Dave Matthews - May 27, 1996 - "Crash Into Me" & "Watchtower" [In-Studio] - Pinkpop - Landgraaf, NLD

May 27, 1996 - [Complete] - Dave Matthews performs "Crash Into Me" & "All Along The Watchtower" in studio during the Pinkpop Festival Megaland Landgraaf.
This took place during a sit down w/ a radio DJ after DMB played very early in the day (prior to TV crews setting up to film clips).
PAL-DV master capture shared w/ me by J.Nilsson - His live music channel (non-DMB content) is over here: / rollingrockvideos

[@kimjexziel]

The 90's really did it culturally. The music, the movies, the internet. Everything kind of came together perfectly.

[@Seaby41]

And then the last 30 years happened....

[@Joe-d3t1t]

Last Great Decade.

[@gab2876]

Nostalgia have probably blinded y’all. Every decade has gone through their own shitshow of problems

[@Gamer_lover_1_2_3]

Sorry the internet is the worst thing ever. When the 90s ended so did humanity

[@dldissolving2005]

25 years later and we're all arguing about ideal(s) that we all saw eye to eye on just because a few more people got retarded or gay or odd or whatever you wish to call it.

[@brentwalk13]

It’s so awesome to see someone doing exactly what they are meant to do.

[@greermcnab6345]

Heard!

[@youngchrisdavidy.c.d1382]

💯 man

[@loffarenerik2914]

*what a true complement!*

[@beckyreaves6976]

and doing it so well 💕

[@mikeyt006]

My left hand is cramping up just watching this

[@DH27000]

This and Samurai Cop are the apex carpel tunnel songs 😂😂

[@acason4]

No doubt, it’s a bitch to play the entirety of the song…

[@bradnessjk]

Yes! I've been playing this for 20 years and i can't get through the end, so i skip the last verse. Glad I'm not the only one!

[@igotworms]

🤣😂a true musician

[@aaronsternberg9697]

61 62

[@drew7155]

I was in college from 01-05. Dave was huge. I remember going to frat parties and cover bands jamming the fuck out of ant marching. It was a wonderful time to be alive in US

[@RandomRabbit007]

Those were some AWESOME years. Not much bullshit except Sept 11 but just before the real estate crash. Really solid times for fun without too much chaos in the world

[@Pfillwieffer]

Cheers guys

[@tzing2589]

@@RandomRabbit007 yeah not alot of chaos besides the full scale war going on in the middle east and our troops being deployed. what the fuck kind of bullshit are you even saying?

[@justwondering1967]

@@RandomRabbit007 was going to say, sept 11 and the Iraq war colored a lot of that time for the worse unfortunately. Still better than now.

[@norwegianblue2764]

I was in college in the late 80's, early 90's. Played in a couple of bands. Had the privilege of opening alongside DMB in Athens at the Georgia Theatre. I think Blues Traveler and Widespread Panic were the main acts that night. Talk about good times.

[@suzannesellers7383]

I love how he is totally somewhere else when he plays. No audience, no cameras, no 300 thousand tv viewers, just Dave and his music.

[@dannymarshburn2807]

1996 was an awesome time to be alive!

[@misterwallace3479]

Totally agree. 91-98 was awesome for me ! I had just gotten out of the USAF and got to experience the best decade of music (my opinion), from Nirvanna, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, STP, Soundgarden, Blind Melon, The Cranberries, Oasis, Candlebox, ..............the list goes on and on.

[@dr.erelevant9204]

Even solo acoustic he is just transcendental.

[@powerpack526]

Especially.

[@skinnyllama420]

He is even better acoustic

[@kentuckyblugrass]

This is an absolute GEM. Before the Interweb... Before social media... Raw, uncut, a man and his guitar 🤟🏻🙏🏻👊🏻

[@jacksonrobinson9612]

It was an easier time …

[@washredskin887]

I remember seeing the band in Georgetown Washington DC, early 90's. No cell phones either. Just pure band, and tape recorders.

