Dave Matthews craps on people...

[leith]

I don\'t know how "touched" soused college guys trying to p/u chicks get or even if they get anything from the music. I do know that dmb has for me changed from a wonderful blend of non conventional instrumentation in improv rock playing lyrically profound songs to a band that has given in to the easy road of making trite pop albums and replaying them in concert for people who know nothing of dmb\'s jam past and those that do yearning for older songs because they may jam those.  I am not looking forward to working tonight\'s show as i am pretty sure iI am going to be bored off my ass but @ least they aren\'t crappy musicians. I\'ll give them that.

[ChrisPitch]

To be fair to Dave Matthews Band, "I Did It" is probably the best song in the history of music

[Stephengencs]

Pitch, your sarcasim just cracked my monitor......
thanks jerk!

[ChrisPitch]

No problem Steve. All in a days work.

[Marcial]

If writing "trite pop songs" was as easy as you make it out to be, don\'t you think there would be alot more poppy rock star millionaires??

[leith]

There\'s enough of them as it is. Besides I never said it was ez, dmb consists of some top notch musicians who know what sells. Their original fans for the most part have grown up and may not relate to songs written for a younger crowd who only know pop dmb.  Perfect example Everyday and the album it was supposed to be. Kids loved Everyday and the song itself is as simple as it gets even I know that and I can\'t play a lick(well I can play a couple but you understand),while older fans liked the other album much more due to being less poppy and more introspective as past albums.

[Stephengencs]

That is the thing with DMB.  Their fanbase gets into them right around end of highshool/beginning of college, and then they grow out of it......  

The fans are always these 17-22 year old kids, because the band doesnt care to grow with the fans.  And once the kids move onto other musical interests, there is a new crop of Rookies that move into the scene, perpetuating riots, rape, and other stupid meathead things.....

[colinh9]

Hmm well people may not like me for it, but I am a very big DMB fan. Actually my favorite band, and without them I would have never gotten into all of the music I got into. But thats a long story...

The fact is, if this is true, it is the bus drivers fault, no DMB member was in the bus at the time, and none of them ordered or even would allow something like this to happen.

And I have been touched by DMB, believe it or not thier music  has helped me through some troubled times, as well as a lot of other music, but they have been the main band in my life the past few years.

[boombox]

What is this Central Park show? Date???

[colinh9]

9/24/03 was CP.

DMB put on a free show in conjunction with AOL for raising money for schools of NYC on the Great Lawn.

[boombox]

Thanks colin - now to track it down!

[ChrisF]

Originally posted by boombox
Thanks colin - now to track it down!

i think its an official release on cd and/or dvd.

[Gfunk]

i\'ve always thought dmb was a shitty band

[colinh9]

Originally posted by boombox
Thanks colin - now to track it down!

I\'d offer it to you if I had it. I never bought the live release, nor downloaded the show, I didn\'t see the reason to. There are many better shows out there, but I think if you were there the energy blew you away. I think it was a bit like Coventry, if you weren\'t there you just can\'t understand, and unfotunately I had to miss the show.

Anyways, I could offer you a b+p or a trade if your interested for some DMB stuff.