Now Ye're Talkin' to - David Gray

Boards.ie: Declan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZ_01hB0kc

David Gray, popped into Boards.ie to discuss his new album, forthcoming tour and long career. Questions came from the Boards.ie community.


You can watch individual questions on our Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZ_01hB0kc&index=8&list=PLmgnC2leZsYFbqneK0MSxobNok-DGoeK0


These shows are David's first opportunity to bring The Mutineers album to Ireland for his own shows with his full band. Expect a full on immersive experience featuring classics past and future.

Dec 5th Cork Opera House
Dec 6th Inec Killarney
Dec 7th Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
Dec 9th Belfast Waterfront

Tickets on sale now!.

For more information check out www.davidgray.com

Download 'Mutineers' from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/mutineers-bonus-track-version/id850470290

http://www.deezer.com/album/7858334

https://play.spotify.com/album/6NydDaE3IZUMKoGvL9vj4Z?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

Sharktopus

Hi David,

New album is fantastic!

This is a question for the memory banks! - Around 2000/1 you played a gig in the Olympia, you played an epic really moving song called (I think) the Great North Sea, it was a new song. The crowd went crazy for it, you said it was definitely going to be on the next album but that was the last I ever heard it. Did it become another song, or will it be released at some time in the future. Not nit-picking, there's been loads of other great songs, just always wondered what happened to that one.

Oldtree

Hello,

can you tell me about your inspirations for "The Other Side" on "A new Day at Midnight", one of my all time favourite tracks?

whitebeard

Hi David
I just want to ask you and now is my time. Can you remember playing a gig in a pub in Birmingham called "The Varsity" it was around 1999-2000 I think. You were top class. You had Tim and Cluane playing with you. We asked could we come in to your backstage room and you said yes off course because we were Irish. We had a great chat with ye and you gave your pleck drum to my girlfriend at the time, we only separated in November last year. We've been to limerick to watch you support Bob Dylan a couple years ago. Time changes but for the best. Hope you remember that event in Birmingham. Sound Out Dave.Take care.

yop

Hi David,
I think it was Dolans Warehouse in Limerick which was the 1st time I saw you, lovely place. Also Gaiety in Dublin was superbly intimate venue.
Wondering what you thought of Westport House as a venue this summer, it must have been unusual playing to such a spread of tastes and ages, we had our 1 year old there and I saw people in their 70's and 80's all loving your music and the event.

All the best

scudzilla

Hey David

What's your favourite type of cheese?

Merkin

What's the best gig you've ever played and why?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Hi David,

Is the internet a good or a bad thing for you as an artist?

emeo

David, best venue/gig you've ever played?

SEPT 23 1989

Hello David

if there was one song by another artist you wish you could have written what would it be?

PTH2009

hey david

what was it like to play in Waterford last july. was it a good venue for the gig ??, would you return

Thanks

Paul

Sailorheart

Hello!

We're putting on a sailing race through the Arctic and greatly appreciate your music: Sail Away has been a source of inspiration.

Thanks David!

Will you be out to play in Canada again soon?

Basq

Yo David,

What's your favourite shade of gray?



Do bear in mind it's going on the wall of a prison cell, so let's not go too dreary.. keep it light!

Ah no, saw you in The Point back in 2005 and it was an excellent gig. Ireland definitely seems to have embraced you.. White Ladder is still the number 1 selling album ever in Ireland (as far as I know).. so how does playing in front of Irish fans compete with fans in other countries?

Its Only Ray Parlour

Hi David,

What is your opinion of music piracy and is killing the industry?

Is it about time record labels find another way to distribute music instead of lobbying to politicians to censor file-sharing websites like the Pirate Bay?

LUZ

i have a few questions!! what are your thoughts on the irish music scene at the moment, do you think its too cliquey/small ? can musicians/bands/whatever just be people or do they have to fit into a certain 'type' before being noticed??
how can we start making irish music more mainstream or is it impossible?

(im sick of hearing about the same few bands etc when there are some amazing musicians out there)


i LOVE a century ends and Flesh , i love the rawness to the songs but theres a big difference between then and now, are u still fond of the oldies???!

Hotfail.com

Hey David,

Who are you?

cookie24

Hi David,

Do you drink Red Bull and if so does it give you wings? What is it like to be the inspiration for '50 Shades Of Gray'?

