Damien Rice- Cannonball (Live in Toronto 2007)

[JazzyDave]

Why are you all spitting hairs over this being "acoustic" or not? Just listen to the music...

[Cali4yaDreaming]

And what about the electric cord hanging from his guitar? Sorry to break your bubble but nobody plays without amplification unless they are in their living room. Anyway its a nice video, just with the audio was better. Thanks for posting!

[bkmoshi16]

as long as there are no amps .. it's acoustic ..

[chromedreamz]

great video!!

[xXxcrimsonmoonxXx]

Don't mean to be a pain - but the cable coming out of his guitar would suggest that actually his guitar is electro-acoustic. So it is being amplified.

Sounds awesome though - and is certainly more acoustic than most music these days!

[gretorian]

I was there and I've seen thus video atleast 100 times and it still sends chills Massey hall seats probobly a good 1000 people and he filled every corner of that theatre still makes me smile I got to see that thx for posting brings me back (Y)

[reidvfx]

Not sure why the title says 'completely acoustic'. Not as if he normally plays it on the bagpipes

[sjps220]

@reidvfx

"Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means"

So yeah a bagpipe would still be acoustic. No mic, or guitar amps were used, which is what I was trying to express with the title. Seems I just confused most people.

[cam2k4]

@sjps220 sorry say but hes going direct input so its sadly not the sound your thinking of, its using a pick up so its basically like an electric otherwise you wouldn't heard it from the distance your standing but anyway a brilliant song !!!

[sjps220]

@cam2k4 It was quite a bit quieter than his other stuff, so I assumed it was completely acoustic. It doesn't really matter to me if it is or it isn't, so I'm just going to remove the mentions of acoustic from the video. I'd rather all the comments not be arguing this detail. Thanks for the polite response.

[rawkgawdez]

brilliant. thanks for sharing.

[debassr13]

What a voice

[TheTreaclerox]

One word...........Talent! This is beautiful, it gave me goose pimples and tears in my eyes, it's amazing!

[XTRAXPARTS]

love

[NewMusicFan91]

Fantastical

[luceyyhall]

you always get the 1 person coughing :L awesome song awesome singing f***ing love him x

[pcconroy]

Cough cough  Cough cough

Turned it off before I got the

Cough cough. Cough cough

[demurer]

hahaha

[MrHiphopopotamus00]

Amazing..I'd love to see the so called "artists" of today try and do that...He is a credit to music

[Thedevilstoenail]

He did the same at a show in Birmingham NIA, and that place is huge!!! Epic night!

[smellycow6]

is there a lead coming out of the guitar? haha

[metalgeorge123]

its called a semi acoustic fool

[smellycow6]

no shit but the title says completely acoustic and if it is completely acoustic y would he need a lead coming out of it.

[luluclalo]

Great!

[duffy246246]

is his guitar a lowden there?

[toriicelli]

yup!

[daslegend]

lol he looks abit like earl off my name is earl on this. cracking tune tho 10/10

[samoan909]

he's sooo awesome ;.

[jesterchase11]

SO beautiful

[m5lade20]

wow im so jealous you guys have got to see this great talent.. and another wow for how he has done this song completely acoustic very very nice well done and great filming thanks for posting

[pippalottapoohbah]

Hi, have yo useen him live? Was good? Do tell. Pip

[m5lade20]

no i aint would love to thou would be amazing... have you?

[pippalottapoohbah]

ooh ... is this a date? im in! keep me posted ! pip x

[m5lade20]

lol could well be ill keep ya posted lol x

[SiogAlainn]

I can well imagine he was acoustic, he did the same in Wembley and it was amazing

[bigmattkicksazz]

Oh and BTW on a guitar theres is this thing called a volume knob, sometimes its attached to the preamp sometimes its right on the top, but its there and lead or no lead it can be turned down all the way. On an acoustic you will still get the sound the guitar would normally give off.

[bigmattkicksazz]

Hey geniuses I saw him in Indy where he did the Blowers Daughter completely acoustic, you could hear a pindrop. He's been said to be moody and he steps away from the mike when the crowd is agitating him.

[EvilAngel22]

look you ignorant bastards.

he does do it completely acoustic.

i saw him at birmingham NIA.

and he did this song completely acoustic then

they just turned his guitar channel off, instead of him having to take out the lead.

[dandykins13]

guess what fuck wits, it isnt all acoustic, hence the lead coming from his guitar

[casablancko]

i love how it LOOKS like he isnt using a microphone.

[m8freedom]

you think there is a mic somewhere?

The room might be suited for this kinda music... so the voice gets this sound without being aplified. It is possible.

what do you think?

[johnnyrotten32]

there isnt a mic, he did it in D.C. also, the theater in D.C. was built before mics so he sounded just fine singing with no mic.

[v0mitstar5]

i was there the whole concert was us ( the crowd) with our jaws to the floor such an amazing show

[kylesmile690]

hes amazing and its amazing how he projects his voice but his guitar is plugged in ha see the patch chord coming out the back of it? ha :)

[colcob]

It's almost certainly switched off. Guitars are louder than voices generally (and yes, I do play guitar and sing), so there would be no need to amplify the guitar if you were singing without amplification.

[blueandy99]

violins are acoustic tard

[assaultmek]

Violins in the back. Not completely acoustic, right? Thought so.

[sjps220]

The cello? yeah, its acoustic too. I don't really understand what you're saying, but both the bass and the cello behind damien are not amplified as far as I can tell from this vid and my memory.

[dbaynes91]

Yo dumb-ass... Violins? Maybe in your world. There's an Acoustic Guitar, Cello & a Double Bass, all acoustic instruments last time I checked. No amplification was used at all in the performance of this song, hence the "completely acoutic" in brackets. Thought so.

[uhohstop]

@sjps220 hahaha i think assaultmek thinks when something is played "acoustically," it means only with the acoustic guitar. When something is played "acoustic," it is without electronic amplification. all the instruments are able to be played without amplification

[1bunhead2]

they have funny looking violins where you come from!!!!!!!!!!

[tributeforlife]

@assaultmek its why its called an acoustic guitar you idiot.

[myusernamesux321]

dam cougher ruining it its a lovely song

[doc470]

he pulled that in philly over the summer as well. def gave me goosebumps

[gretorian]

i was there it was surreal how quiet everyone was .... i think it was awe ... cause the man put on a show that i dont think anyone will forget

[ImportanceOfWhatever]

this is really beautiful! I've seen Damien Rice twice in concert and still one of the best performances I've been to

[bknibbe]

damien rice is amazing..i was at this show and the one on monday night..so good!

[jbell92]

I saw this show, and I saw him again at the Hummingbird Centre on the 10th, they were both amazing shows... this is a good video by the way, good zoom, lol

[sjps220]

Yeah I was at the show on monday night too. Damien seemed to be in a great mood! I loved it, but I didn't take any more videos. Security was tight, and I tend to enjoy the show more when I'm not taking photos and videos.

[jmponmyfoot]

did u make sex with him?

[nathancuyler]

I wish I was back re-living that night, was so beautiful.

Silence over the crowd during this song. It's hard to see Lisa go, but Damien still continues to create and play the great music of our time.