'X-Factor' winner set to cover Damien Rice's 'Cannonball'? - Page 2

srahman24 · 12-12-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by verenita

best part of it so far

Yeah that's exciting!!!

Shillelagh · 12-12-2011, 04:52 PM

A number of people have asked about the Cannonball cover version. Once a writer officially releases a song to the general public, anyone can thereafter, record and release their own cover version of that song without having to ask the writer, as long as the lyrics are unchanged and a few other conditions are met. -damien rice facebook

Shillelagh · 12-12-2011, 04:53 PM

so he obviously fuucking hated it too

mariaoran · 12-12-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by srahman24

I want to avoid it but..... it's like driving by a car crash, you just can't not look. Sigh.
Winner's version is up on youtube already:

HAHAHA the blonde exclaiming "What's going on?" at the 1.05 mark is maybe one of the most unintentionally hilarious (and sad) things I've seen in a while (though mostly hilarious). Holy train wreck, Batman!

srahman24 · 12-12-2011, 05:30 PM

^ Lol. Yeah that was my "favorite" part.

I have my Copyright Law exam on Friday... have to try and work in this debacle when I inevitably have to talk about exclusive licenses and who can own a copyright

Shahar · 12-12-2011, 06:02 PM

what the hell is this ****???

verenita · 12-12-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Shillelagh

so he obviously fuucking hated it too

LOL! and kudos to that assumption

i´m listening it for the first time... what i find curious is that the lyrics are still meaningful. so, if anyone had no idea about this song (the original one, i mean), could actually think the lyrics are good.

borneoman · 12-12-2011, 07:34 PM

^yes not even the worst version ever can ruin those lyrics...

ElephantMan · 12-12-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by borneoman

^yes not even the worst version ever can ruin those lyrics...

I actually believe cannonball is one of Damiens best written songs tbh, although it is one of my least favorite and havent even listened to it in years

borneoman · 12-13-2011, 06:09 AM

just read Little Mix's Cannonball is gonna be #1 for sure come Sunday and has a 80% lead on Coldplay's Para-para-para-paradise at #2

the Little Mix version is unlisteneble... maybe the should re-name themselves as Little Sh*t

borneoman · 12-13-2011, 10:32 AM

Midweek Charts: Little Mix's Cannonball firing to top spot
10:53 | Tuesday December 13, 2011
By Paul Williams
Source: MW

Singles

Newly-crowned X Factor champions Little Mix are heading to the top of the UK singles chart this weekend, but their first-day sales are significantly down on those of 2010 champ Matt Cardle.

Their Syco-issued cover of Damien Rice’s Cannonball sold 68,800 copies by the end of business on Monday to put it around 38,000 sales in front of its nearest challenger, according to Official Charts Company data. However, its sales in the week so far are fewer than the lead Cardle commanded day one for his own winner’s single When We Collide a year ago.

Unusually, the X Factor winner’s single has been released two weeks before the Christmas chart, which is announced on December 25 this year, so, although Cannonball looks destined to lead this coming Sunday’s countdown, it will have to hang on another week to be the Christmas number one.

Rice’s original version of Cannonball is heading for a chart return on the back of Little Mix’s cover. Having made the Top 10 for the first time this year after being performed by X Factor contestant John Adams, the Atlantic-handled single returns as the 11th best seller of the week to date.

verenita · 12-13-2011, 12:29 PM

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Damien Rice could earn as much as £200,000 in royalties for X Factor winners Little Mix's cover of his song Cannonball.

[...]An insider told The Sun newspaper: 'If the track sells as well as expected, he will pocket around £200,000 in 12 months' time, before tax. It will be a great earner and an amazing Christmas present for Damien and his family.'

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/884713-dam...#ixzz1gQtsb7ik

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Damien Rice will become the latest artist to benefit from a lucrative X Factor cover. (Picture: Getty)

what a bunch of s**t!

borneoman · 12-13-2011, 04:38 PM

oh my

if they found the last Damo picture that we got from new York, I'm sure they'd made up a story about how Damo was homeless but now he's getting $ again so he's saved from living in the streets

srahman24 · 12-13-2011, 04:56 PM

^Are you talking about the photo in your icon, Marti? Wanna link me to the full version, please? (I've been so out of the loop, lately!)

borneoman · 12-13-2011, 05:06 PM

^think it's from here:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...voices_gl.html

srahman24 · 12-13-2011, 06:40 PM

And now I'm jealous all over again of all the people who got to see that. The Frames, Sam Amidon, Thomas Bartlett the Bellies, the Dessner brothers and Damien. Jeesh. That's my idea of heaven, right there. Thanks Marti!

mandarific · 12-13-2011, 08:37 PM

Oh, er, wow. Just watched the video. Wow.

