Grateful Dead live at Giza Egypt 1978

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[DesertRhino]

Grateful Dead playing at the Giza Pyramids in 1978. The "Blues for Allah" era.

[DesertRhino]

Rock and Roll blasphemy, right at the foot of the Pyramids in 1978. And from a band that had an album "Blues for Allah", and nobody got mad. So the question I give you, what the heck has gone wrong? In recent memory the world was still fun. Kids could ride in the back of a pickup. School shootings were unheard of. Rockers did the illegal drugs and 11 year old boys weren't doing prescription pills yet. Not all of the Arab world was idiotic. Just look at these Egyptian percussionists jamming with the band. Serious question, where do you think it all went off the rails? What can we do to return to the good times?

[ifinnegan]

Jerry’s so torqued out on heroin.

Bobby’s such a rock star.

When Jerry wears a black shirt that means he’s doing coke.

*Actual statements by Deadheads in the 80’s.

[dsrtsage]

What do 10,000 deadheads say when the acid wears off?

[dfwgator]

What do 10,000 deadheads say when the acid wears off?

"This band sucks."

[DesertRhino]

I don’t know my FRiend....hip me.

[ifinnegan]

GD were among the many who helped it go off the rails.

They made millions of mushy liberal headed democrat voters.

I remember Jerry doing press conferences on the rain forest. An early global warming routine, kind of a warm up dry run for what we have now.

[RedHeeler]

Eh...

Where’s North Dakota?

[ifinnegan]

Classic.

[DesertRhino]

To quote Jerry, to a heckler between songs, “Hey man, everything’s gonna be alright”.

[DesertRhino]

Don’t drink that Haterade.... And I can tell, you didn’t even listen to the jam, did you? You couldn’t have heard it and still said something unkind.

[dfwgator]

I will give the Grateful Dead credit for one thing.

When Lithuania gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1992, they wanted to field a basketball team for the Olympics but had little money, the Grateful Dead chipped in and provided them the money, and they went on to win the Bronze Medal.

[DesertRhino]

Hey! That was so positive. And even better, it was a fact. The thread just improved because of you. Thank you buddy! Good times.

[dfwgator]

I aims to please.

[DesertRhino]

And that’s true. Any Lithuanian you meet still loves them for it!

[ifinnegan]

It’s true and you know it.

Nothing to do with hate.

[dfwgator]

Here they are on the stand in their Tie-Dyed uniforms.

[dfwgator]

They also have a statue of Frank Zappa in Vilnius.

[DesertRhino]

You know what, now I owe you one positive assist on a thread. Someday when you are in a debate, from somewhere I’ll come rolling in like a friendly ME-109 blazing away with total support for your position.

Yeahhhh,,,,

[DesertRhino]

Ok, at the base of the Sphinx, ISIS and Morsi. OR, the dance band from San Fran? That’s my point,,,,

[DesertRhino]

I did not know that about Zappa!