Tour Countdown - Page 2

Vienna · 02-16-2007, 11:41 PM

ah you are so lucky, i am so in love with freo....possibly my favourite place in the world, to have seen damien there would have been awesome...and then my mum says there was some thing going on with bob evans and some other bands for like 10 bucks, would have loved that too.....

jesus why am i in this country, i need to get back to WA

Tom · 02-17-2007, 12:24 AM

Going tonight in Adelaide. Anyone else? Cant wait

Tom · 02-17-2007, 01:32 PM

Wow, incredible stuff. Really mind blowing. Too many highlights to mention really. Lisa singing Willy. I Remember (where Lisa got a couple of lines the wrong way round!). Damein singing Then Go direct to the audience, no microphone. He has a powerful voice, just filled up the space, was incredible. Seven Nation Army was good, dont think many of the audience expected that. Did a 4 piece encore, got the verses for Accidental Babies the wrong way round.

Was absolutely brilliant

Closing_Doors · 02-17-2007, 02:35 PM

Sounds like a good night! Mind throwing up the full set list when you get the chance? Any new songs?

Wheels · 02-17-2007, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom

I Remember (where Lisa got a couple of lines the wrong way round!).

The video of the Perth gig... where she first forgets the words... she seems to change the words there too... like she's singing from the girls perspective... 'YOU were stood on the stairs'... etc

So have there been any Aussie Eskimo meetups?

borneoman · 02-17-2007, 03:55 PM

I agree Wheels, I think they've changed in a similar way as they did recently with The Professor... that's probably why Lisa went blank on the Perth gig... must be confusing to suddenly sing it differently as you've always done

Tom · 02-18-2007, 12:17 AM

Well the normal line is "there was wet in your hair, I just stood up and stared" or something like that, but she sang them the wrong way round. I only notice cos I was singing along and got confused

Set list, erm. I really cant remember, it was all a bit of a fantastic blur. Ill comapre to the other set list but the order will be way off.

Cannonball
Elephant
Rootless Tree (piano version)
Woman Like a Man
Eskimo
Coconut Skins
Volcano
9 Crimes
7 Nation Army (vivian singing and on the cello. now this was mindblowing)
Animals were gone
Willy (Lisa was hauntingly good)
I Remember
Cold Water
The Blower's Daughter
Accidental Babies (or whatever its called these days)

It was a 4 song encore which included Accidental Babies, and Cold Water but cant remember the other 2. It was all slow stuff at the end, Blower's Daughter was half way through. Just fantastic. The crowd loved it and gave a massive standing ovation at the end, which I think took the band by suprise a little bit, but they seemed happy with it

Oh and there were 2 songs at the beginning that I didnt recognise, and I'm pretty sure I have everything avaliable on my ipod so I'll be interested to hear them again!

I'll try and grab photos and movies off my mate who took a camera.

Wheels · 02-18-2007, 12:40 AM

You didn't meet any other Eskimos then Tom?

Tom · 02-18-2007, 06:35 AM

Nup, but then I hadn't really tried looking. I dont even know of any in Adelaide. Anyone?

Got the first two songs recorded, so I'll post them up.

I missed Then Go of that list of mine

Tom · 02-18-2007, 12:53 PM

Ok i've put the video up but it wont let me view it yet. I assume it will start working soon, so have a look here:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Aussiewalrus

Do i win a prize for revealing a new song?

Dinner with Lisa would do!

Closing_Doors · 02-18-2007, 01:12 PM

You only get dinner with Lisa when you put up the 2nd one*

*May not be true

Liv · 02-18-2007, 04:30 PM

awwww I don't like this! he's comin to Australia but not Iceland!

this is just sad!

Closing_Doors · 02-18-2007, 04:51 PM

Yeah you think he'd go there considering how close it is to Austrailia

Tom · 02-18-2007, 09:39 PM

thats right. I sometimes drive to Iceland for the weekend.

Tom · 02-18-2007, 09:43 PM

Hmm that youtube vid just wont work. I'll reformat it tonight as a different file type and upload it. For now I'm off to try and get people to join my gliding club.

www.youtube.com/juniorsoaringoz

Shameless plug

timmay! · 02-19-2007, 02:02 PM

Melbourne tonight. Started off a bit weird with Damien kneeling on the ground on his own, with his back to the audience - hunched over singing into the cavity in his guitar. A new song I think.

It's been very hot in Melbourne last few days, and the venue (The Palais) is a fantastic old run down theatre which unfortunately has no air conditioning - so it was a bit warm and stuffy in there. I'd have to say they all looked a tad uncomfortable, and maybe the heat sapped their performance a bit.

