Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
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Artist: Dave Matthews BandBrand: RCA
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Dreamgirl
- Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)
- Stand Up (For It)
- American Baby Intro
- American Baby
- Smooth Rider
- Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
- Out Of My Hands
- Hello Again
- Louisiana Bayou
- Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
- You Might Die Trying
- Steady As We Go
- Hunger For The Great Light
Music reviews of Stand Up
Music Review: Don't buy this. Probably DMB's worst album.
Rating: 1 Stars
I've been a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band since the beginning. I weathered the turbulence that the Everyday album brought. But their last album before Stand Up, Busted Stuff, brought me hope; however, any hope that album gave me was disseminated by Stand Up.
Stand Up features a new producer for DMB, Mark Batson. Batson draws experience from working in pop and rap. DMB heralded Batson as the second coming. Truth is, Batson gave absolutely no drive to DMB. DMB just got caught up in their studio life (eating fine food, playing games, smoking joints with Batson outside the studio, etc.). No real work was done on this album. The story behind American Baby pretty much describes the entire album. Batson met with each band member individually. When violinist Boyd Tinsley came in, Batson told him to start playing. When Tinsley was testing his violin, he plucked the riff to American Baby. It was totally unintentional on Tinsley's part, but Batson made a song out of it. This is pretty much the whole album in a nutshell: Batson just looped a bunch of boring riffs over and over. To add insult to injury, Dave could NOT write lyrics for this album. There is absolutely no song that is up to snuff with anything Dave has written before. The only song that comes close is "Hello Again;" however, "Hello Again" was written outside the studio and road tested in 2004. Furthermore, Batson neutered this song by not including Carter's drum solo or the outro. Moreover, speaking of Carter, Batson totally insulted Carter on this record. For those not familiar with Carter Beauford, he is one of the best rock drummers ever. Unfortunately, Batson just looped the drums over and over and turned Carter into a drum machine. Which brings me to an important point, don't listen to DMB's lies about this album. In the hype leading up to the album, they said, "this new album will be built around Carter." Hahah, sure DMB. They will also contend that this is their best album in some of their promotional material. However, that's also bullox. In the most recent interviews with the band members, they are trashing Stand Up. While they are not coming out and saying that it sucks, they have said in no uncertain terms that it does not live up to their potential.
Now a song by song review:
The crappiness of this album is epitomized by "Dreamgirl." First off, they couldn't even spell it right on the album. According to Dave on VH1 Storytellers, this song sets a high standard for all the other songs on the album. I'm confident in saying that this is the worst song on the album. Not only is it the cheesiest song title ever, the lyrics are absolutely horrendous: "I would dig a hole all the way to china, unless of course you were there, and then I'd dig my way home."
Next on to the second worst song of the album, "Old Dirt Hill." This is pretty typical Stand Up repetitiveness. Musically, it is just guitar and drums on a continuous loop. Lyrically, it is an abomination to anything DMB has ever produced. Most of the song consists of the horrendous line, "bring that beat back to me" It is repeated ad nausium. Then, he includes this line:"first time I kissed you I lost my legs." I'm not quite sure what this means, but it makes absolutely no sense, like the entire song.
Stand Up (For It) is the next song on the album. By far, it is not the worst song on the album, but it is definitely lacking. The lyrics are poorly written and crass (about sex and drugs). Carter continues to be a drum machine and the band members help him out by clapping and shouting "Stand Up" throughout the song. This is definitely a poorly written and executed song.
Following Stand Up, the listener is bombarded with gun shots from American Baby Intro. Musically, it is just 4 notes played over and over with a violin solo. Dave says, "she says" over and over. There is absolutely no point to this song. It has virtually no lyrics, it relates in no way to American Baby, it is rubbish.
American Baby, this song has already been discussed. It is good by Stand Up standards, but it does not compare to many of DMB's other singles. Again, Carter and Boyd are turned into machines. It is kind of a catchy tune, though.
Next, Smooth Rider. It's a decent song. The lyrics alright, but it, again, is not anything special.
Now, Matthews hits the politics hard with Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives). This song is also decent, but the song is too electric sounding for DMB. It too is kind of catchy.
Out of My Hands is a song written outside of the studio. It is just Dave faintly playing piano and a little bit of the drum machine. This songs makes absolutely NO use the band members. Roi, Boyd, and Butch are absolutely nowhere to be found in this song. Furthermore, it shares lyrics with Everybody Wake Up. This is a testament to how lazy DMB got in the studio.
Hello Again is the best song on the album. Lyrically, it is solid. Musically, it is solid. Batson, however, cut out some good parts of it.
Louisiana Bayou, while a good song live, is probably the most annoying song on the album. It is VERY repetitive and dave says "you" over and over. It will easily make you want to pull your hair out, at a minimum.
Stolen Away features a pretty a cool sax riff. I don't really have anything against this song except that the drum machine is still present.
You Might Die Trying is probably the most DMB sounding song on the album. It features Carter's new electric drum pad (AKA "the clapper") It's pretty annoying and poppy sounding. Not a terrible a song, however.
Steady As We Go. This is where things start to get crappy again. This COULD be a beautiful song, but Dave chose to make it really cheesy with trite things such as, "be the apple of your eye." Furthermore, it too is a waste of the band's talent. They only come in for a minor role at the end.
Hunger For The Great Light. Well, what can I say about this flaming piece of garbage? The great light is supposed to be analogous to an orgasm. So when Dave says "oh great light," that's what he's talking about. But that's about the only thing he says. The rest of the song is literally Dave grunting. I hate the song.
In conclusion, yes I am negative. I've listened to Busted Stuff. I've listend to Before These Crowded Streets. I've listened to Crash. I.E., I know the capability that DMB has. However, they have become complacent. They've still got "it." They haven't lost their talent; they are still an amazing live act. As a matter of fact, their Stand Up promoting tour was one of their better tours. However, they need to stop lounging around their studio and smoking weed with their producer. DMB will contend that they were in a time crunch with this record. It is simply not true. They got lazy and they know it. Hopefully, this album is a wake call for them. However, Batson is still their producer. I think he deserves another chance, but one more of these and DMB is in some serious trouble.
Also, DRM sucks. This CD has DRM. People should be able to enjoy the CD they paid for without having to suffer through programs taking over their computer. Shame on DMB and RCA for using this copy protection.
Description of Stand Up
The DVD side of the DualDisc will feature a 20+ minute film featuring the making of STAND UP with in-depth interviews with DMB at their recording studio in Charlottesville, VA.Don't let the headless CGI dancer on the cover fool you. While Stand Up has a more organic feel than 2001's radio-ready Everyday, it is hardly an invocation for carefree days spent twirling on the grass. Instead it is a call to arms that carries over much of the insurrectionary spirit the Dave Matthews Band brought to 2004's Vote For Change Tour. Matthews, sounding rawer than ever, swerves between optimism ("To change the world you only start with one step," he sings on "You Might Die Trying") and angst ("See the man with the bomb in his hand/ Everybody wake up," goes "Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives]"), while producer Mark Baston, best known for his small-time work with big-name pop acts like Beyonce and 50 Cent, responds by putting the marching band rhythms of Carter Beauford in the front and galvanizing the music with a crisp R&B edge, most evident in the totally - okay, partially - crunk "Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd." --Aidin Vaziri
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