Leslie and Amycat
 

Did you guys see the TRL special tonight? Dave looked soooo good(but then again he always does) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

How did you guys get into Dave Matthews in the first place?

Hi!

I haven't seen it yet. I'm in L.A., so its not on for another hour and a half here! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

How I got into them is kinda cool actually...

I moved to San Diego after college and moved in with a friend of a friend's girlfriend (who is to this day one of my best friends, but that's another story) and this was in the early 90's... she had just graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and kept talking about this AMAZING local band she always saw a Trax on Tuesday's for $1 at at frat parties...

Then several years later I moved back to L.A. and my brother comes over and hands me a CD -- "Under the Table..." and says "You NEED to own this."

So I was digging it, for sure, but not quite rabid.

So "Crash" comes out, and again, my brother comes and gives it to me. Clearly trying to suck me into his deep hole of groupie-ness.

Well it worked. I was hooked. And hooked even more once I saw them live. And then, and only then, did my friend from UVA tell me that DMB was that local band she was so into in college.

Now my brother and I have deep, philosophical all Dave all the time discussions. Drives our friends and family NUTS.

Check out my napster collection of EARLY DMB from like 91-93. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Napster id is amylamare. I'll be online from about 930am to 7pm California time. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

How bout you prospectiverushee? How'd you get into DMB?

Amy

*as i listen to the new cd*
I hate my dang country. We don't get TRL here, as I told Amy in a complaint session I was having with her. I don't wanna hear he looked good!!! =( It's funny cause the kid pic they put in rolling stone of him looks a lot like my boyfriend did when he was that age. Maybe he'll grow up to look like him? hehe. jk

As for how I first heard of the band.
Similar influence as Amy. My brother was into them. They played a local club here and he went and gave me the disc to listen to that night. I was hooked from the first note. There are not even words to describe how much I wanted to be at that concert. I got them live the next time they came through and it was almost a religious experience. I have gone to many many concerts and never have I seen a better live band. I was blown away.
As of right now, there is no Toronto date set. I may have to drive to Buffalo which is two hours away on a work night just so i can see them. It kinda sucks cause he's doing a stadium tour. I want to see him in a small club=(. Loving a popular band sure sucks sometimes http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif
I'll take whatever i can get tho. It's great to commiserate with fellow Daveheads http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Leslie

Hey Leslie,

Don't despair yet. They are announcing Series 2 of the tour between March 2 and 10 on the website--- I think I heard a rumor Toronto was going to be added...

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Amy

REALLY???!!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
Where do you get the info? I feel like I'm living under a rock. My brother knew all the scoop about the first album that was cut for this cd being thrown out and completely redone. i just learned about it in Rolling Stone yesterday. Where do I look (other than the website which isn't chock full of info) to get inside scoop???
Anyhow, Amy, you've made my day telling me the rumour about the potential Toronto show http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif . I'll be there with bells on if he comes.

Anyhow, I suppose I should pretend to work. Hopefully prospectiverushee comes back so we can have a full out dave matthews thread going. Just can't get enough=)

Leslie


[This message has been edited by gphi2k (edited February 28, 2001).]

Here I am guys! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I love hearing how other people got in to Dave. Since I started this thread, I guess it's only fair for me to share my story. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

It was back in '96 when Crash in to Me was all the rage. They'd play the song on the radio about 1 million times a day and everytime I thought it was U2. The radio announcer even said The Dave Matthews Band, but I never paid any attention. Anyway this guy at the place where I was working at the time keep telling me about this awesome band that I just had to hear. Of course it was Dave that he wanted me to listen to. So I said why not and got the Crash album. At first I thought the music was kind of strange. Then I heard track 8 (Let You Down) and I was hook. I love that song the moment I heard it.

I was a slient Dave fan from then on. Then when I came to LSU in 98 and met a friend who loves the Pet Shop Boys as much as I love Dave, then my obsession with Dave grew. Now I'm a full fledged groupie http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I haven't gotten to see them live yet. I was suppose to go last summer,but couldn't. I do here seeing Dave live in concert is a religious experience. You know it's funny, I use to laigh when I saw girls falling out and crying at Backstreet Concert. But I know that once I get to see Dave in concert, I will be acting the same way.

Leslie,

The songs that they played on the summer tour(Grey Street,JTR,Raven ect) were suppose to be the new album,but then the producer thing happened and that's how we ended up with Everyday(a kick ass song BTW) I got a bootleg copy of the "old new songs" and Grey Street is my fave. Nancies.org is the offical website for DMB fans that you might want to check out. I post more sites later that might be of interest to you.

