dashboard confessional?

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

has anyone heard of them?

A net bud of mine has recommended them but no one else i know has heard of them! :sad:

Does anyone know who they are and if they are good? and if so what songs should i try and look for?

any information would be gratfully accepted! :lol:

[fifi]

sorry cant say iv heard of them :sad: sorry :)

[Sweet One]

I've heard of them...but i don't listen to their music often. They did win an MTV award though... :roll: :shrug:

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

really? are they good?

[Sweet One]

really? are they good?

apparently they are...i think the lead singer is on the cover of Spin magazine..in my opinion, he looks kinda cute.... :roll:

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

hmm! good looking and good music :o what a combination!

[sarah**]

I could be completely wrong but I think Dashboard Confessional is just the one guy, and the rest is his back up band. I've heard some of his stuff and it's pretty good. People consider it "Emo". You should give it a listen, and he just put out a MTV Unplugged Album a few weeks ago.

And if you want to listen to a song, download Screaming Infidelities.

:)

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

yeah my friend mentioned something about it only being one guy. will try and get a mate to download it for me as my computer too old and crap to do it :x

Thanks! :D

[Sykie]

:roll:
I really really think that Dashboard is pretty bad. I'd recommend someone like Weezer instead :lol:

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

really? whats bad about him?

i have heard of weezer-they are pretty cool are they simliar to this confessional dashboard guy?

[Sykie]

Well Dashboard is supposed to be 'emo' the really emotional stuff, and to me it sounds just whiney. Some people think that Weezer is in the 'emo' category, so I just think of Weezer then as a superior emo band. I saw Dashboard live and they bored me.

[sweetcoldplayer]

I'm not much of an emo fan. I mean, I just can't get anything out of listening to it. But I LOVE Dashboard. The MTV Unplugged album is amazing..I wouldn't even call them 'emo.' They just sound so much better. A lot of people call them whinney. But I don't hear it. I could be very wrong though. :?

[Chrissy]

never heard of tehm/him, but i think they are going to have a tough time with that name :shrug: :D

[God]

i think that theyre pretty good but i prefer weezer

[TriflesAndEvils]

yeah yeah muck muck , wonderful, wonderful..

[busybeeburns]

Never heard of Dashboard... may try them out though :)

[';']

i think they suck :D

[Sykie]

I totally agree with you gingerag :)

[Matty'sgirl]

i like dashboard confessonial a lot but i like coldplay more

[busybeeburns]

ah fuck it then, I'll stick to Coldplay :)

[funkymonkeywithbraces]

i may have to check them out and see for myself! :D

[girlstar]

Does anyone else like them, or is just meh? :/

[Majson]

i like them too.

i think at the moment my fave song would be "ghost of a good thing"

[DONTPANICgirl]

yeah i saw their concert and didnt even like them that much at the time but i really respect them now..theyre really good

[girlstar]

Yeah i agree!
My fav song by them is one called 'screaming infidelities'..if anyone's heard that before.

[DONTPANICgirl]

yep i have my fav is probly the places you have come to fear the most of the one thats like "consider the odds consider the obvious the fire is meaningless...." i dont know the title its number 5 i think

[psychedelic_clocks]

the hands down video totally bit pp's lonely day. :angry:

[LifeIs4Living]

yep i have my fav is probly the places you have come to fear the most of the one thats like "consider the odds consider the obvious the fire is meaningless...." i dont know the title its number 5 i think

That song i believe you're taking about is called "The Good Fight" Dashboard Confessional are very awesome indeed!
I think my favourite song of theirs is called "Hands Down" :)

[girlstar]

Hands down is a awesome song aswell!
It's in my sig.

[*Justine*]

I have no interest in Dashboard, just boring emo crying music.

[girlstar]

Oh, okay. :)

[LifeIs4Living]

oh yes, i see it now, very nice signature :D

[girlstar]

Thanks!
I really like yours as well. :D

[DONTPANICgirl]

I have no interest in Dashboard, just boring emo crying music.

yeah i dont like the emo crying aspect of it either but after seeing them i have a whole new perspective on the emo genre..its not all about kids sitting in a corner crying..thats a stereotype id had for a long time but its not necessarily true..its just good music

[girlstar]

Well said :D

[Sally_]

they're okay...I read an article about them in spin and they sounded pretty cool

[DONTPANICgirl]

Well said

thanks. i really do mean it too. i have a completely new perspective on emo music..at the show chris said "music is for everyone" and that just stuck out in my mind SO much..music is for everyone and stereotypes are stupid..youre allowed to like whatever music u want and thats an awesome feeling :D

[girlstar]

Aw, that was well said as well!!
*Praises DONTPANICgirl for being so good with words* :D

[Manders]

i doooooooooo

[girlstar]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

My like first thread has been bumped ::emotear::

Ooohhh me likes your sig!!

