The king is wearing no clothes!! Damien Dempsey

chem · 28-07-2013 06:50PM #1

I'm sorry but is Damien Dempsey the singer a joke that I just have not got yet?

Music by numbers or what! lee, gee, pee, jee........

I'm sure leaving cert poets could do better then his muck!

Table Top Joe · 28-07-2013 06:54PM

The first time I heard him, many moons ago now I presumed it was a piss take(Richie Kavanagh job) I was genuinely stunned he was serious......I was even more stunned when I saw people actually liked this stuff, the first thing I heard was that cringeworthy "Doobalin Toon" rubbish.......hes shockin

Witchie · 28-07-2013 06:55PM

I'm in the same camp with you guys. I just don't get him at all. Shocking bad.

BNMC · 28-07-2013 06:56PM

I couldn't care less about him just as long as he stays in Dublin and don't infest the rest of the country with his "bleedin' Dooblaaan toons".

DrumSteve · 28-07-2013 07:00PM

I think Damo is a good artist; the lyrics in Colony for example are head and shoulders above most artists.

But sure just fire away at slagging the dublin accent. How original.

kneemos · 28-07-2013 07:01PM

Heare his new song the other day and it has a nice air to it but the lyrics are a bit shocking in fairness.

Boombastic · 28-07-2013 07:03PM

BNMC wrote: »

I couldn't care less about him just as long as he stays in Dublin and don't infest the rest of the country with his "bleedin' Dooblaaan toons".

Too late..He's playing at a festival in clare next weekend

Fr_Dougal · 28-07-2013 07:04PM

He's a lyrical genius.

When can we go down beside the sea, beside the sea
When can we go down just you and me, just you and me
Warm I am feeling inside your arms, inside your arms
I want to vanish into your charms, into your charms

Travelling out to the sandy coast, the sandy coast
Mountains and valleys revive my ghost, revive my ghost
Go with the river down to the sea, down to the sea
Flow like the river so carelessly, so carelessly

The ocean goes rolling, it rolls to the land
And that's where we meet it, we greet on the sand
And everytime I'm angry the sea gets angry too
And everytime I'm happy the sea is calm and blue

When can we go down beside the sea, beside the sea
When can we go down just you and me, just you and me

endacl · 28-07-2013 07:06PM

Nice to see somebody happy to be themselves and sing in his own accent. If you don't like it, well, luckily enough for you he's not compulsory.

chem · 28-07-2013 07:07PM

Shakespeare better look out!

Sulla Felix · 28-07-2013 07:09PM

I think OP needs to give us a list of his top 5 artists/bands so we know whether this criticism is coming from someone with taste.

Neeson · 28-07-2013 07:09PM

What is his new song?

chem · 28-07-2013 07:09PM

endacl wrote: »

Nice to see somebody happy to be themselves and sing in his own accent. If you don't like it, well, luckily enough for you he's not compulsory.

I taught "it" was from Cork??

28-07-2013 07:09PM

chem wrote: »

Shakespeare Rebecca Black better look out!

FYP

anncoates · 28-07-2013 07:10PM

He exists primarily to dampen the knickers of female culchie arts students with a proletarian fetish.

Boombastic · 28-07-2013 07:10PM

chem wrote: »

Shakespeare better look out!

This is bigger than Shakespeare, Spiral better look out. : pac:

Miss Lockhart · 28-07-2013 07:14PM

I thought it was the emperor who enjoyed nudity.

Not a fan of Damien Dempsey but I don't think he's the worst out there by any means.

nocoverart · 28-07-2013 07:15PM

I personally think his songs are a bit all over the place, but least he sings from the heart with passion. There's an awful lot of sh1te out there that we could be mentioning. 95% of day-time radio for a start.

HerrScheisse · 28-07-2013 07:17PM

anncoates wrote: »

He exists primarily to dampen the knickers of female culchie srts students with a proletarian fetish.

Now that is a proper insult, well thought out and delivered with the fast timing of a takeaway pizza :pac:

chem · 28-07-2013 07:20PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

I think OP needs to give us a list of his top 5 artists/bands so we know whether this criticism is coming from someone with taste.

True!

I just like any music that has meaning and substance.

Thanks for your question Damo!

Handsome Bob · 28-07-2013 07:20PM

I'll let Damo himself respond:

You knock me, if you're so mighty, why waste your time with me
If I'm bad, ignorant and sad
Why waste your time, you're mad
You're just mad, because your life is sad
You've done nothing worth while

Weevil · 28-07-2013 07:21PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

He's a lyrical genius.

Reminds me of the unforgettable Dis'ree:

Life by Des'ree

I’m afraid of the dark,
‘specially when I’m in a park
And there’s no-one else around,
Ooh, I get the shivers.
I don’t want to see a ghost,
It’s a sight that I fear most.
I’d rather have a piece of toast and
watch the evenings news.

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life doo,
doot doot dooo. Life, oh life,
oh life doo, doot dooo.

Sulla Felix · 28-07-2013 07:22PM

chem wrote: »

True!

I just like any music that has meaning and substance.

Thanks for your question Damo!

Aww, go on OP. I'm actually not too mad about his work myself. I solve this horrible problem by not listening to it.
Maybe just one, rather than a list?

dd972 · 28-07-2013 07:24PM

Damien Dempsey thinks he's Dublin incarnate and some sort of sensitive hardman, a bit of a bore really.

He'd have been driving a Tacsai if he wasn't strumming tunes with his eyes closed shut and head jerked back giving it the earnest trouabour schtick.

HerrScheisse · 28-07-2013 07:24PM

Almost as good a lyricist as the Cranberries:

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
Does anybody care?

But...at the least, they had a very catchy melody! And fame. World fame.

Christ the Redeemer · 28-07-2013 07:28PM

I think he's pretty good.

allprops · 28-07-2013 07:32PM

I believe that Damo goes home to his nice three story in Newtownpark Avenue, enjoys the rugger and just puts on the working class shtick to sell records and to do what anncoates said.

dharn · 28-07-2013 07:34PM

I thought it was just me, glad to see there are other people out there who dont get him he is vastly overated, he was featured on today fm recently, such fecking fawning over him ,, good man damo,,, brilliant, I could not believe what I was hearing he was ****ing awful

kfallon · 28-07-2013 07:35PM

What's the hang up with lyrics OP, The Beatles are considered the greatest of all time but just have a listen to "I Am The Walrus" and the lyrics in that.

I like Damo, does a great live show.

anncoates · 28-07-2013 07:37PM

No rock star stould ever be called Damo..

End of.

dharn · 28-07-2013 07:42PM

Come on the beatles wrote most of there lyrics under the influence of psychadelic drugs, damo coverd the ' boyes are back in teown', it has to be the worst cover version of any song ever

The king is wearing no clothes!! Damien Dempsey

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