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Post by Moe on May 20, 2008 10:44:03 GMT -5
Please post links here.
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Post by oregonwinebaby on May 25, 2008 14:55:14 GMT -5
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Post by Treecat on May 27, 2008 7:16:43 GMT -5
The use of the Gulf War news footage may have seemed like a good idea when the video is made, but it dates it terribly. I hardly remember who those people are, and I'm pretty sure that young fans just coming to Enya's music have no idea of who they are.
They should have left the news footage out and interspersed Enya singing the song with lovely Donegal landscapes. Used the church at Dunlewey more. It's a staple item in a whole bunch'o Brennan videos.
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Post by riene on May 27, 2008 7:39:13 GMT -5
I don't think I realized that video showed Gulf War images. Whatever for? I don't associate American/Middle Eastern war footage with Enya, even the theme about darkness/evil ending.
I like the song, but this is one of my least favorite videos.
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Post by Treecat on May 27, 2008 8:15:43 GMT -5
I don't think I realized that video showed Gulf War images. Whatever for? I don't associate American/Middle Eastern war footage with Enya, even the theme about darkness/evil ending.
I like the song, but this is one of my least favorite videos. Well, the video was made during the time of the Gulf War, and the hostage situations, such as Terry Waits, were still fresh in the news. The song is about hope amid trouble and turmoil. However -- the news footage dates the video and, like you, it's a video that I'll often skip over when watching the collection.
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Post by Moe on May 27, 2008 12:01:20 GMT -5
I no longer watch it - the song is beautiful, the video out of date. It would be wonderful to see them re-do it, without the political framework. Enya has never seemed interested in making political statements, so this video continues to puzzle me. I agree with TC's suggestion about a beautiful Donegal landscape
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Post by Treecat on May 27, 2008 12:53:42 GMT -5
I no longer watch it - the song is beautiful, the video out of date. It would be wonderful to see them re-do it, without the political framework. Enya has never seemed interested in making political statements, so this video continues to puzzle me. I agree with TC's suggestion about a beautiful Donegal landscape <hush, whisper> In some ways some of the early videos seem kind of thrown together, this one in particular. The treatment for Orinoco Flow is great and was unusual for the time, I guess (it won an award). But all Enya did was stand on a box in front of a blue screen. I don't understand why the director or story editor went for a political theme. The song could have been expressed in video without it, more beautifully, and would have remained as timely, perhaps, as the other videos.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Oct 13, 2022 16:22:16 GMT -5
I really like Enya's version of this song, I listen to the audio ๐ถ The main video does feature some rather political footage, true, which don't seem to suit Enya much. I also sort of wish there were versions of the official music videos for May It Be, Book of Days and Exile without the film footage. For 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' I prefer to watch a different video -ย satendrew'sย upload of an alternate music videoย hereย I think it is a mix of the official video and clips from 'Music From The Bridge' which was shown on London Weekend Television in 1992. It does feature the beautiful scenery of Donegal more, particularly the Old Dunlewey Church in Gweedore, that both Enya and Moya visit, in these music videos tooย ->๐ค
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