Least Favorite Song on the Album

[Disco Stu]

the opposite of that other poll...here we go...

[BeQuietAndDrive]

Definitely Old Dirt Hill.

Rarely is one little thing bad enough to ruin a song for me, but that "bring that beat back" is so bad.

Hopefully it's nixed live.

[cptnhansel]

i can honestly say that i like every song on the album

[2stepp41]

ummm thats a tough one i dont like stand up that much i have to listen to it more to say honestly

[Nitro1515]

Smooth Rider hands down

[dmbosw41]

old dirt hill.

[som3d3vil34]

Not too bad of a song, but I'd have to say Old Dirt Hill as well.

[carter41dmb]

old dirt hill

[viking217]

on the first listen, i was least impressed by smooth rider

maybe it will grow on me

[MistreatedLewis]

I would say either American Baby or Steady As We Go are the weakest tracks this album has to offer. Thankfully nothing comes close to approaching the terribleness that are Mother Father, Angel, and Everyday.

[Jessica41]

Stand up

[DaveJackJohn]

Stand up

damn right, i actually think its annoying

[Noles20]

Smooth Rider

[laissezdmb]

You guys have said like 5 different songs. I think that's a bad sign.

[phildo41]

i think old dirt hill or smooth rider

[snowboarduncw]

Old Dirt Hill, without question

[jdmbellen]

american baby.
the only real part of old dirt hill i can't handle is the beginning and stefan and carter singing!

[crushme36]

old dirt hill by far, all the others are great, btw who the hell is that singing "bring that beat back" anyways???? definitely sounds like a white-boy voice, butch or fonzi perhaps?? my guess is butch

[jr_cigar]

Hunger, that song blows.

[jdmbellen]

stefan and carter

[ncdude2k3]

I can honestly say I dig every song on the album. If I had to pick one it'd probably be Smooth Rider.

[OCMarsh]

(Bring That Beat Back) is by far my least favorite


But I love Old Dirt Hill.

[yonono911]

Stand Up, just boring
everything else is great though

[snowboarduncw]

Smooth Rider is getting picked a lot, is it because of the length or the beat, or the simplicity or what? I really like it, and I am not a fan of a lot of the rest of the cd.

[ltlmac41]

Smooth Rider is getting picked a lot, is it because of the length or the beat, or the simplicity or what? I really like it, and I am not a fan of a lot of the rest of the cd.

The whole album blows. At first listen, I liked Everyday A LOT better (sorry to say...)

[rncarter21]

Old Dirt Hill..............Horrible! This song is not DMB!

[laissezdmb]

I HATE stand up. fucking bored. but I like smooth rider a loot.. it's like blue-ish.. i like it yeah..

[jonniedmb]

Definitely Old Dirt Hill.

Rarely is one little thing bad enough to ruin a song for me, but that "bring that beat back" is so bad.

Hopefully it's nixed live.

whammy.. this one has alot of growing on me to do.. its just uber gay or something im not sure.. it just is full of homoerotic inuendo or something.. im just being a dick.. i really dont feel this one yet though.. everything else is the equivalent of a wicked aweome gummer :multi

[smokentrees]

Old Dirt Hill really and truely is a terrible song...at least it is on the CD...maybe it will get better live, but I am hoping that they will realize what a terrible song it is and NEVER play it live

[MistreatedLewis]

whammy.. this one has alot of growing on me to do.. its just uber gay or something im not sure.. it just is full of homoerotic inuendo or something.. im just being a dick.. i really dont feel this one yet though.. everything else is the equivalent of a wicked aweome gummer :multi


I love gay people, and also homosexuals. Are you friends with any? If not, maybe you should try to meet some! They are pretty cool.

[MistreatedLewis]

Old Dirt Hill really and truely is a terrible song...at least it is on the CD...maybe it will get better live, but I am hoping that they will realize what a terrible song it is and NEVER play it live


I hope they play it at the shows I go to.

I think I'll pee during American Baby though.

