Anyone else dislike 9? - Page 3

Bumpman · 11-04-2006, 06:24 PM

So what you have is an album that lasts four whole minutes?

Daniel · 11-04-2006, 07:39 PM

its more like an EP really.

Bumpman · 11-04-2006, 08:01 PM

I just say, becuase you almost listed my favourite parts of it in order.

SisterMidnight · 11-04-2006, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Building

sorry but it was there, taunting me...."download me, download me".

me too.. no actually someone sent me the link and said "i'm going for it" so you know, not wanting to be left behind.. in the end though it crashed my computer (i joked and said it was damien's revenge for downloading) so i listened to the stream.. i held out for awhile but now that it's out in ireland and the rest of europe in a few days i couldn't bear to wait until the 14th when i get my copy, it was just too much! besides my sound system sucks, i get much better audio from my top of the line sound card and a nice set of headphones..

i'm still taking it in on my own terms (as bumpman so eloquently put it) so i'm not really prepared to talk a lot about it yet, but i can already say i adore it.. i didn't expect to because i thought it was too much to ask for a comparable follow up to O, kind of like asking van gogh to paint another starry night.. but so far what i hear are eerily beautiful arrangements, songs that have a distinct theme if you listen (not just thrown together at all) and especially in the new songs, a gentleness and maturity that i haven't heard expressed quite that way in damien's songwriting before

personally i couldn't be happier

ste_swann · 11-04-2006, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SisterMidnight

i'm still taking it in on my own terms (as bumpman so eloquently put it) so i'm not really prepared to talk a lot about it yet, but i can already say i adore it.. i didn't expect to because i thought it was too much to ask for a comparable follow up to O, kind of like asking van gogh to paint another starry night.. but so far what i hear are eerily beautiful arrangements, songs that have a distinct theme if you listen (not just thrown together at all) and especially in the new songs, a gentleness and maturity that i haven't heard expressed quite that way in damien's songwriting before

personally i couldn't be happier

Couldn't agree more...

Ste

SisterMidnight · 11-04-2006, 08:36 PM

oh and me, my yoke and i is brilliant! it rocked the paint right off my walls

hbhdaem · 11-04-2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tj

please don't be such a waste of time. Don't be so childish and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...Since when did this place turn into a FART!?

Ha!-rsh

and yes...yes..

I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so deep

Well I'm so garish
A little unfairish
The way I pick you up
And drop you in a heap

I'm so unfaithful
In fact I'm a plateful
I won't kiss her
But I'll stare her up all night

I'm a stormy little singer
An unstable little swinger
If you're coming
Come prepared for a fight

Well I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so deep

Well I'm so uncaring
Do far too much swearing
And if you read through my behaviour
You'll find I'm a creep

I'll play a stormer
Yet in the corner
I'll be grumpy on my own
Like I don't care

I'm a stormy little singer
An unstable little swinger
With a big rip
In the arsehole of my flares

Well I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so mad

I'm so truthful
A little bit bruteful
But in sooth I know not
Why I am so sad

I try my bestest
Well as far the restest
Well it's just stuff that comes out wrong
And gets misunderstood

I'm a dandy little dreamer
A doctored misdemeanour
A didactic destiny schemer
Bare with me if you would

(trumpets)

Boo!-urns

Wheels · 11-04-2006, 11:10 PM

What is your problem HBH?

hbhdaem · 11-04-2006, 11:21 PM

Honestly, i'm dosed up on a load of pain killers because i just got all four of my wisdom teeth out yesterday...and i cant sleep...and i'm ridiculousely hyper...and 9 just broke my heart a little bit...so thats whats up with me...please don't get offended...i'm officially apologising...was just trying to lighten the place up a little...didnt work...sorry...

Ha!

Wheels · 11-04-2006, 11:23 PM

Alrighty

hbhdaem · 11-04-2006, 11:24 PM

and happy birthday by the way!