[@colemartin2229]

Raw and uncut is crazy

[@evaneiler4333]

😢

[@EthantheIncredible]

This is what KZbin is for! What a gem of a now classic song.

[@behealthypinas1726]

Dave matthews is all passion

[@dtmcbride]

It’s like he almost leaves his body when he plays. Such a talent 🔥

[@Ghosted_00]

I love how he gets lost in the music and flat out kills it. Most musicians wont/cant, do it like that in person. Story telling, Believability, Vocals, Guitar... 🔥

[@kingkeltic4228]

You're reaching by saying "most" musicians. There are tons of vocalists I can list off the top of my head that are as good or way better than Dave Matthews live.

[@Ghosted_00]

@King Keltic Yes Sir! That's why I also chose some words carefully "Most". There's thousands/millions of musicians. In that particular setting (closed,tight), you'll be hard pressed to find someone outside the majority of musicians with the melodic greatness that was done here. It's my opinion though. I do respect yours.

[@debbielockhart7762]

​@@kingkeltic4228Truth. I honestly find nothing great about him at all.

[@kennethkoh9998]

There are many who could probably sing or play better than Dave Matthews, but to write a song like this, that’s all Dave.

[@cwesley2005]

How great were the freakin 90’s!? Remember blasting this in my college dorm in ‘96-‘97. Great tunes, great friends, great times

[@rmatenchuk]

That stare from the host - bottle that and sell it to ward of Ghosts. Well done Dave - lovely song.

[@JusticeEagles1]

I was in college 98’-02’. Great time to be in college and alive.

[@trafyknits9222]

Real talent. So authentic. He burst on the scene a long time ago and forged new ground; a rare thing indeed.

[@oicsaywhat]

True original

[@an5925]

Authentic is the exact word. And so damn talented...whew! Billy Strings is my newest obsession...authentic like Dave and definitely forging new ground. They remind me of each other 🙂

[@oicsaywhat]

@@an5925 eh Billy Strings authentic ?? Try listening to Doc Watson, I think Billy is more a traditionalist as opposed to Dave Mathews , no one sounds like Dave Mathews, Billy to me sounds more like traditional blues grass or new grass is what they call it these days. Not saying he’s not good further from the truth, he’s gun blazing good and fun to watch perform he puts his all into the music

[@beejoutbush3322]

You said it. REAL talent…of which there is not much

[@richlewis1879]

What times these were. Brings a tear to my eye. Id give anything to go back. Make sure you take advantage of your young years people

[@justinbourgeois4685]

How would we do that?

[@richlewis1879]

@@justinbourgeois4685 if your young, try to live with no regrets. I graduated 95 from high school, and I'd love to know then what I know now. Take chances. Don't be scared. And I mean that within the law

[@justinbourgeois4685]

@@richlewis1879 thank you

[@Howthisdum]

Why you get to live forever

[@pixelyourmoment5255]

Peak Dave Mathews, was fire. :) not many people can pull of what this man did :)

[@evaneiler4333]

Dude i saw him sunday hes worlds better than he used to be whens the last time u seem him i was blown alway made me more than just a converted fan this man made the rest of the bands at ocean calling look like peasants which essentially they are yea dude been around puts on a fuckin show more than ever amd more polished singing wise more contagious energy soul wise im not sure wym

[@duanehundley]

Wtf did I just watch? That was amazing. That was the first time I watched Dave play on screen. Wow

[@beejoutbush3322]

Welcome

[@evaneiler4333]

Just wait til u see him live i neber liked m too much n saw him sunday it was un fuckin real how different level it was and a must see even for non fans like me will probably turn u into fans n simpin over the performance days later like me, gotta see him he’s better than ever idk y it feels like mist people actin like he a thing of the past or not the same, hes more polished better musician in e rry way pretty much especially energy n soul

[@evaneiler4333]

Look up Ocean Calling festival live there’s already videos alot of it check it out altho wont be the same as being there gotta see that if u thought this was good was nothing he does this song too but for real

[@drivebybodypierce]

What an absolute beast of a performer… Always rock-solid.

