Music is a process: An active, never-ceasing dialogue between creators and listeners with infinite outcomes.
Jonathan Richman letter from Creem, December 1973 (via RockCritics.com)
The writers' strike is over!
TOP 10 REASONS FOR DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
1. Every live show is different.
2. Better "All Along the Watchtower" cover than U2.
3. Dave Matthews' percussive guitar-playing style works better in a dorm room on acoustic guitar than the styles of, say, Johnny Marr or Kevin Shields.
4. Percussion that actually works as its own instrument rather than as a simple time-keeping device.
5. "Two Step"
6. They had an album that almost never saw the light of day due to major-label boneheadedness... just like Wilco and Killer Mike.
7. Saxamophone
8. Khakis
9. "#40" (5/10/95)
10. Dave Matthews wants you to crash into him while he comes into you.
And yes, I know Letterman was on anyway. That one magazine profile of him a decade or so ago was really good.
Not being evangelical about something you love I find really questionable and dubious. I’m super-evangelical about the things I love. To be something else, what are you doing? (via Andy Beta)
Tab cola TV commercial from the 1970s
3 comments:
What kind of a stiff has a pink blog and plugs Dave Matthews? When did girls get so daft? I was a girl 40 years ago, and I got laid a lot and listened to bands with balls. None of this pink shit.
We were above
You standing underneath us
We were not yet lovers
Dragons were smoked
Bumblebees were stinging us
I was soon to be crazy
Eat, drink and be merry
For tomorrow we die
'cause we're tripping Billies
We're wearing nothing
Nothing but out shadows
Shadows falling down on the beach sand
Remembering once,
Out on the beaches we wore
Pineapple grass bracelets
So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race
'cause we're tripping Billies
We are all sitting
Legs crossed round a fire
My yellow flame she dances
Tequila drinking oh our
Minds will wonder
To wondrous places
So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race
Eat, drink and be merry
For tomorrow we die
The Lilywhite Sessions was and remains Dave's best, most mature songwriting.
...I still listen to this band, shhhh
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