Biggest Factor That Will Determine If Come Tomorrow Is Good

[YankeesDMB41]

I dont give two shits about lyrics...I dont know why. Good lyrics are lovely...but I can jam to Livin La Vida Loca for gods sake

[bubba40]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

I dont give two shits about lyrics...I dont know why. Good lyrics are lovely...but I can jam to Livin La Vida Loca for gods sake

I dig it

[crushme5]

Originally Posted by BruceW

Oh for the love of God...

The actual music, flow, and mixing/production value are what will make it good or not.

+1. I very much agree with this. Lyrics have never been integral to the success of the band. To me, DMB music is fun and unique and brings back a lot of good memories of high school, college and time with my friends. I love singing along to the songs but I don’t know if I look to DMB songs for a greater meaning.

[ej18]

Originally Posted by hmich176

Isn't Cry Freedom just an early 90s SJW song?

Thank you!!

[JimSweetWorld]

Originally Posted by spoot388

crap songs with good solos are turned into passable songs. take time bomb for example. the base song is pretty crappy, but tim has a pretty solid solo. tim's solo doesn't make it a great or even good song, but it takes it up to at least ok because there is some redeeming quality to it. the most recent incarnation of cant stop is worlds better than the original versions because of the jam that becomes the main part of the song and takes away the focus from the lyrics.

Do we want songs that are just passable? Not "great or even good", just ok because of a guitar solo?

[Strider_BTCS]

Bad lyrics are passable for me if Dave can actually sing them. This is why I dislike Can't Stop so much. I'd tolerate the lyrics if his voice wasn't straining and cracking all over the place on it.

[paultwood1]

Originally Posted by Strider_BTCS

Bad lyrics are passable for me if Dave can actually sing them. This is why I dislike Can't Stop so much. I'd tolerate the lyrics if his voice wasn't straining and cracking all over the place on it.

The lyrics to Samurai Cop aren't bad, but the fact that Dave doesn't sing it like he did in Charlottesville anymore (with the falsetto) and now tries to yell to hit that high note irks me to no end. It just sounds bad and he cannot hit it. I still enjoy the song, but I hope he either goes back to the falsetto or changes the vocal inflections on the song a la Stay or Leave when he sang it in 2015 (The Alpine acoustic set version being the best example).

[hmich176]

Originally Posted by Strider_BTCS

Bad lyrics are passable for me if Dave can actually sing them. This is why I dislike Can't Stop so much. I'd tolerate the lyrics if his voice wasn't straining and cracking all over the place on it.

Yeah it's pretty brutal.

[arizza11]

Why do people still hate AFTW, such a good album.

[Love#41]

If I want to turn it up loud when I’m listening to it in the car then it’s good.

[bartender_man]

Batson being on it reduces the chances in a big way of it being good

[DMBCardinal]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

I dont give two shits about lyrics...I dont know why. Good lyrics are lovely...but I can jam to Livin La Vida Loca for gods sake

I'm with you man. Just give me good music.

[snake911]

Biggest Factor? Are we talking aside from the overall quality of the individual songs, their cohesiveness in creating an album as a whole, and our subjective enjoyment of them?

[Mono]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

I dont give two shits about lyrics...I dont know why. Good lyrics are lovely...but I can jam to Livin La Vida Loca for gods sake

I agree with your point. But yeah, no

[space_raven]

Sound and cohesiveness.

[bowa36]

if the new songs are good or not is the biggest factor

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by chadizzy1

I wonder what "season" people will associate this with. I see threads pop up about how X is a "fall album" or X is a "spring album".

good question, I think based on the songs that we've heard so far (IOY, SC, A&A, DYR, B&BB, ViTR, CS, and HoO) it's going to be very summer vibey to me, much like BW

[Shogun]

Originally Posted by hmich176

Isn't Cry Freedom just an early 90s SJW song?

You watch your mouth.

[NewBernPirate13]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

I dont give two shits about lyrics...I dont know why. Good lyrics are lovely...but I can jam to Livin La Vida Loca for gods sake

This is interesting take..not saying it's wrong. But for DMB, I think lyrics are extremely important. It seems that the songs most revered in the catalog have above average lyrics.

Seek Up
Warehouse
Cry Freedom
Last Stop
Stone
Dreaming Tree
Spoon

Those are just a few that come to mind and I feel like most people would have at least half of those in their top 10s.

Is there a DMB tune with strong lyrics that's weighed down by the music? Can't think of one

[bubba40]

Originally Posted by Shogun

You watch your mouth.