The Grateful Dead

Silky Shagsalot

Silky Shagsalot

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humm, the dead... i only saw them once, but it was a great show! (circa 1986) missed most of the concert, the real show was the parking lot people. lol, a flashback to the 60's. i had a dead-head girlfriend for a while, got engaged. she would turn on a dead cassette every night for us to got to sleep to. what a wonderful memory.... i had to turn it off every night around 2 a.m. or so, after she went to sleep. shit annoyed the hell out of me, but she loved it. she was the epitome of the classic dead head. always went to the fairly close shows, northern calif. she'd even take a tent and camp-out. wore all the tie-die garb, beads etc. even did beading, made jewelry, mostly ear-rings. no make up, really a naturally good looking girl. great person/ality. but we never got married. she was one of those total dead, nut bags, lol. i just couldn't see being married to her forever. she had a dead head sister too, lol.. between them, they had hundreds of live dead performances on cassette. i guess if you paid a few extra bucks, at some dead shows, you could legally record their gigs. lol, that ought to tell you all you need to know right there. dead heads aren't a bunch of loving hippies either. i am a big fan of one of their later albums, "in the dark," i think is the name. anyone who became a fan of the dead because of that album, was labeled a "darky," lol, really! that's what i was, and we couldn't get past it. we never married, and i can honestly say, "the dead really is a bad band." they do have some good songs, you can't be around that long, and not have some. but i'd never pay to see them again, even if jerry was with them. i guess they are like trimming fan leaves.
 
Nutes and Nugs

Nutes and Nugs

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Silky Shagsalot said:
humm, the dead... i only saw them once, but it was a great show! (circa 1986) missed most of the concert, the real show was the parking lot people. lol, a flashback to the 60's. i had a dead-head girlfriend for a while, got engaged. she would turn on a dead cassette every night for us to got to sleep to. what a wonderful memory.... i had to turn it off every night around 2 a.m. or so, after she went to sleep. shit annoyed the hell out of me, but she loved it. she was the epitome of the classic dead head. always went to the fairly close shows, northern calif. she'd even take a tent and camp-out. wore all the tie-die garb, beads etc. even did beading, made jewelry, mostly ear-rings. no make up, really a naturally good looking girl. great person/ality. but we never got married. she was one of those total dead, nut bags, lol. i just couldn't see being married to her forever. she had a dead head sister too, lol.. between them, they had hundreds of live dead performances on cassette. i guess if you paid a few extra bucks, at some dead shows, you could legally record their gigs. lol, that ought to tell you all you need to know right there. dead heads aren't a bunch of loving hippies either. i am a big fan of one of their later albums, "in the dark," i think is the name. anyone who became a fan of the dead because of that album, was labeled a "darky," lol, really! that's what i was, and we couldn't get past it. we never married, and i can honestly say, "the dead really is a bad band." they do have some good songs, you can't be around that long, and not have some. but i'd never pay to see them again, even if jerry was with them. i guess they are like trimming fan leaves.
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It's really to bad you dislike the music because of a bad relationship.

You are right in the parking lot before-during and after the show.
That's what it used to be about.
A carry over from the 60's in a way.
I started going to Dead concerts in the early 80's and have boxes of cassettes I recorded from PBS radio.
The music is timeless.
There is a lot of music being played in sub rhythms and melodies.
It's really like orchestral music if you'd see it written on paper.

The Dead attract a large audience.
I've met people who were deadheads that were good, bad and ugly just like any thing in life.

Keep listening my friend.
 
TibetanBowl

TibetanBowl

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1Shot1Kill said:
so much meaning and passion in their songs. most don't understand until they actually listen/hear it live.. playing each song in a totally different way every single time is straight skill. Who dafuq freestyles on a 16minute song, every song, for 27 years ++?.... changed my life
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aoxomoxoa is unlike any other from it's time. robert hunters trip report style lyrics, the vocal effects ("whats become of the baby??" holy shit!), the way the band plays so fluid, it all just comes together. the artwork is timeless, too. what can you suggest from their live albums, dicks picks, etc. i see a lot, don't know where to start...
 
Pinworm

Pinworm

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[video=youtube;sOLpAYx1gnw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLpAYx1gnw[/video]

hippies - too stoned to see their lives are fucked - going with the flow - into the shitter they are sucked - and then they got these magic crystals - don't do a god damn thing - just stinking of pachoulli - while they choke on their ginseng - - Beating on a drum - you sing of quiet and peace, - burning marijuana - and take the time to hug a tree, - say no possessions, - but get all that you can, - you stink like shit and smile through it - Don't ever trust a happy man...
 
VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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[video=youtube_share;I_IxAN2Rvo4]http://youtu.be/I_IxAN2Rvo4[/video]
the covers will still warm! where you'd been layin!
 
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urban1026835

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I know i saw it once..it involved some coke pachuli oil and a wrong turn that ended me up lost deep in the woods where I stumbled upon these rainbow people. The rest is too shameful to relive.
 
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