Bumpman · 11-04-2006, 11:41 PM

You have Ys to cheer you up...

carvinC980t_kid · 11-04-2006, 11:54 PM

i'm glad damos label made him an "offical myspace" now! lol

now i get to listen to a few songs off of "9" still!

ps. some people in this thread just say stupid stuff... so thanks for the laughs!

tj · 11-05-2006, 12:08 AM

HBH... I like the way you still managed to get a Ha in at the end of you're 'i'm so childish' post... Classy. 4 wisdom teeth... Ouch. And Carvin... I hope you weren't implying that I'm one of the ones who's been saying stupid things in this thread.

mickey13086 · 11-05-2006, 12:08 AM

9 crimes is maybe my initial favorite song on '9'. not the most listened too... i find myself turning off the lights and listening to 'mmy&I' and just jamming out with air guitar and all. it gets me so pumped. never gets old. not even after the years i've heard it.

and i don't see any of these songs having commercial...or moreso radio success here in the U.S. None of it is poppy enough, and its not hard enough for the alternative stations. I see it being the same as 'O' in its success in that tv appearances, word of mouth, the more alternative approaches to marketing this album.

can any of you U.S.'ers see Rootless Tree being popular as a single? I love the song, but can't see it.

tj · 11-05-2006, 12:42 AM

You make a good point... But you'd surprised... I'm not from the US but once the **** has been edited out of the song it could be a radio hit. I remember Wired to the ****in Moon by an Irish band being a hit on radio over here. i realise America is a lot different but... Who knows? It could become a hit. Only time will tell.

mickey13086 · 11-05-2006, 12:50 AM

TJ, i hope you are right or that it does because I have yet to hear a damien rice song on the radio live, like driving in a car and hearing it. ive heard it from online radio's but not the same cuz i knew about it.

i would love for that feeling just once lol

tj · 11-05-2006, 01:01 AM

Lol. Yeah. I know that American radio is a lot more categorised, but, to what extent? Maybe you could request Damien?

mickey13086 · 11-05-2006, 01:18 AM

i dont live near a huge radio market...closest is buffalo, and we pick up toronto stations but on some of the alternative stations, maybe they would play rootless tree. it can't hurt to try...thanks for suggestion

#Ian# · 11-06-2006, 11:28 PM

I hadn't heard anything, not even the single before Friday when I picked up the album. I've only had time to listen to about twice and my initial reaction was "this isn't all that great."

4 songs that I really like, Elephant is a real let down compared to how good it sounds live and there are a couple of songs I really don't like at all.

Spamlet · 11-07-2006, 06:25 PM

Keep listening Ian,

As someone else put it earlier this record isn't as immediately devastating as "O" on first (few) listens but it definitely grows better each time you revisit it. My initial gripes with some of the recording choices are already lessening substantially due to the overall stellar quality of the songs themselves and their not as obvious cohesion as a whole. There's often a process involved before becoming that much more familiar with the songs on such different terms. The emotion is mostly all still there but it's just usually being expressed far more subtly than in the live tracks.

11-04-2006, 06:24 PM	#61
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	So what you have is an album that lasts four whole minutes? __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

11-04-2006, 07:39 PM	#62
Daniel Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: A Kerryman in Cork Posts: 5,202	its more like an EP really. __________________ I've been waiting my whole life waiting for you

11-04-2006, 08:01 PM	#63
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	I just say, becuase you almost listed my favourite parts of it in order. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

11-04-2006, 11:10 PM	#68
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	What is your problem HBH? __________________

11-04-2006, 11:21 PM	#69
hbhdaem eskimo hippie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ys Posts: 125	Honestly, i'm dosed up on a load of pain killers because i just got all four of my wisdom teeth out yesterday...and i cant sleep...and i'm ridiculousely hyper...and 9 just broke my heart a little bit...so thats whats up with me...please don't get offended...i'm officially apologising...was just trying to lighten the place up a little...didnt work...sorry... Ha! __________________ see i'm feeling everything - nothing gets by - and if i could be who you wanted...all the time guess im just to young...to keep good love from going wrong im not god - no - im not god.i may love you,but I'm not god -

11-04-2006, 08:36 PM	#66
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	oh and me, my yoke and i is brilliant! it rocked the paint right off my walls

11-04-2006, 11:23 PM	#70
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	Alrighty __________________

11-04-2006, 11:24 PM	#71
hbhdaem eskimo hippie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ys Posts: 125	and happy birthday by the way! __________________ see i'm feeling everything - nothing gets by - and if i could be who you wanted...all the time guess im just to young...to keep good love from going wrong im not god - no - im not god.i may love you,but I'm not god -

