Grateful Dead — Uncle John's Band
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Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Whoa oh, what I want to know is are you kind?
It's a buck dancer's choice, my friends, better take my advice
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me?
Won't you come with me?
Whoa oh, what I want to know: will you come with me?
God damn, well, I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannon balls
Their motto is "don't tread on me"
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come with me or go alone
He's come to take his children home
It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Whoa oh, what I want to know: where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Whoa oh, what I want to know: how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home
Whoa oh, what I want to know: how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Whoa oh, what I want to know is are you kind?
It's a buck dancer's choice, my friends, better take my advice
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me?
Won't you come with me?
Whoa oh, what I want to know: will you come with me?
God damn, well, I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannon balls
Their motto is "don't tread on me"
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come with me or go alone
He's come to take his children home
It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Whoa oh, what I want to know: where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Whoa oh, what I want to know: how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home
Whoa oh, what I want to know: how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come along or go alone
He's come to take his children home
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Always great to hear. Thanks RP!
I had an Uncle John and he was a wonderful man.
Long gone but not forgotten.
Long gone but not forgotten.
I'm not a Deadhead, but this one of their songs that resonates with me
phantomsix wrote:
I'm an American so please don't lump me in with all the other Deadhead Americans.
Nope, sorry, STILL don't understand The Greatful Dead. Must be an American thing. Still scored it a 7 for effort. 
I'm an American so please don't lump me in with all the other Deadhead Americans.
paulprior61 wrote:
So I've been listening to a lot of bluegrass, blues, and folk (now called singer-songwriter) over the weekend, and although I "got on the bus" 40+ years ago, and it's not entirely a new realization, the Dead fall right into that pocket - just throw in a little jazz (improv), some lightening fast guitar riffs, & world beat drums. What you think you are missing can't be heard in the song itself, it's felt in the heart (and in the feet). Martin Buber would call it an "I - Thou" relationship. Mostly what I took away from my experiences is an open appreciation for creativity - Dylan to deadmau5; Vangelis to Van Halen; Strauss to Radiohead.
I'm evidently missing something here; I really don't understand what people see in this. I find myself wondering whether it just rides the coat-tails of some of their more interesting tracks, I just find it kind of feeble. This time around RP followed it with some Wilco and that simply made this GD track seem even less impressive.
So I've been listening to a lot of bluegrass, blues, and folk (now called singer-songwriter) over the weekend, and although I "got on the bus" 40+ years ago, and it's not entirely a new realization, the Dead fall right into that pocket - just throw in a little jazz (improv), some lightening fast guitar riffs, & world beat drums. What you think you are missing can't be heard in the song itself, it's felt in the heart (and in the feet). Martin Buber would call it an "I - Thou" relationship. Mostly what I took away from my experiences is an open appreciation for creativity - Dylan to deadmau5; Vangelis to Van Halen; Strauss to Radiohead.
Great song - And unlike a lot of bands, the Grateful Dead don't seem to die/quit... They're now Dead & Company, still cranking out the shows with one or two of the original band - Weir will keep it up until he joins Jerry, for good...
Thanks, Bill!
Thanks, Bill!
awhfman wrote:
Would like everyone to get off your lawn now?
Oh good, it's not a mix-up, mashup, remix (whatever the hell those are called) like some of the other GD stuff I hear on RP (and fast forward).
Would like everyone to get off your lawn now?
Alastair wrote:
Physicists have said that's not possible.
Or maybe it was physicians, I get the two mixed up.
Way too many plays recently.
Physicists have said that's not possible.
Or maybe it was physicians, I get the two mixed up.
Oh good, it's not a mix-up, mashup, remix (whatever the hell those are called) like some of the other GD stuff I hear on RP (and fast forward).
Way too many plays recently.
timmywilson wrote:
I love licorice
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” ― Jerry Garcia I realy like licorice...
I love licorice
tutor_turtle wrote:
in the strangest of places, my friend.
goddanm, have you seen the light? 
in the strangest of places, my friend.
jamesat43 wrote:
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
American Beauty was the "gateway" for myself and my whole group of friends. Lots of great memories associated with this!
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
American Beauty was the "gateway" for myself and my whole group of friends. Lots of great memories associated with this!
johnfiva wrote:
Actually .... based on info from highly reliable InterWeb sources --- when Dead Heads procreated, their offspring matured into Phish Heads! This must be true!
