Your first Damo ever.. - Page 3

crazyfaerie · 11-29-2004, 06:00 PM

God ya that was there name....ya they were bad!!!!!One of my friends got Badly Drawn Boys towel that he threw into the crowd and it was soooooo smelly!!!!!![img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]Funny tho...........one of the best weekends of my young life!!!![img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

eims · 11-29-2004, 06:03 PM

BDB was absolutely fantastic!![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]Him singin an playing an stoppin every minute or so for a fag or a swig of beer!! -- aaah the memories!![img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

crazyfaerie · 11-29-2004, 06:08 PM

Brilliant.....well even tho I didn.t stay for coldplay I could hear them from the campsite[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img].We wnet to see the manic street preachers the second day and they were surprizingly excellent.Was that the first taste of damien you had?

steveboswell · 11-29-2004, 06:17 PM

OK, here's my story.

A friend of mine, Elyse, told me that she had this album that she
thought I would like. We'd had a few discussions about music at school,
and it turns out we have quite similar tastes. So anyway, she goes to
her bag and takes out "O"... or rather, the album case but no CD!

I'd never heard of Damien Rice before, so that night I looked him up on
a couple of websites, who compared him to David Gray. This sort of put
me off a bit, as (although I've got "White Ladder" and "New Day at
Midnight") he's a bit samey. Needless to say, when I did get the CD the
next day, it blew me away.

I must have listened to it non-stop for a good five hours. Unlike other
albums, every single song stayed in my head. It amazed me how I had got
through the two-ish years since the album was released without hearing
any of it before. You all know just how breath-taking the album is. I
just couldn't stop thinking about every song - the clinking glasses of
"Cheers Darlin'", the beautiful introduction to "I Remember", the
explosion of emotion in "Eskimo"'s operatic burst. Amazing.

Thank you for reading this far!

Bozz

eims · 11-29-2004, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyfaerie

Brilliant.....well even tho I didn.t stay for coldplay I could hear them from the campsite[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img].We wnet to see the manic street preachers the second day and they were surprizingly excellent.Was that the first taste of damien you had?

yep it was-- an i never looked back!! I was there with my big bro, his friend, and my bro's french pen friend-- we all were a bit dumbstruck after Damien now Igotta admit!!

but it was worth stayin on to hear " look at the stars - look how they shine for you" ooh yeah- and the moon and the stars were up above us!![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img] mad altogether!!!

crazyfaerie · 11-30-2004, 05:34 PM

ooooooooo I do love coldplay alot but I just couldn't stay ant longer.....we were getting crushed by the crowd the whole way from supergrass but it was good.Me and my sisters were on a total high after seeing damien(or maybe that was just from standing in the one place all day with no food).....[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

break x down · 11-30-2004, 06:59 PM

I love coldplay too. The first time I heard Damien was on VH1 Hits.
It's an all music channel that I get (like what MTV used to be). They
played the AOL Sessions video of 'Volcano', and I absolutely loved it.
The song was stuck in my head for ages, until I finally downloaded the
song and listened to it religiously for about a year. I never listened
to any of his other songs because I thought that there would be no way
that he had a better song than 'Volcano'. But then I finally bought 'O'
and was completely blown away. I couldn't believe how wrong I was. All
his songs are amazing. I really hope that some day he comes to my area
of the US, I'd give anything to go.

jp3892 · 11-30-2004, 07:37 PM

I knew "Cannonball" from the radio and thought it was OK but nothing too special. Checked out the official website and fell in love with his live version! I love all his live songs but now I own the album too.

Loveless · 12-01-2004, 04:24 AM

First time I heard him was in Juniper but I suppose that doesn't really count in this thread, but I took an interest in him 'cos we shared the same surname. Then Juniper broke up and there was no news from any of them for a good year.

Then around August/Sep. 2001 a friend was sending me some live Frames songs online and also there was an MP3 of 'The Blower's Daughter' from the UnderCurrents compilation. The song grew and grew on me and then he released his first single and I got to hear the angry songs like The Professor and Moody Mooday and thought it was good. Went to see him play live in Kilkenny then around Oct./Nov. 2001 and then again around the launch of 'O' in February 2002. And it's been going ever since...Edited by: Loveless

lookwood · 12-01-2004, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corduroy

The first time I saw and heard Damien was at Earthspirit Festival, in UK, 2001 very early in the am - also playing the same stage, Small World Solar Stage,was Alan O'Rourke, and myself. Damien was playing with Lisa and we were all bowled over, by the beauty and power of their performance in an intimate setting...... Alan is based in Cork now, I am in London and Damien is all over the world!!

lookwood · 12-01-2004, 05:32 PM

The first time I saw Damien Rice was at Earth Spirit, 2001, in the UK, at The Small World Solar Stage. I was hanging out with Alan O' Rourke, as we had played on this stage ourselves, and we were blown away by the power, the beauty and the intimacy of Damien and Lisa in The Small World Tent. Does ayone else remember that night?