[@jillhamster246]

YES

[@johnmoeller8654]

The different way of looking at basic chords and finding unique substitutes is what gave his music such a unique originality along with his fascinating, intimate voice and lyrics. Glad we had people like him to enjoy growing up.

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

Idk if I would call these basic chords though they are a complete pain to play

[@debbielockhart7762]

​@RadioactiveSince1990x Pretty basic IMO. Nothing difficult for me there (and I'm a good guitarist - but certainly not a great one).

[@6whiteshadows]

@@RadioactiveSince1990x I'd say that Dave takes basic chords and changes them to create his own chords, which can be pretty painful to play.

[@Neontrain]

i was born on this exact day

[@orangemanbad]

Wish we still had musicians in America. Miss good music.

[@samiam7342]

I LOVE me some 90's David Mathews - such a special time for music.........

[@Shad0wC0mpany2]

Yes!!!

[@allstopblue5717]

I agree. 90s were incredible for all genres. Pop, rock, metal, hip hop. They all involved real actual instruments being played. A far cry from todays garbage. All created on computers. No musicians needed. Just a Producer who doubles as a computer programmer…

[@evaneiler4333]

Saw him Sunday do it whenever u get the chance he is honestly final form 10 times better now and a better showsman more polished more energy more fuckin wild tunes, i didnt like the much n show immidiately made me a bigg fan glazin m for their performance skills and different level they were on that was not expecting they just a live band fr ig still not the biggest fan of their studio stuff idk y tgey dont put the same into as live he seems to be much more lively n puts life in the song n solos/translations every least expected melody

[@Chris_Patton]

I first saw DM at the intermission of a blues traveler show in 1993. Nobody in the audience had ever heard of him a d at first everyone completely ignored him. Figured he was some random who john popper owed a favor to. By the end of his first song the entire audience was back in front of the stage and totally rapt. By the end of his third song the whole crowd was blown away. We were all wondering who is this guy and why have we never heard of him?

[@danherrick5785]

Flippen awesome story...

[@danherrick5785]

@@allstopblue5717 True - that doesn't mean these other artists aren't just as special. Music is personal. Some make it big by chance, by luck, by connections, by hard work, and skill. I think Dave got it by talent and hard work. Some don't care about making it big... It's just personal... I wouldt be surprised if Dave really cared much about success. I think he would of pressed on regardless...

[@chelle4006]

Love this story! thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

[@Humble.Monkey]

@@danherrick5785 ...still need money to live, especially these days...🙉🙈🙊... 🌬💨☝🏼💜💨💨💨

[@dougp7934]

Awesome. I didn’t see him until 1996. It was a crowd of about 5,000 outside in Santa Fe, Nm.

[@midmodlou]

I can't with the radio host starring 🫣😂 Amazing how Dave could still escape to the world of emotion he portrayed as he played. 👌

[@FCUK-]

I was getting amused by that as well 😅. Such a stare he has lol.

[@lancelotdufrane]

Dave is a unique and talented writer/singer. Huge part of my life soundtrack. When you “get” his style,.. you can’t get enough. Thanks

[@taylorbenson4069]

it’s insane to me that his speaking voice is so different when he’s this young but his singing voice is exactly the same and his latest stuff

[@RWDtech]

Kinda ruins it a bit, knowing the singing voice is an act and not his true singing voice.

[@janetrobinson6190]

@@RWDtech I don’t understand your point? All singing is an act. Everyone practices singing to get it to sound nice or a certain way. People don’t practicing there talking voice in the same way. See my point?

[@evaneiler4333]

Nah just saw him sunday hes even better now, hes got experience and hasnt digressed just fully shaped and evolved, he also signs much more comfortably and strongly with unmatched soul n energy which is the biggest difference hes a show to see back then now this guy puts on a show u wouldn’t believe

[@Odd_Combo]

His voice is the stuff of legends!

[@itsme-notyou]

Wow this is incredible. It's original, beautiful, quirky. I didn't appreciate him back in the day. But he was and is a genius.