Later guys http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Okay, so um, yah...HOW DO I GET MY HANDS ON THAT BOOTLEG??? Once i found out there were 12 recorded but unreleased songs, I've been dying to get ahold of them. The songs are apparantly all really dark. But you know, a Dave song is a Dave song.

Leslie

Leslie,

I have those too. On Napster. My files. "Unreleased Lillywhite Recordings."

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Amy

Here are some links that will keep you informed about Dave and the band.
www.dmbml.com (these people are even nice enough to have lyrics all typed out for the new album
www.typicalsituation.com ( they have a lot of old songs you can dowload and listen to) for some reason this link is not working like it should, so you may have to type it in. But the site is awesome


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sorry about that(stupid dorm fire alarm went off)
ok back to the links
www.dmbcrash.com
www.typicalsituations.com

Hope this helps

also,
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/6457/

which isn't as informative as the others, but has some fun trivia games.

Also for Dave Wallpaper go to: http://members.tripod.com/~dmbgrounds/main.htm

Thanks for all the links guys. That should keep me nice and busy at work http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif .

I can't stop listening to the cd. But it's bad because when I get a new cd and listen to it too much I get sick of it. But i'm addicted! help me!!!

Leslie

hey guys,

Check out the review that's in my school's news paper today
http://reveille.stumedia.lsu.edu

I had a test today,but I had to read the article before I took it. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

So here's my question...
Is there anywhere would I could get news clippings of some sort from back when the original album that was supposed to be relased was trashed? My brother somehow knew about it. He said it's an old story. But I hadn't heard about it. So i'm curious to see what was said about it at the time.

Leslie

leslie,

try the nancies.org archives. that's probably the best bet. also there's a fairly extensive write up about the unrealeased album in the rolling stone that's out right now w/ dave on the cover.

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Amy

Did you guys know that DMB is the VH1 artist of the month and they will be doing a few specials and a storytellers on the band this month?

I did not know that!!!!thanks for telling us!!!

Bringing this back to the top. LSUTigerGirl,
tell us how you got interested in Dave. I just love meeting other Dave fans

Ok you guys, lets see how much we know about Dave. Let's play DMB trivia http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif The first person who answers first gets to post the next question. No fair answering your own question unless the other people can't answer it.

Here's an easy one:

How did the number songs(#34,36,&41) get their name?

Good luck

OK...Here I am. Let's see. This is really embarrassing to admit but I got interested in Dave because I was in love with a guy that was a big fan of his. YES...I am very ashamed to admit that. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif

Anyways...I started liking that guy and found out that he was really into Dave so I decided to check Dave out myself so we would have something to talk about. Well just so happens that I started liking Dave more than I liked the guy. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif So anyways...I got rid of the guy and became a huge fan of Dave. I think he's absolutely adorable and I love his music.

I don't know if anybody else has asked this question so I'll ask it myself. What's your favorite DMB song? I have so many that it's hard to pick just one. If I had to pick it would be Crash. That's the first DMB song I ever heard. I also like Satellite, Ants Marching...you know all of his standards.

Allison

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OK-- on what Leslie and LSUTiger girl said in the other forum--

I GET TO MARRY DAVE sheerly by virtue of my age. Y'all are too young for him. LOL. BUT, if you help me get rid of Ashley, I'll share him with you. ha ha ha ha

Fav Dave song? ACK. Can't pick just one--maybe Two Step--the live at Red Rocks version. Maybe the Dreaming Tree. Maybe Warehouse. Maybe I'll Back you Up...

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gifI burned a CD with my 20 favs called Dancing Tripping Ants Crash into You. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

No, Dave is my husband!!! I called it first long time ago http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

My favorite song is Let You Down because that is the song that got my hooked on Dave.

But I also like Pay For What You Get,Ants,Dancing Nancies,Two Step,Best of What's Around and tons more

That story is hilarious!

As for Fave Dave songs....Ants marching is up there of course (everyday when i go to work, i look at the hoards of people going down to they subway and i sing that song in my head). Crush will always be a fave. That song just does something to me everytime I hear it.

I love Say Good-bye because, as Amycat and I have talked about, everyone has a 'say good-bye' person in their life, if you know what i mean http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif .

I love Dancing Nancies. Hard not to. And Two Step is the most amazing song to hear live.

