The Grateful Thread

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JRM, Apr 11, 2014.

  1. fishcane

    fishcane Dirt Farmer

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    Finger Lakes,NY
    Bobby called a meeting right after this show to complain that this tempo was too fast
     
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  2. fishcane

    fishcane Dirt Farmer

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    is it bigger then a drive in movie, ooo wee?
     
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  3. Bill Cormier

    Bill Cormier Forum Resident

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    Oh, I failed to mention that it was also the first time "Saint of Circumstance" was played.
     
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  4. Stone Turntable

    Stone Turntable Independent Head

    Location:
    New Mexico USA
    What kind of Dead Head am I?

    The kind who has never heard those two songs.
     
  5. notesofachord

    notesofachord Riding down the river in an old canoe

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    I like Sailor>Saint. Sue me.
     
  6. wavethatflag

    wavethatflag God is love, but get it in writing.

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    I don't understand how people can not like Sailor>Saint. I feel like Bobby was channeling Steely Dan and Pete Townshend's solo material with that one, but making it very Bobby and Dead-like. Saint is as close to yacht rock as they ever got. Like us all, the Dead were a victim of the times.
     
  7. Crispy Rob

    Crispy Rob Cat Juggler

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    Oakland, CA
    But were they the victim or the times?
     
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  8. wavethatflag

    wavethatflag God is love, but get it in writing.

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    Definitely them.

    I think in an alternate reality, where Jerry lived to a ripe old age, Saint would have become a vehicle for monster jams. Of course I see the potential for monster jams in any Dead song, even France.
     
  9. SBegonias17

    SBegonias17 Forum Resident

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    Virginia
    I like Sailor>Saint as well :hide:
     
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  10. DrLunchbox

    DrLunchbox Forum Deadhead #1604

    Location:
    Hillsborough, NC
    Saint is ok. Lost Sailor is trash. (IMO). And I have a lot of JRAD shows. They played the combo in Denver this year at the Ogden to open the second set.... oof. Did not inspire confidence. Luckily it wasn’t super jammed out and they moved on quickly.

    Every version of Sailor I’ve heard by anyone is a skip. For me.
     
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  11. bmoregnr

    bmoregnr Forum Rezident

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    DaP 13 2-24-74 thanks to a @US Blues tip. First set really right up my alley. Phil on this China Cat is particularly playing tremendously trickily. For the geetar heads, what is that Jer thingy kicking in about 3:25 Candyman, it seems a little different than a straight wah wah but then I am clueless in these matters; that must have been pretty wild bouncing around the room's heads.
     
  12. nitsuj

    nitsuj Forum Resident

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    Midwest
    Accurate.

    Jerry New Year!
     
  13. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    Chicago, IL, US
    Musically I think both Sailor and Saint are ok, especially Sailor (Saint is a bit too Doobie Brothers for my taste). Weir just played them too much.
     
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  14. wavethatflag

    wavethatflag God is love, but get it in writing.

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    So true, but that's why I like it. Disturbingly easy to imagine Michael McDonald singing "still don't know what I'm going for" over that piano line. :D
     
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  15. budwhite

    budwhite Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

    Location:
    Götaland, Sverige
    Happy new year my fellow heads, and all other fine people. 01.15 local time. Got home from my brothers place half an hour ago. Three course dinner, fireworks and all that fun nonsens. Cigar and sparkling wonders from france.

    Winding down with Winterland December 31, 1978.
    I believe the Dead started 00.30 past midnight due to som Bill Graham thing... Anyway, a fine way to close down the old ice rink. Band was road weary and it was '78... so anything goes. But they did a fine job and it's a three set show. A very long night with all the opening acts etc.. I'm sure there were lots of blow to keep the train rollin. (watch out for Jerry on Johnny B Goode)

    I'm just listening this time but I remember the momemt in Scarlet Begonias from the video when Garcia get that acid grin. Band locks in. Music plays the band.

    Skål!
     
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  16. adamos

    adamos Forum Resident

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    I really don’t mind Sailor > Saint, cheesiness aside. Lost Sailor sets a certain mood and Saint of Circumstance can be fun. But like @Crispy Rob said the overplaying of that combo was before my show-going time and I don’t encounter it all that often in my regular listening, so it can feel like something different when I do.
     
  17. budwhite

    budwhite Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

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    Götaland, Sverige
    Akkurat. Måste vara ett norskt lånord :cheers: @BurtThomasWard
     
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  18. adamos

    adamos Forum Resident

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  19. Crush87

    Crush87 Forum Resident

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    New York
    You just listed off a bunch of stuff I don't like
     
  20. US Blues

    US Blues Undermining Consensus Reality

    "...a ten, NO, twelve foot burning ember of marijuana!"
     
  21. Crush87

    Crush87 Forum Resident

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    New York
    Every year at this time I listen to the Baby Blue that Jerry sang for Steve Parish. Gut wrenching
     
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  22. US Blues

    US Blues Undermining Consensus Reality

    No. Stop whatever you are doing and put this on right away. At least the second set, one of the most fabulous pieces of music in Grateful Dead history! (I'd go full warewolf with my enthusiasm, but I'm too old to go full warewolf :nyah:).
     
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  23. nitsuj

    nitsuj Forum Resident

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    godt nytt år!
     
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  24. budwhite

    budwhite Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

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    Götaland, Sverige
    Och god fortsättning!

    Going back to Miami 1974, June 23. The Wolf has been mentioned a lot recently. This show is bloody damn good. Jerry's sense of beautiful melody playing really shines in "to lay me down". It's up there with the beautiful jam for me.
    The song is slow, but Jerry goes for an agressive solo, he attacks the strings!
    Just a wonderful show with (also) very good Jerry vocals.
    And ..to bad about the 73/74 vocal recordings but what can you do eh? Still hot stuff!
     
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  25. trd

    trd Forum Resident

    Location:
    Berkeley
    At FTW I was able to go pee and get a beer and walked back to my seat right as they hit Saint

    :goodie:
     
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