dmb's best song

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  • Posts: 11,175
    ajedigecko wrote:
    what is your take on granny???? it seems to me to be somewhat confusing. on one hand it makes me smile, then on the other hand it makes me sad.

    is it a life and death song?

    the song definitely makes me smile. i feel so good every time i listen to it. it also has sentimental meaning for me, which adds to it. i dont think it matters what the song is about. if it makes you feel good and can connect to you in some way, shape, or form, then it is successful. this song suceeds in doing just that for me.
  • \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    the song definitely makes me smile. i feel so good every time i listen to it. it also has sentimental meaning for me, which adds to it. i dont think it matters what the song is about. if it makes you feel good and can connect to you in some way, shape, or form, then it is successful. this song suceeds in doing just that for me.
    i agree.......for some strange reason, it makes me think of my daughter and when she will be a grandmother, and talking to her grandchildren.....it is a humbling thought.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Posts: 11,175
    ajedigecko wrote:
    i agree.......for some strange reason, it makes me think of my daughter and when she will be a grandmother, and talking to her grandchildren.....it is a humbling thought.

    thats interesting. thats one of the greatest things about music...how it can appeal to so many different people on so many different levels.
  • Posts: 943
    dancing nancies, lie in our graves, the song that jane likes, #41, seek up

    my second tier -

    what would you say, the best of what's around, tripping billies, jimi thing, the last stop

    'blue water' is also mesmerizing, haunting, and beautiful.

    does anyone have a mp3 of 'you never know'
    Pittsburgh 6/23/06
    Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
  • Posts: 1,622
    I lost interest in these guys years ago, but their first few albums have some excellent songs on them. "So Much To Say" is probably my favorite, followed closely by "The Last Stop".
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Bremerton wrote:
    #41

    #41 and Seek Up are my 2 favorite DMB songs. I can do without everything from Everyday on but the back catalog is filled with amazing compositions.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Posts: 3,287
    The Dreaming Tree, hands down. It's probably a top 5 song by any band for me. I couldn't believe they opened with it at Alpine last year... I'd heard it live before in 03, but I'd suspected it was going to be played based on that tour's patterns, so it wasn't surprising at the time. But this year... I had no idea it was coming, and they opened with it. As a specific concert memory, that will go down as one of my favorite concert moments ever.

    Anyway... Before These Crowded Streets is their crowning achievement so far and, if things continue going the way they have been going, will be their crowning achievement as a band.

    I also like Bartender and Two Step. Seek Up, too, which I have yet to hear live.
  • Posts: 1,156
    Crash into Me
    #41
    Seek Up
    2006 - Dublin, Reading; 2007 - London, Copenhagen; 2008 - MSG; 2009 - SBE, Manchester, London; 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London; 2012 - Manchester, Berlin; 2014 - Amsterdam, Milton Keynes; 2018 - London; 2022 - London; 2024 - Manchester
  • Posts: 2,787
    My favorite is "Lie In Our Graves" ever since I saw them perform it live. These guys are the balls.
  • Posts: 1,151
    One of the best songs ever: Crush
    also: The stone, Big Eyed Fish, #41, Too Much
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • Posts: 6,834
    Don't drink the water.
  • \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    facepollution wrote:
    Don't drink the water.
    what a great song....i had forgot about that one.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    did anyone catch the special when dave played the acoustic set with robbins.....that was a great program.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Posts: 1,015
    halloween, the last stop, crash (ONLY when stoned), and uh...yeah that's pretty much the only good DMB songs huh. ;)
  • Posts: 3,698
    I am not a big fan. I only have 20 of their songs on my ipod and only own "Under the Table" and the one with "Crash" on it.

    They do have some great songs on those albums.

    My vote would be:

    Rhyme and Reason
    Grace is Gone
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Posts: 105
    1. Halloween...God its awesome
    2. Watchtower...Not their song, but their arrangement (Michael Hedges ripoff) rocks so hard
    3. Crush...Great Groove
    4. Pig
    5. Seek UP
    "Music is the glue that holds everything together. Without it, everything would fall apart." --Eddie (From the movie EMPIRE RECORDS)
  • Posts: 1,810
    otis mcfluster wrote:
    Stay or Leave


    love that song!
  • Posts: 1,810
    ajedigecko wrote:
    i can not stop listening to "you never know". anyone else out there like this song?


    what cd is that on?
  • Posts: 897
    seek up
    granny
    i'll back you up
    best of whats around
    the stone (live version from listener supported is better than studio)
    two step
    crush
    crash into me
    grey street
    dodo, grey blue eyes, stay or leave (from solo album)

    and the WORST song ever recorded - "mother father" from everyday. the lyrics are sooooooo corny i try to dare myself to listen to this song once every couple of years and i never am able to make it through the whole song without cutting it

    everyday in general is the biggest drop in quality any band has ever taken from one album to the next...you go from soulful, unique acoustic music with great lyrics to overproduced generic pop crap with atrocious lyrics.....awful!!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • Posts: 31,146
    edvedder913 wrote:
    what cd is that on?

    busted stuff

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