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We might kiss
When we are alone
When nobody's watchin'
We might take it home
We might make out
When nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate
So why'd you fill my sorrows
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've known?
And why'd you sing hallelujah
If it means nothin' to ya?
Why'd you sing with me at all?
We might live
Like never before
When there's nothin' to give
Well, how can we ask for more?
We might make love
In some sacred place
That look on your face
Is delicate
So why'd you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place that you've known?
And why'd you sing hallelujah
If it means nothin' to ya?
Why'd you sing with me at all?
Why'd you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place that you've known?
And why'd you sing hallelujah
If it means nothin' to you?
Why'd you sing with me at all?
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 23:26 Gaaah — I thought this sucked out loud a couple of years ago, and my opinion hasn't changed. |
| m_logie | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 04:17 MrRedwood wrote: Interesting. As of August 2012, looking at the little ratings bar graph, the mode is clearly 8, and at a glance it doesn't look like there are enough ratings below 7 to yank the mean down to 6.8. Geeks wanna know: can we get a website update that lets us click through to the raw data?  (I gave it a 9, primarily for the aching yearning in his vocals and the melancholy of the cello.) Hover over columns for data: 1: 43; 2: 25; 3: 59; 4: 33; 5: 46; 6: 76; 7: 221; 8: 240; 9: 135; 10: 64 |
| MrRedwood (San Francisco) | Posted: Aug 19, 2012 - 21:40 Interesting. As of August 2012, looking at the little ratings bar graph, the mode is clearly 8, and at a glance it doesn't look like there are enough ratings below 7 to yank the mean down to 6.8. Geeks wanna know: can we get a website update that lets us click through to the raw data? (I gave it a 9, primarily for the aching yearning in his vocals and the melancholy of the cello.) |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 07:11 michaelgmitchell wrote: My daughter (fledgling artist among thousands) covered another of his. Quite something. I'd never heard of it before. She's quite a singer. Keep her at it, and even if it doesn't boom into a career in music, at least her loved ones will get to enjoy sharing in her passion for music. And she has good taste in songs to cover as well. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 22:16 Didn't really like this one. Hope he has some others that are better. |
| michaelgmitchell (Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 09:43 slickdh wrote: Wow. Powerful - when your in the middle of a breakup (like me)... this song touches my heart. My daughter (fledgling artist among thousands) covered another of his. Quite something. I'd never heard of it before. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 15:59 Ray Lamontagne & Damien Rice - To love somebody, Live"To Love Somebody" is the second single released by the Bee Gees from their third LP, Bee Gees 1st. The band's manager Robert Stigwood wanted Barry Gibb to write a soul song for Otis Redding. Barry, along with Robin wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals. However, Redding died in an airplane crash before he could record the song. The song was recorded at IBC Studios, London in March, 1967 and released as a single in mid July, 1967 in the U.S. Wikipedia One of the most famous Gibb compositions, "To Love Somebody" was covered by hundreds of artists, most notably:
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| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 03:36 cathenley wrote: You really have to GET Damien Rice to appreciate him. But when you do...you do... One of the more disturbing contemporary conceits, imagining that you are capable of an understanding that eludes others based on favoring a brand of car, recording artist or melatonin profile. "It's a (insert divisive term) thing, you wouldn't understand."It's entirely possible to have great personal emotional experience, be aware of the background and influences of an artist, comprehend the point of the lyric and still not appreciate that artist (or anything else). Damien Rice was lucky enough to have an uncle influential in the recording business and worked hard to take advantage of his good fortune. Prolific and interesting, just not the sweetest fruit on the tree to my ears. |
| mrdak (Middle GA) | Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 16:08 DAMN good song.............................. Damn Good! |
| slickdh (Lost in the world) | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 09:02 Wow. Powerful - when your in the middle of a breakup (like me)... this song touches my heart. |
| flapser | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 01:14 I cannot believe the low rating. This is a beautiful song :) |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 16:31 sharkey wrote: Based on the 90% negative comments, I can't believe the rating for this. The lovers must be rating 10 We're too busy enjoying the song to comment. I'll make an exception. 8 |
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 16:28 Just bad. I'm assuming the album title is the singer's own rating |
| MM_Oz (Gidgie.. in the golden west) | Posted: Sep 25, 2010 - 00:13 I always enjoy the varied and great choice on RP... but have to admit this one has me reaching for the 'happy pills'... |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 00:06 alanthecowboy wrote: You are incorrect. You rate it a 3 because you don't like the performance. That's a lot different than the performance sucking. I don't like hospitals. This album is interesting |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 23:06  Damien Rice by ~p0m ©2007-2010 ~p0m "O" |
| stabby (Montreal) | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 08:39 TreborG2 wrote:  yeah I'm with heckler about hecklers...   Seriously though... just looking down a few of the comments ... I'm like.. yeah.. I feel that way about TGD (The Grateful'o Dead) ok.. I apologize I don't do that for "windoze" and I don't mean to insult your demigods ... but Radio Paradise is one of the best places to hear just about anything that isn't country or western... and even some that come quite close.. what many need to remember when they hear these songs that they dislike.. is that somewhere, someone is having their little moment of paradise in the day.. and for me.. i hear this song starting and I start to feel a little calming mellow spot in the center of my chest ... and I then make the point of enjoying the moment because someday I'll have wished I could ... Well said. This is why i listen to RP. Nuggets for me. It doesn't matter to me how many people like it or what the rating is. |
