{"id":667841,"date":"2026-10-28T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667841\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:44:11","slug":"friends-star-matthew-perry-loved-to-sail-away-to-enyas-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667841\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friends&#8217; star Matthew Perry loved to &#8216;sail away&#8217; to Enya&#8217;s music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of the late Friends star Matthew Perry have revealed the Hollywood star loved listening to the music of Enya.<\/p>\n<p>The connection is revealed in the Netflix documentary, The One About Matthew Perry, which has just been released.<\/p>\n<p>Perry&#8217;s longtime friends Roger Castillo and David Pressman revealed how the actor loved playing Enya loudly while cruising down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles County, California.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends star had yet to achieve the huge heights of fame but was a struggling actor trying to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.donegaldaily.com\/prod\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Enya.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-310555 in-content-img not-prose w-full\" height=\"316\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/039-friends-039-star-matthew-perry-loved-to-039-sail-away-039-to-enya-039-s-music.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> Enya<\/p>\n<p>His friends revealed how he would drive a bright red Mazda Miata convertible. Perry would drop the top and blast Enya&#8217;s &#8220;Orinoco Flow&#8221; (Sail Away) from the car.<\/p>\n<p>Perry would later use Enya&#8217;s music as part of the soundtrack to one of the show&#8217;s most infamous scenes featuring Perry&#8217;s character Chandler Bing.<\/p>\n<p>In the Season 8 episode &#8220;The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath,&#8221; Monica sets up a relaxing bath for Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>He reluctantly tries it, falls in love with the experience, and ends up soaking in the tub while Enya&#8217;s &#8220;Only Time&#8221; plays in the background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/energy-credits-needed-immediately-as-electricity-prices-double-doherty-655875\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Energy credits needed immediately as electricity prices double \u2013 Doherty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/energy-credits-needed-immediately-as-electricity-prices-double-ndash-doherty.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Energy credits needed immediately as electricity prices double \u2013 Doherty\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/loreto-letterkenny-students-enjoy-memorable-pilgrimage-to-medjugorje-655863\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Loreto Letterkenny students enjoy memorable pilgrimage to Medjugorje\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/loreto-letterkenny-students-enjoy-memorable-pilgrimage-to-medjugorje.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Loreto Letterkenny students enjoy memorable pilgrimage to Medjugorje\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perry died on 28 October 2023, at the age of 54. According to the medical examiner, his death was caused by the acute effects of the drug ketamine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends of the late Friends star Matthew Perry have revealed the Hollywood star loved listening to the music&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-667841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}