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Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41
There are some people that can't bring themselves to believe that DMB can produce anything on par with the big 3.
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I think it's a staying power thing more than anything.
ED is always a surprise when it happens. (heh heh). When SU came out, I remember getting crap for saying the music was mostly going to disappear in a few years. And was right. Most of BWGK and LRB have dissappeared from the regular rotation. Same with AFTW.
The 3 were so good because they didn't sound like anything else out there. That's why they are the benchmark. Ever since Everyday, it feels like the band is actively trying to get a sound the fits with the world rather than simply create for music's sake. It's alright, it happens to a lot of acts. But Tim was a part of the sound rather than playing lead lines the whole time back on the 3. Horn and sax were integral to the arrangements on the three, less so on the last 4.
I like a lot of this album, but as a collection the tunes don't feel as together as they have in the past. Some fit better with the SD material, some with Stand Up, few really work in context of just the older songs. I love the studio VITR, but I can see how it would be a bathroom break at a show. I have yet to see it at a show and only heard boots prior to the album, and it was a skipper. The energy just vanished. Same with STDH. If LITHOG didn't have such an intensity to it, it would too.