Your favourite Damien's song from 'O', "B-Sides" and '9'

Shahar · 12-09-2006, 01:18 PM

Ok, I really want to know what is your favourite song from his 3 albums, I think that my favourite song is "Older Chests", I love all of Damien's songs, but I think that this one is the best song, such A delicate song, and the music... so genius!

What's your favourite? and why?

Spamlet · 12-09-2006, 04:52 PM

The best song from all 3 albums is definitely "The Professor" for me.

Off "9" and "O" individually it's really hard to choose.

Ships_Were_Sailin · 12-09-2006, 07:00 PM

yeah, coconut skins is a brilliant song, as is yoke, but then there are so many brilliant damien songs, i remember will always be a favourite of mine

Timeé · 12-09-2006, 07:21 PM

i agree with spamlet. the professor was the one that hit me in the gut.
that feeling when you connect with a song is just amazing.

ill always remember and connect where i listened to it and everything.

Topspin047 · 12-09-2006, 07:55 PM

My favorite song from Damo will always be 'Volcano'

the cello, his guitar, and their voices blending together especially at the end when they're singing "still too young" and "volcanoes melt you down" is just what music is all about.

i can't put it any other way, volcano is just brilliant.

Yellow · 12-10-2006, 02:48 AM

This is difficult!
From "O", probably Delicate or Cheers, Darlin'. Mm..but then there's Cold Water.
From "9", Me, My Yoke, And I and Elephant.

katiejoey · 12-10-2006, 02:51 AM

from O it's the blower's daughter and i remember
from b-sides it's the professor
from 9 it's definatly elephant - that's always been my all time favorite Damien song!

empty.thoughts · 12-10-2006, 04:44 AM

Well. Tough choice indeed.
But, Cold Water made me cry for about the first 10 times I ever listened to it.
It's one of my all-time favourite songs. So, I'd say Cold Water.

but, from "B-sides", I enjoy "Lonelily". I just find it easy to listen to, all the time.

and "9".. umm, still not sure, but for the moment, it'll have to be Accidental Babies. The emotion is raw and heart-felt. It's brilliant.

Gatsby · 12-10-2006, 05:15 AM

^ fair play, lonelily gets little attention, but i think lyrically its my favourite bar fool. such simplicity but its the one that connects with me most.

O - delicate
9 - elephant
B side - the professor

tywy · 12-10-2006, 08:33 AM

Lonelily sounds a bit overproduced though, love the lyrics and would love to hear it live.

Think my fav track is probably The Professor...love the French at the end!

FightthegdFight · 12-10-2006, 10:38 AM

I'm confused as to what the question is, is it favorite song out of the the 3 albums (as in 1 song)? Or is it one from each?

My favorite is Elephant strictly going off of the recordings.

Few songs, if any can top Accidental Babies live.

Timeé · 12-10-2006, 10:46 AM

i think its one from each of the afore mentioned albums

alifatsaki · 12-10-2006, 02:59 PM

it's cheer's darlin'
it has a sweet sadness and melancholy that i adore!
when i listen to it i can do nothing but quit all my other occupation and dive into its deep sorrow. simple and touching

Colbarr · 12-10-2006, 03:14 PM

O - Older chests (I really enjoy playing it on guitar)
B-Sides - The Professor (When i first heard it i was goin through a tough time due to a girl and this really was very easy to relate to that girl)
9 - Accidental babies (Yet again because i enjoy playing it, this time on piano)

Shan · 12-11-2006, 10:17 AM

From "O" I'd say "delicate" while from "9" I still need to hear it better (lazy girl, I still don't have it on my MD =_=), so I'll post later on! :P

davo499 · 12-12-2006, 10:58 AM

from o its delicate, maybe my favourite songs altogether

and from 9 its 9 crimes, but thatll change by the end of the week

The Elephant's Daughter · 12-12-2006, 11:24 AM

For me, from O, its either The Blower's Daughter or Cold Water. B-Sides, Lonelily is beautiful and Elephant or Coconut Skins off of the newie! Amazing songs!

