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vagrantx said:
Day 20: A song from the 90's
(Cyndi Lauper + The Chieftans, 2 points = 34)

One of my favorite bands are The Hooters (shoutout to @Saltfountain!), fronted by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazillian. Even if you've never heard of them, or their band, you've most likely heard other songs they've (co-)written and produced, like Cyndi Laupers "Time After Time", or Joan Osbornes "(What If God Was) One Of Us?"

In the late 90's, in a fit of inspiration, they wrote a little album called Largo. An exposé of Americana music, based on Dvorak's 9th symphony, it's a musical masterpiece that somehow never found its way into the mainstream. Songs from the album have been performed by bands like The Who and Carole King and is unanimously lauded by the greats, and yet it is largely unknown! A great, great shame.

Cyndi Lauper was late in her pregnancy when Rob asked her to come in to the studio to lay down the lyrics for a little blues tune he'd written for the album. She came in, aced it in one take, and it is in my opinion one of the best vocal performances of her career. Her improvised outro sends chills up my spine.

Ever wanted to hear Cyndi sing the blues?
It's fucking phenomenal.

Cyndi Lauper - White Man's Melody

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You are literally the second person I have met, other than myself (hello, me!) that has heard of that album. It is remarkable. Love Cyndi, love The Hooters (One Way Home is an appallingly underappreciated gem), love Dvorak, and love this.
 
UnquietDreams said:
You are literally the second person I have met, other than myself (hello, me!) that has heard of that album. It is remarkable. Love Cyndi, love The Hooters (One Way Home is an appallingly underappreciated gem), love Dvorak, and love this.
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Us older folks might not remember the band by name, though I definitely do, but should remember the 2 huge hits from their second album Day By Day, and And We Danced (and a rerelease from their first album All You Zombies),
 
UnquietDreams said:
You are literally the second person I have met, other than myself (hello, me!) that has heard of that album. It is remarkable. Love Cyndi, love The Hooters (One Way Home is an appallingly underappreciated gem), love Dvorak, and love this.
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Yayy!! Likewise! Not even people I've talked to who actually like the Hooters have heard Largo. It's such a perfect album. I could have sworn I've seen Taj Mahal perform Freedom Ride on Letterman, live, but I can't find the video... 😭
 
Day 20: A song from the 90s

The 90s was a busy time for Irish and Celtic music. You had bands like U2, who was still one of the biggest bands in the world. You had The Cranberries, taking over the US, and the Corrs. In trad circles, Atlan was making a huge splash. Enya, who had moved on from her sister's band Clannad, was an international star. In the US and other places, the spiritual decedents of The Pogues were forming Flogging Molly, The Tossers, Dropkick Murphys, and other Celtic punk bands. The music was changing.

So we are going backwards. Celtic choirs. I am not going to bore you (HA! Of course, I am going to bore you! It's what I do!) with too much info on the difference between a usual Western choir and an Irish one, except for how they differ when it comes to "parts." In a standard choral arrangement, you have the different voices singing different parts together. Some will be low, some extremely high, singing different things, flowing into a vast tapestry of sound. Traditional Irish choirs don't have separation. All the members are singing the same thing at the same time. Where other choral is all about width, Irish is all about depth and texture.

Now, to portaiḋeaċt, or "mouth music." The Scottish name is better known, puirt a beul, but it is the same. It is music that sets Gaelic words to instrumental music, but without the instruments. All the music is done through mouth. And while the words are real words (as opposed to "lilting," which is Irish scatting, using nonsense words rather than lyrics), the rhythm and sound are far more important than the lyrics.

This song is by an Irish choir called Anúna. Highly scholarly, they focused on medieval music, Irish folk, and Irish composers. Lead by composer Michael McGlynn, they usually use about twelve people from a larger pool. Some members include Órlagh Fallon and Éabha McMahon of the group Celtic Women. McGlynn leads, but there is no conductor. The ensamble is conducted by listening to the breathing of the other members. If you have ever done choir, you know how fucking hard and almost insane this is. It is vocal music at an incredibly high level.

This song is called "Fionnghuala," and it is a great example of the focus on rhythm. It is fast. The story is about Fionnghuala, who was the daughter of Lir and a member of the Tuatha de Danna, the gods of Ireland. She and her brothers were turned into swans by their stepmother and wandered for 900 years until the curse was broken. But the words don't mean as much as the rhythm singing them does. Honestly, if you read the translation, the words don't make a lot of sense. But the sound is the thing. And the speed. It is unique.

"Fionnghuala," Anúna (+2, more than one woman; +1 Irish band; +1 mentions locations in Ireland = 4)


(41 + 4 =45)
 
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