My sister was at that concert, the year after I graduated. I used to spin Under the Table and Dreaming EP at the radio station there - KWLC. It's a fantastic college if you're a musician, particularly if you're a singer. That recording is so clean! I really love the work they did on "Two Step" live.
This concert is one of the best if all time. PLEASE listen to Dave and Tims version of #41 from the same concert (radio city), it’s absolutely stunning.
The key to understanding this song is in a few key lines. Dave wrote this song because he realized his drinking on tour was getting out of hand. The lyric “Bartender please, fill my glass for me with the wine you gave Jesus that set him free after 3 days in the ground.” is Dave wishing he could have a drink that set him free instead of confining him. Because the wine he’s been drinking sure isn’t the wine that set Jesus free. This is reenforced in the second half of the song when he changes the lyric to “Because the wine that’s been drinking me, came from vine that strung Judas from the devil’s trees roots, deep,deep in the ground.” Referencing the wine he is drinking as evil. There is one other lyric that points at this being a song about alcohol abuse. “When I was young I never thought about it but now I can’t get it out of my mind.” Basically referencing that something that never used to be an issue has now become an obsessive crutch. Anyway sorry for the long post but thought you’d love some insight. KEEP DOING MORE DAVE PLEASE!
It's a song about a man suffering from alcoholism and the struggle the alcoholic has. It's about escaping problems, not escaping alcoholism. When Dave asks for the wine that set Jesus free, he's talking about drinking himself to death and he sees death as the solution to his problem. This is also substantiated through his reflection "What's life?" meaning that he doesn't see an importance to life anymore. That's what he didn't think about as a little kid and now he wants to hide from his life, his world, and the responsibilities of being an adult. Later in the song he flips the verse from him drinking wine, to wine drinking him, meaning that he's been corrupted and has succumbed to alcoholism and it has, presumably, destroyed and/or taken over his life. At some point he used alcohol to escape his problems and that was Judas's alcohol, and now he wants alcohol that will set him free of his life, which was Jesus's alcohol. He doesn't want to be free of alcoholism, since he's literally asking for more alcohol, he just wants his life to end which is why he's asking for his brother not to forget him and his sister not to regret him when he dies.
Dave Matthews Band has many spiritual songs mentions often they are non- denominational. The wine of Christ is a metaphor. The entire song is a parabolic teaching. So you can use it to inspire your journey with alcoholism, I imagine it fits many scenarios where faith is realized.
A lot of people give Dave a bad wrap for being “frat music” but if you really dig deep into their collection (especially live albums) you see the magic the band can bring
Man, I never once thought of them in that way...that was just how they got started in VA. Frat boys who heavily imbibed on merry libations (no offense), I don't believe would be able to delve into the sobering introspective, existential and deeply personal lyricism.
@@amyelizabeth529 They, especially Dave, had to grow into that. The way he writes now is more mature compared to when he was in his 20s. One thing I miss is them jamming a whole lot, gone are the days where they would just jam out something and now there are songs on the set specifically just for that.
@@kwizzeh You have a point. But I saw him in '97, and his introspective side was on full display. Sure, as his experience grew and his perspective expanded, he expounded his insight lyrically & musically. But he was always an old soul who got stuck with a frat band label early on..
Dmb has been giving me goosebumps for 25 years. Just saw my 60th show this year. They never disappoint. Keep doing dmb reactions and the dmb family will watch the hell out of them!!!
Favorite band/musician of all time. They can do anything too- they can be spiritual (like here) , funky, folksy, jazzy, bluesy, powerful, meaningful, and everything in between. And they do it all incredibly well. Dive into the catalog and you won’t be disappointed.
Thank you for playing this. I am a 60+ Gramma & my sons when they were teens in the 90's were huge fans of Dave Matthews Band...therefore, so am I. My favorite performance of all time.
I have met Dave and Tim both so nice and took time to talk to me. It wasn't the radio city show but none the less Dave said to me "what song would you like for me to put into the jam?" I said bartender my girlfriend and my bestfriend and his girlfriend met him randomly before the show. It was like the 6th or so song and started strumming the guitar and said this is for some good friends I just met. Played bartend. Crowd was like 25,000 but that song felt personal and just to us in that moment. Now he probably had it in the mix and whatever but he didn't have to hang out and say that. Thank You Dave.
28ish years for me and even more so in the last 7 years since my first concert and my son's first full on Dave experience. He was hooked and is now my concert buddy! 💜
Dave and Tim is a whole different experience than a DMB show, in some ways its better, in some ways its just different. Definitely worth exploring, as is Dave and Friends, a series of shows with Trey from Phish and some other folks.
This is one of the many performances where Dave’s African heritage and travels shine through in the music. His singing in the intro and closing get heavy inspiration from African tribal music. He talks about this at one point in this same show before another song.
