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In response to the Dead suck thread:
The Grateful Dead originally served as occasional house band for the Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary's group that spearheaded LSD. The Dead were extra well received because they played long sessions. Acid lasts for several hours. Were you to drop acid just before a typical concert, the concert would be over with hours of peaking left to go. With the Dead one just kept on listening. Apparently the Grateful Dead's music matches the acid experience well. I've never done drugs so someone else will have to corroborate that. LSD was mostly made in Marin, CA just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The Grateful Dead tour became the primary distribution network for LSD in the United States. They were popular in significant part due to the drug network around them. "What did the Grateful Dead fan say when he ran out of drugs?" "This band sucks!" The heir to the Grateful Dead is Phish. If you want acid, go to a Phish concert. Matt |
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Okay, I like the Dead and all, but how many freakin Dead posts do we need?
Also, Phish doesn't tour anymore, so we can't go to a Phish concert for acid...any other thoughts? |
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ive never took acid and listend to the dead yet i still like their music
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ive never took acid and listend to the dead yet i still like their music [/ QUOTE ] you are one of the very, very few. |
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[ QUOTE ] ive never took acid and listend to the dead yet i still like their music [/ QUOTE ] you are one of the very, very few. [/ QUOTE ] i never did either. (honest) |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] ive never took acid and listend to the dead yet i still like their music [/ QUOTE ] you are one of the very, very few. [/ QUOTE ] i never did either. (honest) [/ QUOTE ] Me three. The OP is asinine. It's dumbass premise may explain their initial popularity, but that was 40 years ago. It does not explain the following 30 years of being the most consistently popular musical acts of all time. Some may not like their music, but get over it already. |
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moondog it is not hard to instead say "i disagree," or better just present your points and let the disagreement speak for itself.
extrapolate. acid attracts a certain group of people, very in within the counterculture movement. Timothy Leary was ultracool. acid was cool. the Dead became cool. the culture around the Dead builds. it is fun and interesting. it becomes something independent of the Dead. following the Dead becomes a life experience. nostalgia later sets in. how does any trend start? i'm merely offering that acid was the catalyst for huge success for a mid-level band. |
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[ QUOTE ] ive never took acid and listend to the dead yet i still like their music [/ QUOTE ] you are one of the very, very few. [/ QUOTE ] There's an entire group of people dedicated to NOT doing drugs etc at Dead shows. Linky |
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The Grateful Dead aren't Just the best at what they do, they are the only ones who do what they do.
Tape trading, recording section. Every concert had a special section, where "bootleggers" were encouraged to record the show, as well as jack into the audio. The "Wall of sound" |
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The "Wall of sound" [/ QUOTE ] Was there more coming here...? |
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