Who are your favourite Enya WANNABES?

[disneyteletubby]

girl thats Katy Perry circa Bon Appetit

Haha yes you'd know who Fátima Bernardes is
Is that in a good way?

 

[disneyteletubby]

Enya the (literal) goat
(This came up when I was searching recent Enya articles looked more interesting than claims of a hermit living in a castle.)

Rare Angora goat rejoins her herd after surgery at WSU

A rare Angora goat from northern Idaho has returned to her herd after WSU veterinarians performed a minimally invasive surgery to remove cystic ovaries that had been threatening her health and behavior.

news.wsu.edu

 

[disneyteletubby]

She's a nice piano lady, not exactly a wannabe, but this is now my favourite cover of Watermark

And she met Enya too

 

[disneyteletubby]

Haha this was how I introduced @Enya Dearest here without knowing that she's a proper Enya fan too
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But Eny-way, that lady seems like a wannabe (even though she's 4-5 years older so precedes Enya, )

Enya was looking back at her And Winter Came photos in Berlin. ‍

Nach drei Jahren veröffentlicht Enya ihr neues Album mit dem passenden ...

03.11.2008 | Es war eine Listening Session der ganz besonderen Art: Ein ausgewähltes Publikum traf sich in der Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg und lauschte ...

www.aedt.de

and Christiane Theobald [...] possibly the oldest living* Enya wannabe.

*Living and in the public eye (I suppose there must be an elderly lady somewhere who is inspired by Enya haha)

Eithne definitely looked younger than 47; I think Christiane looks her age/older there

however, this is a 2023 photo (she was around 66, nearly 70 now. Basically retired that year, but must've done a lot for German ballet; her Wiki page mentions her as 'a Joan of Arc of dance')

Christiane Theobald - Persons - Staatsballett Berlin

www.staatsballett-berlin.de

She began her career in 1987, so a bit later than Enya (need more years to study, do postgraduate and a PhD ) and trained in classical ballet.
(I mean I kind of did too; started ballet lessons at 9, stopped at 16. Not super into dance myself, but it's rather nice to hear about ballet and belly dancers haha. Especially those who stay in the field for a long time)

I didn't know dramaturge was a job title (arts/theatre literary advisor) until I read about her! Nice to finally put a name to the person

 

[Enya Dearest]

Thanks for mention Are there any videos of this presentation? Enya looks gorgeous there

 

[disneyteletubby]

Are there any videos of this presentation? Enya looks gorgeous there

True
I feel like there is a video of the discussion (Enya, Nicky and Roma) somewhere; I just discovered this of the ballet

 

[Enya Dearest]

True
I feel like there is a video of the discussion (Enya, Nicky and Roma) somewhere; I just discovered this of the ballet

Yes I knew about this video of ballet But I want video with Enya!

 

[disneyteletubby]

I doubt she's a wannabe as such, but I suppose Billie Eilish (since the previous 2 albums perhaps) is somewhat similar to Enya.

Ah wait she probably is a wannabe



Edit: she mentions Caribbean Blue here

 

[disneyteletubby]

[...] Jamie Duffy:

Jamie Duffy: ‘Enya is like a mother figure to me musically’

He has already seen his music streamed to millions, but the Monaghan musician is only getting started

www.irishtimes.com

^He says this referring to the appreciation of strong melodies, but that seems to be it, haha. He doesn't appear to follow or have recently listened to Enya from his own Spotify, but takes inspiration nonetheless. Edit: he does have a playlist with Caribbean Blue in it.


He has this interesting piano piece called Solas (which means light in Irish)

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Jamie Duffy performed at Leo's Tavern recently; he is quite an impressive pianist


(He also met Enya's sister Olive; lovely to know she's stayed for longer too )

 

[Enya Dearest]

Jamie Duffy performed at Leo's Tavern recently; he is quite an impressive pianist


(He also met Enya's sister Olive; lovely to know she's stayed for longer too )

I looked. She really was there ( looks likehavingfun). I wonder why she's in Donegal and not with Enya? And where is our dear Enya now?

 

[disneyteletubby]

Not exactly an Enya wannabe (more Audrey Hepburn with half Belgian roots) here is Sabine Voordeckers

(I'd guess she's younger than Enya; this picture's from a 1988 magazine, file here)

And she has an active Instagram too https://www.instagram.com/sunnyleafserve_/


Basically if Enya was particularly sporty and academic

 

[hyperwoof]

Sinitta.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Sinitta.

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Spoiler: Enya and Kylie concepts

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Might revisit, some from the 80s too

Spoiler: Enya and Sinitta concepts

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From the idea of her X Factor judge's house leaf dress

 

[Enya Dearest]

Who's sinitta lol

 

[disneyteletubby]

Who's sinitta lol

You know Simon Cowell right?

Sinitta had some songs in the late 1980s, this is one of them

 

[Agneeta]

Who's sinitta lol

REPORTED

 

[Enya Dearest]

Sinitta, Kylie...the type of singers that Enya despised at that time

 

[Agneeta]

Well she is a total cunt.

