Jeff Coffin has his own amazing style, but he’s done a good job over the years tapping into Moore’s MO when taking solos on this beautiful song. Funny the Way It Is (Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King). 131. Here’s the best version of “Crazy Easy,” which is punctuated by an unexpected extended outro, the only one of its kind. The bracket breaks down by album like this: UTTAD: 11 Crash: 10 BTCS: 9 Unreleased/LWS: 9 Busted Stuff: 8 Remember Two Things: 6Come Tomorrow: 4 Big Whiskey: 3 Away From the World: 3 Lillywhite Sessions: 2Everyday: 2Stand Up: 1. Only been played a handful of times, and that stands to reason. Dreamgirl (Stand Up). Manon Mathews Fans Also Viewed . Here On Out (Come Tomorrow). Shockingly, with a peak position at No. Back-to-back classics here — probably ranked much lower than many would have either. 79. Grey Blue Eyes (Some Devil). Monkey Man (The Lillywhite Sessions). Deed Is Done (unreleased). When you’re at an arena show on a winter tour in December, it is always a pleasure to get this one. 134. You & Me (Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King). Another one lessened by lack of a violin. Lover Lay Down (Under the Table and Dreaming). I’m still partial to the ’97 Dave and Tim performances, when this was known as “Crazy,” but it’s a knockout still all the same. And as I bide my time waiting for a follow-up interview with Steve Lillywhite — which we hope to get done in podcast form later in 2020 — what better time than now to tackle something so fun and fanatical? 69. Never have I listened to a song for the first time, thought it was pretty solid, only to have the second, third and fourth listens degrade my opinion as rapidly as salt falling into boiling water. Why this one gets dibs on being the name of a song is a puzzlement. See more ideas about mathews, inappropriate laughter, kristen stewart. It almost never disappears for more than a five-show stretch, a reality that has come to torment the hardcores and bring a cheeky delight to Dave, who never hesitates to taunt the fans by reminding them that he’ll play this damn song any and every time he pleases. I get why it connects with the mass audience, but it’s not my bag and the lyrics lack. This song features frontman by himself for the first 80% of it before the band comes in, a decision I’ve always thought was a good one. Grace Is Gone (Busted Stuff). Dynamic, limber, and as heavy as it is light. But anytime DMB wants to feature alto flute on a tune, count me in. Sweet (Away From the World). It’s the DMB equivalent of an 15-point, six-rebound, three-assist, one-steal game. Since then Mathews has joined others such as Vincent Marcus, Matt Cutshall, and Arielle Vandenberg on my list of daily insta-story visits when I need a break from the stress of 2020 life. UPDATE: Approximately one hour after this list published the morning of April 14, Matthews sang/played the third verse of Grey Street for the first time in almost 18 years. But I’ve enjoyed how Dave and Tim have opted in acoustic performance to bust past the intended ending into a more traditional finish. This is no half-baked, used up and then thrown out studio cut. Blue Water Baboon Farm (unreleased). 114. A nine-foot-tall savage of a song that dials it up to 11 to blare about the pitfalls of mankind’s penchant for war. Strange evolution how people have come to believe that we are its greatest achievementWhen really we're just a collection of cellsOverrating themselvesHello God I'm avoiding the truth. 13. This song talks about digging a whole all the way to China, unless of course you’re already in China, which in that case you’d best dig your way home. What’s the problem? Bismarck (unreleased). Angel (Everyday). John Popper’s harmonica solo made it that more distinct. Acoustic versions, rare though they are, also deliver. Its chest was a little too full compared to everything else. 0:27. 12. People People (unreleased). Also has the signature bass line of Lessard’s career and is among the more colorful drumming arrangements Beauford’s come up with. Matthews taps into his inner Paul Simon and delivers a later-career gem. She is an ALUMNUS of The SECOND CITY Conservatory (Hollywood), as well as The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade. A growler of a track that deals with the trappings of drug use, most specifically heroin. Producer Rob Cavallo described this song’s chorus as “fucking glorious.” He’s fucking right. 23. 85. Who would have ever thought a keys-driven song — on a Rhodes piano no less — could turn into one of the best studio cuts of the band’s career? Raven (Busted Stuff). Let You Down (Crash). Straight in, suck up and go / cool it, swallow, swallow / ah, breathe deep, take it all / it comes cheap. A song that starts out with a shy, indented guitar riff eventually builds into a powerhouse. Shake Me Like a Monkey (Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King). 2 years in a row Manon was a Shorty Awards FINALIST for VINER OF THE YEAR!​. It’s the only track on Crash that makes sense to open the record. Seek Up (Remember Two Things). Jimi Thing (Under the Table and Dreaming). 150. “Bye-you!” Doctors recommend this in small, sparing doses. No, but it’s musically robust and unafraid of anything in its path. No chance he realizes “Toy Soldiers” was once a thing. 