On Apr 30,  2:18pm, Edmond Jordan wrote:

> 	I'm doing a paper on Return to Innocence for my music class. I 
> can really use some detail analysis concerning the beat, texture, melody, 
> harmony, vocal style, form, lyrics, and some background information about 
> Cretu and how he came about making this song. If these things have been 
> discussed before can someone please mail me the old news. Any comments 
> are welcomed.

As for the structure of this song, it is perhaps the most traditional
Enigma's done. It begins with a runthrough of the main chorus (the lapp
chant), before the rhythm starts. Then comes verse, chorus, verse, chorus,
a middle part, then chorus, chorus and end. In other words, the
traditional song layout.

What is unusual about this song compared to others is how exactly the
chorus is - there's no lyrics, instead there's a chant which has more music
than words.

The theme of the song is very much like that for 'The Rivers Of Belief',
which is interesting. What also is interesting when we're talking about
this song is that the drums and the rhythm used here can also be found
on 'Mea Culpa', the Fading Shades version.

About the lapp chant: I listened to a radio show today, and apparently
they had the man/lapp who did the original joik on the phone last week. He
commented on what he felt about this "rip off". Unfortunately I didn't
catch this. His name is Mattis Hetta by the way, an artist which is one
of the known lapp artists in Norway.

You have an interesting subject for your paper, Edmond. Do tell us how
you're doing, and maybe you could submit it to the list when you're
finished?


Joar

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