Finally, I have to include songs from the new album. The Space Between is my favorite song on the disk, by far, but the lyrics of Sleep to Dream Her almost make me cry http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif.

I could go on and on cause I love all of his stuff. But those are my main faves.
How bout you guys?

Ok--Amycat I might be a little young for him but you said that if I help you get rid of Ashley I get to share right??? I'm thinking we can put a hit out on her or something. I'm just joking of course!!!

gphi2k--I'm really glad you liked my story. I feel so pitiful for that being my one and only reason for being a Dave fan. But then again...we all had to find him some way.

I totally forgot about Two Step when I was posting earlier. I love that song too. But then again...Dave Matthews could sing the ABCs and I would love it!!!! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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LOL
we all responded within 10 minutes of eachother! Think we got some hardcores here!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif .

Those songs, (the numbered ones) got their names cause that was the number in order of the song MY FUTURE HUSBAND wrote (i.e. the 36th song he wrote, and so on). I didn't know how to word that properly but hopefully you know what i mean!)

So i'll ask the next question, (i know Amy will know this but...) What is the name of the Club in Virginia that DMB played once a week and where his original following was centred.
b) what's the name of the bar he bartened at and first came out from behind the bar, guitar and amazing voice in tow?

Leslie

[This message has been edited by gphi2k (edited March 19, 2001).]

gphi2k--

I think you're right. We're either all crazy about Dave or we're just straight up Greekchat junkies. LOL.

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hee hee I thinks its both, LSU. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I'll second that! LOL
Why am i not suprised Amy knew those answers. It was an easy question, I realize. Especially for obsessive folks like ourselves http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif . Can you IMAGINE what people who are just reading our thread are thinking????? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Yeah, that we have no lives. ha ha

Leslie, last night, Robert actaully said--everytime I hear DMB I think of you. ha ha




[This message has been edited by amycat412 (edited March 19, 2001).]

ghi2k--they probably think we're all crazy

I'd like to say this...Hi, My name is Allison and I'm addicted to Greekchat.

I really think we ought to start a support group for people like myself. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Don't you mean, hi my name is Allison/Amy/Leslie/Prospectiverushee and I am addicted to greek chat AND dave matthews?

ha ha
A

EXACTLY!
where is that other girl. Hillary I think her name was. She posted in Allison's thread saying she wants to join us in our dave lovefest. It would be nice if she did cause then we wouldn't be the only people here!!!

For everyone who is reading this thread that is not a huge dmb fan, you just can't understand our insanity! you can't!!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif (lol)

Leslie

I see the party got started without me http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
It it wasn't for stupid classes, I could have played to http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Anyway, Amy you get to ask the next question. If you're stuck, I have tons of questions http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Sorry. This is just funny. This thread is longer than half the threads out there and it's just us posting. Wait until that new DMB girl joins us. gonna be NUTS. It's bad enough we love dmb. But we're chat-aholics to boot, which makes for a whole whack-o posts.
Amy, we're wait'n for your question......

OK-- question is --
If Dave wanted to make a call, which number would he most likely dial?
HINT: The number is from a song included on the SCREAM 2 Soundtrack.

A) 1-800-help-myself
B) 1-800-help -yourself
c) 976-crush
d) 1-800-you-make-me-feel-high

It's A--- 1-800-Help Myself

Fill in the blanks

Work myself, fingers to the bone
Suck the _______,drain my soul
Pay your____ and your____
Pay your_____
Everybody tells you, _________________
You________________

Yes it is A but thati is only PARTIALLY correct... trick question-- what other choice, coupled with A makes the correct answer...?

BTW--

work ourselves, fingers to the bone
suck the marrow, drain my soul
pay your dues, and your debts
pay your repects, everybody tells you
you pay for what you get

Personally, I love the next lines:

everybody asks me how she's doing
has she really lost her mind?
i said, i couldn't tell you i've lost mine


am I not just such a groupie? sigh. ha ha


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Ok I'm stuck..what the is the right answer

LOL.
the correct answer would be A and B.

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Does this mean I win DAVE? ha ha ha

OK...everybody's here having fun without me. I've really got to wean myself off of Greekchat. I've been sitting here at work reading all of these posts. And wouldn't you know that today would be the day that I would get in trouble for being online. EKKKKKKKKKK!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Well I better go before my boss discovers me again!!! Heaven help me I'm totally addicted!!! LOL.

Later--

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