Comments on: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall

By: Tuca

Tuca — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:42:42 +0000

This DVD is amazing. Dave is such a great artist and Tim backs him up very well.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: M. Rudo

M. Rudo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:46:37 +0000

What’s with all his Live recordings with Tim sound the same? They do that annoying guitar vibrato?

Good songs, good singing. Enjoyable cd, just feels like more of the same with Dave.

Tim plays well but people that think he is a guitar G-D need to seriously take a step back and listen to some of the 80’s and 70’s guitar legends. Those guys had as much if not more talent than Tim. Tim is a GREAT guitarist, but not the end all be all of rock artists.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Jamoholic

Jamoholic — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:34:04 +0000

When I listen to music I want to be left feeing high, this dvd was a tad depressing …Musically, it is great, Reynolds is a wizard on the guitar and the chemistry is awesome. I just don’t wanna hear Dave babbling on about mistreated soldiers, blah, blah, blah…the dvd comes with the story in print, which *should* be read and brought to people’s attention, just not during what should be an uplifting experience, who wants to hear depressing stories @ a concert, it left me feeling like i had just watched a benefit show for wounded vets….In other words, don’t watch the dvd on any type of mind altering substances, or you may have a bad trip….I sure hope they edited all of Dave’s banter out of the cd, especially the wounded soldier rap….Just shut up and Play Music.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:25:25 +0000

Live at Luther College is amazing. Tim Reynolds expanded my awareness of what an acoustic guitar can do in the hands of a genius with exceeding technical skill; his composition "Stream" is mindblowing, as are his solos/riffs on songs like Ants Marching and Tripping Billies. So:

What happened??

I had the highest hopes for this album. Even after a disappointing first disc, I thought surely the "classic" songs at the end of disc 2 would be winners. But, sadly, no.

The only song I think I will listen to in the future from this show is "The Maker". I have heard the DMB cover from the early 90s, the revamped version (e.g., Live in Chicago), although never the original; Dave puts some extra soul into this one, that comes through with only a couple acoustic guitars as backing. Rating: 1 / 5

By: Have Charm Will Travel

Have Charm Will Travel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:14:21 +0000

I had to splice out about 30 minutes of crowd noise [applause?] and crude comments by Dave to have a listenable disc. Dave is talented, unfortuately his ego preceeds all his performances like oobleck seeping everywhere…..
Rating: 1 / 5