[stef330]

Old Dirt Hill's beat is decent, but it reminds me of somethin you would hear from Nsync...the high voices that say Bring that beat back are uber gay

[krbarrett77]

Old dirt hill is no good to me.I also thought i'd really be liking stolen away more than i do. Maybe it just hasnt clicked for me yet, but its so boring and repetitive.

[smokentrees]

Maybe it is the high voices that piss me off so much on this song...I think they let Stephan sing on this one

[MikeGaddis]

Honestly I don't think Old Dirt Hill is bad...if you take out the Bring that Beat Back voices, I think it's at least a decent song.

[jonniedmb]

I love gay people, and also homosexuals. Are you friends with any? If not, maybe you should try to meet some! They are pretty cool.

lol of course I am.. that was a joke and I clarified that i was just being a dick.. Gay people are great fun and I think every kid should have at least one

[Drew M]

Definatley Hunger For The Great Light:thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

[goochylittlepig]

i can honestly say that i like every song on the album
im with you, but i have 3 tiers after a couple listens. awesome amazing songs joining the ranks of halloween, minarets, last stop, stone, ddtw; songs that i really like cuz they sound so fresh and different, and songs that seem cool cuz i havent heard them much but ill probably like less when i hear them again and again. this is only my initial reaction

anyways, dreamgirl, old dirt hill, the machine gun parts of the intro, and maybe stolen away are sort of on that bottom part. im too inexperiences with the songs to be decisive

[goochylittlepig]

Definatley Hunger For The Great Light:thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow
damn dude, that's tied for my 2nd favorite with you might die trying, just under bayou. what's people's problems with this song? it sounds like chili peppers meets nirvana meets all along the watchtower, with dmb

[dmb2much40]

stand up.....the new i did it. that and old dirt hill are the only songs i would label 'bad.'

[trpng0bily]

Hunger, that song blows.

I disagree completely. I think this song is a great album-ender. It'll only be good live though if Dave gets really into it and makes it raunchy.

I'm surprised people don't like Smooth Rider at all - I think its pretty cool. Same with Old Dirt Hill. People are ripping on the songs that the band stretches themselves most on. Both those songs are really interesting coming from DMB. I think Old Dirt Hill should have been the first single.

Louisiana Bayou is awesome - its like Bob Dylan in a weird alternate reality.

I want to like You Might Die Trying, but the lyrics just make me cringe.

And what's American Baby even doing on this album - its so out of place. The rest (except for Hello Again, which is also out of place) is so chilled out, which is really fantastic considering the lyrical focus of the album.

Overall, this is much much better than I was expecting. Here's hoping they don't play American Baby on all the TV appearances.

[goochylittlepig]

stand up.....the new i did it. that and old dirt hill are the only songs i would label 'bad.'
i might be almost there with you on stand up if i hadnt heard it live. ignoring dave's vocals cuz the rest of the band wasnt turned up enough live, that song was already awesome. hearing it first made me hear the live parts when i heard the studio version

[illustratedman]

I'd say Stand Up just because it gets so damn repetitive at the end, " stand up... stand up... stand up..." has to be at least 25 times, jesus christ.:monkey

[yanks7533]

i still think stand up the song will be a fun ass song live kind alike too much (yes that version we got sucked) i think it actually has alot of aprts to it and changes up alot to make the stand up's decent. The bridge for some reasons reminds me of old school dmb, an airy sound i dunno we;ll see

as for worst right now, i cant get into old dirt hill and stolen away, too repetitive and nothing special

[BeQuietAndDrive]

This album I don't think is any different from DMB's others, in that some songs people love others simply don't like.

There's songs on all of DMB's albums like this, with complete opposite opinions.

[phildo41]

I'd say Stand Up just because it gets so damn repetitive at the end, " stand up... stand up... stand up..." has to be at least 25 times, jesus christ.:monkey

Ya, at jazzfest, I really got into the music, but to hear STAND UP so many times just got annoying.

[tyler1389]

Ironically, Hunger fucking blows.

[PilotC150]

Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd.

The lyrics are amazing, the music is great, but the actual flow of the vocal melody (or lack there of) makes the song no fun to listen to.

I don't know how anybody could say Smooth Rider (imagine it with a Sugar Will-esque sax/piano jam at the end) or Steady As We Goes, the song with the 2nd most emotion on the album.

