indexed i need to know if you've heard the lillywhite sessions and how they compare to busted stuff for u
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
I dreamed I was in this really weird musical last night with an abusive director that would SCREAM at you if you did something he didn't like or get a line wrong, and part of the show involved me playing "Crash into Me", except the lyrics were different, and since I haven't played that song on a guitar since 1998, I was messing it up.
the story of this dream is now being worked into a DMB-themed musical titled "It's Just Too Much"
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
oh yeah Rapunzel's worse than Crash's "And I come into you"! Also this:
Pantala Naga PampaDave Matthews BandTrack 1 on Before These Crowded Streets The song’s title comes from a phrase an Indian chef for the band would utter in Tamil. In English, the phrase means “I have a python in my pants.”
― Indexed, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
xp in your dream, did you fret-5 on the b-string with your pinkie? could not stand how smug people were when they played it like that, and it's worse.
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
fuuuck no that's grounds for a beating!
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
"but it's the way dave plays it live". yeah well dave also uses an mic-less pickup live that makes his guitar sound like farts.
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
*a mic-less
xpost new borad description
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
indexed i need to know if you've heard the lillywhite sessions and how they compare to busted stuff for u― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:51 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:51 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
haven't listened to either in at least a decade but will revisit.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omm8aM0TxlY
i love that the only full album upload of the lillywhite sessions on youtube is this dumb game
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
Listening now. Not to go back to the same well, but is the "JTR" chorus an intentional interpolation of the "Rain down/come on rain down on me" bit of "Paranoid Android"?
― Indexed, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
it's definitely possible
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
All of Before These Crowded Streets is legit. I suspect it was at least partially inspired by OK Computer: it's the only one of their pre-Stand albums that feels like it has a cohesive narrative structure; it's full of religious imagery; the growling angry Dave energy on "The Last Stop," "Don't Drink the Water," and "Halloween" is very "You don't remember, you don't remember/ Why don't you remember my name?" Also the album that I think showcases Carter the most.
― Indexed, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 11:23 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
the crazy part about this stuff -- and what makes before these crowded streets so interesting i think -- is it really goes against the grain of what dmb's like ... audience & marketing & the cliche version of them really is, to me. As if their entire image was about smuggling this dark brooding stuff into ... sorry john mayer ... a john mayer record, him as like a distillation of what made them appealingly fratty
or maybe at the time bc of grunge this kind of sour energy fit completely within frattiness & i'm just seeing it backwards, as darkness kind of bled from frat music in the 00s
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
I don't have a great view of all the live albums they've put out over the years but I believe Live in Chicago was recorded on the Before These Crowded Streets tour and has some pretty great stuff on it. Need to go back to it but always loved this version of "What Would You Say" with Maceo Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNB2rYfc7pk
― Indexed, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
i have actually never listened to under the table and dreaming in full. "satellite" is lovely
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
How do you feel about "Typical Situation"?
Very nostalgic all of this is in a very personal way that goes way beyond whether it's "cool" or not. Hard to explain.
― Evan, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
i really have yet to dislike a song lol, "typical situation" was a highlight
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
i recommend the music video for satellite if you haven't seen it
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
I wondered how much more dark brooding is on Before these Crowded Streets than sous la table. I sometimes think the biggest difference is the choice of lead single. So I tried pairing up similar tracks:
life is good song: The Best of What's Around - Pantala Naga Pampajust goofin song: What Would You Say - Stay (Wasting Time)thinkin bout stuff song: Satellite - Spooninternal suffering growler song: Rhyme & Reason - Halloweenuncomfortably "sexy" song: Lover Lay Down - Rapunzelthings ain't so bad, i really should be happy song: Jimi Thing - Pigspooky, driving verses with happy chorus song: Warehouse - The Stonecarpe diem(B): Ants Marching - The Dreaming Tree
This is where the pairings become worse:Pay for What You Get - The Last Stop I'd say these are both dark and brooding though with themes of very different scale. I'd say 'Pay For What You Get' is darker due to the more personal scale and the lack of hope/remedy.
Typical Situation - Don't Drink the Water Typical situation obviously inverts the dark brooding in the chorus.
Dancing Nancies - Crush Lyrics are obv different, but I swear you could play the 'Crush' bassline over 'Dancing Nancies' and it would fit. please try it in your head. These songs are similar.
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
always just thought this band was boring, saw em live twice in the late 90, total snoozefest. Idk, my uncle has played in a lot of funky acid jazz type bands that jam out and I like that stuff a lot more.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
Did your uncle jam out in a football stadium?
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
I worry about potential bias from venue size, expectation, degree to which the performer is your uncle, etc.