 

[hyperwoof]

Sinitta is misunderstood. Also she is still recovering from dating David Essex.

 

[disneyteletubby]

There are a few wannabes 'queued'
but I was thinking about Enya's youngest goddaughter/niece.

A sweet (and somewhat Enya-esque) photoset

Spoiler: Memories of trees 🤗🌴🌳💕

There's relatively little to know about Matilda (Tilly?) but she turned 13 at some point in February 2024 (but not today as 2011 wasn't a leap year).
She is Enya's sister Brídín's youngest daughter (of two - her sister named Sinéad was seen photographed next to auntie Enya).

Enya in Beverly Hills, California, 1996 | Matilda somewhere in Donegal, Ireland, 2019

There are probably more but these were most fun

A few days ago, Tilly (Matilda Campbell) made her public debut
(also Moya spiritually backing her on the mantelpiece and Larabel, Moya's daughter-in-law on guitar/backing vocal)
(and gave a very hint in her cover of Olivia Dean's Nice To Each Other:

She has quite a nice voice knows how to entertain and engage with an audience, and comes across more humble and sweet than her older sister.
A bit like Enya (but in a more performing-type career) she may go far

 

[disneyteletubby]

^ Random detail but she's also wearing a black 2nd earring with drop earrings, very much like how Enya used to (and the multiple rings) :

(wish this picture of En was around without the logo overlay)

 

[disneyteletubby]

I just found out about this singer, Lido Pimienta, as Enya was mentioned by her:
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I like what she said more recently for The Guardian

Enya is curious to hear Lido Pimienta's new album (partly named after her, Caribenya )

One song with Nelly Furtado too!
Lido's album cover is giving this:

a particular Enya edition from 1987

 

[disneyteletubby]

For some reason instead of Des'ree (though having black hair doesn't automatically make you a wannabe ) I remembered Shoat mention Gabrielle (another post) Louisa Gabriella Bobb.
I bought a Gabrielle CD yesterday (a nice charity shop offer of 3 CDs for £1.10; also Céline)

I can't think of much Enya wannabe stuff, but I realised that Gabrielle was 23 when she released Dreams in 1993

(and sampled Tracy Chapman in the original version, unfortunately not with permission)


and so was Enya in 1984-85 (Eithne would've been 23 working on the song almost definitely was for the picture below).

Version from the Frog Prince CD

Spoiler

And here I am at basically the same age, just being a NEET but I'm accumulating music stuff in a way very few people would, let alone of my age/ethnicity/education (demographic), which I'm very grateful to be able to do. ♡
Many dreams...

Grá mór ó Disneyteletubby.

Edit: haha this was my 5,500th post.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Not my favourite nor a person but I saw this random article from that other music company called Enya and thought one of the (probably) AI people resemble 80s her.

Spoiler: Kind of

The product itself is interesting and I agree with that opening statement, but I'm fine with my portable cassette player, laptop and phone with a headphone jack thanks.

Cyber-G Pocket

Music shouldn’t be a distant skill—it should be a universal joy. We created the Cyber-G Pocket to bridge the gap between listening and playing, making music creation as intuitive as breathing. Palm-Sized Revolution: Designed to effortlessly add a new dimension of fun to your daily rhythm. 20W...

enyamusicglobal.com

 

[disneyteletubby]

Another interesting finding from searching Enya: this girl of the same name who was born and grew up in Dubai, and visited Gweedore every summer. 🏞

Enya Crone proud to carry Gweedore roots from Dubai to Tralee - Donegal Daily

Donegal will have another special connection to the Rose of Tralee stage this year as United Arab Emirates Rose Enya Crone prepares to celebrate her Gweedore he...

www.donegaldaily.com

UAE Rose

Enya Crone

www.rte.ie

I wonder if 'our' Enya knows of her?

 

[Shoat]

Call it a hunch but I suspect Enya doesn't give a SHIT about roses or gweedors or gwendolines or tralalalalees. Do they even have castles in the UAE?

 

[disneyteletubby]

Haha maybe not but I could see her liking some of the architecture there?

 

[Shoat]

In fact, the only castle-less civilian that Enya feels any affinity with is Scott Robson, Regional TV Licensing Enforcement Manager

She too enjoys sending stamped poison pen letters to frightened pensioners suggesting she's going to break through their windows to seize their first-born grandchildren if they watch The One Show.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Does Elsa count?
I like her new outfit

Spoiler: Enya dressed as a random platinum blonde royal, 2006

Castle-dwelling En of course

The choker's another similarity

(To be honest my friend at her graduation was dressed more like Elsa with the faux fur-trimmed cape; here's Enya from 1995 anyway)

My actual animated favourite who looks a little like Enya:

 

[disneyteletubby]

Elsa in a red dress though

Enya in a far more elaborate dress

 

[disneyteletubby]

I think I've mentioned Lady Gaga (born Stefani Joanne Angeline Germanotta) a lot on Moopy in general; no intro needed but I knew a few of her songs (especially the singles from The Fame and Fame Monster) had something Enya-ish about them and wasn't just imagining that