Tag: Dave Matthews Band

Proudest Monkey comes from Dave Matthews Band's 1996 album Crash. It's a slow, jazzy song featuring LeRoi Moore's saxophone, and in concert it often flows straight into Satellite. Seen through a Christian lens, Proudest Monkey is about a monkey who swings down from the trees, proud to walk the...

Grey Street comes from Dave Matthews Band's 2002 album Busted Stuff. Many of its songs grew out of the shelved Lillywhite Sessions, which fans had passed around for years. It tells the story of a woman who feels trapped in a grey, colourless life. Seen through a Christian lens, Grey Street is...

Tripping Billies comes from Dave Matthews Band's 1996 album Crash, and it's been a concert favourite since the band's early days in Charlottesville, Virginia. Its refrain is "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." Seen through a Christian lens, Tripping Billies is a celebration of...

Ants Marching comes from Dave Matthews Band's 1994 major-label debut, Under the Table and Dreaming. Driven by Boyd Tinsley's violin hook and Carter Beauford's drumming, it became the band's signature live song. Seen through a Christian lens, Ants Marching is about a life on autopilot. Everyone...

Crash Into Me comes from Dave Matthews Band's 1996 album Crash. It's one of the band's best-known songs, built on Dave's gentle acoustic guitar, Boyd Tinsley's violin, and Carter Beauford's light touch on drums. Seen through a Christian lens, Crash Into Me is about a deep longing to be close to...

This year I saw Dave Matthews Band live with my daughter. Don't Drink the Water, from their 1998 album Before These Crowded Streets, tells a haunting story of conquest and displacement, with driving rhythm and menace. Seen through a Christian lens, the song asks what happens when power replaces...