ray lamontagne

quietreflections · 10-21-2006, 04:08 PM

Any ray lamontagne fans?? i bought his new album yesterday and i think it's just amazing. I loved "trouble". I think it's one of my all time favourite albums. I really thought he would struggle to come up with something as impressive again but i was wrong. He's surpassed it in my opinion. "When The Sun Turns Dark" is simply a work of astonishing quality. What does everyone else think?

mari · 10-22-2006, 10:28 AM

I also love 'trouble' but there are a couple of tracks I tend to skip, but there's not a single track I don't listen to on the new album...by the way, to my horror, I recently discovered I'd been pronouncing Lamontagne wrong (it seems it's not meant to rhyme with lasagne after all!)

quietreflections · 10-22-2006, 01:16 PM

That's okay Mari- it's a mistake easily made!! What's your favourite track from the new album? I absolutely love "till the sun turns black" and "can i stay". I remember seeing him live in Dublin a few months back and he played "Can I Stay" at the end of his set. Eventhough i didn't recognise the song i was completely blown away by it.

audity · 10-22-2006, 01:54 PM

I have yet to hear all of a single Ray Lamontagne song.

cille · 10-22-2006, 02:50 PM

I just ordered 'till the sun...', since it is one of my fave albums this year, and it came cheaper along with 9 at amazon.co.uk..

YAY!

mari · 10-22-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by quietreflections

That's okay Mari- it's a mistake easily made!! What's your favourite track from the new album? I absolutely love "till the sun turns black" and "can i stay". I remember seeing him live in Dublin a few months back and he played "Can I Stay" at the end of his set. Eventhough i didn't recognise the song i was completely blown away by it.

well, I don't think I can pick just one track...my favourites at the moment are 'be here now' 'empty' 'three more days' 'can I stay' and 'till the sun turns black' I can imagine hearing 'can I stay' being performed live was special. I saw Ray in Warwick last year, and he was extraordinary. Some people just seem to have an extra special quality when they sing live. For me, Emmett Tinley has that extra special quality too. (So does Damien, Mark Geary, Teddy Thompson and a few more besides!)

quietreflections · 10-24-2006, 02:42 PM

I never actually listened to Emmet Tinley i'm ashamed to admit. He's definitely someone i must check out! What you were saying about some musicians just having that special something is actually really interesting. For me, Paul Noonan from Bellx1 just has an amazing energy and presence when he is onstage. Obviously he's a lot more brash than Ray Lamontagne but he really knows how to work a stage and a crowd.

administrator · 10-24-2006, 04:10 PM

i love ray lamontagne... my favourite song of his is "please"... think it was an older demo that you can get here: http://p214.ezboard.com/fraylamontag...picID=29.topic

can't wait to see him in january

katiejoey · 10-24-2006, 04:23 PM

I love trouble but didn;t know he had a new album out (i have a 6 year old and a 4 month old - i tend to be a little behind on stuff like that (and very, very tired!!)) what's his new album called? i just love his voice - so different!!

administrator · 10-24-2006, 04:51 PM

The new one is "Till The Sun Turns Black"

It's great!

Fool · 10-24-2006, 05:51 PM

I've tried, so hard, but I cannot get into this guy.

All I hear is Joe Cocker with better lyrics...

StatQuo · 10-24-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fool

I've tried, so hard, but I cannot get into this guy.

All I hear is Joe Cocker with better lyrics...

Joe cocker, you must be smoking something?

Soleillily · 10-24-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by administrator

i love ray lamontagne... my favourite song of his is "please"... think it was an older demo that you can get here: http://p214.ezboard.com/fraylamontag...picID=29.topic

can't wait to see him in january

Hey Em, here is Ray performing 'Please' at the Troubadour last month...my friend shot this, its a bit muffled at the start but the sound is still pretty good. I love this song too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ATlmRmT34

I get to see him again on the 9th. yay!

dylanfan · 10-24-2006, 08:30 PM

yep ray is great. i think i started a ray thread about a year ago! ive seen him live a few times (bowery ballroom then town hall and next is the beacon...getting steadily more and more popular) . is great but boy is he ever awkward on stage.

administrator · 10-24-2006, 10:57 PM

thankssssssss susana... not fair that you get to see him again. hope you get to the damien gig in el rey too.

sleepingnotweeping · 10-25-2006, 02:24 AM

Ray and Damien are my favorite living musicians, hands down.