Dave’s studio versions and live versions are completely different! Every song he sings is better, and way different, live. At his concerts we always try to guess what song is next based on the solo they’re playing next. Read up about him some more and then keep listening, he’s 100% heart
Every Dave Matthews or DMB concert I’ve been to is an entire experience. The way they fuse so many different sounds and styles into these beautiful flowing rhythms is like a spiritual experience.
DMB is one of my top 5 bands. Tim has been part of the Dave Matthews Band as an unofficial member for a long time. I think he is considered an official member at this point. As you just witnessed, he and Dave also do tours together with just the 2 of them. Really a talented guitarist. There are so many great DMB songs. Incredibly talented musicians throughout the entire band.
Tim is official now. I kept checking who was actually in the band because it took so long for them to make Jeff and Rashawn members. And now I keep looking to see if Buddy will be added. It's anxiety inducing.
Oh my goodness so jealous of you and all the great Dave music you have to discover!!! All the albums are great - my favorite is probably Live at Red Rocks. Enjoy :)
Lookup almost any Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds live concert and have yourself a night. or nights. and then get lost in his full band concerts too. Glad to see you finally getting to Dave, The Maker with Dave & Tim, Stay (Wasting Time), Crush, Jimi Thing, and Grace is Gone are some of my many favorites
Love every song you mentioned! Grace is Gone is such an amazing song and super special to me and my best friend! So much so, that I worked in a reference during his wedding! Proud to be a DMB fan, and hope to see you at a show down the road sometime!
This is what I love about reaction channels. I've heard of the Dave Matthews Band, and I've heard a couple of their popular songs, and I liked them alright. That said, I would have never sought this out, and I probably would have never listened to it had it not been on a reaction channel. This was amazing! I have a new respect for Dave Matthews' talent (and props to Tim Reynolds too!).
Just to add onto this comment by Heidi, in the intro Dave is singing 'Hallelujah' repeatedly. In the outro, where Jamel accurately says Dave is using his voice as an instrument, that is Dave pleading with a God that he ultimately does not believe in. Extremely powerful song!
You'll never forget the first time you hear Bartender Live at Radio City. Cop the Blu-Ray DVD and watch it on a widescreen/High Def Speakers and buckle up for the next 3 hours.
There are SO many great live versions of this song. And the studio version is beautiful too. I can’t listen to it without thinking of my beautiful husband who did die before he got old. We saw DMB together about 15 times before that fateful day. ☮️💜
I feel saddened and happy for you at the same time. You lost someone so special, yet also got to spend such time as you had with a kindred soul. God bless you, he is waiting for you, getting things ready.
Anything from their Central Park live album is highly recommended. I travelled from Scotland to Chicago to see the full band play and it was the greatest gig experience ever.
When did you go to Chicago, Brian? Four of us went from Aberdeen to Chicago to see DMB, but it must have been about 10 years ago. Great experience.....!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! Been requesting this one for a while. Dave Matthews - born in South Africa, raised there, London and Virginia. Father was John Matthews, a founding physicist with Large Hadron Collider. Father died when Dave was 17. Mother is a painter & artist. Sister killed in Africa by mob violence. Met Tim Reynolds in Charlottesville at Miller's, where Tim played music and Dave bartended. Dave was raised a Quaker Christian. Tim is Buddhist. Tim and Dave wrote most early DMB songs high on pot brownies in Dave's mom's basement. Tim can't sing. Auto accident sent shards of glass into throat, damaging vocal cords. Love these guys, DMB and all their positive vibes!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. My wife lost her big brother to cancer when she was just a teenager. She was just 16 and he was barely 21. And she has a little brother that is 10 years younger than her. I still tear up nearly every time I hear this song. She’s 45 now but wow. It’s like Dave was speaking to her family. What a beautiful song.
FIRST TIME HEARING "DAVE MATTHEWS BAND" WAS OVER 2O YEARS AGO ON THE ALBUM FROM "🎶CARLOS SANTANA ~ SUPERNATURAL🎶" THE SECOND SONG ON THAT RECORD "LO💚E OF MY LIFE" I WAS HOOKED TO THE SOUND ESPECIALLY " CARTER BEAUFORD" THAT AMAZING DRUMMER HAS A STYLE & TECHNIQUE ALMOST MAKING HIM SOUND LIKE HE'S 2 EVEN 3 DRUMMERS AT ONE TIME GREAT CHOICE AMAZING REACTION THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
There are no words to describe the feelings at his shows! So many people,so much LoVE! It really is a religious experience. I wish I was able to go to so many more shows🙌🏼✌🏼🐷🐜🐜
DMB is a religious experience, the band, is absolutely incredible. Dave and Tim, are IMO on another level entirely. A must see live act. You'll never see a better live performance.
