jackson@curium.DEC (Seth Jackson) (04/12/85)
>Summary: ha! > >Sure, it's just great man, take a few hits of this and >groove to the sounds of un-tuned instruments and `musicians' >playing the same 10 songs they've played for the last five >years. Cool. Doesn't matter anyway, you won't remember >what happened the night before, so the next time you hear the >song, it will be a new experience. Wow! Why didn't I think >of that? Hear a song for the first time, blow my brains on >some cool drugs, forget all about it, then next time-- bang! >whole new song! Who needs progressive/new music anyway? > >I don't see why there isn't just ONE grateful dead song. It >would be so much cheaper (ie. vinyl, mylar). > >Please, someone explain why anyone would go 50 or more (500!) >miles out of their way to go see a `dead' concert. Is it just >some *religious* experience, or maybe something ~more~. > >Really, I can't understand the concept of `deadhead', but if >there's a lot of people who like the ~same~ music you like, then >hey great, my ego sure feels good! Hey, I'll bet you just couldn't wait to be flamed for this one! What other reason could you have had for posting this garbage, other than that you knew you would grab some attention by pissing off some Deadheads? Certainly you're not the kind of person who goes around making ridiculous statements about things you know nothing about. Or are you? >I spoke to one of my friends who used to be a deadhead (ie >left school to follow them), and she just was into them coz >it was cool, you know, the thing to do. I'm glad she's grown >up since then, what about the rest of you? > I used to go to Dead concerts because I loved the music and the people and the atmosphere and the ideals represented there. But I've grown up, too. Now I go to Dead concerts because I love the music and the people and the atmosphere and the ideals represented there. How about you? >-- >USENET- .... Sean Byrne > __ "We used to play for silver, now we play for life..." Seth Jackson dec-curium!jackson
stein@druny.UUCP (SteinDW) (04/13/85)
>Sure, it's just great man, take a few hits of this and >groove to the sounds of un-tuned instruments and `musicians' >playing the same 10 songs they've played for the last five >years. Cool. Doesn't matter anyway, you won't remember >what happened the night before, so the next time you hear the >song, it will be a new experience. Wow! Why didn't I think >of that? Hear a song for the first time, blow my brains on >some cool drugs, forget all about it, then next time-- bang! >whole new song! Who needs progressive/new music anyway? >I don't see why there isn't just ONE grateful dead song. It >would be so much cheaper (ie. vinyl, mylar).s I'll avoid commenting on the insinuation that EVERY deadhead is a drugged out wasty. Many people have already criticised this comment recently. The Grateful Dead do not play the same 10 songs over and over again. Look at the song lists that are published on the net evrytime they go on tour. Sure, "Good Loving" and "Throwing Stones" and various others show up frequently but not nightly. For about a year I kept track of every song I heard the Dead play when I went on tour. Since I usually heard several concerts in a row, it was interesting to count the songs and the repeats. The figures were usually like three nights, 89 songs, three repeats (86 different songs, at least, in their repertoire. One recent New Year's series they played around 100 songs in five nights with under 10 repeats. I personally know of NO other rock and roll band with the Dead's depth or breadth. Before criticising their (the Deads) limited abilities I wish people would see a show or two so they would know what they (the people) are talking about as well as what the Deadheads are talking about. Don Stein druny!stein "The music never stopped."