Catatonia (Welsh quartet!)


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By Sassy girl on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 09:42 am:

Does anyone out there like Catatonia? Don't you think Cerys' voice is great! I've just got their album 'International Velvet', and it's brill! I hate it how they sing the title track in welsh!! (Does anyone know what she is actually singing about in it?!) I like their current single 'Roadrage' too! And as for 'Mulder and Scully' that simply rocks.


By Anonymous on Saturday, May 9, 1998 - 08:35 am:

Catatonia really are cool I am Welsh as well as Cerys and I don't know what she is singing either!!!


By Sue on Tuesday, May 19, 1998 - 01:56 pm:

Catatonia are really unique and her voice is amazing. I think that they will go very far indeed, and rightly so.


By Chas on Sunday, May 24, 1998 - 02:19 pm:

i luv Catatonia, saw them B4 they were famous, a fact i'm v proud of. The first thing I noticed was THE VOICE - it's too easy to sound shit live and it was only a support slot but everyone fell in love with them cos of the way Cerys holds it together. I saw them again in April in Wales which was v appropriate and i got right to the front. Road Rage is such an ace song and it makes me cry for some strange reason, it's v good for venting frustration. I don't care whether the masses like them or not, as long as they get some appreciation for the right reasons i'm happy


By Diabla on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 03:04 pm:

True the new album rocks, and my head is a wash with images of putting horses heads in people's beds, and 'don't need the sunshine is one of the coolest tunes ever, but personally i prefered the last one with you've got a lot to answer for and 1/2 baked idea called wonderful, 'i'd be the shortest person there' - boy could i identify with that


By Leila on Sunday, July 12, 1998 - 04:12 pm:

why can't i be cerys matthews? it's not fair. anyway catatonia rule and i especially like their new single, strange glue or something. i am another 1 who has liked them ages b4 they were famous.
bye! luv leilaxxx


By Soph on Saturday, August 8, 1998 - 05:38 pm:

Catatonia Rocks! I'm desperate for their album.


By Anonymous on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 - 01:10 am:

Im from a America and never herd of Catatonia until one night on Conan Obrian. Im hooked, they'll be huge here!


By Leona Martin on Saturday, October 3, 1998 - 02:58 pm:

I'm from Scotland and i think Catatonia totally kick ass! Cerys is one of the coolest women ever! Forget the Spice Girls, SHE has REAL girl power!
AND she can really roll her R's!


By Ms.bass on Sunday, October 25, 1998 - 08:11 am:

i just love welsh bands! i'm half welsh (my mum's family live in bridgend) and think that welsh music is sometimes under-rated. saying that, many welsh bands have gone on to great things e.g. steriophonics, manics and of course catatonia! i love 'mulder & scully' and i think cerys' dress sense rocks!!


By Arianwen Roberts on Thursday, November 5, 1998 - 12:29 pm:

I know what Cerys is singing on 'International Velvet'! I'm Welsh and I speak the lingo, so here's the translation side by side with the real thing:

Deffrwch Cymru cysglyd gwlad y gan
(Wake up sleepy Wales, land of song)
Dwfn yw'r gwendid, bychan yw y fflam
(Deep is the weakness, tiny is the flame)
Creulon yw'r cynhaeaf ond per yw'r don
(The autumn is cruel, but the note is pure)
Da alaw'r alarch unig yn fy mron
(With the melody of the lonely swan in my breast)

Chorus (that's in English, natch)

Gwledd o fedd gynhyrfodd Cymraes swil
(A feast of mead invigorated a shy Welsh woman)
Darganfyddais gwir baradwys Rhyl
(And I discovered the true paradise of Rhyl)

There it is! I'm a huge Catatonia fan, but I love all Welsh music and am dead proud of where I come from. Wales rocks!
Love,
Arianwen


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