blower's daughter

gigi123 · 04-25-2005, 08:45 PM

i recently just heard the song...it's beautuful! can anyone shed some light on the meaning/interpreting the song/lyrics?? thx!!

Wheels · 04-25-2005, 08:59 PM

If you do a search you should find plenty of discussion of it... I'm rushing off so can't give you all the details... basically the "blowers daughter" is the daughter of his flute (I think) teacher... who he had a crush on when he was young...

gigi123 · 04-26-2005, 08:09 PM

Thx Wheels! I'll try to do a search today...if anyone else has something to add, feel free!

Lemmy · 04-27-2005, 03:58 AM

I think it was about his clarinet teacher's daughter...not sure though, check with a more experienced eskimo.

Wheels · 04-27-2005, 09:28 AM

That sounds more like it.

administrator · 04-27-2005, 10:17 AM

oh i think that ship has sailed...

oooh, i've always wanted to say that!

SilentNight · 04-27-2005, 12:41 PM

i find it's hard to try to know the real meaning of the lyrics. i just found communication is harder than ever. someone said something, other people would have different understanding of their own, no differences between your best friend or total strangers, so i'm not thinking i understood whatever anymore.

Cali · 04-27-2005, 05:04 PM

huh... ok?

SilentNight · 04-27-2005, 11:36 PM

sorry Cali

WhatAmIDarling? · 04-28-2005, 07:19 PM

I had no idea the song was about his flute/clarinet teacher’s daughter!

That was the first song I ever heard by Damien Rice and I was hooked.

This may sound very weird…but I thought that the song was about “the blowers daughter”…literally. As in, a glass blower.

I had a beautiful, 18th century setting of a wooden glasshouse in the middle of a deep, dark forest on the outskirts of a small, newly established town etched in my mind every time I heard that song…haha

Personally, I think it’s one of the most romantic songs on the album.

StatQuo · 04-28-2005, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhatAmIDarling?

I had a beautiful, 18th century setting of a wooden glasshouse in the middle of a deep, dark forest on the outskirts of a small, newly established town etched in my mind every time I heard that song…haha

Personally, I think it’s one of the most romantic songs on the album.

I wish i had your imagination, i mostly feel pain in the song. A love once had, now unreachable, and the pain won't stop untill well: I can't my mind of you... till i get a knife and cut it out.

#Ian# · 04-28-2005, 08:00 PM

or even till he finds somebody new

WhatAmIDarling? · 04-28-2005, 08:50 PM

Sad love songs are very romantic.

"Cheers, Darling" is VERY sad, and yet, still very romantic.

Sad songs may even be MORE romantic than happy ones. I mean, no one really wants to hear a song about someone who is overwhelmingly in love because a) no one really cares, b) where's the depth in that?, and c) for the same reason no one wants to hear about your great day--they've most likely had a bad one and aren't in the mood.

Sad love songs are just so much more interesting because there are a million reasons why the romance could turned into a tragedy. A happy love song is just...happy. There's no real story or moral behind it.

kel :) · 04-28-2005, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StatQuo

I wish i had your imagination, i mostly feel pain in the song. A love once had, now unreachable, and the pain won't stop untill well: I can't my mind of you... till i get a knife and cut it out.

oh my god that made me laugh so much!! ppl, ppl, lets not be so vicious!!

BIG TIM · 04-29-2005, 09:04 AM

I have to say that when I first heard this song I imagined a small irsih fishing town on the coast with a huge light house on top of a cliff. my brother has got this huge picture of a coast line and huge waves exploding against the cliff face.

I had a huge story behind it as well, im not going to go into it because then I'd have to explain how i asociated "blowers daugther" to the sea......

oh yea thats right, you know when you go climbing on the rocks at the beach and they have those blow holes where the water comes spurting out.

well with that being said, all i can say is that I assure you that I havent being smoking anything at all.

thank you

WhatAmIDarling? · 05-01-2005, 02:13 PM

Ohhhh...pretty.

04-25-2005, 08:45 PM	#1
gigi123 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	blower's daughter i recently just heard the song...it's beautuful! can anyone shed some light on the meaning/interpreting the song/lyrics?? thx!!

04-25-2005, 08:59 PM	#2
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	If you do a search you should find plenty of discussion of it... I'm rushing off so can't give you all the details... basically the "blowers daughter" is the daughter of his flute (I think) teacher... who he had a crush on when he was young... __________________

04-27-2005, 03:58 AM	#4
Lemmy Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 266	I think it was about his clarinet teacher's daughter...not sure though, check with a more experienced eskimo. __________________ "we were bruised, we were spared, we were bold."

04-27-2005, 09:28 AM	#5
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	That sounds more like it. __________________

04-27-2005, 10:17 AM	#6
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	oh i think that ship has sailed... oooh, i've always wanted to say that! __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

04-26-2005, 08:09 PM	#3
gigi123 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	Thx Wheels! I'll try to do a search today...if anyone else has something to add, feel free!

04-27-2005, 12:41 PM	#7
SilentNight Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 901	i find it's hard to try to know the real meaning of the lyrics. i just found communication is harder than ever. someone said something, other people would have different understanding of their own, no differences between your best friend or total strangers, so i'm not thinking i understood whatever anymore. Last edited by SilentNight; 04-27-2005 at 11:34 PM.

04-27-2005, 05:04 PM	#8
Cali Vegetable Eskimo Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: A room of musical tunes Posts: 5,158	huh... ok? __________________ Scrubs Ted and Kate Micucci Screw You (full song) __________________________________ note: my name is NOT short for California

04-27-2005, 11:36 PM	#9
SilentNight Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 901	sorry Cali

04-28-2005, 07:19 PM	#10
WhatAmIDarling? Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 448	I had no idea the song was about his flute/clarinet teacher’s daughter! That was the first song I ever heard by Damien Rice and I was hooked. This may sound very weird…but I thought that the song was about “the blowers daughter”…literally. As in, a glass blower. I had a beautiful, 18th century setting of a wooden glasshouse in the middle of a deep, dark forest on the outskirts of a small, newly established town etched in my mind every time I heard that song…haha Personally, I think it’s one of the most romantic songs on the album.

04-28-2005, 08:00 PM	#12
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	or even till he finds somebody new __________________ 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

04-28-2005, 08:50 PM	#13
WhatAmIDarling? Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 448	Sad love songs are very romantic. "Cheers, Darling" is VERY sad, and yet, still very romantic. Sad songs may even be MORE romantic than happy ones. I mean, no one really wants to hear a song about someone who is overwhelmingly in love because a) no one really cares, b) where's the depth in that?, and c) for the same reason no one wants to hear about your great day--they've most likely had a bad one and aren't in the mood. Sad love songs are just so much more interesting because there are a million reasons why the romance could turned into a tragedy. A happy love song is just...happy. There's no real story or moral behind it.

04-29-2005, 09:04 AM	#15
BIG TIM Polar bear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: currently Newcastle, England Posts: 400	I have to say that when I first heard this song I imagined a small irsih fishing town on the coast with a huge light house on top of a cliff. my brother has got this huge picture of a coast line and huge waves exploding against the cliff face. I had a huge story behind it as well, im not going to go into it because then I'd have to explain how i asociated "blowers daugther" to the sea...... oh yea thats right, you know when you go climbing on the rocks at the beach and they have those blow holes where the water comes spurting out. well with that being said, all i can say is that I assure you that I havent being smoking anything at all. thank you __________________ Stars don't have mirrors because true beauty doesn't need them .

05-01-2005, 02:13 PM	#16
WhatAmIDarling? Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 448	Ohhhh...pretty.