Uummannaq! written and performed by Kevin Morrell is based on a true story, except for the parts that aren't.
Kevin, the NYC iliarsuk, lonely and hungry, heads to Uummannaq to meet Pipaluk, the beauty.
Glossary:
Iliarsuk="fatherless, orphan". Koodlooktoo ="the famous Greenlandic orphan who used to live closer to the Pole than any other human being and who caught the white owl for Adm. Robert Peary". Pipaluk="the little small nothing".
Needless to say, that in the country of understatements, which Greenland definitely is, "the little small nothing" means no less than "the great big something". We also know that every great hunter and every great leader once used to be an orphan.
This song is a medicine against mid-winter depression. It does the same as Xanax, but has not side effects.
UummannaqMusic 1 year ago