Dave Matthews Band-The Idea Of You (Live at West Palm Beach)

[ripskins21]

aww you can tell his voice is hurting but he still sings it! great man

[gwhuckaby71]

Why momma??

[smarterthananyone]

@tcurry1977 I don't think he gets the credit he deserves. He's a GREAT musician!

[mouldyteabag]

I love Carter's little thing at around 3:26

[wolfpacguy]

Probably my favorite DMB song of all time

[JPNasca]

I was there!!!

[StickyyWinklee]

i dont know about anyone else.

but i acctually really like Dave's voice, whether it be 'scratchy' or how he normally sings, i actually think it has a dead authentic sound and feel to it lol :)

i don't have one bad thing to say about this fantastic group of musicians :D

only wish i had heard about them sooner, only got into them when i had heard about Leroi's passing, a real shame, wish i couldve witnessed his talent before he left us.

Thank heavens for these videos :)

[allberto2]

is that AFC AJAX t-shirt??? haha respect.. still I prefer sc heerenveen:P:P

[mikel064]

if u guys didnt notice dave said sorry for his voice being shitty at the beginning of the song

[JSLY711]

beautifully brilliant!!!!

[dfresh429]

What happend to the songs of the 2006 tour

[mikel064]

i love it... dave still plays even tho he knows his voice is scratchy. instead of cancelling the concert..

[OshiLiNawa7]

Love this song...miss you Roi!

[noles33]

Carter, you are a huge inspiration to me. keep up the mega beats!!! They shake the world!

[thodso]

Any singer knows how hard it is to sing when you feel like shit, gotta give him credit for still playin the song and not changing the set list and singing easy songs instead

[277surfergirl]

@thodso Can I ask you WHY he feel like shit??? thanks!

[hughejam]

@277surfergirl Not really that he feels like shit, but hes losing his voice pretty badly. he says it at the beginning.

[277surfergirl]

@hughejam thanks!

[L00P7R00P]

Damn, you can hear Dave's voice is really weak in this song. His vocal chords must have hurt. Thanks Dave, for performing such a great song, even though you weren't 100% ready to sing.

[palmbeachsooner]

Thank you Dave.  We are your biggest fans and you know it.

[jagr456]

Daves voice is rough here

[thegoattamer]

2:20 came in a little early? O_o

[noles33]

yeah, good catch, i didnt even notice

[InTheMistsOfTime]

Yes, this was a great version, wasn't it....I believe it is so endearing because it was written from the heart....

Sadly, it was changed to be about a babysitter....it takes alot of courage to stand in your truth....when you can't...i guess you change the words....

[riesendw]

What do you mean 'changed' to be about a babysitter? From performance #1, the lyrics have centered around a boy's love / lust for an older woman, presumably about a babysitter.

[WholisticHealthDoc]

Hmmmm.....listen again.....

[ReinierMatthews]

Maybe 'cause of the 'mistake' (2:20) and the poor voice, this is maybe one of the best version of the 'Idea of you' I've seen. How bout you? (Love Carter's Ajax jersey)

I still think Dave should leave the cigarettes, but hey... this is rock, and definitely roll ;-)

[vaportrails44]

Very disappointed that this is not on GrooGrux...this track is begging for an official studio release so is JTR

[monsieurolaf]

AJAX ftw \o/

[ReinierMatthews]

leip ouwe!

[jwolfe0728]

I was at this show, and even though Dave's voice was scratchy it was still one hell of a concert!

[bryandunnblues]

I have been there before, He is a man for not cancelling the show .I remember seeing Cater with his old band Secrets in Richmond VA back in the day and saying, This guy is a force of nature. Good rcovery by the band on the 2nd chours

[kullz12]

sounded painful ...but thats why hes great , he always puts 110% into it

[LightMast]

The look on Boyd's face after Dave screws up the chorus is great.

[panictactics]

Why did you block me bro'?

[unacal76]

what face? i hear the mess up but i don't see a non common boyd face in there

[panictactics]

Don't block me bro'.

