Truly a MAGNUM OPUS, this is one of those albums that is every bit as challenging and rewarding to LISTEN to as it was for them to record. You put this album on and listen to the last note. Timeless.
damn dave had really hit his stride here....thats a man that is doing EXACTLY what he's supposed to be doing in life....he moves that band with the sheer force of his will!
Best album by far track to track, if I had to hear one live from start to finish before these crowded streets is definitely my selection Alanis is a must
So cool to see stuff like this. I've said this on other videos but I'll say it again: as a 21-year old who's only gotten to know and fall in love with DMB in the last few years, it's incredible to be able to who they were in the '90s. I'm so lucky.
It's a shame there are no shows on TV like ultrasound anymore. Back in the 90s these kinds of shows were some of my favorite to watch. no one nowadays cares anything about the people they listen to. the songs are so fake and manufactured that there's basically no human beings behind them
there are docs all over youtube about the making of certain albums. typically something the band themselves have made. try searching you might be surprised
The general public barely gives a shit anymore. What are they gonna show? The drums being sample replaced and quantized, vox being autotuned? There's so little substance left in immediately available and popular music that there's nothing to show for it. 5 writers recycling lyrics? When Dave here has the AUDACITY to be humble about his incredible penmanship
Just saw my first live DMB show last week and it was AMAZING! Still jammin just as hard as they did nearly 30 yrs ago! Nothin but LOVE for this legendary band😍🙌🍻
This is amazing :) Thanks for posting! I had no idea they didn't already have these songs down before going into the studio. This is my favorite record.
Love this. I could remember taping this on my vcr and watching it over and over. It is one of my favorite albums by them. It still gives me goosebumps listening to these songs and how creative they are.
Man... I happen to be visiting a friend at UVA and I knew when I heard them. It wasn't a stretch to think to myself. "These guys are going to be a major band very soon." Funk, country and jazz, in a rock format mixed together perfectly. Not a weak link in the bunch.
I found his comments on living in the moment to be most interesting. These guys are creators. The creative process is long and arduous-you have to build on top of all the work you’ve already done. It’s nice that this band seems to all get along better than-say- Pink Floyd. 20 years later they haven’t been able to recapture the magic of BTCS, though Busted Stuff was also great.
Thanks for the upload. GREAT Record. I was listening to this in-period but somehow never saw this doco. Unfortunately gone are the days of that signature Crack from Carter's snare drum :-(
I really love this album, but the interludes in between the songs are some of the most interesting forgotten gems of the band's career. I actually thought they were saying "love head" when I first heard it. haha I just still think that adding backup vocals to Stay was a mistake.
This album...🤍 There are very few bands/artists that have released perfect/flawless albums & this is amongst the greatest ever for me. An easy Top 3!! Tool - Lateralus Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Chris Cornell - Euphoria Mourning Soundgarden - Superunknown A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Big Wreck - 7even Radiohead - OK Computer Dire Straits - Alchemy/Live 84' John Mayer - Where The Light Is/Live In L.A. Audioslave - Audioslave The Beatles - Abbey Road Counting Crows - August & Everything After Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie The Doors - The Doors The Police - Synchronicity
Thanks for the upload... I remember my excitement for this album... and this just added to it after seeing this "ultra sound". My favorite album of all time and simply a masterpiece.
We used to be so artsy and creative before 9/11. Now everyone is fame hungry, afraid, overly political, hyper policed, racist and jumpy. The 90s had a calm America will never see again.
“Im more critical of the stuff I write that’s depressing....” -Dave .....there ya go: why the Lillywhite Sessions were what they were, got scrapped/shelved, replaced w Everyday, then revisited and released on Busted Stuff once Where Are You Going? and You Never Know emerged and were added to lighten it up. .......insight and foreshadowing in that phrase right there.
Before these crowded streets is my favorite album of theirs of all time. To wedge the dreaming tree is my favorite song of the album. Something about that song
I don't go anymore, haven't been since 2016. The last one I went to I just didn't like the way they sounded. The sound that I fell in love with was/is gone.
I think it had a lot to do with RCA ditching Steve Lillywhite, and bringing in Glen Ballard. I think they tried to recover with Away From the World, but now it's a completely different band.
this really is fascinating. the band and dave especially felt the pressure to write new songs in the studio and steve was able to whip them into this incredible sound. he wrangled their insanity and he is a production genius. dave was on the edge of manic depression and he succumbed to it the following year during the lillywhite sessions. that album would have been so well made but they must have butt heads with steve and that is so unfortunate. they didnt realize what they had with steve. everyday was okay but it was a reaction and dave and that producer wrote it without the band. when the band got back in the studio after busted stuff they had a producer who was a yes man and just made easy loops for the band to stay positive about. it is what it is. will always cherish these gems before stand up came out. i feel it made the band limit their potential because it was easier to do.
