Heckler wrote: » Its not that it's bad. It just sounds like all the others doing the same thing. I never heard Rome so threw it up on youtube. And alongside the video, up next, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Passanger, Lewis Capaldi etc. I'd struggle to tell one from the other. To me its bland and the voice sounds affected like that lad from Picture This. I'll bet one of Dermot Kennedys songs is going to be a favourite among the next batch of X factor contestants. Fair f*cks to the guy, I wish him the best but hes not doing anything remotely interesting.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » Whatever a Crumlin accent sounds like, apparently that's where he grew up. It would sound a bit more gritty. He performs with quite an American accent at times, but I'm only Nitpicking. Great performer altogether.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » I think you're being very hard on him. Surely, the young man isn't reinventing the wheel, he's not claiming to be avante garde like Bowie, for example. He is what he is, a talented musician with some very good lyrics (spotted with occasional mediocrity, that's inevitable), in fact he is probably a poet. And as someone who seems to have begun his career busking for change in the Rain on Grafton Street, it's marvelous to see what he's acheived. So I do see your point but not sure he quite deserves that criticism.
kowloon wrote: » I was never much into singer-songwriter types. I think you have to be really into the lyrics of their songs because the music itself is not generally the kind you would listen to an instrumental version of. I get that it's supposed to be from the heart and more intimate or something, but even when I was a teenaged girl it wasn't much to my taste.
Heckler wrote: » Exactly ! Lyrics are mostly ****e anyway. (unless yer Nick Cave). The music sucks you in.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » Just listening now. "Rome" is fierce stuff altogether. Great voice. I wish he had a stronger Dublin accent though.
Heckler wrote: » Its likewise with Irish bands. I can't tell if it's Kodaline, Picture this or the Academic I'm hearing on the radio. All sound the same. Lauded by 2fm and Today FM all day long while bands like Fontaines DC, Girl Band etc don't get a look in.
The Princess Bride wrote: » My children were born in Crumlin and don't have Dub-el-in accents, they don't sound like they've wrenched their vocal cords through their inner notions aka D4loike accent either. I disagree. They all sound very different from one another. Kodaline are rather good, The Academic are great, Picture This make me mostly cringe, Fontaines DC I don't really get the appeal and I don't know if I've ever heard Girl Band( are they boys or girls even?) And I have the radio on almost all day long, and I do change the channel too. It's good we don't all like/dislike the same music, how bloody boring would that be? Dermot Kennedy has a huge fan base, he's popular throughout Europe and the US, it's no wonder this album is a best seller, it's been highly anticipated. It's on repeat play in my car, and it's really worth listening to. It's good to see talent and hard work being recognised.
Heckler wrote: » Pretty much in the same mould as Ed Sheeran. Not my thing at all but fair play to him if he's making it. Irish DJ's seem to latch on to certain artists. Eoghan McDermott and his creepy fascination with Picture This. Ian Dempsey with first Kodaline and the Academic and now Dermot Kennedy. I presume its payola. Maybe not with McDermott. Apparently he went and got Picture This tattoos....not weird at all Eoghan.
Heckler wrote: » I absolutely wish the guy the best. I really do. I'm a musician, playing in a band and I know how hard it is. I know how hard it is to write, perform, record. How long the process is etc. He can write a song musically and lyrically of course. Its not my cup of tea but if he's feeling it then fantastic. To me it's that theres a glut of these "samey" sounding singers that I referenced earlier. Its likewise with Irish bands. I can't tell if it's Kodaline, Picture this or the Academic I'm hearing on the radio. All sound the same. Lauded by 2fm and Today FM all day long while bands like Fontaines DC, Girl Band etc don't get a look in. Granted Fontaines ain't reinventing the wheel either but at least they've got fu'cking spirit. Girl Band taking the Jesus and Mary Chain and ramping it up by 100. At least this sh+t is interesting.
Hercule Poirot wrote: » The people who say they've never heard of him obviously don't listen to the radio because he's been all over it the last six months or so My first thought after hearing one of his songs is that he was a reject from Mumford and Sons who'd gone out on his own and his other songs have done very little to change that view, but hey ho, he's found success and fair play to him I suppose
its_steve116 wrote: » First Irish act to top the UK album chart in nearly 20 years now. Hozier has never had an album higher than #3 there.
fitzparker wrote: » He is from Rathcoole but was a decent enough footballer with Crumlin united. His songwriting is fantastic, there was a recent interview with (i thin the lead singer from Korn) who recognized his songwriting ability as the best he has heard in years, if i remember the song was "an evening i will not forget" which is about 5 years old.
debok wrote: » Some bitterness in Ireland. Like how are we known around the world as friendly people. The cool lads saying who is he? How do they still think that's a thing. Just say fair play. Saying scobie head on him and miserably music yet they have have never seen or heard of him. Great nation of people when we are in another country. Same twats will be at his concerts somewhere foreign waving an Irish flag.
saffron22 wrote: » Lot of negativity on here. The guy has been grafting it for years. He has worked his way into the position he is in now and fair play to him. I've listened to the entire album and while it is not my type of music it is certainly well crafted and delivered music. I'm sure there is plenty more to come.
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