I'm .....reluctant to use the word disappointed in regards to the new album but let' s just say that it is taking longer to grow on me whereas Trouble needed no time to "grow," it more or less attacked me.

"Empty" And "You Can Buy Me Flowers" are my favorite tracks so far.

quietreflections · 10-25-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by administrator

i love ray lamontagne... my favourite song of his is "please"... think it was an older demo that you can get here: http://p214.ezboard.com/fraylamontag...picID=29.topic

can't wait to see him in january

I actually completely forgot that i have a copy of 'please' on my laptop! It's a great song. I remember just doing a search for anything by him and found that song. I'm reall surprised it never made it on to Trouble. It's certainly of that standard.

mari · 10-25-2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by quietreflections

I never actually listened to Emmet Tinley i'm ashamed to admit. He's definitely someone i must check out! What you were saying about some musicians just having that special something is actually really interesting. For me, Paul Noonan from Bellx1 just has an amazing energy and presence when he is onstage. Obviously he's a lot more brash than Ray Lamontagne but he really knows how to work a stage and a crowd.

What can I say about Emmett Tinley (i've a bit of a soft spot for him!)...definititely worth checking out if you have time. I saw him a couple of times last year in Cork and Cobh...absolutely wonderful! There are a few threads about him somewhere round here.
I know what you mean about Paul Noonan too! Bell X1 played a small venue in Oxford a few months ago, Paul was very charismatic, I got the impression I'd never get the chance to see them play infront of such a small crowd again.
Umm... Back to Ray! 'please' is a gorgeous song, thanks for the links!

quietreflections · 10-25-2006, 02:32 PM

does anyone know if Ray has some other unrealeased gems like 'please'? I'd love to get as much of his stuff as i possibly can.

Also, i was just thinking about how surprised i've been about the lack of promotion ray's new album received. Over the last few months, all the mainstream radio stations in Ireland had been playing his stuff. But nothing from his new album has gotten any airplay. I mean the first time i knew about his new album was when i saw it on sale in Virgin Megastores in Limerick. any one else as surprised by this as i am? Or should i have expected it?

gbs3769 · 10-30-2006, 02:25 PM

I caught Ray LaMontagne this summer in Rochester, NY opening for Guster. I first saw him last summer when he opened for Dave Matthews Band in Darien Lake, NY.

Good good stuff. The new album is fantastic.

- Matt

catcherjf · 10-30-2006, 03:50 PM

I saw him 4 times this summer open for guster. I love Ray Lamontagne. Whoever was in charge of booking the two together on a tour should be fired. Guster fans arent the best audience for Ray....though I am a huge guster fan.

I recently wrote an article on Ray in my friends mens magazine at cyrant.com

katiejoey · 10-30-2006, 08:20 PM

what's everyone's favorite on trouble? mine's burn.

quietreflections · 10-30-2006, 09:08 PM

yeah i love "burn" too. i suppose the idea and the lines kinda summed up a moment in my life. I just love the lines:

"so kiss him again, just to prove to me that you can
and i will stand here, and burn in my skin"

my friend asked me to play a song at her 21st birthday cos she never heard me sing before. i played this for her. little did she know how true it was. still is.

katiejoey · 10-30-2006, 09:18 PM

i imagine she already has somebody and that's why you haven't told her how you feel? friends make the best relationships. my husband and i have been together for 8 years now and we were really good friends for about 2 years before that. i think we were both just scared to do anything about how we felt. then we finally did and here we are, 8 years later!!
(sorry to give you the story of my life

!)

quietreflections · 10-30-2006, 09:24 PM

please don't apologize, i'm really happy to hear that. no, she actually doesn't have anyone else. that night she kissed someone which hurt but it was just a once off. i really shouldn't have been surprised because she is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen. and i'm not trying to sound self-deprecating with what i say next, it's the truth....she is far too good for me. she deserves better.