| geordiezimmerman (Brighton U.K) | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 08:32 Where's the sick bucket? |
| SusanHiddenPoet (Texas) | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 14:16  (Searches for the Melts into a Puddle emoticon again) Beautiful song, thank you Radio Paradise!  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 04:20 FrankMc wrote: I think it is probably one of those generation gap things. I think some of the haters might calm down and like something like this later in life. I'm later in life than I'd like, and might like this if it didnt' induce narcolepsy  |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 16:31 RadioDoc wrote: I'm 52, have been around long enough to have perspective on life, and now rate this a 3. Why? The performance sucks. You are incorrect. You rate it a 3 because you don't like the performance. That's a lot different than the performance sucking. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Aug 09, 2009 - 15:29 FrankMc wrote: I think it is probably one of those generation gap things. I think some of the haters might calm down and like something like this later in life. This is a real hard song to get when you are still working under the impression that you are bulletproof and that life will continue to describe an upward arc throughout its course. I'm 52, have been around long enough to have perspective on life, and now rate this a 3. Why? The performance sucks. |
| paulpaar | Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 23:31 Sadly excruciating |
| paulpaar | Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 23:28 Can't wait til their crap ends. |
| paulpaar | Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 23:24 Not all are 18 yrs- old . I'm a lyric guy. This loses. |
| FrankMc | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 11:34 I think it is probably one of those generation gap things. I think some of the haters might calm down and like something like this later in life. This is a real hard song to get when you are still working under the impression that you are bulletproof and that life will continue to describe an upward arc throughout its course. I rate it in an 8. Showing my age. I rate Older Chests damn near a 10. I bet a lot of y'all that give this song a 4 would give that one a 2. sharkey wrote: Based on the 90% negative comments, I can't believe the rating for this. The lovers must be rating 10 |
| faehnledj (rather be flying) | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 11:34 I enjoy the tune, the arrangements, and the passion with which Damien sings. It's just so dang depressing — the whole album. I have to resist the urge to slit my wrists every time I hear a tune from "O". |
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 11:32 ...such sweet sadness |
| sharkey (Hogtown - Toronto - Canada) | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 06:51 Based on the 90% negative comments, I can't believe the rating for this. The lovers must be rating 10 |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 18:16 All the mental comfort of a brain freeze. 4 |
| musicjeremy | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 09:50 So repetitive.... |
| Gartholamundi (Gainesville, FL) | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 09:47 TreborG2 wrote: ... somewhere, someone is having their little moment of paradise in the day.. and for me.. i hear this song starting and I start to feel a little calming mellow spot in the center of my chest ... and I then make the point of enjoying the moment because someday I'll have wished I could ... point well taken ...   |
| akmegan | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 09:44 Typical.  Excelsior wrote:  |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 12:43 boy, I say BOY! Speak up son, I cain't hear ya! |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 19:47 You really have to GET Damien Rice to appreciate him. But when you do...you do...  Excelsior wrote: |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 19:46 it is a particular style - 4. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 27, 2008 - 09:05 |
| bswiles (Stillwater, OK USA) | Posted: Sep 27, 2008 - 09:03 I love it...its mellow...and perfect for a sunny Saturday morning... What is this guys story? He's Irish? |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 06:29 110% horrid. |
| TreborG2 (VA - which is..'somewhere' east of paradise) | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 14:48 robco1 wrote: This is a great song. I came to the comments thread to see if that "Hallelujah" reference was for the Cohen song, and all I find are the usual "this sucks/boring/not macho enough" crapola. Hecklers suck. yeah I'm with heckler about hecklers...
Seriously though... just looking down a few of the comments ... I'm like.. yeah.. I feel that way about TGD (The Grateful'o Dead) ok.. I apologize I don't do that for "windoze" and I don't mean to insult your demigods ... but Radio Paradise is one of the best places to hear just about anything that isn't country or western... and even some that come quite close..
what many need to remember when they hear these songs that they dislike.. is that somewhere, someone is having their little moment of paradise in the day.. and for me.. i hear this song starting and I start to feel a little calming mellow spot in the center of my chest ... and I then make the point of enjoying the moment because someday I'll have wished I could ... |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:57 This is a great song. I came to the comments thread to see if that "Hallelujah" reference was for the Cohen song, and all I find are the usual "this sucks/boring/not macho enough" crapola. Hecklers suck. |
| lily34 | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:52 first time i heard it i liked it. 2nd time, i liked it. by the 10th time, i thought it was a bit dull. and after that i just mute it. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: May 24, 2008 - 03:56 This CD has the correct rating right there on the cover. Too bad our scale only goes to 1. |
| starclan97 | Posted: May 24, 2008 - 03:53 :puke:  |
| jonnybolo (Italy) | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 03:02 lost songs!!! |
| ptegan (Paris) | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 03:02 jenakle wrote: Damien Rice - Delicate Elliott Smith - Angeles nice pairing happens often at home too Hmmm, and just happened again today ! |
| joshfm (Laramie) | Posted: Apr 22, 2008 - 16:12 Melancholy rubbish. |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 15:08 I want to tell him: "Damien, honey, take a  " |
| Paul_Skybreakers (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 22, 2008 - 04:18 EleventhMan wrote:  Damien is Irish.... Ireland is a part of Europe and a member of the EU |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 16:34 ...outstanding... |