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[Hawks64]

So what's still left thats top 10 worthy? Ants, Nancies, Jimi Thing, Granny, Say Goodbye, Best of What's Around, maybe Grace is Gone

You named 3 of my remaining 7 songs here. Maybe you guys aren't going to like the top of my list too much...

1 of those would be in my Top 10, but my Top 10 changes often.

 

[MAC_32]

So what's still left thats top 10 worthy? Ants, Nancies, Jimi Thing, Granny, Say Goodbye, Best of What's Around, maybe Grace is Gone

You named 3 of my remaining 7 songs here. Maybe you guys aren't going to like the top of my list too much...

SPOILER ALERT!!!

 

[Tau837]

So what's still left thats top 10 worthy? Ants, Nancies, Jimi Thing, Granny, Say Goodbye, Best of What's Around, maybe Grace is Gone

You named 3 of my remaining 7 songs here. Maybe you guys aren't going to like the top of my list too much...

Little hint there? So maybe that and So Much to Say might be in that 7 of yours? So 4 of the 7 I mentioned didn't even make the top 41. Ok. Its cool. This is your list. We're still friends.

I'm glad we're still friends!

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Ghost Rider]

My math could be off a bit, but I am seeing seven big dogs from the first three studio albums still missing and only four spots left, so some major face palming is in store here soon, I think.

 

[Tau837]

My math could be off a bit, but I am seeing seven big dogs from the first three studio albums still missing and only four spots left, so some major face palming is in store here soon, I think.

I assume you mean these 3 albums (i.e., not including Remember Two Things):

• I picked 7 of 12 songs in my top 41 from Under the Table and Dreaming... 3 yet to come
• I picked 7 of 12 songs in my top 41 from Crash... all revealed
• I picked 7 of 11 songs in my top 41 from Before These Crowded Streets... 1 yet to come

Once this countdown is complete, happy to explain why the other 3 songs are not in my list.

 

[Ghost Rider]

My math could be off a bit, but I am seeing seven big dogs from the first three studio albums still missing and only four spots left, so some major face palming is in store here soon, I think.

I assume you mean these 3 albums (i.e., not including Remember Two Things):

• I picked 7 of 12 songs in my top 41 from Under the Table and Dreaming... 3 yet to come
• I picked 7 of 12 songs in my top 41 from Crash... all revealed
• I picked 7 of 11 songs in my top 41 from Before These Crowded Streets... 1 yet to come

Once this countdown is complete, happy to explain why the other 3 songs are not in my list.

 

[MAC_32]

I picked 7 of 11 songs in my top 41 from Before These Crowded Streets... 1 yet to come

Boooooo! Should be 2

I'm curious what gets snubbed on Table and don't have any good guesses - great start with Typical Situation .

 

[Tau837]

I picked 7 of 11 songs in my top 41 from Before These Crowded Streets... 1 yet to come

Boooooo! Should be 2

I'm curious what gets snubbed on Table and don't have any good guesses - great start with Typical Situation .

From Before These Crowded Streets so far:

7. Spoon
11. Pig
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
24. Don't Drink the Water
33. Halloween
39. The Stone

With 4 in my top 15, the album is strongly represented. The other one you reference here is obvious, and I should have found a place for it in my top 41, but obviously for me it wouldn't be as high as for you (and maybe everyone else). I was also mildly conscious of trying to avoid over representing just a few albums.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

4. Jimi Thing
5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Hawks64]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

4. Jimi Thing
5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

#4 is my wife's pee song

 

[Ghost Rider]

Jimi Thing is probably my 7th or 8th favorite songsfrom Under the Table and Dreaming, which speaks volumes to how great that album is when a song that good can't even crack my upper half of favorites from it.