"My heeeaaaart is yours to fill or burst..."

[mycdplayerisbroke]

'hands down this is the best....' i forget the rest

[Corner Kid]

i have no idea what happened, but I heard Dashboard Confessional around two and a half years ago, before he was famous and I bought "Swiss Army Romance" and loved it. I listened to it all the way through, all the time. Then all of the sudden, his voice started to bother me a lot, and I realized that all his songs are in the same key, same tuning, no diversity. Now it bothers me to listen to him. I do, however, respect him as a lyricist still, and the fact that he's got his own vibe, it just doesnt appeal to me anymore for some reason.

[girlstar]

I can see where you're coming from, that's why I don't listen to the CD the whole way through. They'll be times when I'll just want to hear certain song[s].
I agree though with the fact that his lyrics are written quite well.
I still love em' though!

[BabyBlueBryan]

I can say im a big fan of them...I actually met Chris C. when he was just him(Swiss Army Romance) opening for other acts(Saves The Day). After he opened he was in the back just talking to some people. It was really cool, had him sign my wallet and ticket stub. I was a HUGE fan back then and it was cool cause no one really knew of him. I don't think a lot of people realized it was just a side project for him at first while he was playing in a band called Further Seems Forever. And than BAM he blew up. I respect his lyrics and also the way he plays(configuration of chords and tuning). And we the other band members joined, I think they are a great well formed emotionally driven band :D In other words, I like them too!

-Brian ;)

[twin4life]

i like them :)

[Kohlman003]

I enjoy listening to a little Dashboard in moderation

[Manders]

HANDS DOWN THIS IS THE BEST DAY I CAN EVER REMEMB ER ALWAYS REMMEBR THE SOUND OF THE STEREO THED IM OF THE SOFT LIGHTS THE SCENT OF UR HAIR AS IT TWIRLED IN YOUR FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[rf_ucsd]

I have no interest in Dashboard, just boring emo crying music.

yeah i dont like the emo crying aspect of it either but after seeing them i have a whole new perspective on the emo genre..its not all about kids sitting in a corner crying..thats a stereotype id had for a long time but its not necessarily true..its just good music

I don't like Dashboard, but I also think to close the door on all emo music is probably a bad idea (just as it's probably a bad idea to close the door entirely on any form of music).

I listened to the album with "Screaming Infidelities" on it and it just wasn't my thing, but I can defenitely see how people like them.

[el_scorcho]

I like them :) My fave songs are Screaming Infideleties and The Good Fight (which is in my sig) :P

[Manders]

amen sista! omg im listening t therir new one (title too long) cd. and it rox!!!! :blush:

[el_scorcho]

:P I wanna get that for xmas!

[NonchalantEyes]

I Looove DC... dosen't any one else?!?!??! Jeasus, Chris is sexy (but not as sexy as chris martin in Pirate mode) *lol*... ~`Sings`~ "Hey did you get some?" man that is so dumb, stay quiet, stay near, stay cloase, they can't hear... so we can get some...

[el_scorcho]

I like Dashboard Confessional. I can only handle so much emo at one time but they're quite good. :D I like "The Good Fight".

[amm]

I like their new single. Seen them do it live on american telly twice.

[el_scorcho]

What is their new single called?

[interpol]

arent those those gay guys that sing gay songs? yes i do hate them. i really hate them. you should have seen me when i fucking hear them. it is like a faggot video with jc in it

[mycdplayerisbroke]

DC and their 2 good songs?
yeah must be dashboard :idea2:

[el_scorcho]

arent those those gay guys that sing gay songs? yes i do hate them. i really hate them. you should have seen me when i fucking hear them. it is like a faggot video with jc in it

Jeepers man, calm down :stunned:

[interpol]

2 good songs? they had any songs decent enough to be enjoyed when high :huh:

[twin4life]

i like dashboard confessional.

[CityandColour]

No.