[@HpHH83]

As I'm watching this now, I was thinking the same thing to myself. I never disliked Dave Matthews, but I just couldn't get into him. But I believe we come to appreciate certain things after time and experience. As my love and appreciation for music continues to grow, so does my palette for all types of different artists. ✌🏾

[@evaneiler4333]

He better than evef too saw him sunday blew my mind and made me a bigfan from not, as a musician been simping kver his talent and performance 🐐ness ever since just from one live changed everything i coulda cried was so perfect writing n chemistry of band

[@evaneiler4333]

Safe to say im paying the money when it comes down to it no questions asked ima try n see him as much i can best concert/show i ever seen of imagined n ive seen alot

[@Laststopny2741]

My husband and I have been fans of Dave ever since the album Under the Table and Dreaming came out in 1994. This performance occurred a week before my son was born. Hard to believe I've been a fan for over 26 years, and still love to hear him play. Long live DMB!

[@btrotter4775]

I love how the host is acting like no big deal but kinda notices the greatness at the end!! He's front row to greatest raw talent EVER!!!

[@ChristianMartinez-mp9fs]

Creo a mis 44 años , que es el mejor en vivo que he visto, voz sentimiento , momento, lo que siente al tocar y cantar lo transmitio para mi perfecto!

[@jameslannon9788]

Talent is just oozing out of this guy every which way, so talented. Amazing. love this guy. Talent like this is fewer and fewer these days.

[@Motikaa]

Flo, you‘re not playing. You’re painting. Beautiful. ❤

[@JimmyJamesMatt]

My best friend sent himself down the isle to Crash, It's one of the most beautifully written pieces, We went camping a few years before and I made a CD (remember them?!) and it was on it. It is a song bect served looking out to sea. Those waves crashing.......

[@TheKeefThief]

His hand movement is insane, I love Dave..so talented and his voice alone is an instrument and it never goes out of tune

[@firelanderinoportarlino7437]

insane hand movement? I love Dave, but for this song hand is in the same position most of the song with the second finger changing the bass note

[@songsage]

@@firelanderinoportarlino7437 did you watch the whole video? ❤😉

[@joshuamiller8235]

@@firelanderinoportarlino7437 as a guitarist of 25 years, this riff is very difficult. That's quite teh stretch to hold for bascially the entire song. Plus the timing is a bit odd on the strumming AND he's singing a completely different rhytem. Dude is talented ASF.

[@6whiteshadows]

@@joshuamiller8235 yeah you get the cramps after the second verse lol

[@timbsm]

A lot guitarists make me go "Whoa!" Very few make me ask "How?" Dave makes me go "WTF." Impressive as that left hand can be, it's the right rhythm keeper that keeps the foundation so the rest can be built.

[@Farfignewton29]

No matter how much I practice crash I still can’t stop my hand from cramping up. His chords are so complex.

[@DJZaxxOfficial]

been practicing it for over a year now, still hurts haha

[@alexraia1377]

Seems pretty simple to me. Keep practicing, you’ll get it.

[@badmanners7078]

His finger dexterity is unbelievable.

[@arkham5940]

@@alexraia1377 yeah bro. not even pro guitarrist see it simple, but yo do. youre the type of guy who says that can beat and ufc fighter if u train 3 months; the type of guy that says he had a full beard at 13

[@carlhewitt7460]

There's a easier way to play it

[@davidb8723]

His music feels timeless.

[@june.h]

whew, ive been playing guitar about ten years and learned crash into me as soon as i heard the song, playing that lick over and over for the whole song really makes your hand ache! granted daves hands are a lot bigger than mine but its impressive how he can keep it up for so long.

[@BigHelianthus]

Instantly beautiful as soon as he sings the first line

[@DrJasonTorn]

One thing sunflower and I agree on. Dave is amazing.

[@ryanmullins2103]

When I used to listen to this I was so young and I never knew it was about sex.

[@evaneiler4333]

Yea me neither but now I know dave is a sub lmao gonna act like i can’t tell

[@evaneiler4333]

Nothing wrong with it just a weird detail to glare in the song now

[@OneDaySimba22]

Say whatever you want about Dave, but this guy will never not be one with the music. Love DMB one of the best to ever do it

[@juanruvalcaba8943]

Great voice and amazing plying

[@marcbrowning7868]

Damn this is incredible.

