Sing a song of singing, take two.
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gaudiorSo, it occurs to me that when I posted about Sassafrass several days ago, it was meant to be as much advertisement as update. Not just, "yay, I'm in a group!" but also, "behold, dear readers, music that you probably want to listen to because it's awesome!" And I revised the entry to reflect that, but like, a day later, so people probably didn't see.
So, at the risk of re-posting: these songs are great. Really gorgeous philosophically complex lyrics, really gorgeous musically complex harmonies. I muchly recommend it if you like folk or filk or Renaissance music or a capella or any of the above. Although, as Levar Burton would say, you don't have to take my word for it-- there are samples of a lot of the songs on the website. Go listen!
Also, some of my most favorite lyrics:
From "Tumbling Away": I need a cause for what I am/I need the world to have a plan/I need for man to have a Maker, but still be free.
From "Daughter of Apocalypse": I see her dancing through the crowd, a succubus among the flock/As graceful as a corpse's shroud and beautiful as Ragnarok.
From "The Earth and the Water and the Wind": For a moment, it's there; a single point where (the past and the present and the wind) times here and times done and times still to come (the earth and the water and the wind)
From "The Enepet Folksong": Take your West as a lover, tire of her, take another-- when you are dying, mine is the soul you name.
From "Wild Angel": Through the forest comes a crying across the crocused floor
From "All the Time in the World": His presence turned the greys to gold and drizzle to diamond.
From "Ideo Gloria": (translated from the French) On this day, Hell shall ring/With the songs damned sing/Cursing God, distant King/Who refused to save us/To damnation gave us.
...and pretty much just the entirety of "Threadbare Dragon." Because yay.
Enjoy!
--R
Reading: still Possession, by A.S. Byatt. Still enjoying it, tho.
So, at the risk of re-posting: these songs are great. Really gorgeous philosophically complex lyrics, really gorgeous musically complex harmonies. I muchly recommend it if you like folk or filk or Renaissance music or a capella or any of the above. Although, as Levar Burton would say, you don't have to take my word for it-- there are samples of a lot of the songs on the website. Go listen!
Also, some of my most favorite lyrics:
From "Tumbling Away": I need a cause for what I am/I need the world to have a plan/I need for man to have a Maker, but still be free.
From "Daughter of Apocalypse": I see her dancing through the crowd, a succubus among the flock/As graceful as a corpse's shroud and beautiful as Ragnarok.
From "The Earth and the Water and the Wind": For a moment, it's there; a single point where (the past and the present and the wind) times here and times done and times still to come (the earth and the water and the wind)
From "The Enepet Folksong": Take your West as a lover, tire of her, take another-- when you are dying, mine is the soul you name.
From "Wild Angel": Through the forest comes a crying across the crocused floor
From "All the Time in the World": His presence turned the greys to gold and drizzle to diamond.
From "Ideo Gloria": (translated from the French) On this day, Hell shall ring/With the songs damned sing/Cursing God, distant King/Who refused to save us/To damnation gave us.
...and pretty much just the entirety of "Threadbare Dragon." Because yay.
Enjoy!
--R
Reading: still Possession, by A.S. Byatt. Still enjoying it, tho.
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Date: 2008-06-09 07:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-09 11:04 pm (UTC)I shall amend it to include (in translation).
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Date: 2008-06-10 02:50 am (UTC)But since I'm being picky, the English lyrics were translated into French for the recording -- so the bit you quoted was originally English; it's just in French on the CD.
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Date: 2008-06-10 05:51 pm (UTC)Because it's AWESOME.
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Date: 2008-06-12 10:48 pm (UTC)