dave matthews band for the, what, 9th time?

i have gone to a bunch of dave matthews band concerts. i have seen dave alone, and with the band in a variety of venues, in a variety of cities. this week i saw DMB for the second time at jones beach in new york. the band put on another great show. dave rarely disappoints. the great thing about seeing a band like dave's is that they will usually do a great cover. the last few times i got the talking heads cover "burning down the house" which is amazing to say the least. i was waiting patiently for the cover when all of a sudden this jem started up. RB and i went nuts! we couldn't believe it. although dave didn't do any rapping, just the fact that the band played beastie boys, "brass monkey" was awesome.

the other part of this night is this. i took along family friends' 18 and 16 year old daughters. they are "huge" DMB fans and had never been to a DMB concert or a true concert for that matter. i was super excited. dave and the band played a very eclectic set and the girls, god love them, didn't know a lot of the songs, which meant to me that although they are fans, they must really only listen to a certain repertoire of songs. when brass monkey came on and RB and i went berserk for the change up in dave's setlist, i turned to the girls and began commenting on how lucky they were to be seeing a change in the setlist and also beastie boys cover, "brass monkey". the girls looked back and me and smiled, nodded and began bopping to the music. it was at that point they weren't true music fans because i turned back and said "you have no clue what song this is do you?", they replied, "sorry, no." i then asked, "do you even know who the beastie boys are?" the answer, no again.

seriously, this ISN'T an age thing. when i was their age i knew such a wide range of music and songs. this is simply a lack of musical variety. these girls are wonderful girls, sweet, good girls, but they are white bread, plain, simple and boring. there isn't anything wrong with white bread, i love white bread for bologna sandwiches, but it's plain, and simple. seriously girls, who are the beastie boys? really? the other thing they asked... "what is going to happen tonight?" what does that even mean? i didn't know how to answer at first. then i realized, they had never been to a real concert so i had to explain how there would be drinking, and singing and dancing, and wait basically...sex, drugs and rock & roll... it was weird. i was so different at their age. needless to say i had a great time as always,  and they enjoyed themselves despite their lack of musical knowledge. all in all it was a good night for everyone. maybe i inspired them to think outside their musical box into the deep abyss.