well, the setlist certainly looks amazing, BUT ... 3 hours of Bob singing those songs ... ? ( i'm not even overly concerned about the Warren Haynes quotient ... I assume he's "OK" in the role; but, is Bob on all those vox ? heaven forfend )
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dear Mr. Fantasy* > Dark Star* > Eyes of the World"
Awesome.
And the set list overall is great.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link
It's so hard for me to imagine these songs without Jerry. I'm sure it'd be lots of fun, but, uh, "Scarlett->Fire" and "Frankin's Tower"?
― Mark, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I love that setlist, but I could seriously die happy if I never had to hear a "Scarlet->Fire" again in my life.
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Funny article
http://www.slate.com/id/2217149/
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dark Star" was 2nd verse on
onLY
as against expectation, Bob actually sounded *great*. sure, there was a bit of his Dylanesque choose-any-note-and-tempo-here vocals, and some slow/flubbed lines, but the dude was full of voice, especially on stuff he owns like Stranger and Estimated, mostly eschewing the depressive Ratdog style (their keyb player is a not-bad fill-in, btw). it helped that vocals were traded around throughout the show, including within songs. Warren was, yes, "OK" in the role (perhaps more than ok by the 2nd set), lending a bit of an Allmanesque tone and rushing some vox here and there, and of course it's not the same animal without Jerry, but for a lot of the show what you did get was a lot more than good enough. and yeah that setlist (which may not be that far below par for this run) - people were wondering what's left for Branford (whose soloing helped make the Lovelight, among others) when he comes back tonight. it would be nice if this is a test run for some outdoor venues next summer.
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
So I stumble upon this Deadcast on iTunes, and I've never owned anything by this band and never listened to any of my friends' tapes, and, yes, this is boring compared to something like the Allman Brothers, but it's pretty good late-night wallpaper when I don't want to really listen to something but I don't want to be in a dead-silent room either. This is really high-end wallpaper, for free.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
How had I always skipped over "Fire in the City" before with hardly a second glance??? The song is fierce. I would have loved a full album collaboration between primal Dead and Jon Hendricks.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.pnla.org/jobs/j76.htm
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 8 November 2009 05:51 (fourteen years ago) link
That has to be somebody's dream job.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 8 November 2009 05:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/42256-the-national-plan-grateful-dead-tribute-comp/
It looks like the National was talking about putting out a tribute comp, but then their label backpedalled on that statement? I would anticipate this, if it were to come to fruition.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
The start of this thread was pretty funny. I wonder if Kate ever ended up actually listening to any Dead because she clearly hadn't 8 years ago.
― wk, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
cia never wore tie-dyes. Hanes black Ts you tard.
I want to come out and just apologize for using the word "tard" two years ago. I don't do this now and think it was horrible of me to do so. Sorry.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at my "garcia" truncation.
― cia never wore tie-dyes (kkvgz), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
he did wear tie dyes, I distincly remember him in the gatefold of Europe '72 or something like that in tie die. Plus he tie died ties.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I could have sworn I've seen pics of him wearing tie dyed shirts too, but now I can't find one online to back up my claims. I found pics of him wearing paisley, lots of flannel, and even a t-shirt with dolphins, but no tie dye.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
He wore a hockey jersey every now and again.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
guys i found a photo of jerry wearing tie-dyehttp://www.bayareaonthecheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Jerry_Garcia_Dead-300x230.gif
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
no, no! It was clarified upthread that he did wear tie-dies for some period in the 70s? I was just apologizing for using bigotted language.
― cia never wore tie-dyes (kkvgz), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Weir hates tie-dye fyi
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
the garcia in my mind isn't tie-die though. that guy is black as death.
― cia never wore tie-dyes (kkvgz), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Jerry
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
two posts after apologizing for using bigoted language!!!!
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
that's not even funny as far as willful misinterpretation goes.
