@davidgerard it did have a weird mid-2000's resurgence as well (at least in Germany)

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#StairwayToHeaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGv97-9N5rc

@davidgerard some of us still are!!

@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

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Reminded (in an admittedly tangential way) of the first crappy meme I ever made.

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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.