Why the hate for Dave Matthews Band?

dharma69

CServant wrote:

Can I get an AMEN to that!!! Why do you think everyone remakes his songs? Great songwriting, sad execution.

Dead on call. Bravo.

Or Amen.

pearljam_addiction

DMB are Great , No Hate Here

BinFrog

Pearls&Stones wrote:

I love the Dave Matthews Band. Some of my best memories from the past few summers involve travelling to various cities for Dave Matthews Band shows (D.C., Buffalo, Hershey, State College). I have never cared about who I am associated with if I like a band. That is a sad way to go through life.

That being said, I have to say something from experience. I always laugh when someone picks the fans as an argument as to why PJ is better than DMB.I have seen DMB and Pearl Jam each over 10 times and I can say without a doubt that the fans at Dave Matthews shows are SSOOOOOOO much better than Pearl Jam fans. Pearl Jam is the greatest band in the world, but fans at their shows are hands down the rudest, most completely oblivious people I have ever seen. And I have sat everywhere, from 10 club seats to the back of the lawn, and there is little to no variance. I remember pulling into the lot at this years Pittsburgh show and after seeing the people I was totally convinced it was going to be another Altamont.

I can tolerate it for 2 1/2 hours of Pearl Jam, but it is really annoying..

I think you have been to the wrong venues. I've seen some bad PJ crowds where I thought shit was going to go down (namely Philly/Camden), but I've also seen some great crowds, namely Boston, Seattle, NYC and Montreal.

As a side: I just find it funny when people base any part of their view of a band on the fans. I am a huge Phish fan, and the amount of times I have heard someone say "I hate Phish: their fans are all hippies and suck" has got to number in the hundreds. It's like saying you hate seafood because you don't like swimming in the ocean.

SoonForgotten2

I used to love DMB but things really seem to have gone down hill since they pulled the plugged on the Lilywhite Sessions. Though I haven't been able to see the full band since... hmm... 2002 I think it was, I really think Dave's heart is in his solo work now and not the band. I was lucky enough to see him play a one-off solo show at a student Union here in London in February and it was probably the best non-PJ concert experience of my life. He greeted fans outside prior to the show and went on to play an amazing 2 hour set... just everything totally stripped down. There wasn't even anything onsale... just Dave a stool and two guitars. It really helped me regain some of the faith that I had lost in Dave/DMB.

bovy_j

I don't mind them. I just find a lot of their stuff kinda boring. They are great musicians, I'll give them props for that.

lukins fridge

mix in a guitar solo! that's what i want to scream at them.

i used to love them, but - unlike other stuff i used to listen to and will pop-in once in a while - this stuff just faded.

i did go to a concert a few years back and fell in love about 5,000 times. cute girls love dave, that is for sure.

thecrackedjack

lukins fridge wrote:

mix in a guitar solo! that's what i want to scream at them.

i used to love them, but - unlike other stuff i used to listen to and will pop-in once in a while - this stuff just faded.

i did go to a concert a few years back and fell in love about 5,000 times. cute girls love dave, that is for sure.

Plenty of their live releases of song's have guitar solo's on them. I can name some of them if you like.

darthvedder88

There was never anything wrong with DMB. Just bc a band is mainstream doesn't mean they suck...

gabers

darthvedder88 wrote:

There was never anything wrong with DMB. Just bc a band is mainstream doesn't mean they suck...

Exactly!

I think too many people on this board think that is the case. All I'm saying is see them live before final judgement.

IlovveePJ

i really like DMB!!