See here how everythinglead up to this dayand it's just likeany other daythat's ever beenSun goin upand then the sun it goin downShine through my window andmy friends they come around― earlnash, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:35 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― earlnash, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:35 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
I been gambling here aboutsfor ten good solid yearsIf I told you all that went downit would burn off both your ears
― mizzell, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
Nine mile skidon a ten mile rideHot as a pistolbut cool inside
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
The bottles stand as empty, as they were filled before.Time there was and plenty, but from that cup no more.Though I could not caution all, I still might warn a few:Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link
Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:40 AM (sixteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm less gaga on Hunter a lot of the time than most deadheads -- his poker/jack of diamonds/ace of spades/stuff is all hokey as hell to me -- but this right here the prime distillate good stuff
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
lately this one has been on my mind a lot
Since the end is never toldWe pay the teller off in goldIn hopes he will come backBut he cannot be bought or sold
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
also lovely from the same song
Counting stars by candlelightAll are dim but one is bright:The spiral light of VenusRising first and shining best(Oh)From the northwest cornerOf a brand-new crescent moonCrickets and cicadas singA rare and different tune
Terrapin StationIn the shadow of the moonTerrapin StationAnd I know we'll be there soon
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
RIP
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Pour one out...
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
Today it’s “See here how everything leads up to this day, and it's just like any other day that’s ever beenSun goin up and then the sun it goes downShine through my window and my friends they come around.”
― BrianB, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
Or maybe “mama, mama many worlds I’ve come since I first left home. Goin’ home, goin’ home, by the waterside i’ll rest my bones, listen to to river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.”
― BrianB, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
uncle john's band is such beautiful gibberish, probably my favorite lyric of his even tho (because?) it makes no sense.
and obviously, "such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be there" rings loudly today.
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/dowling.html
My college english professor wrote this excellent, if a bit rigid, close-reading of ripple years ago.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
RIP ... his and garcia's run in the late 60s/early 1970s is pretty astonishing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
rip robert hunter... his 1st solo is one of my favourites of all those early to mid-seventies albums which feature a who's who of the sf scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswPO2eX_VI
& otm to the above mention of harp tree lament
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
gbnb hs yrbk pg included not only Bill Clinton but also "Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile"― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, September 18, 2006 7:11 AM (thirteen years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, September 18, 2006 7:11 AM (thirteen years ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
incidentally, just read the Franklin's Tower essay on the same site I posted -- I had no fucking idea that song was about Benjamin Franklin, and that "roll away the dew" referred to part of the bell casting process, that's just insane.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
What a beautiful and ridiculous man Robert Hunter was. RIP.
I have a poodle/bichon mix that loves to roll away the dew, he’s like a mop head in grass on morning walks, I always figured hunter must’ve had a similar behaving dog. Thanks for the Franklin fact, man!
― BrianB, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
I remember reading that essay about bell casting before. It is a total prank. Some of the contributions to Dodd's site were half-baked. However, Hunter himself wrote in (in reponse to a different speculative essay) and explained Franklin's Tower quite well here:
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/fauthrep.html
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
Here, however, is a nice little essay by Dodd (and more correspondence with Hunter) about the writing of Help on the Way - including a discarded verse.
https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-help-wayslipknot
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
― mizzell, Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:25 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ship of Fools hitting extra hard today. I've had the 6/28/74 version (from Dick's Picks 12) on repeat--definitive imo.
I also can't think of any lyrics more moving than the last verse of Box of Rain:
And it's just a box of rainI don't know who put it thereBelieve it if you need itOr leave it if you dareAnd it's just a box of rainOr a ribbon for your hairSuch a long long time to be goneAnd a short time to be there
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
Oh, I see it's been noted upthread:
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Tuesday, September 24, 2019 2:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
Grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
spent a little time listening to some of Hunter's solo shows on Archive.org yesterday (https://archive.org/details/RobertHunter) -- while he's not the most amazing performer, it's still interesting to hear his interpretations of Dead tunes ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
The wheel is turning and you can't slow downYou can't let go and you can't hold onYou can't go back and you can't stand stillIf the thunder don't get you then the lightning will
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
Yes!
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 26 September 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
The wheel is turning and you can't slow downYou can't let go and you can't hold onYou can't go back and you can't stand stillIf the thunder don't get you then the lightning will― J. Sam, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 7:58 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― J. Sam, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 7:58 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah I think these might be the rawest lyrics ever written
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:17 (three months ago) link
The earth will see you on through this time
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 December 2023 15:56 (three months ago) link