 

[MAC_32]

Top tier from Under the Table:

Dancing Nancies
Warehouse
Typical Situation
Jimi Thing
Rhyme & Reason

This album has their better singles, but they're a tier down for me. What Would You Say served as a great intro to the group though.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

3. Dancing Nancies (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
4. Jimi Thing
5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Dancing Nancies is right around 5 for me, so I am good with it being number 3. Always awesome. I am always a studio version guy, even with DMB, but the Central Park live version of ...Nancies is pretty stellar.

 

[NutterButter]

I could see Nancies being 5... on under the table and dreaming

 

[soothsayer]

I am always a studio version guy, even with DMB, but the Central Park live version of ...Nancies is pretty stellar.

That's super interesting because I have a hard time finding ANY DMB album version that I like better than live. And I like the album versions a lot. The good news is, we're both right.

 

[Hawks64]

I am always a studio version guy, even with DMB, but the Central Park live version of ...Nancies is pretty stellar.

That's super interesting because I have a hard time finding ANY DMB album version that I like better than live. And I like the album versions a lot. The good news is, we're both right.

All I listen to are live versions.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

2. Crush
3. Dancing Nancies (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
4. Jimi Thing
5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

More to follow as we count down to #1.

 

[Major]

Love me some DMB.

Here's a track a lot of Dave fans aren't familiar with. Great hip hop collab with Jurrasic 5:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[Tau837]

Love me some DMB.

Here's a track a lot of Dave fans aren't familiar with. Great hip hop collab with Jurrasic 5:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

Love that song.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Crush is beyond awesome and would be number 2 on my list of favorite DMB songs.

Sadly. because only one mor song from Before These Crowded Streets is coming, that means my favorite DMB song didn't make the cut here. I will say more about it once number 1 has been revealed.

 

[Major]

I really stopped listening to DMB after college (94-98) partly because it was severely overplayed at my school by just about everyone not necessarily because it was bad. It's hard to explain but when I listen to Dave I time port back to my freshman and sophomore year and it's weird. Think the last album I purchased was either the Red Rocks with Tim Reynolds or Before These Crowded Streets. Heard a few songs here and there that caught my ear after that but are there any other albums that hold up to the first three? Crash is still the the gold standard and peak Dave for me.

 

[Tau837]

Once my list is complete, would be interested to hear reactions to top 5-10 misses, top 5-10 overrated, etc.

 

[Tau837]

Crush is beyond awesome and would be number 2 on my list of favorite DMB songs.

Sadly. because only one mor song from Before These Crowded Streets is coming, that means my favorite DMB song didn't make the cut here. I will say more about it once number 1 has been revealed.

#1 is not from BTCS. I picked 7 songs in my top 41 from that album, and all have been revealed.

 

[Hawks64]

I really stopped listening to DMB after college (94-98) partly because it was severely overplayed at my school by just about everyone not necessarily because it was bad. It's hard to explain but when I listen to Dave I time port back to my freshman and sophomore year and it's weird. Think the last album I purchased was either the Red Rocks with Tim Reynolds or Before These Crowded Streets. Heard a few songs here and there that caught my ear after that but are there any other albums that hold up to the first three? Crash is still the the gold standard and peak Dave for me.

I've been a fan since Under the table, and I said it earlier in the thread, but the band came out firing after almost falling apart in the late 2000s. Once Boyd was let go, they really jelled again, and I think the last 10 years have been the best they have sounded as a band.

The caveat is that I don't listen to studio albums much. I love Walk Around the Moon (their latest album), but the live versions are 100x better than the studio versions. I guess it's because the songs are born live and grow to the point they finally put them on an album.

In terms of other studio releases after BTCS that I really like:
Busted Stuff - took awhile to really get into this album post the whole Lillywhite session thing
Big Whiskey - Love this album top to bottom, Why I Am is ridiculous live.
Away From The World - some excellent tunes but not a great album top to bottom. Drunken Soldier, Belly Belly Nice, Snow Outside, Mercy are about it for me.
Come Tomorrow - the only song that misses for me is Samurai Cop.
Walk Around The Moon - Love this one top to bottom as well. Tough to pick a favorite on this album.

