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| This is the first DMB album I ever listened to. I was skeptical of them at first because of my fathers fondness of them, but I soon changed my mind.Highlights:I Did It- Best song on the album. Has a tremendous groove, and shows the band at their best.When the World Ends- A great tune that I wish garnered more radioplay. Has a great anthemic and catchy chorus.The Space Between- Most famous DMB song on this album. Garnered heavy radioplay, albeit a little too much radioplay, but well deserved. Dreams of our Fathers- Another great tune with a great lyrical message. Should be recognized more often.So Right- Another song with a tremendous groove. Very, well, groovy.If I Had It All- Awesome mellow tune, the band really plays at their best here.Everyday- Another famous song. My second favorite on the album. Very catchy, and with some great acoustic work.Low points:Sleep to Dream Her- Sorry, but a bit boring.Angel- Just cant get into this mellow tune.Mother Father- Its not THAT bad, but still a low point.
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| Ive been a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band since the beginning. I weathered the turbulence that the Everyday album brought. But their last album before Stand Up, Busted Stuff, brought me hope; however, any hope that album gave me was disseminated by Stand Up. Stand Up features a new producer for DMB, Mark Batson. Batson draws experience from working in pop and rap. DMB heralded Batson as the second coming. Truth is, Batson gave absolutely no drive to DMB. DMB just got caught up in their studio life (eating fine food, playing games, smoking joints with Batson outside the studio, etc.). No real work was done on this album. The story behind American Baby pretty much describes the entire album. Batson met with each band member individually. When violinist Boyd Tinsley came in, Batson told him to start playing. When Tinsley was testing his violin, he plucked the riff to American Baby. It was totally unintentional on Tinsleys part, but Batson made a song out of it. This is pretty much the whole album in a nutshell: Batson just looped a bunch of boring riffs over and over. To add insult to injury, Dave could NOT write lyrics for this album. There absolutely no song that is up to snuff with anything Dave has written before. The only song that comes close is Hello Again; however, Hello Again was written outside the studio and road tested in 2004. Furthermore, Batson neutered this song by not including Carters drum solo or the outro. Moreover, speaking of Carter, Batson totally insulted Carter on this record. For those not familiar with Carter Beauford, he is one of the best rock drummers ever. Unfortunately, Batson just looped the drums over and over and turned Carter into a drum machine. Which brings me to an important point, dont listen to DMBs lies about this album. In the hype leading up to the album, they said, this new album will be built around Carter. Hahah, sure DMB. They will also contend that this is their best album in some of their promotional material. However, thats also bullox. In the most recent interviews with the band members, they are trashing Stand Up. While they are not coming out and saying that it sucks, they have said in no uncertain terms that it does not live up to their potential.Now a song by song review:The crappiness of this album is epitomized by Dreamgirl. First off, they couldnt even spell it right on the album. According to Dave on VH1 Storytellers, this song sets a high standard for all the other songs on the album. Im confident in saying that this is the worst song on the album. Not only is it the cheesiest song title ever, the lyrics are absolutely horrendous: I would dig a hole all the way to china, unless of course you were there, and then Id dig my way home. Next on to the second worst song of the album, Old Dirt Hill. This is pretty typical Stand Up repetitiveness. Musically, it is just guitar and drums on a continuous loop. Lyrically, it is an abomination to anything DMB has ever produced. Most of the song consists of the horrendous line, ring that beat back to me It is repeated ad nausium. Then, he includes this line:first time I kissed you I lost my legs. Im not quite sure what this means, but it makes absolutely no sense, like the entire song. Stand Up (For It) is the next song on the album. By far, it is not the worst song on the album, but it is definitely lacking. The lyrics are poorly written and crass (about sex and drugs). Carter continues to be a drum machine and the band members help him out by clapping and shouting Stand Up throughout the song. This is definitely a poorly written and executed song.Following Stand Up, the listener is bombarded with gun shots from American Baby Intro. Musically, it is just 4 notes played over and over with a violin solo. Dave says, she says over and over. There is absolutely no point to this song. It has virtually no lyrics, it relates in no way to American Baby, it is rubbish.American Baby, this song has already been discussed. It