you can listen to the whole thing on vh1.com. i came away unimpressed. some decent songs, but nothing that just got me grooving right off the bat, you can definitely hear their new producers influence, that's for sure.
The wonderful thing is that everyone said the same thing when Before These Crowded Streets came out. Now it's widely considered their best. To me, despite being the huge DMB fan I've always been, every single one of their releases (with the exception of Busted Stuff since I had heard versions of most of the songs) have had to grow on me. I have no doubt that when it's all said and done, I'll love Stand Up. I'm just being extremely patient and waiting for Tuesday. I want the first listen to be on a good stereo instead of via the internet.
The first single on this album is the first DMB song I've heard that I didn't like right away. I had no idea people didn't like BTCS at first. Anyways, I'll listen to it. My computer speakers are pretty good and I listen to my cds on headphones anyways.
I tried to learn and couldn't. My understanding though is that you are downloading is a file, like an mp3, but in text form, so it's smaller. Then you need some kind of file reader/converter to turn that text file into an mp3, a movie, an image, etc.
Just got it another way...As a fan since 92...its definately interesting...But its more Everyday than Before these crowded streets...
Using the Usenet News Groups: You will need a newsgroup reader that can handle multiple entries as one. I use Agent. There is a free version of Agent, Free Agent, which comes uncrippled for 30 days. For your first 30 days, you can d/l music no problems. After 30 days, you either have to purchase or "find" a registration key. There are a handful of newsgroups that carry only MP3s. You can find them by searching for newgroups with MP3 in their names, duuuuuuh. Most of the MP3s you will find on the Usenet are 192 bps or above, as compared to P2P where 128 bps is the norm. These fatter MP3s get you closer to the original WAVs in quality. Here are some newsgroups I check out: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.pop alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.prog alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.punk alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.rock
BTW I have cut something like 25 CDRs full of MP3s from the Usenet, with about 8 albums per CDR. You do the math. What is really great about the Usenet is that you can get the entire album at one time, instead of getting it piecemeal over P2P. All of the MP3s from one album will also be at the same bitrate, which is kind to your ears. But the best thing about the Usenet is that you can easily check out random groups and albums within each genre.
I suspect that uploading to the Usenet is illegal, though it has not been prosecuted by the RIAA yet. I suspect that d/l-ing off of the Usenet is also illegal, but RIAA has not even gone after d/l-ers on the P2Ps just the uploaders.
I wish I had tickets to their concert this summer. So far I like this album (listening to track 2) better than the last one.
No, but why should that stop someone. I mean, don't you realize that all music should be free? /Sarcasm
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,1058194_4_0_,00.html The latest record by Dave Matthews Band is called Stand Up, just like the second Jethro Tull album, leading some — okay, maybe just me — to wonder if that peremptory title is some sort of nod to a group that can be seen as the DMB's spiritual forebears. Think I'm joking? Consider: Both Tull and Matthews are frontmen unafraid to aggressively flaunt their fey sensibilities. Both bands prominently feature instruments (flute, violin) not commonly associated with rock, which they use to propel some exceptionally freewheeling musical flights. And both make people like music that was patently idiosyncratic and defiantly different. That said, it must be noted that the phrase ''stand up'' probably has more prosaic — or is that priapic? — implications for Matthews. ''I woke up to the angels a-singing in my head/You looked so good here next to me, the angel in my bed,'' he sings on the rousing ''Stand Up (For It),'' encapsulating his spiritual/sensual worldview in one neat couplet. One of Matthews' gifts is that he can come on like an unrepentant lech one minute — as on the languidly lusty ''Dreamgirl'' — then turn around and espouse a spiritual humanism that's wholly convincing. Such dualities remain intact, even under the guiding aegis of producer Mark Batson, who has twiddled knobs for Beyoncé and Seal, not to mention Eminem and — ulp — 50 Cent. Hiring such an urban-associated dude to tinker with the DMB's trip might seem a dubious move, but don't worry. Stand Up is no ill-advised attempt to go gangsta (although that would be something to hear). Batson has presided over the proceedings with judicious restraint, doing what the wisest producers have always done — that is, stir a band's creative juices, inspire great songwriting, singing, and playing, then get the results down while everything's fresh. Grander-sounding and more ambitious than Some Devil, Matthews' reflective 2003 solo effort, Stand Up is brimming with potential singles. The disc hopscotches among a dizzying array of sounds and approaches, ranging from the Otis Redding-in-a-mellow-mood vibe of ''Smooth Rider'' and the jambalaya-flavored funk of ''Louisiana Bayou'' to the hushed, piano-and-drums-driven resignation of ''Out of My Hands'' and the swirling, string-enhanced paranoia of ''Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives).'' Sometimes, of course, the most moving songs are the simplest. ''Steady as We Go'' is a piano-propelled declaration of love that sounds like a lost Carole King ballad. It's sublime. And hey: If the DMB are ever stuck for another record title (or source of inspiration), they might want to consider Tapestry. After all, Jethro Tull devolved into self-parody ages ago, but in our book, even King's lesser albums still stand up. Grade: A- (Posted:05/09/05)
Free webcast tonight of their show in New York City. Starts in little under half an hour. http://music.channel.aol.com/artist/main.adp?artistid=19222