I offered it up earlier but if anyone wants a link (PM me and I'll share it) I have all the SiriusXM Friday night concert live shows in mp3 format from this year, and most from last year, including the 23 and 24 Dave &Tim shows from Mexico. You can judge for yourself where they are at as a band.

 

[Hawks64]

Once my list is complete, would be interested to hear reactions to top 5-10 misses, top 5-10 overrated, etc.

This is so hard for me since so much isn't on a studio release and my favorites change over time. Today my top 3 might be covers (Rye Whiskey, Funny How Time Slips Away, Cortez the Killer). And I don't think there are really any songs that are overrated, over played definitely, but not overrated

 

[Major]

I really stopped listening to DMB after college (94-98) partly because it was severely overplayed at my school by just about everyone not necessarily because it was bad. It's hard to explain but when I listen to Dave I time port back to my freshman and sophomore year and it's weird. Think the last album I purchased was either the Red Rocks with Tim Reynolds or Before These Crowded Streets. Heard a few songs here and there that caught my ear after that but are there any other albums that hold up to the first three? Crash is still the the gold standard and peak Dave for me.

I've been a fan since Under the table, and I said it earlier in the thread, but the band came out firing after almost falling apart in the late 2000s. Once Boyd was let go, they really jelled again, and I think the last 10 years have been the best they have sounded as a band.

Same. Even got to see DMB perform at a small venue in Dallas for $5-10 before that album really blew up. I do regret not attending that massive Central Park concert back in the early 2000s but I was over Dave at that point.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Crush is beyond awesome and would be number 2 on my list of favorite DMB songs.

Sadly. because only one mor song from Before These Crowded Streets is coming, that means my favorite DMB song didn't make the cut here. I will say more about it once number 1 has been revealed.

#1 is not from BTCS. I picked 7 songs in my top 41 from that album, and all have been revealed.

Right, that is why I said more favorite DMB cut didn't make the cut.

 

[Tau837]

Rather than get a bunch of nested quotes throughout the countdown, I'll just repeat my previous post and add to it each time.

I am counting down my top 36 Dave songs in this thread: Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #31's have been posted!

My intro to Dave post

Running top 41 list, with links to the post about each song in the top 36:

1. Ants Marching (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
2. Crush
3. Dancing Nancies (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
4. Jimi Thing
5. Typical Situation
6. Christmas Song
7. Spoon
8. #41
9. Warehouse
10. Seek Up
11. Pig
12. Lover Lay Down (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
13. Stay or Leave
14. Recently
15. Stay (Wasting Time)
16. All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks 1995)
17. When the World Ends
18. Some Devil
19. Two Step
20. Minarets (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
21. You and Me
22. One Sweet World (Dave and Tim Live at Luther College 1996)
23. Big Eyed Fish
24. Don't Drink the Water
25. Raven
26. Lying in the Hands of God
27. Cry Freedom
28, So Damn Lucky
29. Lie in Our Graves
30. Gravedigger (acoustic)
31. Let You Down
32. Crash Into Me
33. Halloween
34. American Baby
35. Grey Street
36. Satellite
37. Digging a Ditch
38. Bartender
39. The Stone
40. Mercy
41. Tripping Billies

That's a wrap. Let me hear the reactions.

 

[NutterButter]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

 

[Tau837]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

I strongly considered Dreaming Tree, Rhyme and Reason, Best of What's Around, and Grace is Gone. If I finalized my list on a different day, any of these could have made it, in roughly the order I listed them. But I guess it is self evident that none would have been high in my top 41.

I'm not a fan of Louisiana Bayou, and I don't love Granny or Cornbread.

I assume some of the my different views relate to most of my live concerts occurring earlier in the DMB catalog, so not seeing some of these songs live in person.

 

[NutterButter]

I am always a studio version guy, even with DMB, but the Central Park live version of ...Nancies is pretty stellar.

That's super interesting because I have a hard time finding ANY DMB album version that I like better than live. And I like the album versions a lot. The good news is, we're both right.

