THIS is a performance you'll NEVER forget! 

With the Pogues I take your point, but I'm not so sure about Enya. When I hear 'Orinoco Flow' the first thing that comes to mind isn't "angst" or "raw emotion". You know, Van Morrison, U2, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Boomtown Rats, Rory Gallagher all fit your criteria better than Enya.

Listen to Luke Kelly, probably Ireland's greatest ever singer..he was a member of the Dubliners

@@thomasdequincey5811 I would agree. Much of trad music also takes its cue from landscape and local style but Enya...nah, it's like being trapped under a duvet.

@@MrThebigredone Never understood the obsession with Luke - if you look at his music dynamically, he had two settings: off and shouting.

Wow, thank you for this truly outstanding analysis of one of my favourite songs from two of my favourite artists. The fact that they weren’t just collaborators but lovers and their own relationship was such a passionate but tumultuous one adds even more to the intensity of the song and each unique performance. I would be shocked if the lyrics and emotion that went into not only the writing of this song but the ever evolving performances of it weren’t greatly influenced, if not directly linked, to their relationship at the time. I’d say the same for most of the songs they did together.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GA8npDyji4g.html I thought I’d start your collection if you haven’t already … then again you mightn’t like this particular song

Thanks!

Roy orbison is smiling down on that one professor. 🇺🇸 🎸 🇺🇸

They’re both Irish. They were actually in a relationship while they collaborated on Damien’s first two highly acclaimed albums (O and 9 which both came out in the very early 2000s). Unfortunately, while clearly very passionate, their relationship was also very tumultuous and Lisa Hannigan (the name of the female vocalist) quit and broke up with Damien. According to him, he was a jerk to her and he’s seemed to have never truly forgiven himself. He stepped away from the spotlight for 10 years(!) before finally releasing his beautiful 3rd album (My Favourite Faded Fantasy) which was very well received. Many of the songs/lyrics on that album could very easily be about Lisa. Never a bad word. In fact, he has publicly expressed a few times how much he regrets how he was in that relationship and that he hopes they can collab again. He has yet to release a 4th album but Damien takes his time. Lisa has been thriving. She has released several solo albums to great acclaim. She seems to be truly happy. She is a very shy, introverted person and also seems remarkably sweet and kind. She’s never said a bad word about Damien publicly but, when asked if she thought they’d ever release music together again, she said, very politely, that she doesn’t think so. I think that time in her life was very important but also painful for her…for them both, really. But, nearly 20 years later, they’re both still making wonderful music (Damien has released some songs in between albums that are beautiful, as well as toured and collaborated with other artists), and seem to be doing well…just separately. I think for Damien, Lisa will always be one of the loves of his life and a creative soulmate. I at least hope that they’ve gotten to a place, privately, where they’ve been able to forgive each other and themselves, even if it doesn’t go beyond that. Wow, sorry for the novel! 😂😅 I also JUST realized that I’m responding to a comment from 6 months ago. Still, I hope this helped in some way. 🥰

Watch the different versions of his Rootless Tree. Amazing.

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I wish them luck!

I'm kinda with you here. I don't know what this song is about either. It seems to start like pretty love song and then drops into the kind of insanity that could result from love lost. I think the looper pedal is pretty cool...has potential. But Fil does a brilliant job as always. You gotta admire this guy....💜💙🙂

She's fallen in love with a musician who at the end doesn't meet her needs, as her part ends with the line "...except you my love." He is angry and completely baffled that she leaves him, and utters one of the best, most emotionally laden lyrics in pop music, "....I remember December." What an incredible line...specific and intensely personal, the meaning completely opaque to our understanding yet clearly deeply consequential to him. Wow.

I'm with you. I don't get it. Sorry.