I LOVE Dave for probably 30 years now. I’m a 56 year old lady. And this version. Oh my gosh! And. I thank Jamel for his thoughts on the song And Jamel. WOW. you’re imitation of Dave and his melodic voice so beautiful. I appreciate your reaction to this song 💕
Man this is one of the best versions of this song. There’s another GREAT version where he’s in a cabin sitting in front of a fire place singing for Jane Goodall and her 2 dogs. AMAZING
THIS IS WHY I BEEN LISTENING TO DMB for 20+ years - Always have a dynamic intro and eases into the singing. HE is a MASTER OF HIS CRAFT - LOVE DMB!!!!!!!
The beauty of a Dave show is that any given song could be 15 minutes long, different than the record, with 5 other performers…and I’m pretty sure nothing is rehearsed.
I've been a Dave Matthews fan for roughly 20-25 years, and I still get goosebumps. DMB are easily some of the best live performers of the past several decades.
When I hear this song it really hits me hard. To me, this is a song about Alcoholism. Begging the bartender for a drink…”when I was young I never thought about it, now I can’t get it out of my mind.” “The wine that’s drinking me.” Powerful stuff, and it hits home.
Welcome to the wonderful rabbit hole called "Dave Matthews Band". This song is everything. One I would love to sit with a group of people just discussing the interpretation of the lyrics. Dave Matthews seriously could have been a poet if the whole music thing didn't work out. The lyrics in 90% of their songs are deep and what lured me in. Powerful stuff.
Been a Dave fan since about 1997..been to over 50 shows. This is one of my top 10 recordings ever by Him. The sound is just amazing. Its not a song, its an experience
your reaction made me tear up. this is one of THE most iconic Dave performances, and seeing someone connect with it so deeply in the same way that I do, made me appreciate the song and his legendary delivery even more. your comment "I felt like I'm over here listening with my chair was in the sky". 😭
Awesome. What's even more amazing to me is that all that music is coming from only two guitars.. Just goes to show what someone with talent can do with music. Love your videos man.
The Dave and Tim Live at the Luther College album is the really the Dave Matthews stuff I like the most. Maybe check out "Christmas Song" by Dave and played by those two, good for the season. Thanks for doing this one for sure!
Hey Jamel - People love to hate on Dave, but he and his band are undoubtedly great musicians. If you love the dead and love jams with transitions and great talent, you’ll love Dave Matthews Band. Went to a lot of their shows and mind blown every time.
Love Dave Matthews Band was just at the MSG show on 11/12/21. Great video by the way!! Please do more reactions to their music. I'm a late fan but I've spent the last 9 years catching up on all the beauty I missed.
Dave’s lyric writing, to me, is so under appreciated. DMB, Dave and Tim / and Friends and just Dave are just end to end talented musicians that love and exude the healing powers of music.
The song feels like you're on a spiritual journey. I remember some time ago Dave was interviewed and he mentioned he took his family to an indigenous celebration(Somewhere in Australia maybe). They were sitting around a fire and the people from the tribe singing moved them all. You can here that vocal style in the intro/outro here. It resonates the core of your soul.
As a long time Dave Matthews fan, watching your reaction to Bartender at Radio City Music Hall of all the versions out there, was just perfect! I must have listened to this version at least 50 times over the years and the goosebumps always come rushing back! Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Seeing these 2 live in Houston a few years ago was an incredible experience. This video conveys it quite well. Something about Dave Matthews songs played just acoustically in an intimate setting is quite spiritual, like you were experiencing. And I was also impressed by how many songs they played. It was incredible show of endurance as well as talent. I’ve been to many shows with his full band and it’s the same way, but it’s particularly impressive when it’s just the two of them and their guitars and no way to hide mistakes, etc.
I have seen Dave and Tim in concert many times. Always an awesome. I can be having the worst soul sucking day and Dave music 🎶 makes me feel so much better. I suggest Lie in Our Graces live at CMAC Canandaigua NY ...it was a magical moment in an amazing show.
True story - my now ex- husband (a cop) and I saw DM band in Hotlanta (Atlanta) 2009. Joints were being passed around endlessly . My ex is 6”4’. I snuck behind him and took a hit off a joint passed to me. He turned around and saw me and the look on his face was haunting. Later on the way home he we talked about it. He shared that an off duty cop would NEVER try to arrest or confront any concert goers partaking in pot smoking. He said it would not end well for him. But The DM band is AMAZING!! Please check out their song “Crash” . I’ve been to a few concerts and that concerts was one of the best!! ✌🏼 Love you J!!!
I'm not a big fan of all these reaction channels but this was entertaining bruh.. You nailed it.. funny and enciteful.. When Dave's Good, he's damn good. One of my all t ime fav DMB tunes
You should definitely watch „Lie in our graves“ from the same show. I don’t know how Tim achieved this, but the One Note Guitar Solo sends shivers down my spine.
You've been killing it with these picks lately. I never cared much for the "commercially viable" radio versions of most of their stuff, but these performances with Dave and Tim are legendary. If this hit the spot, then you must listen to "Don't Drink the Water". The message in that song is the message of our times. And in addition to that one, "The Last Resort" by The Eagles is another that's on the same subject.