They have better songs but overall I always thought deadheads were the forerunners of computer nerds.
Actually .... based on info from highly reliable InterWeb sources --- when Dead Heads procreated, their offspring matured into Phish Heads! This must be true!
I've been streaming RP this evening and logged in to post a Thank You! to the RP team for this track. Much appreciated!
My 5 year old daughter loves this song and asks for it by saying, "Can you please play 'He's come to take his children home.'"
They have better songs but overall I always thought deadheads were the forerunners of computer nerds.
A real toe tapper.
you know...they have some very, very fine albums
up there with dylan, joni, beatles, van, steely
up there with dylan, joni, beatles, van, steely
It's always nice when a cover song of a band is played, followed by a different song from the band that was covered in the previous tune. In this case, it was Suzanne Vega covering Cassidy.
Sounds lovely! This CD got a lot of playtime in our household! Probably turned my 34 year old daughter into a Deadhead!
This song just puts me in such a great mood. Memories, memories. Not everyone likes the Dead, but I will love them forever for this song.
timmywilson wrote:
Well put!
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” ― Jerry Garcia I realy like licorice...
Well put!
phantomsix wrote:
It probably is something like that. They take me back to the 1970s in the western states, sunshine and good times. I was just a kid back then but there's something in that music that puts me in that happy space. For others it's about the weed and the touring scene, I kind of get that too.
STILL don't understand The Greatful Dead. Must be an American thing
It probably is something like that. They take me back to the 1970s in the western states, sunshine and good times. I was just a kid back then but there's something in that music that puts me in that happy space. For others it's about the weed and the touring scene, I kind of get that too.
ziakut wrote:
Nah. You're not old. Just took you a little longer to get on the bus. And just in time for the recent psilocybin renaissance! Welcome.
Amazing what time does...about 7 years ago I rated this low because I wasn't a GD fan. I hear this now and am refreshed. I suppose I'm growing up. Yay me!
Nah. You're not old. Just took you a little longer to get on the bus. And just in time for the recent psilocybin renaissance! Welcome.
Just like a tub of "Cherry Garcia" lovely!!
Nope, sorry, STILL don't understand The Greatful Dead. Must be an American thing. Still scored it a 7 for effort.
Dead Can Dance followed up by Grateful Dead. I see what you did there Bill 
sfoster66 wrote:
Interesting that you should put it like that :)
Truly the black licorice of music...even the smell makes me gag...
Interesting that you should put it like that :)
sfoster66 wrote:
are you nuts?
Black licorice from the Netherlands is almost therapuetic
The single salt is better than the double
Truly the black licorice of music...even the smell makes me gag...
are you nuts?
Black licorice from the Netherlands is almost therapuetic
The single salt is better than the double
This is probably the most pleasant, least "Deadly" Dead song in their repetoire--a 7!
Ok_Sobriquet wrote:
When I saw Sparks in the mid-70's they were supported by some oddballs called Strange Fruit, who thought playing jugs was entertaining. They were, sadly, booed off the stage in a very embarrassing manner. They were not related to the fictional band in the movie "Still Crazy".
This kind of stuff isn't for everyone.
Judging from the comments for this song, I don't think most people know The GD started out intentionally playing a "jug band*" sound. Being a little off with the tune and/or harmony was part of the shtick.
...
When I saw Sparks in the mid-70's they were supported by some oddballs called Strange Fruit, who thought playing jugs was entertaining. They were, sadly, booed off the stage in a very embarrassing manner. They were not related to the fictional band in the movie "Still Crazy".
This kind of stuff isn't for everyone.
Judging from the comments for this song, I don't think most people know The GD started out intentionally playing a "jug band*" sound. Being a little off with the tune and/or harmony was part of the shtick.
The Hippies, and the Yippies, in San Fransico in the '60s loved it. It was the fresh, organic alternative to the processed beats on everyone's transistor radio, e.g., British Invasion, Wall of Sound, Motown, Surf, the Wreaking Crew, etc.
*Jerry Garcia's first band after getting out of the Army in 1960 was called, "Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions"
The Hippies, and the Yippies, in San Fransico in the '60s loved it. It was the fresh, organic alternative to the processed beats on everyone's transistor radio, e.g., British Invasion, Wall of Sound, Motown, Surf, the Wreaking Crew, etc.
