Video of the day -- Ég á líf
Performed by Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson. The song is somewhat enigmatic even in translation, but here's a sample:
Ég á líf, ég á líf yfir erfiðleika svíf
Ég á líf, ég á líf vegna þin
Þegar móti mér blaes, yfir fjöllin há ég klíf
Ég á líf, ég á líf, ég á líf
I have life, I have life of restless drift
I have life, I have life because of you
When adversity strikes me, over mountains high I climb
I have life, I have life, I have life
I've long noticed that emotionally-resonant songs often make extensive use of the piano, while emotionally-dead genres of music avoid it. There is something about that instrument that touches us.
posted by Infidel753 at 7:09 AM
2 Comments:
Very interesting video, Infidel--thanks for posting it.
And what you said about the use of the piano is spot on. The best movie composers--Herrman, Goldsmith, Williams, Kanno, and Zimmer, for example--really know how to use the instrument well.
Marc: Thanks for the comment. I've been surprised to find on the net that some people actually dislike the song -- I guess it's not only musical genres that can be emotionally dead.
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