Juego · 12-12-2006, 01:26 PM

Tough choice for me but If I had to choose it would be "Professor"

ste_swann · 12-12-2006, 01:31 PM

My favorite out of all Damien's songs is Elephant. But i just dont like the album version, so if I had to judge without considering the live versions, I would choose Eskimo

borneoman · 12-12-2006, 06:13 PM

A tie between I Remember and The Blower's Daughter for me... I never got tired of listening to them, I've prob have listened to them a thousand times!!The Professor is the best b-side by faaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!! My fav off 9 is Elephant (now

What about the unreleased songs? My fav is Insane!!

Lin@ · 12-14-2006, 08:12 PM

Well, I could go on and on about how it is almost impossible to choose just one, because ALL of the songs are so ****ing amazing, but to be honest: I do have an all time favorite and it's "Woman like a Man".

It's the song that really made me fall for Damo's music. I was listening to it non-stop. There is so much energy, so much emotion in it, it just casts an indescribable spell over you. Once it grips you, it never lets go. At least that was (and still is) my impression. And you (well, at least I) can listen to it in all kind of mood or situation. Aaaaah, I just love it!

This has got to die · 12-14-2006, 09:38 PM

This is a hard choice for me as I have yet to hear a song that I don't really like so it is hard to say which one is my all time favorite.

On O my first favorite was Eskimo, I guess it was because I had never heard anything like it before and it just captivated my imagination however as time went on it changed quite a few times I depending on the state of my life at that time and of course this is a credit to Damien.

Older Chests is a wonderful song and my own interpretation was this was aloft to do with his discontent with globalization around the world, I don't know if this is true or not but that is how I took it and I very much feel that bit.

However by far my favorite is Cheers Darlin the way he sings it is so haunting and last summer when I was going through a very confusing relationship I find this song being repeated on my mp3 player on the bus into work. It is almost as if someone else understood what I was going through and being just 18 it was hard to talk to other people about it this song just kind of acted to remind me things were not so bad. I was devastated when I saw some people voted it as the weakest song on "O"

So we go on to B-Sides a very fun "Album" I think, for me it would have to be Professor or Woman Like A Man. Professor is great in its own right but woman like a man blew me away, sung with so much anger and passion in my opinion and this is what makes it one of my all time favourate songs, I love it when he gets to the bit "****ed inside out" the way he gets it out is outstanding.

And lastly to "9", they say the second album is always the hardest but I think Damien has done a outstanding job not that I ever doubted he would not do so.

I have yet to acquire the album as I am receiving it as a Christmas gift however I found it to hard to wait and so I found a source and got hold of the mp3's and whacked them on, right or wrong I just could not wait and as I am getting it soon enough I did not see the harm but I would like the stress that if I was not going to receive or buy the album I would not have done so.

Anyway because of this I don't think I can comment to much as you cant really tell which songs you love on a MP3 not until you blast it out on your CD player however I will make a attempt.

On this album two songs that really get to me at the moment, Accidental Babies, just when he says it just really great.

By far my favourate is Elephant a true master piece I listened to it for the first time on my MP3 player and was not aware that it was Blowers Daughter Part 2 but this song is class. I was sat down in my chair in the backroom and when he gets to the part "This has got stop" and from there after I was in goose pimples and blown away, I almost shouted at my mum as she tried talking to me at this moment and I did not want to miss the feeling that it was giving me truely amazing.

Overall I would say Cheers Darling was my fave sorry if I kind of rattled on a bit its just not many people my age around here like Damien Rice that much and the ones that do I only see now and again so don't get much of a chance to explain why I love his music so much well not just him Lisa's to.

Dan

Timeé · 12-14-2006, 09:40 PM

Eskimo can be like an anthem to you if your depressed.

