It's a well known fact that Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is my favorite band in the world. As of this post, I've seen them seven times live. DMB has a huge sound that no other band currently or in the past can match. The fuse of lyrics and music is amazing. The two dance together beautifully and yet sometimes battle against each other to dominate the song creating a paradox of music.
This list is not exactly in order of greatness, yet it is a list of songs that best describe the great corners of the DMB diversity of sound.
This song showcases the drum powerhouse of Carter Beauford and the fiddle playing of Boyd Tinsley
The most classic DMB song played. Showcases every instrument of the band, and the live version of this song is the best example of what the band is about.
It's a love song, yes, but it's so much more. This song displays Dave's inner thinking about relationships and also teeters on creeper status.
I consider this DMB's most complex song. Written during a dark period of the band, this song dances around the ideas of God, death and self identifying. Probably my favorite DMB.
- The Stone
This song is about death. No denying that. But the way he writes about it, it really makes you feel like he knows exactly what happens and what you go through when death comes.
I just think this is a fun song. It's not the best out there musically, not the best lyrically, but damn, this song is fun live. The breakdown in the middle of the song is one of my favorite parts of any song they play.
This song is just 42 seconds long, yet is perfect. I can't explain it better. It's the first song on their third major album, Before These Crowded Streets, and it prepares the listener for the rest of the songs to come.
This is a song about the birth of Jesus Christ, and the death of Jesus. But it is from the viewpoint of Jesus himself, doubting his purpose. Great song for a different viewpoint of Christianities major moment.
More specifically, the live version. The ten minute jam after the main part of the song is near bliss.
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