Only been played a handful of times, and that stands to reason. Time Bomb ( Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King). A bizarre song about oral sex that combines a desire to pull from the flower-power era and then shoehorns in an alt-rock-lite riff.ġ63. Never have I listened to a song for the first time, thought it was pretty solid, only to have the second, third and fourth listens degrade my opinion as rapidly as salt falling into boiling water.ġ64. Only salvaged ever so slightly because the guitar riff is somewhat catchy, if not entirely derivative.ġ65. “I call you up, you pick up.” Enough sung. The phrase “STAND UP!” is said/sung AT LEAST 72 TIMES - there well could be another dozen more mercifully buried in the slapdash mix - during the studio recording of this.ġ66. Mawkishly piano-dominant, way out of character, and the crescendo is the most cringeworthy moment the band has ever committed to a proper album.ġ67. All of the creative instincts and songwriting quirks that can lead DMB to construct such interesting songs and/or subsections of songs completely backfires and folds in on itself in this gibberish-laden disaster.ġ68. This is but one man’s view of DMB’s canon, and above all else, an elongated appreciation for one of the most successful and distinct bands in American history.ġ69. It’s rough sledding initially but things pick up about 30-35 songs in. Posted below the rankings, fun for all the DMB fans who find this: a bracket of the 68 best DMB songs in history, complete with two write-in options. I’m not merely accounting for the way the songs were recorded/produced, but the essence of each song. Random one - or two-offs played by Dave (a la “Falling Off the Roof”) aren’t logged, but any song with at least three live plays was considered, and some were included. Album instrumental segues or not fully fleshed live songs (like “Grux,” “bkdkdkdd,” “Pantala Naga Pampa,” "Kill the Preacher,” the abandoned Batson ‘06/’07 sessions, “Mother’s Night,” “Litho Blitho,” etc.) were not under consideration. Songs that qualified: Any full studio song on a DMB or Dave Matthews album - officially released or in any other capacity. Quarantining, and the abrupt end of all sports across the globe, accelerated the project. I haphazardly ranked out about 85% of the songs below a few years back and never got around to tweaking. And as I bide my time waiting for a follow-up interview with Steve Lillywhite - which we hope to get done in podcast form later in 2020 - what better time than now to tackle something so fun and fanatical? I just recently ranked 101 of the best NCAA Tournament games of the modern era, so this was cake by comparison. Sometimes a pandemic hits and so you spend weeks thinking about and ranking the songs from your favorite band’s catalog.
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