katiejoey · 10-30-2006, 09:51 PM

i don't even know you but i think you're wrong in saying that. just reading what you said about how beautiful she is - i think she'd be silly not to give it a shot.
by the way, were you two dating when this incindent happened??

eims · 10-31-2006, 09:08 PM

So am i wrong in thinkin that both 'Til the sun turns black' and 'Trouble' were released this year?! I'm obviously behind the times here, didnt know he had a new one!

quietreflections · 10-31-2006, 09:30 PM

i think trouble was released at the start of last year. I've certainly had a copy of it for 15 months anyway so sometime before that. Till the Sun was only released here in the last month or so.

administrator · 10-31-2006, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quietreflections

does anyone know if Ray has some other unrealeased gems like 'please'? I'd love to get as much of his stuff as i possibly can.

lots! follow the links here: http://p214.ezboard.com/fraylamonta...opicID=29.topic

cille · 11-01-2006, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by eims

So am i wrong in thinkin that both 'Til the sun turns black' and 'Trouble' were released this year?! I'm obviously behind the times here, didnt know he had a new one!

I think it was re-released this year in Europe.

10-21-2006, 04:08 PM	#1
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	ray lamontagne Any ray lamontagne fans?? i bought his new album yesterday and i think it's just amazing. I loved "trouble". I think it's one of my all time favourite albums. I really thought he would struggle to come up with something as impressive again but i was wrong. He's surpassed it in my opinion. "When The Sun Turns Dark" is simply a work of astonishing quality. What does everyone else think?

10-22-2006, 10:28 AM	#2
mari Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 833	I also love 'trouble' but there are a couple of tracks I tend to skip, but there's not a single track I don't listen to on the new album...by the way, to my horror, I recently discovered I'd been pronouncing Lamontagne wrong (it seems it's not meant to rhyme with lasagne after all!) __________________ Emmett Tinley World Domination Commission (ETWDC)

10-22-2006, 01:54 PM	#4
audity High-Five Eskimo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the River Lee, County Cork, Ireland Posts: 1,397	I have yet to hear all of a single Ray Lamontagne song. __________________ Ireland For Ron Paul "Don't worry, ma'am...I've got permits for these." -The Todd "For everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy, kind delight." -William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright

10-22-2006, 02:50 PM	#5
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	I just ordered 'till the sun...', since it is one of my fave albums this year, and it came cheaper along with 9 at amazon.co.uk.. YAY! __________________ Yeah

10-24-2006, 04:10 PM	#8
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	i love ray lamontagne... my favourite song of his is "please"... think it was an older demo that you can get here: http://p214.ezboard.com/fraylamontag...picID=29.topic can't wait to see him in january __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

10-22-2006, 01:16 PM	#3
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	That's okay Mari- it's a mistake easily made!! What's your favourite track from the new album? I absolutely love "till the sun turns black" and "can i stay". I remember seeing him live in Dublin a few months back and he played "Can I Stay" at the end of his set. Eventhough i didn't recognise the song i was completely blown away by it.

10-24-2006, 02:42 PM	#7
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	I never actually listened to Emmet Tinley i'm ashamed to admit. He's definitely someone i must check out! What you were saying about some musicians just having that special something is actually really interesting. For me, Paul Noonan from Bellx1 just has an amazing energy and presence when he is onstage. Obviously he's a lot more brash than Ray Lamontagne but he really knows how to work a stage and a crowd.

10-24-2006, 04:23 PM	#9
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	I love trouble but didn;t know he had a new album out (i have a 6 year old and a 4 month old - i tend to be a little behind on stuff like that (and very, very tired!!)) what's his new album called? i just love his voice - so different!!

10-24-2006, 04:51 PM	#10
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	The new one is "Till The Sun Turns Black" It's great! __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

10-24-2006, 05:51 PM	#11
Fool Eskimo Fool Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. Posts: 175	I've tried, so hard, but I cannot get into this guy. All I hear is Joe Cocker with better lyrics...

