The Greatest Bastard - Damien Rice (Cover)

Описание: Live @ Home 23/06/15
The Greatest Bastard by Damien Rice

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What this means to me:
When I first heard Damien Rice's live performance on Jools Holland, I was utterly captivated because of 2 things -
1) its enchanting musical-like melody,
2) the reality of the words sung by Damien.

After playing the song on repeat for a good half hour, I decided to do some background research on Mr Rice. It turns out that he hasn't released a full length album since 2006. The reason? A bad breakup with Lisa Hannigan and multitude of other reasons (but it was mostly because of the breakup) plagued the songwriter, leaving him in a limbo. That would explain the sheer intensity of which this song was written and sung. Both the live and album versions weren't perfect, but the imperfections allowed his heart to shine through and that struck me. What I heard was not the technicalities, but the regret that Rice felt at that point of soon realising that he let something precious slip away.

The song caused me to pause and ponder about the notion of love and emotion that is often based on our feelings 'right here right now' at a given moment. I emerged realising the importance of being thankful for what I already have, reminding myself not to get into a place where I 'don't know what I've got till its gone'.
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