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Look at this big - eyed fish swimming in the sea, oh
How it dreams to be a bird swoop and diving through the breeze
So one day caught a big old wave up on to the beach
Now he's dead you see, beneath the sea is where a fish should be
But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side
You see this crazy man decided not to breathe
He turned red and blue, purple, colorful indeed
No matter how his friends begged and pleaded the man would not concede
And now he's dead, you see, the silly man should know you got to breathe
But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side
Oh God
But under the weight of life
Things seem so much better on the other side
No way
No way
No way out of here
You see the little monkey sitting up in his monkey tree
One day decided to climb down and run off to the city
But look at him now lost and tired living in the street
As good as dead, you see, do what a monkey does - stay up your tree!
But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side
Oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem so much better on the other side
No way
No way
No way
No way out of here
Rain in my dreams
Fall away
| Mandible | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 13:19 MUTE |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 00:32 JoBo wrote: Dave and his band rock !!! and love every creative, eclectic thing that he does   |
| Oscar_the_Grouch (In my trash can) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 12:04 In this thread: various haters of questionable sexual orientation and elitist but uneducated music snobs a.k.a. the ignorati |
| JoBo | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 11:54 Dave and his band rock !!! and love every creative, eclectic thing that he does |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 11:51 kspengel wrote: I don'particularly like this DM song, but damn....there are some music snobs on these boards. Fortunately, you don't need to be a snob to know how bad this track is. |
| bri1963 (Phllffya, PA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 11:50 When Jerry Garcia died, the alcoholic frat boys went to DMB, and the druggies went to Phish. Yawn. |
| sharpshinned | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 07:20 Song is about "A glimpse into the doubting world of a pessimist. The stories all relate how bleak life is, and how death has to be better than existence." (antsmarching.org) |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 07:02 a_genuine_find wrote:  Seeking shelter from the anticipated wave of negative comments...  |
| mirland (Denmark) | Posted: Oct 27, 2008 - 02:42 I hate the sax (and violin) on DVM and it always totally ruined the music for me. Then I heard - and eventually bought - his solo effort "Some Devil". Very very good and consistent album - and no sax... Just simple(r) tunes with more depth. |
| diazo (high in the northern rockies) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:26 a_genuine_find wrote: I think that the point of the song. It's self destructive to deny your nature. Yay. Then I can stop trying to like Dave Matthews. |
| F1 (Pacific NW (gotta get back to Chicago) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:10 Hey, I actually didn't turn the down the volume on that one (although I did kinda ignore it doing work). |
| old_muley (Titletown, USA) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:08 baltimorelovejoy wrote: Oh yeah...let's throw a sax in there...just...because! I once heard that the sax is the Velveeta Cheese of musical instruments....it goes over everything. |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:05 it's all here. |
| baltimorelovejoy (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:03 Just can't get on board with any DMB. Always seemed like music was not the most important thing going on for it. Oh yeah...let's throw a sax in there...just...because! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jun 22, 2008 - 17:01 kspengel wrote: I don'particularly like this DM song, but damn....there are some music snobs on these boards.
Yup, we're all graduates from the |
| mefrombrazil (ponta grossa, brazil) | Posted: May 22, 2008 - 07:18 aragon wrote: Why is DM so damn boring?
i agree. he's boring since the day he was born. |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: May 22, 2008 - 06:31 I haven't made up my mind about the song as a whole, but there are definitely some interesting musical elements at play here. |
| aragon (West Lafayette) | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 18:55 Why is DM so damn boring? |
| kspengel | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 18:55 I don'particularly like this DM song, but damn....there are some music snobs on these boards. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 06:50 westslope wrote: I tend to agree.... And why would fish want to be anything other than fish? |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 19:19  What is this song saying really? If you have dreams, dont do anything, sit where you are, thank you?
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| a_genuine_find (Sol, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Galaxy of Milk and Honey) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 08:05 westslope wrote: I tend to agree.... And why would fish want to be anything other than fish? I think that the point of the song. It's self destructive to deny your nature. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 08:01 liser wrote: This is dreadful.
I tend to agree.... And why would fish want to be anything other than fish? |
| a_genuine_find (Sol, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Galaxy of Milk and Honey) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 07:54
Seeking shelter from the anticipated wave of negative comments... |
| liser (on the green turtle) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 07:52 This is dreadful. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 07:52 Not one of their better efforts. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 07:50 TampaPurple wrote: I preferred the version of this song (and the others on Busted Stuff) that were on the bootleg "Lillywhite" version.
Definitely. |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:41 Apparently, many listeners bring a lot of "baggage" and prejudices from their FM radio listening. I feel really lucky that I never listened to mainstream FM radio. (My favorite station was KBEY in Kansas City, which went mainstream about 1972, and that was that for me.) So like almost everything else I hear on RP this is new to me and I like it! |
| dcdog (washington dc) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:34 please, no dave matthews |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:34 TheWizardOfUhs wrote: I declare on this day the 4th of June 2003 that I will heretofore and forevermore rate any Dave Matthews song I hear as a "1". He's on par with Tiny Tim. I disagree on both counts. First, Tiny Tim is outstanding. That whole debut (only?) album of his is excellent. I actually just listened to it a month ago or so and it was shocking how good it is. Second, I do not hear this song (DM) as 1. Giving it a 2.  |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, and land of the vague) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:33 Look at the little monkey in the tree! Wait, it's Dave Matthews! |
| JesseJ (Madison, WI) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 17:52 youngj wrote: I prefer anything off of Lillywhite than Busted Stuff. Yep.. no competition. The originals are so much more deep, raw, and real feeling. Lillywhite Sessions are like getting a chance to see the non-commercialized Dave for a moment. |
| jesspra (County of Kings, New York) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 17:52  |
| youngj (Canton, GA) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 08:35 TampaPurple wrote: I preferred the version of this song (and the others on Busted Stuff) that were on the bootleg "Lillywhite" version.