*Jerry Garcia's first band after getting out of the Army in 1960 was called, "Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions"
What a childish sounding band this is. Out of tune, no harmony. Please no more!
Truly the black licorice of music...even the smell makes me gag...
hansotten wrote:
One of THE albums to come out of the 60s-70s strangeness. I gave this song a 10, so BITE ME!
this is so amateurish ...
One of THE albums to come out of the 60s-70s strangeness. I gave this song a 10, so BITE ME!
memoryboxer wrote:
For heavy duty acidity, try "Aoxomoxoa". This album is the Dead's LA Hip Western album.
I bought my first copy of the Electric Koolaid Acid Test in San Francisco Dec '81; I was 21. Read it on the bus cross country back to Toronto. I'd been Tripping to the likes of Floyd and Hawkwind for a few years by that point and mentally projected that keyboard and screaming guitar approach onto what I was reading about the Dead and the acid tests. Couldn't wait to get home and score some! I was more than a tad taken aback when I bought this album - forst, realizing I actually knew a couple tracks, just unaware they were by the Dead, and secondly by the folky laid back tunes... this was ACID music?! Took me a while to get and appreciate the California Mellow vibe (versus the British "sonic attack" approach). I've collected most of their music over the years and doggone I declare this remains a favourite album.
Still waiting for the music to start.
sounds like amateurs, first practice, out of tune. Overrated!
this is so amateurish ...
I have never understood deadheads. It is a decent band but hardly something special. I sure as hell wouldn't follow them around. In 1970 there were a lot of better bands.
nelsonha wrote:
That's how it starts, lol :)
I'm not a Deadhead, but this is one of their songs that make me wish I was.
That's how it starts, lol :)
idiot_wind wrote:
Crosby denies this. I don't have the full quote in front of me, but paraphrased he explained it as simple cross-pollination. They were all playing with each other, going to each others shows, jamming in side-projects, etc. He said the Dead were always good harmonizers, and if they maybe started doing it more because they were hearing what CSNY was doing, it wasn't anything more involved than that.
Ya know....their harmonies are pretty good on this song.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
Crosby denies this. I don't have the full quote in front of me, but paraphrased he explained it as simple cross-pollination. They were all playing with each other, going to each others shows, jamming in side-projects, etc. He said the Dead were always good harmonizers, and if they maybe started doing it more because they were hearing what CSNY was doing, it wasn't anything more involved than that.
Long live the GD!! 
I don't know what happened to me at the time, I had given it a 3. When it's obviously a 6. Opinions change!
DanFHiggins wrote:
I think you mean Owsley? And his LSD?
I wonder what his stuff would go for these days...
c.
Who else had that crystal peyote from Oswald back in the day?
I think you mean Owsley? And his LSD?
I wonder what his stuff would go for these days...
c.
A long strange trip. Always grateful.
grhorn wrote:
Maybe Wikipedia can help you further
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John's_Band
and
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/uncle.html
what is this song about?
Maybe Wikipedia can help you further
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John's_Band
and
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/uncle.html
what is this song about?
I'm evidently missing something here; I really don't understand what people see in this. I find myself wondering whether it just rides the coat-tails of some of their more interesting tracks, I just find it kind of feeble. This time around RP followed it with some Wilco and that simply made this GD track seem even less impressive.
idiot_wind wrote:
I think their harmonies suck! Plain awful noise. But then I can't stand cilantro either.
Ya know....their harmonies are pretty good on this song.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
I think their harmonies suck! Plain awful noise. But then I can't stand cilantro either.
Who else had that crystal peyote from Oswald back in the day?
Ya know....their harmonies are pretty good on this song.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
I heard somewhere, the Dead "took some lessons" from CSNY on harmonizing.
Nice drumming. Never really noticed it before.
All true. this gets a 7 for the studio version. What baffles me is my wife loves studio dead and thinks the live stuff just goes on too long...Sometimes i wonder how we ever got married!
jamesat43 wrote:
jamesat43 wrote:
namesbenny wrote:
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
I remember my brother referring to this song many years ago, distilling it's message as "C'mon, be a Deadhead!" It really is their true anthem.
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
namesbenny wrote:
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
I remember my brother referring to this song many years ago, distilling it's message as "C'mon, be a Deadhead!" It really is their true anthem.
