catalog |ˈkatlˌôg; -ˌäg| (also catalogue)
noun
a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order, in particular
verb ( -logs |ˈkødlˈɔgz| |kødlˈɑgz|, -loged |ˈkødlˈɔgd| |kødlˈɑgd|, -loging |ˈkødlˈɔgɪŋ| |kødlˈɑgɪŋ|
ORIGIN late Middle English : via Old French from late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein ‘pick out or enroll.’
by T.S. Eliot (with music from the soundtrack of "Amen." composed by Armand Amar)
So, I was cleaning up my digital music library and making sure all the music I had on my laptop was also on my iPod when I came across this. I had made a mix of a reading of the poem "The Hollow Men" and music from the soundtrack of "Amen." a while ago but somehow it slipped through the cracks and it remained forgotten for a few months in the depths of my mac's memory. Oh by the way, I'm not sure but I think T.S. Eliot is the one reading the poem, if not then it's Robert Speaight.
sung by Martin Carthy (second youtube vid = The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem)
This song has been stuck in my head since last week, I keep randomly humming it without realizing I'm doing so. I blame St. Patrick's day, it makes me do all sorts of silly things like dancing around the house, wearing my hair down, using my pseudo-irish accent, and eating loads of Irish butter. I'm probably only 1/128 Irish but I can't help my love for all things Irish ^_^
And now about the song, this melancholy ballad (written by Robert Dwyer Joyce) is about a young rebel who is about to give up his relationship with the girl he loves and become part of the 1798 rebellion (aka the United Irishmen Rebellion), an uprising that against British rule which would last several months.
Now that I think about it a little more I guess there's also the bit of rebellious blood (and revolutionary thinking ^_~) in me inherited from my great-grandparents that makes me sympathetic to the Irish rebels (however, I am NOT a fan of the IRA, the Real IRA, or any other affiliated parties).
UPDATE 3/28/11: Here is the version performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Last week my sister asked me for some music, anything that I had that isn't widely popular (basically 2/3 of my iTunes library haha) and this is one of the songs I sent her. I still don't know why she needed the music so urgently but I do know that this became her "obsession of the week". What can I say, my musical tastes are just that contagious ;-)... if that statement were actually true I'd be ridiculously popular and maybe even rich... but I'm not... so.... ^_^
"The West" is one of a handful of documentaries that I vividly remember watching as a child and some of the music managed to stay in the crevices of my mind for several years (especially the main title which I will definitely be posting here soon). I was overjoyed when I found eMusic had the entire soundtrack. I present to you one of my favorites:
I blame my Regional World Geography class. Last night we covered Russia and it finally hit me how MASSIVE Russia is, I mean I've always known it was big but I don't think I ever really absorbed Russia's size or how far north it is in relation to the continental U.S. until yesterday's class. Another thing I learned last night: Russia currently has one of the most rapidly decreasing populations in the world -_-* Isn't learning fun? Hopefully this knowledge will come to my aid while I'm on Jeopardy in the very distant future ^_~
I randomly started singing this song when I woke up yesterday morning and hummed it all through my refreshingly cool shower and later in the day I started humming it again while I totally bombed almost an entire geography category on Jeopardy. Time to pull out some maps ^_^
P.S. I was born in one of the places seen in the video, take a wild guess where ;-)