Archive Dave Matthews Band

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Dec 15, 2009 9:46am

I've noticed there are some who clearly aren't fans on there. But who is a fan? Favorite songs?

To those of you who aren't, why? I'll tell you something--I didn't used to be, but I'm a fan in a big way now...but looking back, I can't really say why I wasn't a DMB fan. I'd just like to hear your reason--if you just don't like their music then I understand, but how much of it have you actually listened to?

Their cover of Cortez the Killer is what hooked me, been a big fan ever since:

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Dec 15, 2009 9:49am

I like their stuff. Not crazy like some people I know that go to see them 4 or 5 times each summer, but I enjoy listening to most of their music.

j_crazy

Posts: 8,372

Dec 15, 2009 9:51am

I said no, but I'll listen to a few of their songs on my iphone.

I have a friend who is crazy about DMB, and yet another who vehemently despises them.

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Con_Alma

Posts: 12,198

Dec 15, 2009 9:52am

...can take him or leave him. I guess that means I'm not fanatical.

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CincyRedRider

Posts: 101

Dec 15, 2009 9:55am

I like the music but I am not a big fan of the live stuff. I just don't want to hear 15 min solos.

stationrun

Posts: 304

Dec 15, 2009 10:10am

My 22 year old son is a big fan and often listens to his music when he is home from college, he got me hooked on Dave Matthews as well.

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Dec 15, 2009 10:15am

^My parents like it too.

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Dec 15, 2009 10:21am

Love Dave..probably my favorite band. I see them once a year in Cincinnati.

derek bomar

Posts: 3,722

Dec 15, 2009 10:38am

Favorite show to go see live...they're incredible. That said, the latest album wasn't that great (had a few good songs on it)...he could just tour forever on what he's already put out and I'd go see him every year.

ernest_t_bass

Posts: 24,984

Dec 15, 2009 10:40am

I don't dislike DMB, however, his sound gets old, and I have to be in the right mood to listen to it. My wife, however, loved DMB.

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Dec 15, 2009 10:40am

^Wow, really? I love the new album--it's up for a couple Grammys too.

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Dec 15, 2009 10:46am

I hate so much about the things that DMB chooses to be.

derek bomar

Posts: 3,722

Dec 15, 2009 10:46am

SQ_Crazies wrote: ^Wow, really? I love the new album--it's up for a couple Grammys too.

yea it's just a little too slow for me...I dunno. It's not even close to under the table or crash

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Dec 15, 2009 10:51am

I loved the new album...one of my favorite Dave albums.

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rocketalum

Posts: 268

Dec 15, 2009 10:51am

justincredible wrote: I hate so much about the things that DMB chooses to be.

Comments like that should be applied only when speaking of Toby Flenderson

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Dec 15, 2009 10:53am

rocketalum wrote:
justincredible wrote: I hate so much about the things that DMB chooses to be.
Comments like that should be applied only when speaking of Toby Flenderson

Ugh, Toby is the worst. DMB is on the same level for me.

salto

Posts: 2,611

Dec 15, 2009 11:27am

I have been a fan since the mid-90's. As far as I'm concerned, they have never made a song I didn't like. Love the new album. "Why i am" is one of my favorite tracks.

GoPens

Posts: 2,339

Dec 15, 2009 11:29am

Don't hate him but not a fan. Everything sounds the same.

Fab4Runner

Posts: 6,196

Dec 15, 2009 11:30am

I enjoy them. I've never seen them in concert and don't listen often but there are several songs I truly love. Partly because the songs are good and partly because it makes me think of living with my old roommates and the good times we had (they were both obsessed with him).

jpake1

Posts: 2,389

Dec 15, 2009 11:34am

Dave is alright. Two of my top 10 rock songs are my Dave (Crash Into Me, Cortez The Killer-- pretty much only because Warren). I have to be in a mood to listen to their stuff, and it rarely happens. Just not my style I suppose.

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Dec 15, 2009 11:35am

Fab4Runner wrote: I enjoy them. I've never seen them in concert and don't listen often but there are several songs I truly love. Partly because the songs are good and partly because it makes me think of living with my old roommates and the good times we had (they were both obsessed with him).

You absolutely have to see them live. They're so much better live, it's unreal.

CenterBHSFan

Posts: 6,115

Dec 15, 2009 11:45am

Not a fan. But, I did love Crash the first billion times I heard it on the radio. Now... nothing.

Fab4Runner

Posts: 6,196

Dec 15, 2009 11:48am

SQ_Crazies wrote:
Fab4Runner wrote: I enjoy them. I've never seen them in concert and don't listen often but there are several songs I truly love. Partly because the songs are good and partly because it makes me think of living with my old roommates and the good times we had (they were both obsessed with him).
You absolutely have to see them live. They're so much better live, it's unreal.

I want to...but only with my old roommates. Unfortunately they both live in Arizona now so unless they come back to Ohio next summer and we can go it probably won't happen. We'll see.

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Gobuckeyes1

Posts: 497

Dec 15, 2009 11:48am

Pretty big fan here.

For the people who say that their stuff all sounds the same...what are you talking about? You are entitled to your opinion, but to me, one of their strengths is that their songs DON'T sounds the same. You have to get away from the stuff they play on the radio, though. Their best songs are more obscure.

#41
Dancing Nancies
Grey Street
Crush
Halloween
Lying in the Hands of God
Grace is Gone
The Stone
Minarets

I could go on and on...

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Dec 15, 2009 11:49am

#41 is my favorite of theirs. Love that song.