Dave Matthews Band – March 23, 2007
A couple of buddies & I made the trip to Vegas to see DMB at the MGM Grand last week. I went to the show on the 23rd, which was incredible. The set list for the 24th also looked pretty sweet. I”ll definitely be downloading both of these shows when they are available on the band’’s website.
Here’’s the set list for the show on the 23rd:
- Pantala Naga Pampa
- Rapunzel
- Satellite
- When The World Ends
- Time Of The Season
- Hunger For The Great Light
- Dream Girl
- Say Goodbye
- The Idea Of You
- Louisiana Bayou
- I’ll Back You Up
- Down By The River
- Crush
- The Maker
- Jimi Thing
- Stay [Wasting Time]
What I love about DMB is that they somehow manage to help me achieve two seemingly opposing states; self-reflection while living in the moment. I always find myself reflecting back on my life at Dave’’s shows. A song will make me recall a past event with absolute lucidity – such memories almost always trigger some self reflection; thoughts of how lucky I am, how much I love my wife & child, how a few seemingly random events, had they turned out some other way, could have lead to a dramatically different life for me. Self reflection certainly feels like an important thing – it’’s a shame that most of us don”t find more time for it. I don”t mean this to sound too heavy – don”t get me wrong – I have a great time at Dave’’s shows, and the show in Vegas was no exception. I”m able to completely unplug and live in moment as I soak-up the positive energy that a DMB crowd can deliver. While I will take some time to reflect on my life, I”m also going to have a few beers, sing my fool head off, and generally enjoy the hell out of myself with few thoughts of my immediate problems. As Jack Kerouac would of said, I”m able to “tune-in, turn-on, and drop-out.” Only difference is that I manage to achieve this state for only about 2 hours during the show – then it’’s back to the real world.
Anyway, maybe I”ve ranted too much on the topic. My point was, or is, that DMB shows make me feel great and this one was better than most – which is saying something.
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