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Originally Posted by RSSR
Some of my music snob friends hates DMB, I don't know why and that's fine, I wouldn't be friends with them if I didn't connect with them in other ways, and they recognize DMB's musical prowess, but I'm sure it's songs like this they'd point to and I wouldn't have any repartee to that. Among other radio friendly songs they've released as singles.
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i've had a few friends who weren't into dmb, and so i asked them a few questions about what they do like. favorite instruments (that are in DMB), style of songs (genre, mellow/upbeat, heavy, etc), lyrical topics, and then i would find a DMB song that closely fits their preferences. with how wide ranging DMB's songs are, there is pretty much a song for everything.
one friend in particular wanted electric guitar and mellow. i asked her if she wanted a jazzy love ballad or funky stoner song. she picked the funky stoner song, so i played jimi thing from LT28 (instead of crush). after the song ended she said "i don't know how you got to that song by just asking me a few questions, but that was great."
another friend, a 90s punk rocker, hated DMB because he thought they were just crash into me and nothing more. i played him DDTW, Warehouse, and #41 and he said "this is the same band?!?" a few months later he went to a show with me and loved it.
its all about finding something that they like that also isn't what they expect DMB to be. surprise them with a song in the style they'll like and they'll start second guessing their dislike of the band.