glen hansard talking about damien

administrator · 02-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Taken from a Hybrid Magazine interview with Glen Hansard:

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GH: ...I'm going to make a fool of myself in January… I'm going to act again.

HM: Are you?

GH: Yeah. Me and a few friends, very small time, we're making a film about a busker. And I'm going to play the busker. He's basically a guy who is in his early thirties, he's kind of disillusioned, but he's good, you know. He has something. He has some songs… and his girlfriend's gone away… And myself and Damien Rice are writing all the songs for it. And basically he meets this Eastern European girl who's selling this magazine, and she somehow inspires him to get off his ass and to get into the studio and make a record and basically go see his girlfriend in London… to get her back with these songs that he's been writing because she's been floored by these tunes he's been writing. It's a very simple story… but we're going to start shooting in January. The script is really good, I'm really happy with it.

HM: So you and Damien Rice are friends? You're tight?

GH: Well, yeah. I mean I guess like anybody, we're the same animal so we both love and hate each other. Well, don't love and hate each other, but we like being in each other's company and at the same time we're a little cautious of each other. It's kind of strange, man. I like him a lot, though.

HM: The tour that you did with him last year, was that the first time you'd met him?

GH: No, no. Geez, I've known him years. He toured with us, he opened up for our shows when he left Juniper first… That's how he started. He first started touring with us, just him and his guitar. So I've known him for a long time.

HM: I didn't realize that he had been in a band before.

GH: Yeah, he was in a band before.

HM: He's another one I don't quite get. Some of his songs I really enjoy, but…

GH: I know what you mean. He's kind of an acquired taste.

HM: I was hoping that seeing him live would help, that it might make it all click… and it didn't. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind… you know, so much of that kind of thing is frame of mind.

GH: No, I know what you're saying. A lot of my friends do not get him. I guess if I'm being really honest, I go to myself, his music isn't the strongest element of my friendship with him… he just does what he does, and I do what I do, and somehow we end up getting on in the middle of it. I don't think we ever really talk about each other's music to each other. We just talk about cooking, or…

HM: So how is that going to go, writing these songs with him?

GH: So far, it's been really good. We've sat down and written together, and basically taken the guitars out and… right, here's the scene where I'm playing this song for the first time on the street. This girl walks by and she hears it. What kind of song is it? Where are we? Okay, what have we got? One of us starts playing some chords and we kind of take it from there… and it's been really organic, really simple. You know, what he has to offer and what I have to offer are two very different things, and when they combine they seem to work really well…

corkboyinexile · 02-09-2006, 04:57 PM

That sounds like its going to be absolutely class, can't wait

Bumpman · 02-09-2006, 05:13 PM

Aye, i hope there's a soundtrack...

Closing_Doors · 02-09-2006, 05:26 PM

Yeah a studio version of Leave would be nice. I'm actually in the film, albeit briefly

cille · 02-09-2006, 05:41 PM

hehe, all this reminds me of that new eyebrowy film

Wheels · 02-09-2006, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Closing_Doors

Yeah a studio version of Leave would be nice. I'm actually in the film, albeit briefly

Seriously? Mad.

Gatsby · 02-09-2006, 06:30 PM

haha glens talking about celtic mysticism

the legend

SifterUK · 02-09-2006, 07:57 PM

Sounds good.
Hope he is still finding time to work on a solo album too...but beggers cant be choosers

Closing_Doors · 02-10-2006, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wheels

Seriously? Mad.

Yup. Didn't even have to give any sexual favours

There were people filming the filming....which was strange.

cille · 02-10-2006, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Closing_Doors

Yup. Didn't even have to give any sexual favours

damn!

Iwasatabarwiththis,lady · 02-11-2006, 01:41 AM

I never understand, what is it people dont 'get' about damien?

Is there much to 'get' when listening his music? Maybe i have listened too much but is his music wierd to a virgin ear or what?

SisterMidnight · 02-11-2006, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Revelate

haha glens talking about celtic mysticism

the legend

"Reading a book right now about the Celtic underworld."

he makes it sound like it's about the irish mafia instead of faeries

i wanna read that book!

a soundtrack would be nice but it sounds like glen is doing all of the performing and damien's co-composing.. i would prefer to hear damien. would be cool if he recorded his own versions of the collaborations..

but who is this guy doing the interview? doesn't "quite get" damien's music.. seeing him live didn't even make it click.. ?!