Yes, this is the gateway drug (more broadly, I would say American Beauty and Workingman's Dead are the gateway medicine cabinet). But the Deadhead club has no membership dues or requirements. As Gary said in a pre-show for one of the (on-going) COVID-era Shakedown Stream Friday night broadcasts of celebrated shows, "if you want to be on the bus, you're on the bus." Yes, the vocal harmonies are not the tightest, and the collaborative improvs sometimes lose their way, but as you become familiar with more of their songs, you appreciate more the spaces between them. That's why the setlists (which draw from 160+ songs) often feature segues like Scarlet (Begonias) > Fire (On The Mountain). Or my fave: China > Rider.
Somehow it just doesn't bother me to hear Jerry's fragile voice break on "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train...I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain".
Reminds me of a comment @BillG once made about Mick's "miss" in the opening line of Ruby Tuesday.
You know you got nothin' better to do this Friday. Tune in to Shakedown Stream.
It's for a good cause. So is Radio Paradise.
kretinburger wrote:
To each their own.. The big question is... are you kind... you said sorry... you felt the groove and just don't want to admit it.
Bloody awful.Sorry.
To each their own.. The big question is... are you kind... you said sorry... you felt the groove and just don't want to admit it.
Bloody awful.Sorry.
Amazing what time does...about 7 years ago I rated this low because I wasn't a GD fan. I hear this now and am refreshed. I suppose I'm growing up. Yay me!
goddanm, have you seen the light?
Deadhead here! Although I did pay for tickets :-)
I do not know why this song resonates with me so much. The lyrics are fairly impenetrable (but I'm open to learn), sort of a stream-of-consciousness thing. But some great lyrical snippets in there. For no reason I can explain, my fave Dead song.
c.
c.
Goosebumps Caught the Dead live 20 years
bluefrog wrote:
Real simple. It's the music. It's the vibe. All about space and time.
Nope. Still don't get the fascination with the Dead. You had to be there ?
Real simple. It's the music. It's the vibe. All about space and time.
Very often didn't quite love the GD, but always loved this one.
My first RP song today
Excellent It’s all so good
+1 today, 8 to 9, with a big RIP to Mr. Hunter....and Long Live RP!!
timmywilson wrote:
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
― Jerry Garcia
I really like licorice...
This is quintessential Dead............as good as it gets! And this is REALLY good!
Nope. Still don't get the fascination with the Dead. You had to be there ?
As so often or even almost always with GD it makes my mind wander far away and open up for my soul.
Never cared for them. PSD.
Tried Scarlet Begonias by Sublime?
number7 wrote:
number7 wrote:
Tomasni wrote:
I'm not sure why I don't like the Dead but never have. Skip or turn off. Covers are even worse. Kinda odd as there isn't much I skip. I have tried to like them, I just don't. My room mate happens to be a Dead Head. (long before we met)
Just saw Dead and Co. at Wrigley Field in Chicago. They are still the best live band out there.! Great show! They played this song too.
PERFECT
I bought my first copy of the Electric Koolaid Acid Test in San Francisco Dec '81; I was 21. Read it on the bus cross country back to Toronto. I'd been Tripping to the likes of Floyd and Hawkwind for a few years by that point and mentally projected that keyboard and screaming guitar approach onto what I was reading about the Dead and the acid tests. Couldn't wait to get home and score some! I was more than a tad taken aback when I bought this album - forst, realizing I actually knew a couple tracks, just unaware they were by the Dead, and secondly by the folky laid back tunes... this was ACID music?! Took me a while to get and appreciate the California Mellow vibe (versus the British "sonic attack" approach). I've collected most of their music over the years and doggone I declare this remains a favourite album.
nelsonha wrote:
Agree but I "skip" anyway
I'm not a Deadhead, but this is one of their songs that make me wish I was.
Agree but I "skip" anyway
I'm not a Deadhead, but this is one of their songs that make me wish I was.
Um.. well that was weird...
So, this morning I decided to play this song because it randomly popped up on my iTunes window as I was scrolling through something to select for my early morning "pick me up". After it finished playing, I thought of RP.... which is where I think I had first heard it playing a while back for the first time in probably 40 years, so I put RP on. Then Bam! the second song you played, Bill, was this! Are you listening in?