10-24-2006, 08:30 PM	#14
dylanfan Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 311	yep ray is great. i think i started a ray thread about a year ago! ive seen him live a few times (bowery ballroom then town hall and next is the beacon...getting steadily more and more popular) . is great but boy is he ever awkward on stage.

10-24-2006, 10:57 PM	#15
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	thankssssssss susana... not fair that you get to see him again. hope you get to the damien gig in el rey too. __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

10-25-2006, 02:24 AM	#16
sleepingnotweeping Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	Ray and Damien are my favorite living musicians, hands down. I'm .....reluctant to use the word disappointed in regards to the new album but let' s just say that it is taking longer to grow on me whereas Trouble needed no time to "grow," it more or less attacked me. "Empty" And "You Can Buy Me Flowers" are my favorite tracks so far.

10-25-2006, 02:32 PM	#19
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	does anyone know if Ray has some other unrealeased gems like 'please'? I'd love to get as much of his stuff as i possibly can. Also, i was just thinking about how surprised i've been about the lack of promotion ray's new album received. Over the last few months, all the mainstream radio stations in Ireland had been playing his stuff. But nothing from his new album has gotten any airplay. I mean the first time i knew about his new album was when i saw it on sale in Virgin Megastores in Limerick. any one else as surprised by this as i am? Or should i have expected it?

10-30-2006, 02:25 PM	#20
gbs3769 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Limerick Pub Posts: 120	I caught Ray LaMontagne this summer in Rochester, NY opening for Guster. I first saw him last summer when he opened for Dave Matthews Band in Darien Lake, NY. Good good stuff. The new album is fantastic. - Matt __________________ Upcoming: 06.07-06.10 Jacksonville, FL Matt's Space

10-30-2006, 03:50 PM	#21
catcherjf I'm a Believer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 266	I saw him 4 times this summer open for guster. I love Ray Lamontagne. Whoever was in charge of booking the two together on a tour should be fired. Guster fans arent the best audience for Ray....though I am a huge guster fan. I recently wrote an article on Ray in my friends mens magazine at cyrant.com __________________ "I just cant seem to get it right today....."

10-30-2006, 08:20 PM	#22
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	what's everyone's favorite on trouble? mine's burn.

10-30-2006, 09:08 PM	#23
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	yeah i love "burn" too. i suppose the idea and the lines kinda summed up a moment in my life. I just love the lines: "so kiss him again, just to prove to me that you can and i will stand here, and burn in my skin" my friend asked me to play a song at her 21st birthday cos she never heard me sing before. i played this for her. little did she know how true it was. still is.

10-30-2006, 09:18 PM	#24
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	i imagine she already has somebody and that's why you haven't told her how you feel? friends make the best relationships. my husband and i have been together for 8 years now and we were really good friends for about 2 years before that. i think we were both just scared to do anything about how we felt. then we finally did and here we are, 8 years later!! (sorry to give you the story of my life !)

10-30-2006, 09:24 PM	#25
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	please don't apologize, i'm really happy to hear that. no, she actually doesn't have anyone else. that night she kissed someone which hurt but it was just a once off. i really shouldn't have been surprised because she is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen. and i'm not trying to sound self-deprecating with what i say next, it's the truth....she is far too good for me. she deserves better.

10-30-2006, 09:51 PM	#26
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	i don't even know you but i think you're wrong in saying that. just reading what you said about how beautiful she is - i think she'd be silly not to give it a shot. by the way, were you two dating when this incindent happened??

10-31-2006, 09:08 PM	#27
eims Eskimo Eejit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Originally from Norn Iron tho.. Posts: 2,517	So am i wrong in thinkin that both 'Til the sun turns black' and 'Trouble' were released this year?! I'm obviously behind the times here, didnt know he had a new one! __________________ ..We can speak louder than ignorance Cause we speak in silence everytime our eyes meet..

10-31-2006, 09:30 PM	#28
quietreflections Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 20	i think trouble was released at the start of last year. I've certainly had a copy of it for 15 months anyway so sometime before that. Till the Sun was only released here in the last month or so.