south american tour 2009 - Page 5

Delonelyman · 01-29-2009, 11:05 PM

Here is great review (in spanish) from vía-x an alternative channel from the cable. There are a couple of videos too.

http://www.viax.cl/?p=7316

Devushka · 01-30-2009, 12:03 AM

Ok guys, here we go!

I'm gonna start telling you from the very beginning... When i got to Santiago. (If you don't wanna read this part, cuz it's about my friend and I, jump to the 2nd parragraph)

At 4:00 pm sharp, we took the bus from Viña del Mar to Santiago. Two hours later we were at the front door of the Teather. We went inside cuz I wanted to see if Damien would be there for the sound check ( I wanted to talk to him before the show) But, no sound at all, so following all the advices you guys gave me, we went to check out all the entries and exits of the Teather to see where could Damien come out after the show... We found only two, the front and the back, so it was more than obvious that Damien would go out from the back....
After that, since there was no movement at all there, we headed to the Hotel Sheraton, where Damien was staying.... after a long walk, we got there and once again... nothing exciting or Damien-ish going on lol....
We were hungry, too excited and thirsty, so we went to chill out a bit in a near restorant, where minutes later the eskimo, Ricardo, "Delonelyman" joined me, my friend and his sister (she went to meet us cuz we were staying at her place at night, and we needed the key )
So! after eating and talking and some pics taken, we finally left for the Teather again!! I was nervous and too excited ! you can't even imagine! we stood there for some minutes and the officers opened the doors to go in!! There were lots of people but it was not full yet. I got to meet other fans and Paula, a friend I had met on facebook some weeks ago, showed up and join us…

AND SO IT IS….. 7 or 5 minutes after 9:30 pm, the show starts!!!!!!!! Everyone on their seats, and the lights starts to go down a bit.. and everybody screams!! … in a few second… Damien appears from the left side of the scenario… and everyone, go CRAZY!!! (including me of course) we were screaming so loud I don’t know how Damien didn’t get scare lol…
He walked straight to the microphone, grabbed his guitar, and trying to hide a smile (cuz I think he was happy from our welcoming) he started playing INSANE right away, no introduction of any kind… The set list went as follow:
1 Insane
2 Older Chest
3 Le Profesor & La fille Dance
4 9 Crimes
5 Amie
6 Coconut Skin
7 Volcano
8 I Remember
9 Rootless Tree
10 The Blowers Daughter
11 Eskimo
12 Elephant
13 Cannonbal
14 Accidental Babies
15 Delicate
16 Cheers Darling
He talked and joked around in between songs, he told lots of stories, some of them about a “penis” where he started: “This is a story about a…..” and a girl screamed… “ME!” and he kindly said: “Do you have a penis??” and well.. everyone laughed….. Other about how he never realized before when he was young where the **** went when you flush it (really weird )… and another one about how when you first start a relationship, when your partner is not home when you call, you ask them, “honey where were you?”… but then when time passes by, you just go….”Where tha hell where you??” haha..

There is a part I didn’t like one bit, and it actually made me feel really bad… not that much at the moment, but now that I have looked at the video, I almost felt like crying… So, this is what happened. Everyone was taking pictures and recording videos, and some people where taking pictures with flashes. Damien has said that he didn’t like to hold onto memories cuz if you do that, then you don’t live the present… and what he was really saying was: stop taking pictures and recording and just enjoy the show… but we just kept on doing our thing, and singing, screaming, taking pics and recording….. and at one point, I was recording with my photo camera… cuz I don’t have a video one, I was holding it very low, it wasn’t up in the air bothering anyone, in fact, it was below my head…. But he kept on looking at everyone, and he looked at me and my friend and said… “so, we still have the cameras going…” with a very weird smile, then he was really serious then smiling and joking again and he said … “this song is about everyone who thought it was important to capture this moment on camera…” then he was really serious again… he goes: “it’s a song about waking up one day , and you are 10 years older than you thought you were”, serious and smiling at the same time… then he goes: “ 10 years before I thought that I would be so much different…. I thought that I would have a lot more courage, I thought I would be more honest, I thought I would be absolutely more comfortable with being myself…” then he said something about the present, on how he was always thinking about “her” or “him” or the future etc… instead of living the moment…. He said that when digital cameras came out he had one and he had hundreds of pictures that he never looked at….. then he told a story about his house being on fire, and that he was happy cuz then he didn’t have to make choices on what memories he had to keep… (like which photograph to keep) … it was a funny story and while he was telling it, he laughed and we all laughed… he started singing Coconut Skins,… flashes kept going.. he was very serious again and I don’t know why.. he kept on looking at MY camara (I was recording.. not taking pics) … and like 10 seconds after he started with the song he looks at my camara and says: “even for one song just put them away….” Then he looks at the rest of the audience and everyone screams and claps…. I had to stop my recording…. I don’t know what other people were doing, but I felt really bad!! Like I was the one bothering him :S It didn’t feel that bad at the time…. But now I can see his face more clearly and he was really pissed  And now I think that maybe he gave us all this clues on how uncomfortable he was and we didn’t get it… so now I feel terrible!!! And I deleted the video… it made me feel aweful…
He also did the Volcano thing on stage, but since he got a little mad about us taking pictures and recording videos, he said: “Everyone who DOESN’T have a camara… come up stage” I was like.. WTF!!!??? I have to admit I was a little mad too…. Cuz he kept going back to the subject about the cameras. But then suddently everyone rushed to the stage and there was no more room in it!! It was fun and funny, but I didn’t enjoy it… at all….

