# Orinoco Flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113 "2010-05-28T21:08:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/1 "2010-05-28T21:08:21Z")
OK, dammit. I’ll admit it. I like Enya. _Orinoco Flow_, anyway. And I have an old Clannad CD. There. I said it. So _Orinoco Flow_ popped up on the iPod. I’m thinking I should make a playlist with similar music. But not ‘identical’. I mean, in that case I’d just have to play the album. What I’m looking for is songs with a similar ‘feel’. Here’s the hard part: People ‘feel’ thinkgs differently. Also, you don’t know what I have in iTunes and there are too many to list. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/2 "2010-05-28T21:10:39Z")
Why would one be hesitant to admit to liking Enya? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/3 "2010-05-28T21:24:40Z")
Well, you know… A lot of my other music is Green Day, Bad Religion, Sex Pistols, The Dickies, The Cramps… The Damned are playing right now. But my tastes are eclectic. . ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/4 "2010-05-28T21:33:34Z")
I suppose it depends on how similar you wanted it to be. I’d probably throw in some Dead Can Dance. Probably something off [The Serpent’s Egg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent's_Egg). I’m thinking [Echolalia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twogF75dQgk). It’s not that similar but I link it would fit in. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/5 "2010-05-28T21:34:18Z")
Do you know about Pandora? Create a channel on Pandora called “Orinoco Flow” and you will get dozens of similar tunes. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/6 "2010-05-28T21:34:51Z")
I’m not feeling too inspired today, so I tried plugging the name into Music Map. Some of the results are obvious (Sarah Maclachlan) while others are a bit puzzling (Bruce Springsteen). [http://www.music-map.com/enya.html](http://www.music-map.com/enya.html) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/7 "2010-05-28T21:35:51Z")
Kate Bush [Trespassers William](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespassers_William) [Black Tape For a Blue Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tape_for_a_Blue_Girl) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/8 "2010-05-28T21:40:17Z")
You might like [Anúna](http://www.anuna.ie/), or at least some of their work. It’s a mix of traditional and modern Irish, chorally based. (Yes, they’re the first choral group from Riverdance. No, that’s not all they do.) [Dead Can Dance](http://www.deadcandance.com/) has some wonderful dreamy flowy stuff that is something like, and totally unlike, Orinoco Flow. Their live show was the second most spiritual experience of my life. Seriously. [Afro-Celt Sound System](http://www.afrocelts.org/) is just made of awesome. They’re not particularly like Enya, and they’re not like the other bands you mention, but for some reason, I think you might like them. Lots of drums and cool shit, with both African and Irish influences in their music (as you might guess from their name.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/9 "2010-05-28T21:43:46Z")
I love Enya also, but _Orinoco Flow_ isn’t at all a typical Enya song; it’s kind of like _Martha My Dear_ was to The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/10 "2010-05-28T21:44:59Z")
So after my last post Dropkick Murphys and Floggin Molly played. Men at Work’s _Down Under_ just finished. Strangely, I get a similar pleasure out of that song that I do from _Orinoco Flow_. I’ll have to check the links after I get home, where I can play what I want and the connection is faster. And now for some Sublime… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/11 "2010-05-28T21:51:09Z")
I have Orinoco Flow on the Pure Moods CD–the first one. You should check it out. A lot of the songs have a similar feel. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/12 "2010-05-28T21:55:23Z")
You could try [her sister](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/13 "2010-05-28T21:58:04Z")
You might like Toumani Diabate, the Malian master kora player. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/14 "2010-05-28T21:59:17Z")
If you like the ethereal feel, you might want to try Julee Cruise, especially her first album. [video for “Mysteries of Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ftmvcmMpU) [video for “Falling”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBdH6SjBEX8&feature=related) Not Celtic, but very dreamy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/15 "2010-05-28T22:20:26Z")
Doesn’t need to be Celtic. I’m just trying to find a certain common vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/16 "2010-05-28T23:48:12Z")
How about Adiemus, also from pure moods. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aL8kZ-iVk90/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGCogYChyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAZox51UOD2KKhNJ9xAjsJ8Ry91Hw "Adiemus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/17 "2010-05-29T01:34:30Z")
Not to get you off onto an Enya tangent, but try her “Caribbean Blue.” Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/18 "2010-05-29T02:00:51Z")
Try Sarah Blasko: [No Turning Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fve_ObZOfv4) [We Won’t Run](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RtLfE7K6Q) [All I Want](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1RgyCl1Xs&a=FEb6SQ0Y9xI) [Bird On A Wire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHz9qkH5xr8) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/19 "2010-05-29T02:03:43Z")
[Sheila Chandra- Ever So Lonely](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbcKO92OGNI) I think she’s Irish, too. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113/20 "2010-05-29T02:06:28Z")
Try Loreena McKennitt. Pandora has quite a lot of her work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orinoco-flow/541113.md?page=2)