Share your unpopular DMB opinions.

[Speilmen230]

Fiddler's 2019 N2 is my vote for a CT era show. Not just because I was there.

Why I Am
Grace Is Gone »
Warehouse
Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)
Kill the Preacher [partial] »
Don't Drink the Water
Spoon
The Best of What's Around
Again and Again
You Might Die Trying
She
You & Me
Seek Up
Write a Song
Dancing Nancies
The Space Between »
Stay (Wasting Time)
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Some Devil
Anyone Seen the Bridge »
Too Much »
Ants Marching

[RSSR]

More Buddy Strong era LTs please.

[alec]

Originally Posted by RSSR

More Buddy Strong era LTs please.

I want 2021 shows because the set lists are generally better than 2018/19 and Dave’s voice sounds much better in 2021.

[kelchlsm]

dave should go back to the electric baritone for space between

save the acoustic raised b for solo space between's

[Speilmen230]

Originally Posted by kelchlsm

dave should go back to the electric baritone for space between

save the acoustic raised b for solo space between's

Hard pass. Space Between has never been better.

[dmbcriggidy]

I'm sure it's been said many times in this 187 page thread, but #41 no longer carries any weight for me. I'll give it through the lyrics, but then ask down the row "who needs a beer?" Also, Seek Up, while great - intro is on fire right now - is a set eater and just deflates the energy and flow. If I'm going to get it, I'd prefer song 6-7 and certainly not opener.

[Foreverford05]

TGIY is actually not back with PHJB. Listening to the 12.14.18 version again and it kinda slaps

[Route_2]

Originally Posted by kelchlsm

dave should go back to the electric baritone for space between

save the acoustic raised b for solo space between's

I do like the bite and crunch of electric on Space Between as well.

[kmb40oz]

Buddy Strong is a mediocre musician who doesn't know the songs and is a failed attempt at filling Boyd's role. But at least Dave likes him and he seems to be having fun.

[Speilmen230]

Originally Posted by kmb40oz

Buddy Strong is a mediocre musician who doesn't know the songs and is a failed attempt at filling Boyd's role. But at least Dave likes him and he seems to be having fun.

This is certainly a take. And an unpopular one at that. Well done.

[Beauford3641]

Originally Posted by kmb40oz

Buddy Strong is a mediocre musician who doesn't know the songs and is a failed attempt at filling Boyd's role. But at least Dave likes him and he seems to be having fun.

I bet you're one of those people who refers to a Hammond B3 as a "ballpark organ".

[OutofDarkness]

Originally Posted by Beauford3641

I bet you're one of those people who refers to a Hammond B3 as a "ballpark organ".

That or calling it a "church organ." Not gonna lie, this is one of the most aggravating takes I see on this site

The B3 has been a staple instrument of rock for decades, and people on here talk like it's some weird, idiosyncratic thing Buddy hauled out of the storage room of his church. Y'all know better than that.

[ISawTheBridge10]

Originally Posted by OutofDarkness

That or calling it a "church organ." Not gonna lie, this is one of the most aggravating takes I see on this site

The B3 has been a staple instrument of rock for decades, and people on here talk like it's some weird, idiosyncratic thing Buddy hauled out of the storage room of his church. Y'all know better than that.

Do they, though?

[Speilmen230]

no, they don't.

[Route_2]

still waiting for him to interpolate Take Me Out To The Ballgame into one of his solos. That would be sick.

[YankeesDMB41]

Originally Posted by OutofDarkness

That or calling it a "church organ." Not gonna lie, this is one of the most aggravating takes I see on this site

The B3 has been a staple instrument of rock for decades, and people on here talk like it's some weird, idiosyncratic thing Buddy hauled out of the storage room of his church. Y'all know better than that.

There are people here who you would think have won Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards with how they speak about certain things.