Well…. After a few minutes I decided to forget what had happened and continue to enjoy the show… seems like Damien did the same…. I enjoyed the show with NO camera…. I only turned it on for the last song… Cheers Darling, which I’m really happy I did cuz it was HILARIOUS!!!

Well… the overall of the show… it was AMAZING!!! Even with that incident…..
He was funny, very friendly, he asked us if we had a song request, where we all shouted different things…. He played them… and we were all happy!
I did miss “Then Go” , “Cold Water” and “Woman like a Man” , but the set list was great anyways!!

So, after he said good bye, for the second time, we started going out of the theater and a group of people I had met inside before the show, were planning to stay until he came out, so my friend, Ricardo, Paula and I joined them also…. We waited for like an hour, talking, laughing and telling stories, and when he finally came out, everyone clapped and cheered him and then rushed to talked to him. He was very friendly, always with a smile, before he came out we had agreed not to ask for pictures or autographs, so he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Like everyone was around him, I was too far from him to talk to him so.. I said in a loud voice…. That I had a present for Damien, that I needed to go through.. so everyone was very cool and let me go through and I was in front of him! I couldn’t believe it! I try no to shake cuz I was nervous, but I guess I pulled that off really well haha!! Well, anyways, I said hi to him, and told him I had a present for him, something small thou… It was silver colored key holder with the flag and the name of Chile in it, all in a silver color… and in the back it said: “Come Back Soon” I hope he liked it… at least he looked happy

I also told him that this tour was a big surprise for us and that we really thank him for coming here. He said: “really?? “ he also said that this was his holidays and that he was only going to make this benefit concert in Brazil, but then he started adding more places for a mini tour haha… he was so cute and really really nice… then I kinda ask for a hug just with body language haha and he gave me a big strong hug like old pals

I couldn’t ask for more!!

Well.. that was my whole experience… I was happy and excited, mad, sad, worried and back to happy again!!! I AM STILL IN HEAVEN!!!

Devushka · 01-30-2009, 12:06 AM

Pictures here!!

There u go... i hope u like them! I'm gonna try to upload the video of Cheers Darling, cuz i have the whole thing and it is really funny..... till then..... CHEERS!!!

verenita · 01-30-2009, 01:08 AM

hey, girl! thanks for share ALL the feelings you had (and still have)...
i don´t think it was personal at all... maybe he felt tired about cameras, flashes and all these things, cause the three gigs before. i´m sorry you felt bad.

but, hey... you got a hug!

and the most important thing. you felt the magic and you will feel it forever

cheers for that

thanks for the pics. awesome, really!

eskimo_prague · 01-30-2009, 01:18 AM

Thanks for the review Devushka! Both your recount of the events, and the great pictures you took, were excellent to read/watch.

I'm sorry about the camera thing. You weren't using a flash, were you? Watching the few videos that have surfaced from the concert in Chile (and like you mentioned), it looks like many people were using flash, so that's probably what bothered him and what drew attention to the use of cameras. I can tell you that many people, even in the front row, were using their cameras at the Mexican concert and he didn't say a thing about it. Not many people used flashes there though, so it might have had something to do with that.

