Grateful Dead for psych/space rock

OK. I'll probably get poo pooed by some for suggesting this but the fact is the Dead were very psychedelic and had a lot of spacey segments and improvs in their music especially their live shows. Then there's "Terripin Station" which is is more prog than what some prog bands were doing in the late seventies.

I'm sure some on here will agree with me that they should be included somewhere on this site. If not psych/space then maybe crossover prog or prog related or even proto prog. Hey if the Beatles, Who, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple can be on here then why not the Grateful Dead.

I think most are familiar enough with them that I don't need to provide any youtube videos or whatever but if anyone else wants to please don't hesitate to do so(my youtube links haven't been working anyway).

Edited by Andy Webb - October 17 2012 at 13:58

Yea, it's not a new subject. It's never had support before, so I can't imagine why it would now.

lazland wrote: I certainly will not "poo poo' you, but without even doing a search, I can say with confidence that they have been suggested on more than one occasion. My opinion, for what it is worth, is that they were instrumental in that West American hippy culture of the time, but never ever regarded as a progressive rock band.

And the Jefferson Airplane, The Who and Jim Hendrix have? There are plenty of bands and artists on here(Tori AMos anyone?)who are not exactly prog but are either experimental(as are the Dead)who are at least prog related and let's not forget that the Grateful Dead put out at least one very proggy album in Terrapin Station(the title track is pure prog imo and many others think so too; it sounds like an outtake from a PF or early Alan Parson's Project album for cyring out loud).

Btw, I wasn't aware of all the other threads in regards to this topic but I don't regret and stand by my opinion that they should be included in either prog related, proto prog or psych/space. If my suggestion falls dead like all the others than so be it. I can live with that.

Well I am only now starting to warm up to the GD. I've never been much of a fan and I don't even consider them a full blown prog band but neither are many other bands on this site which is my point. I just feel they are just as qualified as some of the others on here. That's all. If they don't get voted in then it can be no more than a political decision from a a few elite members on here. The higher ups rule the land and they probably won't agree or allow it but like I said it's political(bloody or not).


Edited by Prog_Traveller - October 17 2012 at 15:26

Prog_Traveller wrote: Well I am only now starting to warm up to the GD. I've never been much of a fan and I don't even consider them a full blown prog band but neither are many other bands on this site which is my point. I just feel they are just as qualified as some of the others on here. That's all. If they don't get voted in then it can be no more than a political decision from a a few elite members on here. The higher ups rule the land and they probably won't agree or allow it but like I said it's political(bloody or not).

There are thousands upon thousands of bands that someone could think are related to prog by some argument or justification. This is a prog site with a small prog related section - if you want a prog related site with a small prog section may I recommend RYM. We do not have to add every band that someone thinks is prog related. Nothing political about that.

[/QUOTE]Nothing political about that.[/QUOTE]

It is when you have TOri Amos, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and the Who.

That said, I do respect the collaborators and higher ups opinion and decisions.

Prog_Traveller wrote: my youtube links haven't been working anyway.

i laughed. ^

Well if we only take studio albums, the Dead may seem a good, but not particularly groundbreaking, folk rock band. But the real magic was found in live shows. I think the Dead changed the notion of live shows in all senses. We can say that improvs were a big thing in the 70's but I'm pretty sure nobody ever did it like them.