Absolutely loved your reaction! I’ve been going to DMB shows since the late ‘90’s. Your reaction was pure and this version of Bartender is one of my all time favs! You definitely need to react to Grey Street!
That was one of the best Dave and Timmy shows I’ve been to . I miss however the early ones when the crowd would sit , chill and listen . But this show was fantastic .
I'm a huge DMB fan and have been waiting forever for you to react. I hope you go down the rabbit hole and review more Dave tunes. I just bought a hoodie, thanks for everything. Your channel helped get me through 2020 and I'll always be a supporter of you.
I have this concert on Blu-Ray, when it came out it was when Blu-Ray first being introduced and they used this concert to really promote the format and showcase what lossless audio was capable of. Let me tell you hearing this on disc with a high quality system or headphones is ungodly good, like from another dimension.
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More Dave and Tim please react to “Dave Mathews tim reynolds live at luther college”
Any more merchandise coming? Sold out of most things.
Listen to the maker by Dave Matthews great song. Love the channel btw 👍💪🏼
@@Zebrowsky79 not a Dave song, it's by Daniel Lanois
Please, listen to Neil Young's soundtrack to "Dead man"
When he says “what an intro! Anybody else got goosebumps?!”
I be like, “bro, he’s barely warming up”
ikr?! 🙂
FINALLY SOME Dave Matthews. I have been requesting this for over a year. More more. :)
Yes yes yes 👏👏
Go DMB!!
Not enough Dave Matthews reactions on CZcams!
Right on!!
Agreed, bless, if I may be so bold I’d suggest having a go with The Stone live, forever my #1
I still listen to the Live from Luther College double CD beginning to end.
Dave and Tim are masters of creating a vibe that echoes through your soul.
The Jimi Thing version on that CD is one of my favorites
My sister was at that concert, the year after I graduated. I used to spin Under the Table and Dreaming EP at the radio station there - KWLC. It's a fantastic college if you're a musician, particularly if you're a singer. That recording is so clean! I really love the work they did on "Two Step" live.
That version of stream is a masterpiece.
LALC is simply in a league of its own. Guitar work is superb but it’s one of Daves best vocal performances as well.
Same
This concert is one of the best if all time. PLEASE listen to Dave and Tims version of #41 from the same concert (radio city), it’s absolutely stunning.
The Listener Supported Version is the best... it's my favourite live performance ever.
Great suggestion!!
Brixton academy version for the win
E V E R Y s o n g on this live album is the best ... every one ..... Makes one weep ...
@In The Dream and @Dave Korzinski, "Live at Luther College" would like a word with you.....
The key to understanding this song is in a few key lines. Dave wrote this song because he realized his drinking on tour was getting out of hand. The lyric “Bartender please, fill my glass for me with the wine you gave Jesus that set him free after 3 days in the ground.” is Dave wishing he could have a drink that set him free instead of confining him. Because the wine he’s been drinking sure isn’t the wine that set Jesus free. This is reenforced in the second half of the song when he changes the lyric to “Because the wine that’s been drinking me, came from vine that strung Judas from the devil’s trees roots, deep,deep in the ground.” Referencing the wine he is drinking as evil. There is one other lyric that points at this being a song about alcohol abuse. “When I was young I never thought about it but now I can’t get it out of my mind.” Basically referencing that something that never used to be an issue has now become an obsessive crutch. Anyway sorry for the long post but thought you’d love some insight. KEEP DOING MORE DAVE PLEASE!
It's a song about a man suffering from alcoholism and the struggle the alcoholic has. It's about escaping problems, not escaping alcoholism. When Dave asks for the wine that set Jesus free, he's talking about drinking himself to death and he sees death as the solution to his problem. This is also substantiated through his reflection "What's life?" meaning that he doesn't see an importance to life anymore. That's what he didn't think about as a little kid and now he wants to hide from his life, his world, and the responsibilities of being an adult. Later in the song he flips the verse from him drinking wine, to wine drinking him, meaning that he's been corrupted and has succumbed to alcoholism and it has, presumably, destroyed and/or taken over his life. At some point he used alcohol to escape his problems and that was Judas's alcohol, and now he wants alcohol that will set him free of his life, which was Jesus's alcohol.
He doesn't want to be free of alcoholism, since he's literally asking for more alcohol, he just wants his life to end which is why he's asking for his brother not to forget him and his sister not to regret him when he dies.
Dave Matthews Band has many spiritual songs mentions often they are non- denominational.
The wine of Christ is a metaphor. The entire song is a parabolic teaching. So you can use it to inspire your journey with alcoholism, I imagine it fits many scenarios where faith is realized.
Jason, bro! No need to apologize! Thanks for this explanation! It was dope af!
I never associated the song with alcohol consumption
@@grahamwkent the bartender is God 🙏
A lot of people give Dave a bad wrap for being “frat music” but if you really dig deep into their collection (especially live albums) you see the magic the band can bring
Man, I never once thought of them in that way...that was just how they got started in VA. Frat boys who heavily imbibed on merry libations (no offense), I don't believe would be able to delve into the sobering introspective, existential and deeply personal lyricism.
