insane

jbpats · 05-12-2007, 11:30 AM

Just discovered this tune thanks to this forum. Needless to say it gives me goose bumps everytime i hear it. Could be the most beautiful song i have ever heard in my entire life. Does he ever play this live anymore? if not im going to request it all night when he comes to Boston...

if any of you are as late as i am with this song (which i seriously doubt) it is the third song he plays at krcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5Ulp4bxCY

Bumpman · 05-12-2007, 03:20 PM

Sometimes he plays it, it's quite rare though. He'll play it if he actually asks the audience if they want to hear anything, and then you say "Insane!" before anyone else says anything. Otherwise he'll just play what he wants, so for the love of god and the sake of the good people of Boston, don't request it all night, you'll really get on everyone's nerves... and wreck the bootlegs.

Spamlet · 05-12-2007, 03:59 PM

Actually, it's not that rarely played I've seen Damo live 7 times and he played it at 3 of those shows.

Top ten favorite older rarely played songs I've yet to see him do at a show I've attended (in order of how badly I want to hear them):

WDYKAL?
Didn't Take Long
Fool
Rule No 2
Lonely Soldier
Is That It, My Friend?
Bottom Shelf
Childish
Then Go
Toffee Pop

And, of course, anything new that he's never played live is always my favorite song of the evening!

Closing_Doors · 05-12-2007, 04:17 PM

I think you've just been lucky Spamlet. I've been at nearly twice the amount of shows you've been at, and I've only heard Insane the once (well, 1 1/2 if you count an abandoned version in Whelans).

It's the luck of the draw really, I mean I've seen about half of the songs on your list, and I'm sure there are people here who've seen the other half... it's just rare to find someone who's seen them all!

borneoman · 05-12-2007, 04:29 PM

Spam, he used to play it a lot, but not anymore, in the last 3 US tours, he's played it just once I think and never in the West Coast...

Bumpman · 05-12-2007, 09:40 PM

I would have thought he played Lonely Soldier and Childish a lot, At least I've seen them a few times, I saw Then Go a few times too... and Toffee Pop.

borneoman · 05-12-2007, 11:33 PM

I think that with the old unreleased songs it's a bit like a lottery... I've never heard Insane but I got Toffee pop in my first 2 Damien concerts...

davidcotyalex · 05-12-2007, 11:43 PM

Any chance for "What the night is for?"

alex7465 · 05-19-2007, 10:09 PM

I'm expecting Insane on the next album, it could easily be a single and could seriously earn him some major exposure (more than he already has) in the States.

I'm in love with it.

Bumpman · 05-19-2007, 10:30 PM

Expect away, it was already a single twelve years ago and it's unlikely to be released again.

05-12-2007, 11:30 AM	#1
jbpats Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 48	insane Just discovered this tune thanks to this forum. Needless to say it gives me goose bumps everytime i hear it. Could be the most beautiful song i have ever heard in my entire life. Does he ever play this live anymore? if not im going to request it all night when he comes to Boston... if any of you are as late as i am with this song (which i seriously doubt) it is the third song he plays at krcw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5Ulp4bxCY Last edited by jbpats; 05-12-2007 at 11:42 AM.

05-12-2007, 03:20 PM	#2
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	Sometimes he plays it, it's quite rare though. He'll play it if he actually asks the audience if they want to hear anything, and then you say "Insane!" before anyone else says anything. Otherwise he'll just play what he wants, so for the love of god and the sake of the good people of Boston, don't request it all night, you'll really get on everyone's nerves... and wreck the bootlegs. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

05-12-2007, 03:59 PM	#3
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	Actually, it's not that rarely played I've seen Damo live 7 times and he played it at 3 of those shows. Top ten favorite older rarely played songs I've yet to see him do at a show I've attended (in order of how badly I want to hear them): WDYKAL? Didn't Take Long Fool Rule No 2 Lonely Soldier Is That It, My Friend? Bottom Shelf Childish Then Go Toffee Pop And, of course, anything new that he's never played live is always my favorite song of the evening! __________________ NEW TUNES ARE NOW UP! Please check out these free songs by "America's female Damien Rice": http://www.reverbnation.cim/summerrussell/songs Last edited by Spamlet; 05-12-2007 at 04:01 PM.

05-12-2007, 04:17 PM	#4
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	I think you've just been lucky Spamlet. I've been at nearly twice the amount of shows you've been at, and I've only heard Insane the once (well, 1 1/2 if you count an abandoned version in Whelans). It's the luck of the draw really, I mean I've seen about half of the songs on your list, and I'm sure there are people here who've seen the other half... it's just rare to find someone who's seen them all! __________________ Come clean, come good, repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood' when those at the back rush forward to say how a little love goes a long long long way. -- Simon Armitage

05-12-2007, 09:40 PM	#6
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	I would have thought he played Lonely Soldier and Childish a lot, At least I've seen them a few times, I saw Then Go a few times too... and Toffee Pop. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

05-12-2007, 04:29 PM	#5
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Spam, he used to play it a lot, but not anymore, in the last 3 US tours, he's played it just once I think and never in the West Coast...

05-12-2007, 11:33 PM	#7
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	I think that with the old unreleased songs it's a bit like a lottery... I've never heard Insane but I got Toffee pop in my first 2 Damien concerts...

05-12-2007, 11:43 PM	#8
davidcotyalex Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 691	Any chance for "What the night is for?"

05-19-2007, 10:09 PM	#9
alex7465 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 16	I'm expecting Insane on the next album, it could easily be a single and could seriously earn him some major exposure (more than he already has) in the States. I'm in love with it.

05-19-2007, 10:30 PM	#10
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	Expect away, it was already a single twelve years ago and it's unlikely to be released again. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great