[BabyBlueBryan]

I do like DC also. A lot of people seem to forget that Chris C. started DC as a side project while he was in "Further Seems Forever". He did it for fun and never intended it to "blow up", and people still loved it(not mainstream at this point) Sold enough CD's to start tourin and his concerts solo were amazing. I was at two of his shows, one where he opened for a couple other bands when he first started touring solo(i think one was Saves The Day)...and I met him in the back after he played and talked with him for a bit, extremely nice guy. Then it got mainstream and more people would bash it cause it was "labeled" emo right off the bat. I guess I just don't understand how people can just HATE a general music group without hearing much of the music but the mainstream stuff :huh: ? Sorry it's just weird to me. But, in other words I like DC and think they are all talented and have fun in what they do :D

-Bryan Scott ;)

[mycdplayerisbroke]

2 good songs? they had any songs decent enough to be enjoyed when high

at least they dont take it up the ass like you do, big boy

[CityandColour]

I'd rather swallow gorilla piss then listen to Dashboard Confessional.

[el_scorcho]

:stunned: Man you people are bitter!

[mycdplayerisbroke]

I'd rather swallow gorilla piss then listen to Dashboard Confessional.

at least DC doesnt wear tight pants like VH!

ha i dont like DC that much but cmon...

[*Justine*]

Dashboard =shit

[el_scorcho]

:dozey: Sigh

[BabyBlueBryan]

:stunned: Man you people are bitter!

Hahah, agreed :stunned:

-Bryan Scott :P

[CityandColour]

I'd rather swallow gorilla piss then listen to Dashboard Confessional.

at least DC doesnt wear tight pants like VH!

ha i dont like DC that much but cmon...

At least VH play's good music.

[LiquidSky]

I only like one song of them & I don't even remember the name of it....it goes soemthing like........hehh wait, I can't even remember the lyrics sorry :smug:

[JaneBeJane]

Eh, Dashboard is boring . I used to be a fan before I realized it was a bit...contrived.

[mycdplayerisbroke]

At least VH play's good music.

well at least DC doesnt look ghomo

[fifi]

:rolleyes:
I'd rather smash my head into a dashboard than listen to them whine...sorry peops who like them :rolleyes: :lol:

[el_scorcho]

:stunned: Goodness gracious :lol:

[fifi]

:smug: :D

[NonchalantEyes]

holy wow. :cry: So much 'mean'

[mycdplayerisbroke]

finally i found this freaken thread
on the 5th page good grief!
DC is good i dont care what you guys think
plus all the hot chicks like that kind of music so its double good
hmm now if i only had the confidence in approaching them... :confused:

[mycdplayerisbroke]

well good grief
i guess only me and nonchalant eyes likes DC
ha whatever :cool:
i should hook up with her

[el_scorcho]

I like them :) They're not my favorite though.

[mycdplayerisbroke]

mine neither
they just help me get the chicks :cool:

[yorkeisagod]

dashboard isnt bad....theyre music is just getting more attention and that makes them happy so they start writing music to please society altogether not just the emo crowd.

yep, used to like them, but they've kind of worn off on me.

[el_scorcho]

mine neither
they just help me get the chicks :cool:

:lol: Whatever works

[labell]

" This car hears my confessions, I think I'll take the loong way home...."


Wow. :o :o :o

I just got home from the concert. Amazing. I don't know what else to say. It was. Amazing. Chris Carbarra. Amazing. Amazing. I'll post the pictures as soon as I get them devolped. :stunned: :stunned:


I also cried. The joys of Dashboard. :cry: :D

[Jandi]

no, proudly. :)

[CityandColour]

Hell. Fucking. No.

Sorry Lauren. :lol: :P

[el_scorcho]

I like Dashboard. :smug:

[labell]

Hell. Fucking. No.

Sorry Lauren. :lol: :P

Brain you suck majorly. :P That's not nice. I know you're just jealous because Chris Carbarra is sexier than you. I'm sorry. :D :rolleyes:

[CityandColour]

Oh, but it is nice! :P

[labell]

No...cat and i are sitting here disagreeing with you MAJORLY you donkey ball sucker. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :P :lol: :dozey:

[Professor Peedston]

oh man... I can't STAND Dashboard Confessional.

But I do find it hilarious that he/they are doing the big song for Spiderman 2 now. :lol:

[labell]

hahah vindicated..thats one awesome song..they sang it last night...


he also admitted to having an infatuation with sarah michelle gellar and dedicated the song Hey Beautiful to her hahaha. God that guy rocks. :blush:

[*Justine*]

oh man... I can't STAND Dashboard Confessional.


