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OfflinePsilocybinMike
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To deadheads: impress me
    #15702037 - 01/22/12 01:52 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

This is a band who were around for a number of years, with a lot of material. I like some of their songs but I've never honestly sat and listened to their whole catalog. I know there must be tons of deadheads on here.

I'm really intrigued by the fact that this band had such an epic fanatical following, maybe more so then any band ever. I mean, even The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, any of the biggest bands with the most fanatical fan base, I can't think of any bands that had such a devoted fan base to that had hoards of people who followed them on tour to every show.

I want to get more into the dead. As I said they have a lot of years worth of material, I'm asking all of you fanatics to post their most impressive material. I already like some of their songs I just haven't listened to a lot of it. Make me understand why people love them the way they do.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: PsilocybinMike]
    #15702047 - 01/22/12 01:54 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

i'm not a deadhead by any means, though I do enjoy most of their music...

but I'm afraid what you're asking for isn't going to be achievable by listening to audio recordings. I feel like it's more of a "you had to have been there" kind of thing... the mindset, the drugs, etc.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #15702056 - 01/22/12 01:57 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

touch of grey is really the only good song!  That song alone made me attend about 6 schwagstocks!


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: boxcarguy07] * 1
    #15702058 - 01/22/12 01:57 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

Anythang from the early seventies sets is their best IMO... Also '79 sets are good too.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: shroomie_glen]
    #15702067 - 01/22/12 01:59 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)





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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Legend]
    #15702080 - 01/22/12 02:01 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

start with this: http://www.archive.org/details/gd1977-05-08.sbd.cantor.sacks.266.shnf

and this: http://www.archive.org/details/gd89-07-17.sbd.unknown.17702.sbeok.shnf

My two favorite years. The Dead are known for their live music, not their studio recordings.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: dwtk]
    #15702151 - 01/22/12 02:15 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: PsilocybinMike]
    #15702169 - 01/22/12 02:18 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

GD sucked musically. They were basically just a traveling party.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: dwtk]
    #15702197 - 01/22/12 02:26 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

Robert Hunter's lyrics were magical. Even the first song he wrote for the Dead (China Cat Sunflower) was composed on LSD. The band's music just gives me an "ancient" feeling, and the Deadheads I interact with usually give off a vibe of being old souls - while still acting like children at times, nonetheless!

The live shows actually sound like life. It meanders, has beautiful high points, but also includes some fuck-ups; it has dark parts, happy parts, and funny parts. It's like a micro-cosmic representation of the whole shit and shebang. Conversely, a lot of other performing acts (both new and old) don't let it flow. Even the improv sections feel rushed, like they're trying to prove something or get the sound out too quickly. It's just going through the motions. The Dead weren't afraid to experiment. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Jessica Swift]
    #15702220 - 01/22/12 02:32 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

ya I think music is a small part of the GD family. it was the acid and the mindset and basically like another poster said just a traveling party.

also they have some good studio recordings but the live music is where they shine. and not just listen to live recordings, actually being there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TSIajKGHZRk

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Jessica Swift]
    #15702228 - 01/22/12 02:33 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

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Robert Hunter's lyrics were magical.




I'd have to agree that Robert Hunter's lyrics are possibly my favorite part about the grateful dead. His lyrics just light my imagination up. Deeply enchanting stuff IMO. Especially on songs like Terrapin Station, Eyes of the World, Dire Wolf...the list goes one.

I was just jamming this one.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Legend]
    #15702230 - 01/22/12 02:33 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

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legit27 said:







Estimated Prophet was pretty impressive. The first track above it was so so.