is good for Stand Up standards, but it does not compare to many of DMBs other singles. Again, Carter and Boyd are turned into machines. It is kind of a catchy tune, thoughNext, Smooth Rider. Its a decent song. The lyrics alright, but it, again, is not anything special.Now, Matthews hits the politics hard with Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives). This song is also decent, but the song is too electric sounding for DMB. It too is kind of catchy.Out of My Hands is a song written outside of the studio. It is just Dave faintly playing piano and a little bit of the drum machine. This songs makes absolutely NO use the band members. Roi, Boyd, and Butch are absolutely nowhere to be found in this song. Furthermore, it shares lyrics with Everybody Wake Up. This is a testament to how lazy DMB got in the studio.Hello Again is the best song on the album. Lyrically, it is solid. Musically, it is solid. Batson, however, cut out some good parts of it.Louisiana Bayou, while a good song live, is probably the most annoying song on the album. It is VERY repetitive and dave says you over and over. It will easily make you want to pull your hair out, at a minimum.Stolen Away features a pretty a cool sax riff. I dont really have anything against this song except that the drum machine is still present.You Might Die Trying is probably the most DMB sounding song on the album. It features Carters new electric drum pad (AKA the clapper) Its pretty annoying and poppy sounding. Not a terrible a song.Steady As We Go. This is where things start to get crappy again. This COULD be a beautiful song, but Dave chose to make it really cheesy with trite things such as, be the apple of your eye. Furthermore, it too is a waste of the bands talent. The only come in for a minor role at the end.Hunger For The Great Light. Well, what can I say about this flaming piece of garbage? The great light is supposed to be analogous to an orgasm. So when Dave says oh great light, thats what hes talking about. But thats about the only thing he says. The rest of the song is literally Dave grunting. I hate the song.
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| Picked it up at Tower the other day ($9.99),because I like the DMB and now I see you can pick it up at Amazon for a $1.36.At that cheap of a price,that should pretty much clue you in that something was up.Not a very good outing(bad production).Murky.fuzzy.lacking in general fidelity.It sounds as if it were dubbed to death.Were these guys even together in the same recording studio ?DMB is a jam band, and this album just sounds as if that magical element is missing.When I listen to other DMB albums,it sounds(and feels)like everybody is having a good time.Kind of wooden and by the numbers on this one.When DMB is on ,they are as good as it gets,but when they are off...I wanted to pick up the newer DMB,but since Sony pulled the DRM incident,that album will not be on my playlist ANYTIME soon.
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| Dont buy this. Probably DMBs worst album. |
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| Ive been a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band since the beginning. I weathered the turbulence that the Everyday album brought. But their last album before Stand Up, Busted Stuff, brought me hope; however, any hope that album gave me was disseminated by Stand Up. Stand Up features a new producer for DMB, Mark Batson. Batson draws experience from working in pop and rap. DMB heralded Batson as the second coming. Truth is, Batson gave absolutely no drive to DMB. DMB just got caught up in their studio life (eating fine food, playing games, smoking joints with Batson outside the studio, etc.). No real work was done on this album. The story behind American Baby pretty much describes the entire album. Batson met with each band member individually. When violinist Boyd Tinsley came in, Batson told him to start playing. When Tinsley was testing his violin, he plucked the riff to American Baby. It was totally unintentional on Tinsleys part, but Batson made a song out of it. This is pretty much the whole album in a nutshell: Batson just looped a bunch of boring riffs over and over. To add insult to injury, Dave could NOT write lyrics for this album. There is absolutely no song that is up to snuff with anything Dave has written before. The only song that comes close is Hello Again; however, Hello Again was written outside the studio and road tested in 2004. Furthermore, Batson neutered this song by not including Carters drum solo or the outro. Moreover, speaking of Carter, Batson totally insulted Carter on this record. For those not familiar with Carter Beauford, he is one of the best rock drummers ever. Unfortunately, Batson just looped the drums over and over and turned Carter into a drum machine. Which brings me to an important point, dont listen to DMBs lies about this album. In the hype leading up to the album, they said, this new album will be built around Carter. Hahah, sure DMB. They will also contend that this is their best album in some of their promotional