Dave Matthews rip-off on American Idol

musicismylife78 wrote:

Lifted wrote:

you turned it personal, when you called me names

what name did i call you besides 'musicismylife'?

well i guess you didnt call me names, but your post was condescending and rude as hell. i stated my opinion dave wasnt the only influence and as i said you said i'd never listened to dave, because i guess to disagree with you must mean i dont know who the artist is, and of course i could never have a different opinion. you implied i was on drugs, which is an absurd thing to suggest as im straight edge, so its a lazy slur and comment. you also suggested to me that if i disagreed with you i was somehow daft and or arguing just to argue with you. again the implication is you arent just stating an opinion. which you are in fact doing. but you make it sound like what you said is fact and their isnt any other opinion that could be offered. Im sort of confused why you think this wouldnt irk me. telling me i cant disagree with you, that you think you are the only correct person, and that anyone who disagrees is on drugs or is delusional, thats quite a statement to suggest.

i merely disagreed with you. you attacked me and said those things about me. I disagreed with your original post. I disagreed with the point of it. You choose to childishly attack me.

has anyone actually done the simple act of googling this guy and reading interviews from the guy. maybe when interviewers ask him who his influences are, maybe he says something more than "i listened to only dave matthews and thats my only influence". if he does in fact state he had and has other influenced extending that to what he sounds like would be a natural progression.

You said he was completely mimicking daves persona and style. I think it sets yourself up for criticism when you make such a blanket and specific comment. Do you honestly believe his only influence is dave? Are his vocal inflections and the dance moves, and the guitar playing, only indicative of dave? If he dances like that and sounds like the way he does is it THE ONLY explanation for that, that he listens and apes dave? or could another explanation be possible? Could it also be feasible he's copying the style of John Mayer? and Brett Dennen? And Damien Rice? And Ray Lamontagne?

I'd love to hear a list you have of artists who dont sound anything like their influences. There have been many innovative and experimental and genrebending bands throughout music history, but im not aware of one band where they werent influenced and thus included that influence in the music itself.