type of person

[matthews123]

yea all good points but i figured out my own question so this turned into a different thread but its still awesome, yea but at the same time those radio listeners turn off a lot of people that could be die hard fans. like a guy i started playing with..everyone he met that likes dave matthews only likes radio friendly songs so he in turn hated dmb until i showed him their good stuff. now hes becoming a dmb freak.

[billywestom]

Hello everyone...I'm new to this board, well I've been on it a bunch but this is my first post...YAY! I just wanted to comment on this subject area...I think for one that you can tell how someone is by what kind of music they are into so when I meet someone that is a DMB fan I get stoked and I know that 9 times out of 10 we will have shit in common. The people that I can't stand are the ones that just like the band because they think it is cool or some shit...they are the ones that say they like a song and might have never heard it, and then get their rich parents to get them better tickets then I can ever get and sit through the whole concert waiting for radio friendly songs to be played. Saying that, I totally see where you are coming from when you say that people who like Crash, I did it, Space Between, etc., aren't really fans. Sometimes that is true, but we have to remember to make the distinction between the people that heard that song on the radio and then started listening to the other DMB music and just love hearing that song live because it got them hooked to the band and then there are those who hear those songs and nothing else, like the stupid girls that go to see DMB to meet guys...pisses me off ~sorry

When someone asks me what my favorite DMB song is I get embarrassed because it's crash...it was the first song that got me and I fell in love with the band right away..and yes when I see a boy that is playing the guitar (I have a weakness for them) I ask them to play Crash because it is an absolutely amazing beautiful song....I get embarrassed because I think that the person puts me in the category as one of those fans...but trust me I'm not ..pig and I'll Back You Up are my other two favorites

And just one other thing, when I went to see Dave and Tim in March it was awesome, the mood was quiet and everyone listened to the songs, you could almost hear a pin drop, but when they played Crush, some drunk asshole got on the phone and was screaming to is girlfriend "this is our song baby, i love you, i miss you etc"....those are the worst kinds of 'fans'

Sorry for the long first email and all of the run on sentences....

dont worry about that post, that was perfect. and if i ever seen someone like that at a show i would wait for him outside...