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
Free Music Notes for Stand Up
Free Music Review: It's In There
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a long time DMB fan, discovering DMB before the UUTAD album, and UUTAD and Crash were essentially the soundtrack to my college experience. Given that, I eagerly purchased the Stand Up album off the itunes website (perhaps a way around the duplication problems others are having.)
After my initial listen, I shared the concerns voiced by many here. What was this new thing, and what happened to my old reliable UTTAD and RTT era DMB???
Coming at this now from the perspective of having listened to the album nearly continuously for two days both at work and in the car commuting to and from work, I'm finally able to say I get it, and everything you'd expect from a DMB album is in there.
My brief thoughts (track by track)
Dreamgirl: Nice world music sound at the intro. A penetrating guitar riff runs throughout the song, and provides the framework for a solid song. Some of the lyrical territory explored in Crash and Lie in Our Graves comes out here.
Old Dirt Hill (Bring that beat back to me again): A sunny recollection and yearning for summers gone by. Riding a bike down that old dirt hill, kissing your lover for the first time. Days when all we did would never end. The hook seems borrowed from Sugar Ray, but still another solid effort. Hard not to find your self tapping your toes in time to this one.
Stand Up: "Get Up Ya'll" DMB fighting to inspire. Certainly the intricacies of the classic DMB formula are on display here. Lyrics certainly invite references back to Dave's participation in the 2004 election and a call to activism.
American Baby (Intro): Getting near to the emotional center of the album, I wonder if it is intentional that the machine gun fire sounds like a type writer? An instrumental narrative depicting the obvious tragedy of war, and indirect commentary against our nation's actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
American Baby : Dave's anti-war sentiment on display here. Lyrics noting we've lost our way, and hoping that we "Stay American Baby." A thoughtful commentary. Beyond that, the solid musicianship is lost to me as I still find myself pondering what it might mean to "stay American?" I think it might be a reference to the beauty of America's ideals that have been so obviously compromised in our war on terror, but that's an awful lot to contemplate in one song.
Smooth Rider: A solid and funky rhythm experiment captured in a 2 ½ minute song. Dave's voice a bit weary and hoarse.
Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives): Chilling violin intro seems to capture the horror of war in the first minute. About a minute into the song, there are tempting signals that it will break into a new plane of DMB's classic formula, but a heavy bass line and Dave's dark lyrics swamp any attempts for this song to take flight, despite the potentially uplifting lyrics. The soaring ambitions and possibilities first revealed never materialize. I still get disappointed each time I hear the song. Dave seems to revert into a guitar sound borrowed from Michael Jackson's "Black and White" towards the end of the song.
Out of My Hands: Truly a profound piece of music. Dave's voice in a halting, raspy and world weary state is featured with a subdued drum and simple piano accompaniment. Emotional depth and musical creativity obviously on display here.
Hello Again: Could be a throwback to the DMB we know and love. Carter Beauford's phenomenal drumming on display as this song harkens back to "Two Step" on Crash. However, the lightness and elegance of earlier efforts are not equaled by this song, again because it seems caught up in a heavier bass and somehow chunkier arrangement. This song shows that Dave's Acoustic Guitar and Carter's drums are the core of the classic DMB formula which seems to have drowned in a bass heavy arrangement.
Louisiana Bayou: My expectations of a Cajun inspired rhythm fest were quickly dashed. I was imaging DMB with some Bluesrunners seasoning, but it wasn't to be. Since, despite the potentially misleading title, taking the song for what it is, it is still a catchy musical composition.
Stolen Away of 55th and 3rd: Starts with a promising sound not unlike what you'd expect from Crash. Again, as soon as the point is made that "you might die trying" the richer bass sound and complex rhythm soon swamp what could have been a classic with a lighter and airier arrangement. The choice between a focus on a deeper bass line and "Crunk" sound that seems to swallow Leroi and Boyd's contribution is never more obvious than here.
Steady As We Go: A heartfelt love song to a long time companion with an elegant piano accompaniment. I love the direction this song moves in, and the composition works. I think this is an instant classic, as good as anything DMB has produced. Again, my criticism would be that instead of a complex and intricate lighter treatment, a la' #41, this song gets stuck in a plodding and chunky composition at the very end.
Hunger For The Great Light: Again, the first 20 seconds of this song is a tip of the hat at the classic formula, and then this song departs for a deeper and funkier sound. The song redeems itself with a brief flash of brilliance with about 1:45 left in the song, and then the wonderful closing stanza. It certainly shows what the band is capable of, and makes me hungry for more.
In closing, there are obvious elements and flashes of true brilliance on this album, but I believe there is an undeniable heaviness or plodding deepness found in many of the compositions that show the darker, deeper and more complex production qualities the band seems to be moving toward. In my opinion the flashes of brilliance and the performance in "Out of My Hands," "Hello Again," and "Steady As We Go" as well as the pop sensibilities of "Dreamgirl" and "Old Dirt Hill" justify this purchase.
Stand Up Poster
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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