Request Monkey Man - Friday 7/3: Dave Matthews “Live From Home: By Request” Set

[RSSR]

How do you vote in this? Do you have to be a Sirius XM subscriber? My vote goes to Monkey Man. So then hopefully he has it fresh on his mind to attempt a full band play during summer ‘21.

[Bourbon & Blue]

Voting for Jimi. Hope he plays

[SeanMH]

Originally Posted by Bourbon & Blue

Voting for Jimi. Hope he plays

[chadizzy1]

He’s just going to pick stuff he’s comfortable with. It’s not going to be a Setlist with a bunch of rare stuff.

He might pull out GGT or Shotgun. But it won’t get any more rare than that

[coolhotwaves]

Hold Me Down or Light Lift Me Up

[wjhende2]

Originally Posted by splack03

My view of this is Dave will throw in one or two "rare" songs because you simply can't have something this formal and just hit everyone up with you & me, crash, mercy etc. However, for people participating, here's how I see this working out in Dave's head:

1. You should take into account the acoustic nature of this. Is he really going to bust out monkey man acoustic? Similarly, he ain't touching songs like YNK and Last Stop that are traditionally "band" songs, and he's probably not touching songs where has hasn't gone solo in a long time, such as cry freedom, pig, halloween, minarets, etc.

2. Dave is highly unlikely to go back and learn a song that is particularly difficult to play on guitar unless it were for a tour as opposed to a one-off. That probably eliminates songs like Captain (try that hand stretch without grimacing in pain), Let You Down, JTR, Shotgun, etc.

3. Dave is not going to go into rarified air or "never played" territory. Spotlight would make total sense for something like this (fairly easy chords, extremely rare, Dave could re-learn it in 15 minutes if he wanted) but no way in hell. People People doesn't even have guitar. Very unlikely he's touching super old covers like Me & Julio. Dave had a chance to recognize the Batson Sessions in 2019 and didn't go there (other than previous songs played live) so just super unlikely to go there now.

So why waste this opportunity going for songs where Dave will just laugh it off? The following songs I think actually have a shot in hell (that we would actually want to hear): 40, blue water, Spoon, dodo, PFWYG, Beach Ball, Raven, Dive In.

My prediction is as follows:

Don't Drink the Water
Spoon
The Stone
Crash
40
Tripping Billies
Grey Street
Ants Marching

Let You Down chords are super easy, and the whole song just repeats them for the most part. I haven’t played it in at least 6 months and could pick a guitar rn and play the whole thing through lol

[moosicmaniac]

Originally Posted by Bmwm3oz

Cigarette Lit


To be fair, I actually love the bridge in this song.

Besides the awful "cigarette lit, my plan's to quit" line, it's a fantastic song. Should've been on Some Devil.

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by moosicmaniac

Besides the awful "cigarette lit, my plan's to quit" line, it's a fantastic song. Should've been on Some Devil.

I disagree it's an awful line

[RSSR]

How did Cigarette Lit leak again? I’m dumbfounded it could’ve otherwise sat in the vault and not have been known to us. Really makes me curious what else is in there.

[Gravedigger789]

Just submitted my entry for Shotgun. Told my story about the 2012 Camden tour debut as a result of my Shotgun poster (included in the video lol). Fingers crossed.

[SeanMH]

Hoping for:

Hello Again
Steady As We Go
Joyride
True Reflections
Help Myself

[Whiteyxc514]

Submitted a request for #40. That song has always been special to me and to SPAC.

[dmbclstj2]

Originally Posted by SeanMH

Hoping for:

Hello Again
Steady As We Go
Joyride
True Reflections
Help Myself

I think we really overstate the pull this board has on the broader DMB audience. I know its your hope, but that is nowhere near what will be played and I think you know that. Lets re-set expectations, this is close to what we will get:

Grey Street
Crush
Bartender
Stay or Leave
So Damn Lucky
Two Step
Ants Marching
Save Me
Dancing Nancies
You and Me
All Along the Watchtower

[CapnHani06]

Originally Posted by moosicmaniac

Besides the awful "cigarette lit, my plan's to quit" line, it's a fantastic song. Should've been on Some Devil.

This line provides the frame of reference for the lyrics/narrative and gives the song its title. It's classic stream of consciousness Dave and fits perfectly with that era of songwriting for him. And it rhymes

What's not to love?

[BruceW]

Did not request Monkey Man

[CapnHani06]

Originally Posted by BruceW

Did not request Monkey Man

[Whiteyxc514]

Originally Posted by dmbclstj2

I think we really overstate the pull this board has on the broader DMB audience. I know its your hope, but that is nowhere near what will be played and I think you know that. Lets re-set expectations, this is close to what we will get:

Grey Street
Crush
Bartender
Stay or Leave
So Damn Lucky
Two Step
Ants Marching
Save Me
Dancing Nancies
You and Me
All Along the Watchtower

We definitely overestimate the board's pull/percentage of the fan base, but I do hope Dave throws people a bone or two during this.

