Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Music / LisaHannigan

Go To

OR

Added: 4

Changed: 22

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter, best known for her use of antique (and often broken) instruments such as the pump organ, her work with Music/DamienRice, [[Music/TheNational Aaron Dessner]], and [[Music/SnowPatrol Gary Lightbody]], her (progressively DarkerAndEdgier) albums ''Sea Sew'' (2008), ''Passenger'' (2011), ''At Swim'' (2016), and ''Live in Dublin'' (2019), and her contributions as the voice actress of Bronagh in ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' and Blue Diamond in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. She has also contributed vocalizations to the soundtrack of ''Film/{{Gravity}}'', along with covers of traditional Irish folk songs and works by Music/DavidBowie and Music/StephenSondheim to ''Series/{{Fargo}}'', ''Film/TheHoleInTheGround'', ''Series/{{Legion}}'', and a notable clown-themed Mercedes-Benz commercial.

She grew up in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}, her primary vocal inspirations being Music/NinaSimone, Music/JoniMitchell, Music/DollyParton, Music/NickDrake, Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/JulianaHatfield, and Music/MichaelJackson, among others. She dropped out after studying English and French literature, classical singing and art history at Trinity College Dublin, upon meeting Rice in 2001. She was integral to the recording of a series of critically acclaimed hits by Rice, but he fired her before a European tour concert in 2007. She currently resides in Dublin as of 2020, and does a podcast called “[[http://www.soundingspod.com/ Soundings]]” with Irish broadcaster and activist [[http://www.dylanhaskins.ie/ Dylan Haskins]].

to:

Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter, best known for her use of antique (and often broken) instruments such as the pump organ, her work with Music/DamienRice, [[Music/TheNational Aaron Dessner]], and [[Music/SnowPatrol Gary Lightbody]], her (progressively DarkerAndEdgier) albums ''Sea Sew'' (2008), ''Passenger'' (2011), ''At Swim'' (2016), and ''Live in Dublin'' (2019), and her contributions as the voice actress of Bronagh in ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' and Blue Diamond in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. She has also contributed vocalizations to the soundtrack of ''Film/{{Gravity}}'', along with covers of traditional Irish folk songs and works by Music/DavidBowie and Music/StephenSondheim to ''Series/{{Fargo}}'', ''Film/TheHoleInTheGround'', ''Series/{{Legion}}'', ''Series/Legion2017'', and a notable clown-themed Mercedes-Benz commercial.

She grew up in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}, her primary vocal inspirations being Music/NinaSimone, Music/JoniMitchell, Music/DollyParton, Music/NickDrake, Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/JulianaHatfield, and Music/MichaelJackson, among others. She dropped out after studying English and French literature, classical singing and art history at Trinity College Dublin, upon meeting Rice in 2001. She was integral to the recording of a series of critically acclaimed hits by Rice, but he fired her before a European tour concert in 2007. She currently resides in Dublin as of 2020, and does a podcast called “[[http://www."[[http://www.soundingspod.com/ Soundings]]” Soundings]]" with Irish broadcaster and activist [[http://www.dylanhaskins.ie/ Dylan Haskins]].



* DeathSong / GriefSong: “Prayer for the Dying” from ''At Swim'' was written about the death of a friend’s mother.
* ListingCities / WanderlustSong: “Passenger”.
* LyricalDissonance: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwJMa5b1Qg “What’ll I Do”]] from ''Passenger'' is an upbeat song buoyed by stomping beats and plucked violins, yet its lyrics tell of either [[BreakUpSong a despairing post-breakup introspection]] or a [[GriefSong reaction to a sudden death in the family]].

to:

* DeathSong / GriefSong: “Prayer "Prayer for the Dying” Dying" from ''At Swim'' was written about the death of a friend’s mother.
* ListingCities / WanderlustSong: “Passenger”.
"Passenger".
* LyricalDissonance: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwJMa5b1Qg “What’ll "What'll I Do”]] Do"]] from ''Passenger'' is an upbeat song buoyed by stomping beats and plucked violins, yet its lyrics tell of either [[BreakUpSong a despairing post-breakup introspection]] or a [[GriefSong reaction to a sudden death in the family]].



