Mustard Seeds - Page 2

borneoman · 07-20-2015, 12:28 PM

next step should be to ask Damo why the song ended up not being on MFFF?? and what are the plans for the song!

InspirationDestination · 07-20-2015, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by borneoman

next step should be to ask Damo why the song ended up not being on MFFF?? and what are the plans for the song!

I don't think it fits with other songs on MFFF. MFFF is a perfect collection of songs, in content and sound. They flow so well together.

Also, it sounds like something I've heard before; I can't think of what, though. My friend said it reminds him of Mr. Bojangles. It reminds me of something from Grease. There might be copyright issues. I just love it, regardless.

borneoman · 07-20-2015, 04:31 PM

^don´t really see it, it sounds 100% Damo, if something, it reminds me of other Damo songs like The Box a bit

and I think it would have fit on MFFF perfectly, he could have added it as hidden track and would have been perfect imho

Lys · 07-20-2015, 06:07 PM

So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES."

In other words...don't be greedy, love and be loved and the world will become a better place

Btw - I wonder too why it wasn't on the album. Sure, there must be a reason, but if he had put it on the album, I'm sure few people would have thought "hey that's an odd one, it doesn't belong there with the others".

InspirationDestination · 07-20-2015, 07:40 PM

I think it is more like the Mustard Seed parable in the Bible than the Buddhist context. Interestingly, I think mustard seeds appear in Hindu, Jewish, and Islamic texts, as well.

But there is an interesting Buddhist context that is in the back story of young Kisa (the mother in the Buddhist story) and gold/ashes.

InspirationDestination · 07-20-2015, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by borneoman

^don´t really see it, it sounds 100% Damo, if something, it reminds me of other Damo songs like The Box a bit

and I think it would have fit on MFFF perfectly, he could have added it as hidden track and would have been perfect imho

I think as a hidden track, but I don't see where it would fit in the album. Right now, I can listen to the album all the way through and it tells a cohesive story.

I think it is very Damien lyrically, but very familiar too. Maybe it just reminds me of him. I don't think it sounds like Mr. Bojangles, but I hear something familiar. I thought it was "There are worse things..." or "hopelessly devoted...," (I know that sounds ridiculous) but maybe it's just the Box or something else by him.

borneoman · 07-21-2015, 05:21 PM

I think this song fits with the story he told the first time he played Long Long Way at Whelans about dreaming that he was about to die and he looked back at what he had achieved and what was important love/money

lod · 07-22-2015, 08:02 AM

I listen to mustard seeds every morning commuting on the train, and it's more beautiful every time, the tone of his voice.. Wow.. Gonna start the M.S.A.S..( mustard seeds appreciation society) anyone want to join?? ;-) it's so good to hear a new song..

borneoman · 07-28-2015, 09:29 PM

wait til you hear the version from Taormina, total goosebumps moment

lod · 07-28-2015, 11:39 PM

I cannot wait :-D

ElephantMan · 07-29-2015, 08:07 AM

I wonder if he normally plays it in the key of E minor, or in a lower tuning cuz it doesent make any sense in Dm, when he goes from F to E to Dm...whereas he ussually uses the G to F# to Em ,then he could let the E bass note sound.. .reminds me how he originally played The Box in A, then switched to G which made more sense on the guitar
who cares tho

borneoman · 07-29-2015, 04:17 PM

no clue about chords

are those the same chords as the first time?

JSteggs · 07-29-2015, 05:04 PM

They sound like the same chords to me. There are a couple parts (chord/progression-wise) that remind me a lot of No One Need Know.

carrroline · 07-29-2015, 06:22 PM

Thank you Marti! Beautiful! We can also hear the lines he messed up last time in this.
'Careful 'bout the things we're taught (?) / told (?),
So those of us curious, can grow'

lod · 07-29-2015, 08:10 PM

Yes so much for my translation last time!!!!

borneoman · 07-30-2015, 08:23 AM

what do you reckon,
Taught or told???

carrroline · 07-30-2015, 10:04 AM

I'll leave it to the native speakers to decide (but, i'd say taught)

glo32 · 07-30-2015, 10:25 AM

taught makes more sense with the rest, I think

lod · 07-30-2015, 11:18 AM

It's told as far as I can hear..
Also this line, I hear
Cos those of us afraid of love All Know not ah no... That's what I'm hearing.. It's stunning with that lovely violinist playing too.. Fast becoming one of my favourite slow meaningful songs of his..

carrroline · 07-30-2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lod

Cos those of us afraid of love All Know not ah no... That's what I'm hearing..

Great catch. Come to think of it, i suck at transcribing lyrics

I love the Irish pronunciation of 'careful'

For a while I thought he was loosing his Irish a bit, after spending all that time abroad, but no.

