DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!

[captainofbeef]

Crash Into Me
Die Trying *
Grey Street *
Sweet Caroline *
What Would You Say *
The Idea Of You *
Seek Up *
Still Water *
Don’t Drink the Water *
Dancing Nancies *
Where Are You Going
The Maker *
Louisiana Bayou *
Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd *
Down By The River *
Too Much *
Tripping Billies *

__________________

Gravedigger +
American Baby Intro *
Halloween

Full Set.

[captainofbeef]

I really don't care if anyone else posts in here lol. I just like posting stuff, it gives me joy to follow the show and post my feelings every three songs or so.

[captainofbeef]

Ants on the morning news is the best way to start off my day.

[blackmoses]

Yeah, I know. I love that.

[captainofbeef]

Tour Dates: I'm thinking 8/10 and 8/20, which are the only two dates within two hours. Unless I can make my way to SPAC for 8/14....

08.01.07 Mansfield, MA
08.02.07 Mansfield, MA
08.04.07 Hartford, CT
08.05.07 Hartford, CT
08.07.07 Camden, NJ
08.08.07 Camden, NJ
08.10.07 Burgettstown, PA
08.11.07 Bristow, VA
08.14.07 Saratoga Springs, NY
08.15.07 Virginia Beach, VA
08.17.07 Noblesville, IN
08.18.07 Noblesville, IN
08.20.07 Cuyahoga Falls, OH
08.22.07 Cincinnati, OH
08.23.07 Clarkston, MI
08.25.07 East Troy, WI
08.26.07 East Troy, WI
08.28.07 Bonner Springs, KS
08.31.07 George, WA
09.01.07 George, WA
09.02.07 George, WA
09.11.07 Gainesville, FL
09.12.07 Tampa, FL
09.14.07 West Palm Beach, FL
09.15.07 West Palm Beach, FL
09.18.07 Raleigh, NC
09.19.07 Charlotte, NC
09.21.07 The Woodlands, TX
09.22.07 Dallas, TX
09.25.07 Phoenix, AZ
09.26.07 Irvine, CA
09.28.07 Chula Vista, CA
09.29.07 Mountain View, CA
10.01.07 Hollywood, CA
10.02.07 Hollywood, CA

[blackmoses]

Thank God they are coming around here before school starts! Hopefully I see them at least twice.

[captainofbeef]

73) Radiohead
By Dave Matthews

Every time I buy a Radiohead album, I have a moment where I say to myself, "Maybe this is the one that will suck." But it never does. I wonder if it's even possible for them to be bad on record.

It belittles Radiohead to describe their music as having "hooks." Their music talks to you, in a real way. It can take you down a quiet street before it drops a beautiful musical bomb on you. It can build to where you think the whole thing will crumble beneath its own weight -- and then Thom Yorke will sing some melody that just cuts your heart out of your chest. There's a point on the album Kid A where I start feeling claustrophobic, stuck in a barbed-wire jungle -- and then I suddenly fall out and I'm sitting by a pool with birds singing. Radiohead can do all of these things in a moment, and it drives me fucking crazy.

My reaction to Radiohead isn't as simple as jealousy. Jealousy just burns; Radiohead infuriate me. But if it were only that, I wouldn't go back and listen to those records again and again. Listening to Radiohead makes me feel like I'm a Salieri to their Mozart. Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find for a single song -- let alone album after album. And every time, they raise their finger to the press and the critics and say, "Nothing we do is for you!" They followed their most critically acclaimed record, OK Computer, with their most radical change, Kid A. It's not that they're indifferent: It's that the strength of character in their music is beyond their control.

Seeing them perform makes me even angrier. No matter how much they let go in their shows, they never lose their clarity. There's no point where Jonny Greenwood or Ed O'Brien will suddenly look up and say, "Where the fuck are we?" There are no train wrecks in Radiohead; every album and performance is wrenching. God, these guys have suffered, or they can fake it like nobody else.

(From RS 972, April 21, 2005)

Its old, but I thought it was pretty cool.

[captainofbeef]

I think it's impossible to dislike Radiohead...

[captainofbeef]

I got tickets for August 10th at Burgettstown and August 20th at Blossom. I'm seated in actual seats at both concerts rather than the lawn, so that's pretty good.

