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Vibrationbaby 
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 Posted: April 19 2004 at 14:45 |
Here's the joke I am sure most of you have heard before;
Q:What did the deadhead say when he listened to The Grateful Dead not on drugs?
A: What a crappy band.
I have a friend who is a deadhead who can't figure out why I can't get anything out of this band. I guess you really have to be wacked out on something to appreciate it.
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Peter
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Posted: April 19 2004 at 16:39 |
 Good one!
 Though "The Dead" are not one of my favourite bands, they've actually written some good songs over the years. Two that come to mind: "Friend of the Devil" and "Touch of Gray."
No need for drugs to enjoy basic blues-based rock....
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: April 19 2004 at 18:10 |
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I tried many many times to try and get into this band by borrowing my buddies tapes he's got over 300 Grateful dead bootleg tapes. Just does nothing for me. He's the same way with Gentle Giant.
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Peter
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Posted: April 19 2004 at 18:33 |
 Vibrationbaby wrote:
I tried many many times to try and get into this band by borrowing my buddies tapes he's got over 300 Grateful dead bootleg tapes. Just does nothing for me. He's the same way with Gentle Giant. |
 Yeah Vibe, I understand. I don't own any of their elpees, but I was pleasantly surprised by both of those songs, and a couple of others whose titles I can't recall.
Re the Grateful Dead's seemingly inexplicable HUGE following, I think that it has more to do with an ability to recapture a time and place, and the band's (and fans') attitude and personality (plus the accompanying carnival atmosphere of their tours and concerts), than it does with their basically unremarkable music.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 00:29 |
THE BEER PRAYER
Our lager,
Which art in barrels,
Hallowed be thy drink,
Thy will be drunk,
At home as I am in the tavern.
Give us this day our foamy head,
And forgive us our spillages,
As we forgive those who spill against us,
and lead us not to incarceration,
But deliver us from hangovers,
For thine is the beer,
The bitter and the lager,
Forever and ever,
Barmen.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 02:59 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
I tried many many times to try and get into this band by borrowing my buddies tapes he's got over 300 Grateful dead bootleg tapes. Just does nothing for me. He's the same way with Gentle Giant. |
I know exactly what you mean VB - The Grateful Dead is a band I've often thought I should be into, and God knows I've tried - then I saw a DVD one of my friends has.
I dont know when it was recorded, but the intro was a couple of very poor comedians doing a routine on stage to no reaction whatsoever, then 6 or 7 pensioners wander on stage, pick up their instruments, sit down & then just, well, wibble away for 3 & a half hours before wandering off again - all to mass hysteria from the crowd.
I tried, I really tried, but nah - they're crap!
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 13:05 |
Yeah, me too at one point. I thought to myself I must be missing something but no, it's pretty unexciting music.I agree with Peter comparing it to a carnival.Another artist I tried to get into but couldn't is Frank Zappa although there is definitely more to him than the Dead.
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Stormcrow
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 16:45 |
I rather enjoy some (by no means all) of the GRATEFUL DEAD catalog, but the only GD album I would unreservedly recommend to a serious prog fan would be "Terrapin Station".
Interestingly enough to me, while the average Deadhead rabidly raves about the bands live work, I don't enjoy it that much. I much prefer their studio stuff where there is some semblance of structure in the composition and playing.
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Glass-Prison
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 18:16 |
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I agree completely, I only have one CD by the band: a compilation, which gets little play. I find that their psychedelic ramblings aren't all that inspirational.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 22:00 |
Touch of Grey, whatever album that was on, summed up my GD collection. I think I sold it for food during a crisis. 
Great Video though.
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Stormcrow
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Posted: April 20 2004 at 23:40 |
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Glass-Prison
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Posted: April 21 2004 at 18:36 |
 lol, now let's go rob them glaucoma patients!
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Peter
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Posted: April 21 2004 at 19:32 |
Glass-Prison wrote:
lol, now let's go rob them glaucoma patients!
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 Ha! But the herb has made us all non-agressive....
 Let's just go grab a roti, and kick back with some good prog instead!
BTW, Storm, your post above was VERY FUNNY! Well done! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 22 2004 at 03:05 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
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Gotcha - long have I dreamed of discovering a Peter Rideout spelling mistake; they said it couldn't be done, they said I was mad, they said I was on a fool's errand.
Well here it is, guys - IN YOUR FACE!!
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha,Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha
Wibble
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Posted: April 23 2004 at 09:39 |
As my name suggests, i can't listen to prog whitout at less smoke vegetal!
All the 70's prog was made under psychedelia exept some rare exceptions, like zappa who was against drugs(but not his musicians!)
My favorite under influence?
PF, Gong, Amon dull, agitation free, clearlight, etc...
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Gonghobbit
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Posted: April 23 2004 at 11:00 |
" One of my buddies used to make it in the chem lab when we were at university)"
Not likely, even with a masters in chem and a well stocked lab, the ergomine necessary for the process is very hard to come by, and obtaining it would likely earn a visit from the feds.
That aside, music is absolutely amazing on acid, haven't done it in many years, but it's quite amazing.
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Gonghobbit
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Posted: April 23 2004 at 11:03 |
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Stormcrow, I LOVE that bong!!!!! I too have had a similiar problem with the Dead, I find i like the live stuff way better than the studio material, the improvs at times are great, but you have to just flow with it and not analyze it too much, I think.
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dude
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Posted: April 23 2004 at 11:13 |
I DONT THINK I HAVE HAERD A SINGLE GRATEFUL DEAD SONG BUT I HAVE HAERD THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE DONE ENTIRE THESIS ON HUMAN EXISTANCE BASED ON THIER SONGS(I AM NOT KIDDING) SERIUSLY ARE ANY OF THEIR SONGS WORTH LISTENING TO?
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Gonghobbit
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Posted: April 23 2004 at 11:17 |
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I like what they do with the extended jam at times, but I think you really need to approach it with a very relaxed uncritical mentality. The 'Dick's Picks' discs would be better places to find interesting material than most of the other stuff.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: May 06 2004 at 07:10 |
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Hello pot head pixie!
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