Anyone heard of this group? I got a few of their songs because they're on the American Psycho soundtrack; their song plays in this incredibly well done, fantastically creepy part- the part where he's just walking down the street at night next to some woman.
They're not quite authentic Old English, but very original... Exotic nonetheless. I'd recommend them to anyone who has very broad taste in music, like me.
Posted by Toretha (Member # 2233) on :
mom bought their christmas one, and I quite enjoyed the songs I heard from it
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I have. I have one CD by them Have you also heard of Miranda Sex Garden and also Rasputina?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
No Old English—they do sing in Middle English, though.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Nuts.
So Middle English pronounces "grene" "grin-uh?" I thought that was Old English.
[ March 03, 2004, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Wow! I thought I was the only person to have heard of them! They are great. I work at Barnes and Noble part-time and I got to listen to them all day throughout the holiday season.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Both Middle English and Old English would pronounce grene as "grayn-uh" (where the "ay" represents a monophthong and not the usual diphthongized "ay" that we use today). If they're saying "grin-uh," then they're saying it wrong.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
"We're doing a history report, not a babe report."
"But dude, those are medievel babes."
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Party on T!
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Yeah, that was my unintelligent bastardization.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
<------ really loves Opera Babes
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh - some really cool, really authentic medieval music that I enjoy is Azam Ali. She sings in old French, Gallician, Latin, and even Aramaic!
Really cool stuff.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Just one more!
Garmarna is a contemporary Swedish rock/electronica group that does medieval songs with traditional instrumentation and then techno-izes them. It's great. This album is all songs by Hildegard of Bingen.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
You also need Dead can Dance Cocteau Twins and Bel Canto
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Is my memory completely mush, or do I recall the Baebes singing some songs in Spanish?
Oooh, Garmarna! They are my heros. Thusly inspired, I'm slowly but surely collaborating with some online friends to produce a progressive-rock version of some Mystere Bulgares arrangements.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
In terms of interesting and cool groups... My cousin is member of bond which is a very good pop-classical musical group. Doesn't hurt all the members are drop dead gorgeous.
Oh, and Jon Boy - you haven't heard a diphthongized "ay" until you've heard me. It's the one bit of my strine I just can't supress.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You wanna see my dipthong, Jon Boy?
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Hobbes will be traumatised!
[ March 04, 2004, 10:36 AM: Message edited by: imogen ]
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
But you're my sister!
Posted by John L (Member # 6005) on :
Do they really spell their name like that? Wow, that's incredibly annoying. Kinda like the dorks who can't spell "fairy" correctly (faeaeaearaeaea, or whatever). It's one thing to have different spellings due to regional differences, like colour and favour as opposed to color and favor. It's quite another to use dead spelling in modern context, when it's not spelled that way any more.
Incidentally, most of the people I meet who can't spell "fairy" correct can't spell "woman" correctly, either (womyn).
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
At least "faerie" and "faery" are well-established variants. There's just no excuse for bæbes, though.
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Why not use an archaic spelling for archaic music?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
True. Regardless, this
quote: faeaeaearaeaea
is pure genius.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I feele sorrie forie anybodyie thate knowse onlie one spellingie forie a worde.
Acutally, things like the "Provo Towne Centre" bug me a little -- just enough to get me to mock their spelling.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
"Bæbes" isn't an archaic spelling. It's a spelling that's contrived to look archaic. The original spelling was "babe," just like it is today.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
and, if spelled that way, shouldn't it be pronounced "beebs"?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
In Old English, the æ symbol represented the vowel in cat. In Latin, it was a diphthong like eye. Since babe is an English word, I assume that it would follow the English pronunciation rules, thus giving a word that rhymes with cab.
[ March 05, 2004, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
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