In any case, don't feel bad, his discomfort was most likely not directed towards you personally (he has stated he dislikes cameras in the past), I mean you even got a hug from him, and you gave him your gift

So all in all I think it's safe to say that more good than bad came out of the experience, don't you think?

Thanks again!!

eskimo_prague · 01-30-2009, 01:26 AM

Some excellent videos from the second Mexican date have surfaced on YouTube!!!

Fool

Insane

Volcano (without the sing-along

Amie (with story, tending towards the graphic with a funny use for socks)

Cheers Darlin' (with story)

Woman Like A Man (with story)

9 Crimes

The Blower's Daughter

eskimo_prague · 01-30-2009, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

^Amazing clips, thanks a lot

Maybe yoiu could up Acc Babies... well all of them if you can

Accidental Babies will be my next

Devushka · 01-30-2009, 01:41 AM

verenita and eskimo_prague ! thanks for your words!! and no, i wasnt using flash.. i did took 4 pics with it almost at the beggining of the show.. and then i stopped cuz 1.- i know it must be really anoying trying to perform the kinda songs Damien sings with 100's of flashes in his face.. and 2.- i hate to take pics with flash in concerts cuz it kills the real lighting of the scenario.. so... i do think he was pissed out at those camera flashes.... but not me.... i just dont know why he kept looking at my lense .... :S and i was just recording when he said that... not even taking a shot.. but oh well.... it is true what u say... more good comes out of this experience than bad.... waaaaaaaaaaaaay more good!!!!! it was just amazing! and having him so close to me in the stage and when i talked to him... it was ... like you say.. magic!!!

here are some pics of me talking to him ... thou... it was really hard for my friend to take these photos... I am the girl in front of him who he is looking at..... and the last pic.. i was by his side and this girl walked in front of him!! arrghhh

oh well...

(I can really see now he was paying attention to what I was saying aww haha)

verenita · 01-30-2009, 02:02 AM

^there you go, girl! i´m, happy for you

Devushka · 01-30-2009, 02:16 AM

thank u so much!!!!

borneoman · 01-30-2009, 06:58 AM

^Great pics & stories Devu!!!! You see, the waiting outside thing always works!

and LOL at the socks bit story from Mexico!!!!!

Larissa · 01-30-2009, 09:24 AM

Devushka,

Thank you so much... oh, he seems so happy in the pics... and you got a hug, lucky girl!
I felt really bad about this pic stuff, but actually I think we are gonna have the same situation here in Brazil TONIGHT!
I loved the set list!!

verenita · 01-30-2009, 11:29 AM

brazilian eskimos´turn! have a great night peeps!

eva_arg · 01-30-2009, 11:45 AM

Devushka, don't worry, it wasn't personal. flashes are really annoying just having them at your side in the audience, imagine what it must feel like up there. the best thing is that it was a great show and you got to meet him! thanks for thepics, they are great.

Brazil, you're up!! have a woderful show, people!!

I just read the San Pablo show is sold out. great! how many people holds that venue?

eva_arg · 01-30-2009, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eskimo_prague

Some excellent videos from the second Mexican date have surfaced on YouTube!!!

Fool

Insane

Volcano (without the sing-along

Amie (with story, tending towards the graphic with a funny use for socks)

Cheers Darlin' (with story)

Woman Like A Man (with story)

9 Crimes

The Blower's Daughter

wow. great quality!

Larissa · 01-30-2009, 12:10 PM

Hi, eskimofriends!!!
Yeas, the tickets are sold out in Sao Paulo... I checked and almost 1200 people is gonna be there tonight! And I'll be in the second line!!! I am so excited!

verenita · 01-30-2009, 12:24 PM

there´re more pictures at damien´s board.
eva found them. thanks, girl!

fishwife · 01-30-2009, 07:03 PM

the cheers darling was hilarious.. almost uncomfortably funny... everybody must have been so surprised with his act...drunk or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hETt...eature=related

Devushka · 01-30-2009, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishwife

the cheers darling was hilarious.. almost uncomfortably funny... everybody must have been so surprised with his act...drunk or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hETt...eature=related

hahaha it was the funnies thing ever!!!! and when he started singing and dancing..."im too bootylicious" HAHAHAH!!!

Right now im trying to squeeze the video, cuz it's too heavy to upload, i have it complete, since the very beginning...... so i'll try to post it here when it's done... u'll LOVE it! i'm sure!

