Re: Enya in Quenya (and other conlang music)?
| From: | Markus Miekk-oja <torpet@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 12, 2002, 14:17 |
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> Slaam!
>
> I've been meaning to ask this for years, and finally I'm doing it now.
What
> artists/bands have ever made up a language, or part of a language, or at
> least just plain jibberish (Zappa comes to mind here) for lyrics for their
> music?
For the real jibberish stuff, Mike Patton's "fantômas" really is the bomb,
45 minutes of avant garde rock with no lyrics, just various noises and
growls and shrieks and utterances of no meaning. (iiieeeck!! jarr jarr!
arrib!) ( iicheeech! mamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamama iicheech! ha ha
ha ha .... ha ha ha). Really showcases what human vocal chords and mouths
are capable of.
Then in Mike Patton's "Mr Bungle" there's a song "ma meeshka mow skwoz"
which contains imitations of imaginary animal sounds and some utterances
similar to "ma meeshka mow skwoz", probably some kind of nonsense.
His "Adult Themes For Voice" is another extreme example, though most of that
is just a thick layer of voice, but at some places, what would sound like a
language does emerge from the total mindnumbing assault of overlayered,
distorted, pitched, etc. voices.
There are som icelandic bands that have songs in conlangs, (though I bet
they're simple relexes/mixes of English and icelandic)...
though I can't recall their names.
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