material. However, thats also bullox. In the most recent interviews with the band members, they are trashing Stand Up. While they are not coming out and saying that it sucks, they have said in no uncertain terms that it does not live up to their potential. Now a song by song review: The crappiness of this album is epitomized by Dreamgirl. First off, they couldnt even spell it right on the album. According to Dave on VH1 Storytellers, this song sets a high standard for all the other songs on the album. Im confident in saying that this is the worst song on the album. Not only is it the cheesiest song title ever, the lyrics are absolutely horrendous: I would dig a hole all the way to china, unless of course you were there, and then Id dig my way home. Next on to the second worst song of the album, Old Dirt Hill. This is pretty typical Stand Up repetitiveness. Musically, it is just guitar and drums on a continuous loop. Lyrically, it is an abomination to anything DMB has ever produced. Most of the song consists of the horrendous line, bring that beat back to me It is repeated ad nausium. Then, he includes this line:first time I kissed you I lost my legs. Im not quite sure what this means, but it makes absolutely no sense, like the entire song. Stand Up (For It) is the next song on the album. By far, it is not the worst song on the album, but it is definitely lacking. The lyrics are poorly written and crass (about sex and drugs). Carter continues to be a drum machine and the band members help him out by clapping and shouting Stand Up throughout the song. This is definitely a poorly written and executed song. Following Stand Up, the listener is bombarded with gun shots from American Baby Intro. Musically, it is just 4 notes played over and over with a violin solo. Dave says, she says over and over. There is absolutely no point to this song. It has virtually no lyrics, it relates in no way to American Baby, it is rubbish. American Baby, this song has already been discussed. It is good by Stand Up standards, but it does not compare to many of DMBs other singles. Again, Carter and Boyd are turned into machines. It is kind of a catchy tune, though.Next, Smooth Rider. Its a decent song. The lyrics alright, but it, again, is not anything special. Now, Matthews hits the politics hard with Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives). This song is also decent, but the song is too electric sounding for DMB. It too is kind of catchy. Out of My Hands is a song written outside of the studio. It is just Dave faintly playing piano and a little bit of the drum machine. This songs makes absolutely NO use the band members. Roi, Boyd, and Butch are absolutely nowhere to be found in this song. Furthermore, it shares lyrics with Everybody Wake Up. This is a testament to how lazy DMB got in the studio. Hello Again is the best song on the album. Lyrically, it is solid. Musically, it is solid. Batson, however, cut out some good parts of it. Louisiana Bayou, while a good song live, is probably the most annoying song on the album. It is VERY repetitive and dave says you over and over. It will easily make you want to pull your hair out, at a minimum. Stolen Away features a pretty a cool sax riff. I dont really have anything against this song except that the drum machine is still present. You Might Die Trying is probably the most DMB sounding song on the album. It features Carters new electric drum pad (AKA the clapper) Its pretty annoying and poppy sounding. Not a terrible a song, however.Steady As We Go. This is where things start to get crappy again. This COULD be a beautiful song, but Dave chose to make it really cheesy with trite things such as, be the apple of your eye. Furthermore, it too is a waste of the bands talent. They only come in for a minor role at the end. Hunger For The Great Light. Well, what can I say about this flaming piece of garbage? The great light is supposed to be analogous to an orgasm. So when Dave says oh great light, thats what hes talking about. But thats about the only thing he says. The rest of the song is literally Dave grunting. I hate the song.In conclusion, yes I am negative. Ive listened to Busted Stuff. Ive listend to Before These Crowded Streets. Ive listened to Crash. I.E., I know the capability that DMB has. However, they have become complacent. Theyve still got it. They havent lost their talent; they are still an amazing live act. As a matter of fact, their Stand Up promoting tour was one of their better tours. However, they need to stop lounging around their studio and smoking weed with their producer. DMB will contend that they were in a time crunch with this record. It is simply not true. They got lazy and they know it. Hopefully, this album is a wake call for them. However, Batson is still their producer. I think he deserves another chance, but one more of these and DMB is in some serious trouble.Also, DRM sucks. This CD has DRM. People should be able to enjoy the CD they paid for without having to suffer through programs taking over their computer. Shame on DMB and RCA for using this copy protection.