...at least maybe now people will go check out the original version so they can hear what it's supposed to sound like?

eva_arg · 12-13-2011, 08:54 PM

OMFG why did I hit play on that video, why??! I only got to the 1.05 mark to hear that bit maria mentioned. indeed, ridiculously sad. emphasis on ridiculous.

jesus. I hate these shows. hate them with passion.

ElephantMan · 12-13-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mandarific

Oh, er, wow. Just watched the video. Wow.

...at least maybe now people will go check out the original version so they can hear what it's supposed to sound like?

amazing how many views/comments on Damiens official video of cannonball....he's gonna hit a homerun on this one...he wont need money so he doesnt need to tour or new record..

Shillelagh · 12-14-2011, 02:13 AM

200,000 L -pretax- are his estimated residuals

but i dont think he gives a fuuck about money

verenita · 12-14-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shillelagh

but i dont think he gives a fuuck about money

me neither... i mean, it´s a good income for sure, but i don´t think it means much to him. we might be wrong though, he.

i got my teacher hooked to this issue. he asked today: "have you heard the cannonball cover? i haven´t, but i think it must be buls**t", hehehe.

mariaoran · 12-15-2011, 11:12 AM

well, If I could make 200k by literally doing nothing new in years, I wouldn't give an fuuck about money either.... just saying...

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Originally Posted by eva_arg

OMFG why did I hit play on that video, why??! I only got to the 1.05 mark to hear that bit maria mentioned. indeed, ridiculously sad. emphasis on ridiculous.
jesus. I hate these shows. hate them with passion.

hah you can thank me later! ; )

verenita · 12-19-2011, 10:29 AM

cannonball radio edition is played on today fm now. even though it can´t be compared to the original one, damien found a way to remain its personality.

i still cannot believe that the song was murdered.

borneoman · 12-19-2011, 03:43 PM

Number One in both Ireland and UK. Damien's first #1

as a songwriter at least!!!

ElephantMan · 12-21-2011, 02:48 AM

nothing super interesting just saw it and anything Damien at this point makes me curious......and I dont see a problem with this, its not the 1st time a song has been covered and butchered.....This is good for damien....even though fame may not be his thing, fortune is always conforting....sorry if this is already posted, but i didnt see it...and my god I cant believe Damien is 38....

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...-16092738.html

verenita · 12-28-2011, 08:42 PM

another little note:

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Damien Rice's O has made its way back into the Irish charts for the first time in almost ten years. Rice's song 'Cannonball' was selected by X-Factor to be covered by the eventual winners, Little Mix, earning Rice a huge payday in the process.

However, X-Factor chiefs may be regretting that decision now as the song was the worst selling X-Factor Christmas single in six years.

dawno · 12-29-2011, 01:40 PM

I finally decided to watch the clip... made it to the mark that Maria mentioned and just couldn't watch any longer.

no. just no. this is so wrong on so many levels.

Undocorkscrew · 01-02-2012, 06:44 AM

I'm in the states and have never kept up with X-Factor. My sister and a friend come over and I hear some girl singing Cannonball and figured they were just watching a cover, which confused me because they have no idea who he even is. Turns out it was this.....

It's not my favorite song of his, but it was undeniably butchered. It aggravates me a bit in that sense, but I'm sure he got a pretty nice check and this new exposure could launch him into a financially successful album if he decides to get the ball rolling on recording new material relatively soon. I doubt he cares a whole lot about money or his records going platinum, but I hear he's a quite charitable fella. I hate to say 'win/win' here since we really don't know how the guy feels about this, but this could benefit him, his fans, and various charity organizations. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here.....I just don't see this as a bad thing, despite how awful the song sounds.

verenita · 01-03-2012, 12:45 PM

i´m listening to the radio and they just played the cover. i agree with you dawno: "no. just no."

i don´t care about the exposure, the cheque or the future sellings... "just no", imho.

Cerque · 01-03-2012, 11:40 PM

I am pretty horrified to be honest.

12-12-2011, 06:02 PM	#36
Shahar Cheers Darling. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 304	what the hell is this ****??? __________________ "We could wrestle with tomorrow Till tomorrow's in the past"