158. This is how you introduce yourself to 20,000 people on a summer evening. Tricky to rank because there are two versions of the song; being that the “faster” version is what was cut and stuck to Come Tomorrow, it’s what gets evaluated. Toy Soldiers (unreleased). 155. Corn Bread (Little Red Bird EP). 165. An' Another Thing/Little Thing (Some Devil). Smooth Rider (Stand Up). Manon Mathews posted on Instagram: “This is me” • See all of @manonmathews's photos and videos on their profile. '“ Hey, at least we have it. You know what, it doesn’t matter. It’s the perfect lead-in to “#34.”. Something inspired clearly hit Matthews in between late 2003 and the summer of 2004, when he wrote five songs (“Crazy Easy,” “Joyride,” “Good Good Time,” “Sugar Will” and “Hello Again”) that seemed to indicate a path toward an album of substance that still had its ethos tied to the songwriting of DMB in the ’90s. Cry Freedom (Crash). There are 10-or-so songs Matthews has written that you can fit in your back pocket, that show his ability to write with an economy of words. All for the better. (For all its capacity, this solo version remains among the best ever.) 64. As I wrote in my Come Tomorrow review, this is a “constellation-name-dropping number about cosmic humility that got the red-pen treatment in the studio.” Nimble, enjoyable, not too loud, not too soft. W/ Laura Clery. Roxanne is cheating on me Oh man He must be under pressure Yeah. Why did they name the album after this one? (There’s another parallel world where Everyday doesn’t even get made at all.). Simple, yet one of the best studio cuts he’s ever done. Matthews has conjured up six dozen interesting riffs in his life. No person of this world. An earworm in 9/8 time that — vocals aside — sounds like something Soundgarden could have written in ‘95. intro. 51. What You Are (Everyday). The definitive version of the song, ironically, comes on the night of Moore’s death in 2008, when DMB opened its concert at Staples Center with it. Idea of You (Come Tomorrow). Snow Outside (Away From the World). The glory of this far-too-infrequently-played song is the locked-in rhythm and power of Matthews, Stefan Lessard and Beauford. 67. Fool to Think (Everyday). Related videos. This one’s been flirting with becoming endangered in setlists in the past decade, but here’s a slept-on gem of a stanza. The build-up and release of “The Last Stop’s” key-change reprise is one of the paramount live experiences the band has to offer. 58. It’s a nice lullaby. Lyrically, it’s aged well. It’s a love song, natch. 45. It’s also infamously never been played live. Why I Am (Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King). Putting together a bracket will inevitably lead to gripes over seedings and snubs — as it should! She headlined in the breakout artists series  at Caroline's on Broadway in New York City and begun her journey showcasing her variety show around the united states! What’s your get loose song!? She is best known for her videos on Vine and her appearances in film and television. Musically, it’s a powerhouse, no way around it. The Fly (Joshua soundtrack). She's written, directed and starred in dozens of commercials! Everything after was not. So Right (Everyday). ​You can catch her romantic comedy Holiday Breakup on Amazon Prime & itunes,  her last TV appearance was on Broadcity and the female sketch show Sorry Not Sorry on Go90. Beach Ball (Little Red Bird EP). Build You a House (unreleased/Lillywhite Sessions side song). Just as the bite of the blade wakes the absent mind / there’s time to dream and there’s time open your eyes. A Dream So Real (unreleased). 27. It lost a little something nice once there was no longer a violin to highlight in the post-bridge chorus. It debuted in acoustic sets long before a full-band version was ever heard, and what fans got was a reassuring example that DMB could be for the long haul. If you’ve never heard the studio cut, it’s nothing flashy but instead captured just about perfectly to the spirit of the song. I’m not merely accounting for the way the songs were recorded/produced, but the essence of each song. Write a Song (Little Red Bird EP). Song is adaptable and doable in spots 1-20, anywhere in a setlist, and I’d like to see it implemented as such in the future. Whether this song actually exists anymore remains a little bit of a mystery, as it was clearly manipulated on Come Tomorrow as a segue track and renamed "bkdkdkdd.". Crazy Easy (unreleased). This song should close shows. #34 (Under the Table and Dreaming). That’s of course the late, great LeRoi Moore whistling on the outro. Matthews understandably loves the song, and it’s a fine little tune, but it’s so much better suited to a Dave-and-Tim environment than full-band shows. Gravedigger / when you dig my grave / can you make it shallow / so that I can feel the rain? Sometimes a pandemic hits and so you spend weeks thinking about and ranking the songs from your favorite band’s catalog. When I'm Weary (Come Tomorrow). Once every 30 or 40 songs, Matthews will come up with a tune that is out of his wheelhouse and still manages to land just right. Steady as We Go (Stand Up). 105. 148. 