele number. There are presumably hundreds of thousands of Enya fans still around. Are they all as reclusive as she is?

More: Reclusive songwriter Enya beats Adele in the music rich list

Yes, there are obviously loads of Enya fans still around, unless Enya has taken to bank breaking.

 

[lizzieloo]

Have to say too, if you don't like Enya you'll only know her shit tunes, the ones that got radio play, I'm not a fan but was introduced to her when I was a kid, I still remember my friend writing "Enya" in pencil on her shelves in her bedroom to remember the name

So yeah I like Enya but Orinocho Flow makes me want to rip my face off.

 

[skyscraper101]

Is it anything to do with people not buying music in the same way they used to?

I can only presume Enya has a significant generation of middle-aged types who still buy CDs and she has a pretty favourable record contract - or has her own label by now or whatever. I mean she doesn't even tour, and I can't recall much of her music being licensed for film/TV for sync royalties (unless I'm hugely mistaken).

She is surely an anomaly in the world of music. Stupendously rich, non-touring, reclusive, only one or two top 10 singles and barely any mainstream success besides Orinoco Flow. I almost admire her.

 

[krtek a houby]

I think Orionocco Flow was used to great, subversive effect in Fincher's version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

 

[krtek a houby]

I can only presume Enya has a significant generation of middle-aged types who still buy CDs and she has a pretty favourable record contract - or has her own label by now or whatever. I mean she doesn't even tour, and I can't recall much of her music being licensed for film/TV for sync royalties (unless I'm hugely mistaken).

She is surely an anomaly in the world of music. Stupendously rich, non-touring, reclusive, only one or two top 10 singles and barely any mainstream success besides Orinoco Flow. I almost admire her.

What's wrong with buying CDs?

 

[lizzieloo]

What's wrong with buying CDs?

Where was that said

 

[editor]

Here's a clue to her wealth:

Enya is known for her private lifestyle and has yet to undergo a concert tour. Her discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 26.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the US and an estimated 75 million worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists. She is Ireland's best-selling solo artist, and has sung in ten languages.

Solo act too, so no royalty sharing!
Kerrrrching!

 

[krtek a houby]

Where was that said

skyscrapers post "I can only presume Enya has a significant generation of middle-aged types who still buy CDs" seemed to be a bit dismissive. Of those of us who are a bit set in our ways...

 

[lizzieloo]

skyscrapers post "I can only presume Enya has a significant generation of middle-aged types who still buy CDs" seemed to be a bit dismissive. Of those of us who are a bit set in our ways...

It's not dismissive, it's just a fact, middle aged isn't an insult, you made that leap.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's not dismissive, it's just a fact, middle aged isn't an insult, you made that leap.

Sorry. Us middle aged Enya fans are very delicate and prone to paranoia

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Here's a clue to her wealth:
Solo act too, so no royalty sharing!
Kerrrrching!

Being solo probably makes little or no difference. The lion's share is the song pubishing, which in a band can still be down to just one person. There is a far far smaller share in mechanicals but unless she played all the instruments being solo makes no difference.

 

[editor]

Being solo probably makes little or no difference. The lion's share is the song pubishing, which in a band can still be down to just one person. There is a far far smaller share in mechanicals but unless she played all the instruments being solo makes no difference.

That's what I meant: AFAIK she writes the tunes herself, not with a band so the lolly is ALL HERS! ALL OF IT!

She also plays most of the instruments too. So more dosh on top!

 

[krtek a houby]

Also, sorry to be pedantic but this is a list of wealthy British women, yes? Enya is Irish...

 

[sim667]

I'm having flashbacks of Orinoco Flow on sunday night now

 

[skyscraper101]

Sorry. Us middle aged Enya fans are very delicate and prone to paranoia

No offence intended. Sorry if it came over as dismissive. I was just trying to make a point out demographics and income share from CD vs digital.