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― marcos, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
Many songs would be pretty if on acoustic guitar only with lyrics removed.
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
i keep running into abstracts in underground musicology journals that rank dave as a top 5 guitar player using the latest objective forms of chord analysis
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
The progressions are definitely more interesting and inventive than you'd think from a hated cheesy jam band for northface people
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
I read an article recently about a guy who was attempting to use sound wave analysis to determine the best band w/r/t originality, how different they were from other musicians resolved through science. Dave Matthews came out near the top for some reason (above velvet underground!) the piece humorously paraphrased 'ghostbusters' and said nobody ever wrote music like this, Matthews must be an authentic wacko or certified genius.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
he does seem to construct songs by moving the same finger shapes around on the fret board. they are like the frat boy version of barred chords. you probably do get things that sound weird when you write songs while prioritizing finger shapes over sounds.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
i love when he does his funny growly voice.
"hoooowwww youuuuuuaallllgh dooinnggg tonaaaagggggh??"
oh dave, hee!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
"Two Step" is a 6.5 minute song, and I'd say at least half of it features Mr. Matthews playing the same dyad over and over again, just daring you to turn it off. If you make it through, Sir Matthews rewards you with "crash into me", an entire 5 minute song of one chord (we get 3 notes in this one, though!).
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
What if you took this and plucked the guitar part out and had Mark Kozelek singing about crab cakes with a new vocal melody:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzBwKZyCFM
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
I liked that song 'Everyday' when it first came out...and then I saw them live and now i hate them forever
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
what if we all just posting "dave" like it's a chant
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
dave
dave!
dave!!
dave!!!
big d!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
capital Dave!!
david!!!
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
top drawer Dave!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
hammertime!!!
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
C'MOWN!!!
to the tune of ants marching: DAVE! dave dave dave, dave dave dave dave DAVE!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
AMANDA!!!
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Wait wait, guess which one this is:
Dave - dave, Dave DAVE, dave
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
that is the chorus of crash into me
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Whoa, you actually got it
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
I'm seriously amazed. David!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
90s justice: if someone crashes into you in their car or on a motor bike, you can "come into them" should you desire to do so
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
dave da-DAVE daaaaave
― marcos, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
guess?
― marcos, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
that is the chorus of What Would You Say
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
What if you took this and plucked the guitar part out and had Mark Kozelek singing about crab cakes with a new vocal melody
^seriously would this be bad or good?
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
it would be bad. i'm not sure that it'd be worse, though.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
the dave between
― coops all on coops tbh (crüt), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
i dave'd it
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
Darrell! That's what the true fans call him, because in his Raleigh show in April 2002 he introduced the guest sax player Darrell Pawton, and Pawton said "you should have been a Darrell, Dave", and ever since then all of us on Dancing Nancies call Dave Darrell as an inside joke lol
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
somebody call Dave Darrell. we've got a problem, and Dave Darrell is a problem fixer.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
I'm listening to that album he did with the baritone guitar, and it's the only one that doesn't sound like the 90s
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
i think it is probably their best album
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
sounds kinda like Morphine
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
I liked that song 'Everyday' when it first came out...and then I saw them live and now i hate them forever― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:57 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:57 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think this is correct. I think they'd be less bad and hated if Everyday was the only album.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
I think. I think about Dave.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
rackonit
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
one of my favorite DMB stories is the Pawtucket show in April 2002. he introduced the guest sax musician Ralph Dharel, and Dharel said "you really should have been a Ralph, Dave", and ever since then all of us on Dancing Nancies call Dave Ralph as an inside joke lol
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
in the song 'satellite,' dave seems to think that satellite television is broadcast via the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. this is incorrect, dave.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
we sometimes refer to him as Darrell, as well, in reference to a similar incident that occurred later that month
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
you certainly live a life rich with humor over there at Dancing Nancies, Karl!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
(I hope dave gets the joke and isn't mad at you lol)
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
DAVE!
*chanted while wearing NorthFace jacket for added cred*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
DAVE
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link