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| If you want a concert DVD, pick this up! Great music, a great live show, great quality and enough Dave to satisfy the biggest fan. A really nice setlist including Two Step Dancing Nancies Ants Marching Jimi Thing among others. Great jamming and some wonderful covers like All Along the Watchtower as well as Cortez the Killer featuring Warren Haynes of Govt Mule/Allman Bros. If you want to see one of the greatest live bands at their best, buy this DVD!
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Holiday: Sounds of the Season 2002
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Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
TRACK LIST at 2005-10-02
Various Artists / Holiday Sounds Of The Season 2002Year: 2002Track Title 1. Jingle Bells -- Diana Krall 2. Christmas Song -- Dave Matthews Band 3. Christmas Time Is Here -- Toni Braxton 4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty the Snowman -- Kenny G 5. Wonderful Christmastime -- Paul McCartney and Wings 6. Angels Running -- Cher 7. Angels We Have Heard on High -- Michael McDonald 8. Carol of the Bells -- The Calling 9. I Believe in Father Christmas -- Vertical Horizon 10. Here Comes Santa Claus -- Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires 11. Because Its Christmas -- Barry Manilow 12. The Christmas Song -- Christina Aguilera
Dave Matthews Band Album Editorial:
Holiday music featuring artists such as Dave Matthews Band Cher Toni Braxton Vertical Horizon and Barry Manilow.
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Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
Louisiana Bayou. Nuff said. at 2006-04-18
First let me reiterate that if you had any doubts about the integrity of Stand up, this should effectively dispel them. The Stand Up songs (Like most other Dave songs) are infinitely better when recorded and performed live. Everybody Wake Up and Smooth Rider are enhanced by great jam sessions. Disc 1 closes with a brilliant rendition of Bartender, and includes a strong cover of Time of the Season.Jimi Thing was amazing as a closer for the DVD. Dave looks ecstatic as the band plays a stop-start jam similar to Folsom Fields Warehouse intro. Dave eventually breaks down into a long scat sesh and transitions smoothly into an incredible For What Its Worth outro to conclude the DVD. Breathtaking.For me however the highlite was undoubtedly on the DVD. Louisiana Bayou features an absolutely chilling jam session featuring Boyd, Dave, and Robert Randolf, who absolutely rocks out on his pedal steel guitar. Boyd, famous for his brilliant violin solos, even took a step back, seemingly overwhelmed by Randolphs energy. If it sounds good on the CD, its even better on the DVD.
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
This live cd is kick ass at 2006-03-22
Hi all, I am a fan from Singapore... Well i am very suprise that i can found this cd at Singapore here. But the price is double the normal Cd. Well i can say this is worth the money. DMB are not very well known at here. I wish they could come to here.I start watch the DVD and i was blown away . All the perfomance are very strong especially Stand Up and Louisiana Bayou. And every song in the cd also very powerful and are different from the Stand UP album. Well the only complaint is that they should put more songs in the cd as there still plenty of spaces. But if you can, might as well get the 8 cd live. But my review still will based on this 2cd+1dvd. Overall this is a great live cd .Recommended *1000.
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
DMB is so much better LIVE at 2006-03-05
I was always a fan of DMB, but I only knew there radio hits: Crash, Crush, Satellite, Ants Marching, etc. Once I bought this cd, I immediately purchased all their live cds. You can see how much of an impact Weekend on the Rocks had on me to purchase all their other live stuff. Their live stuff doesnt even compare to their studio recordings. Most of their songs are jammed out for about 8-12 minutes! All of their songs on this cd rock out, but my favorites are #34, #41, Time of the Season, Halloween, Dont Burn the Pig, American Baby, Hunger for the Great Light, The Stone, Louisiana Bayou, Stand Up, and You Never Know. #34 and #41 are great mellow songs and you wont believe how hard the drums are in Halloween, The Stone, and Stand Up! The drums at the end of Halloween are just sick, the best drums Ive ever heard! This is one of my favorite cds of all-time. You will love it too!
