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Old 02-23-2007, 02:48 AM   #1
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Im new here, i like Damien Rice. I went to his Fremantle gig. But i need to know about this Eskimo fascination, its nor that cold in Ireland (I am from there),its a lot more wet then cold, shouldn't we be all Fish friends, or Frog friends, I just dont understand.
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Old 02-23-2007, 02:55 AM   #2
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Well, eskimo friends is a line from one of his songs 'Eskimo', which goes "so I look to my eskimo friends". Why he is singing a song about eskimos, I guess someone else will have to answer that
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Old 02-23-2007, 03:27 AM   #3
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But why Eskimos?
Dont Eskimos club baby seals?
Surely Damien would not approve of such activities.
I still dont understand.
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:01 AM   #4
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If you can't just accept it after someone told you the reason why, then you're truly dense. Maybe you don't belong here in the first place.
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:02 AM   #5
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shouldn't we be all Fish friends, or Frog friends, I just dont understand.
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Fish or frog friends? I dont know did Damien write a song about fishes and frogs only you know about? Christ, you're ridiculous.
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:03 AM   #6
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OH unless you were trying to be cute? Sorry man, you missed by a longshot
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:36 AM   #7
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Ah she strikes again, true to form as well.

I take your point patv, why write a song about eskimos? I'm sure someone knows
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:39 AM   #8
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Well c'mon Tom, he had that one coming.
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:40 AM   #9
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I think it is because at the time he was living in a "miserable, old, damp house" and it was reallllly cold, so maybe he was referring to the bandmates he was living with cause they felt like eskimos living in such a cold house.....


hhaha its a theory
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:42 AM   #10
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Oh there we go, someones using their brain!
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:53 AM   #11
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I take your point patv, why write a song about eskimos? I'm sure someone knows
I heard in some interview that it's a bout a finnish girl (who also translated the finnish part of the song) that looked a little like an Inuit. She's supposed to be the kind of friend who is always there for you, even when you're acting like a twat. Or something along the lines.
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Old 02-23-2007, 08:58 AM   #12
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that sounds plausible he's all about the finnish girl then haha
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Old 02-23-2007, 10:51 AM   #13
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hey, ramona, no reason to be that offensive to fellow eskimos. this is a place of music and friendship and we would like to keep that.

tom, there are loads of threads on this topic floating around here, maybe you want to do some research on it... it might bring you closer to the answers you are looking for
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Old 02-23-2007, 11:01 AM   #14
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Oh, I'm not really the one doing the asking. I just take things as they come
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Old 02-23-2007, 11:57 PM   #15
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oh, sorry, tom... no offence... i didn't confuse the two names on purpose... but well, those things happen, do they?
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Old 02-26-2007, 03:09 AM   #16
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If you can't just accept it after someone told you the reason why, then you're truly dense. Maybe you don't belong here in the first place.
I dont think its friendly in here at all. Im out of here.
Godbye cruel Igloo people.
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Old 02-26-2007, 04:44 AM   #17
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were actually pretty nice, Ramonas just our Ann Coulter, or Simon Cowell for the kids who dont know who Ann Coulter is....
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Old 02-26-2007, 05:04 AM   #18
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I always thought it referred to 'snow' aka cocaine, looking to drugs when you're down.
idk that's just my take on it...
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Old 02-26-2007, 05:13 AM   #19
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haha you think he does Cocaine?
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I dont think its friendly in here at all. Im out of here.
Godbye cruel Igloo people.
Oh it usually is very friendly in here, please don't leave because of one unfriendly poster
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Old 02-28-2007, 08:17 PM   #21
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Oh it usually is very friendly in here, please don't leave because of one unfriendly poster
patv is right, we are all evil!
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Old 02-28-2007, 09:41 PM   #22
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patv is right, we are all evil!
ok yeah that is of course also true. philosophically and real lifeically.
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Old 03-02-2007, 02:15 AM   #23
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Is everyone saying thanks to me every night before they go to bed? Good eskimos.
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