[nonewdirections]

who would have thought that a couple of harmonies would scare people from "old dirt hill"

:lol i don't like it much either though.

[tyler1389]

Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd.

The lyrics are amazing, the music is great, but the actual flow of the vocal melody (or lack there of) makes the song no fun to listen to.

I don't know how anybody could say Smooth Rider (imagine it with a Sugar Will-esque sax/piano jam at the end) or Steady As We Goes, the song with the 2nd most emotion on the album.

the guitar on smooth rider is very similar to sugar will. Which reminds me: why not just leave off Hunger for the Great Light, which has NO redeeming qualities: NO melody, No lyrics, just trash, and stick on joy ride, crazy easy, or sugar will. Or we could just have 13 songs and no one would complain or know the difference. I can understand why all the other songs are there. They all have clear emotional and musical points. Steady As We Go has such an emotional meaning to it, and then we tack on this crap with lines like "Here you go you dirty girl... when I go down on you I want to blow your mind." This song doesn't belong on this album. All the other songs were full attempts at music, but Hunger is just laziness. I guess they were trying to appease Stefan.

[chrisandiego]

ODH rocks! Sure that "bring that beat back" singing is a little hokey, but the way the song finishes is strong, and the beat of the song will definitely bump nice in my ride.

[krbarrett77]

the guitar on smooth rider is very similar to sugar will.


wouldnt have ever made that connection, but now that you point it out.


I still like sugar will's riff better, I say its a clear winner for better song. But i know lots of people didnt like it.

[BeQuietAndDrive]

wouldnt have ever made that connection, but now that you point it out.


I still like sugar will's riff better, I say its a clear winner for better song. But i know lots of people didnt like it.

I actually think Sugar Will would have been a song that would greatly benefit from Batson's condensation. I thought it was way too long and stagnant but had serious potential.

[fujihanashi]

any song that says: "written by Dave Matthews and Mark Batson"

[PilotC150]

I still like sugar will's riff better, I say its a clear winner for better song.
I agree completely. I think the lyrics are better, too. Although the more I actually LISTEN to smooth rider the cooler the lyrics sound.

At least we have Live Trax 2. :thumbsup

[MistreatedLewis]

I don't know how anybody could say Smooth Rider (imagine it with a Sugar Will-esque sax/piano jam at the end) or Steady As We Goes, the song with the 2nd most emotion on the album.


I'm not quite sure why I don't like Steady yet. I love this album that song just turned out to be a great disappointment for me after the first few listens.

That's ok, the first time I listened to UTTAD I didn't like Nancies....

[smokentrees]

Smooth Rider fucking rocks, it's so chill....I would LOVE to see that song get about 10 minutes longer during live performances

[JonnyJoyRidin]

This album is Great!!! MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYDAY! And BAtson is alot more talented than that Spider Monkey looking mother fucker Glenn Ballard who put together some of the worst DMB songs ever made (I DID IT)!!:24

[krbarrett77]

I agree completely. I think the lyrics are better, too. Although the more I actually LISTEN to smooth rider the cooler the lyrics sound.

At least we have Live Trax 2. :thumbsup


yeah thats true, when i first heard the smooth rider clip i thought it was so cheesy. I had no doubt it would be the worst on the album. The more i hear it, the cooler/smoother/badass it sounds. But i dont think it could ever get where sugar will was with me.

[ryguy178]

Wow, ODH is the overwhelming response. Would you all change your answer if the "bring that beat back" voices were different or non existent? Because really, other than that, I can't put ODH as the worst.

Also, I'm kind of suprised that Smooth Rider is being picked. I'm upset that this song isn't LONGER. Its such a great groove..

I think i'd pick Stolen Away as my least favorite. I find it very boring. It doesn't go anywhere or do anything. And its the same verse over and over again.

[tripping billie]

not a fan of smooth rider but its a good album i just doint like that song

[2StepMarching]

Man Old Dirt Hill is getting a BAD rap. I LOVE it. Sure its different but its a good song, funky as hell.

I agree with about Smooth Rider. Doesnt do it for me either. May be its too short.