[@briangilmore6341]

Dude is still a beast.

[@Kapdad]

That rage poster in the background is so dope ..!!

[@jay600r]

Nov 2024. Still rocking an amazing nostalgic performance in my headphones almost on a daily basis ❤

[@jackoo666]

im a alt/hard rock/metal dude so i was brainwashed to hate this guy but hes crazy talented. I like what im hearing.

[@ejshafer]

same story here my friend!!!

[@Wakeywhodat]

Check out the concerts with just him and Tim Reynolds.

[@ejshafer]

@@Wakeywhodat ok, thanks, I will do that!!!

[@mat2093]

I am a full on metalhead. Dave Matthews Band has recently become one of my favorite bands.

[@stockomacias6621]

Its almost insane to try and play

[@imanujakku]

I passed out at the horde festival in 96 and woke up when a band id never heard of started in on two step. I thought the song was good but my college roommate was blown away and went to the DMB solo show at the gorge the next year and game back raving about it. From 98-2003 we got a huge group together and went to all the gorge shows…they still stick in my head 20 years later because the energy was so incredibly hopeful and positive.

[@evilldead6824]

I always loved Dave’s acoustic sets so much more than his studio stuff. Don’t get me wrong the studio stuff was amazing but the beauty of his singing and guitar playing can get lost. He’s such a force just with his guitar!

[@evaneiler4333]

Live*

[@evaneiler4333]

They a live band they shouldnt even bother with studio anymore since they are just that goated live its a million times better for some reason every song idk how it’s possible they cant capture the same energy in the studio or id be a fan long before saw them last weekend first time I could have gone forever without knowing their game fuckin gods, like what so caught off guard

[@juliangeorge1722]

The passion has always been unmatched. Such a cool upload I've never seen before

[@seanwick35]

I wish I would have known about him back then, was only 13 at the time, only really discovered Dave in the last 10 years or so, went to my first show last week and it was amazing! Thankful he is still touring!

[@SO_S55m]

True talent right here. Just amazing!

[@rickbob5697]

God I love Dave. So lucky to be alive during his existence

[@Gothicserpent310]

Copperpot- again with the coolest, rare Dave Matthews stuff. Thanks for the upload!

[@mv_photoworx]

He makes my heart swell and burst with joy.

[@2skyland]

I've never seen the Dave Mittyews band before so this was nice

[@RedRiverGeorge]

Playing one verse turned into one incredibly, passion filled verse. Typical Dave, love it!

[@andyburch1819]

Holy hell. That was impressive. Who does this shit anymore?. Cannot believe how susceptible I am to nostalgia these days.

[@alexraia1377]

Mac DeMarco lol

[@evaneiler4333]

@@alexraia1377good lol

[@evaneiler4333]

@@alexraia1377maybe we can get a couple more goin😭

[@alexraia1377]

@@evaneiler4333 I do this shit lol

[@petemalogne5219]

Dave Mathew is on some other level lol.. the whole "Crasshhhh.. in tO ME! yeeaa.." that shit is soo good! ..that along with all other things he does w his voice to create such an incredible sound scape w his music. Its like his vocals are having some insane dance off with the instrumentals, both trying to one up eachother at every new verse lol.

[@courtneydekorp3019]

His lung capacity has increased so much! He's amazing and beautiful!

[@Birdawg56SJ]

Dave is Awesome . Period . DMB is one of thee Greatest Bands Ever

[@tjcrawley]

What A brilliant rendition - what an exceptional singer - Wow Dave ( Amazing even without the full band ) ❤🎉🎉

[@jamesdare9468]

Absolutely phenomenal artist/musician. DM epitomizes artistic expression at the apogee of creativity.

[@sigma5055]

The talent just oozes out of Dave. Amazing what a gift

[@beejoutbush3322]

Crash was the first song I ever played live. Looking back it was a tough choice and a song I still can't play well. I played it because I loved Dave so much. Don't listen to him much anymore but he's always there when I play live.

