Hence the italics.

 

True Dat

I sorta get where Hangman is coming from.

 

I liked some of the Dead but not nearly as much as some friends of mine. I admired the Deadhead's big family to some degree, and was around it enough to understand it, but I just could never 100% buy into the whole thing.

 

While there were some songs I really liked a lot, there were some that bored me to tears. I could never be a die hard, although I gave it an effort at times, but deep inside I knew that I couldn't base my life around it like some did. I had way too many other interests to get all wrapped up in just them alone.

 

You've summed up my feelings. Seen them a few times. It's an experience versus a show.

You can actually stop truckin' now, Bob. The Dead's insistence on staying on the road post-Jerry Garcia has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the band was just a collection of semi-competent nerds with a prodigiously charismatic and talented frontman. And "Rock Star Bobby" is the worst of the bunch, a bona fide gravy trainer who would've probably invited frequent guest Huey Lewis to join the band as a full-time harmonica player had Garcia not understandably kept his pink Izod-wearing kiester in check. Weir's side project, Rat Dog, is basically a below-average bar band with a frontman who needs a teleprompter to remember his own lyrics. But frankly, given our unyielding love for all things Garcia, we were willing to forgive and forget until Weir & Co. jumped on a stage in a movie-studio lot to appear on Leno recently. With Garcia on the injured list (for good), Weir stepped in to sing lead vocals on "Touch of Grey." Horribly. Why he didn't just defecate on Jerry's headstone instead, we'll never know.

 

I can't say that I don't agree with this to some degree as I've always felt that Bob Weir was a big geek and that he lucked out by hanging with Jerry. He got a lot of milage out of not being too interesting, and sort of a fake hanger-on that never to me ever really fit the part. He certainly has made the most of his involvement as a member of the band.

 

kyyank didn't write that...he snatched it from here:

 

The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock - Page 2 | Riverfront Times

 

I rest my case lol.

 

Hence the italics.

 

Do you really feel that way, or are you just trying to stir the proverbial pot?

If anyone gets tickets, and needs to unload them. I will take them off your hands. Thanks.

 

I sorta get where Hangman is coming from.

 

I liked some of the Dead but not nearly as much as some friends of mine. I admired the Deadhead's big family to some degree, and was around it enough to understand it, but I just could never 100% buy into the whole thing.

 

While there were some songs I really liked a lot, there were some that bored me to tears. I could never be a die hard, although I gave it an effort at times, but deep inside I knew that I couldn't base my life around it like some did. I had way too many other interests to get all wrapped up in just them alone.

 

 

I'm not a fan of a lot of their studio stuff. There is a big difference between their live songs and a studio version.

Do you really feel that way, or are you just trying to stir the proverbial pot?

 

Lighten up Francis. I knew it would evoke a reaction. Music is like beer, everyone's taste is different. As stated already, BBall summed up my feelings pretty well. The Dead probably has more love em or hate em than any band I can remember.

I like the Grateful Dead. I don't much see the attraction in this tribute band thing they do in order to keep milking the sacred cow. The attachment of someone so gloriously, awfully bland as Bruce Hornsby doesn't help my opinion.

I'm not a fan of a lot of their studio stuff. There is a big difference between their live songs and a studio version.

 

I agree. Their strong suit was definitely at being a live band. I never saw them live, but was around people who either was always playing their live recordings, showing and trading their giant cassette collections, or sharing with me live videos.

 

I once attended a tribute show at Coney Island's Moonlight Gardens that was pretty cool. (At the moment I'm forgetting the name of the band, but they were supposed to be the definitive tribute band, and my Dead friends were all very much into them). I was surprised how much security let all the pot smoking go on so freely as there was a big cloud of smoke hanging above the crowd the whole evening. If I recall this band played like 4 hours. It was the closest I had ever been to what a real Dead show might feel like. It was a pretty cool memorable experience.

I loved the Dead. They are mixed into almost every playlist I have. I still listen to them on a regular basis.

 

I'm with Jim, I'm not real interested in what is essentially a tribute band.

"Dark Star Orchestra" is the name of the tribute band that I couldn't remember their name that I saw at Coney Island's Moonlight Gardens.

 

Lighten up Francis. I knew it would evoke a reaction. Music is like beer, everyone's taste is different. As stated already, BBall summed up my feelings pretty well. The Dead probably has more love em or hate em than any band I can remember.

 

I guess I took the bait then.

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I like the Grateful Dead. I don't much see the attraction in this tribute band thing they do in order to keep milking the sacred cow. The attachment of someone so gloriously' date=' awfully bland as Bruce Hornsby doesn't help my opinion.[/quote']

 

You do realise that Hornsby has played with the dead a ton of times, right? This isn't a tribute band, by any means.

You do realise that Hornsby has played with the dead a ton of times, right? This isn't a tribute band, by any means.

 

Without the leader, it's nothing but a tribute band to me. And Bruce Hornsby stinks.