response 180 of 226:

Jan 3 21:16 UTC 2001

Anyone who dislikes Enya is not going to get an argument from me, even 
though I do like her.  But as Mike observes, there's a huge difference 
between Enya and Tesh or Yanni.  They are mushy; she is not.

Happyboy: Yes, Maire is a better singer than Enya.  But her band is no 
longer better.  Clannad, too, turned to mush, and were only good when 
they were obscure - the purest example of selling out that I know of in 
music.  ("Selling out" means not just "becoming famous", but losing 
whatever made your fame justified in the process.)

Ken: I have a couple early Clannad albums on CD, including "Dulaman" 
which was my introduction to the band.  The transfer quality on that 
one did not strike me as good.  But I don't think I have the first 
album.  My favorite, I recall, was no. 2, which I don't think I've ever 
seen on CD.