Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated.

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Ah, OK. It's hard to see.

I know. Please write your Senator, like the rest of us.

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 25 February 2007 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

― ksandbox, Monday, 26 February 2007 00:49 (seventeen years ago) link

grassroots success propelled by an open taping policy and word of mouth. exceptional musicians, love to play together and are good to their fans. all band members paid equally, contributes millions to schools, charities, and causes like Vote for Change. Dave is odd and funny and gracious and his insight to the world has been very comforting to me through various life crisis over the years and things like the Bush administration. He makes millions but still drives a 96 Subaru, and helps strangers move couches, and always has time to chat it up and take pictures with a fan.

none of this means you have to like Dave or their music. haters have always been there, especially among the vinyl-collecting (I think it's a rule). it's ok. I just listen because it makes me feel good, and that's all it comes down to.

missed this thread!

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

can you see if Dave can lend a hand moving my vinyl collection?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/16/122736.php

"And, despite the brilliance of recent gigs, I've never really walked out of one and needed to see the performer again immediately."

wait until he brings the Band...

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

It took all of two seconds to load this thread from new.

DAMN!!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 09:31 (seventeen years ago) link

This thread can serve as the lithium test of all nu-ILXes in teh future.

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Try "Glasgow" more!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 10:45 (seventeen years ago) link

That took 2 seconds as well!

Respec!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 10:47 (seventeen years ago) link

ALSO HE PLAYS A MORAN ON TV SOMETIMES

― gbx, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I enjoyed it!

"but my leg's not a piano..."

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Thursday, 8 March 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Reasons why they are so HAD and BAITED...

― Bimble, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:50 (seventeen years ago) link

One of the best House episodes I've seen in a long time. Is Dave Matthews trying to be an actor now, or was it just some one-off thing? Not that I particularly care.

― musically, Friday, 9 March 2007 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I loved that House episode. The triple-twist ending alone was worth it. Also - we made jokes about whether Dave Matthews was playing himself all evening. Cheap joke? Maybe, but I laughed.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Friday, 9 March 2007 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link

"we made jokes about whether Dave Matthews was playing himself "

It wasn't far off actually. He routinely acts like a fool when he is nervous, randomly yelps between songs or blurts out gibberish, and tells odd but funny stories about goat penises and a variety of other topics. My daughter and I were laughing during his scenes on House because he was so....Dave.

Davespeak archive:
http://www.weeklydavespeak.com/wdextra/

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Friday, 9 March 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

this thread is not the same with all the messages skipped

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 9 March 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

this thread is not the same with all the messages skipped

Same for me...now it doesn't crash my browser when I try to read it.

― musically, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link

but now g00glers won't see anything to get all indignant about

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 9 March 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

He routinely acts like a fool when he is nervous, randomly yelps between songs or blurts out gibberish, and tells odd but funny stories about goat penises and a variety of other topics.

Yeah, but what about the dudes he has combing the audience for attractive women to give backstage passes to? Because a friend of a friend totally got offered a chance to "hang out with Dave." Goat penis might be a clever metaphor.

I also enjoy fans referring to "seeing Dave" or just say "Dave" all the time and think that I'm supposed to understand what they're referring to in casual conversation. So you saw Dave Barry talk about his new book? Or went to a taping of Letterman?

This is all sort of academic since I haven't talked to someone who's made such a reference for a couple years, but post-comment skipping, this thread needs some wheels.

― mh, Friday, 9 March 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, but what about the dudes he has combing the audience for attractive women to give backstage passes to? Because a friend of a friend totally got offered a chance to "hang out with Dave." Goat penis might be a clever metaphor.

I also enjoy fans referring to "seeing Dave" or just say "Dave" all the time and think that I'm supposed to understand what they're referring to in casual conversation. So you saw Dave Barry talk about his new book? Or went to a taping of Letterman?

There are people who go out into the audience before shows and randomly offer someone seat upgrades to first row or to come participate in the meet & greet and hang out backstage. As far as I know this happens at every show (just never to me yet!)

As for "seeing Dave" - a lot of fans hate it when people say that, unless he is solo. If any member left the band or died, there would be no more DMB, the end. (Don't get any ideas haters!)

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Saturday, 10 March 2007 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Whatever happened to the Dave Matthews Band? The last hit I remember by them was "I Did It" and that was, like, six years ago!

