Dave Matthews Band is hitting the studio early this year to record the follow-up to 2005's Stand Up, and DMBnews.net is taking a look at every song that could potentially appear on the new album. In Part Six of the Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview, we focus on "Eh Hee."
"Eh Hee" debuted Feb. 5, 2006 on the Dave Matthews and Friends Caribbean Cruise Getaway. Dave Matthews played it once during a solo tour in England that spring, and then the song disappeared until Dave and Tim Reynolds' 2007 show at Radio City Music Hall. Dave Matthews Band then started playing it on the 2007 summer tour, including a memorable performance with The Roots.
In September of that year, Dave released a single and video for "Eh Hee," on which he played all the instruments by himself.
Unlike many new songs, "Eh Hee" has not seen its lyrics change much since its inception, and the structure of the song has remained the same as well. The lyrics seem to address Dave's thoughts on organized religion, which he drew heat for last year after telling Rolling Stone, "The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have fights -- it's more irritating than Santa Claus."
Why "Eh Hee" will end up on the new Dave Matthews Band album: DMB played the song a lot in the summer of 2007 and arranged new parts for every band member, even though it had never been a full-band song before.
Why it won't: There is already a studio version by Dave solo, and the song has also appeared on two live albums: Dave and Tim's Live at Radio City and DMB's Live at Piedmont Park.
Video: Dave Matthews Band feat. The Roots "Eh Hee"
If you haven't voted on previous songs yet, you can here:
Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview Part Five: "Shotgun"
Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview Part Four: "Break Free"
Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview Part Three: "Kill the King"
Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview Part Two: "Sister"
Dave Matthews Band New Album Preview Part One: "The Idea of You"
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