RIP Phil Lesh

Wow! Thanks for that. Two great Dead songs that soar live and grab you by the soul and take you on a trip. Fortunate to have heard both live. The Dead were beyond something else.

Steal the face right off your head.

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blixet said:
Wow! Thanks for that. Two great Dead songs that soar live and grab you by the soul and take you on a trip. Fortunate to have heard both live. The Dead were beyond something else.

Steal the face right off your head.

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I tried. I really tried. I fail to find much cohesion in the music. Just sounds like a bunch of relatively random notes to me. I guess I'm not a jam band kind of guy, although I do love Goose. I also don't like unstructured jazz. I have music that stirs my soul and brings me to all kinds of places emotionally - so if The Dead does this for you, that's awesome. Two of my very best friends are quite the Grateful Dead fans as well, although one just passed away in July.


Fun fact - the Goose lead singer and guitarist is the guy on the freeze frame on post #5 above.
 
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herzalot said:
I tried. I really tried. I fail to find much cohesion in the music. Just sounds like a bunch of relatively random notes to me. I guess I'm not a jam band kind of guy, although I do love Goose. I also don't like unstructured jazz. I have music that stirs my soul and brings me to all kinds of places emotionally - so if The Dead does this for you, that's awesome. Two of my very best friends are quite the Grateful Dead fans as well, although one just passed away in July.


Fun fact - the Goose lead singer and guitarist is the guy on the freeze frame on post #5 above.
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Enjoyed that!
 
herzalot said:
I tried. I really tried. I fail to find much cohesion in the music. Just sounds like a bunch of relatively random notes to me. I guess I'm not a jam band kind of guy, although I do love Goose. I also don't like unstructured jazz. I have music that stirs my soul and brings me to all kinds of places emotionally - so if The Dead does this for you, that's awesome. Two of my very best friends are quite the Grateful Dead fans as well, although one just passed away in July.


Fun fact - the Goose lead singer and guitarist is the guy on the freeze frame on post #5 above.
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So Supertramp escapes you??? Steve Miller?? Just wondering.
 
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So Supertramp escapes you??? Steve Miller?? Just wondering.
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Interesting combo there. I'm not sure why you lumped those two together other than time period. And I have no idea why you conjure up either of those bands in a discussion of Grateful Dead - but I'll bite.

I confess that I like most Supertramp, and dislike most Steve Miller. For the latter, I think it's more the lyrics - well that and the annoying "wiiiiitt whooooo" sound on one of the songs that I will never forgive him for.

Swingtown is great. Logical Song is greater. But I definitely don't need kippers for breakfast, nor am I going to "reach out and grab ya"
 
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I saw The Grateful Dead in concert once. I have never heard an album and have to admit I was lost (which would happen if you have never heard an album by The Dead).
I do remember sitting in the stands watching everyone on the field trip out on acid and women spinning around in long dresses doing their own thing. They all seemed so content and right at home.
Regardless of whether I “get” The Dead or not, they did influence the music energy and vibes of their times and no doubt upcoming artists.
 
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