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Loreena McKennitt — Marco Polo
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tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 06:12
 
Love this track and overall work...
clwguy
Posted: May 11, 2013 - 10:11
 
and we are saddened with you.

so why do you come back when rp is only 95% amazing and not worthy of your support?



JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.

 






malcyc
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 06:32
 
nothing wrong with this, in fact it's damn good, now how do you spell eclectic again

JIan
(Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 10:31
 
 JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.

JanioV, you sound a closed-minded bigot and more than a tad ridiculous!  It also spurred me on to make a small monthly donation to RP to make up for all the fabulous music RP has introduced me to!  Thank you RP!!!



hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 10:27
 
 MirageRF wrote:
Loreena finds so many ways to be annoying.  {#Beat}
 
If this is annoying , I'm prepared to be even more annoyed. {#Lol}{#Angel}

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 11:12
 
Loreena finds so many ways to be annoying.  {#Beat}

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 12:34
 
 JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.
 
Seriously? If you want 100%, you'll have to start your own radio station and even then I bet you'd play something that you liked, say, 10 years ago that you no longer like. And then what would you do? I think a 95% amazing ratio is pretty outstanding and certainly more than worthy of a donation. Personally, I think you're just looking for a excuse not to support the station. 

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 12:27
 
 martinc wrote:
Got me tickets first week of Dec at Arts Centre here in Ottawa. Shoudl be sweet. Tonight it is the Boss at Scotai Bank Place - sold out!
 
Not to self - this was a great show. Her voice was in great form and Hugh Marsh of violin was superb. Good band and the Arts Centre was perfect venue. Canadian national treasure. Hugh Marsh played and tour with Bruce Cockburn many moons ago. He hasn't lost anything with age.

kdarwish
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 02:17
 
Wow, moving and eclectic, thank you!

deadbeat
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 02:08
 
 siskinbob wrote:

Just jacked my rating from a 7 to a 9 on the basis of your comment. {#Dancingbanana}
 
Excellent... you have just driven me to give it a 1

LeftShoe
(Erfurt, Germany)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 02:06
 
 Poacher wrote:

I'll tell you what's sad, the fact you need to have 100% amazing to consider contributing. 95% not enough? Shame on you.

edit: I just read your comments and you appear to be a racist because apparently any music created outside of the USA is not to be tolerated. Just a suggestion but you might want to pull you head out of your arse.
 



👍

siskinbob
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 04:12
 
 JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.
 
Just jacked my rating from a 7 to a 9 on the basis of your comment. {#Dancingbanana}

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 04:08
 
 JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.
 
I'll tell you what's sad, the fact you need to have 100% amazing to consider contributing. 95% not enough? Shame on you.

edit: I just read your comments and you appear to be a racist because apparently any music created outside of the USA is not to be tolerated. Just a suggestion but you might want to pull you head out of your arse.

MassivRuss
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 19:31
 
 JanioV wrote:
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.
 



Hm. Kinda sad.

Every time Bill puts up a world track like this, or, say something from Mali, I take the opportunity to discover something I'd never get to enjoy anywhere else.

And then get back to Pearl Jam or The Allman Bros or Neko Case or Duke Ellington or ... Come back more often dude!

LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 19:27
 
 unclehud wrote:

You got a belly?  Dance away ...
 

Oh that's good!

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 19:25
 
 fuzzy wrote:
Middle east music. Not my cup o' tea. Unless there's some belly dancing.
 
You got a belly?  Dance away ...

JanioV
Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 08:08
 
Every time you play these world-music wailing songs, I switch away. Sometimes I'm gone for weeks at a time. If you would stick to the AAA stuff you're best at, I might send money. Mostly, though, I just end up wondering why I come back. You're 95% amazing and 5% infuriating. That's sad.

Stingray
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:05
 

Did anybody know that it was indeed Marco who

brought back the ballgame (Polo) to Italy. He first saw it

in the steppe of what is Kazachstan today!



robotbass
(Boston Area)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:03
 
Saw her in Providence a couple of years ago. Phenomenal show! {#Dancingbanana_2}

Stingray
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:01
 
 erjobitt wrote:
spent it dancin with the five year old love it!!
 
