The Grateful Dead Thread - Driving That Train, High On Cocaine

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BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

hatelull posted:

A week from today I will see Dead & Co for the first (and probably only) time. Obviously not expecting something as mystical as some of the '72 shows or even that fire late 70's Dead, but the Dead & Co stuff I've dug into on Spotify is satisfying.

You guys think this has the potential for a good time, or more of a "checkmark on the bucket list?"

Any concert is a good time. It will be a blast. It will not be the 70s Grateful Dead but so what.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2023 23:30

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 11:19

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Here is is at sound check a few weeks ago without bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg6F7gQ1G0&t=381s&pp=2AH9ApACAQ%3D%3D

# ¿ Jun 23, 2023 22:37

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Cross post from the official bob dylan thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae9dsrtiXQI

# ¿ Jun 24, 2023 12:13

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Noise Machine posted:

Mickey rapped the last verse of Fire On The Mountain last night

Big Furthur 96 vibes

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 19:11

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

trem_two posted:

Yeah that was a pretty amazing performance. My whole section started giving Mayer an old school standing ovation in that last solo.

Were they sitting before? How old were these people?

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 22:16

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

trem_two posted:

Word rippling through the security lines is there is a special guest tonight 🤔

It�s Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 23:15

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Holographic DMB Kinzie Street Bridge experience

# ¿ Jul 4, 2023 01:14

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Dicere posted:

Somehow Jerry has returned.

Jerry Lewis

# ¿ Jul 4, 2023 01:29

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

trem_two posted:

I've been Brother Esau-pilled

Yikes

# ¿ Jul 22, 2023 18:15

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Dicere posted:

I haven't finished the article and I can tell there's a lot of love and knowledge there, but I'm throwing a flag on that first paragraph. The not-quite implication that Jerry didn't have vocal talent or stage presence doesn't stand up to the evidence.

Jerry's singing can be an acquired taste, sure - just like the music. But we weren't ALL Stockholm Syndromed into liking his voice just because he was so drat good at guitar.

Dead and co was really bad, so is that article

# ¿ Aug 4, 2023 04:40

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

I saw a Donna stan in a comments section once insisting that she was the best vocalist in the band simply because "she's a professional singer!" Subjective take, you like who you like as a singer and that's cool, but every now and then I think about it and think "you know Jerry and Bob and Phil sang, right?" and I don't think they had day jobs or anything, so they were all professional singers. None of them were/are technically amazing singers, but they're all pretty adored by legions of fans and rightfully so. Hell, Billy Corgan and Bob Dylan are professional singers.

Wasn�t Phil�s deal that he had perfect pitch until he hosed up his voice along the way?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2023 22:06

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Dicere posted:

Phil sang a little at his 83rd birthday bash. I don't think he was pitch perfect. But I never went to any fancy music schools so ...

Yeah, if it�s true, he hasn�t had perfect pitch since the 60s. I love when he sings but he�s not a great singer. Jerry had one of the best voices in rock n roll, though. George Thorogood has a better voice than John Mayer.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2023 10:56

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

They make crappy music

# ¿ Sep 12, 2023 01:31

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

It says it's playing a Phil and Friends show, but it's actually some financial podcast. The actual gently caress

That was just the really long donor rap he did in 2008

# ¿ Sep 23, 2023 00:58

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

He was the man

# ¿ Sep 29, 2023 01:39

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

I�d go I guess

# ¿ Dec 16, 2023 00:12

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Dicere posted:

If the price is right, I suppose I would too. The show in Boulder was great but it would have been better with air conditioning, cushioned seats, and ready access to drinkable water. It would also be nice to not be surrounded by lovely wooks trying to scalp tickets halfway into the 2nd set.

I think you�re looking for a movie theater not a concert

# ¿ Dec 18, 2023 09:16

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Arms_Akimbo posted:

So fuckin gross

How is it different than playing a boxing arena in the bowels of the MGM grand, other than the opportunities to do cooler AV? Dead and Co is a cash grab nostalgia band for boomers. That�s the gross part. Are you saying that beautiful, pristine Las Vegas, Nevada has been sullied by commercialism? If they did a residency at MSG it�s the same shithead owner.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 14:31

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Arms_Akimbo posted:

Here are the dates

I feel like I don't need to explain why the Grateful Dead of all bands doing 14 shows in a multi billion dollar vanity project is nasty poo poo

Also scroll up, the visuals are trash

1 it�s not the Grateful Dead. It�s not even ratdog. But the dead played at every football stadium owned by billionaire sons of billionaires ever built. And 2, yup U2 sure suck and it looks like they cobbled together something quick for the inaugural shows at a brand new, one of a kind facility. And yup, if you wait until 2 days before a super sold out show to buy scalper tickets, they�re pretty expensive!