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by OutofDarkness

That or calling it a "church organ." Not gonna lie, this is one of the most aggravating takes I see on this site

The B3 has been a staple instrument of rock for decades, and people on here talk like it's some weird, idiosyncratic thing Buddy hauled out of the storage room of his church. Y'all know better than that.

I assume most people know the instrument has a name, it sounds horrible and is completely out of place with DMB, I don't think people calling it a church organ or ballpark organ is out of line at all

[kmbean]

Originally Posted by kmb40oz

Buddy Strong is a mediocre musician who doesn't know the songs and is a failed attempt at filling Boyd's role. But at least Dave likes him and he seems to be having fun.

But at least he has his own line of t-shirts.

[boldm002]

Shotgun is just a song to me. I mean, it's fine, I don't hate it. But don't get the craze over it.

[OutofDarkness]

I don't think I've ever heard Buddy use ballpark registration, or anything particularly close to it. He uses more of a gospel sound on Everyday, but that's about it. Most of the time, Buddy uses a thinner, janglier registration (Bayou, DYR, Madman's Eyes, etc.,) probably to cut through Tim and the horns.

[grilldanmo]

Originally Posted by boldm002

Shotgun is just a song to me. I mean, it's fine, I don't hate it. But don't get the craze over it.

I’m not much of the song as whole, but that one riff sounds awesome…I just wish it was in a song that ai really liked.

[JboDaveGuyYNK]

^ this, thanks grill. I've appreciated it more over the past year or so but still not as amped on it as so many others.

Maybe it's difficult for me to thoroughly enjoy a song with such a dark reason behind it. I can't imagine how Dave was impacted by that and I need to appreciate how he is able to express such a terrible situation. Yet another sign of how incredible of an artist he really is.

That riff hits. As for wailing though, bring back ABI or give more of it in Seek Up.

[dmbfan524]

There are 20+ songs that are garbage and make any show depressing if played.

[grilldanmo]

Originally Posted by dmbfan524

There are 20+ songs that are garbage and make any show depressing if played.

The only song I 100% dislike is Bayou, but its ability to diminish a show it predicated on where it lands in the set.

- When it opened SPAC 2019 N2 and we were on the rail, it was more of relief that it wouldn't eff up the rest of the night.

- When it closed Mansfield's main set this year, is sucked the life out of a set that already had 8 repeats from the previous which we'd also attended. Enjoyed the encore, but still.

- mid set it can kill a nice run, but ideally we get a bunch of tunes that help diminish its presence...

[bmt322]

Originally Posted by dmbfan524

There are 20+ songs that are garbage and make any show depressing if played.

These are songs that I particularly despise and don’t enjoy hearing at shows.

Sledgehammer
Time of the Season
Any cover really (except The Maker)
Seven
You and Me
#27
Can’t Stop
All Along the Watchtower
So Damn Lucky
Time Bomb
Louisiana Bayou
Some Devil
Rhyme and Reason

[JboDaveGuyYNK]

interesting convo. I know The Dreaming Tree is dark too but for some reason I'm taking it 9 times outta 10 over shotgun.

[JboDaveGuyYNK]

When properly jammed out, I think the Loving Wings outro is a top 5 jam DMB has in the catalog.

Not unpopular: so jealous of everyone at Alpine rn

[seanbrutus]

Originally Posted by JboDaveGuyYNK

When properly jammed out, I think the Loving Wings outro is a top 5 jam DMB has in the catalog.

Not unpopular: so jealous of everyone at Alpine rn

Agree with both! I miss hearing Loving Wings, but it always get like Roi’s song so I can see why it hasn’t shown up at all lately.

[RSSR]

I want #34 played in the Buddy era, specifically at a show I attend. People act like it’s a Roi only song.

[Cptn. Monkeyman]

Originally Posted by RSSR

I want #34 played in the Buddy era, specifically at a show I attend. People act like it’s a Roi only song.

“People”, or DMB?

It’s only been played a handful of times since he passed, sometimes on Rois bday. The band also played the studio song on the PA in memory of Roi.