A Perfectly Good Song
Grishny, on host 12.29.132.98
Friday, September 21, 2001, at 10:54:31
Hey! It's a Grishny rant! I don't do these very often, but hey, gotta vent somewhere, right?
I'm a fan of the Irish singer Enya. Her music is very soft, melodic and relaxing. You could say it has that "ethereal" quality to it. I know it's not for everyone, but I really enjoy it. I have all of her recordings and there's not much on them that I don't like.
Lately, "Only Time," one of the songs on her most recent album, has become rather popular. They've used it on television (the most notable occasion I heard of was on 'Frasier') and local radio stations have been playing it frequently.
But today, I was listening to the radio, and they butchered her song. They've added some sort of dance mix beat to it, and it sounds horrible; completely incongruous with the style of the music. "Ugh," is all I can say.
Enya's music has rhythm enough, it does not *need* a techno drum track added to it to get people to listen to it. I suppose it must be legal, or they wouldn't have done it, but if I was Enya and I found out they were doing that to my song without my permission, I'd sue their sorry butts off.
Gri"who can say where the road goes...where the day flows...only time."shny
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