* TropesAtSea / SeaStories: Heavily recurrent in her 2008 album, less so after 2011.

to:

* TropesAtSea / SeaStories: Heavily recurrent in her 2008 album, less so after 2011.2011.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Why is an index listed as an example?


* OtherCommonMusicVideoConcepts: Lip-synced backwards while getting gallons of water dumped on her for the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnaQAv77JE "Undertow"]].

to:

%%Index * OtherCommonMusicVideoConcepts: Lip-synced backwards while getting gallons of water dumped on her for the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnaQAv77JE "Undertow"]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** She was also [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5IY43C4kqSk/RkD-j6uBRYI/AAAAAAAAAB4/BOlBpP6PMrU/s1600-h/oxfam.jpg covered in liquid chocolate]] as part of a mid-2000s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam Oxfam]] [[https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/Discover/Search/#/?p=c+1,t+Oxfam%20Make%20Trade%20Fair,rsrs+0,rsps+10,fa+,so+ox%3Asort%5Easc,scids+,pid+,vi+ campaign]] to pressure the international community to promote fair trade, which featured musicians (including [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamelia Jamelia]]) and actors (including Creator/MinnieDriver, Creator/ColinFirth, and Creator/AntonioBanderas) also [[https://mikebone.co.uk/oxfam-make-trade-fair-exhibition-panels/ getting]] [[https://www.google.com/search?q=make+trade+fair+oxfam+ever+felt+dumped+on gunged]] with various products infamous for systemic exploitation.

to:

** She was also [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5IY43C4kqSk/RkD-j6uBRYI/AAAAAAAAAB4/BOlBpP6PMrU/s1600-h/oxfam.jpg covered in liquid chocolate]] as part of a mid-2000s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam Oxfam]] [[https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/Discover/Search/#/?p=c+1,t+Oxfam%20Make%20Trade%20Fair,rsrs+0,rsps+10,fa+,so+ox%3Asort%5Easc,scids+,pid+,vi+ campaign]] to pressure the international community to promote fair trade, stop agricultural dumping of trade surpluses, which featured musicians (including [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamelia Jamelia]]) and actors (including Creator/MinnieDriver, Creator/ColinFirth, and Creator/AntonioBanderas) also [[https://fairtradetrends.com/tag/ever-felt-dumped-on/ also]] [[https://mikebone.co.uk/oxfam-make-trade-fair-exhibition-panels/ getting]] [[https://www.google.com/search?q=make+trade+fair+oxfam+ever+felt+dumped+on gunged]] with various products infamous for systemic exploitation. their connections to unfair trade practices.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OtherCommonMusicVideoConcepts: Lip-synced backwards while getting gallons of water dumped on her for the music video for "Undertow".

to:

* OtherCommonMusicVideoConcepts: Lip-synced backwards while getting gallons of water dumped on her for the music video for "Undertow".[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnaQAv77JE "Undertow"]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CoveredInGunge: The OneTakeWonder music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdPtcx-4mo "Knots"]] from ''Passenger'' features her in a white dress playing a white ukulele, until she progressively gets paint of various colours and glitter unceremoniously sprayed at, shot at or dumped on her, to the point where she sings the third minute completely blinded.

to:

* CoveredInGunge: The OneTakeWonder music video for "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdPtcx-4mo "Knots"]] from ''Passenger'' features her in a white dress playing a white ukulele, until she progressively gets paint of various colours and glitter unceremoniously sprayed at, shot at or dumped on her, to the point where she sings the third minute completely blinded.



* LyricalDissonance: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwJMa5b1Qg“What’ll I Do”]] from ''Passenger'' is an upbeat song buoyed by stomping beats and plucked violins, yet its lyrics tell of either [[BreakUpSong a despairing post-breakup introspection]] or a [[GriefSong reaction to a sudden death in the family]].

to:

* LyricalDissonance: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwJMa5b1Qg“What’ll com/watch?v=TvwJMa5b1Qg “What’ll I Do”]] from ''Passenger'' is an upbeat song buoyed by stomping beats and plucked violins, yet its lyrics tell of either [[BreakUpSong a despairing post-breakup introspection]] or a [[GriefSong reaction to a sudden death in the family]].

Top