139. It’s irrefutably a well-written, catchy song. 72. Given that a few shows that featured Doobie Thing were liberally traded in the band’s early days, I’ve always thought this song helped build out DMB’s reputation for being a slightly jammier band than they actually were. Minarets (Remember Two Things). Tailor-made for guest spots or the core five all the same, “Graves” has produced nearly two dozen distinct, unique, must-listen versions over the past 28 years. Typical Situation (Under the Table and Dreaming). It’s still tasty, though. A little jangle to the verse, a wave-curl pre-chorus and then one of the most joyous hooks of Matthews’ career on the chorus. A stand-up double at that. Also, the alto sax-guided breakdown is as danceable as anything else in the band’s catalog. When people describe DMB’s sound on the whole as being hard to pinpoint or place in a genre, “Pig” goes a long way to defining that lack of definition. 62. 25. Oh (Some Devil). Album instrumental segues or not fully fleshed live songs (like “Grux,” “bkdkdkdd,” “Pantala Naga Pampa,” "Kill the Preacher,” the abandoned Batson ‘06/’07 sessions, “Mother’s Night,” “Litho Blitho,” etc.) We’re so far removed from that album’s release, it’s almost impossible to imagine this song fitting anywhere on that record — despite the fact it was initially anticipated being the debut single. 73. Mathew has studied film production, dance, and theater as well. 10. Song was salvaged — even improved upon — when it was brought back from the dead in 2012 and then promptly dropped again. They are no longer available. 39. ​​Manon Mathews is a Comedian, Content Creator, Author, Podcaster. Digging a Ditch (Busted Stuff). Certain tunes are emblematic of the band’s formative years, and for such a long time that was the case with “One Sweet World.” I’ve only four words, though: bring. 65. Don't Drink the Water (Before These Crowded Streets). Copyright © Manon Mathews, 2020. A bizarre song about oral sex that combines a desire to pull from the flower-power era and then shoehorns in an alt-rock-lite riff. Here’s to hoping whatever album comes next for DMB includes this storytelling and musical W. 53. “Monkey Man” is an alert, sinewy composition — its outro catching flares of some Radiohead influence. 11. The 2000/improvised versions are held in high regard by hardcores, but even the Busted Stuff rework stands tall. The finest version of the song — featuring soprano sax! 138. 32 Year Old Actress #14. Working with brands is her bread and butter. 30. Here’s the song that delivered DMB its first Grammy. You. 24. I haphazardly ranked out about 85% of the songs below a few years back and never got around to tweaking. Up and Away (Some Devil). This song is what 6:54 p.m. on a warm-but-not-too-warm Friday summer evening feels like. A truncated, horn-gilded update has taken some of the shine off what was a kaleidoscope of a tune. 17. One of the more adventurous and near-atonal chordal guitar parts Dave’s ever come up with. Forgettable, but evidence that a Moore soprano sax line can save almost any DMB tune to a certain degree. The moment that hooked me for good came within the first five seconds of hearing Moore’s flute solo on UTTAD for the very first time. The definitive version comes from Live at Luther College. Hello Again (Stand Up). She later attended Santa Barbara City College. Mathew's father is Temple Mathews, and he is a writer and a director. 153. Classic Matthews riff, and a tune that’s become a bit overlooked in recent years due to its absence from setlists. 80. Indicative of the freewheeling, quasi-jammy ethos that DMB flirted with in the first four years of its existence. I like it, I’ve just never loved it. Good music, forgettable lyrical effort. With all her comedic collaborators in tow, the improv veteran creates ridiculous videos that find the absurdity in everything from first dates to femininity to female celebrities. Help Myself (BTCS sessions). Be Yourself (unreleased). From overhyped to underhyped. One Sweet World (Remember Two Things). Come Tomorrow (Come Tomorrow). on Pinterest. The descending guitar riff was later put into one of the BTCS segue songs (or “commercials,” as Steve Lillywhite has referred to them). This is a sample of that. 107. TV Actress. Gaucho (Away From the World). 32. 56. A pliable tune about early-20s infatuation that illustrates 1991-1993 DMB as purely as any other song in the archives. It packs a punch then pulls out another half-dozen haymakers. S… An ace in the hole. The stammer-rhythm chorus is yet another example of how this band takes time to challenge itself and add wrinkles to songs that most others simply wouldn’t. I'm an actress born and raised in LA. Sister (unreleased). I don’t think the band realizes how great the song actually is, and its cut for The Lillywhite Sessions, even if incomplete by definition, cannot be improved upon. Proudest Monkey (Crash). Easily the weakest song off Crash, it’s nonetheless come a long way — with a much deeper catalog 23 years post helping its case — from being pegged as one of the two or three worst DMB songs. Matthews’ lyrics are fantastic; the whole vibe of the song is of a classic DMB mold. 9). 144. #40 (unreleased). It’s Matthews, not Reynolds, who takes the guitar solo on the album as well (and he does a fine job with it). Before These Crowded Streets is the best DMB album. “So Much to Say” won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997. Manon Mathews. IG @ManonMathews JOIN MY VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB 160. When Come Tomorrow was released in 2018, fans found out this song was more than a decade old. Cigarette Lit (unreleased/Some Devil sessions). Halloween (Before These Crowded Streets). 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