Talk:Damien Rice

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1 Duration of 9(LP)
2 The Mercury Prize...
3 Style
4 Opening paragraph
5 Singles
6 taper friendly?

[edit] Duration of 9(LP)

Someone should put the duration of the songs of the album "9", I can't because I don't have the CD, Yet.

[edit] The Mercury Prize...

The Mercury Prize page doesn't say 'O' won their prize for 2003. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gargletheape (talk • contribs).

Good catch! An editor changed that a few weeks ago from Shortlist Music Prize. I can see the confusion since the Mercury Prize issues a "shortlist" of finalists, but Rice and O were never included. --Dhartung | Talk 05:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Why was the comment about Britney Spears and Colin Farrell talking at his show removed?

Why do people (probably the same editor) keep adding this without even bothering to use a proper cite? I think it's funny but trivial. If it appears again it will be immediately removed. --Dhartung | Talk 18:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the bit about Rice's Law: if you search for this group on Facebook, you get the following, from the game's creators themselves: 'This is, as would appear, a vain attempt at inventing a daft game in order to verify something we added to Ricey's Wikipedia page when we were drunk.' See WP:NOT. eiscir 17:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Pshaw, not even worth discussing. Just remove future nonsense edits with an edit summary. --Dhartung | Talk 20:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the recent reference to Rice's "momma smurf" and "pappa smurf" parentage. I think it very unlikely that two smurfs could beget such a (physically) normal child. Cobun 21:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Style

This article should at least give some minimal description to the style of his music. Badagnani 07:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'll put something basic. Feel free to tweak it. It's my first day on Wikipedia, and I doubt I'm going to instantly be a great writer for it. ;P

[ Attached to the statement after saying he is an Irish folksinger ] Damien Rice's song writing style generally consists of an entire song only having three or four chords, meaning his rhythm guitar is notably basic. However, in most of his songs, Damien Rice has a series of hammer ons, making the riffs sound more interesting. Damien Rice rarely writes a song that isn't vocally driven, meaning that his singing parts are often far from monotonous, and often embrace his high singing range. He is also known for including a developed cello part in most of his songs.

I don't really know what you'd look for. Feel free to ask me about it. All I live for is Damien, and I know all of his songs by heart and perform them (both the guitar / vocal parts) frequently. I'd be able to help get info, I'm just not sure how to present it... or even WHAT to present. I really want to spiff this page up... Charlie55744 05:52, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Opening paragraph

the first paragraph is not fact it is oppinion. in my oppinion he is known better by his songs being in 'the oc' in their first series. Kevlar69er 20:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean his O/9 thing? I think it's pretty safe. I mean, yeah, it was kinda popular from OC, but then also from Closer, and also from Grey's Anatomy, and Lost, etc. Why did someone take out the 2 or so paragraphs showing all the TV shows and movies he starred in? We need those back. The opening statement should just let us know that his singles and B-Sides CD weren't his most popular things, and that O and 9 are representitve of him. Charlie55744 05:42, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Singles

It says that 9 Crimes is featuring Lisa Hannigan but that she's uncredited, and then in the biography, it says she's a part of the band... suggestions? Abcdemily 02:26, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

She is a part of the band, credited in the other albums. Apparently, not the single. I haven't verified if she was uncredited in the single, however. Charlie55744 05:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)