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Dead Can Dance frustration
Dec. 20th, 2018 11:29 pmI've been listening to my old Dead Can Dance albums (on my phone of course) and very curious about what I took to be Persian lyrics in many of the songs. Frustratingly, lyrics sites all had these as "instrumental". I felt surely the original CD liner notes must have had the lyrics. Hey, I have those! I went to my neat shoeboxed stacks of original CD liner notes, alphabetically arranged.
The liner notes are very artistic, tastefully designed, and include lyrics for the small selection of songs which are in English.
Ok. This is not insurmountable. The woman who sings in foreign tongues is Lisa Gerrard. I googled her up and found an interview with a bit of boilerplate bio at the beginning.
It stated "Possessing a deep, spiritual bond with her work, Gerrard sings in a unique personal language that has come to define her earthy yet ethereal style."
So. Pluses: possible conlang? Minuses: no lyrics for me, not now not ever!
The liner notes are very artistic, tastefully designed, and include lyrics for the small selection of songs which are in English.
Ok. This is not insurmountable. The woman who sings in foreign tongues is Lisa Gerrard. I googled her up and found an interview with a bit of boilerplate bio at the beginning.
It stated "Possessing a deep, spiritual bond with her work, Gerrard sings in a unique personal language that has come to define her earthy yet ethereal style."
So. Pluses: possible conlang? Minuses: no lyrics for me, not now not ever!