Joyful · 01-30-2009, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishwife

the cheers darling was hilarious.. almost uncomfortably funny... everybody must have been so surprised with his act...drunk or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hETt...eature=related

I've watched a lot of Cheers Darlings and have sorta grown bored with them, but that was HILARIOUS!!
I love the improv "my body's too bootylicious"
the mined phone call
this MF over here
the ipod not working and starting over.
The mic catching fire

Funny stuff. And again, he seems so happy (and drunk).

eva_arg · 01-30-2009, 09:12 PM

LMAO!!! that's the funniest thing ever!

borneoman · 01-30-2009, 11:17 PM

Omg, craziest Cheers Darlin ever!!!! I thought nothing could beat the Saratoga Winery version but sure this does!!!! LOL at the Bootylicious bit

Cali · 01-30-2009, 11:18 PM

fool!!!!

srahman24 · 01-31-2009, 12:46 AM

Devushka, those photos are amazing!! Thanks for sharing your night with us

srahman24 · 01-31-2009, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

Omg, craziest Cheers Darlin ever!!!! I thought nothing could beat the Saratoga Winery version but sure this does!!!! LOL at the Bootylicious bit

I was just thinking the same thing! I love when he sets the mic on fire. Brilliant.

aurora · 01-31-2009, 08:29 AM

He didn't play Cold Water????
That's my favourite, I sing it all day...
I missed this concert, but when I see him live (in 10 years... haha) he will sing it!!!

Devushka, greeeat night, great pictures... I wish I was there!

glo32 · 01-31-2009, 11:54 AM

no reviews from the brazilian gig?

SisterMidnight · 01-31-2009, 12:28 PM

maybe they are still sleeping in brazil?

there's a setlist and photos up on the orkut damien rice brasil site, but i can't understand any of the reviews because i don't speak portuguese well enough.. (i don't want to steal anyone's thunder so i'll wait to see if felipe or gustavo or renny come to post about it)

come back and tell us about the show brazilian eskimos! por favor

Moves-My-World · 01-31-2009, 02:15 PM

Judging by all the South American videos, I think Damien should perform on his own more often

He's such an entertainer as well as a musician.

tarasova · 01-31-2009, 03:04 PM

ok people, I'm gonna tell you guys about the gig in São Paulo but first of all I have to say this: IT WAS CRAZY.

Seriously, I was expecting it to be amazing, but somehow it was so so so much better. Damien opened with The Professor, and then he announced Sand and the crowd started screaming and he was like "WTF how do you know Sand?! It's impossible! IMPOSSIBLE!" (lolz for Damien's portuguese-spanish-thing).

Everybody sang with him, I was sitting on the third row so I could see him perfectly and it was amazing to see how everyone wanted to be there so badly. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact order he sang, but he played Delicate and Amie, and he told a hilarious tale before Amie, then he sand Woman Like a Man and said it was about the same person. He was in a very good mood, and I think he was quite taken aback for the brazilian fans because they are, well, crazy. The proof of this was when he started singing Volcano, and the crowd was singing with him all the time, and then he said "whoa you are very good singers. so far. so you wanna sing? everybody who wants to sing gets up here on stage!" and we went CRAZY. People invaded the stage and he divided us into groups to make a choir-thing with him:

you can see me on the second one!

He also sang Elephant, Rootless Tree, I Remember, Coconut Skinks (with a BE YOURSELF

advice-introduction) and, after teaching us a fake-suicide technique to learn the value of life, Cold Water. Then he turned all the mics off and sang Cannonball and left.

He came back to tell us about his "vacation in Brazil" and how he went to the samba and met some brazilian musicians and how he decided to invite Max de Castro to join him and play DESAFINADO. I was so so so pleased to hear him singing Absurd Portuguese! Then he played Blower's Daughter (alone - São Jorge will be perfoming with him in Florianópolis, and Damien is going to appear in São Jorge's gig in Rio.)

The last song was Cheer's Darling; before the show started, someone left him an elephant plushie with a brazilian flag hat in it, and he asked whose gift was it from, and invited the girl on stage to drink some wine with him - BUT SHE DIDN'T DRINK. Damien was all "Oh. SHE DOESN'T DRINK!