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 10 March 2007 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link

[url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=11013]Goat Penis[/url] (surprisingly, sfw)

― Siegbran, Sunday, 11 March 2007 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

A DMB fan took out my addition on the Wikipedia page about DMB:

It went something like this:

Popular Culture:
In the Futurama episode "The Why of Fry", when the Nibblonians are telling Fry that he is very important, Fry incredulously asks "So the feeling I get when I'm drunk is correct?". The Nibblonians reply: "Yes, except that the Dave Matthews Band does not rock".

― I am not afraid of you and you can spank my ass, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:55 (seventeen years ago) link

It's true!

Great Episode...

whoah, did everything just taste purple for a sec?

― Ms. Chievous Grin, Thursday, 15 March 2007 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated

uh, Dave Matthews

― Chaucer Arafat, Thursday, 15 March 2007 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link

wears those plaid shirts

― kleight, Thursday, 15 March 2007 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I once was asked whether I liked Dave Matthews by school mates towards the end of high school (who were clearly fanatics), before I had heard any of their songs. Thinking they were talking about Matthew Sweet, I answered "yeah, I like a few of his songs".

That moment will sit badly with me forever.

― Faisal Shennib, Thursday, 15 March 2007 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

http://cgi.ebay.com/DAVE-MATTHEWS-BAND-THESE-CROWDED-STREETS-LP-OOP_W0QQitemZ150129531408QQihZ005QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― ian, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link

holy flurking shnit. that is egregiously expensive.

― the table is the table, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link

hahaha are there actually DMB vinyl freaks?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link

Dave Matthews Band: Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Legendary and Beloved

Even Alanis Morissette lends her trademark pipes!

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link

What is Dave Matthews listening to? Matthews tells us about Xiu Xiu, the experimental indie project of Californian singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who, Matthews says, Tim Reynolds turned him on to. “There’s something about it where you can’t put it down,” he says. “It’s like crazy person music, but it’s really slammin’ and it’s really beautiful. He’s a little bit precious maybe — and ‘a little bit’ may be understating it — but there’s something about it that I go back and I listen to it again, and I like it.”

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link

jamie stewart sonned by dave matthews in a "precious" beef.

― ian, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link

ftw

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link

big hoos aka the steendriver sonned by a yuppie in an outbid beef.

― ian, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link

taking sides: dave matthews vs. xiu xiu

i'd be torn.

― andi, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link

Now that this thread can load more easily I look forward to it never dying.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Bump for BEST THREAD ON ILX: Part TWO - The Poll

― pfunkboy, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8

― Boabie, Thursday, 13 September 2007 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link

god, this is probably my favorite thread of all time

― swinburningforyou, Thursday, 13 September 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link

I Want Dave Matthews(band)Guess papers of all subjects Plz send me cuz i found it every where couldn't found?? Plz Send me As QUICK AS POSSIBLE!!!!

― mulla atari, Thursday, 13 September 2007 13:33 (sixteen years ago) link

but, i have to say, this thread isn't the same without that picture of the fat guy over and over again...

― swinburningforyou, Thursday, 13 September 2007 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link

nick and buzz best friends 4-ever

― Vas Djifrens, Thursday, 13 September 2007 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link

now who's joking??

― latebloomer, Thursday, 13 September 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link

haha "buzz"

i think i saw a commercial during college football where Dave Matthews Band is part of a contest where the college that votes for him the most through text-messaging gets a free concert from DMB. He can't possibly be that popular, still?

― swinburningforyou, Thursday, 13 September 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link

who is in lol college here?

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 13 September 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Listening to DMB at work, it occurred to me that their songs could be much improved by simply ommitting the clarinet and piccolo or whatever woodwinds they are using.

― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

it occurred to me that their songs could be much improved by simply ommitting ~~the clarinet and piccolo or whatever woodwinds they are using~~ everything.

― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 21 December 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

So I'm watching a little bit of this documentary on IFC called "Before the Music Dies." The filmmakers travelled around the U.S. trying to find out why mainstream music is so packaged and repetitive, and whether the major labels are able to silence innovation.
Up comes a clip of Dave Matthews, and I assumed this was an illustration of this bland, "packaged and repetitive" music that's so common. I was wrong. They were used as an example of one of the few, truly innovative bands that broke through the corporate oppression and got their music out to the masses.
Huh? WHy, because there's a violin on stage?

― Jazzbo, Monday, 11 February 2008 12:54 (sixteen years ago) link

The three R's of repetition...

― RabiesAngentleman, Monday, 11 February 2008 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link

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