BIG TIM · 12-14-2006, 10:29 PM

Would have to say Cannonball, got a strong connection to it cos it was the first song I heard from Damien. Also I have listened to it over and over and I get a different message from it each time; for example the last line "its not hard to grow when you know that ya just dont know" I take that as a completely different meaning now to what I did when I first heard it.

dylanfan · 12-14-2006, 10:56 PM

From "O" : I Remember
From "B-Sides": Lonelilly
From "9": Grey Room
Unreleased: Sand
Drumroll please....and of the 4...Lonelilly

Shaney · 12-15-2006, 09:36 AM

O - Prague
B-Sides - The Professor & La Fille Danse
9 - Nine Crimes

Ion Ashes · 12-17-2006, 06:53 AM

I agree with Spamlet, too.

A2_Blue · 12-17-2006, 07:11 AM

Wow, thats like asking which one of my kids i love the most...though i dont have kids, but lets not get hung up on technicalities.

.............Amie i guess.

Martine · 12-17-2006, 08:34 AM

O - Cannonball
B - The Professor
9 - Don't know yet

1mug · 12-18-2006, 05:06 AM

O- Delicate (after much deliberation)
B- The Professor
9- Grey Room

Those are my choices, as of this moment, and i'm stickin to 'em

12-09-2006, 01:18 PM	#1
Shahar Cheers Darling. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 304	Your favourite Damien's song from 'O', "B-Sides" and '9' Ok, I really want to know what is your favourite song from his 3 albums, I think that my favourite song is "Older Chests", I love all of Damien's songs, but I think that this one is the best song, such A delicate song, and the music... so genius! What's your favourite? and why?

12-09-2006, 04:52 PM	#2
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	The best song from all 3 albums is definitely "The Professor" for me. Off "9" and "O" individually it's really hard to choose. __________________ NEW TUNES ARE NOW UP! Please check out these free songs by "America's female Damien Rice": http://www.reverbnation.cim/summerrussell/songs

12-09-2006, 07:00 PM	#3
Ships_Were_Sailin Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK - The part that has no music scene what so ever Posts: 1,094	yeah, coconut skins is a brilliant song, as is yoke, but then there are so many brilliant damien songs, i remember will always be a favourite of mine __________________ *Its been years since ive heard from my transistor radio* Yet i keep going to where it seems i'm meant to go

12-09-2006, 07:21 PM	#4
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	i agree with spamlet. the professor was the one that hit me in the gut. that feeling when you connect with a song is just amazing. ill always remember and connect where i listened to it and everything. __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

12-09-2006, 07:55 PM	#5
Topspin047 tennis pro Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United States Posts: 505	My favorite song from Damo will always be 'Volcano' the cello, his guitar, and their voices blending together especially at the end when they're singing "still too young" and "volcanoes melt you down" is just what music is all about. i can't put it any other way, volcano is just brilliant. __________________ Volcanoes melt me down.

12-10-2006, 02:48 AM	#6
Yellow The Anti-Myspace Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 48	This is difficult! From "O", probably Delicate or Cheers, Darlin'. Mm..but then there's Cold Water. From "9", Me, My Yoke, And I and Elephant.

12-10-2006, 02:51 AM	#7
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	from O it's the blower's daughter and i remember from b-sides it's the professor from 9 it's definatly elephant - that's always been my all time favorite Damien song!

12-10-2006, 04:44 AM	#8
empty.thoughts Lost Eskimo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Australia. Too far from Ireland. Posts: 31	Well. Tough choice indeed. But, Cold Water made me cry for about the first 10 times I ever listened to it. It's one of my all-time favourite songs. So, I'd say Cold Water. but, from "B-sides", I enjoy "Lonelily". I just find it easy to listen to, all the time. and "9".. umm, still not sure, but for the moment, it'll have to be Accidental Babies. The emotion is raw and heart-felt. It's brilliant. __________________ we still dance in my outrageously beautiful, busby berkley dreams;

12-10-2006, 05:15 AM	#9
Gatsby Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,809	^ fair play, lonelily gets little attention, but i think lyrically its my favourite bar fool. such simplicity but its the one that connects with me most. O - delicate 9 - elephant B side - the professor __________________ "Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further…And on fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." https://www.twitch.tv/simonjmusic

12-10-2006, 08:33 AM	#10
tywy Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 190	Lonelily sounds a bit overproduced though, love the lyrics and would love to hear it live. Think my fav track is probably The Professor...love the French at the end!

