Share your unpopular DMB opinions.

[jiggajm18]

Originally Posted by simplelife08

wow when was this? I must've missed this tweet or something. As a guitar player though, I can tell you that the riffs are extremely similar and even in the same key (although Minarets is interesting while Dreamgirl is a recycled staple of western music).

Also, I absolutely love Stolen Away, but wish the drum machine wasn't on it

stefan either gave a radio interview or twittered about it, but it was back in 2010, right after dreamgirl came back.

[dmb9howell]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldiers

Baby Blue sucks

Originally Posted by BotheBrandonMarshallFan

Everyday > Crash.

these I just don't understand

oh, and Old Dirt Hill fucking rules

[TomDMB803]

Joy Ride is garbage.

[mtlewis23]

While I may not agree with the choices the band makes for a setlist and such, I always enjoy their concerts and am very excited to see them in the fall.

[TwoStep2888]

Halloween is the worst

[lalkb48]

Cry Freedom is one of he best (Top 5 ) songs Dave has ever written.

If Only is a terrible song and on the same level as Smooth Rider.

[#41Tom]

I think Butch's sound and style suited this band down to the ground

[#41Tom]

Originally Posted by mtlewis23

While I may not agree with the choices the band makes for a setlist and such, I always enjoy their concerts and am very excited to see them in the fall.

and this, sir, was genius

[whygohome?]

I don't enjoy the 41 jams, they go nowhere and they seem to go on forever at shows

I really like the studio versions of dreamgirl, out of my hands, and steady as we go

LWS Grey street sucks. Lyrics are nonsense

Angel is a good song with a fantastic guitar riff

I haven't listened to UTTAD in years

Studio two step is great and my go to two step if I don't have 20 minutes to listen to a recent live version

[trippinbillee]

Old shotgun >>>> new shotgun.

and gaucho blows. hell - i skip 2-6 on AFTW on almost every listen.

[TwoStep2888]

Originally Posted by #41Tom

I think Butch's sound and style suited this band down to the ground

[Dannyyankou]

I like Sleep To Dream Her and I never understood the greatness of Pay For What You Get. I also think Snow Outside is the best song Dave has written since 1998.

[bigeyedfish1979]

Originally Posted by laura22

the riff is garbage. they sound like the transiberian orchestra and dave sounds like he's crying

This.

It's my least favorite song on the album.

[bigeyedfish1979]

Someone said it earlier in the thread, Yes Baby Blue does suck.

[lalkb48]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

I like Sleep To Dream Her and I never understood the greatness of Pay For What You Get. I also think Snow Outside is the best song Dave has written since 1998.

I agree with all of this except PFWYG. I would agree its overrated, but IMO it is a very good song.

I'll agree with Snow Outside if you are purposely omitting the Lillywhite Sessions.

[HavnAGdTime]

Angel is sexy
Grey Street is overrated, though I do enjoy it
If Only is turrible
I agree with the popular unpopular opinion that Stolen Away is kickass
Whenevr I hear those first notes to YMDT at a show, I die an eensy bit inside
Busted Stuff (album) is disposable save Raven and YNK

[bigeyedfish1979]

Central park is overrated.

[Useliteski]

Originally Posted by lalkb48

Cry Freedom is one of he best (Top 5 ) songs Dave has ever written.

If Only is a terrible song and on the same level as Smooth Rider.

this. i cried like a little baby when i got to hear this one in 2010 for the first time.

[bamadavefan15]

1. i really want someone on the keys and prefer them to have some solos
2. i want less rashawn, especially less rashawn during jeff solos (not sure this is unpopluar)
3. halloween is an average song
4. joyride is below average, and I, in no way, want it on a studio album
5. Old Dirt Hill is very enjoyable and i would love it at a show

[lalkb48]

Originally Posted by Useliteski

this. i cried like a little baby when i got to hear this one in 2010 for the first time.

Awesome song to hear live. The first time I heard it live was my first show and a Dave solo. I was amazed. To think that Dave could write these lyrics at (approx) 22 years old is amazing. He had such an incredible talent to phrase words and put a story at such a young age. He was very in touch with what was going on in the world and the themes of his songs varried so much.

Cry Freedom is a beautiful song, poem, and piece of art.

