Cumberland Blues is probably my favorite Dead track, and it's on Workingman's Dead. Then again, Ripple is probably my second favorite Dead track...
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 04:35 (seven years ago) link
I like the version of CB on Europe 72 better though
― the rockists' red glare (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 05:34 (seven years ago) link
Who can name all the personages on the WD cover?
― calstars, Saturday, 29 September 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
err, isn't it just the band + Robert Hunter?
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 29 September 2018 06:02 (five years ago) link
Workingman's is stranger and less predictable
this and especially
Like the chords of / high time / and the misery of / black Peter /
this
are otm
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 September 2018 10:08 (five years ago) link
this is a really arbitrary decision but i'd have to go with workingman's bc of how much i love "dire wolf" and "casey jones"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
I think my favorite is whichever one is playing RIGHT NOW
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 September 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
this is the lamest possible way to get into the grateful dead but i remember i bought american beauty in college just bc of how much i loved the counting crows cover of "friend of the devil." took me a while to adjust tbh
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 September 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
there is no bad way
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
love those seasick chord changes in "high time"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 September 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRHZr3VlpgE
(Ends with the two lead female characters setting out for a summer--or a lifetime--as Deadheads.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
Agreed that I prefer Workingman's Dead, not just because Cumberland Blues is my fav Dead song. Beauty has some transcendent classics sitting beside mediocrities (Ripple is incredible, Candyman not so much), but Workingman's Dead stays at a fairly high level throughout.
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
candyman is so good! that pedal steel solo!
― marcos, Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
i think as much as i associate both albums with each other they have very distinct moods for me, american beauty is kinda this shining shimmering thing and workingman's is pretty ghostly and introverted throughout. at the moment i think i prefer the second mood but i also feel like it could easily switch back in the next 5-10 years
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
Back to the cover, I guess bill is on the stairs, Mickey is talking to pigpen, and hunter’s on the far left. Those were the three I wasn’t sure about
― calstars, Saturday, 29 September 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Here is more info about that cover than you ever wanted to know:
http://www.popspotsnyc.com/workingmans_dead/
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 29 September 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link