Grateful Dead: Yes or No?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

The 'Dead ("Eyes of the World") just came up on my 'Dan playlist on Pandora. My dad has been to over 100 'Dead concerts, and I must say that I really like them, though I don't really know many of their songs beyond "Sugar Magnolias" or "Casey Jones" or this song now. But still.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Scout1071]

1. Where is the "Hell Yes" button? nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. I'm too lazy to do any more.

:D

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

2. nope, sorry....nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. May I ask why?

I'm not trying to be belligerent, as I'm far from a Deadhead, but I'm just curious why people like them or don't like them.

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

13. didn't like the music

just sounded...off, the vocals were weak IMO. Just not for me...:)

[Gormy Cuss]

5. If your father has concert tapes, or Dick's Picks, you'll hear good stuff.

The Dead were mediocre studio musicians and uneven in concert but when they hit it they jammed some wonderful stuff.

Listen to 'Ripple,' and a few 'Birdsongs' to hear some of their acoustic best.

Make some kind veggie burritos for your father too.:P

You know that "Eyes" has one of the best Mondegreens, don't you?
"Wake up to discover that you are disguised as a girl."
:rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

6. LOL!

"disguised as a girl"...L-O-fucking-L!

:rofl:

My dad has no 'Dead studio albums, just a whole bunch of Dick's Picks and whatnot.

Like my father would eat a veggie burrito. :evilgrin:

:D

[Arkham House]

7. "Grateful Dead"--is this some sort of rock and roll band...?

[driver8]

8. Yes -- In "small doses".

I do love Jerry Garcia's guitar playing, though.

[cleofus1]

9. i don't get people

who don't get the grateful dead...

[democracyindanger]

10. I get people who

get the Dead.

They're high.

[cleofus1]

17. hey man

i don't get high...i just love their playing...they loved their instruments and their instruments loved them back...i never went to a live show...but their produced music and video record shows some damn fine picking by jerry and the crew...

[Nevernose]

11. If you voted "no" then you obviously haven't taken enough drugs

Personally, I haven't taken any drugs in years, but I'm still listening to Dick's Pick's Volume 4 on the way to work in the mornings. Well, that and Marilyn Manson.

And while my greatest regret in life is that I can't play the guitar -- at least not anything harder than "Three Blind Mice" -- I'm enough of a music lover to be able to apreciate Jerry as a phenomenal guitarist. Listen to the "Shady Grove" album if you don't believe me.

[KatyMan]

24. Shady Grove

is awesome. Garcia was a fantastic acoustic player. Grateful Dawg is a great DVD too...

[NNadir]

12. Worst famous band ever.

Unless of course you were high, in which case they were the best thing ever.

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. I hate their music...

And all the parking lot people decided to make 13th street their new home after Jerry's death.

edit -- I would like to add that. I met Jerry Garcia around the age of eight. Ken Kesey has a daughter named Sunshine. She was friends with my sister in high school. On occasion we would go over to Ken's house. A huge barn that they made into a house. It was very cool. This was in Pleasant Hill Oregon.

[electricmonk]

15. Another no

I fell asleep at one of their shows in 1987 or 86 I was so bored. Over the next few days I was talking to my Deadhead friends and they were so excited that Jerry "kicked" during the first nights show and felt that the Roanoke show was blessed because of it. I was like what do you mean "kicked"? Like kicked ass? No, he stepped back while playing and kicked his leg up. Ok. Doesn't take much to ammuse deadheads aparently.

Disclosure: I was at the time a punk rocker. Well actually 20 years later I still am. The only reason I went to the show was because of a girl. Imagine that.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Not my cup of tea.

[cleofus1]

18. yeah i know all you beatniks

are listening to that damn bongo music!:hippie:

[ghostsofgiants]

19. My friend is a drummer, and every time I'm at his house use his bongos...

And pretend I'm a beatnik.

[cleofus1]

20. i kenw it

i knew it...yes i knew it...i wish i had bongos...all i have is a damn tamborine and a cowbell...

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

21. Dunno, but my mum said they sucked live. She figured they were just too

stoned to play decently :)

[deutsey]

22. To paraphrase Mark Twain: Their music is better than it sounds.

:evilgrin:

I like them and respect their philosophy, but could never get into them like I did other bands.

[buddhamama]

23. yes

they are cool. :thumbsup:

[datasuspect]

25. where is the "maybe" button?

i can dig many of their studio recording, but their live stuff is like musical masturbation.

[buddhamama]

26. complete opposite opinion

i prefer their live stuff. The Dead weren't a studio band. They were a group of guys who enjoyed playing music together. Of course there were shows where they played horrible, but, that unscripted free-flow of music, the imperfections are what i love about them.