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2016 Postmortem

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts) Sat Jun 11, 2016, 10:40 PM Jun 2016

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Kinda funny. HassleCat Jun 2016 #1

My Point Exactly Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #2

I had a friend who made a living following them around and selling LSD at their concerts. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #25

tell your friend thanks for the LSD... stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #26

And just like the Grateful Dead, Sanders' supporters would go to multiple rallies... brooklynite Jun 2016 #3

The Dead was a jam band, you never really heard the same tune twice Fumesucker Jun 2016 #5

Awesome Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #8

I've been to over 30 shows. Never heard the same thing twice in the same way. Lochloosa Jun 2016 #9

"give it a rest" In A Post About The Grateful Dead?? Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #10

Got me there Lochloosa Jun 2016 #12

you know abso-fucking-lutely zip diddly shit of what you speak, here, jack. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #17

Oh ye of little knowledge randr Jun 2016 #33

The Dead's first record came out in 1967. The Beatles last sold a ticket to a live show in 1966. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #4

You're Proving My Point.. Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #7

is too! bananas Jun 2016 #14

Both changed music in there own way. Lochloosa Jun 2016 #6

Agreed. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #18

The Garcia version of "Tangled Up in Blue" thucythucy Jun 2016 #34

Bernieheads lunamagica Jun 2016 #11

FYI Psych not Sike. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2016 #13

Bernie Sanders = Simon & Garfunkel tralala Jun 2016 #15

Put me down for silly comparison. ("Stupid" seems rude) Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #16

Plenty of room for BOTH in my world. Sunlei Jun 2016 #19

Thank you madokie Jun 2016 #22

you're welcome. youtube is still playing here at work, it's a long good compilation of GD-Beatles Sunlei Jun 2016 #23

I'm listening to your link on Utube now madokie Jun 2016 #24

Come on moderators, this OP belongs in the lounge! B Calm Jun 2016 #20

A more apt comparison would be The Carpenters to the Butthole Surfers. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #21

I think they did a mashup of that on Glee... Fumesucker Jun 2016 #30

But the huge Grateful Dead crowd was the same one you'd see at every show so the size was misleading BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #27

Poor analogy. LWolf Jun 2016 #28

You're absolutely right. It is a stupid comparison. argyl Jun 2016 #29

Excellent Post! saynotoplutocrats Jun 2016 #31

Yeah, maybe not stupid, but pretty worthless. Hissyspit Jun 2016 #32

Popular music from 50 years ago TransitJohn Jun 2016 #35

Maybe perhaps. Miles Archer Jun 2016 #36