Sweet!

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:01
 
I bought this album the day it came out.  I can't believe it's been 15 years ago.  Shit.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:01
 
Got me tickets first week of Dec at Arts Centre here in Ottawa. Shoudl be sweet. Tonight it is the Boss at Scotai Bank Place - sold out!

erjobitt
Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:37
 
spent it dancin with the five year old love it!!

missynessie
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 05:13
 
this is a very very very old tune - been played in the middle east for more than centuries.. 
thnx to Loreena McKennitt for revising it - surely would have been nice of her if she was sharing her references for this music :)

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 04:51
 
 TerryS wrote:
Much better than faux Celtic.
 

?? Are you referring to her 'faux Celtic' or are you having a go at Celtic music in general? That comment's so concise it's gnomic.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 12:41
 
Much better than faux Celtic.

creekgirl
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 12:39
 
I'm in heaven.....she is a genius, combining celtic and middle-eastern.....if you like this, check out her albums Book of Secrets
and The Mask and the Mirror! 

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:05
 
 shakitten wrote:
Can't stop my hips...got me moving! Love this!
 

Same here!

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 19:46
 
haven't heard this for a year or two..........sounds all the better for it.

shakitten
Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 01:56
 
Can't stop my hips...got me moving! Love this!

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 21:21
 
Is it over yet. Such a 6.5

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 08:19
 
 ianmoff wrote:

And I'm cooking a curry - Bill are you telepathic?
 
 

Curry, you say?  I'll be right over.

stuart_dean
Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 05:16
 
If RP was a concert, this unending dirge would make a wonderful bathroom break.  You wouldn't miss anything and it goes on enough to defeat any long line.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 05:14
 
It is amazing how many people have found her music. From basically a street performer in Toronto to a world artist and a lady who has controlled the entire direction of her career. I love her stuff. Don't play it 24/7 but when I do it sounds best cranked

run4more
(The cave)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 16:47
 
 paraclete wrote:
GREAT Segues!
Traffic - 40,000 Headmen
to
Pentangle - Waltz
to
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo

 
Well it started off alright anyway


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 20:18
 
 Cynaera wrote:

POLO!!!!!  Sorry - I was in the bathroom...

 
{#Lol}



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 20:03
 
 gvan wrote:
Marco...

Marco...

 
POLO!!!!!  Sorry - I was in the bathroom...


gof65
Posted: May 01, 2011 - 06:42
 
If you like this you'll love Lisa Gerrard and Dead Can Dance.

Quovademus
(Töging, Germany)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:02
 
Oh, I am melting...

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 16:16
 
That segue (Pentangle - Waltz  —> this tune) was oddly fun. {#Notworthy}

clwguy
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 09:49
 
Beautiful. The entire CD.


osbye
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 10:38
 

Mmmmm... I love this entire album.



majdim7th
(CA Lineups)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 10:36
 
Tasty goodness.

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 10:34
 
This always seems to transport me...great production too

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 10:34
 
Marco...

Marco...


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 12:54
 
She was great in concert. Saw her in the 90's in Phoenix, AZ {#Music}

woodchuk
(Lunar Lagrange point L1)
Posted: Aug 21, 2010 - 10:15
 
Indeed, a great album.  Despite the negativity of some, I find the fusion of Eastern and Western culture fascinating and capable of yielding works of great beauty.  Go to Venice to see some of what this cultural interchange wrought over the course of 1000 years.  The USA has some distance to go before it boasts the longevity of "La Repubblica Serenissima", which inspired this song.


socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 12:33
 
This song won me concert tickets back in '97 or '98.  The radio station was giving away tickets to the first caller who could name any other song than Mummer's Dance from Book of Secrets.  It was the first and only tickets I have ever won!  And it was FRONT ROW (until they brought in extra chairs and added 2 more rows in front of front row....)  Loreena is AWESOME to see live.  {#Notworthy}

CoYoT51
(Lima, Perù - Reims, France)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 12:29
 
Her best album.

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 11:25
 
Ready to bellydance now. :)