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
Didnt these guys put out a live album last month? at 2006-05-07
On message boards across the land, longtime Dave Matthews Band fans gripe that the group has been on autopilot for its last two studio albums. This live CD/DVD, which documents the last nights of DMBs Stand Up tour this past September, suggests the problem isnt subpar material but a boredom among the longstanding group members-how many dark corners does #41 have left to explore, for example? Matthews and Co. amble gamely through new songs Dreamgirl and American Baby, pull Dont Burn the Pig and Halloween off the scrap heap and cover the Zombies late-psychedelic hit Time of the Season, but they generally catch fire only when joined by guests such as steel-guitar innovator Robert Randolph, who makes the smoke rise on Louisiana Bayou. DOWNLOAD: Bartender, The Stone
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
Best of 2005 at 2006-04-27
AGAIN: Dave and his Boys are the Best of !! This music is the perfect stuff. Buy the CD`s and you are a happy human of the world.
Dave Matthews Band Album Editorial:
To loosely paraphrase the traditional Passover question: What makes this Dave Matthews live album different from the last one he recorded at Denvers Red Rocks amphitheater a decade previously? Theres a savory cover of The Zombies chestnut Time of the Season strategically frontloaded but this edition revolves largely around the iStand Up album he was ostensibly promoting on this 05 tour stand at his beloved Rocks as witnessed by focused renditions of the title track American Baby and Dream Girl here. But as the sets workout of Louisiana Bayou forcefully argues their sense of energetic economy (and occasional timely politicking) infuses much of the rest of Matthews jamfest ethos with renewed muscular wallop as well. The presence of a horn section and guest keyboardist Butch Taylor on some tracks ups the ante considerably though even core band renditions of staples like disc ones expansive closer Bartender seem charged with renewed passion. The running order here occasionally betrays the collection was edited from four nights and a considerably wider range of performances but the included bonus DVD gratifyingly expands upon the audio rather than simply replicating it with complimentary performances of Crash Into Me Recently and Jimi Thing. Jerry McCulley
Dave Matthews Band Album Editorial:
Dave Matthews Bands WEEKEND ON THE ROCKS captures highlights from the bands four-night stand at one of the most magnificent venues in the country Red Rocks Amphitheater. WEEKEND ON THE ROCKS includes numerous tracks that have never been released on previous DMB live recordings including songs from the bands most recent studio release STAND UP. PWEEKEND ON THE ROCKS is as a special value 2-CD/1-DVD set containing over 3 hours of music and video-recorded in stereo 5.1 audio. PRecorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison CO September 9 10 11 12 2005.
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Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
check this out too at 2006-07-08
I am a big fan of rootsy, acoustic rock with some jam band style, but not too much jam band style. This album is a fantastic treat that consistently delivers great music, song after song. If you enjoy this album and are looking for some similar albums then I recommend the following: 1) Beneath These Fireworks by Matt Nathanson2) Good To Be Here by Ernest Goodlife Band3) 1972 by Josh Rouse
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
Just wait at 2006-07-02
I am huge fan of DMB. I have listened to I hope every song they have recorded. I first listened to this album, and I felt I was let down knowing they could do so much better. I can listen to Under the Table and Dreaming over and over again, but I cant say the same about this album. After listening to Stand Up a couple times some of the songs have grown on me, but I find myself taking out this CD, and putting in the old ones. I just dont want to listen to every song like the other albums. We have to remember the studio albums dont even compare to the songs recorded or heard live. I attend a concert where they played American Baby and Louisana Bayou, and I enjoyed every second of the songs equally to the others they played. The intro to American Baby was just amazing live. It was the best part of the concert. I cant wait to here the Stand Up songs recorded lives so I know what they should have really sounded like. There is not one studio song I would rather hear over the same song recorded live. Probably my least favorite album released, but when I hear the live versions, it might become one of my favorites.