So, this morning I decided to play this song because it randomly popped up on my iTunes window as I was scrolling through something to select for my early morning "pick me up". After it finished playing, I thought of RP.... which is where I think I had first heard it playing a while back for the first time in probably 40 years, so I put RP on. Then Bam! the second song you played, Bill, was this! Are you listening in?
Mmmm, double salt licorice from Belgium.
timmywilson wrote:
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
― Jerry Garcia
I realy like licorice...
― Jerry Garcia
I realy like licorice...
Just another Thank You RP. Love this song.
This song brings back so many wonderful memories. I'm so grateful I was able to hear Jerry play this one...many times. 
Webfoot wrote:
Mine too.
My favorite GD song.
Mine too.
My favorite GD song.
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
― Jerry Garcia
I realy like licorice...
NeilBlanchard wrote:
junebaby65 wrote:
Ha!
Now that's funny!
So, Bill mentions PSD right before playing a Dead song ...
junebaby65 wrote:
Ha!
Now that's funny!
NeilBlanchard wrote:
Ha!
So, Bill mentions PSD right before playing a Dead song ...
Ha!
Oh my...is this a reminder that Summer is here and now, outdoor shows are happening, and it's time to get on the road?
So, Bill mentions PSD right before playing a Dead song ...
Don't 
bogart 
that joint.
bogart that joint. Cool.
Going to see a GD "cover band" tomorrow night at a venue (like last rime) that is very conducive to vibes, grooves, dancing people, and those funny clouds of smoke.
Going to see a GD "cover band" tomorrow night at a venue (like last rime) that is very conducive to vibes, grooves, dancing people, and those funny clouds of smoke.
baylees wrote:
How is your job flipping burgers 5-9 and judging others 24-7 going?
From my modest hotel room window in Las Vegas, I watched. It was years ago. The dead, or some form of, was in town playing. A Hippy was brushing his teeth. Beside a VW Micro bus ....how corny, typical. Not caring were his expectorant went.
I think he is now an assistant bank manager in Milwaukee. 2 kids, a dog, 9-5.
The culture was BS. The BS music remains. In false dreams of the past................
I think he is now an assistant bank manager in Milwaukee. 2 kids, a dog, 9-5.
The culture was BS. The BS music remains. In false dreams of the past................
How is your job flipping burgers 5-9 and judging others 24-7 going?
this is just foolish, need to clean ya ears out 
baylees wrote:
Play Trucking or don't play any Dead. JG overrated.
Play Trucking or don't play any Dead. JG overrated.
From my modest hotel room window in Las Vegas, I watched. It was years ago. The dead, or some form of, was in town playing. A Hippy was brushing his teeth. Beside a VW Micro bus ....how corny, typical. Not caring were his expectorant went.
I think he is now an assistant bank manager in Milwaukee. 2 kids, a dog, 9-5.
The culture was BS. The BS music remains. In false dreams of the past................
I think he is now an assistant bank manager in Milwaukee. 2 kids, a dog, 9-5.
The culture was BS. The BS music remains. In false dreams of the past................
Yeh!
Such a beautiful, trippy, little song.
The lyrics are provocative, fun, but also cryptic.
The musicianship, as always with the GD, is top notch.
And you can sing along and do a groovy, GD kind of dance to it...you know...the way people dance at their shows. A cross between ballet and a train wreck.
Such a beautiful, trippy, little song.
The lyrics are provocative, fun, but also cryptic.
The musicianship, as always with the GD, is top notch.
And you can sing along and do a groovy, GD kind of dance to it...you know...the way people dance at their shows. A cross between ballet and a train wreck.
Jerry left us twenty years ago today. Like so many others way too soon. Miss you, Jerry
Maybe a hologram Tupac style
treatment_bound wrote:
treatment_bound wrote:
Will the ghost of Jerry show up at "Soldier's" this summer?
norbertZ wrote:
Actually, this is the *only* GD song I like!
9 - one of my favourite Grateful Dead Songs 
Actually, this is the *only* GD song I like!
Will the ghost of Jerry show up at "Soldier's" this summer?
GD NYEve runs in SF. Whoa, what a good time. NYE staple, no doubt.