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
this band was my first conert :( i don't remember anything about it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
yeah nah i guess I just mean, using “jazz chords” and stuff. I guess dmb had stuff like that but idk wasn’t feeling their jammage
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:52 (two years ago) link
i have always loathed DMB after i did a summer stock production where i roomed with a guy who wouldn't stop fucking playing it all day and all nightdon't feel bad about not reinvestigating this now
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 24 October 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
Was it a Dave Matthews Band musical you were in
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 October 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
DMB was always weird to me because when they were getting big I knew a bunch of people who went to college with him, and one who dated him. The general consensus was that he was a goofball who told poop jokes
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Sunday, 24 October 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
The bear eating its own head malfunctioned again last night in the technically ambitious "What Would You Play." Commenting on the disastrous state of the production, Dave Matthews said he is "shakin like a monkey, a lil baby."
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 24 October 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
I recall a good poop joke told on a certain bridge in chicago
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 24 October 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
xp it was love's labor's lost iirc
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
and maybe not xp
full band "#41" sounds like Jean Valjean singing "Who Am I?"
― Oxnard Jeweler (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
At the time, my reasons were named Brock, Chad, Tad, Chip, Carter, Justin, Lance, Rick, The Stever, et al.
https://preview.redd.it/z6yxmj1c65ty.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=621cde3a4c7a05043d8803e32a478eb87b326ba5
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
Oh god, identify a single post that causes horrifying flashbacks.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
I should've included "Trigger Warning: Douchebag hats".
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
Happy DMB-Tour-Bus-Dumps-Shit-On-Tourists Day
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 8 August 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
happy poopaversary
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 August 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
At the Aug. 25 press conference to reveal the videotape, Mayor Richard Daley called the dumping “absolutely unacceptable,” but also noted that he considered Matthews’ “a very good band.”
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 August 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
Someone who has seen the Dave Matthews Band 159 times names her reasons why DMB fans are so loyal: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/style/dave-matthews-band-dmb.html
― jaymc, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 03:37 (seven months ago) link
"blackmail"
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 03:38 (seven months ago) link
I can’t read it with the paywall, but one of the two paragraphs I can see suggests that you have somewhat buried the lead:
Josh Roberts, 42, a special-education teacher in Las Vegas, who has seen the Dave Matthews Band, or DMB, 523 times, stood in that line. Mr. Roberts estimates that he has spent $100,000 on tickets and travel since discovering the band as a struggling high school junior in 1995. “This band has songs about love, depression, sex, things that you connect to,” he said.
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 04:08 (seven months ago) link
I am pretty sure you do not connect to sex at all, Josh
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 04:09 (seven months ago) link
a struggling high school junior in 1995
What kind of a high-school student would fall in love with this band? I always thought of DMB as a form of adult contemporary. Shouldn’t one be discovering better music in teenage years?
― Melomane, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 04:24 (seven months ago) link
What kind of a high-school student would fall in love with this band?
My friends discovered DMB in senior year high school ('95) and it became serious in college ('96 through '99). I stood there tapping my foot.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 10:18 (seven months ago) link
DMB didn't exist when I was in high school but I will confess that in 1993ish, when I was in college, they were minor local notables but not superstars.
If you saw them in a restaurant, it was okay to be mildly excited but you also had to be be cool. Like, you could maybe casually point and whisper, but you weren't supposed to go over to their table and gush at them. I am pretty sure I have said this before so I won't go over it again.
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:02 (seven months ago) link
Band geeks.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:09 (seven months ago) link
when I was in high school several of my photography classmates went to a DMB concert and an anecdote one of them was excitedly sharing with her peers about how she and her friends were relatively close to the stage, shouting "Dave! Daaaaave!" has stuck in my head for probably 25 years now
these were mostly preppie types, but the excited "Daaaave!" hippie-ish girl was, the last time I looked it up, a yoga instructor in southern california
― mh, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:12 (seven months ago) link
DMB: come for the songs about love, stay for the songs about sex.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:15 (seven months ago) link
I remember being so disappointed when a friend who was into Sonic Youth and stuff in high school started following Dave in college. I think it was mostly about the scene, although she was a bit of a cool name geek too.
I can't hang with the music, but I've come to enjoy his interviews, he always says some weird non-sequitur shit and has good random stories. Recently on Time Crisis and Questlove Supreme.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:24 (seven months ago) link
I think if you are Dave, or Ed Sheeran, or Jon Bon Jovi or the like, you've just got to have a sense of humor and at least the guise of humbleness to counterbalance your inexplicable success.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:34 (seven months ago) link