Damien Rice
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Anybody here a fan? His music has really connected w/ me probably in the last month or so.
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He is awesome.
An awesome friend introduced me to his music.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
That's pretty much everything, there is a B sides album, and Live at Union Chapel. But you have the main stuff. How awesome is 9? It creeps into your veins, 18 months on and it still sounds better everytime I listen to it.
I introduced this really cool girlie to his music, she's also hooked.
It took me a long time to settle in my brain. I was turned on to him by 9 Crimes. Gave the album a couple of listens and thought it was good, but didn't really stand out.
One day I had my player on shuffle and "Rootless Tree" came on. I all of a sudden found myself driving much faster and just really feeling the song. There's a good way to use the word "fuck" ("Rootless Tree" and "Save You") then there's cheap ways that make it lose it's feeling (any rap song).
That set it all off.
"Me, My Yoke, and I" is amazing.
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Me, My Yoke and I is about his wee willy.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
Ha! Seriously?
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It makes sense if you read the lyrics and listen to it. I guess he has explained it at shows.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
the first time i ever heard him i was watching closer.. and blowers daughter came on. and i cried.
and then slowly but surely his songs started making the wheels spin
my favorite damien moment though was i saw him up in boston last july. the show was outside and it POURED. like to the point where you couldnt even see anything. they had a huge tent but they turned all the lights off just in case. it was right in the middle of the set that it started to get bad so they cut him off. we waited for a little while and all of a sudden he starts to sing "hallelujah". and it was so quiet and so heartfelt underneat that rain soaked tent. we all sang it with him... truly a moving experience...
im really into grey room right now...
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Like Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah"?
Just heard it on youtube...that's fantastic. There should be a studio version of this.
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I agree...you have to have had something crappy happened in order to really appreciate him...or something really good disguised as bad, or at the very least, ill-timed.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
hi! ya im good. how bout you?
yea he's a really sad singer.. i mean how can you listen to 9 crimes or volcano without a little sadness in your heart.
and yes i mean that hallelujah.. imagine rain pouring down, no lights, just a mic.. and him singing that song. brought tears to my eyes
i think of closer as a comparison to his music, its really happy at times, really lovey, really fucking depressing.. but all in all really really true.
and how could lisa go? sniffle.. she was amazing...
did anyone hear the duet with ray lamontagne? to love somebody? oh yes
9 Crimes is my favourite song, it's just beautiful.
He told a great story about Me my yoke...in Cardiff last year. He can be so funny, he was saying that somewhere in Monaco, a little boy got a million pounds on his 13th birthday, then another million, then,...etc. And around the same time, a poor kid in Dublin (him) got a million sperms, then another million..etc...and it screwed his brain up what was happening to him. So, yeah it's about his 'wee willy' I suppose.
The live set is just incredible, that band make such an awe inspiring noise.
Maybe this is why I discovered him... recommended by a friend in fact.
I know his music speaks to me on many levels at the moment.
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
Here you can get a taste of Damiens yoke for yourselves....
'9' is better than 'o'......but both are outstanding......
he wrote a song about me!!! what a sweetie pie
for the record.. i love Mr Rice... his songs make my glands weep.
He is absolutely amazing live. I really want to see him again.
I wouldn't agree that you HAVE to have had something bad happen to you to get his music, just maybe not live every second of your life in complete and utter bliss. I think most people can relate to being unhappy without having something awful happen to them.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
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yes.. and she's sadly gone! that really threw a knife in my heart. i had tickets to go see him and then i heard she was done and i almost cried. the show was still excellent.. but it missed something
Dave, you know apart from the brainy thing, me and you are peas in a pod. My wanker mate in work goes..."err Damien Rice...James Blunt...." I tell you, if he wasn't a trained killer, I'd have him for it.
And you're right, you don't have to have had something awful happen to relate, just lived a bit. Most of his songs are 'boy meets girl' stuff, he just has this understanding that 'boy meets girl' isn't always as straight forward as it's made out...the guy is a genius.
I saw that, he did that at nottingham arena.
it was such a stunning gig.....he is truly in a class of his own, and his band are incredible.....
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Where'd you see damien?
I was at Nottingham Arena in october.....
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Yeah, same in nottingham.....was nice to be able to a gig and actually listen to the music lol.
I just saw a completely different side to him that night, the heavier side and also the warm wit and humour.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07