It's ok. That's a good thing." then he asked one of the bodyguards to pick a couple on the crowd, and opened two bottles of wine to stage his anecdote. They drank them in about three minutes. hahaha

After the show he took his time to say hello and hug some desperate fans (erm) who were waiting for him, and it was quite obvious he hated the whole taking pictures thing, but, all in all, he was very kind.

I'm aware this review is absurd and not coherent at all, but I just wanted to let you guys know how awesome it was! I hope he comes back soon! <3

(I forgot to take my camera, but I'll let you guys know when I find more pics and videos!)

01-29-2009, 11:05 PM	#121
Delonelyman Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chile Posts: 93	Here is great review (in spanish) from vía-x an alternative channel from the cable. There are a couple of videos too. http://www.viax.cl/?p=7316 __________________ http://www.myspace.com/delonelyman

01-30-2009, 12:06 AM	#123
Devushka Folkie Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CHILE Posts: 211	Pictures here!! There u go... i hope u like them! I'm gonna try to upload the video of Cheers Darling, cuz i have the whole thing and it is really funny..... till then..... CHEERS!!! Last edited by Devushka; 01-30-2009 at 12:16 AM.

01-30-2009, 01:08 AM	#124
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	hey, girl! thanks for share ALL the feelings you had (and still have)... i don´t think it was personal at all... maybe he felt tired about cameras, flashes and all these things, cause the three gigs before. i´m sorry you felt bad. but, hey... you got a hug! and the most important thing. you felt the magic and you will feel it forever cheers for that thanks for the pics. awesome, really! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-30-2009, 02:02 AM	#129
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^there you go, girl! i´m, happy for you __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-30-2009, 06:58 AM	#131
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^Great pics & stories Devu!!!! You see, the waiting outside thing always works! and LOL at the socks bit story from Mexico!!!!! __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I? Last edited by borneoman; 01-30-2009 at 07:02 AM.