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 17:00

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Kvlt! posted:

do u like own stock in the sphere or something lol

we are inching closer and closer to "Jerry would have wanted to be a dystopian Blade Runner esque hologram!"

How is it any different than the MGM grand, except it�s a venue you might actually be interested in checking out cause it�s weird? Instead of hoping you can still smell Joe Rogan when you go in there.

�Oh no, there�s something big and tacky on the Las Vegas strip! I�m getting the vapors! Not the Las Vegas strip!�

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 19:17

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Kvlt! posted:

we are inching closer and closer to "Jerry would have wanted to be a dystopian Blade Runner esque hologram!"

I�d rather see this than dead and co. They blow. At least ratdog had Rob Wasserman�s weird Quasimodo energy on stage.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 19:21

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Kvlt! posted:

Because all the Vegas lights kinda blend together into one background, so you dont really notice one indivdual thing. The Sphere is just a gargantuan animated billboard.

I attended the F1 race in Vegas recently and none of the signs distracted me except I sat directly opposite the sphere and just had advertisements blaring in my face and there was nowhere on the track I could look where it wasnt in my peripheral. And they werent showing vids from the race or live stats on the Sphere, it was all ads.

I dont think I need to tell you how the MGM grand is different than having a building sized Travis Scott leering over the city (or in my case for a race!)

Sounds like an improvement

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 20:04

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Kvlt! posted:

i guess it does if your a loser defending the sphere to wooks online

Lol

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 23:05

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

I've never been able to afford (or justify I guess) Dead and Co tickets and this just solidifies them as being an act that I'm ok not seeing. I do want to see Oteil in some lineup, and Bob again since I only ever saw him in Ratdog. But I think those opportunities are common and there's a good chance of getting to see both of them with Billy Strings some day.

Aquarium Rescue Unit reunion 2024

# ¿ Feb 2, 2024 01:16

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Planet X posted:

That part stuck out to me too - the fact that he (IIRC) was pretty anxious when the band took hiatuses or when Jerry died, as there wasn't any savings. On one hand, hard to believe, but once you get under the surface, you see this huge rudderless, bloated business with bad decisions and lack of leadership. They had grown too much to stop touring, which would have impacted the livelihoods of those in the org. Ended up impacting Jerry's life the most, one could say.

I can't blame the remaining members for wanting to continue touring and cashing in on the name, but also at this point, I'd figure that they are probably reasonably set, especially in their advanced age. In the Netflix doc, Bob was driving a late model Tesla and Billy lives in Kuai. I guess what I don't get is leading your fanbase along that you're going to stop doing shows, but then you turn around and announce more shows.

Hey, it's their lives and business, so thats fine I guess. I could see the appeal of seeing the various Dead offshoots with original members, but personally I'd much rather see a young cover band firing on all cylinders and playing the good ol' tunes at tempo.

I really like this thread

You could say it would be better to just listen to newer jam bands, but they make the worst music ever dreamed up. I�d rather listen to a very bad Grateful Dead cover band than pigeons playing ping pong on their best day.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2024 01:38

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

My deadhead friends keep insisting I should listen to Phish because they are great, but I don't because they are not. They just make me think of twee white dudes in college. I'd rather listen to an Oysterhead show than a Phish show.

Phish is 40 years old they�re not a new band.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2024 03:20

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

algebra testes posted:

I'll never forget the time on a couch tour someone posted "I'd love to see Jerry try and play Golgi Aperatus"

I would love to see that too. It would be better than Phil doing sample in a jar.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2024 03:28

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

Kvlt! posted:

phil did sample in a jar? i both need to and dread listening to this

�99 he did it a few times. It sounded bad. This was not the run with Page and Trey in his band. I don�t think they ever played Sample, but it was a much better band than that �99 tour (obviously).

# ¿ Feb 6, 2024 03:14

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

Seconding Dozin at the Knick.

Yup it�s a good listen

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 02:14

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 11:19

BigFactory: Sep 17, 2002

I get bored of Warren Haynes pretty fast and a 20 minute dear Mr fantasy doesn�t do anything to help that.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 14:38

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