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I hate to pull a [Citation Needed] especially when I won't provide my own, but I find it really hard to believe that DMB was the most consistently popular music

by kgo 16y ago

I hate to pull a [Citation Needed] especially when I won't provide my own, but I find it really hard to believe that DMB was the most consistently popular musician of any generation. He's never been Elvis big, Beatles big, or even Jay Z or Bon Jovi big. (Bon Jovi only being referenced in the original article because they took the number one slot, not because the author was a huge fan.) He's very popular, has a pretty good niche, don't get me wrong. (Must... Resist... urge... to... crack... on... lacrosse... players...) But I think plenty of people would be surprised that he was in that top ten list, not just old timers.

taylorlb 16y ago
DMB may not be the "most popular" but they did sell more tickets than any other act in North America over the last 10 years http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/dave_matthews_band_tops_decade.html http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/d...
- kgo 16y ago
  Well yeah, but that's the whole point of the original article we're linking to, right? They're not the biggest band of a generation, they're not the current KISS-FM darlings, and they're still raking in the money by touring non-stop, building a dedicated fan base, and giving a good show. I think if you asked most people, even the ones who aren't old and 50, to make a list of the top ten tours this year... It'd be easy to guess the expensive shows for the baby boomers (Eagles, etc) and the hip acts for the kids (Lady GaGa, Black Eyed Peas). But I don't think many people would peg the Dave Matthews Band. That's why I thought the article was interesting. Not because Bon Jovi is awesome and Dave Matthews is lame or vice versa...
thebooktocome 16y ago
"most consistently popular musician of my generation" is what GP said.
- whatusername 16y ago
  But there is a significant difference between "my generation" and "my demographic". I can believe DMB being the biggest musician of a demographic (US, College educated, mid twenties?) -- but probably not a "generation".
  - jhamburger 16y ago
    Depends on how you define "generation"...consider the ticket sales referenced above and this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_arti... Most of the other 90s/2000s artists on the list are pop/country acts like Mariah Carey and Shania Twain that I wouldn't consider to be artists "of my generation"
    - whatusername 16y ago
      Is "generation" a global term or country specific? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_arti... DMB doesn't appear (Implying that they have <50 mill sales (but they have 32 mill US Sales). Linkin Park / Rihana / Coldplay all appear in the global list. Not to mention artists like Ayumi Hamasaki (Which from 1994-present) operated in roughly the same time span as DMB.
      - jhamburger 16y ago
        Maybe not country specific but at least culture specific. There has to be some sense of shared experience for a generation or else its a pointless term.
- kgo 16y ago
  I'm assuming his generation was in the subset of all generations that I am referring to.
  - thebooktocome 16y ago

by kgo 16y ago

taylorlb 16y ago

DMB may not be the "most popular" but they did sell more tickets than any other act in North America over the last 10 years http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/dave_matthews_band_tops_decade.html http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/d...

kgo 16y ago
Well yeah, but that's the whole point of the original article we're linking to, right? They're not the biggest band of a generation, they're not the current KISS-FM darlings, and they're still raking in the money by touring non-stop, building a dedicated fan base, and giving a good show. I think if you asked most people, even the ones who aren't old and 50, to make a list of the top ten tours this year... It'd be easy to guess the expensive shows for the baby boomers (Eagles, etc) and the hip acts for the kids (Lady GaGa, Black Eyed Peas). But I don't think many people would peg the Dave Matthews Band. That's why I thought the article was interesting. Not because Bon Jovi is awesome and Dave Matthews is lame or vice versa...

thebooktocome 16y ago

"most consistently popular musician of my generation" is what GP said.

whatusername 16y ago
But there is a significant difference between "my generation" and "my demographic". I can believe DMB being the biggest musician of a demographic (US, College educated, mid twenties?) -- but probably not a "generation".
- jhamburger 16y ago
  Depends on how you define "generation"...consider the ticket sales referenced above and this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_arti... Most of the other 90s/2000s artists on the list are pop/country acts like Mariah Carey and Shania Twain that I wouldn't consider to be artists "of my generation"
  - whatusername 16y ago
    Is "generation" a global term or country specific? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_arti... DMB doesn't appear (Implying that they have <50 mill sales (but they have 32 mill US Sales). Linkin Park / Rihana / Coldplay all appear in the global list. Not to mention artists like Ayumi Hamasaki (Which from 1994-present) operated in roughly the same time span as DMB.
    - jhamburger 16y ago
      Maybe not country specific but at least culture specific. There has to be some sense of shared experience for a generation or else its a pointless term.
kgo 16y ago
I'm assuming his generation was in the subset of all generations that I am referring to.
- thebooktocome 16y ago