Thanks Dave, and peace out.

job seeker

Hi David Gray

In your classical song "This years love" who or what was your inspiration for this song?

Thanks

Pete

ctrl-alt-delete

Hi David,

You're the world to me and as I'm leaving the lights of London and I heard you were coming down, lately I have wondered if This years love went over my head.

I was thinking I might sail away on a tidal wave to new horizons, but it would feel like a wurlitzer in slow motion and so in my wisdom I might hold on.

Anyway you are probably growing tired of me and so my question is, In god's name, what am i doing wrong?

and please forgive me, but can you answer faster, sooner, now!

The real question is how many of your songs have i mentioned?

MRnotlob606

i HAD A Potato in my wardrobe until i ate it,

discobeaker

Dear David

I like the game farming simulator,do you like the game farming simulator?

Muahahaha

I dont really have a question, more of a story that happened in the summer of 2004. I was heading off backpacking in the summer for a month and had wanted to go see Bill Baileys stand up show in the Olympia the night after I got back. I didnt get tickets before leaving so when I got home from a months jaunt around the Middle East me and a mate went along to the Olympia and bought a pair of tickets off a tout, without even inspecting them properly.

When we got into the theatre I had a look down onto the stage and saw a piano and other instruments, nothing unusual there as I'd seen Bill Baileys stand up in the West End the year previous and knew he plays a lot of instruments. So me and my mate went to the bar which had a large Q. Whilst waited to get served we heard the crowd shriek as someone came on the stage and a familiar tune started up. Both of us knew we knew it but didn't know it for sure until the magic words kicked in, "Sail away with me honey, what will be will be'. Both me and my mate turned to each other and simulataneously blurped out "Thats David Gray!" and then went out to our seats to see it was indeed David Gray. During my month away I'd mixed up the dates and was convinced Bill Bailey was playing on the 14th when he had really played the night before. Anyway given both of us were huge fans of White Ladder and had played it constantly on road trips together in New Zealand a year earlier we got over our surprise and quickly got down to enjoying one of the best gigs and performances I've ever seen. So thanks for that, you both surprised and entertained us that night and it was such a superb gig that the memory of it is as fresh today as the day it happened.

So thanks for all the great tunes and all the great memories they have produced. And I wish you continued success in your career.

LordSutch

Hello David,

Why does your head wobble from side to side as you sing?

handlemaster

If you could go back in time and live in that moment one more time what would you change ?

Stella the Artist

Dave,
When you go off on a tangent at the end if your live performances as you fantastically do- how much of it is rehearsed? Do you just sing lyrics that come to mind? By the way, Mutineers is my fave album yet especially title track, it never fails to give me butterflies.

Lou

padd b1975

Have you any plans to do a duet with Max Boyce?


If not, count me out of the competition..


Bleddyn Thomas.
(current standby backup tenor and former boy soprano, Swansea Male voice Choir)

discobeaker

Dear David

Quick Question .... All of the Corrs or none of the Corrs.... Sexwise???

Glock Lesnar

Hi David I'm a relatively hip 21 year old male, you Daniel Powter, Daniel Bedingfield, James Blunt and Damien Rice are all one person as far as I'm concerned, moving forward, how do you plan to stand out in the crowded 'sad pop' genre to a new generation of fans?

not yet

Hi David,

Favourite song of all time is your version of Say hello wave goodbye, did you like Mark Almonds version, and why cover it..

Cheers.

bobbysands81

David,

My girlfriend asked me to say to you...

If you want it, come and get it.

Be gentle.

everlast75

Hi David,

Are you still playing with that nutter of a drummer? Saw ye years ago in the Mean Fiddler.

PS - he is/was the spitting image of Peter Sellers!

Tombo2001

Hi David,

I was a big fan of yours in the late 1990s. I remember buying A Century Ends in a street market in Istanbul in 1998, and walking around Istanbul for a week listening to it on the 'discman'. And later that year, I was at Whelans for what afaik was the live debut of the songs on White Ladder; I'm pretty sure that gig kicked off with your drummer doing the loop sounding intro to Babylon, and I remember thinking "this is different, this is good".

Anyway, they were good times.

My question is this.

I didnt take to A New Day At Midnight and havent listened to any of the albums since (having said that, the only album I have listened to in recent years is the Frozen soundtrack).

If I was a big fan of A Century Ends, Sell, Sell, Sell and Lost Songs then will I find something to like in your newer contemporary work; or are they like two different artists?

