This entire CD is absolutely awesome. As Karl Jenkins puts it: "The text in Adiemus is written phonetically, with the words viewed as instrumental sound. The human voice is the oldest instrument and by removing the distraction of lyrics, we hope to create a sound that is universal and timeless. The knowledge that Adiemus has a meaning - 'we will draw near' invokes what I feel to be an appropriate concept of bringing people together".

Why do I find myself feeling a bit guilty for enjoying this sort of Disney-does-ethnic kind of music?

Is this what Captain Kangaroo did after his show went off the air?

Sounds like it belongs in Avatar. Or the remake of Mighty Joe Young. 
Not bad, though, if reproducing just a tad of cliche.
Good music to reflect about unity and nature — to help us forget how shitty we are to one another, while we rip the planet to pieces.  

This + Planet Earth (BBC) + Projector (or other very large screen) + moderate salvia dose = religious experience. 

planet_lizard wrote:
 
It's funny you say this.  Because I swear to FSM, I heard this song while I was at the parade at Epcot in 2000.  

Hell, I probably did.  It still made me cry a little in the moment.  Mostly because I was pregnant and exhausted.

I am having trouble reading the lyrics and singing along...

Hey, the soundtrack to Civilization III

There's a 9 year gap in the comments below. Came back around to it did ya Bill? Or was it Rebecca? Good call whoever it was. 

If you think about it, a commercial enterprise like Delta commisioning a composition is no different thatn the kings and queens who commissioned Mozart, Back, et.al. or old. Artists need to be paid to continue making art.

planet_lizard wrote: 
We all have our guilty pleasures. I think it works.

Ohoooo my never have I listened to this without the old tingling sensation up the back of the neck

 pixel-pusher wrote:

I don't think it is an error. Seems corrct to me.

Schpongle was played earlier with a comment about the lyrics and I immediately thought of Adiemus. This CD came out quite a few years ago and is still well worth listening to all of it.

It was composed by Karl Jenkins and I think it is a good sing along to CD, if you know what I mean.

Plus the lead singer in Adiemus (Miriam Stockley) also recorded under her own name.

Next stop 8th floor 

paradisepig wrote: 
WOW!! I just got that! It went down into my shoulders. 

 sqqqrly wrote:
Weird that somebody attempted to write the lyrics down even.
Next thing - I'll find out that they're is a language inside them.

From the "Waiting in line at Disney Soundtrack"

 planet_lizard wrote:

As I interpret it, it's more an attempt to envision a more global meta-ethnic sound.

The liner notes relate that "the solo parts are intoned in a sometimes Ecclesiastical, sometimes Celtic manner." And if you watch the live performance, it is most decidedly New Age (happy times) Celtic in nature.

So, as an old Heavy Metal (magazine) fan, I see it as an imagining of what a future post-scarcity neo-tribal people, with ample time for making music - perhaps à la LeGuin's Always Coming Home? - might sound like.

Which actually makes it fit Delta Airlines' message strangely well.    And leaves me completely guilt-free for loving it!

I have to admit, when I glanced over to see who this was, and saw the Wiki photo, my initial reaction was, Captain Kangaroo wrote music?