Fav Dead Show

[snyprrr]

You knew it was comin', right?

(and they scattered)

[mn dave]

Dead show as in Gilligan's Island?

[snyprrr]

Dead show as in Gilligan's Island?

No, as in, "Fillmore, Second Night."

[North Star]

Dead show as in Gilligan's Island?

Alt text: "I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Since then, try as I might, I haven't ONCE been able to read it normally."

Now everybody hit play and sing along! 
https://www.youtube.com/v/cfR7qxtgCgY

Because I could not stop for Death—
      He kindly stopped for me—
      The Carriage held but just Ourselves—
      And Immortality.

5 We slowly drove—He knew no haste
      And I had put away
      My labor and my leisure too,
      For His Civility—

      We passed the School, where Children strove
10 At Recess—in the Ring
      We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—
      We passed the Setting Sun—

      Or rather—He passed Us—
      The Dews drew quivering and chill—
15 For only Gossamer, my Gown—
      My Tippet—only Tulle—

      We paused before a House that seemed
      A Swelling of the Ground—
      The Roof was scarcely visible—
20 The Cornice—in the Ground—

      Since then—'tis Centuries—and yet
      Feels shorter than the Day
      I first surmised the Horses' Heads
      Were toward Eternity—

[mn dave]

 

[Sergeant Rock]

(and they scattered)

I'm still here 

My favorite: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 24 Aug 68.

Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dark Star >Saint Stephen>The Eleven>Death Don't Have No Mercy
The Other One>New Potato Caboose>Turn On Your Lovelight>(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew

This approximates my first Dead show (23 Nov 1968 at Ohio U, Athens Ohio). The show even ends the same way it did in Athens: with the electricity deliberately cut-off mid-song. Pigpen was never better in Schoolgirl and Lovelight; the Eleven is smokin'. Commerically available as Two from the Vault.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Now everybody hit play and sing along! 

I don't know whether that is cool...or sacrilege 

Sarge

[snyprrr]

I'm still here 

My favorite: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 24 Aug 68.

Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dark Star >Saint Stephen>The Eleven>Death Don't Have No Mercy
The Other One>New Potato Caboose>Turn On Your Lovelight>(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew

This approximates my first Dead show (23 Nov 1968 at Ohio U, Athens Ohio). The show even ends the same way it did in Athens: with the electricity deliberately cut-off mid-song. Pigpen was never better in Schoolgirl and Lovelight; the Eleven is smokin'. Commerically available as Two from the Vault.




Sarge

Ahh, I smoked you out!! Soooo, Sarge is the resident DeadHead? (peace sign with one hand, m16 with other?!)

[Sergeant Rock]

Ahh, I smoked you out!! Soooo, Sarge is the resident DeadHead? (peace sign with one hand, m16 with other?!)

I have my M16 (and M203 grenade launcher) but damn, I forgot to pin on my Dead button. (You will notice I'm standing on a Dead song...the officers never got the reference  )




Fixed:




Sarge

[snyprrr]

I have my M16 (and M203 grenade launcher) but damn, I forgot to pin on my Dead button. (You will notice I'm standing on a Dead song...the officers never got the reference  )




Fixed:




That's like Slayer working for the Shriners!

Chrissie Hynde prolly doesn't like Limbaugh using her song for his theme!


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

That's like Slayer working for the Shriners!

I suppose it's a paradox but I wasn't the only soldier during the war who loved the Acid bands (Joplin, the Dead, Cream, Iron Butterfly, Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger, etc). Some of the music was even appropriate to the situation. While patrolling the DMZ "Death Don't Have No Mercy" would occasionally pop into my head, a melody that would stick around like a bad dream.

Sarge 

[NJ Joe]

It's hard to pick just one, but I guess I'd go with this:




Disc one

    First set

    "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 4:38
    "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 7:51
    "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 5:57
    "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:56
    "Beat It on Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:13 ->
    "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02
    "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 1:43 ->
    "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 5:47
    "Deep Elem Blues" (traditional) – 7:30
    "Cold Jordan" (traditional) – 2:35
    "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:28

Disc two

    Second set

    "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 3:23 ->
    "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 1:54 ->
    "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:28 ->
    "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 13:56 ->
    "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 8:59 ->
    "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:23
    "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:45
    "Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) – 15:10

Disc three

    Second set, continued

    "It's a Man's World" (Brown, Jones, Newsome) – 10:04
    "Dancing in the Streets" (Stevenson, Gaye, I. Hunter) – 15:42

    Third Set

    "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 12:40
    "Viola Lee Blues" (Lewis) – 16:35 ->
    "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) – 4:59

[Sergeant Rock]

It's hard to pick just one, but I guess I'd go with this:

Oh yeah, that's a great show. I love the acoustic first set.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Ahh, I smoked you out!! Soooo, Sarge is the resident DeadHead?

NJ Joe has checked in. I expect HIPster to show up too.

Sarge

[NJ Joe]

NJ Joe has checked in. I expect HIPster to show up too.

Sarge

Reporting for duty!

PS- It was quite difficult picking a show that did not contain Dark Star.

[HIPster]

NJ Joe has checked in. I expect HIPster to show up too.

Sarge

Reporting for duty!

PS- It was quite difficult picking a show that did not contain Dark Star.

Hey Sarge and NJ Joe! 

Great selections, guys.  Those are two stellar official releases!

And yeah, NJ Joe, I feel your pain.  Dark Star is my favorite GD song and as Garcia famously said (paraphrasing here), "there's a little bit of Dark Star in everything we play."  So of course, I also didn't pick a show, or official release with Dark Star on it! 

My "favorite" tends to be 8-6-74 from Roosevelt Stadium.  The whole show has got the X-Factor in spades.  However, the two shows that preceded this  (rescheduled) concert, from the Civic Center in Philadelphia, are on point as well.  The highlights from each of these 3 shows are collected on Dick's Picks volume 31; this is one of the finest in this uniformly excellent series:
[asin]B007HRXINA[/asin]

I know what I'm going to spin later on!

[NJ Joe]

Hey Sarge and NJ Joe! 

Great selections, guys.  Those are two stellar official releases!

And yeah, NJ Joe, I feel your pain.  Dark Star is my favorite GD song and as Garcia famously said (paraphrasing here), "there's a little bit of Dark Star in everything we play."  So of course, I also didn't pick a show, or official release with Dark Star on it! 

My "favorite" tends to be 8-6-74 from Roosevelt Stadium.  The whole show has got the X-Factor in spades.  However, the two shows that preceded this  (rescheduled) concert, from the Civic Center in Philadelphia, are on point as well.  The highlights from each of these 3 shows are collected on Dick's Picks volume 31; this is one of the finest in this uniformly excellent series:
[asin]B007HRXINA[/asin]

I know what I'm going to spin later on!

Agree with you about DP 31.

I'm now inspired to come up with a top ten. Will try and work on it tomorrow.