11-29-2004, 06:03 PM	#62
eims Eskimo Eejit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Originally from Norn Iron tho.. Posts: 2,517	BDB was absolutely fantastic!![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]Him singin an playing an stoppin every minute or so for a fag or a swig of beer!! -- aaah the memories!![img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img] __________________ ..We can speak louder than ignorance Cause we speak in silence everytime our eyes meet..

11-30-2004, 07:37 PM	#68
jp3892 Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 86	I knew "Cannonball" from the radio and thought it was OK but nothing too special. Checked out the official website and fell in love with his live version! I love all his live songs but now I own the album too. __________________ "It's not that we're scared.....it's just that it's delicate"

12-01-2004, 04:24 AM	#69
Loveless Eskimo Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kyrgyzstan Posts: 1,188	First time I heard him was in Juniper but I suppose that doesn't really count in this thread, but I took an interest in him 'cos we shared the same surname. Then Juniper broke up and there was no news from any of them for a good year. Then around August/Sep. 2001 a friend was sending me some live Frames songs online and also there was an MP3 of 'The Blower's Daughter' from the UnderCurrents compilation. The song grew and grew on me and then he released his first single and I got to hear the angry songs like The Professor and Moody Mooday and thought it was good. Went to see him play live in Kilkenny then around Oct./Nov. 2001 and then again around the launch of 'O' in February 2002. And it's been going ever since...Edited by: Loveless __________________ Emmett Tinley World Domination Commission (ETWDC), Court Photographer Extraordinaire. "To avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."

12-01-2004, 05:32 PM	#71
lookwood Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2	The first time I saw Damien Rice was at Earth Spirit, 2001, in the UK, at The Small World Solar Stage. I was hanging out with Alan O' Rourke, as we had played on this stage ourselves, and we were blown away by the power, the beauty and the intimacy of Damien and Lisa in The Small World Tent. Does ayone else remember that night? __________________ Do what you love, that's your gift to the universe.

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11-29-2004, 06:00 PM	#61
crazyfaerie Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 63	God ya that was there name....ya they were bad!!!!!One of my friends got Badly Drawn Boys towel that he threw into the crowd and it was soooooo smelly!!!!!![img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]Funny tho...........one of the best weekends of my young life!!!![img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

11-29-2004, 06:08 PM	#63
crazyfaerie Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 63	Brilliant.....well even tho I didn.t stay for coldplay I could hear them from the campsite[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img].We wnet to see the manic street preachers the second day and they were surprizingly excellent.Was that the first taste of damien you had?

11-29-2004, 06:17 PM	#64
steveboswell Eskimo Bozz Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 303	OK, here's my story. A friend of mine, Elyse, told me that she had this album that she thought I would like. We'd had a few discussions about music at school, and it turns out we have quite similar tastes. So anyway, she goes to her bag and takes out "O"... or rather, the album case but no CD! I'd never heard of Damien Rice before, so that night I looked him up on a couple of websites, who compared him to David Gray. This sort of put me off a bit, as (although I've got "White Ladder" and "New Day at Midnight") he's a bit samey. Needless to say, when I did get the CD the next day, it blew me away. I must have listened to it non-stop for a good five hours. Unlike other albums, every single song stayed in my head. It amazed me how I had got through the two-ish years since the album was released without hearing any of it before. You all know just how breath-taking the album is. I just couldn't stop thinking about every song - the clinking glasses of "Cheers Darlin'", the beautiful introduction to "I Remember", the explosion of emotion in "Eskimo"'s operatic burst. Amazing. Thank you for reading this far! Bozz

11-30-2004, 05:34 PM	#66
crazyfaerie Eskimo Friend Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 63	ooooooooo I do love coldplay alot but I just couldn't stay ant longer.....we were getting crushed by the crowd the whole way from supergrass but it was good.Me and my sisters were on a total high after seeing damien(or maybe that was just from standing in the one place all day with no food).....[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

11-30-2004, 06:59 PM	#67
break x down Eskimo Baby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: United States Posts: 5	I love coldplay too. The first time I heard Damien was on VH1 Hits. It's an all music channel that I get (like what MTV used to be). They played the AOL Sessions video of 'Volcano', and I absolutely loved it. The song was stuck in my head for ages, until I finally downloaded the song and listened to it religiously for about a year. I never listened to any of his other songs because I thought that there would be no way that he had a better song than 'Volcano'. But then I finally bought 'O' and was completely blown away. I couldn't believe how wrong I was. All his songs are amazing. I really hope that some day he comes to my area of the US, I'd give anything to go.