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
3.5 Stars-GIVE IT A CHANCE! at 2006-06-17
First, let me say, Im not a Huge DMB Fan. Im between Casual/Newbie. I have every RCA album, except Busted Stuff, which I heard, and can say it didnt do much for me. Ive heard a couple of their live albums, and agree with a lot of you here, that their sound is much better live. Now, as far as this album is concerned, I dont see why so many people hate it so much! There are some very catchy tunes on this thing! (Dreamgirl, Stand Up, You Might Die Trying, just to name a few) I find myself singing some of these songs in my head, and then coming back to hear them again. That, to me is part of what music is about. But, hey, were all individuals, we have different opinions. To each our own. I bought this album twice, the first being the standard CD, which I gave to a friend, and then bought the DualDisc. I too, was very frustrated with the Copy-Protection crap! Ive had luck with other DualDiscs, and have been able to copy, and transfer to the iPod. Ive yet to try this one.
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
a generous four stars at 2006-06-11
i have known dave longer than ive known my husband . . . not my favorite album, but over time its growing on me . . . american baby intro is way better than american baby, but i do love steady as we go and hunger for the great light . . . dave is best enjoyed live, the gorge cds from 2003 are amazing and of course the original red rocks ... i do enjoy the new weekend on the rocks, but the title makes me think of neil diamond, great dvd, time of the season and say goodbye are outstanding, although it does slightly annoy me that the words to say goodbye have changed so much over the years . . . my favorite line youve got your man, oh man ive got my woman . . . has been gone for years but oh well . . . looking forward to this summers tour, set lists look great so far, so i can forgive dave for stand up . . . better luck next time, right ?!?
Dave Matthews Band Album Review:
Probably DMBs worst album ever, do not buy at 2006-07-22
Ive been a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band since the beginning. I weathered the turbulence that the Everyday album brought. But their last album before Stand Up, Busted Stuff, brought me hope; however, any hope that album gave me was disseminated by Stand Up. Stand Up features a new producer for DMB, Mark Batson. Batson draws experience from working in pop and rap. DMB heralded Batson as the second coming. Truth is, Batson gave absolutely no drive to DMB. DMB just got caught up in their studio life (eating fine food, playing games, smoking joints with Batson outside the studio, etc.). No real work was done on this album. The story behind American Baby pretty much describes the entire album. Batson met with each band member individually. When violinist Boyd Tinsley came in, Batson told him to start playing. When Tinsley was testing his violin, he plucked the riff to American Baby. It was totally unintentional on Tinsleys part, but Batson made a song out of it. This is pretty much the whole album in a nutshell: Batson just looped a bunch of boring riffs over and over. To add insult to injury, Dave could NOT write lyrics for this album. There absolutely no song that is up to snuff with anything Dave has written before. The only song that comes close is Hello Again; however, Hello Again was written outside the studio and road tested in 2004. Furthermore, Batson neutered this song by not including Carters drum solo or the outro. Moreover, speaking of Carter, Batson totally insulted Carter on this record. For those not familiar with Carter Beauford, he is one of the best rock drummers ever. Unfortunately, Batson just looped the drums over and over and turned Carter into a drum machine. Which brings me to an important point, dont listen to DMBs lies about this album. In the hype leading up to the album, they said, this new album will be built around Carter. Hahah, sure DMB. They will also contend that this is their best album in some of their promotional material. However, thats also bullox. In the most recent interviews with the band members, they are trashing Stand Up. While they are not coming out and saying that it sucks, they have said in no uncertain terms that it does not live up to their potential.Now a song by song review:The crappiness of this album is epitomized by Dreamgirl. First off, they couldnt even spell it right on the album. According to Dave on VH1 Storytellers, this song sets a high standard for all the other songs on the album. Im confident in saying that this is the worst song on the album. Not only is it the cheesiest song title ever, the lyrics are