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@davidgerard Interesting, so it was released March 1994,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant_(Benedictine_Monks_of_Santo_Domingo_de_Silos_album)
Then April 26, 1995 (just over a year later) was when Babylon 5 S2E14 "There All the Honor Lies" first aired. It's the episode where Kosh shows Sheridan "beauty in the dark" consisting of hooded figures singing Gregorian chants
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/036.html
If that's not an obvious inspiration I don't know what is
@davidgerard I remember that short craze with some addection.
I was taught Gregorian chant in the 60s including how to read the original notation so it was interesting to hear a recording of the actual professionals doing it.
And in case you are wondering I was 14 at the time with a fine soprano voice so I was not really Gregorian chant material but the choir master insisted! 😀
@davidgerard we all need to start doing the Waaaaaazuuup greeting again to just see what happens
Reminded (in an admittedly tangential way) of the first crappy meme I ever made.
Oh yes. I bought several ... cassette tapes of them. Asked for them for Christmas and shared some with an elderly Anglican aunt.
@davidgerard The worst bit was when people who should have heard the Gregorian Chanting suddenly caught on to it *months* later, going "Ooh! Have you heard this Gregorian Chanting!"
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The Vast album Visual Audio Sensory Theater is still a certified banger.
@davidgerard There was a delightful parody.
@davidgerard remember the band VAST? That album rocked.
@davidgerard I remember Enigma - sadness part 1 was on Now That’s What I Call Music 19.
@davidgerard I think I remember that. I'm still into them as a result.
It was longer than a month. It wasn't the only strange music trend of the 1990s. Scatman John had a hit song. The Charleston was remixed into a Eurodance hit. There was a swing revival. "Cotton Eye Joe" remix.
Look up a song called "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe".
@davidgerard Ah. So that's how all the demons of hell were unleashed.
@davidgerard Still must have a CD somewhere - you know, those plastic and aluminum discs that we were using to listen to music before mp3 players (you know, those small devices... oh damned modern times)
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@spacehobo *one* sea shanty, to be precise
Ah, those were the days.
Coming up at the Ministry of Chant.
Coming down at Café del Greg.
@davidgerard I was one of them!
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I still have those CDs .
@davidgerard I was in my 20s then and I don't know if he's joking
Have you HEARD the Benzedrine Monks of Santo Domonica?
Music for hard times. (And yes, I have the OTHER one this refers to.)
@davidgerard @Lazarou
Didn't that start earlier, in the 80s with Kyrie by Mr. Mister?
(Not a proper Gregorian chant, sure, but flosting the idea of using that sort of stuff in pop music.)
@davidgerard was a whole different Era back then.
Obviously I have the track in my ears from just reading this.
@davidgerard I blame Enigma, personally. 🤔
@davidgerard 't was the Summer of '96 🎶🎵
(Ameno by Era released in June of 1996, I take no responsibility for any earworms)
@davidgerard Over here in Germany, that was definitely more than a month.
In fact, it felt like several years.
I still have a CD somewhere...
@davidgerard It was October 1993.
I remember because that was when I was introduced to the cafe where I met my future ex.
@davidgerard I remember seeing the CDs in the supermarket. Then we figured out really quickly they were boring to listen to.
@davidgerard some of us still are!!