Not DMB, but Save Me from Dave and Friends I actually prefer better studio than the way I've heard it from dmb. Don't have any of my dave and friend boots anymore so can't compare to their live version. Part of it also is that I like the video they put out for that; anything with Dave and Trey has a warm place in my heart.

 

[NutterButter]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

I strongly considered Dreaming Tree, Rhyme and Reason, Best of What's Around, and Grace is Gone. If I finalized my list on a different day, any of these could have made it, in roughly the order I listed them. But I guess it is self evident that none would have been high in my top 41.

I'm not a fan of Louisiana Bayou, and I don't love Granny or Cornbread.

I assume some of the my different views relate to most of my live concerts occurring earlier in the DMB catalog, so not seeing some of these songs live in person.

But do you listen to the live versions from their trax releases on spotify or mostly just the albums? How they play it live with the extended intros and outros has such a huge influence on my opinion of songs. Like one of my favorite songs is Lie in our graves but its really b/c of boyds violin solo. In the case of a song like that, having seen it live so many times does have a big affect as well. You don't forget seeing boyd moving throughout the stage going face to face with dave and stef and the crowd just feeding off of it. Listening to it just brings me back.

https://youtu.be/DYeZ5_5v44o?t=178

Just gives me goosebumps watching this.

 

[Tau837]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

I strongly considered Dreaming Tree, Rhyme and Reason, Best of What's Around, and Grace is Gone. If I finalized my list on a different day, any of these could have made it, in roughly the order I listed them. But I guess it is self evident that none would have been high in my top 41.

I'm not a fan of Louisiana Bayou, and I don't love Granny or Cornbread.

I assume some of the my different views relate to most of my live concerts occurring earlier in the DMB catalog, so not seeing some of these songs live in person.

But do you listen to the live versions from their trax releases on spotify or mostly just the albums? How they play it live with the extended intros and outros has such a huge influence on my opinion of songs. Like one of my favorite songs is Lie in our graves but its really b/c of boyds violin solo. In the case of a song like that, having seen it live so many times does have a big affect as well. You don't forget seeing boyd moving throughout the stage going face to face with dave and stef and the crowd just feeding off of it. Listening to it just brings me back.

https://youtu.be/DYeZ5_5v44o?t=178

Just gives me goosebumps watching this.

It is a mix, but more studio than live.

 

[MAC_32]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

Rhyme & Reason, Grace Is Gone, and Louisiana Bayou from your list. I'll add Last Stop, Captain, and JTR

 

[Ghost Rider]

Not surprised to see Ants Marching at the top. Of the biggiest that were still left with one to go, that felt like the one a big fan just wouldn't leave off.

The Dreaming Tree is my number 1 DMB song, quite comfortably I might add. Rhyme and Reason is another that would be very high for me that didn't make it; top 10 for sure.

Interesting to see no So Much to Say or Too Much, although I get that neither is totally awesome on their own, but played together live with the Anyone at the Bridge connective tissue is always a stellar live moment.

I know Louisiana Bayou has sort of been a live favorite of the band over the years, but I have never much cared for it. Stand Up is mostly trash, IMO.

The lack of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is pretty stunning (just two songs???). That, to me, is the one post-BTCS album that is pretty damn good and comes the closest in recapturing their 90s greatness. Why I Am, Squirm, Spaceman, Seven, Spaceman...all great!!

Proudest Monkey is a glaring omission as well. Not quite top 10 for me, but pretty close. Same goes for Say Goodbye.

My top 10 would probably be: The Dreaming Tree, Crush, The Stone, Dancing Nancies, Don't Drink the Water, Warehouse, Typical Situation, Two Step, 41 and Rhyme and Reason.

 

[Hawks64]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

I strongly considered Dreaming Tree, Rhyme and Reason, Best of What's Around, and Grace is Gone. If I finalized my list on a different day, any of these could have made it, in roughly the order I listed them. But I guess it is self evident that none would have been high in my top 41.

