Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported

Starring:Dave Matthews Band
Studio: RCA
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
The turn of the millennium may have been marked by a confluence of over-the-top white rap-rockers, teeny pop pinups, and other musical cartoons, but the Dave Matthews Band continues to buck such trends while drawing a fiercely loyal audience. This first-rate concert, produced for public television, works both as concert souvenir for the faithful and a useful introduction to the DMB's formidable musicianship. Whether or not you relish the songs and singing of the eponymous, transplanted South African at center stage, it's hard to knock the collective power of this supple troupe, which effectively swirls jazz, folk, and world music through Matthews's bluesy pop songs.

Amazon.com

The turn of the millennium may have been marked by a confluence of over-the-top white rap-rockers, teeny pop pinups, and other musical cartoons, but the Dave Matthews Band continues to buck such trends while drawing a fiercely loyal audience. This first-rate concert, produced for public television, works both as concert souvenir for the faithful and a useful introduction to the DMB's formidable musicianship. Whether or not you relish the songs and singing of the eponymous, transplanted South African at center stage, it's hard to knock the collective power of this supple troupe, which effectively swirls jazz, folk, and world music through Matthews's bluesy pop songs.

Customer Reviews:

Great dvd!.......2007-01-26

Although a big DMB fan, I don't always like the live dvds of the band but this is a great one. The different camera position allows you to watch the concert from different views. Great!

Come on, it's Dave!.......2007-01-19

Great dvd. If you like Dave Matthews then this should be in your collection.

Simply a great band!.......2006-06-05

Hello everyone here at amazon. My name is Ruben Flores and I just wanted to tell everyone a little about the Dave Matthews Band album "Listener Supported." This band and album has diversity, punctuation, movement, and just an all out kick ass feeling to it.
From the beginnig of the cd or dvd the band likes to come out un announced as "Stefan Lessard" starts a smooth bass line relaxing to the ear. "Carter Beuford" the percussionist for the group then starts to diversify the music by adding what is much like a latin juaira rhythm just totally awesome. Eventually the rest of the musicians come and join in and add the finishing touches to this wonderful intro. For those who appreciate music can really relate to this as mostly a jazz fill but it will grab even the must unaware music associated person in the world.
Hey even if your not much of a jazz lover there is music for everybody in this album. For instance the punctuation and all around feel for song number twelve cleverly called "Two Step" has a blue grass country feel to it. "These guys are Mad!" I said to myself when I first heard this one. They end this song with such stacato and punctuation it leaves you wanting for more! You "country lovers" should check it out.
The whole album just practically moves you from one place to another. There is never a dull moment in this cd and yeah the dvd is even better I think because you get to see them in action. Song number sixteen "Long Black Veil" has what I think an old church hym feeling to it. I can see myself singing this in a church choir. The lyrics my not be suitable but the feeling is such that of the church hyms. Then all the sudden they move you over to a time mahem and chaois with the remake of "All Along The Watch Tower" the ol "Bob Dylin" master piece. "KICK ASS!" is the only words I can think of when I listend to this one. DMB's version will have you standing up if you were sitting down at the begining of this one. They hit everynote flawlessly. The timing, the stacato, the riffs, not too mention the percussion. All right on man.
Finally to my favorite song number 5 on the album titled "#41." This song shows what I believe is the bands capability to work with eachother so well. It seems as though someone has a remote controll and is working it to controll DMB through this song but I garantee it's just they way DMB can work together as a "BAND" to controll sound, volume, timing, and finess. Wow what a beautiful song nuber five is. Dave Matthews Band consist of Dave Matthews vocal/guitar, Carter Beuford percussion/back vocal, Leroi Moore woodwinds, Boyd Tinsley strings/vocals. These guys originate out of Carter's garage in Virginia whre Dave used to work in a cafe where he would hear Carter and Leroi play sometimes. Dave got the eventually genus idea to ask both Carter and Leroi to listen to Dave's recordings and to try and put these songs together. Eventurally they got Stefan ,bassist, to come on the seen while only 17 years of age. In the song "Tripping Billies" ,not on Listener Supported but on another album, they decided that they needed a violin sound and called upon Boyd. Took them a whole month but they eventually got him. So in ending I say to everyone if this album in not in your collection or dvd case then you are not doig you self justice as far as music goes. I strongly recomend a copy of this album for yourself.

Best Matthews live recording to date.......2006-01-25

This DVD concert is 140 minutes long. It contains about 120 minutes of music (removing all the cheering). It is also available as a 2 CD set.

The Dave Matthews Band was one of the best bands to come out of the nineties. Their concerts were always fun. I just don't think any of the live recordings have done the band justice.

This is the best live recording of Matthews that I have seen/heard. Although it is not perfect in any aspect, it has the best sound quality, song selection and performances.

The problems with Matthews live recordings are the whole concert is included (including cheering for the encore), the sound quality is poor, the audience noise is mixed in way too loud and song selection does not change very much.

All of the classic live recordings are taken from the several concerts so the best performances are chosen (no concert is going to be the best throughout). Certain songs that are just the same as the studio version (or worse) are left out. And the audience noise is held to a minimum so you can actually hear the band. I don't need to drunk teenagers scream to know when good music is being played.

The editing of the video is bad, but not as bad as some other DVD's. The scenes are always jumping around and there is constant zooming in and zooming out. But, there are places where the scenes are held up to about 3 seconds. And the correct musician is usually highlighted. There are many recent videos that are a lot worse. If you want to see how a video concert should be shot, check out The Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense.

For this concert, the band is a little bigger with back-up singers. This adds a new dimension to many of the songs, which keeps this concert more interesting than shows like Red Rocks or Chicago. It also adds a little more variety. The biggest problem with Red Rocks and Chicago is that there is not much difference between them, and both shows contain songs that are on this DVD.

The sound quality on this DVD is better than other Matthews live albums, but it is not perfect. It is really nice in some parts, especially when only musician is playing. The 5.1 surround sound does add some more depth to sound.

Great Video..but purchase a different one for the not-so-Dave Mathews Band fan.......2005-12-10

Although I am a die-hard Dave Mathews Band fan, I do have to say they have better concert videos. I don't like to put any of their stuff down because they are just an all around great band. They definitely deserve more recognition than those bubble gum, over-rated, untalented musicians. Dave Mathews Band is very talented and even better seen live. They truly jam and get the crowds involvement. For anyone who has heard Dave Mathews Band on the radio, just forget it....radio seems to play the not-so-favorite tunes.

This video is a great video, but I definitely have my favorites. If I were to buy someone a DMB concert video, this one would be further down on my list. The top pick for me would be Live at Central Park, this video would definitely make anyone a Dave Mathews Band fan.

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