Enya - May It Be

[ZenGiraffe]

Her song from Fellowship of the Ring just got thrown up by my youtube, and I forgot how much I enjoy it.



Also includes the lesser spotted LIVE ENYA (though very audibly nervous)

 

[VoR]

I prefer Gollum's Song, but it's very pretty.

 

[GNL]

I prefer Gollum's Song, but it's very pretty.

Emiliana Torrini ATE with that one as the stupid hobbittses say.

 

[disneyteletubby]

It is a beautiful song and message and I love the live version even with the nervousness in her voice. ♡

Once, after May It Be played after Orinoco Flow in the car, my mum (who doesn't really approve of Enya, nor me) even said with interest "oh she sings this too?"

I suppose almost anyone who watched Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (I still haven't but kind of want to, more than later Harry Potter ones I've avoided) will automatically like this, and Aníron:

 

[Dark Carnival]

I have always loved this one!

 

[disneyteletubby]

Also reminded me of this underrated edit I found before ♡

I like how they translate the mornië utúlië/alantië into Spanish or Portuguese I think.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Plus the "Amazon Alexa utterances"

I tried this before, but it probably played Orinoco Flow anyway. ️

Those were warm Enya Twitter days... I'm glad I was around for those at least. ♡

 

[jivafox]

A certified banger*

*in Enya terms

 

[disneyteletubby]

Remix-wise any that Moopy approve of for this song?
There are loads which sound okay but they often have a long section that hardly resembles the original, or are calm but don't sound as interesting as what Enya originally composed and perfomed.

The phrasing being altered tends to help it work with beats; Enya sings in only free time. Despite the vocal alterations I think these sound rather good:

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And this featuring UB40 and Blondie (and I'd be interested in hearing Enya cover those )

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[disneyteletubby]

The phrasing being altered tends to help it work with beats; Enya sings in only free time. Despite the vocal alterations I think these sound rather good

I just found another May It Be remix uploaded just under 2 weeks ago which kind of does that. I like the instrumental, and that guitar bit in it too:

 

[Suedehead]

There’s only one queen
And that’s enya
Bitch

 

[disneyteletubby]

Just revisited this version...


I'd like to learn to create these major to minor and vice versa versions of Enya songs. I can imagine it in my head or transcribe notes, and there used to be some online sheet music, but more that I'd like to adjust the song notes as we hear Enya sing.

 

[Shoat]

Throw in some lyrics about fisting and that could be a Lana Del Rey song

 

[disneyteletubby]

This little jungle remix of May It Be

 

[disneyteletubby]

Quite a nice cassette (though the CD has The First of Autumn on too)


(I know it's different to the VHS)

 

[disneyteletubby]

Some older remixes, same-y but not bad
Randomly recommended this





the comments about Enya looking like Trinity/Carrie-Anne in The Matrix, and being jealous of Nicky Ryan getting to hang out with Enya haha.
That last one gets better halfway through beautiful ending with just vocals ♡

 

[Enya Dearest]

There’s only one queen
And that’s enya
Bitch

I know where the original is from

 

[disneyteletubby]

I almost forgot about this, nice rendition

though no-one really matches Enya on this song

 

[disneyteletubby]

This is the memorable live Oscars performance by Enya ♡

(deserves full HD rendering for 2027!)

 

[disneyteletubby]

Nice to hear with pipes (and somehow bits of it sound more like Enya's instrumentation style than the Abbey Road orchestra for the real thing, I think).


(and May it is )

 

[disneyteletubby]

A nice organ cover

 

[disneyteletubby]

And a surprisingly under-viewed slowed version:

 

[disneyteletubby]

A nice cover and tone to her voice I suppose it helps she's Irish

though most of the comments point out her previous video related to Garfield/lasagne

I like how she doesn't try to show off, but more of the vocal trills/inflections like Enya does would've been cool.

 

[disneyteletubby]

I kept getting recommended this lovely choral version of May It Be on Spotify

♡

Spoiler

I didn't realise until now that it was arranged by Ed Sheeran's brother Matt Sheeran.