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

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.”

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

ftw

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

taking sides: dave matthews vs. xiu xiu

i'd be torn.

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

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

god, this is probably my favorite thread of all time

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!!!!

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

nick and buzz best friends 4-ever

now who's joking??

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?

who is in lol college here?

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.

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.

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?

The three R's of repetition...

I don't like Dave Matthews at all - his voice grates and the lyrics* make me want to hit myself in the head with a brick - but when they first broke through on the radio, it did seem pretty unusual and innovative. Or at least they stuck out like a sore thumb.

I haven't actively listened to Dave Matthews in 10+ years and I'm not making any plans to, but I suspect I'd be alright with them if an album of instrumental versions were to turn up.

*crash into me and I'll come into you
crash into me and I'll come into you
crash into me and I'll come into you
crash into me and I'll come into you
crash into me and I'll come into you
crash into me and I'll come into you

YEEEEEEESH!

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804030466

lol

Jason "Buzz" Schechtman, (perpetually) 19, Deerfield, Ill., a student at IU, got his tickets about 8 p.m. after waiting more than three hours. He met folks in line who said they'd left the Clinton rally to wait for tickets. "I was leaning toward Obama, but this sealed the deal for sure," he said.

Battle of the blands:
Obama & Dave -vs- Bill & Kenny G.

What blandsters are republicans?

3 Doors Down

Another reason to hate them

I think songs like Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd, Old Dirt Hill, and Dancing Nancies deserve recognition if not the sappy Satellite and Typical Situation.

American ILMers, do you still hate Dave Matthews Band?

uh. we hate third-rate Dave Matthews knockoffs more. Jason Mraz comes to mind.

I was just thinking about this thread today.

This thread misses the random googlers. Wish this thread could be exempt from having to register to post.

Hell yeah. It sure would make things more interesting around here.

i love the part where they sing "eat drink & be merry for tomorrow we die"

Doing something outside the norm of what they're known for, the Nappy Roots are crossing genres in the New Year. Their latest is group member Skinny Deville's new collaboration with the Dave Matthews Band.

On their new single, titled "A Divine Intervention At 55th," the group crosses sounds between rock and hip-hop. How did it happen? Well, Deville said the team up came about after the two hooked up while on tour, an experience he said he can barely explain.

"I was high every hour back then and I have never seen anything like it [touring and performing with the Dave Matthews Band]," said Skinny Deville. "People were camped out as if it was a KOA Campground. We did two nights in each city because of the attendance. I do remember the food was excellent and the beer was cold [backstage with DMB]. They balled out more than the biggest rapper could have. We had one bus and they had like ten black matching buses, with every member of the band having their own bus. They were baller status for real."

http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/news/2008/02/4161/

lots of folx in my apt building were stockin up the 30 racks & goin to this today. they got nailed for abt 30 minutes w/ passing t-storms and v. hard rain lol

Those "only jealous because they sell" comments are particularly funny, considering a large portion of the ILM posters are into stuff that is considerably more mainstream (as in appealing to really young kids and everything) than Dave Matthews has ever been.

And btw. the only thing this thread needs to be really complete is that Dave Matthews himself finds the thread on Google and does a post here.

FUCK All of you. Dave Matthews is the SHIT!!!!

hongro gets aggro

I played DMB at the gym the other week. And then I realized...I played them at the gym ten years ago. wow.

They came from my hometown, folks. I have a right to talk, etc.

Has your hometown expressed a public apology yet, I mean, like Canada did for Bryan Adams?

Hahahah.

How is this thread still going?

http://perezhilton.com/2008-06-26-white-boys-cant-dance

http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/01/dmb-sax-player-seriously-injured-in-atv-ax/#comments

LeRoi Moore died. RIP

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10248586

It's a good thing it wasn't Dave Matthews himself, as they'd have to change the name to just 'The Band', and I think that's already taken.

One of my fave songs of theirs has his sax all over it - "Lover Lay Down".

BBC news headline "Dave Matthews Band founder dies"

R.I.P.