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: waves]
    #15702253 - 01/22/12 02:37 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

probably my all time favorite of hunter's work, based on a pretty well known old english folk tale, the Terrapin Station Suite-

-LADY WITH A FAN-
Let my inspiration flow
in token lines suggesting rhythm
that will not forsake me
till my tale is told and done

While the firelight's aglow
strange shadows in the flames will grow
till things we've never seen
will seem familiar

Shadows of a sailor forming
winds both foul and fair all swarm
down in Carlisle he loved a lady
many years ago

Here beside him stands a man
a soldier by the looks of him
who came through many fights
but lost at love

While the storyteller speaks
a door within the fire creaks
suddenly flies open
and a girl is standing there

Eyes alight with glowing hair
all that fancy paints as fair
she takes her fan and throws it
in the lion's den

"Which of you to gain me, tell
will risk uncertain pains of Hell?
I will not forgive you
if you will not take the chance"

The sailor gave at least a try
the soldier being much too wise
strategy was his strength
and not disaster

The sailor coming out again
the lady fairly lept at him
that's how it stands today
you decide if he was wise

The storyteller makes no choice
soon you will not hear his voice
his job is to shed light
and not to master

Since the end is never told
we pay the teller off in gold
in hopes he will come back
but he cannot be bought or sold

-TERRAPIN STATION-

Inspiration, move me brightly
light the song with sense and color,
hold away despair
More than this I will not ask
faced with mysteries dark and vast
statements just seem vain at last
some rise, some fall, some climb
to get to Terrapin
Counting stars by candlelight
all are dim but one is bright:
the spiral light of Venus
rising first and shining best,
From the northwest corner
of a brand-new crescent moon
crickets and cicadas sing
a rare and different tune
Terrapin Station
in the shadow of the moon
Terrapin Station
and I know we'll be there soon
Terrapin - I can't figure out
Terrapin - if it's an end or the beginning
Terrapin - but the train's got its brakes on
and the whistle is screaming: TERRAPIN

-AT A SIDING-

While you were gone
these spaces filled with darkness
The obvious was hidden
With nothing to believe in
the compass always points to Terrapin
The sullen wings of fortune beat like rain
You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again
For good or ill again

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Jessica Swift]
    #15702273 - 01/22/12 02:41 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

Their live stuff is definitely more interesting, this is my favorite track atm. They're also loads better if you listen to them on :lsdabc: I feel like you almost have to be on it to really get the full feeling the music is suppose to give you. The vocals can be very disorienting the way the pitch and volume fluctuate. I didn't like GD the first few listens they sounded very bland to me, it just takes a while give them a few chances.


I recommend Dick's Picks vol 4. which you can get here it looks like.

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Jessica Swift]
    #15702275 - 01/22/12 02:41 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

Their live stuff is definitely more interesting, this is my favorite track atm. They're also loads better if you listen to them on :lsdabc: I feel like you almost have to be on it to really get the full feeling the music is suppose to give you. The vocals can be very disorienting the way the pitch and volume fluctuate. I didn't like GD the first few listens they sounded very bland to me, it just takes a while so give them a few chances. I recommend Dick's Picks vol 4. which you can get here it looks like.



EDIT: I didn't mean to double post if someone could delete the one above this that'd be great.

Edited by Ouija (01/22/12 02:43 PM)

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: waves]
    #15702278 - 01/22/12 02:41 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

Eyes of the World:


Easy Wind:


China Cat Sunflower-->I Know You Rider:


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: waves]
    #15702291 - 01/22/12 02:44 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: SpeedwayBoogie] * 3
    #15702300 - 01/22/12 02:45 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

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Edited by waves (10/16/18 08:54 PM)

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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: Baby_Hitler]
    #15702309 - 01/22/12 02:47 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

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Led Zeppelin said:
ya I think music is a small part of the GD family. it was the acid and the mindset and basically like another poster said just a traveling party.




um no

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Baby_Hitler said:
GD sucked musically. They were basically just a traveling party.




and no.

you guys obviously know jack shit about the dead, or their fans, or their concerts, or even any remote bit of their history; so why even post here? straight up noob ignorance


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Re: To deadheads: impress me [Re: waves]
    #15702321 - 01/22/12 02:48 PM (12 years, 2 months ago)

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I feel like the grateful dead has always been one of those bands that most people don't "get" immediately. I can definitely see how people who haven't really tried to like it just think it sucks.

It's kind of like beer or something. The first time you taste beer when you are really young you think it taste shitty and you don't get why people would drink it. Then if you keep drinking it you realize its about something more than just the taste. haha



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