The best hot shit rockand rock roll and roll band of all of time

yes....the greatful dead............prove me wrong.

DUH

Doubt they remember, though.....

aren't they hot shit?

All others rot.

I was rehabbing from foot surgery and the place was a health club that also does basic after surgery rehab. I was sitting on there getting my foot massaged/stretched out when Phil Lesh walks in. He was obviously new at this but had a personal trainer helping him with sit-ups on the table next to me. Then he went and startes with the free weights. Phil in workout gear looks really odd!

Would you expect me to say anything else?!:shrug:

BTW, Merry Christmas to you and WWW and many more, from me and my little guys!:D

Sorry, Riannnon, they were too past my prime. The Dead were the best US Rock and Rock Band I ever saw......

Fleetwood Mac is on a nationwide tour, sans Christie McVie, and have some new material, along with the tried and true songs like, well, my personal favorite, "Rhiannon." I saw a "60 Minutes II," I believe, that said that The Grateful Dead is performing again, without Jerry Garcia (that's his name, right?), although they said they never would. They have found themselves, again. You just cannot keep a good band down.:-)

I'm sure Al and Tipper can relate.............

Wino kicks ass

and I have never understood the popularity of the Dead. I find their music very insipid.

there may be great bands out there....but there will never be another Band like The Dead....

... I musta used the wrong drugs :)

Can

The Clash, Pink Floyd, or 311.

I like the Dead (at least I used to), but they would have benefited greatly from a little rehearsing now and then . . . yeah, they were a "jam band," but I've heard them do some absolutely dreadful stuff . . . they've also done some great stuff, but when the ratio of dreadful to great hovers around 50/50, they don't qualify as a great band . . . a great concert draw, yes . . . a great way for hippies to persevere, yes . . . a great band, no . . .

the Rolling Stones in their prime, however . . . :hippie:

on edit: the E Street Band is certainly one of the best . . .

I was always under the impression that the Dead did nothing but play, whether on stage or not. I would chalk up thier variations in quality to the... drugs. :)

Very few bands I ever heard could attempt, under 5000 watts od LSD, to play the music they plqayed. Sometimes they were "wow", sometimes they were "sucky", but they always were 'out there" for the audience.

I had a very interesting life in Worcester the early 70s. I lived with a bunch of people that were well connected to the NYC scene (Velvet Underground) as well the SF scene. We got lots and lots of Owsley acid to pass around.....

they kinda sucked sucked in the 90's. Actually they sucked in the 8u0's. But they were/are the best R/R band in t the late 60's-70's-early 80's.......after that, soyanara......

still going through withdrawal . . . with your vast knowledge of music (which I greatly respect), I'm astounded at this assertion . . . any music fan can name 50 better bands from that era . . .

Seriously, late 60s/70s....you'd be hard pressed to tell me a better band.

And I was NOT a Deadhead in the 80s/90s. And I saw the the Stones in Boston 2 weeks after the Dead in 72..... no comparison, the Dead, with Pigpen, was the real deal.

you and I understand !!!

I saw them suck, big time and I saw them totally outstanding. Any honest fan will tell you that there were shows where they totally stunk...no way around it. But when there were on, they were totally better than anyone I've ever seen...awesome. Boston 72 was one of those shows...8 hours of audio creativity. The New Riders of the Purple Sage stated at 6:30...the Dead finished at 2:00Am.....the first time thaey showed off the Wall of Sound. You should'a been there...........

Like, they ROCK, DUDE! :yourock:

On edit: Zeppelin too.

I sam Areosmiith when they were they the house band at "Sir Morgan's Cove" They sucked...big time...

In the bandstand/roller rink. They were just skinny little punks back then and had low grade equipment. In spite of all that they still rocked the house.

Saw them at their Fillmore East show which became an album. Totally blown away, and I saw most of the late-60's and '70's bands.

Anyone remember Lee Michaels and Frosty(?), his drummer? Lee played mega-organ and bass with his feet, a two-man band. I was sitting in the front row in the Fillmore West on 2 hits of window pane, 1970. Lee announces that it's their last show before taking on a 3rd man, and warns us to move back from the front 'cause they're gonna blow the house down. They did - opened with a 25-minute version of "Stormy Monday" and my hearing's never been the same since.

Saw him do "I'm Goin' Home" (ala Woodstock) at the Fillmore West - like dyin' and going to heaven. For anyone who's never watched "Woodstock", the movie, check out Alvin Lee outdoing even Joe Cocker and Santana's shit-kicking.

was the best act at Woodstock . . . Jimi a close second. :thumbsup:

Summertime Blues

Get in the groove and let the good times roll,
We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul,
If it takes all night long.
Come on and let the good times roll,
We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul,
If it takes all night long.

The evening sun is sinking low,
The clock on the wall says it's time to go.
But I got plans, and I got plans for you,
I'll tell you exactly what we're all gonna do

Listen!
It might be twelve o'clock and it might be three.
Time doesn't mean that much to me.
Ain't felt this way since I don't know when,
I don't know when I'm gonna feel this way again.

So come on,

It might be six o'clock and it might be eight.
It don't matter if it's getting late.
We gonna make the band play one more song,
And get in the groove if it takes all night long.

All night (all night), all night (all night)
It might take all night long (all night), all night (all night)
Might take all night (all night), all night (all night)
All night long (all night), all night long (all night)

Get in the groove and let the good times roll,
We gonna stay here till we soothe our soul,
If it takes all night long

I like the Dead and all, but Utopia would blow them off the stage with two less members. :)

Their live shows are a sacrament.

And in dire need of protective custody for observational purposes.

The Dead never rocked, and have musically been as pedestrian as any other group in rock history. They are the Archies of 'serious' rock, not to be taken seriously, and the only group in history that I'm aware of whose own songs have been universally performed better by other artists.

Back away from the 500 mics of windowpane, and walk forward slowly, hands on your head.

That's it.... everything's goin' to be just fine....

The Who? Who's Next.

I'll put "Live at Leeds", "Live Rust" & "FM Live" up against any other live (or Dead) album.

Don't get me wrong, Dead Live 1971 is very hot shit!

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