In his lines of No, comes the answer to the question "Is that alright?", then irritation, anger, sadness and finally acceptance. Feeling like my heart is beaten up with every No sung. Brilliant.
So raw. Such a difference from when he was with Lisa. By far my favorite version. Obviously things have turned around for him since...but still, you can feel every moment of this rendition
Never left a comment on tube before but this.... LITERALLY wrecked me, I’m so lost in the emotion of his voice and the strength of the piano in this version. When the pain of life exceeds the pleasure, what is left but an empty shell
That is sad and beautiful and true... This song guts me anyway, and this version- my GOD. I feel every word, Lír, and I will ALWAYS regret what I did to us... (About to do it again... "If you don't shoot it how'm I supposed to hold it?")
The audience reaction to his brilliant vocal entrance at 1:47 is so awesome. It's like all the air was sucked out of the room as soon as his voice was heard. That moment (and the whole song for that matter) was so hauntingly beautiful.
I was just thinking about how long it's been since his last album came out(about 7 years now); I also hope he comes back with some new songs and a new album.
That walk away from the piano had so much to tell. I wonder if this was the last song of the concert. I can't imagine how he can recover to play another one after all the emotional climax.
I literally hold my breath every time I play this, afraid of how the song will end, even though I already know, as this is the 1,000th time I've heard it! It just cuts me to the core every time. Damien, you are so brilliantly talented... Thank you for being you. ~Jules xox
It's difficult to put your heart on public view in a performance, incredible if you get the response you want but crushing if you don't. The response you want changes from gig to gig an the level of pain changes too
I´ve always belive that the best music is the pure feling out of sound and he is been making art with this, pure feling out out of sounds so we can feal each drop of pain and joy that comes from his music. we all had dificult times, live in pain is very hard and most of all in love pain, in love crime, I hope one day he forgive himself. thank god we are still alive in hard moments it dosen't matter but it really means so much.
he's definitely a live performer. any live version i watch (couldn't see him in reality sadly yet) i always get stunned about just how much potential he has and how he changes the intro's and variations. and yes i miss lisa, she made it even more complete. and yes i miss more albums. and no, i don't want him to be a record seller - his talent will be spared for the real listeners. apologize my poor english
This version brings me back to a very dark period of my life but he sang it so beautifully. I felt every "no" he screamed at the end and I hope I'll never have to experience that feeling again. It rips you apart.
Can't wait to see this brilliant man perform in Brooklyn next week. I have watched this emotionally charged version of 9 Crimes probably 100 times, and it still puts me on the edge of the cliff every time I hear it.
meeen..i can t imagine the hell he has been through , on this video he looks like he is at the end of some journey, a journey that some people never finish, a journey where people give up , and he seems strong or mad enough to end this journey. i guess Lisa is the kind of women that you can love only one time in your life but when she is gone, the love isn't . probably wasn't so easy for her neither. but the their last album to the both of them, As Swim and favorite faded fantasy are testament of who they are now . and the are no longer, Damien rice and Lisa Hannigan, we should all moved on about all this .
Leave me out with the waste This is not what I do It's the wrong kind of place To be thinking of you It's the wrong time For somebody new It's a small crime And I've got no excuse Is that alright? Give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright? If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright? Give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright Is that alright with you? Leave me out with the waste This is not what I do It's the wrong kind of place To be cheating on you It's the wrong time But she's pulling me through It's a small crime And I've got no excuse Is that alright? Give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright? If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright? Give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright Is that alright with you? Is that alright? Is that alright? Is that alright with you? Is that alright? Is that alright? Is that alright with you? No
He did this version in Toronto as well it was his first song of the night...... my brains are still all over Massey hall it wasn’t a show it was an experience thank you Damien
Liked Damien since cannonball, this song hit a chord early 2000's when looking at his other songs.. Watched many versions, but this is best by far. June 2023
Does anyone else feel when he is screaming "no no" in anger and heartbreak they feel just the same, about this society, Covid, the selfish greed in the world, or anything personal to you in particular..I just want to scream no, enough is enough.
No. And most normal people dont' either. We think of relationships. We don't think about SJW issues listening to this song, or some BS global warming, or the common flu. Stop letting the media think for you.
Oh the "normal " people🤔 who are they then? I think you may possibly be projecting if your vernacular is anything to go by. I don't allow the media to do 'my thinking for me'. But think.what you wish , by all means. I think Covid was rife at the time I wrote that and my partner had it so yes I would have been pondering it a little, if that's ok by you,!😋
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