04-07-2003, 11:39 PM
I've just downloaded the song, and listened to it a few times: twice through, and about eight more for the last few seconds.
Although it sounded like what Mithrandir said the first time around, after the second and third, it came more clear to me that it isn't the A-word at all.
Instead of an "ah" vowel, the chorus was singing an "eh" vowel -- they may sound the same, but in choral singing, the difference is like, well, mid-day and sunset. (I wouldn't go as far as day and night) The words were probably something along the lines of "esso", similar to the name of that petro company. As to what it means, I havn't got a clue. There may have been a consonant at the beginning, but if there is, I couldn't hear it over the drums, and the crescendo made it even harder to pick up.
Although it sounded like what Mithrandir said the first time around, after the second and third, it came more clear to me that it isn't the A-word at all.
Instead of an "ah" vowel, the chorus was singing an "eh" vowel -- they may sound the same, but in choral singing, the difference is like, well, mid-day and sunset. (I wouldn't go as far as day and night) The words were probably something along the lines of "esso", similar to the name of that petro company. As to what it means, I havn't got a clue. There may have been a consonant at the beginning, but if there is, I couldn't hear it over the drums, and the crescendo made it even harder to pick up.