12-10-2006, 10:38 AM	#11
FightthegdFight Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 187	Confused on the question I'm confused as to what the question is, is it favorite song out of the the 3 albums (as in 1 song)? Or is it one from each? My favorite is Elephant strictly going off of the recordings. Few songs, if any can top Accidental Babies live. __________________ Fight the Good Fight

12-10-2006, 10:46 AM	#12
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	i think its one from each of the afore mentioned albums __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

12-10-2006, 02:59 PM	#13
alifatsaki Eskimo Baby Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 27	it's cheer's darlin' it has a sweet sadness and melancholy that i adore! when i listen to it i can do nothing but quit all my other occupation and dive into its deep sorrow. simple and touching

12-10-2006, 03:14 PM	#14
Colbarr Eskimo Welcomer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A cosy House in Dublin Posts: 1,428	O - Older chests (I really enjoy playing it on guitar) B-Sides - The Professor (When i first heard it i was goin through a tough time due to a girl and this really was very easy to relate to that girl) 9 - Accidental babies (Yet again because i enjoy playing it, this time on piano) __________________ Colin Barr, Squeezed together = Colbarr Check these out, Moesley. Chairman of the Welcoming Comittee.

12-11-2006, 10:17 AM	#15
Shan Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 55	From "O" I'd say "delicate" while from "9" I still need to hear it better (lazy girl, I still don't have it on my MD =_=), so I'll post later on! :P

12-12-2006, 10:58 AM	#16
davo499 eskimo friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: melbourne Posts: 4	from o its delicate, maybe my favourite songs altogether and from 9 its 9 crimes, but thatll change by the end of the week __________________ . -davo499 --------------------- lost on a road he knew by heart, its like a book he read in his sleep

12-12-2006, 11:24 AM	#17
The Elephant's Daughter Eskimo Baby Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7	For me, from O, its either The Blower's Daughter or Cold Water. B-Sides, Lonelily is beautiful and Elephant or Coconut Skins off of the newie! Amazing songs!

12-12-2006, 01:26 PM	#18
Juego Deliberately Confused Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 22	Tough choice for me but If I had to choose it would be "Professor" __________________ But you can't paint an elephant Quite as good as she. www.myspace.com/juego http://community.webshots.com/user/brothersbrooks

12-12-2006, 01:31 PM	#19
ste_swann Stupidest Eskimo Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Como, Italy Posts: 371	My favorite out of all Damien's songs is Elephant. But i just dont like the album version, so if I had to judge without considering the live versions, I would choose Eskimo

12-12-2006, 06:13 PM	#20
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	A tie between I Remember and The Blower's Daughter for me... I never got tired of listening to them, I've prob have listened to them a thousand times!!The Professor is the best b-side by faaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!! My fav off 9 is Elephant (now What about the unreleased songs? My fav is Insane!!

12-14-2006, 08:12 PM	#21
Lin@ Eskimo Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 369	Well, I could go on and on about how it is almost impossible to choose just one, because ALL of the songs are so ****ing amazing, but to be honest: I do have an all time favorite and it's "Woman like a Man". It's the song that really made me fall for Damo's music. I was listening to it non-stop. There is so much energy, so much emotion in it, it just casts an indescribable spell over you. Once it grips you, it never lets go. At least that was (and still is) my impression. And you (well, at least I) can listen to it in all kind of mood or situation. Aaaaah, I just love it!