Iwasatabarwiththis,lady · 02-11-2006, 02:19 AM

i guess it is good not everyone 'gets' his music.

It would suck if everyone 'got' his music straight off.

Perhaps the interwiewer saw Amie-sex change and got a little freaked

SisterMidnight · 02-11-2006, 02:25 AM

i dunno if he's an acquired taste i acquired it right away

i think people either "get" him or they don't... time doesn't seem to be a factor. it seems like you either love his music straight off or you just never get it

Iwasatabarwiththis,lady · 02-11-2006, 02:33 AM

well, when hes live hes a bit 'odd' isnt he? What with i remember and the extension which no-one on this site can translate apart from lowalowalowalowalowa. I mean he even adds a bass beat. Now thats wierd.

Think of it.

I love it tho

dizzy cannon · 02-11-2006, 03:51 AM

it's nice to hear that he's writing more songs. the possibility of a second album and then maybe a soundtrack, i can only hope!!!!

yeah, i definetly dont think he's an acquired taste. it's either you like his music or it's just not you style. thats at least how it is with my friends who've heard of him.

Juzzza · 02-11-2006, 07:06 AM

I'm amazed the journalist still didn't get damo after seeing him live!

I have friends who weren't fussed with 'O' and then after seeing him live, were just so blown away that it made them fall in love with the album even harder the second time round!

cille · 02-11-2006, 10:44 AM

i wondered about that too. also funny that glen didn't 'get' him either, having played with him so much and everything.

i guess it just takes

Closing_Doors · 02-11-2006, 10:51 AM

....sweets?

cille · 02-11-2006, 11:24 AM

Iwasatabarwiththis,lady · 02-11-2006, 12:23 PM

hey guys, off topic but incidently, i think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Rice

have been reading comments here.

Especially about cross eyed bear

Profandy · 02-11-2006, 03:02 PM

interesting about cross-eyed bear - anyone know who wrote the entry?

02-09-2006, 04:29 PM	#1
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	glen hansard talking about damien Taken from a Hybrid Magazine interview with Glen Hansard: ------ GH: ...I'm going to make a fool of myself in January… I'm going to act again. HM: Are you? GH: Yeah. Me and a few friends, very small time, we're making a film about a busker. And I'm going to play the busker. He's basically a guy who is in his early thirties, he's kind of disillusioned, but he's good, you know. He has something. He has some songs… and his girlfriend's gone away… And myself and Damien Rice are writing all the songs for it. And basically he meets this Eastern European girl who's selling this magazine, and she somehow inspires him to get off his ass and to get into the studio and make a record and basically go see his girlfriend in London… to get her back with these songs that he's been writing because she's been floored by these tunes he's been writing. It's a very simple story… but we're going to start shooting in January. The script is really good, I'm really happy with it. HM: So you and Damien Rice are friends? You're tight? GH: Well, yeah. I mean I guess like anybody, we're the same animal so we both love and hate each other. Well, don't love and hate each other, but we like being in each other's company and at the same time we're a little cautious of each other. It's kind of strange, man. I like him a lot, though. HM: The tour that you did with him last year, was that the first time you'd met him? GH: No, no. Geez, I've known him years. He toured with us, he opened up for our shows when he left Juniper first… That's how he started. He first started touring with us, just him and his guitar. So I've known him for a long time. HM: I didn't realize that he had been in a band before. GH: Yeah, he was in a band before. HM: He's another one I don't quite get. Some of his songs I really enjoy, but… GH: I know what you mean. He's kind of an acquired taste. HM: I was hoping that seeing him live would help, that it might make it all click… and it didn't. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind… you know, so much of that kind of thing is frame of mind. GH: No, I know what you're saying. A lot of my friends do not get him. I guess if I'm being really honest, I go to myself, his music isn't the strongest element of my friendship with him… he just does what he does, and I do what I do, and somehow we end up getting on in the middle of it. I don't think we ever really talk about each other's music to each other. We just talk about cooking, or… HM: So how is that going to go, writing these songs with him? GH: So far, it's been really good. We've sat down and written together, and basically taken the guitars out and… right, here's the scene where I'm playing this song for the first time on the street. This girl walks by and she hears it. What kind of song is it? Where are we? Okay, what have we got? One of us starts playing some chords and we kind of take it from there… and it's been really organic, really simple. You know, what he has to offer and what I have to offer are two very different things, and when they combine they seem to work really well… __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

