DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - WHAT WOULD YOU SAY

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

SONGWRITER: MATTHEWS DAVID JOHN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1994

Under the Table and Dreaming is the debut studio album from the Dave Matthews Band, released on September 27, 1994.

The album's first single was "What Would You Say", featuring John Popper of Blues Traveler on harmonica. Two other singles from the album followed, "Ants Marching" and "Satellite". By March 16, 2000, the album had sold six million copies, and was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.

"What Would You Say" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their debut álbum Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In June 1995 it peaked at #9 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. John Popper of Blues Traveler appears as a guest performer, playing the harmonica.

Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initialism DMB) is an American rock band, formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The band's founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, violinist and backing vocalist Boyd Tinsley, and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. As of February 2018, Matthews, Lessard and Beauford are the only remaining founding members still performing with the band.

Dave Matthews Band's 1994 major label debut album, Under the Table and Dreaming, brought the band worldwide fame and was eventually certified six times platinum. As of 2018, the band had sold more than 20 million concert tickets and a combined total of 38 million CDs and DVDs. Their 2018 album, Come Tomorrow, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making DMB the first band to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at the peak. The band won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "So Much to Say".

A jam band, Dave Matthews Band is renowned for its live shows. The band is known for playing songs differently each performance; this practice has become a staple of their live shows since the early 1990s.

(…)According to Billboard magazine, the band's new studio album had been scheduled to be released in July by RCA Records, but in an interview with the Brisbane Times on May 4, 2007, Stefan Lessard stated, "We're on a bit of a creative break as far as working in the studio–we've been in pre-production for a long time, but we'll get more serious later in the year."

On July 7, 2007, Dave Matthews Band performed on the American Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium.

On August 1, 2007, the band kicked off their annual summer tour in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The tour was shorter than most Dave Matthews Band summer tours, with only 37 shows. This tour saw the live debut of songs that the band had been working on in the studio earlier in the year with Mark Batson, including "#27", "Cornbread", as well as the dark and unique "A Dream So Real.", "A Dream So Real" would only be played once after the 2007 Summer Tour, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on June 21, 2008, featuring Matthews playing keyboard. Supporting acts for the tour included Toots and the Maytals, The Roots, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

(…)In a news article posted on August 30 on the official site, it was announced that a video for the song "Eh Hee" would be released for free download on the iTunes Store starting September 4, remaining free throughout the week until it would be made available for purchase The recording and video is a result of a solo effort by Dave Matthews and does not include the other band members.

Up and down the puppies' hair

Fleas and ticks jump everywhere

'Cause of original sin

Down the hill fell Jack and Jill

And you came tumbling after

'Cause of original sin

Rip away the tears

Drink a hope to happy years

And you may find

A lifetime's passed you by

What would you say

Don't drop the big one

If you a monkey on a string

Don't cut my lifeline

If you a doggie on a chain

Don't bite the mailman

What would you say

I was there when the bear

Ate his head, thought it was a candy

Everyone goes in the end

Knock knock on the door

Who's it for? There's nobody in here

Look in the mirror, my friend

I don't understand at best

And cannot speak for all the rest

In the morning rise

A lifetime's passed me by

What would you say?

Don't drop the big one

If you a monkey on a string

Don't cut my lifeline

If you a doggie on a chain

Don't bite the mailman

What would you say?

Every dog has its day

Every day has its way

Of being forgotten

Mom, it's my birthday

What would you say?

And what could you say?

What would you say?

I was there when the bear

Ate his head, thought it was a candy

Everyone goes in the end

Knock knock on the door

Who's it for? There's nobody in here

Look in the mirror, my friend

I don't understand at best

And cannot speak for all the rest

In the morning rise

A lifetime's passed me by

What would you say?