12-12-2011, 07:34 PM	#38
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^yes not even the worst version ever can ruin those lyrics... __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-13-2011, 06:09 AM	#40
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	just read Little Mix's Cannonball is gonna be #1 for sure come Sunday and has a 80% lead on Coldplay's Para-para-para-paradise at #2 the Little Mix version is unlisteneble... maybe the should re-name themselves as Little Sh*t __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-13-2011, 10:32 AM	#41
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Midweek Charts: Little Mix's Cannonball firing to top spot 10:53 \| Tuesday December 13, 2011 By Paul Williams Source: MW Singles Newly-crowned X Factor champions Little Mix are heading to the top of the UK singles chart this weekend, but their first-day sales are significantly down on those of 2010 champ Matt Cardle. Their Syco-issued cover of Damien Rice’s Cannonball sold 68,800 copies by the end of business on Monday to put it around 38,000 sales in front of its nearest challenger, according to Official Charts Company data. However, its sales in the week so far are fewer than the lead Cardle commanded day one for his own winner’s single When We Collide a year ago. Unusually, the X Factor winner’s single has been released two weeks before the Christmas chart, which is announced on December 25 this year, so, although Cannonball looks destined to lead this coming Sunday’s countdown, it will have to hang on another week to be the Christmas number one. Rice’s original version of Cannonball is heading for a chart return on the back of Little Mix’s cover. Having made the Top 10 for the first time this year after being performed by X Factor contestant John Adams, the Atlantic-handled single returns as the 11th best seller of the week to date. __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-13-2011, 04:38 PM	#43
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	oh my if they found the last Damo picture that we got from new York, I'm sure they'd made up a story about how Damo was homeless but now he's getting $ again so he's saved from living in the streets __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-12-2011, 04:52 PM	#32
Shillelagh Eskimo Bro Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago and Madison Posts: 921	A number of people have asked about the Cannonball cover version. Once a writer officially releases a song to the general public, anyone can thereafter, record and release their own cover version of that song without having to ask the writer, as long as the lyrics are unchanged and a few other conditions are met. -damien rice facebook

12-12-2011, 04:53 PM	#33
Shillelagh Eskimo Bro Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago and Madison Posts: 921	so he obviously fuucking hated it too

12-12-2011, 05:30 PM	#35
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	^ Lol. Yeah that was my "favorite" part. I have my Copyright Law exam on Friday... have to try and work in this debacle when I inevitably have to talk about exclusive licenses and who can own a copyright

12-13-2011, 04:56 PM	#44
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	^Are you talking about the photo in your icon, Marti? Wanna link me to the full version, please? (I've been so out of the loop, lately!)

12-13-2011, 05:06 PM	#45
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^think it's from here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...voices_gl.html __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-13-2011, 06:40 PM	#46
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	And now I'm jealous all over again of all the people who got to see that. The Frames, Sam Amidon, Thomas Bartlett the Bellies, the Dessner brothers and Damien. Jeesh. That's my idea of heaven, right there. Thanks Marti! Last edited by srahman24; 12-13-2011 at 06:43 PM.

12-13-2011, 08:37 PM	#47
mandarific Eskimo Regular Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 192	Oh, er, wow. Just watched the video. Wow. ...at least maybe now people will go check out the original version so they can hear what it's supposed to sound like?

12-13-2011, 08:54 PM	#48
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	OMFG why did I hit play on that video, why??! I only got to the 1.05 mark to hear that bit maria mentioned. indeed, ridiculously sad. emphasis on ridiculous. jesus. I hate these shows. hate them with passion. __________________

12-14-2011, 02:13 AM	#50
Shillelagh Eskimo Bro Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago and Madison Posts: 921	200,000 L -pretax- are his estimated residuals but i dont think he gives a fuuck about money

12-19-2011, 10:29 AM	#53
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	cannonball radio edition is played on today fm now. even though it can´t be compared to the original one, damien found a way to remain its personality. i still cannot believe that the song was murdered. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

12-19-2011, 03:43 PM	#54
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Number One in both Ireland and UK. Damien's first #1 as a songwriter at least!!! __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

12-21-2011, 02:48 AM	#55
ElephantMan Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 237	FWIW just another redundant article nothing super interesting just saw it and anything Damien at this point makes me curious......and I dont see a problem with this, its not the 1st time a song has been covered and butchered.....This is good for damien....even though fame may not be his thing, fortune is always conforting....sorry if this is already posted, but i didnt see it...and my god I cant believe Damien is 38.... http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...-16092738.html

12-29-2011, 01:40 PM	#57
dawno just mildly free Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: metro nyc Posts: 769	I finally decided to watch the clip... made it to the mark that Maria mentioned and just couldn't watch any longer. no. just no. this is so wrong on so many levels.

01-02-2012, 06:44 AM	#58
Undocorkscrew Eskimo Friend Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 40	I'm in the states and have never kept up with X-Factor. My sister and a friend come over and I hear some girl singing Cannonball and figured they were just watching a cover, which confused me because they have no idea who he even is. Turns out it was this..... It's not my favorite song of his, but it was undeniably butchered. It aggravates me a bit in that sense, but I'm sure he got a pretty nice check and this new exposure could launch him into a financially successful album if he decides to get the ball rolling on recording new material relatively soon. I doubt he cares a whole lot about money or his records going platinum, but I hear he's a quite charitable fella. I hate to say 'win/win' here since we really don't know how the guy feels about this, but this could benefit him, his fans, and various charity organizations. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here.....I just don't see this as a bad thing, despite how awful the song sounds.

01-03-2012, 12:45 PM	#59
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i´m listening to the radio and they just played the cover. i agree with you dawno: "no. just no." i don´t care about the exposure, the cheque or the future sellings... "just no", imho. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-03-2012, 11:40 PM	#60
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	I am pretty horrified to be honest.