Tipped for the top.

[#Ian#]

There was a piece in the ticket yesterday about various music biz giving their opinions on what will happen in 2006. This was one of them:

BRIAN ADAMS (Today FM Head of Music)
If Lisa Hannigan can find the right songs and producer, she will surely be massive. If Damien Rice can do a David Gray, it must only be a matter of time before Hannigan "does a Dido". Potentially the best Irish singer of her generation - lets hope 2006 sees her find her niche.

Lisa, doing a Dido? What a horrible prospect. I'd hope that if/when she does her own solo material it'll be good and not something off the soundtrack to the next Bridget Jones film.

[Iwasatabarwiththis,lady]

ill second that.

Why o why does damien keep on being seen as the "new David grey"? Hes no exactly old is he?

But i think lisa could be big

[SilentNight]

i think he really meant that he can turn Lisa into Dido, a comercial success, those biz value artists' talent in their way, business way.

[Iwasatabarwiththis,lady]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

Lisa, doing a Dido? What a horrible prospect. I'd hope that if/when she does her own solo material it'll be good and not something off the soundtrack to the next Bridget Jones film.

Lisa doing the music to a rennee zell film.....(*cough* *cough*...im trying hard to avoid a certain topic)

Imagine silent night when shes running down the street after colin firth/hugh grant/the pope etc. Doesnt work really.

IT would fit something more like lost in translation or shawshank redemption

[maryb21]

por favor que no conviertan a lisa en una muñequita de este patetico mundo del consumismo!!

please do not turn lisa in a barbie doll of this patetic world of consumism...
stay like that...

Ana, where are you girl? haven´t seen you in a while!!

[Vienna]

oye lo deberias haber dejado en castellano lo entendi jeje chevere!! no se si me puedes entender porque estoy completamente borracha y me espanol sufre!! no pasa nada! felices fiestas! prospero ano nuevo!

[SisterMidnight]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

Lisa, doing a Dido? What a horrible prospect.

this just sounds wrong...

[#Ian#]

Originally Posted by SisterMidnight

this just sounds wrong...

Just be glad I left in the "a"

[SisterMidnight]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

Just be glad I left in the "a"

i was just glad you left out the "l" (sorry thats just how i read it at first...my mind must be in the gutter)

[PenguinBoy]

shoot me in the brain and call me suzy, but i like dido... however i hate it when people compare me to being the next "?" even if it's someone really cool... people wanna succeed in their own way for their own reasons. Nobody can comercialise lisa.

That's a funny thing though "comercialising"... sometimes even the ones who think they know everything, are supprised by the success of something which is not expected to be comercially pleasing.

I never in a million years thought the darkness were going to be anything but a cool underground band that i liked.

and i'm afraid that there's no way of making sure that bands and musicians that you like, will only ever be featured in films that you like, sorry to say it.

Just be thankful that damien doesn't get squished into our ears 24 hours a day, blunty style (although i'm hearing "cold water" in quite a few tsunami adverts)

[#Ian#]

Originally Posted by SisterMidnight

i was just glad you left out the "l" (sorry thats just how i read it at first...my mind must be in the gutter)

Well isn't that quite the mental image to store for those long, cold, lonely nights. As is the one where the "a" is dropped for that matter.

[Naveed]

Originally Posted by PenguinBoy

Just be thankful that damien doesn't get squished into our ears 24 hours a day, blunty style (although i'm hearing "cold water" in quite a few tsunami adverts)

thats just wrong...

[cille]

i think lisa could very well be the new fido dido *rubs chin*

[SisterMidnight]

Originally Posted by #Ian#

Well isn't that quite the mental image to store for those long, cold, lonely nights. As is the one where the "a" is dropped for that matter.

oh my i didn't mean to conjure up mental images

to be brutally honest lisa can go be the next dido if she wants. don't get me wrong her contributions to damien's music are amazing but if she went on to be a solo artist i wouldn't really seek her music out. on the other hand damien's work could stand on it's own quite nicely in my opinion... not negating the contributions of the rest of the band, but i would be just as interested in damien solo with just his acoustic guitar...

[Iwasatabarwiththis,lady]

I didnt want to start a new thread and this is vaguely releted but i was wondering...hw famous is damien rice? I mean i used to go on the official website forums and know this so i guess i might have built up the impression that hes HUGE. most people now the name, but have they heard any of his songs?

Look on his IMDB, very few posts are there.

Whos he the equivilant of?

[gomezxico]

Originally Posted by PenguinBoy

Just be thankful that damien doesn't get squished into our ears 24 hours a day, blunty style

it's happening in america now...WHY!!!

lisa the next dido??? that's not too good cause Dido was eh, so-so, then kinda disapeared. If Lisa ever really breaks mainstream, she'll be MUCH better than so-so and remain (at least I'd still be playing her music 20 years after its release ) as for her being the best of her generation among the irish, i can't say too much either way cause I haven't heard enough to compare, but she is hella good!

[PenguinBoy]

what songs?!!

[Arpie]

Hmm, well I agree with the small number of posts exonerating Dido - it's really a matter of preference, and her music is credible and can incite pleasure and empathy in many listeners. That said, I see Dido's voice as stirring. Lisa's, meanwhile, is haunting. I'm inclined to think that music by Damien Rice wouldn't be as powerful without Lisa's contribution; her voice is exquisite, (imagine the Blower's Daughter without 'Did I say that I loathe you, / Did I say that I want to / Leave it all behind' if you will...)

I do however dislike the journalistic tendency to label one artist as 'the next (insert name of previous musical phenomenon with comparable charms - and similar hair - here)' as it does undermine individuality and innovation. Lisa could doubtless produce some excellent solo material. Though I'd rather she and Damien continued to collaborate for the time being...unless of course the new album never does appear and Mr Rice decides that he would rather go and live on a vineyard, (which is of course, entirely possible... )

As for Damien being the next David Gray and James Blunt being the next Damien Rice (above criticism of this view aside for a moment,) David Gray and James Blunt are, quite frankly, a bit dull, even if their ditties are pleasingly melodious. Damien is about passion, and expression, and as such he is without rival.