This is how I listen: I have every live release organized in a playlist in chronological order. I have one Ipod that I use to listen chronologically while running, cycling or skiing. When I'm hiking, I like to be able to hear things like birds or bears. It takes a couple of years to do a full lap through everything on this Ipod. Otherwise, I listen based on mood and recent releases. So, lately that's been a lot of 72-73. On the exercise Ipod, I just happen to be in 83 right now, so that'll work nicely with the new Dave's. The other thing I'm contemplating is to finally do some dedicated listening projects for certain songs - Dark Star would be first - i.e. listening with pen and paper to really deconstruct how certain themes developed. I know intuitively that I like certain Stars, but don't always know why. I'd probably do PITB after that. So much music, so little time.
I started a Dark Star Project a couple of years ago. Insofar as it has coincided with other projects I've started since, I can see an end in sight. Of course, many of them required multiple hearings...
Been digging into the great 2/23 & 2/24/68 stuff via Dick's 22. Methinks maybe stronger than the more famous Valentine’s Day 1968 Carousel show. Great Schoolgirl, amazing TOO>Caboose Really all of it is just so Primal
Haha. That’s just one that never really lived up to the studio take in the live setting for me. That ones more hit or miss than some of the others, which are more frequent skips.
Just dipped my toe into some ‘73 with Dicks Picks 14 and 28. Only listened to a bit of each on my commute but 28 has some really great stuff happening and the sound is sweet too. My only real experience with 73 is the Winterland box which I adore, but one thing that always turns me off a bit to 73 is how languid everything sounds. Like they’re all playing in slow motion and I can’t tell if it’s them or the recordings. Not that it’s a bad thing, but sandwiched between the rock band excitement of 72 and the more sophisticated jazz rock of 74, it’s in a tough spot for me musically. Methinks 14 and 28 are in the same laid back vibe, and some of it is indeed deep, deep music, but I think this is some beautiful work. Basically 73 sounds like a Sunday afternoon to me, while 72/74 are more Friday/Saturday night. Just remembered I also have DaP Pauley Pavillion show with the bear on the cover. Will have to give that another listen as well.
This "Music Never Stopped" is stealing my face, as I type this. Might be my favoritest version ever! Every single track on this first set has kicked major ass. PS - The next track, "Alabama Getaway", is as good as the ones before it.
Speaking of skippers and skipping: I skip many minutes, many tracks or sometimes a few seconds within a track. Ain't nobody skippin' like I do.
GoGD music always makes me antsy to do something! Like shoot pool, throw darts, cook, wood working, etc.
Im a champion skipper. If i ever have to hear Mexicali again... Oh and Ill skip any Brent song aside from Just A Little Light.
Another Garcia premonition in 2-17-79?- "...In token rhyme suggesting rhythm that will not forgive me till my tale is told and done.' This just after they flubbed the bridge in 'Heart of Me?' OK, the real jam is starting now, better pay attention...
I've always felt that Donna broke down and cried during that version of From The Heart of Me. Her voice starts cracking and she stops singing.
See, I tend to skip things that would possibly trigger an Attica-esque riot; for example: Stella - 99.9% skip rate (reflecting the reality that I don't always nip things in the bud after a great sequence) High Time - 100% skip rate Dire Wolf - 100% skip rate Why couldn't we have a few What's Become of the Baby, Rosemary or even The Barbed Wire Whipping Party on official releases? I'd listen to those twelve ways to Sunday. Last edit: 4/29/72 was discussed in the past week or so and that Dark Star is killing everything in my mind's eye. Yeah; great stuff. I'd shelved this one for unknown reasons; perhaps the decent but otherwise unspectacular Playin' to open the show. That's a stupid reason in retrospect.
I must agree. The studio version cannot be beaten, but live it was a crowd pleaser, if only for one stanza. Poor Mr. Benson. It don't know what the feller did, but millions of Heads thought he needed killin'. Similar for High Time. That pedal steel is essential. Stagger Lee is a TOTAL skip, each and every time. It might be, but the sound quality is so good (multi-tracks, I believe) that it actually detracts a little. There's a rawness to the January shows and 2/14 that I miss on DP22. And the Spanish Jam on DP22 is not one of the better ones. I do have an affinity for that number in that year, and the rawer the sound on a 1968 show, the better.
