Dave Matthews Band

i never knew of the hate for dmb 'til i joined here.....i always thought i was a music snob....ha!....some people here go way beyond anything i've ever thought about music.....:rolleyes:

cutback wrote:

i never knew of the hate for dmb 'til i joined here.....i always thought i was a music snob....ha!....some people here go way beyond anything i've ever thought about music.....:rolleyes:

Pearl Jam fans are the most self-righteous, snobby fans on Earth. I specifically don't sit in Ten Club seats because of them. I have found (and post it on here every time one of these threads comes up) that DMB fans are much nicer.


I love Dave Matthews Band. I've seen them umpteen times and never get tired of listening to their music. They can do plain old fun stuff like "The Song That Jane Likes" or "Ants Marching," but are just as good with more intense stuff like "Sugar Will" and "Cry Freedom."

I'm not crazy about the Stand Up record, though. I loved the 2 singles and "Old Dirt Hill," but the rest was kind of blah. I hope their next cd is much better.


EDIT---to answer the original question, no, almost everyone I know seems to like them. Except for those people who won't like something if it is popular, but they don't like them by default---not really on merit

i like Dave Matthews band A lot !! I hate his Fans

Live at Luther College is one of my all time favorite cds

pjoasisrule wrote:

I find their music to be a bit on the boring side. I had a bigger problem with their fans, DMB is a band that should only be liked by certain people but I noticed that everybody that was popular at my high school was a huge fan, it made me come to the conclusion that people only liked them because it was popular to like them and pretending to be a big fan would help them fit in. By the way, I dont think that every single fan is like that.........just many of them.

Agreed completely. I love DMB, but find their best music to be VERY inaccesible and not immediate at all. I have almost never really like a DMB song the first time I hear it, it has to grow on me. The way they write music requires more patience than the majority of their fans seem to have. So while I am a huge DMB fan, I have a hard time understanding why so many people that don't seem like the kind of people who have musical patience like them. My conclusion: same as you; they're doing it to be cool

I'm a big DMB fan but like most of you I don't like the majority of their fan base. Everytime I walk into a college party I see a huge Dave poster on the wall then I look at the people who live there and it just doesn't add up. Everytime DMB concert I go to I see a billion frat boys with there collars popped and again question if they truly understand the music. All in all I love DMB for their musical talent.

ISUal wrote:

Agreed completely. I love DMB, but find their best music to be VERY inaccesible and not immediate at all. I have almost never really like a DMB song the first time I hear it, it has to grow on me.

You nailed it. They are definitely a band that can't be pushed on you. You have to hear something interesting and start to pull.

I've been lurked on these board for a while now and have noticed much hate for DMB here. Not exactly sure why.

DMB is a great, great band!

I do wish that they'd take some time off from touring, go their separate ways for a while and come back to the studio fresh. Some of their work of late has really made me cringe.

I think touring THAT much can be a bad thing.

i think they should take more time between albums and work out the songs on the road....if they played "the idea of you" a bit longer on the road it might turn into a great song.....but i think it's gonna be on the next album....hope this makes sense had some wine and weed.....:):)

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