[BenjiHockey11]

1. The outro of Mercy is the closest thing to Roi we will get for the rest of the bands life.

2. Dreamgirl is decent live (Go back and listen to Roi's sax on some of the '05 6-7 minute versions)

3. Dave needs to sing the first verse of Jimi Thing every time

4. I think the Warehouse is a joke... paying for the right to buy tickets? Seems almost evil to me...

5. With modern technology, I think it's a joke that DMBLive series isn't every single concert they've ever recorded. I mean who wouldn't pay 30-40$ for a mastered copy of every show they've seen live?

[Useliteski]

Originally Posted by lalkb48

Awesome song to hear live. The first time I heard it live was my first show and a Dave solo. I was amazed. To think that Dave could write these lyrics at (approx) 22 years old is amazing. He had such an incredible talent to phrase words and put a story at such a young age. He was very in touch with what was going on in the world and the themes of his songs varried so much.

Cry Freedom is a beautiful song, poem, and piece of art.

absolutely to all of this.

"Hands and feet are all alike
But gold between divide us
Hands and feet are all alike
But fear between divide us,
Slip away
In this room stood a little child
And in this room this little child she would remain
Until someone might decide
To dance this little child across this hall
Into a cold, dark space
Where she might never trace her way across this crooked mile
Across this crooked page
Cry freedom, cry
From deep inside where we are all confined
Till we wave our hands"

there is more substance in those lyrics than all of ED, SU, and BW combined; something you would expect from a wise old man who has traveled the world and seen things that the average person wouldn't even dream of seeing.

[QuickTock]

-I think #40 should never be played again. Dave has no intention of writing or singing words, won't play it for more than 2 minutes, and never seems happy to play it. Fans should quit asking for it and ask for an E1 Typical or Nancies instead.

-While I love the songs from UTTAD, I hate the studio recordings of everything on it minus Ants and #34

-SPAC isn't any more entitled to "great" setlists than every other venue (and fwiw, of the 10 shows I've seen, 6 have been at SPAC). Venue wars are ridiculous and setlists don't mean jack as to what places the band likes to play best. We all known the band loves the Gorge, but look at the '09 sets where Danny Barnes played half his album.

-The Time Bomb intro on Two Step isn't as horrible as everyone says, and the old improv intros were very hit and miss.

[lalkb48]

Originally Posted by QuickTock

-I think #40 should never be played again. Dave has no intention of writing or singing words, won't play it for more than 2 minutes, and never seems happy to play it. Fans should quit asking for it and ask for an E1 Typical or Nancies instead.

-While I love the songs from UTTAD, I hate the studio recordings of everything on it minus Ants and #34

-SPAC isn't any more entitled to "great" setlists than every other venue (and fwiw, of the 10 shows I've seen, 6 have been at SPAC). Venue wars are ridiculous and setlists don't mean jack as to what places the band likes to play best. We all known the band loves the Gorge, but look at the '09 sets where Danny Barnes played half his album.

-The Time Bomb intro on Two Step isn't as horrible as everyone says, and the old improv intros were very hit and miss.

Solid 4th post.

I agree with #40. I think the only thing Dave gets out of it is teasing the crowd and pissing us off.

I respectfully disagree with the venue comment. Venue wars are dumb, but they are definitely bias towards certain venues.

[QuickTock]

Originally Posted by lalkb48

Solid 4th post.

I agree with #40. I think the only thing Dave gets out of it is teasing the crowd and pissing us off.

I respectfully disagree with the venue comment. Venue wars are dumb, but they are definitely bias towards certain venues.

I agree that they are certainly biased towards venues, but my point is more that setlists are not always indicative of venue favoritism.

Great venues can get shit shows, like Gorge '09, and awful venues can get tremendous shows (darien, camden, and hershey are all low quality venues that have gotten spectacular sets).

I think venue bias has more to do with the actual performances of songs rather than which specific songs they play.

[locked]

I got severely flamed for writing this in another thread so fair warning..

PNP>Rapunzel is overplayed overrated and needs a rest for a while..

Especially as an encore.

That's all I'm saying ..

[moosicmaniac]

I love the second verse of You & Me but hate the rest of the song. Something about his rhythm when he sings it... I just don't know.

[chadizzy1]

I'm not a fan of 41 or Two Step. They're okay.

[mistervertigo]

Can't Stop might have been my favorite performance from the Chicago Caravan last year

[coombse]

I liked the return of "Everybody Wake Up"- loathe the studio version

Dave should never strum the chords to #40 unless he will recall or write lyrics, even if the last full band was a few extra verses that turned into You and Me....

I like D&T One Sweet World" much better than full band