02-09-2006, 04:57 PM	#2
corkboyinexile Irish Eskimo by birth Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the land of sleepy time tea Posts: 189	That sounds like its going to be absolutely class, can't wait __________________ we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams

02-09-2006, 05:13 PM	#3
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	Aye, i hope there's a soundtrack... __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

02-09-2006, 05:26 PM	#4
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	Yeah a studio version of Leave would be nice. I'm actually in the film, albeit briefly __________________ 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

02-09-2006, 05:41 PM	#5
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	hehe, all this reminds me of that new eyebrowy film __________________ Yeah

02-09-2006, 06:30 PM	#7
Gatsby Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,809	haha glens talking about celtic mysticism the legend __________________ "Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further…And on fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." https://www.twitch.tv/simonjmusic

02-09-2006, 07:57 PM	#8
SifterUK Eskimo Friend Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 59	Sounds good. Hope he is still finding time to work on a solo album too...but beggers cant be choosers

02-11-2006, 01:41 AM	#11
Iwasatabarwiththis,lady i got years.............. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East London Posts: 251	I never understand, what is it people dont 'get' about damien? Is there much to 'get' when listening his music? Maybe i have listened too much but is his music wierd to a virgin ear or what?

02-11-2006, 02:19 AM	#13
Iwasatabarwiththis,lady i got years.............. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East London Posts: 251	i guess it is good not everyone 'gets' his music. It would suck if everyone 'got' his music straight off. Perhaps the interwiewer saw Amie-sex change and got a little freaked

02-11-2006, 02:25 AM	#14
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	i dunno if he's an acquired taste i acquired it right away i think people either "get" him or they don't... time doesn't seem to be a factor. it seems like you either love his music straight off or you just never get it

02-11-2006, 02:33 AM	#15
Iwasatabarwiththis,lady i got years.............. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East London Posts: 251	well, when hes live hes a bit 'odd' isnt he? What with i remember and the extension which no-one on this site can translate apart from lowalowalowalowalowa. I mean he even adds a bass beat. Now thats wierd. Think of it. I love it tho

02-11-2006, 03:51 AM	#16
dizzy cannon senseless eskimo Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south jersey, usa Posts: 796	it's nice to hear that he's writing more songs. the possibility of a second album and then maybe a soundtrack, i can only hope!!!! yeah, i definetly dont think he's an acquired taste. it's either you like his music or it's just not you style. thats at least how it is with my friends who've heard of him. __________________ "You're still reaching for the moon." "No, father. The moon's reaching for me!" myspace

02-11-2006, 07:06 AM	#17
Juzzza Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Jersey Posts: 924	I'm amazed the journalist still didn't get damo after seeing him live! I have friends who weren't fussed with 'O' and then after seeing him live, were just so blown away that it made them fall in love with the album even harder the second time round! __________________ www.justinthorne.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Ninjas killed my family, I need money for Kung-Fu lessons'... homeless guy's sign, New York (May 2005) http://www.myspace.com/justinthorne http://www.myspace.com/jtintheshadows

02-11-2006, 10:44 AM	#18
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	i wondered about that too. also funny that glen didn't 'get' him either, having played with him so much and everything. i guess it just takes __________________ Yeah

02-11-2006, 10:51 AM	#19
Closing_Doors Hysterical & Useless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,329	....sweets? __________________ 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

02-11-2006, 11:24 AM	#20
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	__________________ Yeah

02-11-2006, 12:23 PM	#21
Iwasatabarwiththis,lady i got years.............. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East London Posts: 251	hey guys, off topic but incidently, i think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Rice have been reading comments here. Especially about cross eyed bear

02-11-2006, 03:02 PM	#22
Profandy Having an eskimoment Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 91	interesting about cross-eyed bear - anyone know who wrote the entry?