^^ Tom said it best.

[labell]

:rolleyes: :o :o

[CityandColour]

And I wonder why. :rolleyes:

[el_scorcho]

What's wrong with them?? I don't get it. :/

[Professor Peedston]

Well, since you asked...

The lyrics are like reading a 7th grader's livejournal, the music in general is way too sappy and whiny for my taste, and Chris Carrabba has this "I try way too hard to look cool" thing down to a T.

There's my position, now you tell me why it's so great. :P

[el_scorcho]

I didn't say they were great, I only said I like them. Maybe they're cheesy but I think they're cool. :P

[headbanger_bassist]

fucking hell no. :cool: sry....i hate them

[amm]

http://romanticmovies.about.com/od/spiderman2/a/spidercc062204.htm

Christopher Carrabba on Contributing to "Spider-Man 2"

From the World Premiere of "Spider-Man 2"
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER CARRABBA OF DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL:
You wrote a song specifically for the soundtrack of "Spider-Man 2?"
I did, I did.

How did you get inspired?
Well, I watched the movie and it was inspiring. (Laughing) It was as simple as that. It’s such a good movie, it’s such a good story, and the conflict that the characters are all going through is kind of universal. I mean, we’re not superheroes but we all live challenging lives somehow or another. And coming of age and also falling in love and proving yourself to yourself – and proving yourself to someone you love – those are the themes that I took from the movie, as far as the song goes. I couldn’t do an action song so… Plus, it wasn’t hard for me to be inspired. Kirsten Dunst is just gorgeous. I’m inspired by her, she’s a great actress. The tension and the love story between the two were easy to believe.

How do you feel about being on the soundtrack of a blockbuster movie such as this?
Very humble. It’s kind of a dream come true. The fact that anybody thought about us [made this] a unique experience in my life.

The soundtrack to the first “Spider-Man” was huge. Do you expect this one to be as big?
I think it’s a different kind of soundtrack. I think it will probably be pretty big, because it’s got Spider-Man on the cover (laughing). But it’s definitely a different thing, so who’s to know? You can’t expect that kind of thing to happen twice. It was such a good song and such a huge thing, and it was a moment in time. Who knows if we’ll get that. But I did get Spider-Man in my video, so that much I got. It doesn’t have to sell a gazillion records.

How did you get hooked up with the soundtrack in the first place?
I happen to have a fan in the company that started championing me to the director and the producers, and soon they all were asking. And it was great.

And the rest is history.
Yeah, and it was a really great pinnacle of history in my personal history (laughing).

[CityandColour]

Dashboard Confessional = teh suck

:P

[Professor Peedston]

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[Professor Peedston]

:smug:

[amm]

Dashboard Confessional are on the letterman show july 1

[CityandColour]

I'll make sure and not watch that then. :rolleyes:

[fifi]

I've heard 2 songs from them and that was enough to make me gag
wayyyyyy too corny and cheesy for my liking :)

[labell]

oh yay! dammnit. i'll be in buffalo. i'll beg my uncle to let me watch it. :idea2:

[bluwaterbaboon]

in all honesty i don't listen to them. their studio stuff is tolerable, but when the crowd is singing louder than them it can be simply unbearable (mtv unplugged cd i borrowed from a friend once)

[labell]

Thats teh whole fun of it. :rolleyes:

[staring elf]

Yes I listen to them, and kinda like them too :D

[Majson]

best deceptions - need i say more?

several ways to die trying
ghost of a good thing

all good

[Merkaba82]

horrid band those dashboard kids

[MrLick]

any fans?

[*Justine*]

Can't stand his music.

[lilchick629]

i love it----i am a big fan :P

[MrLick]

Can't stand his music.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa?

its amazing music.

[Jacob]

meh, some of it is too emo for my taste, but Screaming Infidelities is a good song.

[About A Girl]

bbbbbbbbbbbbbooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o emo music sucks ass bbbbbbbboooooooooooooooooooooooooo

go cry in a corner about your girlfriend who broke up with you five years ago and youre still singing about it bbbbbbbbbbbbbbooooooooooooooooooo

[colduser]

:lol:

[MrLick]

emo music is awesome.

[Kapone]

bbbbbbbbbbbbbooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o emo music sucks ass bbbbbbbboooooooooooooooooooooooooo

go cry in a corner about your girlfriend who broke up with you five years ago and youre still singing about it bbbbbbbbbbbbbbooooooooooooooooooo

woah-ha-hoah

[About A Girl]

haha so youre a fan?