01-30-2009, 12:03 AM	#122
Devushka Folkie Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CHILE Posts: 211	Ok guys, here we go! I'm gonna start telling you from the very beginning... When i got to Santiago. (If you don't wanna read this part, cuz it's about my friend and I, jump to the 2nd parragraph) At 4:00 pm sharp, we took the bus from Viña del Mar to Santiago. Two hours later we were at the front door of the Teather. We went inside cuz I wanted to see if Damien would be there for the sound check ( I wanted to talk to him before the show) But, no sound at all, so following all the advices you guys gave me, we went to check out all the entries and exits of the Teather to see where could Damien come out after the show... We found only two, the front and the back, so it was more than obvious that Damien would go out from the back.... After that, since there was no movement at all there, we headed to the Hotel Sheraton, where Damien was staying.... after a long walk, we got there and once again... nothing exciting or Damien-ish going on lol.... We were hungry, too excited and thirsty, so we went to chill out a bit in a near restorant, where minutes later the eskimo, Ricardo, "Delonelyman" joined me, my friend and his sister (she went to meet us cuz we were staying at her place at night, and we needed the key ) So! after eating and talking and some pics taken, we finally left for the Teather again!! I was nervous and too excited ! you can't even imagine! we stood there for some minutes and the officers opened the doors to go in!! There were lots of people but it was not full yet. I got to meet other fans and Paula, a friend I had met on facebook some weeks ago, showed up and join us… AND SO IT IS….. 7 or 5 minutes after 9:30 pm, the show starts!!!!!!!! Everyone on their seats, and the lights starts to go down a bit.. and everybody screams!! … in a few second… Damien appears from the left side of the scenario… and everyone, go CRAZY!!! (including me of course) we were screaming so loud I don’t know how Damien didn’t get scare lol… He walked straight to the microphone, grabbed his guitar, and trying to hide a smile (cuz I think he was happy from our welcoming) he started playing INSANE right away, no introduction of any kind… The set list went as follow: 1 Insane 2 Older Chest 3 Le Profesor & La fille Dance 4 9 Crimes 5 Amie 6 Coconut Skin 7 Volcano 8 I Remember 9 Rootless Tree 10 The Blowers Daughter 11 Eskimo 12 Elephant 13 Cannonbal 14 Accidental Babies 15 Delicate 16 Cheers Darling He talked and joked around in between songs, he told lots of stories, some of them about a “penis” where he started: “This is a story about a…..” and a girl screamed… “ME!” and he kindly said: “Do you have a penis??” and well.. everyone laughed….. Other about how he never realized before when he was young where the **** went when you flush it (really weird )… and another one about how when you first start a relationship, when your partner is not home when you call, you ask them, “honey where were you?”… but then when time passes by, you just go….”Where tha hell where you??” haha.. There is a part I didn’t like one bit, and it actually made me feel really bad… not that much at the moment, but now that I have looked at the video, I almost felt like crying… So, this is what happened. Everyone was taking pictures and recording videos, and some people where taking pictures with flashes. Damien has said that he didn’t like to hold onto memories cuz if you do that, then you don’t live the present… and what he was really saying was: stop taking pictures and recording and just enjoy the show… but we just kept on doing our thing, and singing, screaming, taking pics and recording….. and at one point, I was recording with my photo camera… cuz I don’t have a video one, I was holding it very low, it wasn’t up in the air bothering anyone, in fact, it was below my head…. But he kept on looking at everyone, and he looked at me and my friend and said… “so, we still have the cameras going…” with a very weird smile, then he was really serious then smiling and joking again and he said … “this song is about everyone who thought it was important to capture this moment on camera…” then he was really serious again… he goes: “it’s a song about waking up one day , and you are 10 years older than you thought you were”, serious and smiling at the same time… then he goes: “ 10 years before I thought that I would be so much different…. I thought that I would have a lot more courage, I thought I would be more honest, I thought I would be absolutely more comfortable with being myself…” then he said something about the present, on how he was always thinking about “her” or “him” or the future etc… instead of living the moment…. He said that when digital cameras came out he had one and he had hundreds of pictures that he never looked at….. then he told a story about his house being on fire, and that he was happy cuz then he didn’t have to make choices on what memories he had to keep… (like which photograph to keep) … it was a funny story and while he was telling it, he laughed and we all laughed… he started singing Coconut Skins,… flashes kept going.. he was very serious again and I don’t know why.. he kept on looking at MY camara (I was recording.. not taking pics) … and like 10 seconds after he started with the song he looks at my camara and says: “even for one song just put them away….” Then he looks at the rest of the audience and everyone screams and claps…. I had to stop my recording…. I don’t know what other people were doing, but I felt really bad!! Like I was the one bothering him :S It didn’t feel that bad at the time…. But now I can see his face more clearly and he was really pissed  And now I think that maybe he gave us all this clues on how uncomfortable he was and we didn’t get it… so now I feel terrible!!! And I deleted the video… it made me feel aweful… He also did the Volcano thing on stage, but since he got a little mad about us taking pictures and recording videos, he said: “Everyone who DOESN’T have a camara… come up stage” I was like.. WTF!!!??? I have to admit I was a little mad too…. Cuz he kept going back to the subject about the cameras. But then suddently everyone rushed to the stage and there was no more room in it!! It was fun and funny, but I didn’t enjoy it… at all…. Well…. After a few minutes I decided to forget what had happened and continue to enjoy the show… seems like Damien did the same…. I enjoyed the show with NO camera…. I only turned it on for the last song… Cheers Darling, which I’m really happy I did cuz it was HILARIOUS!!! Well… the overall of the show… it was AMAZING!!! Even with that incident….. He was funny, very friendly, he asked us if we had a song request, where we all shouted different things…. He played them… and we were all happy! I did miss “Then Go” , “Cold Water” and “Woman like a Man” , but the set list was great anyways!! So, after he said good bye, for the second time, we started going out of the theater and a group of people I had met inside before the show, were planning to stay until he came out, so my friend, Ricardo, Paula and I joined them also…. We waited for like an hour, talking, laughing and telling stories, and when he finally came out, everyone clapped and cheered him and then rushed to talked to him. He was very friendly, always with a smile, before he came out we had agreed not to ask for pictures or autographs, so he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Like everyone was around him, I was too far from him to talk to him so.. I said in a loud voice…. That I had a present for Damien, that I needed to go through.. so everyone was very cool and let me go through and I was in front of him! I couldn’t believe it! I try no to shake cuz I was nervous, but I guess I pulled that off really well haha!! Well, anyways, I said hi to him, and told him I had a present for him, something small thou… It was silver colored key holder with the flag and the name of Chile in it, all in a silver color… and in the back it said: “Come Back Soon” I hope he liked it… at least he looked happy I also told him that this tour was a big surprise for us and that we really thank him for coming here. He said: “really?? “ he also said that this was his holidays and that he was only going to make this benefit concert in Brazil, but then he started adding more places for a mini tour haha… he was so cute and really really nice… then I kinda ask for a hug just with body language haha and he gave me a big strong hug like old pals I couldn’t ask for more!! Well.. that was my whole experience… I was happy and excited, mad, sad, worried and back to happy again!!! I AM STILL IN HEAVEN!!!