― cia never wore tie-dyes (kkvgz), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
He wasnt black, I( think he was of Spanish descent.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
woah, settle down, just a bit of fun.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
he was talking to me TM; I'm sorry
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Peter
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I clicked on this just to read Kate's post at the top again. Still OTM
― I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
It's possibly one of the worsts posts ive seen on ILM.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, pretty bad. i like this one thoughA: "Hey, what are you listening to?"B: "Oh, it's, uh, Kremlin Tiger Flower, uh, 2506. Have you heard them before?"A: "Hmmm, it sounds familiar."B: "They're a Japanese noise band from the '70s. Original LPs are like $500 on Ebay, but, uh, this label out of Amsterdam just reissued their album and I got it from Forced Exposure."A: "Oh, yeah, I've heard of that...wow, this is awesome. It sounds like Sonic Youth or the Dead C or something."B: "Yeah, I can hear that, I guess."A: (listens) "Totally. Sonic Youth is totally ripping these guys off."(pause)B: "Actually, I'm just fucking with you. It's a Dead bootleg, they're doing 'Feedback'."A: "It's a Dead C bootleg? Wow, this is, like, the best stuff I've ever heard from them. How'd you get -- "B: "No, no, it's the Grateful Dead."A: (runs screaming from the room, snarky hipster credibility permanently ruined)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
^I remember that! That was great!
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Bertha (Skull and Roses) He's Gone (EUROPE '72) Jack Straw (EUROPE '72) Brown-Eyed Women (EUROPE '72)
Wharf Rat (Skull and Roses)Ramble On Rose (EUROPE '72) Tennessee Jed (EUROPE '72)
i listen to this playlist and pretend it's the greatest dead studio album
― mizzell, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^
So what? SY and the Dead C are nearly as bad as the Dead (not as interminable tho') -You'd never mistake the Dead for someone, you know, good. Like when they try to play 'Jazz' or R n'B or Country, it never sounds like anything halfway acceptable in those fields: it just sounds like the Dead: out of tune, out of time, terrible singing and it goes on, and on,and on......
― I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
might just have to agree to disagree? (about the dead and the dead c)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
(& sonic youth)
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
That is a good playlist, Mizzell.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit someone on a message board doesn't like the Grateful Dead, this is ~important~ & will ~make a difference~
― Euler, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Dude, no, you have to hear this most ultimate jam session that they did on this super-rare collectible live bootleg out-take from 1973...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm gonna let you guys in on a big secret: the Dead were just a bunch of dirty hippies
YES, I SAID IT
― Euler, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Mods plz change thread title to: Dr. Suggestban, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dead
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
"Without wishing to sound too alt snooty, Ghost and esp. Acid Mothers Temple do the whole folk-psych rock jam thing w/ so much more passion, imagination and freaky fun."
I like Ghost but still, lol
― Euler, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"You'd never mistake the Dead for someone, you know, good."-I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:25 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You'd never mistake your opinion for anything other than, you know, shitty.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Dead fans, eh, don't like it up 'em.....
― I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
one man gathers what another man spills
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol otm!
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
If you claim to like garage rock, and you think that the first Dead album consists of uninspired hippie stoner jams, then I call bullshit on you ever having listened to it.
― wk, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
B: "Oh, it's, uh, Kremlin Tiger Flower, uh, 2506. Have you heard them before?"
Haha, probably works the other way around too. "Hey have you heard this Dead bootleg?" "Ugh, this sucks, I hate the Grateful Dead. This is so boring." "jk, this is that rare japanese psych reissue you were raving about last week"
― wk, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
most dead haters in my experience are kinda like yr dad saying how bad vegetarian food tastes i.e. they haven't really got much of an idea about what they're talking about but they like the pose they strike when they say it
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not big on the dead but i think jerry is such a great singer, his voice always sounds sad and tired and wise and lonely to me
tbh, the episode where lindsay weir listens to american beauty on freaks and geeks really made me want to become a deadhead
― the zing cheese incident (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link