Re: Walk Around the Moon (album) discussion
I empathize with this poster. My biggest gripe with DMB is they are one of the most musically talented bands I've ever listened to, and they've shown the capability to write incredible original songs. But, they have no real focus when in the studio, and it has resulted in almost 20 years of subpar LPs (though I'll give Big Whiskey credit, as it was at least an inspired album).
We haven't heard the whole album, so perhaps we will be pleasantly surprised. But, Come Tomorrow was a bad harbinger of things to come. I think that album is an embarrassment considering how good these guys are as a band. Looking at the times listed for these songs, I'm not sure how much the musicianship will be highlighted. Not to mention the inclusion of two Dave solo songs.
I still love DMB. It's my summer tradition and I will defend their Big 4 (I include Busted Stuff) to the death. I think they were on track to be as critically well-regarded as they were commercial, but the last 20 years have done them no favors. But, as I said to a buddy at a tailgate last year, "There's no band I love as much as DMB while hating a decent chunk of their songs", and the latter seems to grow with each successive album.
Merely chalking it up as a band changing and evolving is a cop-out. The quality of the material has declined considerably. But, they're so god damn good that I'll continue to see them live, because when they click, there's still no band that compares.
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Originally Posted by crawfish
By the looks of things this may be the worst record they have ever put out. These new songs, the 7 that we know of are just nothing burgers. Ok MME is decent but nothing where I want to listen to it over and over again. I think the last songs that I felt that way about are Snow Outside and Rooftop.
What happened to DMB? Jesus.. I am now almost 53, first saw them in I believe 92 and sadly after all this time I feel like it's just over. All of my generation of fans are long gone. In the last 10 years I've only been to a few shows. People seem to go now not for the music but to just get drunk and have a good time. Not sure I can blame anyone at this point. I saw them at Merriweather a few years ago and they sounded good but not great. They're older now I get it.
Why can't Dave dig into his soul ( as Lillywhite said) and make the music that he is capable of? I mean this new stuff is just crap. Sounds like any local cover band can do better. MME is pretty good, not great. The rest of those 6 songs are just nothing. Does anyone in Dave's circle confront him on this? Does he just have yes men around him?
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