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Fluffy
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 Posted - 08/24/2005 : 7:55:43 PM
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Dave Matthews, the 38-year-old singer and guitarist for the multi-platinum group The Dave Matthews Band, announced Tuesday that he is no longer into himself.
"I used to be a hardcore Dave Matthews fan," said Matthews on the porch of his Virginia home. "I had all my records and posters. I was so blown away by everything I did—especially my live performances. I remember me and my buddies used to drive for hours just to go to one of our shows."
Matthews, who formed the Dave Matthews Band in 1991, is perhaps best known for the hit songs "Crash Into Me" and "The Space Between."
"Me and my band are still okay, but I feel like I've grown out of us," Matthews said. "Back when I was in the college charts, we were about all I listened to, but I guess I'm at the point in my life where my music just doesn't speak to me."
Matthews admitted that most of his current Dave Matthews listening is confined to overhearing a hit single on a jukebox or PA system. However, while doing dishes last weekend, he tried listening to 1998's Before These Crowded Streets, an album he had not heard in over two years. The singer admitted that by the fourth track, he was barely even listening.
"It sounded like this sort of worldbeat background drone," Matthews said. "So I took it off and put on some Stevie Ray Vaughan instead."
"Rock music with a violin? I don't know," Matthews added. "Seemed cool once."
Although Matthews continues to attend every single performance of his band, and even his own solo appearances, he claims it's "more out of obligation" than out of passion for his music.
Matthews said that while he once felt exhilarated whenever his group launched into one of their famous prolonged jam sessions, he can now "barely sit through them." Said Matthews: "Lately, I try to vary my routine so I don't get bored on stage. Usually, if there's a long solo, I'll go get a beer or check out the T-shirts."
Matthews even feels isolated from fans with whom he once felt a strong bond, disparaging them as "lame." He also admits that the older he gets, the more out of place he feels around "kids in their Dave Matthews phase."
"I used to talk for hours about my music or spend a whole night in a DMB chatroom," Matthews said. "But now, the people at the shows seem like such geeks, standing there with their elaborate taping equipment. They're really, really young, too. What do I have in common with them? They're just a bunch of kids who need someone to look up to. Why would I look up to me? I'm so 1997."
Yet for all his disenchantment with the Dave Matthews Band, he'll still "probably check me out at Farm Aid in September." Added Matthews: "If I'm even playing there this year. I don't even know. Dave Matthews—that is to say, me—just isn't where I'm coming from anymore."
http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4134&n=2
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Peace & Keep the Faith
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"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Mechman293
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 8:30:58 PM
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For some reason I found this article funny, since I've had one of those crummy days.
edit: meh restating my sentence. |
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Robin
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 11:47:42 PM
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| O.k. That's kind of funny... in a twisted sort of way. Peace, Robin |
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Erich
Fluffy-Esque
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 08/26/2005 : 01:15:36 AM
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| I'm not surprised at all. I bet anything that that idiot will change his screenname on AntsMarching. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Fluffy
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Posted - 08/26/2005 : 02:14:35 AM
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| LOL, on the 3rd page the guy who started the thread is begging the moderators to please lock the thread. Imagine his embarrassment as everyone points out how naive(the politest word I could think of)he is. And here's your sign! |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Hopeful Rolling Waves
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thomasode
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Posted - 08/26/2005 : 10:34:42 AM
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| Hey do they have the onion in other states? the paper that the article came from is made in Boulder and is mostly, if not all, fake news. It makes my day every time I read it. I am an avid fan of that newspaper... |
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JoeGamo05
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Posted - 08/29/2005 : 11:00:49 AM
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| lol, that is pretty funny... look out for being seriously "into" yourself though |
When the trees start walking, the ground starts moving, your insane, your insane |
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DM not that into himself anymore.
