Brit Awards videotape (fwd)

[bvmi@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Michael Bowman)]

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> From enya-request@boulder.Colorado.edu Fri Feb 12 14:14 PST 1993
> Subject: Brit Awards videotape
> From: P Warburton <pwarburt@ibmpcug.co.uk>
> To: enya@boulder.colorado.edu
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 21:56:09 GMT
> Sender: pwarburt@ibmpcug.co.uk
> Message-Id:  <9302122156.aa03216@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk>
> 
> (Apologies if this is old news.)
> 
> Earlier this week I bought the video collection _The Awards 1993_, which
> consists of videos by the nominated artistes in The Brit Awards. Enya is
> nominated in the International category, and the collection includes the
> video of _The Celts_.
> 
> I hadn't seen this video before, and I was suitably impressed. The video
> tells a story, though it's not very clear to me what's going on, and
> who's who. Enya seems to be a Celtic princess or noblewoman, judging by
> the finery of her costume. She is shown riding a white horse and, later
> on, drifting downstream in a boat (shades of The Lady of Shallott... but
> Enya's very much alive). There's a handsome young man who might be a
> prince, there's an aged king, two priestesses carrying a mysterious box
> (treasure chest?) guarded by serpents, a fairytale castle... in short,
> the video has a romantic, Celtic, mediaeval, pagan feel to it.
> 
> The film is shot in wide-screen format, and I can report that it looks
> fantastic on a flicker-free wide-screen TV!
> 
> The tape costs GBP 12.99 and contains 31 song videos. Thirteen pounds
> seems like a lot to pay for just three minutes of Enya, but many of us
> will buy it anyway. You'll probably find other videos in the collection
> that take your fancy; for me, that includes Kate Bush ("Rocket Man"),
> Tori Amos ("Eclipse", I think it was) and Annie Lennox ("Walking on
> Broken Glass", featuring Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich).
> 
> The Brit Awards ceremony takes place next week, Wednesday I think, and
> will be broadcast on ITV (in the UK).
> 
> --
> Peter Warburton         |  "USER - the word computer professionals use
> pwarburt@ibmpcug.co.uk  |  when they mean 'idiot'."      - Dave Barry
>