Posted on 02/26/2007 9:03:45 PM PST by opbuzz
A great video that you wouldn't expect.
I was at the game. Opening Day, 1994 (I think). Word had gone out that the Dead would sing the anthem and folks were stoked! The place was packed and there were loads of Deadheads everywhere, especially in the cheap seats. The crowd went nuts when they were introduced. During the anthem loads of folks danced like at a Dead show, kind of twirling around while pointing their fingers up into the beautiful sky. Seeing Jerry up on the jumbotron with his Giants jacket on was classic! Only in FRisco, baby! God Bless America!
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Aww.., he was prolly doped up
They did a great job. Beautiful!
April, 1994, if I'm not mistaken. Opening Day. Sixteen months later, Jerry was dead.
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Jerry and Phil always had the sense to keep their mouths shut about politics, etc. (for the most part). Weir seemed to think that his ideas on various subjects were important and wanted to be listened to. A real egoist, he is. I don't think any of them were great intellectuals or studied ideas all that much. Plus they did LOADS of really strong LSD and other drugs when they were young (and probably later too) in addition to coke, pot, booze and smack later. Weir is best ignored across the board now that Jerry's gone.
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That was essentially barbershop harmony (tenor harmony higher than the melody) without a bass-singing line.
The only time I ever heard political statement from the Band, was during a show at Nassau, when Bobby said, "this ones for Bobby Sands.."
And thats a shame, too. I just listened to a smokin hot "Let it Grow". The only time I ever heard any politcal from them was what I posted above..
How cool to see this thread!
I'm in the PHX airport right now listening to Dick's Picks 36, 9/21/72 Philly Spectrum. 37 minute Dark Star, yikes!
My first show was Alpine Valley, June '88. Saw 48 shows total.
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Nassau Coliseum, 5/6/81. Released on Grateful Dead Records as Dick's Picks Volume Thirteen. Always seemed like a real clunker of a statement to me. When I hear it I imagine Jerry wincing and Phil rolling his eyes.
Great !
Saying that they sucked is an insult to all things that suck honestly like vacuum cleaners and industrial pumps.
Calling their performance wooden is an insult to wood.
It's hard to pick which part of their live show I hated the most.
It could have been the interminable 'jamming' that went on without the slightest thought to melody, rhythym, or chord structure.
It could have been the fact that their instruments weren't in tune.
It could have been the hideously off key vocals.
Perhaps it was the crowd, although to be honest 'mob' would have been a better description.
The 'concert', such as it was, simply couldn't be over soon enough to suit me. I left after a mere 3 hours.
In spite of my better judgement I allowed myself to be talked into attending a second show because I was told it must have been an 'off night' for them.
Nope. Same thing. I left after an hour and a half.
I will never understand what people saw in them. They were horrible.
Maybe it's the fact that it's most likely I was the only person in the crowd not under the influence of some illegal psychoactive drug.
Awful just barely begins to describe them.
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I agree. Bobby was never my favorite, but he had his moments and wrote (or co-wrote) some fine songs. I have a boot from 4/26/83, Philly Spectrum, that has a "Let it Grow: that is also smoking hot. Jerry is en fuego! At one point he sounds like Django or Oscar Aleman or somebody. Very Latin, very jazz. Love it!
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