Oh, and I hear 'told' as well, but I was kind of expecting it to be 'taught', so i didn't trust my ears

lod · 07-30-2015, 03:18 PM

I think he has kept his irishness,, he sounds like me!! or i sound like him ! lol ,, not Dublin though, cept maybe when he curses, a bit posher!!

verenita · 08-01-2015, 10:33 AM

this version with the violin (fair play to the man!) is amazing! like everybody said.

i´m still catching up with all the vids, pics and comments from italian gigs!

InspirationDestination · 08-11-2015, 09:25 PM

I rescind my previous statement about Mustard Seeds not fitting. It would have been perfect after Long Long Way, but not produced like the others, in its raw recorded in his home kind of way, like at Red Rocks. Paring down the excess to find the true meaning and importance of things.

07-20-2015, 12:28 PM	#31
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	next step should be to ask Damo why the song ended up not being on MFFF?? and what are the plans for the song! __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-20-2015, 04:31 PM	#33
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^don´t really see it, it sounds 100% Damo, if something, it reminds me of other Damo songs like The Box a bit and I think it would have fit on MFFF perfectly, he could have added it as hidden track and would have been perfect imho __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-20-2015, 06:07 PM	#34
Lys Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 168	So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES." In other words...don't be greedy, love and be loved and the world will become a better place Btw - I wonder too why it wasn't on the album. Sure, there must be a reason, but if he had put it on the album, I'm sure few people would have thought "hey that's an odd one, it doesn't belong there with the others". __________________ “I feel on fire. I’m going to be knocking out records now left, right and centre.”

07-21-2015, 05:21 PM	#37
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	I think this song fits with the story he told the first time he played Long Long Way at Whelans about dreaming that he was about to die and he looked back at what he had achieved and what was important love/money __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-28-2015, 09:29 PM	#39
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	wait til you hear the version from Taormina, total goosebumps moment __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-20-2015, 07:40 PM	#35
InspirationDestination Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 387	I think it is more like the Mustard Seed parable in the Bible than the Buddhist context. Interestingly, I think mustard seeds appear in Hindu, Jewish, and Islamic texts, as well. But there is an interesting Buddhist context that is in the back story of young Kisa (the mother in the Buddhist story) and gold/ashes.

07-22-2015, 08:02 AM	#38
lod Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 130	I listen to mustard seeds every morning commuting on the train, and it's more beautiful every time, the tone of his voice.. Wow.. Gonna start the M.S.A.S..( mustard seeds appreciation society) anyone want to join?? ;-) it's so good to hear a new song..

07-28-2015, 11:39 PM	#40
lod Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 130	I cannot wait :-D

07-29-2015, 08:07 AM	#41
ElephantMan Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 237	I wonder if he normally plays it in the key of E minor, or in a lower tuning cuz it doesent make any sense in Dm, when he goes from F to E to Dm...whereas he ussually uses the G to F# to Em ,then he could let the E bass note sound.. .reminds me how he originally played The Box in A, then switched to G which made more sense on the guitar who cares tho

07-29-2015, 04:17 PM	#42
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	no clue about chords are those the same chords as the first time? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-29-2015, 05:04 PM	#43
JSteggs Eskimo Friend Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Chicago, Kansas City Posts: 33	They sound like the same chords to me. There are a couple parts (chord/progression-wise) that remind me a lot of No One Need Know.

07-29-2015, 06:22 PM	#44
carrroline person Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,306	Thank you Marti! Beautiful! We can also hear the lines he messed up last time in this. 'Careful 'bout the things we're taught (?) / told (?), So those of us curious, can grow' Last edited by carrroline; 07-29-2015 at 06:34 PM.

07-29-2015, 08:10 PM	#45
lod Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 130	Yes so much for my translation last time!!!!

07-30-2015, 08:23 AM	#46
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	what do you reckon, Taught or told??? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

07-30-2015, 10:04 AM	#47
carrroline person Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,306	I'll leave it to the native speakers to decide (but, i'd say taught)

07-30-2015, 10:25 AM	#48
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	taught makes more sense with the rest, I think

07-30-2015, 11:18 AM	#49
lod Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 130	It's told as far as I can hear.. Also this line, I hear Cos those of us afraid of love All Know not ah no... That's what I'm hearing.. It's stunning with that lovely violinist playing too.. Fast becoming one of my favourite slow meaningful songs of his..

07-30-2015, 03:18 PM	#51
lod Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 130	I think he has kept his irishness,, he sounds like me!! or i sound like him ! lol ,, not Dublin though, cept maybe when he curses, a bit posher!!

08-01-2015, 10:33 AM	#52
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	this version with the violin (fair play to the man!) is amazing! like everybody said. i´m still catching up with all the vids, pics and comments from italian gigs! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

08-11-2015, 09:25 PM	#53
InspirationDestination Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 387	I rescind my previous statement about Mustard Seeds not fitting. It would have been perfect after Long Long Way, but not produced like the others, in its raw recorded in his home kind of way, like at Red Rocks. Paring down the excess to find the true meaning and importance of things.