Tombo2001

Also, delighted to see you are working with the very talented and brilliant songwriter David Kitt.

scudzilla

So what time are we doing this hangout? Should be in it as my Q had most thanks

yeppydeppy

David,

Are you really the love child of Mary Black and Barry White?

deborah gaia

A pleasure to be addressing you personally, MR. David Gray!!!!
It was a typical winter in Dublin, like most of the evenings I was with my amazing spanish/italian flatmates, Gema, Marga & Alice. All together in our cosy sitting room, usually by comfort eating choc-cookies and listening to heart-warming songs... "This year's love" was our most loved one. Once we listened to it over and over again... (How many times, I don't remember, but I am sure Marga does) it was just perfect for our little love-throbbing hearts! And exactly today, just like many years ago, that song touches me deeply as it soothes a very old and never healed wound. My question to you is... Why don't you teach men how to express their feelings in writing? You do it so well in your songs. It looks to me that it is becoming harder and harder for men to open up.... Why is that? We don't expect the perfect essay, a letter with a few grammatical mistakes is better than the silence they usually inflict on us. I am sure the Earth could be saved if men would make an effort in communicating with women...!! Don't you think so too???

Seve OB

Heya David,

So 2 days ago, U2 announced the release of their latest studio album, and for a limited time are giving it away for free through iTunes.

I reckon they are doing this to combat the whole music piracy thing.

What are your opinions? Good thing? Bad thing? Can they only do it because they are huge? Should everyone be doing it?

I for one much rather the have a hard copy of a CD in my hand, so find it a shame to see all the music shops going by the wayside

colmc1

Dear David,

Looking forward to your Irish tour. Long time fan since I first heard you on No Disco and we've been to your gigs some 60 or so times. Some of the most magical live performances I've seen - great gigs in Nancy's, Whelans etc., wonderful tour with Katell Keining playing support just before white ladder, and the more recent tours with the fuller sound.

Great gigs last year with David Kitt, Lisa O'Neill etc.;

I have no questions at all - just wanted to wish you well with the upcoming tour and offer my congratulations on all the success. It was great seeing the massive swell in support after white ladder took off and led to so many people revisiting the early albums and looking forward to all the ones afterwards .. continued success to you.

best,
Colm

Seve OB

colmc1 wrote: »

Dear David,

Looking forward to your Irish tour. Long time fan since I first heard you on No Disco and we've been to your gigs some 60 or so times. Some of the most magical live performances I've seen - great gigs in Nancy's, Whelans etc., wonderful tour with Katell Keining playing support just before white ladder, and the more recent tours with the fuller sound.

Great gigs last year with David Kitt, Lisa O'Neill etc.;

I have no questions at all - just wanted to wish you well with the upcoming tour and offer my congratulations on all the success. It was great seeing the massive swell in support after white ladder took off and led to so many people revisiting the early albums and looking forward to all the ones afterwards .. continued success to you.

best,
Colm

Yea, White Ladder is a pure class album. One of the best in my vast collection

sydthebeat

Hi David, your gig in Wexford Opera House last december was magical. 'Nemesis' during that gig will be forever memorable.

so my question, how would you describe your working relationship with Andy Barlow on mutineers... and.... do you envisage working with him again in the future, or more importantly, would he work with you?

Bummer1234

Hi David,

What iphone should i go for, 6 or 6+?

Thanks,
Bummer1234

Fifffii

Have you ever had you heart broken?

Chocolate Chip

Who is your song "what are you" about. It really had a huge effect on me when I was younger and I've always wondered. Its a great song. I love the whole album Flesh, of course so does everyone from Limerick. (we love David Grey here!)

Fifffii

What is your most memorable gig?

Rory28

Hi David,

What would your death row last meal be?
Not that you will ever be on death row. I just like the question.

nelly17

Hi David
Do you think U2 are struggling to stay relevent and trying a bit too hard?

Has their artistic integrity been compromised by rampant commercialisim?

Would you work with Orbital again?

Tombo2001

Birds Without Wings; super song. Is it ever on your live set?

on the river

Well mister Gray

Would you choose melons or coconuts?

OTR

Tar.Aldarion

Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?

Dav

David has arrived and everything is getting set up. If you'd like to watch the video, you can do so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNVqkOwQonc

Wichita Lineman

What do you like to do to unwind from the music business?