Beatlemaniacs vs Deadheads

Haha, my best friend is a total Deadhead, and he always says that the Beatles couldn't play, "Dude it doesn't matter if they can write, they can't jam, they can't play, man."  The Grateful Dead are fun to watch and listen to live(better if you aren't sober), but really, imo, they're nothing extraordinary. 

Yeah, I hate it when I wanna put on the Beatles, and he wants to watch six hours straight of the Grateful Dead.  Too many drugs=lack of ability to end songs.

Well, theres that groove that stoners like to get into where time passes like, how did I get to be here now from when I can remember I was last and the trip was inside my head and outside this room man.

A repetitive set. Children like routine and the fun of being stoned is to feel free of any responsibility (called no hangups) as in 'chill out man', but you need the security of routine (regression/making up for a unhappy childhood perhaps) so thats why the dead played long repetitive sets IMO, and that is why some of the more mellow repetitive music is more favoured when stoned. Like nursery rhyme songs. 'Rock a bye baby', over and over.

(There are always exceptions to the rule though as the kind of effect THC has is dependant not only on the grade of the substance but on the personality type and their current state of mind and any negative flashback material they might have hanging around in the psyche is most likely to cause a pretty bad if not devestating trip if they have taken that little piece of blue litmus paper as well.) Overall though, the dead are part of that drug culture developed in the 60s and 70s and most of their creative influence comes from being immersed in that juice.

The Beatles influence is unchallenged. Trying to compare the two IMO is like apples and oranges or perhaps sweet potato soaked in garlic butter, garnished with herbs and filled with bacon, cheese and origano vs a plain old spud. They were a phenomenon without parallel and they tried lots of stuff.  I appreciate their music because I think it has aged well and is still relevant.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: What's a deadhead? I'm too young to know ... Edit: Is this related to Grateful Dead?

You got it! Deadheads are an obsessive group of fans that basically travel around the country when the Dead were on tour and see as many of their shows as possible.
I myself liked the Dead. I always thought they were good live jam band although they couldn't sing worth a sh*t. I saw them once in '73. But I just couldn't get into the Deadhead scene. To me they were just trying to live a style that long past.
To me The Beatles packed more into a 4 min song than The Dead could in a 20 min jam.



Edited by marktheshark