[DrH08]

They're all pretty good, the only one that doesn't sit right with me, is Everybody Wake Up.......The phrasing of the verses and the pacing throws me a bit. But the chorus on the song is really good. I'm surprised how people love Dream Girl after so many people didn't like the clip of it.

[mhtom]

Everybody Wake Up.

I didn't like Old Dirt Hill that much either when I first heard it, but I can tell it's a song that will take time to grow on me.

[jaromc]

Also, I'm kind of suprised that Smooth Rider is being picked. I'm upset that this song isn't LONGER. Its such a great groove..

I think i'd pick Stolen Away as my least favorite. I find it very boring. It doesn't go anywhere or do anything. And its the same verse over and over again.

I couldn't agree more. I don't think smooth rider is anything spectacular, but it has such a cool groove and a real badass mood to it. I don't know, but i'm not sure i want to see it live, but for the studio, I think its a great little song.

But my least favorite song has to be Stolen Away. Besides the cool sax intro, it just seems extremely boring. Nothing happens what so ever. This is the song that GGT should of replaced if they wanted a extremely repetetive song on the album.

And as for Hunger, it's probably the most rediculous song they've ever written, but I can't help but smile everytime i listen to it. Maybe after a bunch of listens i'll get tired of it, but i'm loving it right now.

[DEEDISDONE81]

I really Thought the entire album is amazing, if i had a weak song on the album to choose I would say Old Dirt Hill, Only because of the "Bring That Beat Back" part which is too overbearing. Other than that I love this album, Good Job DMB!!!

[seekup755]

Dreamgirl...that diggin to china lyric ruins that song for me

[luke7]

Never thought I would say this but all.

[morg0052]

Stand up is my least favorite, quite knocking smooth rider of love that song, it has some great bluezy and jazzyness to it, I think it is going to be amazing live

[SevenMinarets]

Old Dirt Hill....bring that beat back?

beat the shit out of that beat and throw it in the trash.

[sharibean]

i think ODH is sweet - i could do without the "bring that beat back" though. it just seems like a nice, fun song and the melody kind of reminds me of something paul simon-ish. anyway, i really don't like smooth rider. i think it's a waste of 2:30 minutes of the album.

shari

[TwoDaveStep]

Dreamgirl...that diggin to china lyric ruins that song for me

Thats almost blasphemic!

[Jordan#41]

I like everything except Hunger for the great light... Sounds like a Marilyn Manson song to me...

[Jordan#41]

Dreamgirl...that diggin to china lyric ruins that song for me


I love this song but i agree with what your saying....

[MistreatedLewis]

I like everything except Hunger for the great light... Sounds like a Marilyn Manson song to me...


Marilyn Manson?

[Jordan#41]

^ just the way dave is singing... i dont think it fits well on this album....

[thecrackedjack]

Dreamgirl is terrible in my mind. Smooth Rider is awsome though. I don't like Stand Up either.

[stef330]

Old dirt hill sounds like a backstreet boy song...but i think its growing on me

[CrashInto41]

smooth rider so far

[seekup755]

Thats almost blasphemic!

it sounds like a ton of people love dream girl and that's cool. i just can't believe the first lyric anyone will hear when they listen to the album.....

'I would dig a hole all the way to china
Unless of course i was there
and I'd dig my way home'

ugh

[MistreatedLewis]

it sounds like a ton of people love dream girl and that's cool. i just can't believe the first lyric anyone will hear when they listen to the album.....

'I would dig a hole all the way to china
Unless of course i was there
and I'd dig my way home'

ugh

Yes but it's the lyric immediately after that that is unexpected and makes it interesting, don't you think? I expected him to say something about his love for her-- not about stealing the wind from the greedy people of Long Island, oops, I mean the world!

[golf87]

Old Dirt Hill is not good, neither is Everybody Wake Up. I think the CD would've been much better w/ sugar will or joyride in those spots. I'm a little surprised that sugar will and joyride, with all of the transformations those songs made during last summer didn't make it. But then again you can never figure out what's going through this band's mind.

