Comments on: Tuesday Tune: ‘Satellite’ by The Dave Matthews Band

By: grandy

grandy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:10:49 +0000

Lord, this web site is sinking fast.

By: John Anealio

John Anealio — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:45:43 +0000

I dig Andrew Bird and Arcade Fire myself. I'm not that familiar with the other bands you mentioned, I'll have to check them out.

By: Derek C. F. Pegritz

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:52:03 +0000

Uhhh...the Dave Matthews Band? Why haven't they died in a fiery plane crash yet?

I personally love violins--just started teaching myself how to play one, actually--but there are quite a few artists out there whose music includes "non-standard" rock instruments like the violin. To name only a very, very few: Emilie Autumn (a genius violinist herself), Trepanning Trio, Arcade Fire, Mother Mother, Epochate, Apocalyptica, Rasputina, Kings of Convenience, and Andrew Bird.

By: Patrick Hester

Patrick Hester — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:05:52 +0000

John knows - I'm a rabid DMB fan (and I'm not talking about the Drunken Monkey Brewery, although I'm a rabid fan of theirs as well - they don't do music. It's a long story...), but I prefer, of all his albums (do we still call them that in today's age of iTunes and digital downloads?), 'Live at Luther College'. Those 2 dics pushed aside all other live albums to become my absolute favorites.

Satellite is a great song, but my favorite, if forced to choose, would be either Grace is Gone from Busted Stuff or Ants Marching from Under the Table & Dreaming. Both are fantastic. Ants is the first one I ever heard from these guys and so, it's still the one I go to when I decide it's time for a little DMB.

As for Satellite not being scifi enough, I disagree. But I offer these alternatives if you must have some: When the World Ends, The Space Between, Sleep to Dream Her, Rapunzel, The Maker... I think you can find plenty of worthy contenders. :)

@atfmb

By: John Anealio

John Anealio — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:12:36 +0000

Patrick: I agree. Satellite isn't the best live DMB song. There is something magical about the version that appears on "Under the Table and Dreaming" though. I haven't been as into them in recent years, but they do have an impressive catalog of songs at this point.

CRAmus: Tim Reynolds is a phenomenal guitarist. He and Dave make an excellent guitar duo. I spent years playing in NJ coffee shops where I would always do a few Dave Matthews songs. My favorites to perform were Crash and Stay.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:54 +0000

Goodbye, SF Signal.

By: CRAusmus

CRAusmus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:17:33 +0000

I don't like Satellite that much either, although it is hard to find a DMB song I won't listen to over and over again forever; especially any time you find him and Tim Reynolds playing together. As far as your pick goes, why not One Sweet World? I would consider that just as Sci-Fi as Satellite.

As far as picking a favorite, such a hard thing to do, but DMB is a passion my wife and I share; so I should pick one of ours and that would be Ants Marching, Crash (natrually), Lover Lay Down, American Baby, or #41.

On a side note: Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College is by far the best album I own of his. Don't skip it just because you already have everything on it. It is by far the best live album I have ever heard I think mainly just do to the laid back atmosphere of the performance.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:17:32 +0000

Satellite is stretching things. You just wanted to talk about DMB on SF Signal. That being the case, my favorite song is either Tripping Billies, Lie in Our Graves, or You Never Know. Ah, hell, I can't decide.

Satellite is one of my least favorites though. It doesn't have any energy live. Obviously, DMB is my favorite band that features non-trad instruments.