[criterionmaster]

It is definitely a much cooler experience to be in the lawn, from experience, of not only Dave, but other bands too (if there is no pit area). Wouldn’t you agree? You also got tickets so close together, that's a bit much.

[captainofbeef]

I would see DMB seven days a week, 365 days a year if I could. So ten days apart isn't bad at all.

The lawn is an awesome experience no doubt. But for the show when I go with my mom (10th), she would prefer to be seated. I may end up trading my seats for the 20th for lawn tickets because my friend is my only ride there and I didn't get him a ticket. The only reason I didn't get the lawn at Blossom is because it is REALLY far from the stage, like 40 sections behind the stage. The stage is lower than the seats too, its not like Darien. So, if I'm on the lawn I'm gonna have a really shitty view of the band. But we'll see what happens.

[captainofbeef]

Is No News Good News? Album News
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 4/25/07 2:30 pm
Most album years, tiny bits of information leaks out here and there, and fans generally have an idea of what to expect. So with the dearth of information out now, it's easy to see why fans are a bit edgy lately. Turns out there is a very good reason for the lack of info.

To sum it up: there ain't no info. Multiple sources tell antsmarching.org that the Dave Matthews Band recording session should be starting back up in late April or early May. According to sources, DMB began recording tracks in November 2006, and took an extended break in December for the holidays and began again in January. The band only recorded a few tracks, Shotgun, Idea Of You, and Can't Stop to name a few. Those were all recorded with the idea of using them for the next album. Sources say that Break Free has fallen out of favor, but was attempted in studio.

But the status of those recordings is up in the air. With the beginning of some fresh sessions, the previous recordings may be scrapped, and those songs may be re-recorded (then again, maybe they won't).

So, in reality, there literally isn't anything to report from the studio so far.

And just in case you're reading into something here that really isn't here, a source familiar with the recording sessions says that the band is right now very together musically.

What does that all mean? Rather than look historically at DMB years and wonder which it would be most like, the songs for the tour this year will be unique. Expect some material to come about while on tour (similar to Loving Wings and Can't Stop did), and expect some new songs to change considerably while on tour (as Raven and Crazy-Easy did). You can also expect to see some songs come and go (Kill The King and Sweet Up And Down).

As always, things change dramatically. As a personal example, I remember seeing a show in Tampa in 2000, and during Raven, turning to my wife and saying, "We'll be hearing this song for the next few years!" In other words, if you want to hear some of this new stuff, get your tickets for This Tour. Don't make the mistake of presuming what you'll hear in the next few tours. Who knows what they'll play next year.

The last word had the album slated for a November-ish release. That date could move up or down dramatically.

Article about the new album from antsmarching.org. Not sure if I believe it or not, but I usually trust Jake. Anyway, if Break Free and Kill the King truly were dropped, I'm glad I saw them live.

[captainofbeef]

I forgot to post this earlier. Those Vegas shows that I was raving about a month ago are being released as Live Trax 9. I would rather have an older show but the tapes from those shows are awesome, so you are not going to find me complaining.

Also, from The Warehouse by way of antsmarching.org
The Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds show this past Sunday, April 22, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall was a truly special and memorable evening of music in one of the world’s best entertainment venues.

We are pleased to announce that the Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds April 22, 2007 show at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York will soon be released on both CD and DVD! This would be the first official Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds release since the 1999 double CD set: Live at Luther College. Please stay tuned for Radio City Pre-Order details. Until that time, we hope you enjoy this spectacular photograph taken at the show by photographer/DVD co-director Sam Erickson.

Finally, a new D&T release plus a DVD! I can't wait.

[blackmoses]

I'm going to the show August 20th.

[captainofbeef]

Nice, with who?

[captainofbeef]

Couple new songs from last weekend:
Corn Bread (great groove)- youtube.com/watch?v=jJpqzLFJleQ
Ayhee (old version, new one is even better)- youtube.com/watch?v=Lx-PFfqAha4

The new Ayhee lyrics are much more developed. More than Dave repeating that line about the devil and saying "ayhee."

[blackmoses]

I am going with my mom and her boyfriend. And if Dan wants to go he can.

