Mr. Heartbreak
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The longer these guys are in power, the lower my opinion goes. I never thought it could go lower, but it keeps descending through newly discovered levels. I now refer to Drumpf unceremoniously as "that motherfucker."
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Good one!
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Thanks for the recap, as always. This comment about Jeff "apologizing" for having a difficult time remembering some songs just goes to show how hard the guy works, and what an amazing memory he has! One of my favorite musicians is a Canadian singer/songwriter named Bruce Cockburn, who also happens to be an incredible guitar player; in fact, most all his songs feature finger-picking that would be difficult for most guitarists, so it's probably not easy to remember many of them. Still, I once read where Bruce commented that he could only keep about 18-20 of his own songs in his head at any tim
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Glad you guys are so passionate about 'em. They've just never hit me like my favorite rock bands. Cheers.
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"I've never been a huge fan..." "For me, they're..." "I kind of get the feeling..." These are just my opinions and feelings about the music. I'm not stating them as facts, not trying to start a flame war, nor claiming deep knowledge of their catalogue. I just have never connected with them on a visceral level like I have with the Dead or numerous other bands. That's all. Not really all that weird, given how little some of the guys in that band regarded Jerry & Co.
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I'll admit I've never been a huge fan of these guys. For me, they're what I think of as "2nd tier" classic rock - in the same category as Skynyrd, Boston, or the Doobies. But I've been listening to them the past couple of days - a bootleg I got years ago listed as A & R Studios, 8/26/71. I just pulled that disc out to hear something different from what I've been playing lately. They have some great songs, and they still get radio play on classic rock stations, but I can only take 'em in small doses. I'd usually rather be listening to my "1st tier" stuff. The Elizabeth Reed jam goes on a
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Indeed. He's more well-known for other movies, but this is what I've always remembered him for: the only movie I've ever seen where people were dancing in the aisles.
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Dave's Picks #22 is now up: http://www.dead.net/store/special-edition-shops/almanac/daves-picks-volume-22-felt-forum-nyc-12771
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Bands that you've seen more than you ever wanted to
Mr. Heartbreak replied to PopTodd's topic in Someone Else's Song
I hate to say it, but Wilco has had some real stinkers as openers, and I've seen nearly all of them. The last one was Royal Thunder in 2015. I saw them twice, and that was some aural torture. Probably the most celebrated Wilco opener I've seen was the inexplicably popular Bon Iver. Kind of reminded me of the Sam Kinison routine about being buggered after death: "Hey, what's this shit? Oh, I don't believe this!" And nalafej, I've seen Cheap Trick twice, and that was two times too many. A major disappointment. -
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I believe the term 'Phish rats' is another name for the creature known as a 'wookie.' Urbandictionary.com has a pretty good definition: I would add that wookies also smell of patchouli and/or body odor, and will typically listen to Phish, Umphrey's McGee and the Dead without any discernment of what songs are good or bad. They also are known for assuming that Not Fade Away and The Promised Land are Grateful Dead originals.
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Surprised you and I are the only ones who picked Trane. First person I thought of was Zappa, but then my mind went to pure jazz, and...well, that's it.
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Looks like I've had a copy since 2014, but I haven't necessarily heard it! I had to reload all my stuff from an external hard drive after a system crash, so I literally do not know what I have heard in some cases (774 items in the Dead folder alone). It's quite possible I'll be hearing this for the first time.
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Been working my way through a couple early '73 shows in an effort to listen to all the top-rated versions of Here Comes Sunshine, one my favorite Dead "deep tracks." I managed to re-listen to all of the 2/9/73 Roscoe Maples Pavilion show where they debuted it (plus a whole lotta other tunes), but by the time I got into the 2nd set of the 2/15 Dane County Coliseum show, I started to experience listener fatigue. Tell you what though: those early '73 versions of Playing in the Band kick some major butt. They're not under the 10-minute mark like the earliest versions, but they're also not at the
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John Coltrane
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Wow. I just Googled "Son Volt set lists" to see whether or not What Goes was the Velvet Underground tune. And it was! Can't imagine Jay covering that. Must have been cool. Nice way to close out a show: three UT tunes, a Chuck Berry cover, and a VU classic.
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This is really nice. Was not at all aware of Thirty Days or You Never Can Tell, and I didn't realize Run Rudolph was a CB tune. Veddy interesting. Nope, it looks like they played it pretty frequently from '68 through '72, according to setlist.com. They shelved it from March to December of '68, though, if you count that. There were a few good early ones, I think. But I think you're right about it not taking off until they married it to Rider.
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Agree about Doin' that Rag, but I'm a FANATIC about Chinacat...though I love the '72-'74 versions best, not the original. I actually like Chinacat and Mountains better than Dark Star, believe it or not. Even among Deadheads, I am weird.
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Wilco — 16 March 2017, Toronto, Canada (Massey Hall) [Night 2 of 2]
Mr. Heartbreak replied to bböp's topic in After The Show
Listening to the original version of Shouldn't Be Ashamed on A.M., you'd never guess what a rocker it would be today, 23 years later. I was lucky enough to catch them playing that song in Atlanta on the Americanarama tour (the same show where they busted out Dark Star with Bob Weir), and I was on my feet and stomping one foot so hard during Shouldn't Be Ashamed, I think I injured myself! I also love Jeff's solos, especially on ALTWYS and Laminated Cat. I'm part of the tiny, tiny minority of Wilco fans who prefer Jeff's lead guitar playing to Nels. -
Heresy, sir.Nah, I'm just kidding. We all like licorice here, but not for the same reasons. Heh.
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I guess I should have done a better job defining what I meant when I wrote the phrase "aren't too crazy about." I mean, I like all these songs I mention - Deal, Tennessee Jed, Dark Star - I just don't love them at the same level I love certain other Dead tunes (Fire on the Mountain is another good example...I love that tune). The great thing about this thread is that, like checking headyversion.com, it can instantly inspire someone to check out something suggested by another poster. The 7/18/72 is probably my all-time favorite show, so I'm not going to go there, but I will proceed post haste
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Yup. Funny how that works on the listener, at least in my case. I prefer the tempo of TLEO on the Reflections album, though I do like the early, even speedier versions. I don't like the later ones, which I found excruciatingly slow. I love Bertha circa 1971-1972, and was bummed by the sort of reggae versions even during the "peak" of '77. I bet you're right, it did have something to do with chemical amusement.
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Yeah, I think my relative lack of enthusiasm for Deal comes from having a bit of "first-time-heard" syndrome: I heard early versions first, and felt that's the way the song should be, a kind of shuffling, laid-back groove. When it got sped up, I wasn't crazy about that, and the incendiary guitar work didn't really make up for it, for me. I feel the same way about Sugaree. Lot's of folks love the 17-minute versions from later years, where Jerry would play these cascades of notes, but I always liked the straight ahead versions from the early 70s best. Different strokes. It's interesting to see
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Now that I'm over 50, I would appreciate it as a much-needed piss break, but at the time I was at those shows, it was more like a "let's-spark-up-another" break.
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I think that "enormity" you like is the "devolution" I referred to earlier. Just goes to show, with the Dead, there is a lot to love...and something for everyone. Even among hardcore 'heads, one man's trash is another man's treasure. By the way, anyone else here admit to skipping pretty much every Drums>Space? I might tune into an occasional Space (like to hear the transition into The Wheel or something cool), but I skip every drum solo for sure. It still baffles me that it took until the 80s for the Dead to start using what was the bane of just about every rock show in the 70s: the drum s