12-14-2006, 09:38 PM	#22
This has got to die Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 83	This is a hard choice for me as I have yet to hear a song that I don't really like so it is hard to say which one is my all time favorite. On O my first favorite was Eskimo, I guess it was because I had never heard anything like it before and it just captivated my imagination however as time went on it changed quite a few times I depending on the state of my life at that time and of course this is a credit to Damien. Older Chests is a wonderful song and my own interpretation was this was aloft to do with his discontent with globalization around the world, I don't know if this is true or not but that is how I took it and I very much feel that bit. However by far my favorite is Cheers Darlin the way he sings it is so haunting and last summer when I was going through a very confusing relationship I find this song being repeated on my mp3 player on the bus into work. It is almost as if someone else understood what I was going through and being just 18 it was hard to talk to other people about it this song just kind of acted to remind me things were not so bad. I was devastated when I saw some people voted it as the weakest song on "O" So we go on to B-Sides a very fun "Album" I think, for me it would have to be Professor or Woman Like A Man. Professor is great in its own right but woman like a man blew me away, sung with so much anger and passion in my opinion and this is what makes it one of my all time favourate songs, I love it when he gets to the bit "**ed inside out" the way he gets it out is outstanding. And lastly to "9", they say the second album is always the hardest but I think Damien has done a outstanding job not that I ever doubted he would not do so. I have yet to acquire the album as I am receiving it as a Christmas gift however I found it to hard to wait and so I found a source and got hold of the mp3's and whacked them on, right or wrong I just could not wait and as I am getting it soon enough I did not see the harm but I would like the stress that if I was not going to receive or buy the album I would not have done so. Anyway because of this I don't think I can comment to much as you cant really tell which songs you love on a MP3 not until you blast it out on your CD player however I will make a attempt. On this album two songs that really get to me at the moment, Accidental Babies, just when he says it just really great. By far my favourate is Elephant** a true master piece I listened to it for the first time on my MP3 player and was not aware that it was Blowers Daughter Part 2 but this song is class. I was sat down in my chair in the backroom and when he gets to the part "This has got stop" and from there after I was in goose pimples and blown away, I almost shouted at my mum as she tried talking to me at this moment and I did not want to miss the feeling that it was giving me truely amazing. Overall I would say Cheers Darling was my fave sorry if I kind of rattled on a bit its just not many people my age around here like Damien Rice that much and the ones that do I only see now and again so don't get much of a chance to explain why I love his music so much well not just him Lisa's to. Dan

12-14-2006, 09:40 PM	#23
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	Eskimo can be like an anthem to you if your depressed. __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

12-14-2006, 10:29 PM	#24
BIG TIM Polar bear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: currently Newcastle, England Posts: 400	Would have to say Cannonball, got a strong connection to it cos it was the first song I heard from Damien. Also I have listened to it over and over and I get a different message from it each time; for example the last line "its not hard to grow when you know that ya just dont know" I take that as a completely different meaning now to what I did when I first heard it. __________________ Stars don't have mirrors because true beauty doesn't need them .

12-14-2006, 10:56 PM	#25
dylanfan Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 311	From "O" : I Remember From "B-Sides": Lonelilly From "9": Grey Room Unreleased: Sand Drumroll please....and of the 4...Lonelilly

12-15-2006, 09:36 AM	#26
Shaney Eskimo Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 52	O - Prague B-Sides - The Professor & La Fille Danse 9 - Nine Crimes __________________ Me fail english??? Thats unpossible!

12-17-2006, 06:53 AM	#27
Ion Ashes Eskimo Baby Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mexico City Posts: 23	I agree with Spamlet, too.

12-17-2006, 07:11 AM	#28
A2_Blue Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 94	Wow, thats like asking which one of my kids i love the most...though i dont have kids, but lets not get hung up on technicalities. .............Amie i guess.

12-17-2006, 08:34 AM	#29
Martine Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 76	O - Cannonball B - The Professor 9 - Don't know yet

12-18-2006, 05:06 AM	#30
1mug Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 30	O- Delicate (after much deliberation) B- The Professor 9- Grey Room Those are my choices, as of this moment, and i'm stickin to 'em

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