Emilíana Torrini (Indie, Acoustic, Folk Rock)

Η Emiliana Torrini Davíðsdóttir (γεν. 16 Μαΐου 1977) είναι μια Ισλανδή τραγουδίστρια, που είναι πιο γνωστή για το άλμπουμ "Love in the Time of Science" (1999) και για την ερμηνεία του τραγουδιού "Gollum's Song", που ακούγετε στα closing credits της ταινίας του Peter Jackson "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".

Από το 1994 ως το 1996, η Torrini κυκλοφόρησε τρία albums στην Ισλανδία, το Spoon, το Crouçie d'Où La, και το Merman. Αναγνωρίστηκε διεθνώς το 1999 με το album της Love in the Time of Science, παραγωγή από τον Roland Orzabal των Tears for Fears. Το single της «To Be Free» από αυτό το album ακούστηκε επίσης στην ταινία Crazy/Beautiful και προστέθηκε στο soundtrack. Το τραγούδι «Summerbreeze», που γράφτηκε από τον Mark Abis, ακούστηκε στη cult σειρά Buffy the Vampire Slayer. O Orzabal έγραψε επίσης δύο τραγούδια για το album. Το Torrini επιλέχτηκε για να τραγουδήσει το «Gollum's Song», όταν η επίσης Ισλανδή Björk αρνήθηκε λόγω της εγκυμοσύνης της. Το album της, «Fisherman's Woman» (2005), ήταν γεμάτο συναισθήματα μιας και ήταν γεμάτο με τη μνήμη του φίλου της, ο οποίος σκοτώθηκε σε ένα τροχαίο ατύχημα στις αρχές του 2000. Ξεχωρίζουν τα κομμάτια «Sunny Road» και «Heartstopper.»

Το 2006, η Torrini προτάθηκε για τα ισλανδικά βραβεία μουσικής που έγιναν στο Reykjavík σε τέσσερις κατηγορίες: Pop Album of the Year, Song of the Year (Sunny Road), Singer of the Year and Video of the Year for Sunny Road, που σκηνοθετήθηκε από τον Ali Taylor στο Sherbet. Κέρδισε τα πάντα εκτός από το Song of the Year. Το νέο album της, «Me and Armini», κυκλοφόρησε παγκοσμίως στις 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008, και στις ΗΠΑ στις 9 Σεπτεμβρίου. Η μουσική της έχει ακουστεί σε πολλές τηλεοπτικές σειρές. Αρκετά από τα τραγούδια της έχουν ακουστεί στην σειρά Grey's Anatomy, συμπεριλαμβανομένης μιας demo έκδοσης του «Beggar's Prayer» τον Ιανουάριο του 2007. Το «Sunny Road" ακούστηκε σε ένα επεισόδιο της σειράς One Tree Hill.

Πηγή: wikipedia

Years Active: 1994 — present

Δισκογραφία: (Albums)
1994 - Spoon (Iceland Only)
1995 - Crouçie D'où Là (Iceland Only)
1996 - Merman (Iceland Only)
1999 - Love in the Time of Science
2000 - Rarities (Promo Only)
2005 - Fisherman's Woman - UK #94
2008 - Me and Armini - UK #96

http://www.emilianatorrini.com

Από το album Fisherman's Woman (2005)
Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road


Στίχοι:

Wrote you this
I hope you got it safe
It's been so long
I don't know what to say
I've travelled 'round
Through deserts on my horse
But jokes aside
I wanna come back home
You know that night
I said i had to go
You said you'd meet me
On the sunny road

It's time, meet me on the sunny road
it's time, meet me on the sunny road

I never married
Never had those kids
I loved too many
Now heaven's closed its gates.
I know I'm bad
To jump on you like this
Some things don't change
My middle name's still 'Risk'
I know that night
So long long time ago
Will you still meet me
On the sunny road

It's time, meet me on the sunny road
It's time, meet me on the sunny road

Well, this is it
I'm running out of space
Here is my address
And number just in case.
This time as one
We'll find which way to go
Now come and meet me
On the sunny road

Από το album Love In Time Of Science (2000)
(με διαφορετικό στυλ από τα πιο πρόσφατα album της)
Emiliana Torrini - To Be Free