[MrLick]

who? Me? or kapone?

because i sure am.

[Egghead]

Can't stand his music.

[Majson]

i like it, and i'm always right

[snoopers]

know only "Hands Down" - what a great song :) My friends an me, we achieved that they're playing this song in our favorite club every week :D

[labell]

love dashboard, saw him in concert last summer

[cold_kitty]

okay, i keep getting confused. people tell me dasboard confessional is just the one guy and then other people SWEAR it's a band. i don't know what to believe.

i like db mostly for their lyrics. i think their pretty interesting.

[MrLick]

Db is a band.

[[nicole]]

i love chris carraba :P his lyrics are amazing and his voice is really cool (to me, anyway)

[About A Girl]

oh god we got another one

[MrLick]

Another what? Dashboard has great poetic lyrics.

[moonshinePT]

Dashboard is a great emo band! Love there songs, just brilliant! I really love to see them live but I live in Portugal, it is alost impossible to they came here :(...I just can watch the dvd of the MTV Unplugged.

Fav Song - "Places You've Come To Fear The Most"

[TimJordan]

I don't really like them. It is just something about his voice. Too whinerish for my taste. Plus the songs are really, really similar in lyrics and sound. Granted many bands songs sound the same. I'll get my fix on lyricism elsewhere.

[MrLick]

Dashboard is a great emo band! Love there songs, just brilliant! I really love to see them live but I live in Portugal, it is alost impossible to they came here :(...I just can watch the dvd of the MTV Unplugged.

Fav Song - "Places You've Come To Fear The Most"

you missed one thing, they are NOT emo. not even close, they are as emo as coldplay....

to tell you the truth there is no real emo around today, the closest thing is modern emo and that would be jimmy eat world and stuff like that.

but whats with laguna beach and dashboard? ive heard their song on alot of the episodes.. i like it.

[twin4life]

i like dashboard. my brother's friend did this AMAZING cover of the song at a school festival last year, now anytime i hear the song "hands down" i think of him.

[ilayout]

here are some of the dates so far, more suppose to be added. presale starts today... with sale to the general public on May 12th

July 10 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
July 12 – Berkeley, CA @ Berkeley Community Theatre
July 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
July 15 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
July 19 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 22 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
July 23 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
July 24 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Civic Center
July 25 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
July 27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
July 28 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
July 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre

August 2 – Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
August 3 – St. Louis, MO @ Pageant
August 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Chevrolet Amphitheatre
August 7 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
August 8 – Norfolk, VA @ Chrysler Hall
August 11 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at Waterfront
August 12 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
August 13 - Boston, MA @ Boston Opera House

pre-sale ticket limits between 2-4 depending on the venue... i was planning on getting two for July 12 Berkeley, CA @ Berkeley Community Theatre show... since chances of getting radiohead ticket are slim, i guess these will have to do.

got mine... Reserved CENTER ORCH LEFT Row B seats 9 and 11 (the numbers are odd on the left and even on the right) yeah!

[Black Rose]

Dashboard Confessional release new album

Dashboard Confessional are set to release their new album 'The Shade Of Poison Trees' on October 8.

The record is Chris Carrabba's fifth album, and the follow up to 2006's 'Dusk And Summer'.

The LP was recorded with Pearl Jam conhort Don Gilmore.

According to a statement it is "a return to his signature acoustic sound that (frontman) Chris Carrabba first developed on early Dashboard Confessional albums like 2000's 'The Swiss Army Romance' and 2001's 'The Place You Have Come To Fear the Most'".

Carraba is set to play a headlining UK tour, his first for five years in the autumn. Dates are expected to be announced soon.

http://www.nme.com/news/dashboard-confessional/30963

[Crests]

yay

[bjaiken]

One of my guilty pleasures. Man, I hate copping to this one.

[Crests]

I was feeling a bit ashamed about bumping this thread, so we're in the same boat. :lol:

[MrLick]

I love Dashboard, but don't tell anyone, it's embarrassing.

[bjaiken]

I love Dashboard, but don't tell anyone, it's embarrassing.

Most guys feel that way, me included. Sometimes chris' lyrics are too whiney, but he is capable of writing some fantastic songs.

[Black Rose]

I like the "Alter the Ending" album.

Although at the moment I'm liking more the acoustic versions on the 2nd disc