# What??? Damien Rice's "9".

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764 "2006-11-17T01:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764/1 "2006-11-17T01:07:01Z")

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I iTuned **Damien Rice** ’s “9”. Most of it’s okay, some is pretty good. But what the hell is _Sleep Don’t Weep_ supposed to do? About four minutes in it goes, quietly at first, into a synth sounding whine till the end. The end is about eighteen more minutes.  
I’m pretty easy on artists, but this just seems wierd.  
Someone “in the know” please explain it to me. I’m about to delete it. :dubious: And that would just be rude.  
Thanks,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764/2 "2006-11-17T02:29:25Z")

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**mangeorge** , I’ve edited the title of this thread so that it’s relevant to the thread topic. Please review: [FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette on the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745), noting Post #3.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764/3 "2006-11-17T02:46:49Z")

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[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]  
**mangeorge** , I’ve edited the title of this thread so that it’s relevant to the thread topic. Please review: [FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette on the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745), noting Post #3.  
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Thanks. I know the rule, but I didn’t catch it till I’d already submitted. I, too, dislike mystery titles.  
Sorry all,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-damien-rices-9/380764/4 "2006-11-18T00:25:20Z")

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Hasn’t anyone else listened to this cut? I have trouble accepting that they would actually release something like that.  
Maybe the machine just got stuck.