piano vs. guitar versions

[borneoman]

With 9 and especially with the 9 tour, it seems like Damien discovered and incorporated the piano into his songs. And for some of his sngs we know the guitar and also the piano version. So what do you prefer, guitar or piano??? Would like the piano to be more featured in forthcoming releases???

So we have 9 crimes,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOn5Eudj5tI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfGi...eature=related

Rootless Tree,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlnpe...eature=related
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIHuFMWZ7Q

Accidental babies,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYS2NAZUDgU
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhCz...rom=PL&index=4

What this night is for,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11QNfmhfQRI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihtJiXY6BY


What do you reckon????? In truth, I do prefer the piano versions in all the comparisons, although all those guitar versions are good. And I would really hear some piano versions of songs like I Remember, Cold Water or The Blower’s Daughter… maybe next tour ☺

[Shahar]

I'll always prefer the guitar versions, he can make such a great sound of his guitar, the guitar versions are much happier then the piano versions, and all of the first album made with guitar, what's make it to such a great album...

My favourite guitar performances:

9 Crimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUR5G...=TL&playnext=1

another 9 Crimes version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPv4c...os=TR2DeP28ngw

Cannonball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJbz5...eature=related

Older Chests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogVo...eature=related

The Blower's Daughter into Creep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYb39...eature=related

[mariaoran]

Originally Posted by borneoman

With 9 and especially with the 9 tour, it seems like Damien discovered and incorporated the piano into his songs. And for some of his sngs we know the guitar and also the piano version. So what do you prefer, guitar or piano??? Would like the piano to be more featured in forthcoming releases???

So we have 9 crimes,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOn5Eudj5tI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfGi...eature=related

Rootless Tree,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlnpe...eature=related
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIHuFMWZ7Q

Accidental babies,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYS2NAZUDgU
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhCz...rom=PL&index=4

What this night is for,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11QNfmhfQRI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihtJiXY6BY


What do you reckon????? In truth, I do prefer the piano versions in all the comparisons, although all those guitar versions are good. And I would really hear some piano versions of songs like I Remember, Cold Water or The Blower’s Daughter… maybe next tour ☺

I think the only one of those i prefer in guitar version is 9 crimes. The rest are awesome on the piano.

[Ewwa]

in most cases I´d go for the piano version, especially for accidental babies! do you remember the outro he used to do when he played it live? it was heartbreaking but incredibely beautiful!

[Swedish Professor]

Originally Posted by borneoman

With 9 and especially with the 9 tour, it seems like Damien discovered and incorporated the piano into his songs. And for some of his sngs we know the guitar and also the piano version. So what do you prefer, guitar or piano??? Would like the piano to be more featured in forthcoming releases???

So we have 9 crimes,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOn5Eudj5tI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfGi...eature=related

Rootless Tree,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlnpe...eature=related
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIHuFMWZ7Q

Accidental babies,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYS2NAZUDgU
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhCz...rom=PL&index=4

What this night is for,
Piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11QNfmhfQRI
Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihtJiXY6BY


What do you reckon????? In truth, I do prefer the piano versions in all the comparisons, although all those guitar versions are good. And I would really hear some piano versions of songs like I Remember, Cold Water or The Blower’s Daughter… maybe next tour ☺

These songs are especially well suited for the piano I think, still I think I prefer the guitar most of the times in general. 9 crimes and Accedental babies could be either way for me though. And for the first two songs here i preferred the piano-versions of that simple reasons that they were feauturing Lisa. Oh Lisa, with the voice of an angel and the looks of an even greater angel.

[borneoman]

Originally Posted by Ewwa

in most cases I´d go for the piano version, especially for accidental babies! do you remember the outro he used to do when he played it live? it was heartbreaking but incredibely beautiful!

^It's on the youtube clip I linked!!!! Best thing ever, that outro should soooooooo have been on 9

and today I found an amazing guitar version of Rootless Tree in the sense that is very delicate and almost sounds like the piano version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIHu...eature=related

[Samart]

First : Those songs are good on both piano and guitar. (stupid remark ? Ah,ah, sorry)

9 crimes fits it very well on piano. Maybe that's why it's on piano on he record. 9 crimes best performances have been on piano I think. Personal taste, maybe.

Rootless tree on guitar faster, so the ambiance change a lot.
I love them both on guitar and piano. But that rootless guitar intro, I like it so much, that's why I think I prefer it on guitar.

Accidental babies. I prefer it on piano. It's natural, seems like it was writen for piano. Very beautiful on guitar too though. But I agree, the outro is flawless. And maybe because it's easier to make accidental babies on a piano than on a guitar, because the guitar get broke. *joking*


What this night is for. I wasn't familiar with that song. I listen and watch both version. I prefer the piano version, but the guitar one is sh*t sound quality, so, maybe I have been influenced. LOL

[borneoman]

here's a better sound-quality version of What This Night is For-Guitar Version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tM3JYtsIKY

upped by our Eskimo TheOlive!!!!!!!

[Cotys]

I prefer the piano versions of most of the songs....specially 9 crimes, it´s perfect in piano

[Spamlet]

Prefer piano for all but Rootless. That song has some of the most layered and complex guitar of anything Damo has ever written and so makes the three clunkily bashed repeatedly piano chords version pale for me. As one of the original Eskimo lamenters of the absence of the outro from "9" I must heartily agree with Ewwa and born that it's the most gorgeous, bestest thing ever.

[eva_arg]

probably piano in all of them. specially when the band kicks in, take Cardiff or Marlay Park for example... fantastic!

[borneoman]

Looks like the live debut of Accidental babies was on guitar back in 04:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhCz...eature=related

wonder if it was written on guitar ???

[eva_arg]

^wow, never seen that before

I said I prefer piano in most songs but the guitar version of 9 crimes that's on the Dogs single is pretty awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYM01jo0tzM