Then all hell broke loose. Just as we were adjusting to the fact that our country could function even if the president didn’t completely know what he was doing, a team of Saudis with box cutters torpedoed our innocence. Right then, like our cell phones, our culture stopped working for a minute. What sense could the old Dave Matthews make when Dave Letterman was weeping on air?
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
an incoherence of daves
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
he would probably make a better prez than music writer
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
I would bet my house he owned at least one Dispatch album in college. Or downloaded one from Napster, is probably more like it.
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
the P.M. stands for "Patchouli Man"
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
if mayor pete wasn’t cancelled before, he sure is now
― a photographer, satanist and ukip voter (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
go on pete, you are forgiven
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/mayor-pete-buttigieg-phish-inauguration-1203193074/
Asked about his college days, he cited “a lot of Dave Matthews in my life back then, a fair amount of Phish kind of thing. But also again the classics. I thought I was gonna be Jimi Hendrix on the guitar.” The hosts then produced a Les Paul, on which he strummed a snippet of “Hey Joe.”
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Friday, 19 April 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link
Ah yes, the les paul. Cassic jimi hendrix guitar.
― Fictitious Business Name: (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 April 2019 02:34 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JyD6WHE_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Friday, 9 August 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
RUNDMB
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 August 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
Y'know...it's one thing to stand at a remove of a couple decades and snicker at a vague recollection of DM and his B, but I've had a few of his songs pop up over the past week (in a general '90s playlist) and...yeah, this shit was real real bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FqsQE5oRNE
― Well, that's a fine howdy adieu! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 June 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
The only DMB reappraisal I will fuck with is that his shit was so heinous that if we had one terminator to send back and the question is do we send it back for DMB or Trump I'm going to need five minutes to think about it.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Thursday, 25 June 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: Amazon's new CEO's favorite band is DMB https://t.co/fPqhxlEatt pic.twitter.com/mo9KLboVIO— Caroline O'Donovan (@ceodonovan) February 2, 2021
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 February 2021 04:58 (three years ago) link
guillotine
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
'Jassy Thang' a believable DMB song title
― sell her Dior (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 5 February 2021 07:07 (three years ago) link
https://preview.redd.it/ixufs6a7e5g71.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f88d0cb69098bc0a9751617a7057b3260ef7133e
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
speaking of 800 lbs of shit, i have contemplated reviving this thread to talk about how before these crowded streets is a good record and the lillywhite sessions is an excellent one
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Sure, Jan.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
every(?) jam band has exactly two good records
grateful dead: u knowphish: billy breathes, story of the ghostdmb: before these crowded streets, lillywhite sessions (counts even tho it was shelved)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
I do kind of like that theory. Like, if you just keep playing and recording eventually you're going to do something good, like monkeys with white baseball caps sitting at type writers.
By the way, the other day, yesterday, and saw a young couple walking down the street holding hands. She was head to toe goth, with black fishnets and a black hat obscuring her face. He was just a preppy dude in jeans and a DMB t-shirt. I assume they were in love.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
my boyfriend is not "preppy," he was a crust punk for like five years ok
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
then he got sober, embraced his inherited wealth, and found dave
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
Don't forget about Rift, Brad!
Also, I had never seen the location of the poo dumping before. I don't know why, but I had always imagined it from a more significant elevation. Like, "oh, the boats look like tiny little dots down there - we just didn't see them." Maybe at the edge of a cliff. Obviously not taking into account Chicago's geography. Nope, that was just right on their heads. Wow!
― wankee hotel fuckstrot (peace, man), Monday, 9 August 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
I'll plug Ryley Walker's cover of the Lillywhite album, it's really good even if you hate Dave.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 August 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
Before These Crowded Streets is darker-edged than most of his stuff, I like "Don't Drink the Water", which has his attempt at death growls
― there's too much fucking shit on me (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 August 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
Death Matthews Band would be kinda cool
the alanis morissette feature on "spoon" is my favorite singing she's ever done
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 9 August 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
in fact most of the guests on that record add a lot to it, cf. kronos quartet on "the stone," his best song
i will say i dislike the goofier musical interludes on the album but it's a tapestry man
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 9 August 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
So Brad did hear the Ryler Walker album jon mentioned?
― Evan, Monday, 9 August 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
did you*
yes i thought it was really good!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 9 August 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
IIRC Steve Lillywhite was the producer for Billy Breathes as well
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Monday, 9 August 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
I am billy breathing
― there's too much fucking shit on me (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 August 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, August 8, 2021 11:54 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, August 8, 2021 11:56 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
lmao, these posts have a deeply comforting familiarity to them.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 9 August 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
the narrator from The Stone is singing to his inherited wealth
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 August 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
A Dave-head coworker posted the lyrics of “Don’t Drink the Water” (in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day), but the title just made me think of when they dumped poop in a river.
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
LOL
Weirdly enough, I love "Under the Table and Dreaming" and "Crash". And I shall not be moved.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
haha hard not to make that association.
I started listening to Crash the other night after reading that (pretty good, actually) Sunday Review at Pitchfork, and was shocked to know how much of that still lives in my head even though I hadn't listened to it in probably 20 years. That album was inescapable for me, given that I was a sophomore at a Big Ten school when it came out and 95% of the people I hung out with loved DMB. I went to quite a few shows while I was in school, mostly out of obligation to my friends and it being just "the thing we did", but completely quit listening to DMB pretty much the instant I graduated, not even intentionally, I just couldn't be bothered.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
I didn't know they did a Sunday review for "Crash". Thank you for alerting me, and good on them.
Link is here for those who are curious https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dave-matthews-band-crash/amp/
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
"Crash" remains an album that I feel is unfairly overlooked because of the anti-DMB stigma. Terrific album, not one bad song.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
My pal around the time of peak Dave Matthews just could not fathom how that dude managed to retain a musician as good as Beauford.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
I mean, cynically, $$$$$ but also maybe he genuinely liked what he was playing?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
i think crash is kinda uneven, feel like i can name a few songs i dislike on it. the singles are crazy tho
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
partic "too much"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
I EAT TOO MUCHI DRINK TOO MUCH
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
i also loved "two step" so much in middle school
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
"Proudest Monkey" is a go-to road trip song for me.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
don't drink the waterDon't drink the waterThere's blood in the waterDon't drink the WA-EE-YUH-EE-YUH-EE-YUH-AAAAHH
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link