Στίχοι:
Once in a house on a hill
A boy got angry
He broke into my heart

For a day and a night
I stayed beside him
Until I had no hope

So I came down the hill
Of course I was hurt
But then I started to think

It shouldn't hurt me to be free
It's what I really need
To pull myself together
But if it's so good being free
Would you mind telling me
Why I don't know what to do with myself

There's a bar by the dock
Where I found myself
Drinking with this man
He offered me a cigarette
And I accepted
'Cause it's been a very long time
As it burned 'till the end
I thought of the boy
No one could ever forget

It shouldn't hurt me to be free
It's what I really need
To pull myself together
But if it's so good being free
Would you mind telling me
Why I don't know what to do with myself

To pull myself together
But if it's so good being free
Would you mind telling me
Why I don't know what to do with myself

To pull myself together
But if it's so good being free
Would you mind telling me
Why I don't know what to do with myself

Από το τελευταίο της album Me And Armini (2008)
Emiliana Torrini - Big Jumps


Στίχοι:
I walked all morning to lift my heart,
Coz' the world keeps dancing with the paper-man.
I love you, never talk in dreams,
Now is here, you're happy, nice; it's real.

(Chorus)
Oh, make some big jumps, big jumps.
You're afraid to break some bones.
Come on make some big jumps, big jumps
Life is yours alone.
You hold your head up, your head up high,
Like you think I do.

Sometimes I feel so confused.
I'm under the illusion that I have to choose.
I love you, always know the way,
The way back home always is the same.

Chorus...

Tick-tock, this love won't stop
You're the key for winding up my heart.
Brick-brack, if you don't wind me up,
The sky will lie above me like a passed out drunk.
Without you I would never rise again.
Without you I would never rise...

Hey there, sunshine with my heart,
I know life is long, but it goes so fast.
I love you, never feelin' old.
You never bought the rubbish that they sold.

Chorus...

Oh I do some big jumps, big jumps.
You're afraid to break some bones.
Come on make some big jumps, big jumps,
Life is your alone
You hold your head up, your head up high,
Like you think I do.

Από το album Love In Time Of Science (2000)
Emiliana Torrini - Unemployed In Summertime


Στίχοι:
Let's get drunk on saturday
Walk on Primrose Hill
Until we lose our way
We''ll get sunburned on the grass
Playing silly buggers 'till I make a pass
And you laugh at my face

Unemployed in summertime
I've only just turned 21, I'll be ok
Unemployed in summertime
Don't need money 'cause we're young
I'll just stay awake till the morning
With make up all over my face

Sorry don't get mad at me
I just did the sex quizz
From your magazine
You're my best friend in the world
Just like me you don't do
Anything you're told

Unemployed in summertime
I've only just turned 21, I'll be ok
Unemployed in summertime
Don't need money 'cause we're young
I'll just stay awake till the morning
With make up all over my face

On a mission for my summer kiss
I close my eyes and wet my lips
But then I miss, and you laugh at my face

Unemployed in summertime
I've only just turned 21, I'll be ok
Unemployed in summertime
Don't need money 'cause we're young
I'll just stay awake till the morning
With make up all over my face

Unemployed in summertime
I'v only just turned 21, I'll be ok

Από το album Fisherman's Woman (2005)
Emiliana Torrini - At Least It Was (LIVE)


Στίχοι:
I thought I saw you on the train
I hid behind some men
I had never seen you look so good
I'm glad you're doing well

I went out for a walk today
To think of things unsaid
Of course I found I'd said too much
So I laid all that to rest

And when the day falls
I guess it was love
And when the day falls
At least it was

You thought of the name to call me
I guess that's how it goes
I know a few with the same name
Yes, I'm sad I'm one of those

Ungraceful as I am in loving
And leaving I'm the same
It's way too late to say I'm sorry
But I'll say it anyway

And when the day forwards
I guess it was love
And when the day forwards
At least it was

Dum dum dum dum

Από το album Fisherman's Woman (2005)
Emiliana Torrini - Nothing Brings Me Down


Στίχοι:
Home alone and happy
Nothing brings me down
Full of wine, unsteady
Nothing brings me down
What's left of the rain runs down my roof
Nothing brings me down
The night is lush the air is still
Nothing brings me down

Dum dum dum dum dum dum

The windows are open, the flies are in
Nothing brings me down
The phones are off the music's on
Nothing brings me down

Dum dum dum dum dum dum

Home alone and happy
Nothing brings me down
My love for you is ready
Nothing brings me down
My love for you is ready