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Damien Dempsey - To Hell or Barbados
- Precise acoustic guitar work and lagging notes make up Damien Dempsey’s To Hell or Barbados. Dempsey’s vocals at times go on for long periods of time that will make listeners stand in awe at just how long he can hold a single note. As each lyric resonates, Dempsey’s timbre sounds like chanting which is very soothing.
The first song has arresting acoustic guitar play which is later joined by thumping drum work. The strumming is quick-witted as Dempsey’s voice echoes depressing lines such as, “When I die, I want to die…When I sing, I want to sing...Set me free.” The emotions in the song go from one extreme to the other and Dempsey’s voice follows suit.
The second song begins with mellifluent acoustic guitar and not much else. This track has a more romantic tone to it as Dempsey expounds on wanting to be engulfed in his sweetheart's embrace, with lines like, “Take me back tonight, take me back tonight. Into your lovin’ arms, into your lovin’ arms. Take me back tonight, into your lovin’ arms.”
The third song has Dempsey portraying a darker voice than before. The acoustic guitar work is on the more jovial side as he emotes about being irradiated by another, with such lines as, “I’ve seen the light of you…Yesterday’s skeletons and cobwebs blew. Your spirit burns so bright…How you illuminate my shadowed sight.” It seems Dempsey is conveying through vivid metaphors how a certain person has brought radiance into his otherwise wearisome life and things he had hidden before, such as old scars, are now being healed because of that new and glorious glow.
Damien Dempsey’s To Hell or Barbados has songs that talk about the important events that take place in life such as falling in love, death, and flubs which one tries desperately to remedy. Dempsey’s unique vocal range is sure to strike a chord with listeners and bring him a multitude of fans who will flock to hear his matchless brand of musical interpretation.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 8.5
Reader's Rating: 9.50
Reader's Votes: 6
Added: 19-May-2007
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