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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2012, 12:34 pm »
Wow. I'm glad the Deadheads are out in full force. Nice.

What I believe is so magical about the Dead is that when they're noodling or jamming, whatever you want to call it, the music takes you places.
When they start jamming you find you thoughts going in so many directions and your mind takes you to whole other dimension. And that is true even when you're SOBER.
I have never had any other band capable of placing me in another realm every time I push play.

Never heard the story of Kesey's son. That is beautiful.

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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2012, 01:21 pm »
The thing about the dead is when you go to dead shows and really listen to the music you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself. I continued to follow the dead for years because I was trying to recapture that magic that was everywhere in the 60's. And you can like them or not like them but the dead are real musician's musicians. They just have a love for music that we'll probably never see again. The music was everything to them. And they did it for us.
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« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2012, 03:10 pm »
the deads "golden years" are from 67 to 70..  the basically quit using psychedelics in the 70's according to bear.  once bear went to prison it all went down hill from there.   Everyone was using a lot of coke and heroin at this point.  Bear tried to push the wall of sound but it was too much work and no one was really interested in expanding the sound much.  I also agree that the golden years are 67 to 71'ish.  I have almost every stanley tape that you can find right now in .flac and listen to those years quite frequently out of all the other dead shows.  I have listened to A LOT of dead music.  I have gone through every dicks picks at least 3 or 4 times.  Jerry's guitar in the 60's sounded like tiger claws. 

People need to remember, they did not have a lot of technology back then.  they did a lot with what they had.  They did not even have on stage monitors..

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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2012, 04:46 pm »
They're good I'll give them that, but in terms of majesty and sheer awe, they're not a scratch on Zeppelin. NOT A SCRATCH


Haha i was waiting for some Zep fans to step in.


If you asked me who i like (love) more, the Dead vs. Zeppelin, i really wouldn't be able to answer.

If you watch any Zeppelin shows you'll find they jam a lot. Not in the whole sense that the Grateful Dead did i guess, but man, watching Paige just fuck that guitar with his hands like its nothing. Blows me away every time.

SO i guess my answer to Dead vs. Zeppelin is..BOTH : )

I think the Dead can match Zep in majesty and sheer awe. Their just opposite ends of the same stick ya dig?
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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2012, 05:10 pm »
I like zeppelin's music more than I like the dead's but I just love the dead culture. You had to be there for it in the 60s to really get it.
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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2012, 09:47 pm »
I like zeppelin's music more than I like the dead's but I just love the dead culture. You had to be there for it in the 60s to really get it.

Ya, I missed the boat, too young.
Led Zepplin is in the same category.
Shit, Plant hitting those high notes,  Jimmy Page's fingers on fire, and Bonham doing 40 minute drum solos. That was a god damn all-star team.

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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2012, 09:47 pm »
I am a big fan of the Grateful Dead. I saw the Dead twice when they toured in 2005 and I have seen Bobby play with Ratdog. I have never seen them on LSD unfortunately, which I think would've helped me get into some of their really spacey jams. I am so jealous of the old timers who saw them in their prime. Reading the Acid Test books made me fall in love with that culture. I especially love the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. Perfect for road trips or trippin in the backyard with friends :)

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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2012, 03:30 am »
Nothing like laying in a bed in Ireland, high on Guinness gin and speed, listening to Casey Jones.

Nothing like sitting in a hot tub in my backyard, on 10g of Psilocybe Cubensis teachers, blasting Truckin' out of a PA system.

The only other thing I have to say is, poor, poor Stagger Lee- but no matter what you do, DON'T TELL ME THIS TOWN A'INT GOT NO HEART.

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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #23 on: July 02, 2012, 04:25 am »
I love Workingman's Dead.

But with the main man gone watching the Dead would still mean something to the millions who never saw them and yearn for that classic few hours of everything being ok and people feeling like part of a family.

I would love a time machine.

The gigs we would see!!!!!

Just as long as you don't love your own mum and be your own father.

I wonder about that.

I am very very stoned.

I'm like gone, now.

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Re: Grateful Dead
« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2012, 04:30 am »
greatest band ever!!

give me some darkstar when i goto bed and some eyes of the world when i wake up :)

jerry we all miss ya!!