Under the Table & Dreaming
September 10, 2010 Tags: Table, Under
Category: Music 5 Comments 
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 27-SEP-1994Amazon.com essential recording
With popcorn acoustic guitars, trampoline fiddles, bumper-car bass lines, and caramel-coated sax, the Dave Matthews Band’s major-label debut is like an evening at the fair. “The Best of What’s Around” and “What Would You Say” swirl like the amusement-park ride on the album’s cover… More >>
It amazes me that DMB fans riot at many of his concerts. I was working at a venue that hosted DMB and there were cars flipped over and then set on fire in the parking lot. The ironic thing was a few weeks previously we had Marilyn Manson and the riot police and protesters were in full force and the worst incident was a teen getting busted with some drug or another.
But the more I think of it the less it shocks me that there are riots and fires and chaos at DMB shows… it’s basically Woodstock for frat boys, and what better way to celebrate the band you love after a couple rounds of flip cup than to go out and flip cars? Oh I know a better way! Light them on fire afterwards! ALL RIGHT, DMB ROCKS!!!!!! WOOOO!!!!!!!!
One thing I REALLY don’t understand is the “WOOOOO!” Why is it every time you show a crowd of these people on camera the only thing they can do is shout “WOOOO?”
Anyway, enjoy the CD. This band has enough albums to make a complete set of coasters.
Rating: 1 / 5
This band has no musicianship. This album has no creativity or talent.
Rating: 1 / 5
Dave Matthews Band is easily the worst band in existence. The vocals make me shudder to think that my eardrums will soon heal after I stabbed them out after hearing this. It is awful, and every suburban teenage yuppie is singing along to this album in their Ford Explorer, proclaiming “YEAH MAN DAVE IS LIKE SOOOO RAD!”. 0 stars.
Rating: 1 / 5
Stop the insanity, folks. This album is tripe, pure and simple. I love the reviews in which people are carrying on about Matthews’ use of various instruments, as though that represents anything new in rock, pop, or whatever. The pointless, mind-numbing jams that constitute most of Matthews’ recorded output are about nothing and go nowhere, virtuosity in the service of ennui. This guy fills arenas from coast to coast, apparently because stockbrokers and other privileged yuppie-types are willing to shell out the big bucks on the (correct) assessment that Matthews is harmless, meaningless entertainment that may score them some points with their dates (or clients). Matthews in turn obliges them by functioning as the live equivalewnt of Muzak. Compared to Matthews, the late, great Johnny Thunders hitting a misfingered power chord on an out-of-tune guitar speaks volumes.
My favorite Matthews story: a few years ago I went on a road trip with a co-worker and self-professed Matthews enthusiast. She had all of Dave’s CDs and wanted to share them with me, so she popped them on her CD player and gave them a whirl. Problem was, she quickly grew tired of each lengthy track (especially on those live albums!) and – without any prompting from me – would quickly skip to the next one, announcing “Oh, the next one is really good.” She did this for EVERY song on every CD…I guess even she forget why she liked Dave. Isn’t marketing wonderful?
Robert Christgau sums it up nicely in his review of this CD when he argues that Matthews is “as bland as a tofu sandwich.” How Amazon’s editors could class this as an “essential recording” is beyond my ability to comprehend. Do yourself a favor and skip this.
Rating: 1 / 5
Original? Sure it is, to anyone who’s musical background spans under 8 years. Dave Mathews (stinks).
Rating: 1 / 5