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Originally Posted by bigeyedpigs
I think Dave will be viewed in the same manner as mellencamp and maybe Springsteen.
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Mellencamp is fair; Springsteen is a stretch. In a peculiar way, the band itself could have the same sort of legacy as The Family Stone or Tom Petty.
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Originally Posted by Cptn. Monkeyman
I think most everyone on this forum will agree that DMB is not pop rock. But a bands legacy isn't only defined by their fanbase, but also what outside viewers see. Unfortunately, DMB has always caught flak by popular opinion. Many people view Dave Matthews as simply a singer-songwriter pop artist. Of course he is much more, but it will probably take a good decade after the band retires for the masses to recognize DMB as a legitimately talented and influential group in the music world.
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Originally Posted by bamdmb20
As far as classifying them as a pop rock band, I could not disagree more. A few of their songs are “poppish”, & obv they aren’t the band they were in the 90’s, but even 2019 DMB is not a pop rock band. They are a rock band now that still jams. Not a jam band, but def not a pop rock band.
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Originally Posted by bamdmb20
Yeah that’s true. I just saw a few pop rock comments and went on a tangent. That classification just annoys me so much bc DMB is not remotely close to being a pop rock band. The general view of the band & even just Dave for that matter from most of the masses has always just annoyed me bc it’s so skewed from the truth. I’m not a DMB FB family worshiper but myself, like majority of us here, acknowledge and appreciate the uniqueness and extreme talent Dave and the band have as musicians. The fact that the majority of the public for lack of a better word view him and/or the band as pop rock has just always bugged the shit out of me.
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I think there are a lot of misconceptions here about what it means to be pop/rock. Nobody is equating them with Nickelback, but Alt/Rock as it was in the '90s doesn't exist anymore as a viable genre. pop/rock doesn't necessarily mean corporate, safe, or the fallacy that is the claim of "sellout."
Do they make music with the intention of it being Top 40? No, but it gets marketed, charted, advertised, and displayed that way. While we may see a distinction, the industry and public at large does not. "Satellite," "What Would You Say," "Ants Marching," "Tripping Billies," "Crash Into Me," "So Much To Say," "Too Much," "Stay (Wasting Time)," "Crush," the whole of
Everyday and a lot of
Stand Up, "Why I Am," "Funny The Way It Is," "Shake Me Like A Monkey," and quite a bit of
Come Tomorrow all fit better into that pop/rock classification than most of us want to admit. Their career mirrors slightly that of Aerosmith, where they were extremely relevant in their hey day, went through a phase of being considered passe, and then came back with an okay Top 40 album but not much memorable since. Touring prowess has little to do with it, though that should tell you that the few who are loud about being annoyed by them are just that - a few.
Now more than ever in the history of popular music, consumers as a whole are not looking backward at what came before. Sure, Dark Side Of The Moon will always sell, but even the 5-6 hit wonders of the past are largely forgotten or ignored because they aren't the new shiny thing.
I agree that they are a band that can jam the ever-lovin' $#!+ of anything, but when the curtain is pulled they will be remembered as a pop/rock act from the mid-late 90s who helped bring musicianship beyond lead guitar back to popularity. It's not something to be ashamed of or angry about at all.