Best live band on the planet. Carter is a beast
@@amyelizabeth529 They, especially Dave, had to grow into that. The way he writes now is more mature compared to when he was in his 20s. One thing I miss is them jamming a whole lot, gone are the days where they would just jam out something and now there are songs on the set specifically just for that.
@@kwizzeh You have a point. But I saw him in '97, and his introspective side was on full display. Sure, as his experience grew and his perspective expanded, he expounded his insight lyrically & musically. But he was always an old soul who got stuck with a frat band label early on..
Agreed.
I have always loved him even when many people shunned him.. he's amazing, he's deep, he sings with his heart.
Dmb has been giving me goosebumps for 25 years. Just saw my 60th show this year. They never disappoint. Keep doing dmb reactions and the dmb family will watch the hell out of them!!!
FAM ❤❤
You never know where you will see the Fam. I literally jump for joy every time I see a DMB sticker on a car....I know those are my people!
39 showshere! Was pit night 1 at alpine valley july2..fantastic show.
@@vibefrequencyable that show was SICK AS FUCK!!!!!!!!!!
@@RyanWehr phenomenal right....send u a great photo of Dave up close...if you want me to send it!
Favorite band/musician of all time. They can do anything too- they can be spiritual (like here) , funky, folksy, jazzy, bluesy, powerful, meaningful, and everything in between. And they do it all incredibly well. Dive into the catalog and you won’t be disappointed.
Thank you for playing this. I am a 60+ Gramma & my sons when they were teens in the 90's were huge fans of Dave Matthews Band...therefore, so am I. My favorite performance of all time.
I have met Dave and Tim both so nice and took time to talk to me. It wasn't the radio city show but none the less Dave said to me "what song would you like for me to put into the jam?" I said bartender my girlfriend and my bestfriend and his girlfriend met him randomly before the show. It was like the 6th or so song and started strumming the guitar and said this is for some good friends I just met. Played bartend. Crowd was like 25,000 but that song felt personal and just to us in that moment. Now he probably had it in the mix and whatever but he didn't have to hang out and say that. Thank You Dave.
Dave has been in my soul for 25 years.
35 for me
30 for me! 32 shows at the gorge!
Me too and im 26
@@georgecostanza9213 it’s my goal to make it to the gorge in 2022
28ish years for me and even more so in the last 7 years since my first concert and my son's first full on Dave experience. He was hooked and is now my concert buddy! 💜
Dave and Tim is a whole different experience than a DMB show, in some ways its better, in some ways its just different. Definitely worth exploring, as is Dave and Friends, a series of shows with Trey from Phish and some other folks.
If you want to see some amazing shows check out Phil and Friends with Trey. There are only a few and they are beyond magical. One love.
@@jackstraw4129 very familiar with those shows, was present for night three.
You got that right!!
Yes, Dave and grey are great
This is one of the many performances where Dave’s African heritage and travels shine through in the music. His singing in the intro and closing get heavy inspiration from African tribal music. He talks about this at one point in this same show before another song.
Thank god this white guy showed up to tell us about tribal African music.
Dave’s studio versions and live versions are completely different! Every song he sings is better, and way different, live. At his concerts we always try to guess what song is next based on the solo they’re playing next. Read up about him some more and then keep listening, he’s 100% heart
Every Dave Matthews or DMB concert I’ve been to is an entire experience. The way they fuse so many different sounds and styles into these beautiful flowing rhythms is like a spiritual experience.
I sobbed at my first one. Like, tears streaming.
100%. My summer is considered complete when I get to go to an outdoor DMB concert 😊
Jamal, explore Dave Matthews Band music, is a journey.
DMB is one of my top 5 bands. Tim has been part of the Dave Matthews Band as an unofficial member for a long time. I think he is considered an official member at this point. As you just witnessed, he and Dave also do tours together with just the 2 of them. Really a talented guitarist.
There are so many great DMB songs. Incredibly talented musicians throughout the entire band.
Tim is official now. I kept checking who was actually in the band because it took so long for them to make Jeff and Rashawn members. And now I keep looking to see if Buddy will be added. It's anxiety inducing.
Never heard of these musicians before. That was great!!!
Try The Dreaming Tree, by DMB.
Two step live my friend
Spend some more time listening to DMB- my favorite band of all time. I listen to them live 99% of the time. Check it out!
Oh my goodness so jealous of you and all the great Dave music you have to discover!!! All the albums are great - my favorite is probably Live at Red Rocks. Enjoy :)
Listen to their Live Trax. They are much better than the studio versions.
You perfectly described exactly how I feel every time I go see him live. An absolute out of body experience.
