Damien Rice & Melanie Laurent - Everything You're Not Supposed To Be
the first melanie/damien duet is on youtube...
I have mixed feelings about this... what do you guys think? :wave: |
since it leaked last week I've been trying to like it... but I don't...
Melanie, can you please go back to acting pliz :director: |
mmm.... I kinda like damo's part, but the song it's meh
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yes, agree, the one thing that can be saved is Damien's solo part at the start...
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background music is terrible. hope he at least is touchin the boobs.:hello2:
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I actually like it. Melanie's voice is not what I expected, but it is really nice to hear a male/female duet from Damien again. Their voices sound beautiful together. Melanie's part alone was dull, but it picked up at the end.
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I'm so disappointed with all of the Mélanie stuff we've heard so far...
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I think the whole album sounds better than the stuff we've heard so far... It's not an album I'll listen to over and over, but it's a nice pop album... Better than a few albums other singer-wannabe actresses have released in the last few years...
and maybe it's me, but the songs she sings in French are better than the ones in English... The other duet with Damien ("Uncomfortable") sounds horrible, I think... But the other three songs co-written/produced by Damien are not bad at all, "Pardon" and "Papa"... and "Il Fait Gris" is the highlight of the album for me (along with the two instrumental tracks) and I think many here would agree - it's probably the most Damien-esque song on the album, and it also has cello and Damien doing backing vocals... |
...meh.
I'd like to hear a different females voice... melanie is kinda plain to me... I think it you sub someone else in it'd be a pretty damn good song. Maybe it'll grow on me... but for now just... meh... |
i donīt think its a bad song really... i like damienīs voice the most, but iīm getting tired of the "la la la... la" to be honest.
i wonīt say a word about the lady... well, only that she hasnīt hooked me at all. i also love the pic of damien on the video :p ps: it is funny to read the comments on youtube... everybody seems happy that damien "is back", lol. |
Glo, I'm amazed you managed to sit thru the whole thing... I cannot listen to Melanie's voice for more than 2 minutes :p
and yes, the other duet, Unpardonable is probably the worst song off the album, should be re-named Unlistenable :p :D |
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I'll check the entire album then! :)
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I think she probably came in with the lyrics but that he helped her write the music which I really like. A lot of folks here seem to get worried when Damo explores genres of music outside of his tried and true. I have the opposite reaction and think it only makes him all the more fascinating for his facilitation.
Personally, I find nothing wrong w/ this song at all: it's typically catchy, melodic, multi-layered and I'm apparently the only one here who loves her "non-singer's" voice. I find it both very striking, complex and rich in tone as well as emotionally expressive. Granted, voice has so much to do with taste and perhaps it's due to my being an actor, but I agree w/ Patsy Rodenburg that any voice that can provoke a strong emotional response is an effective or "good" voice. Mel's clearly done that on this forum. |
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actually I was wrong about something, there are 2 amazing songs in this album, absolutely incredible... the 2 instrumentals that open and close the album... they sound like those improvs that Damien did as intros to Acc Babies or 9 Crimes during the 9 tour... actually I don't know who does those instrumentals in Melanie's album but they're amazing!!!!!!!! especially the opening Debut (bit Fin is nice too).
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I was wrong too. No idea whether this is one of the credited songs but I now believe that Damo co-wrote the lyrics in this and not just the music. It's especially apparent to me in the big hook/chorus (wonderfully convoluted construction of a negative framed as the expected positive) and the bridge which is classic Damo patter in the tradition of Face and Sand.
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can anyone write down the lyrics?
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and damn it, looks like I'm wrong again and that Melanie herself did those amazing instrumentals that open and close the album, not Damien... looks like she plays piano ;)
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I walk away from you For the first time Strong. And I did my best To see it through. Now I'm watching you Just thinking I'm wrong. But I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go. I know I was Everything you're not supposed to be To someone that you love. (x3) That you love, that you love. You walk away from me For the first time Sure. And you did your best But you don't see How free It feels Without you and me. I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go. I know I was Everything you're not supposed to be To someone that you love. (x3) That you love, that you love. And I crash and I burn And I toss and I turn. I belong to you. You provoked and you broke All my dreams and my hope. And I'm sitting still. I feel trapped and alone I thank God you are gone. I sleep better now. I feel free and I see What you are without me. I'm alive again. I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go. I know I was Everything you're not supposed to be To someone that you love. (x3) That you love, that you love. That you love. Na,na, na, na etc. That you love. (x12) |
thanks!
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Love Damien's part, with that passionate crescendo he does so well. But then Melanie kicks in and it just falls flat.
I'm with you Glo on the other duet - it sounds... messy. And not in a good way. |
i insist on the fact that she speaks rather than she sings. is it just me?
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i like the music, DR's part, but I don't really like her voice!
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[out of topic: very welcome! :wave:]
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I like her voice. But I also have a weakness for french girls...
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the two melanie-damien duets are now available on damien's official store... http://damienrice.sandbag.uk.com/Store/Music.html
http://www.damienrice.com/Images/tem...anieDamien.jpg |
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I actually really like Everything You're Not Supposed To Be. Haven't had time to check out the other one yet, but I really like the sound of this one. It's super catchy and while she may not have have the best voice, I don't think it's bad and certainly not unpleasant to listen to.
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I actually liked it quite a bit! Up through 2007 I listened to nothing but Damien and became a little burned out, and needed to switch it up a bit. The new music that he has put out since then, along with my favorites up through 2007, are just in a class of their own. Nothing tops Damien, and this tune is no exception. I was just talking to my fiance about how we should plan a trip to Europe in the next few years and schedule it around a show in Cork. Maybe we are dreaming, but still!
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The other duet is on youtube... I really don't like this one...
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ETA: And the horns! I'm just a sucker for horns. |
well, uncomfortable is way far from being one of my favourites songs but i donīt think itīs terrible at all. and i agree with you lina regarding the strings.
thanks glo for the song. |
if this is what Damien wants to do fine...i just dont want to be subjected to it.....just average , stupid and embarrasing
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uncomfortable sounds another version of baby sister to anyone else?
i know he likes the ladies, but cmon damien.. put some credit to your art again! |
it"s cheezy
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the english-french part on the bridge (i think itīs the bridge)... oh my! that does hurt my ears. i found this: 3:05-3:35, the little man in action (starts at 1:54 actually, but just on the background). |
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