I'm not a fan of Louisiana Bayou, and I don't love Granny or Cornbread.

I assume some of the my different views relate to most of my live concerts occurring earlier in the DMB catalog, so not seeing some of these songs live in person.

You should listen to some of the current live shows, some amazing shows. I've only had one person take me up on my live show offer, IMO any DMB fan should listen to what they have been doing over the last few years.

 

[Hawks64]

Not surprised to see Ants Marching at the top. Of the biggiest that were still left with one to go, that felt like the one a big fan just wouldn't leave off.

The Dreaming Tree is my number 1 DMB song, quite comfortably I might add. Rhyme and Reason is another that would be very high for me that didn't make it; top 10 for sure.

Interesting to see no So Much to Say or Too Much, although I get that neither is totally awesome on their own, but played together live with the Anyone at the Bridge connective tissue is always a stellar live moment.

I know Louisiana Bayou has sort of been a live favorite of the band over the years, but I have never much cared for it. Stand Up is mostly trash, IMO.

The lack of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is pretty stunning (just two songs???). That, to me, is the one post-BTCS album that is pretty damn good and comes the closest in recapturing their 90s greatness. Why I Am, Squirm, Spaceman, Seven, Spaceman...all great!!

Proudest Monkey is a glaring omission as well. Not quite top 10 for me, but pretty close. Same goes for Say Goodbye.

My top 10 would probably be: The Dreaming Tree, Crush, The Stone, Dancing Nancies, Don't Drink the Water, Warehouse, Typical Situation, Two Step, 41 and Rhyme and Reason.

Ants doesn't even make my top 30. The only version I really like is when they played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 22 at Deer Creek.

Right now my Top 10 would be
1. Funny How Time Slips Away
2. Cortez the Killer
3. Black and Blue Bird
4. Sugar Will
5. Captain
6. Digging a Ditch
7. Gravedigger
8. Break For It
9. You & Me
10. #27

And in 2mths it'll change, and in 6mths change again. It's always evolving lol.

 

[Hawks64]

This has been a fun little exercise. So what's the biggest omissions? I'm thinking Best of What's Around, Granny, Rhyme and Reason, Dreaming Tree, Rapunzel, Grace is Gone, Louisiana Bayou, Cornbread. Those would certainly be in my top 41. There's some other post Busted Stuff songs I'd consider but I'm just starting to digest them now that they've been added to the master live playlist.

Rhyme & Reason, Grace Is Gone, and Louisiana Bayou from your list. I'll add Last Stop, Captain, and JTR

They played this at D&T in 23 with Molly Tuttle, it was so freaking amazing that it absolutely ruined any other version for me.

 

[Hawks64]

And now I'm down a rabbit hole of listening to the D&T shows from 23 and 24. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, Tim doing In Your Eyes, Some Devil, Up on Cripple Creek, Dodo. I can't wait till Jan

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I really stopped listening to DMB after college (94-98) partly because it was severely overplayed at my school by just about everyone not necessarily because it was bad. It's hard to explain but when I listen to Dave I time port back to my freshman and sophomore year and it's weird. Think the last album I purchased was either the Red Rocks with Tim Reynolds or Before These Crowded Streets. Heard a few songs here and there that caught my ear after that but are there any other albums that hold up to the first three? Crash is still the the gold standard and peak Dave for me.

I hated DMB when I was in college (1994-1998) because I was more into hip-hop/rap/r&b and DMB was everywhere. I just wasn't into rock & roll, alternative rock, etc (however it is categorized). I don't know that I even listened to one of their songs before I denounced them as crappy.

But, then, I met a girl in '97 (now, my wife) and she loved them. So, after we graduated and started hanging out more, I took a deep dive into their catalog because I wanted to impress her.

