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red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:31 PM Jan 2018

What's your favorite Grateful Dead song?

Last edited Thu Jan 25, 2018, 06:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Truckin'


13 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Dark Star
1 (8%)
Uncle John's Band
1 (8%)
Friend of the Devil
0 (0%)
Ripple
3 (23%)
Truckin'
1 (8%)
U.S. Blues
1 (8%)
Sugar Magnolia
1 (8%)
Touch of Gray
1 (8%)
Box of Rain
3 (23%)
Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
1 (8%)
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What's your favorite Grateful Dead song? (Original Post) red dog 1 Jan 2018 OP
voted dark star bdtrppr6 Jan 2018 #1
My favorite is the Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) MiltonBrown Jan 2018 #2
A friend & I drove from SF to LA because that 1st Dead album was to be released 2 weeks earler red dog 1 Jan 2018 #9
Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) is now up there, so you can vote for it now red dog 1 Jan 2018 #17
Shakedown Street dmoyer Jan 2018 #3
Bertha, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Deal Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #4
A horse wearing a Grateful Dead shirt walks into a bar. LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #5
LOL!! nolabear Jan 2018 #6
. LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #7
+ 1 red dog 1 Jan 2018 #8
I was just going to say something douchey like that NightWatcher Jan 2018 #14
Ripple cemaphonic Jan 2018 #10
I love Ripple too red dog 1 Jan 2018 #12
I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news pressbox69 Jan 2018 #11
I love The Dead's version of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" red dog 1 Jan 2018 #13
No use for this band MissMillie Jan 2018 #15
What did the Dead Head say when he ran out of pot? maxrandb Jan 2018 #16
It looks like this poll might end in a tie between Uncle John's Band & Ripple red dog 1 Jan 2018 #18
 

bdtrppr6

(796 posts)
1. voted dark star
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jan 2018

but it's actually Eyes of the World. specifically from Freedom Hall, Louisville KY 1974 bootleg. perfect version.

MiltonBrown

(322 posts)
2. My favorite is the Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 08:12 PM
Jan 2018

First song on their first LP I believe.

It's a straight forward rocker full of joy just like I like 'em.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
9. A friend & I drove from SF to LA because that 1st Dead album was to be released 2 weeks earler
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:35 PM
Jan 2018

down in Los Angeles.

(I used to go see the Grateful Dead at the old Fillmore Auditorium, with Bill Graham himself handing out apples at the door as you entered)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
17. Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) is now up there, so you can vote for it now
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 06:08 PM
Jan 2018

(Nobody voted for Casey Jones)

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,272 posts)
4. Bertha, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Deal
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:07 PM
Jan 2018

Scarlet/Fire

China/Rider

Only live. Preferably audience recordings.

LuckyCharms

(17,287 posts)
5. A horse wearing a Grateful Dead shirt walks into a bar.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:27 PM
Jan 2018

Bartender says...hey! I like the Grateful Dead too. They play that song...what is it...Truckin'...that's it...Truckin. I like that song. What's your favorite Grateful Dead song?

The horse got a thoughtful look and stared into space for a full minute.

Finally, the bartender says...well, what's your favorite Grateful Dead song?

The horse continues to think.

After another minute, the bartender says...WELL?

Finally, the horse says...Well, I'm really partial to the China/Rider transition jam from Rhode Island on 6/26/74, but only when I can listen to it on a pair of bitchin' speakers that can sustain Phil's bass levels when I max him out on the equalizer and I can get Bobby's guitar just right in the mix so it sounds kind of like a "jangly" shuffle that is the perfect counterpoint to Jerry's high end.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
14. I was just going to say something douchey like that
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:38 PM
Jan 2018

Like the one time they did Not Fade Away into GDTRFB back into Not Fade Away and the crowd kept clapping and signing for minutes after the band left.

But I guess Bertha or GDTRFB or Scarlet Begonias or a good Dark Star or.....

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
10. Ripple
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:25 PM
Jan 2018

Boringly conventional, I know. But that's one of those songs that sounds like it wasn't so much written, as just having always been there, waiting for someone to find it.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
12. I love Ripple too
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jan 2018

Yet it's rarely played on the radio, even on FM stations,
(It was played once on an episode of "My Name is Earl&quot

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
18. It looks like this poll might end in a tie between Uncle John's Band & Ripple
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:00 PM
Jan 2018

but I still love Truckin' the most.

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