Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert
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Music CD Cover Artist: Dave Matthews Band Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2003-11-18 Music Label: RCA Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for The Central Park Concert Album
Free Music Review: Unless you were there, don't believe the hype
Hit: 2 Stars
Forget the beautiful, perfect weather that night - the cloudless evening sky and starry night. Forget the tens of thousands of screaming fans. Forget the fact that this concert was held in Central Park and just LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. What do you hear? Another DMB live release, and not a great one at that. For a die-hard fan like myself, this CD offers very little that one hasn't already heard countless other times, save for 'Help Myself' (a fine tune) and 'Cortez, The Killer' (which ends up sounding like a Pink Floyd song when Warren Haynes's electric guitar enters the mix). Other than these two previously unreleased tracks, what do you get? Well, you get the ENTIRE concert this time around (all the Davespeak,every long pause between songs, and a lot of crowd noise) because this one was special after all, don't you know? And you get three CD's because of this, not two! Seriously though, there are a few musical highlights including: a really nice intro to 'Dancing Nancies' (although after ten years the Boys still haven't learned how to play the song right live - it's all about Roi AND Boyd playing off one another, not just Boyd frantically wailing away!), a cool NYC version of 'Jimi Thing' with Haynes, and a unique NYC themed intro to 'Two Step'. Other than that, you've probably heard all these before, and in better versions to boot. Musical lowlights include: another dreadful live version of 'Ants Marching', which is a favorite of mine (if you love this song and are looking for the best released live version hands-down, go pick up 'Live at Red Rocks' - a song called #36 segues into it, and they go together like bread and butter), and the disappointing umpteenth version of 'So Much To Say'/'Anyone Seen The Bridge' into 'Too Much' instead of the more unique 'Pantala Naga Pampa'/'Rapunzel'. Unless you were in Central Park that night, die-hards should skip this and save their money (you probably have the 'pull' anyway). I'd recommend that casual fans who don't have all the live albums pick up 'Listener Supported', a smooth, mellow, expertly-produced show DMB played across the Hudson four years ago - that album has many of the same songs, and arguably a better set list overall.