9 - one of my favourite Grateful Dead Songs
mcdonna wrote:
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
I think, this is a great song for/with several parts, it has a high complexity. It's real complicated to sing in parts with crossing melody lines (please try it with a friend and send me your yt-link!). Of course, in this song not in all cases everything went really really fine, but I'm sure GD won't stupidly sing the line of the guitar alltogether! I think this fakt makes the real difference to boring songs like "happy birthday" etc. =B-)
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
I think, this is a great song for/with several parts, it has a high complexity. It's real complicated to sing in parts with crossing melody lines (please try it with a friend and send me your yt-link!). Of course, in this song not in all cases everything went really really fine, but I'm sure GD won't stupidly sing the line of the guitar alltogether! I think this fakt makes the real difference to boring songs like "happy birthday" etc. =B-)
kingart wrote:
I'm so not a deadhead, but this is one great song. Foot tapping, evocative, happy, terrific lyrics and music. So little that's better.
mcdonna wrote:
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
American Idol is for you.
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
American Idol is for you.
Went out and got this the day it dropped, not knowing what it was, but fully expecting another electro-psychedelic journey like Anthem of the Sun. Simply stunned. Like The Beatles (The White Album), it was so incredibly different, that we played it over, and over, and over. Talk about a band that could open your ears and shut your mouth.
Can't ever think of a time this song didn't make me smile.
ecomaniac wrote:
Perfection is overated.
It certantly is.
Perfection is overated.
It certantly is.
mcdonna wrote:
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
Perfection is overated.
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
Perfection is overated.
fiddler wrote:
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
I really do dislike the use of autotune. But this track?...may be a case for had it existed. By sheer will I really do try to get those vocals to match with the guitars. I guess I'm not willing it hard enough. Painful.
The out-of-tune singing is what's kept me from being a Dead fan ... great tunes and I'm willing to believe they do great live performances, but dang they can't carry a tune! Hurts my ears.
One of my favorites among the Dead's many likable songs
BTW, this entire album is a keeper
BTW, this entire album is a keeper
I'm so not a deadhead, but this is one great song. Foot tapping, evocative, happy, terrific lyrics and music. So little that's better.
big stud Romeo Tuma wrote:
Still love it... time flies when we're having fun...
love it...
Still love it... time flies when we're having fun...
dew34 wrote:
Just a beauitiful record and song. Not a deadhead and understand the reluctance of many to endure a dead show, but here you can feel the making of a truly great track. The lyrics are awesome.
I personally helped Robert Hunter with the lyrics. Over a session of quaaludes, cocaine, and a case of vodka. He was suffering from writer's block at the time.
Just a beauitiful record and song. Not a deadhead and understand the reluctance of many to endure a dead show, but here you can feel the making of a truly great track. The lyrics are awesome.
I personally helped Robert Hunter with the lyrics. Over a session of quaaludes, cocaine, and a case of vodka. He was suffering from writer's block at the time.
sandpebble wrote:
It may be a little soon but I want to bump this comment up anyway. Thanks IW!
Just a beauitiful record and song. Not a deadhead and understand the reluctance of many to endure a dead show, but here you can feel the making of a truly great track. The lyrics are awesome.
It may be a little soon but I want to bump this comment up anyway. Thanks IW!
Just a beauitiful record and song. Not a deadhead and understand the reluctance of many to endure a dead show, but here you can feel the making of a truly great track. The lyrics are awesome.
idiot_wind wrote:
It may be a little soon but I want to bump this comment up anyway. Thanks IW!
Just for once drop all the silly hippie and drug references and listen to the music.
This is their best album and this may be their song.
Beautiful, happy, thoughtful, joyful.
And just like that....it's gone.
This is their best album and this may be their song.
Beautiful, happy, thoughtful, joyful.
And just like that....it's gone.
It may be a little soon but I want to bump this comment up anyway. Thanks IW!
The most overrated band ever!
I really do dislike the use of autotune. But this track?...may be a case for had it existed. By sheer will I really do try to get those vocals to match with the guitars. I guess I'm not willing it hard enough. Painful.
idiot_wind wrote:
Thanks so much for this!
Just for once drop all the silly hippie and drug references and listen to the music.
This is their best album and this may be their song.
Beautiful, happy, thoughtful, joyful.
And just like that....it's gone.
This is their best album and this may be their song.
Beautiful, happy, thoughtful, joyful.
And just like that....it's gone.
Thanks so much for this!