In Praise Of... The Grateful Dead "Anthem Of The Sun"

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Well, I think Lesh started out on trumpet (maybe another brass; i forget). Didn't start playing bass until about a week before GD played their first show ('65). He was more of a composer at that point I think (studied w/ Berio in the early 60s; wrote some spacially-interesting comps during the time). His bass-playing in 73-74 is some of my all-time favorite bass, anyone, any time. I don't know what it is, but, during some of those Dark Stars and Playings, he plays some of the strangest bass lines that I've ever heard.

Understood about the 'psychedelic'. I think our understanding might be colored a bit by the fact that we have 30 years of studio advances at work. I'm sure when Anthem came out, it sounded a bit strange.

God I forgot how much I love GD ... time to go over to OiNK and start snatching up Dick's Picks (including the Volume 12 set that I scratched up).

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Saturday, 11 June 2005 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought Bobby Weir in his short shorts might spark some sexy discussion.

http://www.purplemoon.com/card/bob-seva.jpg

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Saturday, 11 June 2005 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

This is pretty fantastic, and I also usually don't like the Dead (though I'm getting softer on them).

Almost seems to complete a trilogy with two other albums I have in heavy rotation right now -- Miles Davis's "On the Corner" and Can's "Ege Bamyasi"

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Not that it's really that applicable to this discussion, but Miles Davis actually opened up for the Dead during one of their tours, either late 60s or early 70s. all of the GD guys were fans, and from what I remember reading, MDavis blew them off the stage.

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Hardly surprising.

T/S: Mickey Hart vs. Tony Willams wouldn't be much of a thread (or substitute Jack DeJohnnette depending on when)

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:05 (eighteen years ago) link

hahaha. actually i've warmed to the dead's drummers over the years (esp. bill k.) but TW or JdeJ w/one hand tied behind his back...

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 09:28 (eighteen years ago) link

this album is fantastic

― huell howser (chaki), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Anthem is a good one. So differant than the other studio albums
I'm a huge Dead fan
You must pick up some of the Dick's Picks volumes. Volumes 4, 19, 28, 29 are great ones off the top of my head.

― meister, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, "Other One" is so, like, trippy at the end! And the math-rock part is really awesome too -- "Comin', Comin', Com-in-a-round (comin' around) com-in-a-round (comin around)"

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Ah, it's tough to think of some Dick's Picks that aren't good (except for the Richmond '85 DP). I've always loved DP 12 and whichever is the 4-disc Boston '73, where the first disc begins w/ a Morning Dew and the last disc ends w/ a Morning Dew.

bill k. was always my favorite GD drummer - thought his style mixed perfectly w/ their style in the early 70s. There isn't anything ostensibly wrong w/ Micky Hart, but man, he's one cheesy d00d.

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Thursday, 28 July 2005 12:06 (eighteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

And touching makes the flesh to cry out looooooouuuud.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

There's no better album for a rainy day than this IMO

― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

Ugh, the Lesh 1971 mix is pretty bad, glad I never heard that version first.

― MaresNest, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link

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