The Daves I know
I don't know why this old Kids in the Hall song popped into my head the other day, but it did. So now let's talk about the music-related Daves I know.
Dave Grohl has fantastic hair in this video.
Alanis Morissette's "U Oughta Know" is supposedly about Dave Coulier.
Everyday
Dave Matthews Band, "Everyday" -- I remember the day this video was shot; It was shot on the mall in Charlottesville, Va., where I was living at the time, and it was the biggest thing to happen in town ever. The mall is where all the (actual) punk kids would hang out; they'd dye their hair in the bathroom at the movie theater. When my parents came to visit around Halloween one year, my mom said, "We saw downtown, all the kids are all dressed up already." Yeah, it wasn't a costume.
The Stooges original bass player was Dave Alexander.
Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" is cited in almost every textbook on music theory as an example of music in 5/4 time (that and the Mission Impossible theme song). Well, this is Brubeck's "Blue Rondo A La Turk," which seems to use about 500 different time signatures.
David Bowie "Within You"
The Monkees. OK, he's Davy Jones (coincidentally, so was David Bowie), but it counts.
The Dave Clark Five, "Glad All Over" and "Bits and Pieces."
Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer" -- David Byrne has such an awesome voice.
U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" -- Here's a two-fer: Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson; The Edge: David Howell Evans. I still hate U2.
Also: David Johansen (NY Dolls), Dave Seville (Alvin and The Chipmunks)
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