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Post by Treecat on Jun 25, 2008 7:25:59 GMT -5
Enya has no idea of what an album is going to be about when she steps foot into the studio. It's only as the melodies develop, as she and Nicky and Roma work together on the songs that she realizes a theme to each album.
It's easy to grab a theme to some of the albums. Others require more thought.
This thread is to discuss whatever theme you find running through the 12 songs of "The Memory of Trees". What are these songs about? What is the total album about?
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Post by marie on Jun 25, 2008 10:56:03 GMT -5
I find a spiritual and a nature theme with this album. for some reason this CD reminds me of autumn.
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Post by skyscape on Jun 25, 2008 15:21:39 GMT -5
Enya has no idea of what an album is going to be about when she steps foot into the studio. It's only as the melodies develop, as she and Nicky and Roma work together on the songs that she realizes a theme to each album. It's easy to grab a theme to some of the albums. Others require more thought. This thread is to discuss whatever theme you find running through the 12 songs of "The Memory of Trees". What are these songs about? What is the total album about? I rarely manage to identify a clear theme in Enya's albums. The albums seem to contain songs of such diversity and contrast, both lyrically and musically that I fail to see what the 'message' or 'theme' of the album is. Rather than albums being themed I tend to think of Enya songs as belonging to families. For example: the Latin songs, the piano instrumentals, the pop-waltz singles, the Irish laments, the love ballads etc etc
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Post by Angoid on Jun 26, 2008 2:54:35 GMT -5
Normally, I don't go looking for a theme in any album unless it's a stated themed album, but often an album title will convey a theme of some description.
For me, I'd agree with marie in saying that it has a nature and spiritual feel to it. A thought that has always occured to me is that trees are very long-lived and they therefore 'see' a lot more over time than we do, and the very title 'The Memory of Trees' seems to be some kind of reference to this. A bit like in many fictional stories where trees could 'remember' who is good and who is not (for instance, the Ents in Lord of the Rings and Morinmoss / Garotting Deep in the Thomas Covenant stories.
Hope that makes some kind of sense!
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Post by Moe on Jun 30, 2008 19:20:41 GMT -5
Great thread, TC The title would lead one to think that "nature" is some kind of theme here, but I find myself in agreement with Sky, in that I tend to see clusters of songs that transcend individual albums. If there's an overall theme, it has escaped me. But I have tried to analyse it here: enyaforum.proboards84.com/index.cgi?board=trees&action=display&thread=123
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Post by phantas on Apr 7, 2009 11:59:08 GMT -5
I think it's hard to put a theme, as it borrows so much from Shepherd Moons : the dreaming (China Roses), faith, in others, in yourself (Pax Deorum, Athair Ar Neamh)...
I feel the latter part of the album (Hope Has a Place, Once You had Gold) speak of leaving things behind, and hence accepting, and looking forward. I still think this album has the best closing track of all : On My Way Home - it sums up so much of any Enya album pre-ADWR.
Love, Phantas
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Post by phantas on Feb 22, 2019 12:32:12 GMT -5
Another bump...
Rereading these threads has made me think that perhaps Time itself is the theme of TMOT. Trees live longer than us, see more of time. Gods are ancient, but can be modern, and are in a sense everlasting.
Anywhere Is, its video, in fact makes reference to time: the clocks appearing.
From Where I am, a moment, a snapshot. Tea House Moon, a moment at night. The lovesongs speak less obviously of time passing and healing all hurts.
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