[captainofbeef]

Posted by Jake Vigliotti from antsmarching.org
Stefan has confirmed what we pretty much knew: things are moving slowly regarding the new album.

In an interview with The Brisbane Times regarding the upcoming album, Stefan says, "We’re on a bit of a creative break as far as working in the studio – we’ve been in pre-production for a long time, but we’ll get more serious later in the year."

What that means most likely is that whatever studio work was to occur in May is probably on hold for now. Again, we can probably expect a few new songs this tour, but it seems that the bulk of the studio work will be done after the US tour.

I'm ok with this, but I don want to see at least three new songs on the summer tour.

[captainofbeef]

Tom Morello guested with DMB tonight in Portugal! He opened for them as the Nightwatchman and played on #41 and American Baby Intro. Now, I wonder acoustic or electric?

[sacrilegend]

Hey, can somebody please tell me the name of a certain song, and its lyrics: it's about something (or everything) turning gray and colours fading or sommmmething. Please?

[captainofbeef]

Grey Street is the song, its got many sets of lyrics. I'm guessing you heard the Busted Stuff version, so here are those lyrics.

Oh look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey Street.
She thinks, "Hey, how did I come to this?"
I dream myself a thousand times around the world
But I can't get out of this place.
There's an emptiness inside her
And she'll do anything to fill it in
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
How she wishes it was different
She prays to God most every night
And though she swears it doesn't listen
There's still a hope in her it might
She says "I pray oh But they fall on deaf ears,
am I supposed to take it on myself?
To get out of this place? "
Oh There's a lonliness inside her
And she'll do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
There's a stranger speaks outside her door
Says take what you can from your dreams
Make them as real as anything
Oh It'd take the work out of courage
But she says "Please
There's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door,
I live on the corner of Grey Street
and the end of the world."
Oh there's an emptiness inside her
And she'll do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It's more like cold blue ice in her heart
She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her
Using colors bold and bright
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
It breaks her heart
To Grey

[sacrilegend]

I never really heard it by them, someone sang it to me once. When we broke up.

[captainofbeef]

Its a good song, one of my personal favorites.

[sacrilegend]

Okay, I'll look for it and listen to this original version sometime, maybe.

[captainofbeef]

Whoa, I haven't updated this in a little while. Dave debuted the solo songs Falling Off the Roof and #27 during some solo shows. And tonight marks the opening of the 2007 tour.

Crush*
You Might Die Trying*
Dancing Nancies*
When The World Ends*
Dream Girl*
The Idea Of You*
Grey Street*
Sister+
#27 [new song]*
Still Water*~
Don't Drink the Water*~
The Maker*
Jimi Thing*Ä
Crash Into Me*
Louisiana Bayou*Ä
Stay (Wasting Time)*

Encore:
Corn Bread+
Two Step*


Show Notes:
* Rashawn Ross
+ Dave Solo
~ Xavier Rudd
Ä Sam Kininger

There is the set, as you can see, full band version of #27 tonight. I'm psyched to hear that one. The boys play again tomorrow night...

[captainofbeef]

youtube.com/watch?v=mqcuGFM1mkA

There is the only version of #27 I can find. Bad sound quality and I think it cuts off before the end. But the song kicks ass...

[captainofbeef]

Tonight Sweet Up and Down returned. The song, recorded during the Lillywhite Sessions and dropped off of Busted Stuff, hadn't been played full band since 7/25/00. A damn good song, welcome back...

[captainofbeef]

Two Step *
Loving Wings *
The Song That Jane Likes *
Crash Into Me *
#27 *
Corn Bread *
The Maker *
Sweet Up and Down *
Shotgun *
Lie In Our Graves *
Anyone Seen The Bridge *
Too Much *
Jimi Thing *
So Much To Say *
Warehouse *+
Ants Marching *

Encore:
Gravedigger Ä
American Baby Intro *
All Along The Watchtower *

Special Guests:
* Rashawn Ross
+ Questlove
Ä Dave Solo

Tonight's set, I think I would literally kill someone to see those songs. I can only hope Friday's show is as good as this one.

[criterionmaster]

"two step" first, nice!

[captainofbeef]

I know, it was only like 12 minutes too. Better than the normal 20+, I wish I was there. So much better than my set...