11-04-2006, 11:41 PM	#72
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	You have Ys to cheer you up... __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

11-04-2006, 11:54 PM	#73
carvinC980t_kid Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: noblesville indiana, aka people with too much money producing ignorant children Posts: 2,662	i'm glad damos label made him an "offical myspace" now! lol now i get to listen to a few songs off of "9" still! ps. some people in this thread just say stupid stuff... so thanks for the laughs! __________________ "And live for the moment, Lord knows I'm gon' die And when I get to hell, Lord knows I'm gon' fry" young jeezy - i luv it

11-05-2006, 12:08 AM	#74
tj Phono Vox Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 828	HBH... I like the way you still managed to get a Ha in at the end of you're 'i'm so childish' post... Classy. 4 wisdom teeth... Ouch. And Carvin... I hope you weren't implying that I'm one of the ones who's been saying stupid things in this thread. __________________ a goldfish only has a three second memory..that means if it takes a goldfish three seconds to swim around a bowl, everything is new...each time two goldfish meet it's like it's the first time..

11-05-2006, 12:08 AM	#75
mickey13086 Eskimo with a name..Chris Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 438	9 crimes is maybe my initial favorite song on '9'. not the most listened too... i find myself turning off the lights and listening to 'mmy&I' and just jamming out with air guitar and all. it gets me so pumped. never gets old. not even after the years i've heard it. and i don't see any of these songs having commercial...or moreso radio success here in the U.S. None of it is poppy enough, and its not hard enough for the alternative stations. I see it being the same as 'O' in its success in that tv appearances, word of mouth, the more alternative approaches to marketing this album. can any of you U.S.'ers see Rootless Tree being popular as a single? I love the song, but can't see it. __________________ ...won't you my love... MySpace

11-05-2006, 12:42 AM	#76
tj Phono Vox Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 828	You make a good point... But you'd surprised... I'm not from the US but once the ** has been edited out of the song it could be a radio hit. I remember Wired to the **in Moon by an Irish band being a hit on radio over here. i realise America is a lot different but... Who knows? It could become a hit. Only time will tell. __________________ a goldfish only has a three second memory..that means if it takes a goldfish three seconds to swim around a bowl, everything is new...each time two goldfish meet it's like it's the first time..

11-05-2006, 12:50 AM	#77
mickey13086 Eskimo with a name..Chris Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 438	TJ, i hope you are right or that it does because I have yet to hear a damien rice song on the radio live, like driving in a car and hearing it. ive heard it from online radio's but not the same cuz i knew about it. i would love for that feeling just once lol __________________ ...won't you my love... MySpace

11-05-2006, 01:01 AM	#78
tj Phono Vox Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 828	Lol. Yeah. I know that American radio is a lot more categorised, but, to what extent? Maybe you could request Damien? __________________ a goldfish only has a three second memory..that means if it takes a goldfish three seconds to swim around a bowl, everything is new...each time two goldfish meet it's like it's the first time..

11-05-2006, 01:18 AM	#79
mickey13086 Eskimo with a name..Chris Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 438	i dont live near a huge radio market...closest is buffalo, and we pick up toronto stations but on some of the alternative stations, maybe they would play rootless tree. it can't hurt to try...thanks for suggestion __________________ ...won't you my love... MySpace

11-06-2006, 11:28 PM	#80
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	I hadn't heard anything, not even the single before Friday when I picked up the album. I've only had time to listen to about twice and my initial reaction was "this isn't all that great." 4 songs that I really like, Elephant is a real let down compared to how good it sounds live and there are a couple of songs I really don't like at all. __________________ One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see

11-07-2006, 06:25 PM	#81
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	Keep listening Ian, As someone else put it earlier this record isn't as immediately devastating as "O" on first (few) listens but it definitely grows better each time you revisit it. My initial gripes with some of the recording choices are already lessening substantially due to the overall stellar quality of the songs themselves and their not as obvious cohesion as a whole. There's often a process involved before becoming that much more familiar with the songs on such different terms. The emotion is mostly all still there but it's just usually being expressed far more subtly than in the live tracks. __________________ 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; 11-07-2006 at 06:31 PM.