When I heard the 9:26 live version of Say Goodbye from the 7/20/2000 Comerica Park show, that's what really drew me in. The emotion that he sings that song with, he really just wants to nail this female friend of his, but he can't because she's with someone else or from a different world, yada yada yada, blah blah blah. Then, I wasn't obsessed with them, but I was turning into the "frat bro" that I hated in college, loving everything DMB. So much so, that my wife was becoming annoyed with me at how much I was into them. For the next 20 years or so, I would constantly work in Dave/DMB knowledge, i.e. "you know that song's not about Jane, but his other sister", "Stefan played a huge role in writing that because of his son", "can you believe they emptied out the $hi##er on the Kinzie St. Bridge over the Chicago River?!!?!!!?".

Anyways, great band, especially live. I love how they embraced the fact that people were going to record their live shows and distribute the tapes, and they let them do it.

Obviously, I see Say Goodbye is a huge ommission. I would've had LIOG higher (closer to top of the list), but it woud've been the D&T Radio City Music Hall version. I like that you have both Nancies and Warehouse in the top 10, but I would've paired them back-to-back, citing the Central Park versions. I love a great 20-min Two Step, so that would've probably made my top 10.

Great thread topic.

Still haven't made it to the Gorge... maybe next year.

 

[Major]

I really stopped listening to DMB after college (94-98) partly because it was severely overplayed at my school by just about everyone not necessarily because it was bad. It's hard to explain but when I listen to Dave I time port back to my freshman and sophomore year and it's weird. Think the last album I purchased was either the Red Rocks with Tim Reynolds or Before These Crowded Streets. Heard a few songs here and there that caught my ear after that but are there any other albums that hold up to the first three? Crash is still the the gold standard and peak Dave for me.

I hated DMB when I was in college (1994-1998) because I was more into hip-hop/rap/r&b and DMB was everywhere. I just wasn't into rock & roll, alternative rock, etc (however it is categorized). I don't know that I even listened to one of their songs before I denounced them as crappy.

But, then, I met a girl in '97 (now, my wife) and she loved them. So, after we graduated and started hanging out more, I took a deep dive into their catalog because I wanted to impress her.

When I heard the 9:26 live version of Say Goodbye from the 7/20/2000 Comerica Park show, that's what really drew me in. The emotion that he sings that song with, he really just wants to nail this female friend of his, but he can't because she's with someone else or from a different world, yada yada yada, blah blah blah. Then, I wasn't obsessed with them, but I was turning into the "frat bro" that I hated in college, loving everything DMB. So much so, that my wife was becoming annoyed with me at how much I was into them. For the next 20 years or so, I would constantly work in Dave/DMB knowledge, i.e. "you know that song's not about Jane, but his other sister", "Stefan played a huge role in writing that because of his son", "can you believe they emptied out the $hi##er on the Kinzie St. Bridge over the Chicago River?!!?!!!?".

Anyways, great band, especially live. I love how they embraced the fact that people were going to record their live shows and distribute the tapes, and they let them do it.

Obviously, I see Say Goodbye is a huge ommission. I would've had LIOG higher (closer to top of the list), but it woud've been the D&T Radio City Music Hall version. I like that you have both Nancies and Warehouse in the top 10, but I would've paired them back-to-back, citing the Central Park versions. I love a great 20-min Two Step, so that would've probably made my top 10.

Great thread topic.

Still haven't made it to the Gorge... maybe next year.

That's hilarious. I've also been a big hip hop guy but always liked early DMB. Granted, I was the only one in my dorm hall also rocking Biggie, Wu and Outkast back in 94. Everyone else was Dave, Blues Traveler or some country bs.

Side note: That Heiro logo has to be up there with Wutang, Rolling Stones and a few others for most iconic.