For the two Verizon "full set" shows he played:

So Damn Lucky
Mercy
Dancing Nancies
Virginia in the Rain
Grey Street
Shadows on the Wall (x2)
Sweet
Don't Drink The Water
Save Me
Bartender
Satellite
Little Red Bird
Rye Whiskey
What Would You Say
Come Tomorrow
Stay or Leave
Crush

For the Sirius Garage solo show last year, he played a few of the above, plus:

Oh
Gravedigger
Samurai Cop
Funny How Time Slips Away
You & Me
Do You Remember
I'll Back You Up
Grey Street

We don't hear a lot of Dave solo "full shows," so I'm sure we'll get at least a few of the above 25 songs again, but hopefully 1-2 surprises too.

[jasonfilatov]

Unfortunately the lack of unity from the hardcore community here is likely to produce a fruitless effort. I'd be surprised by any surprises. If only we could have all banded together on Monkey Man.

[CapnHani06]

Originally Posted by jasonfilatov

Unfortunately the lack of unity from the hardcore community here is likely to produce a fruitless effort. I'd be surprised by any surprises. If only we could have all banded together on Monkey Man.

Agree with this, on the most part. It's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not saying that if we all banded together and uniformly suggested MM that it would definitely move the needle but why shoot ourselves in the collective foot before we even get our shot? I think Wayne Gretsky (or is it Brady?) has a quote about that.

That said, DMB has a huge fanbase. And the logical way that the team will go about aggregating results is just throwing them into a spreadsheet and ranking on frequency. No idea how the video explanations will inform those decisions but seems like that's just a fun way to get people involved and feel like they have more of a say.

Just ballparking here but, for example, there were 14,334 submissions to the Mercy music video in 2012 (source: DMB page on FB after some internet digging). Using that as a (probably misguided) benchmark, let's say (very liberally) that Ants represented 5% of those. That's ~717. Even if those figures hold constant for this round of voting (they won't) with upwards to 750 votes for MM (wouldn't happen, or anywhere close to it) that still leads to ~13,617 votes for everything else. Of that, MM is up against Crash, Ants, Y&M, #41, Grey Street, and we'll say Billies. And then the rest of the catalog. While the volume of the catalog works in our favor to dilute votes for any one song, the dMb Family will still show up en masse. And for almost definitely 100% of the non-Ants of the world, MM isn't even in the consideration set.

My point that no one asked for? Unclear. But even with total solidarity (of those actually motivated to take the time to submit), I guess I'm saying that MM wouldn't even show up as a blip on the pie chart of recommendations and make it to Dave's standing desk for consideration. He'll get the top 15 receiving votes and make a call based on a) whatever the hell he wants to play and b) a few of the top votes-receiving tunes to satisfy the ask.

So: get out there and vote, Ants!

[Cptn. Monkeyman]

Someone should request a solo Beach Ball

[haiku.warrior]

Originally Posted by Cptn. Monkeyman

Someone should request a solo Beach Ball

Alas, submissions closed yesterday.

[lilant420]

Submitted Lying in the hands of God.

[BJisBA41]

Originally Posted by bowa36

I remember that. the Runnin' Down a Dream sound-check dude that said they were messing around with Monkey Man too. then a few days later Runnin' Down a Dream pops up.

Hey, that was me that broke the news on Runnin, but I never mentioned Monkey Man...I think it was Last Stop they were messing around on

[Dannyyankou]

Originally Posted by BJisBA41

Hey, that was me that broke the news on Runnin, but I never mentioned Monkey Man...I think it was Last Stop they were messing around on

I thought my memory was foggy for a second, but you said it.

Originally Posted by BJisBA41

Felt like I had to share this story:

I heard from a friend (DMB fan as well) who works backstage at SPAC that JTR, Recently, and Monkey Man were practiced in the practice room Sunday, and that the lyrics for Monkey Man were taped to the stage N2 because they weren't programmed in the teleprompter yet...I called BS already since it wasn't in the setlist, and he was probably messing with me...but what if it actually happened this tour?

They ended up playing JTR and Recently too, which adds more credibility Monkey Man was practiced

[BJisBA41]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

I thought my memory was foggy for a second, but you said it.



They ended up playing JTR and Recently too, which adds more credibility Monkey Man was practiced

So long ago...I tried searching but couldn’t find anything past 5 years ago...why the hell didn’t they just play it...my friend was probably just bullshitting with me at that point

[sab2423]

What time is this show on Friday?

[haiku.warrior]

Originally Posted by sab2423

What time is this show on Friday?

8pm est on Sirius

[kevinmavs]

Sugar will

[troll565]

Originally Posted by haiku.warrior

8pm est on Sirius

how long do we think it'll be?

[haiku.warrior]

Originally Posted by troll565

how long do we think it'll be?

The official entry rules said there would be "8 prizes granted" so maybe 30-45 mins