'Some Devil' music
spooky, emotional
By Natasha Chilingerian
Pulse Reporter
After ten years of making music
with his self-titled band, Dave
Matthews has decided to branch off a
__ little and
Matthews is the only boss of his mu
sic. With that, he creates an aura that
is both dismal and sweet.
Alternating between glum melodies
and love ballads with a sprinkling of
cheerful tunes, "Some Devil" is appro
CD
create some
sounds of
his own. In
REVIEW "Some Dev
il," his first
solo album,
priate for background music during
times of deep thought and reflection. It
begins with "Dodo," a transcendent
song about the past and the last dodo
bird. Next is "So Damn Lucky," which
describes the thoughts of a man whose
car is veering off the road.
The album turns from gloomy to
morbid in "Gravedigger," where
Matthews asks his future gravedigger,
"When you dig my grave / would you
make it shallow / so I can feel the rain."
Two versions of this song — hard rock
and acoustic — appear on the album.
The hard rock version is catchy, but the
lyrics are too disheartening to make it
dancing music, and the strings and
Turn to SOME DEVIL, page 12
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continued from page 8
of other people across the nation, I
am an enemy in the eyes of the
recording industry. I am a pirate.
Which, for me, is actually kind of
cool. Maybe I should download a few
hundred more albums off Kazaa.
Maybe I should get sued by the R1AA.
Then when 1 go to court, I could
dress up like a pirate. I could get a
patch for one of my eyes, a parrot for
my shoulder, cut off my right hand
and install a hook. I could address
the judge and jury with, "Arrr, matey.
Shiver me timbers!" or "Well, blow
me down, this jury be high says I!"
Of course, that might be a little out
of hand for the occasion, and the
court might hold me in contempt. Or
maybe even skip the whole "suing"
thing and throw me right into federal
prison just to make another example.
But the media would not ignore
such an event. With the attention this
would get, I could hold a benefit fes
tival with bands like The Wailers,
Beastie Boys, The Roots and Rage
Against The Machine (they would get
back together just for the occasion).
They could get the crowd chanting,
"Free the rock 'n' roll pirates of the
world!" or "Stop the RIAA!"
The whole world would come to
gether like the original Woodstock.
People across the globe would revolt
against the big five record labels
(Warner Bros., Sony, EMI Music, Uni
versal Music Group and BMG) and
the RIAA, causing them all to go
bankrupt. Music would finally be set
free for people to enjoy and cherish.
Honestly, I don't want it to go that
far. 1 just want good music for a good
price. I want good outlets for free mu
sic. And with Halloween upon us, I
want a pirate costume.
Contact the Pulse columnist
at carlsundberg@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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