Lisa's PA thingy broke late in the gig and she couldnt hear herself. With a couple of thousand people in the room @ $74 a head, it might have been an idea to have a spare one handy? Damien and Vivyienne ad-libbed and made a bit of a joke about it while Lisa fumbled around the place trying to sort it out, but to no avail & i don't think she took any further part in the proceedings..

Highlight of the night was the last song, an acoustic solo rendition of The Blower's Daughter. All the lights in the house down, single spotlight on Damo. He was standing there about 10 foot away (thank you internet presale) unplugged from everything, no microphone, no wires - nothing. Singing The Blowers Daughter like he was standing in my front room. He was closer than my TV. Mesmerising.

I'm going again tomorrow night

timmay! · 02-20-2007, 01:16 PM

Melbourne #2. A very different concert to last night. I was impressed by the fact that all his chat to the crowd was all completely different, so he's not just regurgitating the same old guff every night. Good onya Damo.

Highlights: Vivyienne's "Random Man" went down very well tonight. Damien ad-libbed a song on the spot based on a few words thrown out by the audience (purple, fear, eyes were the words IIRC). Amazing to see that Damien can ad-lib a song better than what most people could produce after a year in a recording studio. Oh, and Lisa's black dress. Scha-wing.

Lowlights - the clown sitting in front of me whose head was lolling around all night like it was too heavy for his neck to support, requiring my head to imitate the pendulum of a grandfather clock for two and a half hours swaying back and forth constantly in order to look around the big galoot. Damien invited the first "musician" in the audience to touch the stage could sing a song. So some American twat (whose love for himself obviously eclipsed anything Romeo & Juliet could ever offer us) practically high hurdled himself onto the stage like he's been training for a month. He proceeded to bore us for approximately 5 minutes with some awful ****e that no-one wanted to hear, then refused to hand back the guitar when Damien went back on stage and practically had to have it taken off him, then they proceeded to do a cover version of "Stand By Me" together in order to get rid of the prick wthout having to call security. Yawnsome.

Highlight - right at the end of The Blower's Daughter he broke into Creep. That was pretty good.

Lowlight - Accidental Babies as an encore. Jesus, that song does absolutely nothing for me.

Oh and over the two nights and he never played either of my favourite songs (Eskimo & Grey Room). Bastard.

Overall a more more relaxed and personable performance tonight. Last night's was rather edgy and a tad wooden by comparison. Verdict - Damien is a very affable, humourous and engaging character in addition to being incredibly talented. Sickening, really.

edit/ and good onya for playing for 2.5 hours tonight. don't remember exactly what time it finished up at last night, but it wasn't anywhere near as long i'm sure.

Wheels · 02-20-2007, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timmay!

Oh, and Lisa's black dress. Scha-wing.

Photos??

SisterMidnight · 02-21-2007, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timmay!

Damien ad-libbed a song on the spot based on a few words thrown out by the audience (purple, fear, eyes were the words IIRC). Amazing to see that Damien can ad-lib a song better than what most people could produce after a year in a recording studio.

!!! did anyone record?? *hopes*

wanderer · 02-21-2007, 02:28 AM

That would be cool to see. Damien and his adlibbing skills.

SisterMidnight · 02-21-2007, 02:46 AM

i think it may not be ad-libbed..

damien did the color/emotion/body part thing in madison, wisconsin in '04 and played a song called "fear" (informally) and i'm hoping it's the same one! i would love to hear a good recording of it..

he did the same thing in new york in december and brought out red/happy/nose.. it's kind of a special game or theme he does and he rarely does it and it's usually a new song, so lucky people at that gig

Liv · 02-25-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Closing_Doors

Yeah you think he'd go there considering how close it is to Austrailia

well.. no! but!.. Australia is also just a "small" island somewhere in the middle of nowhere! ..like iceland!..

im just sad cause i had tickets for the danish gig but i wont be able to come...

Closing_Doors · 02-25-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liv

well.. no! but!.. Australia is also just a "small" island somewhere in the middle of nowhere! ..like iceland!..

im just sad cause i had tickets for the danish gig but i wont be able to come...

Hardly. It's the world's largest island!

Tom · 02-26-2007, 04:22 AM

I think Liv was joking. But yes it is big, way too bloody big in my opinion! It's only the bits round the edge that are any good anyway

Yellow · 02-26-2007, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom

Willy (Lisa was hauntingly good)

Colour me ignorant, but what is Willy?

Also just wanted to add HOW EXCITED I am about Damien coming to Canada! Anyone else have tickets for the Toronto show? My countdown is quite long..how many days until May 18th?