The Fish-tender open at SPAC N2 this year was epic
I smile SO much when non listeners listen for the 1st time 😊😊😊
Lookup almost any Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds live concert and have yourself a night. or nights. and then get lost in his full band concerts too. Glad to see you finally getting to Dave, The Maker with Dave & Tim, Stay (Wasting Time), Crush, Jimi Thing, and Grace is Gone are some of my many favorites
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Love every song you mentioned! Grace is Gone is such an amazing song and super special to me and my best friend! So much so, that I worked in a reference during his wedding! Proud to be a DMB fan, and hope to see you at a show down the road sometime!
This is what I love about reaction channels. I've heard of the Dave Matthews Band, and I've heard a couple of their popular songs, and I liked them alright. That said, I would have never sought this out, and I probably would have never listened to it had it not been on a reaction channel. This was amazing! I have a new respect for Dave Matthews' talent (and props to Tim Reynolds too!).
Come to a show! The people who attend are like a big family. It’s an amazing experience.
Go to a show. You’ll be forever changed. Sounds dramatic, but not kidding, it’s such an experience!!
Tim's band is TR3, and they have some jams. Listen to Cortez the killer, and listen close, what a story.
The “Bartender” he is talking to is actually God. Took me a bit to realize that. Thought it might be helpful 😊 Thank you for the Dave reaction!!!
Thanks, Heidi. That's making this more powerful.
Odin serving up ale…I dig it!
I had it pegged the first time I heard it!
Just to add onto this comment by Heidi, in the intro Dave is singing 'Hallelujah' repeatedly. In the outro, where Jamel accurately says Dave is using his voice as an instrument, that is Dave pleading with a God that he ultimately does not believe in. Extremely powerful song!
Great insight. The overall meaning of the song is one of alcohol abuse. Very powerful.
That whole performance is absolute Gold.
Jamel this is such a beautiful rendition with the hymnal notes by Dave in the beginning and end. Tears every time
You'll never forget the first time you hear Bartender Live at Radio City. Cop the Blu-Ray DVD and watch it on a widescreen/High Def Speakers and buckle up for the next 3 hours.
That’s how we all feel at one of his concerts!! ❤️😍🥰
This is one of my favorite Dave Matthews songs. This is from his Busted Stuff album, which just might be my favorite album of his.
You mean The Lillywhite Sessions? Yeah, check that one out instead.
Y.E.S. 💯
@@IamWishing yeah the song is EARLY Dave, but I love how it evolves every time it comes back around
There are SO many great live versions of this song. And the studio version is beautiful too. I can’t listen to it without thinking of my beautiful husband who did die before he got old. We saw DMB together about 15 times before that fateful day. ☮️💜
I’m sorry for your loss. I definitely get emotional during certain songs he sings too. Love that about his music. ❤️
May God rest his soul and give you peace🙏🙏😢😢
I feel saddened and happy for you at the same time. You lost someone so special, yet also got to spend such time as you had with a kindred soul. God bless you, he is waiting for you, getting things ready.
✌️💛🤘
Anything from their Central Park live album is highly recommended.
I travelled from Scotland to Chicago to see the full band play and it was the greatest gig experience ever.
Central Park album is my #1 favorite DMB album (and I have them all ;)
Waited in line for hours and threw a backpack full of whatever was in it away to get into the Central Park show. Absolutely worth it!
"Cortez, Cortez"........
When did you go to Chicago, Brian? Four of us went from Aberdeen to Chicago to see DMB, but it must have been about 10 years ago. Great experience.....!
@@willieskene4716 it was 2018 I went over.
That was a great song. I agree with you Jamel the beginning and ending gave me goosebumps. It was remarkable.
Man there are so many great DMB songs. Can’t go wrong with Ants Marching, Warehouse, Two Step or Stay (wasting time)
Those are the best full band live songs.
And Crash, too.
So many great songs.
Warehouse is one of my favs forever
Great point on Dave's voice. It is definitely like an instrument. One of my favorite DMB songs, great lyrics.
Dave Matthews doesn’t get enough credit imho. Great reaction, could tell you were transported.
Glad you discovered Tim and Dave. I'd forgotten how good they soundrd with three instruments.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!
Been requesting this one for a while.
Dave Matthews - born in South Africa,
raised there, London and Virginia.
Father was John Matthews, a founding physicist with Large Hadron Collider.
Father died when Dave was 17.
Mother is a painter & artist.
Sister killed in Africa by mob violence.
Met Tim Reynolds in Charlottesville at Miller's, where Tim played music and Dave bartended.
Dave was raised a Quaker Christian.
Tim is Buddhist.
Tim and Dave wrote most early DMB songs high on pot brownies in Dave's mom's basement.
Tim can't sing. Auto accident sent shards of glass into throat, damaging vocal cords.
Love these guys, DMB and all their positive vibes!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. My wife lost her big brother to cancer when she was just a teenager. She was just 16 and he was barely 21. And she has a little brother that is 10 years younger than her. I still tear up nearly every time I hear this song. She’s 45 now but wow. It’s like Dave was speaking to her family. What a beautiful song.