01-30-2009, 01:18 AM	#125
eskimo_prague Eskimo Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 178	Thanks for the review Devushka! Both your recount of the events, and the great pictures you took, were excellent to read/watch. I'm sorry about the camera thing. You weren't using a flash, were you? Watching the few videos that have surfaced from the concert in Chile (and like you mentioned), it looks like many people were using flash, so that's probably what bothered him and what drew attention to the use of cameras. I can tell you that many people, even in the front row, were using their cameras at the Mexican concert and he didn't say a thing about it. Not many people used flashes there though, so it might have had something to do with that. In any case, don't feel bad, his discomfort was most likely not directed towards you personally (he has stated he dislikes cameras in the past), I mean you even got a hug from him, and you gave him your gift So all in all I think it's safe to say that more good than bad came out of the experience, don't you think? Thanks again!!

01-30-2009, 01:26 AM	#126
eskimo_prague Eskimo Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 178	Some excellent videos from the second Mexican date have surfaced on YouTube!!! Fool Insane Volcano (without the sing-along Amie (with story, tending towards the graphic with a funny use for socks) Cheers Darlin' (with story) Woman Like A Man (with story) 9 Crimes The Blower's Daughter

01-30-2009, 01:41 AM	#128
Devushka Folkie Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CHILE Posts: 211	verenita and eskimo_prague ! thanks for your words!! and no, i wasnt using flash.. i did took 4 pics with it almost at the beggining of the show.. and then i stopped cuz 1.- i know it must be really anoying trying to perform the kinda songs Damien sings with 100's of flashes in his face.. and 2.- i hate to take pics with flash in concerts cuz it kills the real lighting of the scenario.. so... i do think he was pissed out at those camera flashes.... but not me.... i just dont know why he kept looking at my lense .... :S and i was just recording when he said that... not even taking a shot.. but oh well.... it is true what u say... more good comes out of this experience than bad.... waaaaaaaaaaaaay more good!!!!! it was just amazing! and having him so close to me in the stage and when i talked to him... it was ... like you say.. magic!!! here are some pics of me talking to him ... thou... it was really hard for my friend to take these photos... I am the girl in front of him who he is looking at..... and the last pic.. i was by his side and this girl walked in front of him!! arrghhh oh well... (I can really see now he was paying attention to what I was saying aww haha)

01-30-2009, 02:16 AM	#130
Devushka Folkie Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CHILE Posts: 211	thank u so much!!!!

01-30-2009, 09:24 AM	#132
Larissa Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SP - Brasil Posts: 37	Devushka, Thank you so much... oh, he seems so happy in the pics... and you got a hug, lucky girl! I felt really bad about this pic stuff, but actually I think we are gonna have the same situation here in Brazil TONIGHT! I loved the set list!!

01-30-2009, 11:29 AM	#133
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	brazilian eskimos´turn! have a great night peeps! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-30-2009, 11:45 AM	#134
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	Devushka, don't worry, it wasn't personal. flashes are really annoying just having them at your side in the audience, imagine what it must feel like up there. the best thing is that it was a great show and you got to meet him! thanks for thepics, they are great. Brazil, you're up!! have a woderful show, people!! I just read the San Pablo show is sold out. great! how many people holds that venue? __________________ Last edited by eva_arg; 01-30-2009 at 12:00 PM.

01-30-2009, 12:10 PM	#136
Larissa Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SP - Brasil Posts: 37	Hi, eskimofriends!!! Yeas, the tickets are sold out in Sao Paulo... I checked and almost 1200 people is gonna be there tonight! And I'll be in the second line!!! I am so excited!