Closing_Doors · 02-26-2007, 07:51 PM

Willy is a Joni Mitchell song. And a damn good one at that!

Tom · 02-26-2007, 10:11 PM

[quote=Yellow]Colour me ignorant, but what is Willy?[quote]

Well, when a man loves a woman very much . . .

Ahem.

Lisa sings it with no accompanyment. Her voice just rings out, it is stunningly beautiful. One of my favorites. She also does a version of silent night in the same way. Amazing

02-17-2007, 02:35 PM	#34
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	Sounds like a good night! Mind throwing up the full set list when you get the chance? Any new songs? __________________ Come clean, come good, repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood' when those at the back rush forward to say how a little love goes a long long long way. -- Simon Armitage

02-18-2007, 12:40 AM	#38
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	You didn't meet any other Eskimos then Tom? __________________

02-18-2007, 01:12 PM	#41
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	You only get dinner with Lisa when you put up the 2nd one* *May not be true __________________ Come clean, come good, repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood' when those at the back rush forward to say how a little love goes a long long long way. -- Simon Armitage

02-18-2007, 04:30 PM	#42
Liv Liv Røskva Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	awwww I don't like this! he's comin to Australia but not Iceland! this is just sad! __________________ Stop whaling world-wide! og drengen danser, når vi er sammen Vær ærlig. søde et kys.

02-18-2007, 04:51 PM	#43
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	Yeah you think he'd go there considering how close it is to Austrailia __________________ Come clean, come good, repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood' when those at the back rush forward to say how a little love goes a long long long way. -- Simon Armitage

02-16-2007, 11:41 PM	#31
Vienna Eskimo Grammar Queen Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 5,626	ah you are so lucky, i am so in love with freo....possibly my favourite place in the world, to have seen damien there would have been awesome...and then my mum says there was some thing going on with bob evans and some other bands for like 10 bucks, would have loved that too..... jesus why am i in this country, i need to get back to WA

02-17-2007, 12:24 AM	#32
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Going tonight in Adelaide. Anyone else? Cant wait

02-17-2007, 01:32 PM	#33
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Wow, incredible stuff. Really mind blowing. Too many highlights to mention really. Lisa singing Willy. I Remember (where Lisa got a couple of lines the wrong way round!). Damein singing Then Go direct to the audience, no microphone. He has a powerful voice, just filled up the space, was incredible. Seven Nation Army was good, dont think many of the audience expected that. Did a 4 piece encore, got the verses for Accidental Babies the wrong way round. Was absolutely brilliant

02-17-2007, 03:55 PM	#36
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	I agree Wheels, I think they've changed in a similar way as they did recently with The Professor... that's probably why Lisa went blank on the Perth gig... must be confusing to suddenly sing it differently as you've always done

02-18-2007, 12:17 AM	#37
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Well the normal line is "there was wet in your hair, I just stood up and stared" or something like that, but she sang them the wrong way round. I only notice cos I was singing along and got confused Set list, erm. I really cant remember, it was all a bit of a fantastic blur. Ill comapre to the other set list but the order will be way off. Cannonball Elephant Rootless Tree (piano version) Woman Like a Man Eskimo Coconut Skins Volcano 9 Crimes 7 Nation Army (vivian singing and on the cello. now this was mindblowing) Animals were gone Willy (Lisa was hauntingly good) I Remember Cold Water The Blower's Daughter Accidental Babies (or whatever its called these days) It was a 4 song encore which included Accidental Babies, and Cold Water but cant remember the other 2. It was all slow stuff at the end, Blower's Daughter was half way through. Just fantastic. The crowd loved it and gave a massive standing ovation at the end, which I think took the band by suprise a little bit, but they seemed happy with it Oh and there were 2 songs at the beginning that I didnt recognise, and I'm pretty sure I have everything avaliable on my ipod so I'll be interested to hear them again! I'll try and grab photos and movies off my mate who took a camera.

02-18-2007, 06:35 AM	#39
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Nup, but then I hadn't really tried looking. I dont even know of any in Adelaide. Anyone? Got the first two songs recorded, so I'll post them up. I missed Then Go of that list of mine

02-18-2007, 12:53 PM	#40
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Ok i've put the video up but it wont let me view it yet. I assume it will start working soon, so have a look here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Aussiewalrus Do i win a prize for revealing a new song? Dinner with Lisa would do!

02-18-2007, 09:39 PM	#44
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	thats right. I sometimes drive to Iceland for the weekend.

