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The meaning of the song has been greatly speculated due to Rice not giving many interviews to promote the album explaining the lyrics. One popular interpretation of the song talks about the story of the daughter of a clarinet teacher while another is related to a fictional story that Rice told at concerts about him having a conversation with a woman while working at a call center.
The original demo of "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice was used in an episode of True Blood called "9 Crimes". [6] The song was used in two scenes in the German crime series Leipzig Homicide, episode "Klarer Kopf". The song was covered by Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 2 November 2018.
Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. [1] He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper , who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997.
The song peaked at number 24 in the UK Singles Chart and number 36 in the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. "Unplayed Piano" was released on the DRM label and featured Rice's usual backing band of Vyvienne Long , Tom Osander and Shane Fitzsimons .
Song Title Notes 100 Miles Across The Room - Back To Her Man: Homage to Leonard Cohen Beast & Beauty - Be Real With Me - Boring Afternoon - Black Is The Colour: Cover, traditional Scottish song Bottom Shelf - Child, Man, Silly Dog - Closer - Cutting The Rose: Juniper Demo Down - Everyone Said It (Nothing Had A Hold On Me) - Face - Famous Blue ...
The album was released to mixed critical and fan reaction. NME gave the album 4/10, describing it as "IKEA rock". Hot Press wrote "If Rice really was a nervous wounded-wing, there's no way he'd skirt as close to Nick Drake comparisons as he does on 'The Animals Are Gone'", and, in a reference to the 'noise' preceding the first track, "there's another noise that can be made out faintly but ...
O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom.The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, a musician who died of a head injury shortly before the album's release at the end of 2001.
"Cannonball" is a song written and performed by Irish folk singer Damien Rice. It was released on 1 February 2002, as the second single from his debut album O. It was later re-released in 2003 (reaching number 32 on the UK Singles Chart), 2004 (reaching number 19) and 2011 (reaching number 9).