 

[NutterButter]

Anyone else get tickets through the warehouse? First time back as a member in 20 years. Got the two nights I wanted in NJ and Jones Beach NY so that $35 dollar membership fee worked out. Nice not having to go through the ticketmaster gauntlet for those. Those are pairs I got so the SO can come. Gonna look to score some singles as well to some other shows when they go on sale this Friday; easier to get those with TM than a pair. I enjoyed going to the NH venue last year so gonna probably do that again. Thinking maybe Saratoga as well the Sat before that which I could hit up on the way to NH. Camden is the Sat after which is a solid venue, but not sure I want to rush home from NH to see that. Got some logistics to figure out.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Anyone else get tickets through the warehouse? First time back as a member in 20 years. Got the two nights I wanted in NJ and Jones Beach NY so that $35 dollar membership fee worked out. Nice not having to go through the ticketmaster gauntlet for those. Those are pairs I got so the SO can come. Gonna look to score some singles as well to some other shows when they go on sale this Friday; easier to get those with TM than a pair. I enjoyed going to the NH venue last year so gonna probably do that again. Thinking maybe Saratoga as well the Sat before that which I could hit up on the way to NH. Camden is the Sat after which is a solid venue, but not sure I want to rush home from NH to see that. Got some logistics to figure out.

I did see that they are coming to my city for the first time in quite a few years, but my interest in them now is so low. It doesn't even look or feel like the same band that was good in the 90s and into the early 00s.

 

[Hawks64]

Anyone else get tickets through the warehouse? First time back as a member in 20 years. Got the two nights I wanted in NJ and Jones Beach NY so that $35 dollar membership fee worked out. Nice not having to go through the ticketmaster gauntlet for those. Those are pairs I got so the SO can come. Gonna look to score some singles as well to some other shows when they go on sale this Friday; easier to get those with TM than a pair. I enjoyed going to the NH venue last year so gonna probably do that again. Thinking maybe Saratoga as well the Sat before that which I could hit up on the way to NH. Camden is the Sat after which is a solid venue, but not sure I want to rush home from NH to see that. Got some logistics to figure out.

I did see that they are coming to my city for the first time in quite a few years, but my interest in them now is so low. It doesn't even look or feel like the same band that was good in the 90s and into the early 00s.

You should try again, it looks like they are having more fun in the last few years than they have had since the early days.

 

[NutterButter]

Anyone else get tickets through the warehouse? First time back as a member in 20 years. Got the two nights I wanted in NJ and Jones Beach NY so that $35 dollar membership fee worked out. Nice not having to go through the ticketmaster gauntlet for those. Those are pairs I got so the SO can come. Gonna look to score some singles as well to some other shows when they go on sale this Friday; easier to get those with TM than a pair. I enjoyed going to the NH venue last year so gonna probably do that again. Thinking maybe Saratoga as well the Sat before that which I could hit up on the way to NH. Camden is the Sat after which is a solid venue, but not sure I want to rush home from NH to see that. Got some logistics to figure out.

I did see that they are coming to my city for the first time in quite a few years, but my interest in them now is so low. It doesn't even look or feel like the same band that was good in the 90s and into the early 00s.

Where's that? I was feeling that way for a bit, but I'm back on the train. Not sure what happened for me, but went to a handful of shows last year and it lit a spark. Spent more time listening to their newer stuff and there's quite a few that I enjoyed. Certainly not as much as the earlier albums and naturally it will never be the same as it is for almost every band, but their live shows are still dynamite and I want to get a bunch in while we still can.

 

[Hawks64]

Anyone else get tickets through the warehouse? First time back as a member in 20 years. Got the two nights I wanted in NJ and Jones Beach NY so that $35 dollar membership fee worked out. Nice not having to go through the ticketmaster gauntlet for those. Those are pairs I got so the SO can come. Gonna look to score some singles as well to some other shows when they go on sale this Friday; easier to get those with TM than a pair. I enjoyed going to the NH venue last year so gonna probably do that again. Thinking maybe Saratoga as well the Sat before that which I could hit up on the way to NH. Camden is the Sat after which is a solid venue, but not sure I want to rush home from NH to see that. Got some logistics to figure out.

Yep, I can only go to the Gorge this year because of other travel, but got what I wanted including pit again.