i also love the weirdo lyrics to What Would You Say.
"I was there when the bear ate his head, thought it was a cannnnnnndyyyyyyyy"
― check out my malady (San Te), Friday, 25 March 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
damn now you're making me want to switch my vote to "What Would You Say"
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I do remember loving Don't Drink the Water when it came out.....
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Strange that such a long and storied career produced but one memorable single (What Would You Say).
― President Keyes, Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
which one is the one with that rapey "hike up your skirt and show me the world" line so i can vote for anything other than that one
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
that's crash into me
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
oh srsly what the fuck that song makes your body is a wonderland sound charming and tender jesus
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder how many people played that song at their wedding
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I kind of like the one that say "tomorrow let's go back to being friends" whatever the fuck that one is.
― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah, TWO! (chrisv2010), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the other notable lyrics in Crash Into Me: "oooh I watch you there in the window, and I stare/You wear nothing, but you wear it so well"
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link
whatever it is, it's definitely *not* the one (can't remember the name/possibly never knew it) where he sings about getting older, and being all these different ages, and thinking sentimental vaguely dopey thoughts baout love/life/family, in the most excruciating falsetto of our time
This is not DMB; it's Five for Fighting, "100 Years."
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 March 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
talk about confusing two groups that sound nothing alike
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
nah Five For Fighting guy has a slight Dave Matthewsishness in his voice
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Saturday, 26 March 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
kinda, but the band's music isn't in the same ballpark
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Dave Matthews + Coldplay - Eno= Five For Fighting
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
no, it equals something that'll never enter my cd player
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
if i don't hear it, it doesn't exist
Do you never go to the grocery store?
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yea but mine generally plays either cheesy 80's keyboard music or...there was actually one I used to go to which was playing Muzak from the 80's/90s including Jack Wagner's "All I Need"
― check out my malady (San Te), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
But in Virginia circa 1992, Dave & co. were not yet famous and were playing every Wednesday at the Flood Zone in Richmond. I had a friend who slept with Stefan the bass player. One occasionally saw Dave and his crew around town or at one's friends' college bars.
I was forcibly ejected from a Dave Matthews Band show in Delaware around this time because I was being a terrible, belligerent drunk. Then I vomited all over my roommate's girlfriend's car after she came to pick me up. That is my DMB story.
I don't know a lot of these songs by name, but I legitimately enjoy "Stay" so that's what I voted for. "Crash Into Me" is one of the worst songs ever.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4bFX1ZEKyA
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 26 March 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually really enjoy listening to a lot of these songs.
There, I said it.
― mink della reese (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I do remember loving Don't Drink the Water when it came out..... --check out my malady (San Te)
Kinda otm
― ★ INXS ★ What You Need ★ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
voted "Ants Marching", never minded this song when it was ubiquitous, which is the best I can say about it (or about the others).
I do quote "Don't Drink The Water" a lot for dadjoke comedy value.
― Euler, Saturday, 26 March 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"Don't Drink The Water" was a nearly "Lakini's Juice"-level buzzkill in terms of their career at the time, i don't know how it would sound to me now but when i think of it i mostly lol
― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Sunday, 27 March 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
it reminds me of lakini's juice, mostly cuz its weirdo sludge rawk
― ★ INXS ★ What You Need ★ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Funny because when it originally came out, "Lakini's Juice" was my favorite thing Live had done yet.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ME TOO
― ★ INXS ★ What You Need ★ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
it was like a helmet song tbh
Lakini's Juice was severely underrated
― drugnet (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"Lakini's Juice" C or D?
― corkslovetoscrew (some dude), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
where are you going
― maybe i'm just gay (Tape Store), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Whiney OTM re Helmet-ness of that song. Finally we find common ground. If I ever found myself with the desire to listen to an entire Live album again, it would totally be Secret Samadhi
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
everyone in high school called this album Secret Sodomy― miccio (miccio), Monday, March 14, 2005 3:32 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark
― drugnet (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 27 March 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
BEST DAVE MATTHEWS SINGLE
― da croupier, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ha how did i forget POSTING on that thread. i only searched the archives for "Dave Matthews Band" so it didn't come up when i tried to see if it'd been done before :(
― some dude, Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
wait i have to go see if this helmety live single exists brb
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i see what you guys are saying but that fucking cunt is still singing so no
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
wait did dude just say "i rushed the ladies room took the water from the toiilet" wtf is wrong with this whole generation of assholes
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
on the other hand this video for dont drink the water is absolutely fucking hilarious, i think i just found my vote
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Lakini's Juice by Live was supposed to sound like Helmet. The only thing it had in common w DDtW were that they were both weirdly melodramatic alt-rock songs
― drugnet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
well lets be fair, both of them are absolutely terrible so they do have that in common
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i realize that i am taking the dangerous and on the cusp challop view that a live and a DMB song are not good, but i had never heard either one before and wow
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Love Lakini's Juice and voted for it in dude's Stylus Mag's Floundering Grunge Follow-up poll
I think now is a good time to re-assert that DMB are 90% awful
― drugnet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
What Would You SayJimi ThingAnts MarchingSatelliteToo MuchSo Much To SayTripping BilliesDon't Drink The Water
^^^ much as i'd like to i can't really hate on any of these, hooky as hell (although his vocal stylings almost sink "Satellite") and fuck man, i owned the CDs like a million other people. Like it or not, Under The Table And Dreaming is going to be in fucktons of "classic album" canon lists ten years from now if it's not already. Granted, the lows are really low, and they overreach when they try to make Serious Statements. I let "Don't Drink The Water" in because it's just so magnificently goofy. But ehhh, none of those up there are so bad and hated, for me.
I will admit that I would race to change the channel on "Ants Marching" but I'll still give it credit for being very well-constructed.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Work It Out [Jurassic 5 feat. Dave Matthews Band] 0
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 07:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ok wow just listened to that and it is somehow far worse than i expected
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
What Would You Say and So Much To Say are the same song, less satanic than their others.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 March 2011 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
~deep trax only~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZhDN_HBbI
― yuoowemeone, Thursday, 31 March 2011 07:27 (thirteen years ago) link