FIRST TIME HEARING "DAVE MATTHEWS BAND" WAS OVER 2O YEARS AGO ON THE ALBUM FROM "🎶CARLOS SANTANA ~ SUPERNATURAL🎶" THE SECOND SONG ON THAT RECORD "LO💚E OF MY LIFE" I WAS HOOKED TO THE SOUND ESPECIALLY " CARTER BEAUFORD" THAT AMAZING DRUMMER HAS A STYLE & TECHNIQUE ALMOST MAKING HIM SOUND LIKE HE'S 2 EVEN 3 DRUMMERS AT ONE TIME GREAT CHOICE AMAZING REACTION THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
A Dave Matthews concert is definitely on my bucket list! Thanks for this reaction!
There are no words to describe the feelings at his shows! So many people,so much LoVE! It really is a religious experience. I wish I was able to go to so many more shows🙌🏼✌🏼🐷🐜🐜
DMB is a religious experience, the band, is absolutely incredible. Dave and Tim, are IMO on another level entirely. A must see live act. You'll never see a better live performance.
Dave Matthews is a treasure and I would love for you to do a deeper dive into his work. So glad you enjoyed this one.
I LOVE Dave for probably 30 years now. I’m a 56 year old lady. And this version. Oh my gosh! And. I thank Jamel for his thoughts on the song And Jamel. WOW. you’re imitation of Dave and his melodic voice so beautiful. I appreciate your reaction to this song 💕
Transcendental. Beautiful. Captivating. Inspiring. WOW
This is such a fantastic show all the way through! Tim Reynolds is a masterful guitarist.
Two guitars and one magic voice filling your ears and mind, soaring. How does he do that?? Such a wonderful live performance.
Incredible emotive story telling. Goosebumps and emotion throughout.....
Man this is one of the best versions of this song. There’s another GREAT version where he’s in a cabin sitting in front of a fire place singing for Jane Goodall and her 2 dogs. AMAZING
THIS IS WHY I BEEN LISTENING TO DMB for 20+ years - Always have a dynamic intro and eases into the singing. HE is a MASTER OF HIS CRAFT - LOVE DMB!!!!!!!
I can't help but cry each time I hear this. Gorgeous
The beauty of a Dave show is that any given song could be 15 minutes long, different than the record, with 5 other performers…and I’m pretty sure nothing is rehearsed.
Love me some Dave!
What a performance, Dave is one of the greatest songwriters on the planet
I've been a Dave Matthews fan for roughly 20-25 years, and I still get goosebumps. DMB are easily some of the best live performers of the past several decades.
I bought this on DVD when it came out, still my favorite of his concerts, Tim was just amazing.
When I hear this song it really hits me hard. To me, this is a song about Alcoholism. Begging the bartender for a drink…”when I was young I never thought about it, now I can’t get it out of my mind.” “The wine that’s drinking me.” Powerful stuff, and it hits home.
Welcome to the wonderful rabbit hole called "Dave Matthews Band". This song is everything. One I would love to sit with a group of people just discussing the interpretation of the lyrics. Dave Matthews seriously could have been a poet if the whole music thing didn't work out. The lyrics in 90% of their songs are deep and what lured me in. Powerful stuff.
Been a Dave fan since about 1997..been to over 50 shows. This is one of my top 10 recordings ever by Him. The sound is just amazing. Its not a song, its an experience
I agree.
“Lie in our graves” at Radio City is one of the best of D&T!
Agree
Check out the one from Canandaigua. Top notch.
@@johnwhalen5910 tim Reynolds is an absolute wizard at that concert
Goosebumps. Just pure Goosebumps. Phenominal.
your reaction made me tear up. this is one of THE most iconic Dave performances, and seeing someone connect with it so deeply in the same way that I do, made me appreciate the song and his legendary delivery even more. your comment "I felt like I'm over here listening with my chair was in the sky". 😭
Awesome. What's even more amazing to me is that all that music is coming from only two guitars.. Just goes to show what someone with talent can do with music. Love your videos man.
The Dave and Tim Live at the Luther College album is the really the Dave Matthews stuff I like the most. Maybe check out "Christmas Song" by Dave and played by those two, good for the season. Thanks for doing this one for sure!
A must from them is the Christmas Song. I listen to it every year. It's my Christmas music
so beautiful watching someone experience the magic of his music
Hey Jamel - People love to hate on Dave, but he and his band are undoubtedly great musicians. If you love the dead and love jams with transitions and great talent, you’ll love Dave Matthews Band. Went to a lot of their shows and mind blown every time.
Dont know who loves to hate them, but theyre stupid!
Who hates
on him?
@@mjsmcdI used to get so much hate for being a fan.
Love Dave Matthews Band was just at the MSG show on 11/12/21. Great video by the way!! Please do more reactions to their music. I'm a late fan but I've spent the last 9 years catching up on all the beauty I missed.
