Admittedly the Sinead comparison is p outlandish; I probably shouldve qualified that comparison with another 'dumbed down' xxp
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
is don burton american? otherwise i have no idea how two anglophone non-yanks have given a child the name "dakota rain"
― goole, Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard both of these songs recently -- I think I actually prefer "What Would You Say."
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
cranberries just put a new album out last month, according to spotify. i haven't listened to it yet but i'm curious to see where dolores is at lyric-wise these days.
― techno pink (reddening), Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
probably graduated to the cat sat on the mat lyrics
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
so she'd have studied under the tutelage of Peavy Wagner?
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
even mcgonigal could've done a better job
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
amazing poll... honestly I couldnt choose. Dave-bro is lamebro but that is one of his least horrible songs IMO, compared to another song that sucks in a totally different way and IIRC doesnt sound like any other cranberries song, obviously only issued as a single because it has loud guitars and the same chords as "Violet" and "Disarm."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
even it's 'loudness' is polite though. but it did fool the populace well enough. I remember a lot of people who would sit in the Blockbuster Music (lol music stores w/ listening booths) listening to the album and then ask the salesmen "Are there any cd-singles with just Zombie", dismayed at the quiet 'other' songs even though ostensibly they were the same types of songs on the surface.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like some people were voting for DMB vs. Cranberries rather than the songs themselves. Should've been 'Zombie' in a walk.
― One of my faverit moive ever!!!! XD (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
there was an "mtv unplugged" version with a more suitable arrangement
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
DO-OVER
xxpost I woulda still voted Cranberries tbh. I loved the hell out of Dave Matthews when I was a kid, but college dudes ruined them for me (well that and me hearing other music and realizing how boring DMB was).
I remember Cranberries album tracks being pretty pleasant too, even if I never felt compelled to listen to any of them in their entirety.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
"Salvation" was the nightmare the cranberries were meant to deliver... "Zombie" isn't exactly a nightmare.. just kinda mediocre.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
was Salvation the really up-tempo number that sounded like a bizarro KayBee Toys jingle?
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha that sounds accurate
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
they played it at a VMAs and I remember the clip used in retrospectives was the "ah-haha ah-haha ah-haha ah-haha" part sang really out of key and the singer failing to encourage a crowd singalong.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
I mean "out of tune" lol
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha that's the one I was thinking of.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
I actually remember the first time I heard What Would You Say pretty clearly. I was starting to become aware of "funk" at the time, and I was also a bit of a muso/guitar nerd, and I remember thinking "this guy plays really good funk rhythm guitar and the drummer is tight and this doesn't sound like anything I've heard...so why is it so corny and bad?"
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
I also remember thinking "what the hell is wrong with this guy?"
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
no way. though i don't particularly like DMB, i'd take them over the cranberries in a second. difference here is that i actually like "zombie", and "what would you say" is one of my least favorite DMB tunes (of the few i'm familiar with).
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
I would venture to guess that DMB has more tolerable songs than Cranberries
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:56 PM (3 hours ago)
If it's anything like this jam then I am DOWN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei1DvIgW_PU
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
^reminds me of WWYS lyrics:
Up and down the puppies' hairFleas and ticks jump everywhere'Cause of original sinDown the hill fell Jack and JillAnd you came tumbling after'Cause of original sinWipe away the tearsDrink a hope to happy yearsAnd you may findA lifetime's passed me byWhat would you sayDon't drop the big oneIf you a monkey on a stringwell Don't cut my life lineIf you a doggie on a chainDon't bite the mailmanWhat would you sayI was there when the bearAte his head, thought it was a candyEveryone goes in the endKnock knock on the doorWho's it for, theres nobody in hereLook in the mirror my friendI don't understand at bestI cannot speak for all the restat mornin rise a lifetime's passed me byWhat would you sayDont' drop the big oneIf you a monkey on a stringwell Don't cut my life lineIf you a doggie on a chainDon't bite the mailmanWhat would you sayEvery dog has its day every day has its wayOf being forgotten - "Mom, it's my birthday!"whatd you say (then what could you say)what would you sayI was there when the bearAte his head, thought it was a candyEveryone goes in the endKnock knock on the doorWho's it for, theres nobody in hereLook in the mirror my friendI don't understand at bestI cannot speak for all the restat mornin rise a lifetime's passed me bywhat would you say?
Down the hill fell Jack and JillAnd you came tumbling after'Cause of original sin
Wipe away the tearsDrink a hope to happy yearsAnd you may findA lifetime's passed me by
What would you sayDon't drop the big oneIf you a monkey on a stringwell Don't cut my life lineIf you a doggie on a chainDon't bite the mailmanWhat would you say
I was there when the bearAte his head, thought it was a candyEveryone goes in the end
Knock knock on the doorWho's it for, theres nobody in hereLook in the mirror my friend
I don't understand at bestI cannot speak for all the restat mornin rise a lifetime's passed me by
What would you sayDont' drop the big oneIf you a monkey on a stringwell Don't cut my life lineIf you a doggie on a chainDon't bite the mailmanWhat would you say
Every dog has its day every day has its wayOf being forgotten - "Mom, it's my birthday!"whatd you say (then what could you say)what would you say
what would you say?
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
Orange wild-eyed muppet a major influence on Dave's delivery I think.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 March 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
"with their tanks and their bombs/and their bombs and their guns" vs. "up and down the puppies' hair/fleas and ticks jump everywhere/cause of original sin"
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
I was there when the bearAte his head, thought it was a candy
I kind of like this bcz wtf?
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
I never noticed it because of Dave's goobery up-down delivery.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
results are some bullshit imo
― internet somebody (some dude), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
Do people here hate "Dreams?" I figured that was generally considered an ok song.
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
kind of not that bad... better than pretty much any Dave jamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yam5uK6e-bQ
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
I do love Linger more than any DMB song; only "Two Step" comes close...
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
"i drink too much" makes me want to drink too much
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's probably because they were totally ubiquitous when I was 13-17, the age at which your brain is highly vulnerable to radio hits, but I kinda like all DMB's mid-'90s stuff. Cranberries aren't too bad, either. Someone from the post-Pearl Jam crop of assholes like Bush is way more odious to me.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
When I was 15 people would tell me I look like Dolores, but that's because I had short red hair and people are unimaginative/love making celeb comparisons.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
OTM about having a hard time really hating those mid-90s Dave singles. We should do worst Bush single or something.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
Bush singles >>> DMB singles, but I'm something of a grunge acolyte...
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
the first 7 bush singles are good.
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 March 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link