01-30-2009, 12:24 PM	#137
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	la trastienda: more pics there´re more pictures at damien´s board. eva found them. thanks, girl! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-30-2009, 07:03 PM	#138
fishwife Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 42	the cheers darling was hilarious.. almost uncomfortably funny... everybody must have been so surprised with his act...drunk or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hETt...eature=related

01-30-2009, 09:12 PM	#141
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	LMAO!!! that's the funniest thing ever! __________________

01-30-2009, 11:17 PM	#142
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Omg, craziest Cheers Darlin ever!!!! I thought nothing could beat the Saratoga Winery version but sure this does!!!! LOL at the Bootylicious bit __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

01-30-2009, 11:18 PM	#143
Cali Vegetable Eskimo Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: A room of musical tunes Posts: 5,158	fool!!!! __________________ Scrubs Ted and Kate Micucci Screw You (full song) __________________________________ note: my name is NOT short for California

01-31-2009, 12:46 AM	#144
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	Devushka, those photos are amazing!! Thanks for sharing your night with us

01-31-2009, 08:29 AM	#146
aurora Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 10	He didn't play Cold Water???? That's my favourite, I sing it all day... I missed this concert, but when I see him live (in 10 years... haha) he will sing it!!! Devushka, greeeat night, great pictures... I wish I was there!

01-31-2009, 11:54 AM	#147
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	no reviews from the brazilian gig?

01-31-2009, 12:28 PM	#148
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	maybe they are still sleeping in brazil? there's a setlist and photos up on the orkut damien rice brasil site, but i can't understand any of the reviews because i don't speak portuguese well enough.. (i don't want to steal anyone's thunder so i'll wait to see if felipe or gustavo or renny come to post about it) come back and tell us about the show brazilian eskimos! por favor

01-31-2009, 02:15 PM	#149
Moves-My-World Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 560	Judging by all the South American videos, I think Damien should perform on his own more often He's such an entertainer as well as a musician.

01-31-2009, 03:04 PM	#150
tarasova Eskimo Baby Join Date: May 2007 Location: São Paulo, Brazil. Posts: 25	SÃo paulo <3 ok people, I'm gonna tell you guys about the gig in São Paulo but first of all I have to say this: IT WAS CRAZY. Seriously, I was expecting it to be amazing, but somehow it was so so so much better. Damien opened with The Professor, and then he announced Sand and the crowd started screaming and he was like "WTF how do you know Sand?! It's impossible! IMPOSSIBLE!" (lolz for Damien's portuguese-spanish-thing). Everybody sang with him, I was sitting on the third row so I could see him perfectly and it was amazing to see how everyone wanted to be there so badly. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact order he sang, but he played Delicate and Amie, and he told a hilarious tale before Amie, then he sand Woman Like a Man and said it was about the same person. He was in a very good mood, and I think he was quite taken aback for the brazilian fans because they are, well, crazy. The proof of this was when he started singing Volcano, and the crowd was singing with him all the time, and then he said "whoa you are very good singers. so far. so you wanna sing? everybody who wants to sing gets up here on stage!" and we went CRAZY. People invaded the stage and he divided us into groups to make a choir-thing with him: you can see me on the second one! He also sang Elephant, Rootless Tree, I Remember, Coconut Skinks (with a BE YOURSELF advice-introduction) and, after teaching us a fake-suicide technique to learn the value of life, Cold Water. Then he turned all the mics off and sang Cannonball and left. He came back to tell us about his "vacation in Brazil" and how he went to the samba and met some brazilian musicians and how he decided to invite Max de Castro to join him and play DESAFINADO. I was so so so pleased to hear him singing Absurd Portuguese! Then he played Blower's Daughter (alone - São Jorge will be perfoming with him in Florianópolis, and Damien is going to appear in São Jorge's gig in Rio.) The last song was Cheer's Darling; before the show started, someone left him an elephant plushie with a brazilian flag hat in it, and he asked whose gift was it from, and invited the girl on stage to drink some wine with him - BUT SHE DIDN'T DRINK. Damien was all "Oh. SHE DOESN'T DRINK! It's ok. That's a good thing." then he asked one of the bodyguards to pick a couple on the crowd, and opened two bottles of wine to stage his anecdote. They drank them in about three minutes. hahaha After the show he took his time to say hello and hug some desperate fans (erm) who were waiting for him, and it was quite obvious he hated the whole taking pictures thing, but, all in all, he was very kind. I'm aware this review is absurd and not coherent at all, but I just wanted to let you guys know how awesome it was! I hope he comes back soon! <3 (I forgot to take my camera, but I'll let you guys know when I find more pics and videos!) __________________ Brazilians love you, Damien. They really really love you. (I tell no lies! THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOMENESS, Damo! <3) Last edited by tarasova; 01-31-2009 at 03:07 PM.