02-18-2007, 09:43 PM	#45
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	Hmm that youtube vid just wont work. I'll reformat it tonight as a different file type and upload it. For now I'm off to try and get people to join my gliding club. www.youtube.com/juniorsoaringoz Shameless plug

02-19-2007, 02:02 PM	#46
timmay! Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18	Melbourne tonight. Started off a bit weird with Damien kneeling on the ground on his own, with his back to the audience - hunched over singing into the cavity in his guitar. A new song I think. It's been very hot in Melbourne last few days, and the venue (The Palais) is a fantastic old run down theatre which unfortunately has no air conditioning - so it was a bit warm and stuffy in there. I'd have to say they all looked a tad uncomfortable, and maybe the heat sapped their performance a bit. Lisa's PA thingy broke late in the gig and she couldnt hear herself. With a couple of thousand people in the room @ $74 a head, it might have been an idea to have a spare one handy? Damien and Vivyienne ad-libbed and made a bit of a joke about it while Lisa fumbled around the place trying to sort it out, but to no avail & i don't think she took any further part in the proceedings.. Highlight of the night was the last song, an acoustic solo rendition of The Blower's Daughter. All the lights in the house down, single spotlight on Damo. He was standing there about 10 foot away (thank you internet presale) unplugged from everything, no microphone, no wires - nothing. Singing The Blowers Daughter like he was standing in my front room. He was closer than my TV. Mesmerising. I'm going again tomorrow night

02-20-2007, 01:16 PM	#47
timmay! Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18	Melbourne #2. A very different concert to last night. I was impressed by the fact that all his chat to the crowd was all completely different, so he's not just regurgitating the same old guff every night. Good onya Damo. Highlights: Vivyienne's "Random Man" went down very well tonight. Damien ad-libbed a song on the spot based on a few words thrown out by the audience (purple, fear, eyes were the words IIRC). Amazing to see that Damien can ad-lib a song better than what most people could produce after a year in a recording studio. Oh, and Lisa's black dress. Scha-wing. Lowlights - the clown sitting in front of me whose head was lolling around all night like it was too heavy for his neck to support, requiring my head to imitate the pendulum of a grandfather clock for two and a half hours swaying back and forth constantly in order to look around the big galoot. Damien invited the first "musician" in the audience to touch the stage could sing a song. So some American twat (whose love for himself obviously eclipsed anything Romeo & Juliet could ever offer us) practically high hurdled himself onto the stage like he's been training for a month. He proceeded to bore us for approximately 5 minutes with some awful ***e that no-one wanted to hear, then refused to hand back the guitar when Damien went back on stage and practically had to have it taken off him, then they proceeded to do a cover version of "Stand By Me" together in order to get rid of the prick wthout having to call security. Yawnsome. Highlight - right at the end of The Blower's Daughter he broke into Creep. That was pretty good. Lowlight - Accidental Babies as an encore. Jesus, that song does absolutely nothing for me. Oh and over the two nights and he never played either of my favourite songs (Eskimo & Grey Room). Bastard. Overall a more more relaxed and personable performance tonight. Last night's was rather edgy and a tad wooden by comparison. Verdict - Damien is a very affable, humourous and engaging character in addition to being incredibly talented. Sickening, really. edit/ and good onya for playing for 2.5 hours tonight. don't remember exactly what time it finished up at last night, but it wasn't anywhere near as long i'm sure. Last edited by timmay!; 02-20-2007 at 01:25 PM.*

02-21-2007, 02:28 AM	#50
wanderer Eskimoness Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 40	That would be cool to see. Damien and his adlibbing skills. __________________ www.myspace.com/equalkarma

02-21-2007, 02:46 AM	#51
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	i think it may not be ad-libbed.. damien did the color/emotion/body part thing in madison, wisconsin in '04 and played a song called "fear" (informally) and i'm hoping it's the same one! i would love to hear a good recording of it.. he did the same thing in new york in december and brought out red/happy/nose.. it's kind of a special game or theme he does and he rarely does it and it's usually a new song, so lucky people at that gig Last edited by SisterMidnight; 02-21-2007 at 02:50 AM.

02-26-2007, 04:22 AM	#54
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	I think Liv was joking. But yes it is big, way too bloody big in my opinion! It's only the bits round the edge that are any good anyway

02-26-2007, 07:51 PM	#56
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	Willy is a Joni Mitchell song. And a damn good one at that! __________________ Come clean, come good, repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood' when those at the back rush forward to say how a little love goes a long long long way. -- Simon Armitage

02-26-2007, 10:11 PM	#57
Tom Eskimo Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 66	[quote=Yellow]Colour me ignorant, but what is Willy?[quote] Well, when a man loves a woman very much . . . Ahem. Lisa sings it with no accompanyment. Her voice just rings out, it is stunningly beautiful. One of my favorites. She also does a version of silent night in the same way. Amazing