Tell Me Dave Matthews sucks...

[Ghosts_on_TV]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYJ4rBW5yOU

[Ghosts_on_TV]

For DB...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-JS8QpYR4

[capt. scotty]

Dave Matthews REALLY sucks...

You heard it hear first...dont bother wasting any of your hard earned money on that guy..you'd be better off giving the Salvation Army Guy a 10$ bill for freezing his ass off for that shit.

[xmascriminal]

For DB...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-JS8QpYR4

Awesome.  8-)

[dragonboy]

For DB...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-JS8QpYR4

Cheers for that! For the record I have Under The Table...& really like it  :)

[mjkoehler]

I agree with Cap't, DM sucks. Sorry, I know there are a lot of fans here, but ugh ugh and triple ugh.

[aMillionDreams]

His first two albums were pretty good, after that just a whole lot of blah.  His fanbase is what gets on most people's nerves.  It doesn't bother me so much, but I am puzzled at how loyal they have remained despite the fact Dave hasn't released a good album in over a decade.  

Under the Table and Dreaming is a good spin though.

[xmascriminal]

His first two albums were pretty good, after that just a whole lot of blah.  His fanbase is what gets on most people's nerves.  It doesn't bother me so much, but I am puzzled at how loyal they have remained despite the fact Dave hasn't released a good album in over a decade.  

Under the Table and Dreaming is a good spin though.

I think everything after Before These Crowded Streets is pretty boring, though Busted Stuff has its moments. I still love his voice though, and I think they're all incredible musicians.

[Penny Lane]

i couldn't agree more. i liked his first two albums (but never really his voice) after that it was all downhill---even when i hear stuff from those albums (apart from Crash and Trippin Billies) it sounds dated.  

[Sassbox]

And I agree with thepennylane.  I wouldn't say he sucks, but I find him just plain boring.

[Ruckus]

DMB SUCKS!!!

Oh god...I just puked a little in my mouth...gotta go!!

[Ruckus]

I'm good now, cool.  Yeah, I agree with most of what was said above.  I think I saw DMB at Irving Plaza back in '94 or '95 and they blew my mind.  It has been a steady downhill since.

I hate to say this but I saw them again around 99 or so when my date bought me a ticket.  Although a horrible move on my part, I still told her I had to leave because it was so unbearable, mostly because of the annoying girls standing on their chairs screaming every lyric in annoying glass shattering sopranos where I could not hear the music at all.

Just venting...what a terrible experience :P

[Dodobird]

I had my DMB faze back in college. I was a big fan of the first two albums. But I quickly became sick of them. It got ridiculous because the college bars I went to would play a ton of DMB everynight. The last time I saw DMB was at the central park show about 6 years ago (which was a good show).

[pawpaw]

It's funny how this subject comes up, from one side or the other, every few months (see below). Dave is the man. Still is. One of my favorite shows, period, was him and Tim Reynolds in Berkeley, 2 days before my 21st birthday, which would've been '99.

I think that the haters hate, more than anything else, because they don't want to be associated with his general fanbase. That's just silly...

I think that I've had a similar relationship with the good ol' DMB that several of you on here have. Exposed through the HORDE festival, saw several headlining shows in the mid-90s, LOVED the Dave and Tim stuff, then they fell out of favor around the time that they started playing baseball stadiums.

They certainly have a more vanilla fan base, and their music is almost a cliche now. But you know, I went with my wife and some old friends to a show last summer, the first time in about 6 or 7 years, and I had a blast. They are a great live act, and their rhythm section is unbelievable.  

I never listen to Dave Matthews music at home any more, and yes, the stuff I've heard on the radio from him recently hasn't been very exciting. But I really don't care much about being cool anymore, and, well, I guess I'm here to stick up for some old friends. Hate all you want, but they are a smokin' live act.  

[ALady]

I still go see him once every summer with my college buddies.  It's a nostalgia trip, nothing more, and he usually has fairly badass openers (this year, I think it was the Roots).

[LEATHER KID]

I liked Some Devil better than any of the DMB albums

[Sparkle]

I think that the haters hate, more than anything else, because they don't want to be associated with his general fanbase. That's just silly...

This has always been surprising to me... I'm from South Africa where DMB is not very well known (even if he is South African himself) and when I tell US people that I listen to them I often get strange looks... finally understood after doing some research about the fanbase.

Fans aside, I think they have made some great music... even if most of it is their older stuff.

[bold99]

I had my DMB faze back in college. I was a big fan of the first two albums. But I quickly became sick of them. It got ridiculous because the college bars I went to would play a ton of DMB everynight. The last time I saw DMB was at the central park show about 6 years ago (which was a good show).

I think this defines DMB.  Everyone had their "faze" with him and then you go...."wow he kind of sucks"...and that turns into "wow he really sucks, what was I thinking?".  I went to a bunch of shows in college mostly because that is what my friends were doing for a good time, I don't think I ever really liked the music.  Whenever I hear him now I can't stand it....but because of him I did find out about some other cool musicians like Robert Randolph, Tim Reynolds, Bela so it wasn't all bad.

[JPV]

he sucks.

[bearass]

didnt read anything else in this thread but dave definately sucks balls