[iPond317]

I liked Old Dirt Hill until I heard the boybandish 'bring that beat back to me again' crap in the song... ugh!

[emp88]

I liked Old Dirt Hill until I heard the boybandish 'bring that beat back to me again' crap in the song... ugh!

Haha that part is so nauseating.

If old dirt hill was done solo and acousitc Id prolly like it but the way it is on this album I think its so bad.

and you might die trying is pretty bad too.

[manninta]

How does everyone hate ODR??? Smooth Rider is the worst song of a this great album.

ODR is one of my favorites.

Some people just have different tastes

[GLR87]

I realllly hate old dirt hill, I just hate this it sounds like a mashup of a dmb song with some crappy r&b guy.

[GLR87]

Old Dirt Hill is not good, neither is Everybody Wake Up. I think the CD would've been much better w/ sugar will or joyride in those spots. I'm a little surprised that sugar will and joyride, with all of the transformations those songs made during last summer didn't make it. But then again you can never figure out what's going through this band's mind.

Id never thought I'd say this because I used to hate Sugar Will so much, but that song is alot better then some of the songs on here.

[MistreatedLewis]

Id never thought I'd say this because I used to hate Sugar Will so much, but that song is alot better then some of the songs on here.


:thumbsdow

Other than the really cool guitar riff, not really...

Maybe better than American Baby, but that's about it.

[Steelers36]

It would've been a much better album without Smoothrider and replace it with Sugar will.

[dmbfan524]

old dirt hill or out of my hands

[dmbosw41]

im gonna have to say OLD DIRT HILL AGAIN

[DownwithDlaw]

You Old Dirt Hill bashers are just crazy. I read this topic before listening to the CD and it is much more tolerable than Stand Up anyday of the week. The whole "Bring the beat back" thing was totally exaggerated. Would it be better without it? Yeah, but it doesn't really hurt the song that much. From how you guys made it out I thought they were going to be wailing it with a gay pride parade the whole time, but they aren't, and its mainly just in the background and not even that distracting.
Now Stand Up on the other hand... god I've never heard such a repetitive song with no real character from them. Dave should consider spending more than a couple minutes in the studio making lyrics for a some chords made by the rest of the band. I was cringed when I saw him doing that on the new studio album website, and it looks like my fear was rational.
Matthew

[iPond317]

You Old Dirt Hill bashers are just crazy. I read this topic before listening to the CD and it is much more tolerable than Stand Up anyday of the week. The whole "Bring the beat back" thing was totally exaggerated. Would it be better without it? Yeah, but it doesn't really hurt the song that much. From how you guys made it out I thought they were going to be wailing it with a gay pride parade the whole time, but they aren't, and its mainly just in the background and not even that distracting.
Now Stand Up on the other hand... god I've never heard such a repetitive song with no real character from them. Dave should consider spending more than a couple minutes in the studio making lyrics for a some chords made by the rest of the band. I was cringed when I saw him doing that on the new studio album website, and it looks like my fear was rational.
Matthew

What? I'm sorry, were you saying something? Look, I don't speak Spanish.




:lol

[clayj41]

I'll also go with Old Dirt Hill. It's a shame too. It was one of my favorite clips.

[usctiger]

Stand Up almost made me break my computer. :BANG I suppose it gets my vote.

[iPond317]

A lot of people seem to think Stand Up is the new I Did It, whereas I think it's the new Stay... which is better than I Did I, IMO.

[QUAF69]

The whole album....the band really put out some real garbage on this album....sorry to say

[blaine]

American Baby makes me laugh b/c it's just so bad.

[DMBAdict04]

Can we get a poll for this thread? I think it would be cool to see the results in bar graph form. Peace -Wes-

[ColonialSnoopy]

You Might Die Trying is way worse than Old Dirt Hill which, by the way, is not a half bad song.

[MistreatedLewis]

Can we get a poll for this thread? I think it would be cool to see the results in bar graph form. Peace -Wes-


Done.

[Disco Stu]

if those back round voices in Old Dirt Hill weren't there it would be a lot better then it is now...but i don't really detest any song so strongly...stand up is kinda lame.

[EVAN5302]

Old Dirt Hill.