I prefer anything off of Lillywhite than Busted Stuff. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:38 BedHead wrote: Dave Matthews Band...about as interesting as a pile of cardboard.
That sums it up for me as well. |
| TampaPurple (East) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:36 I preferred the version of this song (and the others on Busted Stuff) that were on the bootleg "Lillywhite" version. |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:36 rgj13 wrote: Aww, c'mon! Be fair! They're at least as interesting as a pile of corrugated cardboard, no? :p Why, oh why do people worhsip this band so much? yeah, but the drummer's real cute!!! oh. and he plays well too. |
| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:35 What is it with this guy and monkeys? |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:35 eric wrote: Me? :puke: Yeah, I don't like this song at all... I think I've generally grown to dislike DMB... I try to avoid them nowadays. |
| oscar_driver (South Florida) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:34 PLASEEE NOOOOOO, what's next? 
serious now, NO Counting Crows or Dave Matthews ... come on .. this is RP! Oscar |
| trekhead (Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 07:34 Joyfulchristine wrote: I once saw a big-eyed fish. It was in a Rainforest Cafe in Canada. My husband and I wanted to sit by one of their big tanks to watch the little fishies as we ate, and all was going swimmingly until...a fish that had looked normal on one side changed direction and we saw, on its opposite side, an eye three times the size of its other, normal one!
It still holds a place as one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen, which is more telling if you know that I'm an anatomist's daughter. Just thought I'd share... :D  How are your 15 minutes going? |
| rm999 (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 19:39 Heh, you'd be much more convincing if you didn't spell "do" wrong in the first five words ;) But seriously, I mostly agree. Dave Matthews is quite talented and his band is moreso. The reason why I could never get too into him is his voice - really annoying. Regardless, it is very unfair of RPers to give every Dave Matthews song a 5/10 - he is simply better than that. auburntigerrich wrote: Carter Beauford is one of the, if not the, most talented percussionists in the field today. He has released more than one video tutorials on drumming, and he continues to marvel. I worked with a guy who started his own punk-ish band once, who hates DMB to pieces, but he admits that Carter is a genious. Take a second to ignore Dave and just focus in on the drumming... then watch a concert DVD and look at the emotion that Boyd Tinsley pours into his fiddle work. Personally, I don't enjoy Dave Matthews (solo)without the rest of the gang. It's the chemistry that makes the music. So, before you take one look at the artist name and rapid fire Sucko-Barfos at it, due your listener's duty and take a second to give it a second listen. Busted Stuff has some great tunes on it. Kudos to the Goldsmiths for acknowledging that just because DMB is popular amongst the mainstream, they don't put out great tunes. That is all. |
| auburntigerrich (Mesa, AZ) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 10:25 Carter Beauford is one of the, if not the, most talented percussionists in the field today. He has released more than one video tutorials on drumming, and he continues to marvel. I worked with a guy who started his own punk-ish band once, who hates DMB to pieces, but he admits that Carter is a genious. Take a second to ignore Dave and just focus in on the drumming... then watch a concert DVD and look at the emotion that Boyd Tinsley pours into his fiddle work. Personally, I don't enjoy Dave Matthews (solo)without the rest of the gang. It's the chemistry that makes the music. So, before you take one look at the artist name and rapid fire Sucko-Barfos at it, due your listener's duty and take a second to give it a second listen. Busted Stuff has some great tunes on it. Kudos to the Goldsmiths for acknowledging that just because DMB is popular amongst the mainstream, they don't put out great tunes. That is all. |
| gvan (from inside the house!) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 10:20 Oh God! I'm already tired of this song and it isn't even over yet. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 10:20 Coppertop wrote: 'cept for the Hip, this is the greatest Jam band of all time. IMHO
No . . . It's the Greatful Dead, silly!  |
| steeler (Gone) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 10:19 Doesn't work for me. Grating. |
| eric | Posted: Sep 16, 2003 - 22:35 chinacat wrote: With this band, it seems that it's either love em or hate em. Me?
Me? :puke: |
| chinacat (Fair Oaks, CA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2003 - 15:02 With this band, it seems that it's either love em or hate em. Me? |
| Joyfulchristine (CA) | Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 22:58 I once saw a big-eyed fish. It was in a Rainforest Cafe in Canada. My husband and I wanted to sit by one of their big tanks to watch the little fishies as we ate, and all was going swimmingly until...a fish that had looked normal on one side changed direction and we saw, on its opposite side, an eye three times the size of its other, normal one! It still holds a place as one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen, which is more telling if you know that I'm an anatomist's daughter. Just thought I'd share... :D |
| TheWizardOfUhs (Hyannisport, MA) | Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 11:24 A well-deserved 5.6 - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. |