[JKDMartialArt]

You can actually hear Carter transition at the line "Wanna stay but..." When realizing he's got to shift the whole song to catch Dave (ie Dave doesn't auto-correct) , he ghosts the snare (to make it less obvious) while playing a syncopated pattern on bassdrum over the song's pattern to get him back to a downstroke on the next measure 1. If you pay attention you can hear Roi, Boyd, Fonz, and Rashawn drop out, then they come back on the 1 with Carter after hearing his shift... Excellent recovery.

[monkeypd]

@JKDMartialArt

perfectly explained. carter just kept his cool rolled with it for an entire phrase and jumped back on the 1. VERY PRO.

[panictactics]

Why did you block me bro?

[panictactics]

You can't block people on the internet, dumbass.

Am I sill blocked bro?

[panictactics]

Why did you block me bro?

[welc427]

don't taze me bro

[panictactics]

Don't mock me bro'.

[davematthewsgirl81]

This song this version this concert is what got me back into dmb in 2006. Love this absolutley one of my favorite songs.

[Crush1998]

did you go to this west palm concert??

[fitzy8109]

the drums in this song are soooooo good carter makes me angry at his talent once again!!

[unacal76]

was that an oopsies at 2:19?

[Somuchtoplay]

I get a sudden impulse to clear my throat after the chorus :P Poor Dave, hope the people in the audience know that when he isn't that hoarse, his voice is the greatest of all the billions in the world.

[PagnGodOfWarChnt]

This is DEF on the new album... the way the crowd freaks out when he goes back into the chorus on Live Trax 6 is awesome...

[vaxarado]

Maybe the EP but the album itself is supposed to be all brand new songs (according to Dave). We'll see. He had the Veillette with him in the studio.

[Somuchtoplay]

But shotgun's gotta be on it, right? :O That's relatively new. Isn't it? :(

[newmarcel]

it's all good DMB is all about true fans, i seen this version live and it is extremely powerfull, who gives a shit if he lost his voice that day. see you in jass fest and 5 day later at the woodlands

[poopies474]

sweet guitar

[bassmeister11]

Hey its great you still have this version

of the song! It was the best! The new version is about his babysitter?? We have this copy in a video from 2006 and it is fantastic...the energy has changed in the new version...not the same...wonder what will go on the new album...? Almost afraid to find out...it could be about his cat...

[fan1026]

Only Dave can make a great song about his babysitter

[davemathews48]

A for effort!

[chrisschin2]

haha poor dave. atleast it wasn't webcast all over the world...oh wait...it was

[lazlochatter]

Oh poor Dave. Man I'm glad his voice was healthy for the show I was at. I've also got some rare songs he did on my channel. Burning Down the House, Sledgehammer and Halloween!! If you're interested that is. Great find and thanks for the upload!!

[13Pulgadas]

yea, its a rough version, for sure. but the beauty of his music isn't just in his voice, its in his words, in the power behind his words, as if they were screaming loudly from his deep depths of his soul, absolutely amazes me this man and his talent

[pelle209]

haha Daven you ruined it :)

still great version of this song

[vaportrails44]

Best song they have written since they first penned Grey Street. Period.

[Atrippingbillie37]

uhmmm no?

[mgkibbles]

Haha well Idea of You changes every time so idk I'd say Bartender or Two Step are the best songs that Dave has written, but these two are perfect as well...and so is every other DMB song.

[jr8996]

I'm so happy you have this. I watched that concert over and over multiple times a day for a year. And then it just disappeared :(. Finding this is definitely the highlight of my day so far!!!

[mgkibbles]

dave matthews band is all about heart and thats what i love, every song is beautiful and a work of art.

[Trump78]

Also, if you notice, he f-'s up at the 2:20 mark, and starts the chorus about 10 seconds too sone. They all recover like pros.

[Trump78]

Hahahaha. Poor dave. I have the way this song should sound uploaded on Youtube. I was actually at this concert, most of the songs were like this. He is human after all.

[swansong311]

he must be sick, but you've got to give him props for having the balls to perform sounding like that...I love this song...

[jimahs37]

funny though his voice is shot, and he still gives it his all

[Crush1998]

thats my favorite thing about him

[petzcool]

In this song his voice sucks as hell, but he still be one of the best men!!

[MrReise]

he fucked it up... still the best band in the world!!!

[cubemonkey]

never heard his voice that shot haha