Not Just A Silly Love Song
My first exposure to Emiliana Torrini’s music was the Inspired by Iceland video. (Warning: brief nudity alert!) I like that video, but it dawned on me that what I like most about it is the song. It didn’t take me long to find the official music video, and I think it is a much better match.
This tune is great fun, but there’s something haunting in its periphery. It’s like a dream that just became self-aware, and that gives it a desperate edge. It seems to know that it has to glean absolutely everything it can out of the three minutes it’s alive. But I could listen to this song for half an hour and let Emiliana unpack all of the sounds of the jungle drum. In my head, I still am…
August 11th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Have you checked out the live webcams on the Inspired by Iceland website? They are pretty cool.
I have only heard a few Emiliana Torrini songs but another good one is called Life Save, albeit more somber than Jungle Drum.
Oh and I really would like to go to Iceland someday.
August 13th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Me too — apparently that video (and others that have been *ahem* inspired by it) are working…