absolutely horrendous: I would dig a hole all the way to china, unless of course you were there, and then Id dig my way home. Next on to the second worst song of the album, Old Dirt Hill. This is pretty typical Stand Up repetitiveness. Musically, it is just guitar and drums on a continuous loop. Lyrically, it is an abomination to anything DMB has ever produced. Most of the song consists of the horrendous line, ring that beat back to me It is repeated ad nausium. Then, he includes this line:first time I kissed you I lost my legs. Im not quite sure what this means, but it makes absolutely no sense, like the entire song. Stand Up (For It) is the next song on the album. By far, it is not the worst song on the album, but it is definitely lacking. The lyrics are poorly written and crass (about sex and drugs). Carter continues to be a drum machine and the band members help him out by clapping and shouting Stand Up throughout the song. This is definitely a poorly written and executed song.Following Stand Up, the listener is bombarded with gun shots from American Baby Intro. Musically, it is just 4 notes played over and over with a violin solo. Dave says, she says over and over. There is absolutely no point to this song. It has virtually no lyrics, it relates in no way to American Baby, it is rubbish.American Baby, this song has already been discussed. It is good for Stand Up standards, but it does not compare to many of DMBs other singles. Again, Carter and Boyd are turned into machines. It is kind of a catchy tune, thoughNext, Smooth Rider. Its a decent song. The lyrics alright, but it, again, is not anything special.Now, Matthews hits the politics hard with Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives). This song is also decent, but the song is too electric sounding for DMB. It too is kind of catchy.Out of My Hands is a song written outside of the studio. It is just Dave faintly playing piano and a little bit of the drum machine. This songs makes absolutely NO use the band members. Roi, Boyd, and Butch are absolutely nowhere to be found in this song. Furthermore, it shares lyrics with Everybody Wake Up. This is a testament to how lazy DMB got in the studio.Hello Again is the best song on the album. Lyrically, it is solid. Musically, it is solid. Batson, however, cut out some good parts of it.Louisiana Bayou, while a good song live, is probably the most annoying song on the album. It is VERY repetitive and dave says you over and over. It will easily make you want to pull your hair out, at a minimum.Stolen Away features a pretty a cool sax riff. I dont really have anything against this song except that the drum machine is still present.You Might Die Trying is probably the most DMB sounding song on the album. It features Carters new electric drum pad (AKA the clapper) Its pretty annoying and poppy sounding. Not a terrible a song.Steady As We Go. This is where things start to get crappy again. This COULD be a beautiful song, but Dave chose to make it really cheesy with trite things such as, be the apple of your eye. Furthermore, it too is a waste of the bands talent. The only come in for a minor role at the end.Hunger For The Great Light. Well, what can I say about this flaming piece of garbage? The great light is supposed to be analogous to an orgasm. So when Dave says oh great light, thats what hes talking about. But thats about the only thing he says. The rest of the song is literally Dave grunting. I hate the song.
Dave Matthews Band Album Editorial:
Dont let the headless CGI dancer on the cover fool you. While iStand Up has a more organic feel than 2001s radio-ready iEveryday it is hardly an invocation for carefree days spent twirling on the grass. Instead it is a call to arms that carries over much of the insurrectionary spirit the Dave Matthews Band brought to 2004s Vote for Change Tour. Matthews sounding rawer than ever swerves between optimism (To change the world you only start with one step he sings on You Might Die Trying) and angst (See the man with the bomb in his hand/Everybody wake up on Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives]) while producer Mark Baston best known for his small-time work with big-name pop acts like Beyonce and 50 Cent responds by putting the marching band rhythms of Carter Beauford in the front and galvanizing the music with a crisp RB edge most evident in the totally--okay partially--crunk Stolen Away on 55th 3rd. Aidin Vaziri
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The DVD side of the DualDisc will feature a 20+ minute film featuring the making of STAND UP with in-depth interviews with DMB at their recording studio in Charlottesville VA.
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