[@SauronOfMiddleEarth]

This song was all over the radio while Pokemon was getting huge. My older sister would always listen to Dave Matthews.

[@AuditAmplifier]

Incredible...! Love the music and the man...💯

[@BRZtoch]

Holy crap this guys a great musician.

[@Pumpeduse]

This is truly amazing ❤️😍

[@themuslimarcher1]

The most underrated guitarist ever

[@trailblazer77]

Got to see the boys and band this last year. He didn't play this song and respected that. They killed it

[@cyndiaraujo1976]

CRASH INTO ME (LIVE) Man too excellent. The passion...

[@piratewolfeheels]

I remember pulling this off Napster and dubbed it to a VHS to show my girlfriend at the time.

[@hanburgundy4317]

I bet she gave you an over-the-pants handy lol

[@billklacks9908]

Are you 37 years old too?

[@thelearicist]

Criminal! 🤣🤣

[@CDOGG500]

Lmfao!! All of us are old people now but I remember doing that too

[@pikin2]

@@billklacks9908 yup. 37 here

[@mcm4981]

Soul connection... seen him perform huge venues and his band is tight.

[@theautohistorian]

Take me back to the 90s please. I had high hopes for the 2000s + but it's not working out :-/ lol.

[@carriefroman2302]

I wish that I had seen this in 1998... best of times. Great memories . Thank you 😊❤️😘

[@Kaitlynmariee26]

Me too, although. I was just born that year eheh

[@srischwab5722]

He sounds better Iive than the studio versions and that what makes him SO special!! I went to see him 10 straight years from 1998-2008 to see him during and after my college years at the Gorge In Washington state!!

[@ericstephens1931]

Its crazy, 3 seconds into playing All Along The Watchtower, Dave transititions into the guy on the street. Gets absolutely lost in the music. Its something that's amazing to watch.

[@HunterOliveri]

Great tune

[@loffarenerik2914]

when I learned this on guitar, my lonely nights was all over...

[@greermcnab6345]

Wow, what a flashback! Used to go to JMU and drive to Charlotte to see them PLAY!!! Makes me feel young and free😂 Thank you Band PEACE AND POWER FAMILY❤️✨

[@vstadens]

I love when the presenter speaks dutch and Dave understands him. His South African roots coming out.

[@FammyJammy]

The whole world must know of this.

[@iggypopshot]

Well. Happy I stumbled across this....

[@jayjaykingbee5566]

Just wrings out All Along the Watchtower off the cuff, like it's a simple practice exercise, ,and he fricking rocked it and put his signature vocal stamp on it. Dave's soul IS music!!!!!

[@scribbledown8529]

He makes it look effortless!

[@midmodlou]

His synopsis of Crash Into Me 😂 K but watching him play this is 🤤 Really incredible talent!

[@cocoablini]

This song was pretty big in its day, but the acoustic versions are really nice to hear again

[@Frank-f1s5x]

Last time i saw DMB Ben Harper opened for him at Soldier Field back in the late '90s....we all got so hammered. Shout out to Johnny and Louie and my Gracie. ❤

[@SoItGoes1985]

He had a unique sound that was immediately recognizable and energy to spare.

[@MrUrech]

he always brings me to the edge of crying. i dont feel like wiping my face off so i hold it in haha

[@brett84c]

Such a legendary voice

[@richcatalano]

90’s were prime for great musicians

[@badiklem]

Brings back some memories. Also, all of those posters behind the host are awesome. Reminds me of my dorm room back in '95.

[@loganhatch]

Imagine sitting down in front a young Dave Matthews in Amsterdam on a cold evening on the streets listening to him grind his way along.

[@txterbug]

I was only 4 in 1996 but the 90’s vibe/culture is WHO I AM in the deepest part of my being and today’s world is so far away from that.

[@KidnapSix]

This song and his voice is incredible

[@Eric-km1ys]

He's a genius. Brilliant mind. Handsome man.