One of my absolutely favorite tapes of all time:
Love the Stella, the Wheel is mystical, and Bob’s voice was just so strong throughout the whole show. Also too, Cassidy.
Off To Bed
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dance around in your bones
I still can’t wrap my head around you being a Deadhead. You’re my kid’s age. I grew up with the Dead, and while I liked their music (when I was at a concert and stoned to the gills) I just never followed them much afterwards. I was always distracted by the next new thing (reggae, ska,Elvis Costello!, punk, some new wave, The Waitresses, Oingo Boingo!, ok …..enough).
I just think it’s interesting.
ulee
Sleep tight, John. Until one of the monsters wakes you up. They may puke, or bark, or sleep on your head. But you will not get a good night’s sleep. Or you could take an Ambien. I wouldn’t recommend it though. It makes you feel like a Zombie the next day. I tried it for a week and said–no thanks–I’d rather be exhausted than feel like my body is rebelling.
Debbie(aussie)
One of the many things that make this such an interesting place to visit is the variance in ages. I
Mnemosyne
@dance around in your bones:
Some people like to constantly hear new music and some people like to stick with the music of their youth. My mom always listened to what her boys were listening to and she still likes Pink Floyd and AC/DC.
Now my niece has gotten her into fun. and she really likes them. I think she also secretly listens to R&B because she wanted the first dance at our wedding to be a song by Boyz II Men. We didn’t like it, so we made it the mother/son and mother-in-law/son-in-law song.
Alison
@dance around in your bones: Hey, I’m only 32 (nearing 33) and I’m a Dead fan. Of course, the band’s woven into the whole fabric of my family, but even as I got older and got into very different musical subcultures, I never lost my love for a great China/Rider or Lovelight :)
piratedan
well although he’s well before my time (unless you discount the possibility I was conceived to his music) I’m currently plowing through the Chess Music release of the Best of Chuck Berry. I just think music speaks to people, some of us just get a whole lotta channels and others not so much, a ymmv situation. I tend to be a new wave/power pop guy myself, but I will admit to having everyone from Wayman Tisdale to Dwight Yoakum in my CD collection.
hopin’ folks just get their groove on, regardless of who it is that brings you to your happy place of the moment.
dance around in your bones
@Mnemosyne: When my daughter got married and asked her dad what he would like ‘their song and dance to be’ this was it. He was even gonna teach her how to twist and frug and do the pony.
Not surprisingly, she declined. Damn, I had a tape all cued up and everything!
It was a wild wedding, in any case – down in Nayarit – we (and about 100 of their friends) took over a whole ‘adventure resort’ (Costa Azul) and drank them dry of all the free beer and wine. Surfing, kayaking, hikes to waterfalls and rivers, got to hold an iguana that was three feet long, horseback riding on the beach at sunset, releasing baby turtles into the ocean; it was sublime.
Anyway, even though they weren’t teenagers, the song seemed funny. I didn’t recognize much of the music the kids played except for a few stray Beatles songs, which made my older sister and me jump up and twist.
Mnemosyne
@dance around in your bones:
G really, really wanted our first dance song to be this, but I chickened out. The DJ did play it later that night, and we still consider it “our song.”
Lolis
Just got back from a really good date. Headed to bed.
chrome agnomen (temporary kiwi)
the Dead rule. that is all.
dance around in your bones
@Alison: I agree, the Dead made some great music. I was there for a lot of it, though usually in multiple venues (i.e. lots of other bands).
I guess I’m thinking about the whole Deadhead culture, following them around from concert to concert like some kind of obsession. Like those Phish people, the trading of bootleg tapes and etc etc.
There are some great Grate!ful Dead songs which I will always treasure when I run across them. But I don’t search them out.
Alison
@dance around in your bones: I didn’t do the touring, as I was too young, but my parents worked for them (prior to my existence) and so that was basically their lives for a number of years. And I grew up with the music and going to shows when they came to town, ended up working for them myself later on (after they were no longer “them”, i.e. after Jerry died)…so even though I was 110% goth clubber, I was always a bit of a Deadhead at heart :)
ulee
@Alison: I remember being in 6th grade and finding my parent’s Beatles albums. I listened to them over and over and thought,”These guys are great.” It wasn’t until years later that I found out that Billy Shears wasn’t really a Beatle.
SatanicPanic
@ulee: That was my parents’ only Beatles album. I loved that album, even though if I listen to it now I’d have to admit I only really like 4 songs on it.
ulee
@SatanicPanic: I love every song on that album. But there’s no accounting for taste.
SatanicPanic
@ulee: Even When I’m 64? That’s a “granny song” (Harrison’s words) if I ever heard one. Even when I was a kid I knew A Day in the Life was something singularly beautiful.
ulee
@SatanicPanic Paul McCartney could write in his day. Sorry you don’t like it, but it’s a sweet and cool song.Could you ever write anything so catchy and lyrical on your best day? Maybe you could. Prove it.
ulee
And how about “sitting on the sofa with a sister or two” Can you write like that? No, I didn’t think so.
ulee
“then i decide to take a walk by the old school. Nothing has changed, it’s still the same.” Try like writing like that satanicpanic. Give me a line, just one line that compares to that great writing.
ulee
or how about, “somebody needs to know the time, glad that I’m here.” The album is a goldmine of great writing. Try again. Four songs. Give me a break.
ulee
Or how about, “Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in.” Sorry to harp on this but when you’re wrong, dead wrong, you need to be called on it. And I’ve only quoted 5% of this albums great lines. Bash the hippies if it makes you feel better, but these guys were great musicians, great writers, and I’ll bet you couldn’t kick your way through a screen door. Sorry to be so pissed off but when hopalongs like you knock the greatest album of all time and say, “I only liked four songs.” You didn’t listen long or hard enough hoppy.
ulee
I’m gonna remember your name, SatanicPanic (very original by the way) and everytime you open your piehole I’m going to ask you to state something original.
Omnes Omnibus
@ulee: Dude, WTF? You must chill.
ulee
@Omnes Omnibus: I know you’re right. I’ve had a very bad day. Don’t knock the Beatles when I’m having a bad day. They changed the world. And I get pissed when someone says,–They were ok for their time.
Mnemosyne
@ulee:
What part of “Even when I was a kid I knew ‘A Day in the Life’ was something singularly beautiful” was confusing to you?
Mark Haag
Was wondering why I hadn’t felt like summer started yet-thanks, John! The Wheel always makes me feel good.
d. b. cooper
gross, dude