Dave’s lyric writing, to me, is so under appreciated. DMB, Dave and Tim / and Friends and just Dave are just end to end talented musicians that love and exude the healing powers of music.
I know both of them and my band in the '90 did many gigs with them. Dave used to tend bar at a place in Charlottesville, VA called Miller's
The song feels like you're on a spiritual journey. I remember some time ago Dave was interviewed and he mentioned he took his family to an indigenous celebration(Somewhere in Australia maybe). They were sitting around a fire and the people from the tribe singing moved them all. You can here that vocal style in the intro/outro here. It resonates the core of your soul.
"anybody else got goosebumps".................................well said sir!!
As a long time Dave Matthews fan, watching your reaction to Bartender at Radio City Music Hall of all the versions out there, was just perfect! I must have listened to this version at least 50 times over the years and the goosebumps always come rushing back! Keep up the great work 👍🏼
I've never been a HUGE DMB fan, but Dave and Tim is some of my favorite stuff ever. Absolutely amazing
Seeing these 2 live in Houston a few years ago was an incredible experience. This video conveys it quite well. Something about Dave Matthews songs played just acoustically in an intimate setting is quite spiritual, like you were experiencing. And I was also impressed by how many songs they played. It was incredible show of endurance as well as talent. I’ve been to many shows with his full band and it’s the same way, but it’s particularly impressive when it’s just the two of them and their guitars and no way to hide mistakes, etc.
Yes! You got it! Dave & Tim are magical together for sure!! Dave & Tim take you on a journey and it’s just so beautiful!
I relate to this reaction on a deep level.
First time I heard that rendition, the intro lifted me up. Pure joy.
All love.
I have seen Dave and Tim in concert many times. Always an awesome. I can be having the worst soul sucking day and Dave music 🎶 makes me feel so much better. I suggest Lie in Our Graces live at CMAC Canandaigua NY ...it was a magical moment in an amazing show.
True story - my now ex- husband (a cop) and I saw DM band in Hotlanta (Atlanta) 2009. Joints were being passed around endlessly . My ex is 6”4’. I snuck behind him and took a hit off a joint passed to me. He turned around and saw me and the look on his face was haunting. Later on the way home he we talked about it. He shared that an off duty cop would NEVER try to arrest or confront any concert goers partaking in pot smoking. He said it would not end well for him. But The DM band is AMAZING!! Please check out their song “Crash” . I’ve been to a few concerts and that concerts was one of the best!! ✌🏼 Love you J!!!
I'm not a big fan of all these reaction channels but this was entertaining bruh.. You nailed it.. funny and enciteful.. When Dave's Good, he's damn good. One of my all t ime fav DMB tunes
THANKS SO MUCH😊❤️❤️❤️ unbelievable performance!!!!!
As far as rhythmic timing and feel…Dave might just have one of the best right hands around ✋🏽
That's what Dave is all about. Hugs from Brazil.
Dave and Tim live at Luther College singing Crash Into Me is a must.
Dave and Tim together in concert is a transcendent experience. If you want a simple, beautiful song of the two of them playing, check out "Oh"
You should definitely watch „Lie in our graves“ from the same show. I don’t know how Tim achieved this, but the One Note Guitar Solo sends shivers down my spine.
Saw them in Norfolk in 94…. Will never forget the show, amazing!
You've been killing it with these picks lately. I never cared much for the "commercially viable" radio versions of most of their stuff, but these performances with Dave and Tim are legendary. If this hit the spot, then you must listen to "Don't Drink the Water". The message in that song is the message of our times. And in addition to that one, "The Last Resort" by The Eagles is another that's on the same subject.
woohoo!!!!
Love Dave!
shout out to the sound people too at this show, amazing work with Daves vocals
The Dave Matthews rabbit hole has begun!
Absolutely loved your reaction! I’ve been going to DMB shows since the late ‘90’s. Your reaction was pure and this version of Bartender is one of my all time favs! You definitely need to react to Grey Street!
That was one of the best Dave and Timmy shows I’ve been to . I miss however the early ones when the crowd would sit , chill and listen . But this show was fantastic .
Ive seen Dave matthews band live in concert twice in a role now they are truly incredible and one of my favorite bands!!
My dude just got rocked. Love it.
I'm a huge DMB fan and have been waiting forever for you to react. I hope you go down the rabbit hole and review more Dave tunes. I just bought a hoodie, thanks for everything. Your channel helped get me through 2020 and I'll always be a supporter of you.
I’ve been to multiple Dave concerts, his fans are as die hard and loud as they come.
I have this concert on Blu-Ray, when it came out it was when Blu-Ray first being introduced and they used this concert to really promote the format and showcase what lossless audio was capable of. Let me tell you hearing this on disc with a high quality system or headphones is ungodly good, like from another dimension.
Needed to hear this song today.
Checkout “the maker” from the same show! It’s phenomenal
Yes!!
I was at this concert. Was awesome!