Right Outside This Lazy Summer POLL (Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood)

Eyes for the words. I like to mix in REM lyrics with it sometimes in my head like "seeds that were silent all burst into bloom & decay/ children look up all they hear is sky blue bells ringing"

Anyone else mildly infuriated that Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo is not titled Half-Step Mississippi Uptown Toodeloo?

one obvious choice here, especially if we're talking about studio versions

I could easily go for Row Jimmy, Stella Blue or Eyes of the World, and I enjoy Weather Report Suite a lot but probably wouldn't place it above those.

not wrs, to me anyway

one obvious choice here, especially if we're talking about studio versions

― global tetrahedron, Thursday, June 20, 2019 3:34 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fuck, I haven't listened to the record in 20 years. I voted based on the platonic ideal of the song that exists in my mind.

I have come to believe that this is the best GD studio album. Only song here not a contender is Keith's (which is still pretty good)

Voted Eyes

It’s a great album. Eyes is my mom’s favorite dead song, I love Jerry’s soloing. I love the Without A Net version with Branford Marsalis too... ends up sounding kinda like “what’s going on/“mercy mercy me”

It always reminds me a lot of What's Going On too.

Row Jimmy, easily. One of my favorite Dead songs--enigmatic, world-weary, and stoic in the most beautiful way. And the studio version has a leg up on most live versions because it's got Keith on both Rhodes and Clavinet.

this is actually my least favorite of their post-aoxomoxoa glory run. it's weather report suite among these for me, the languor is so rich and deep there, and the harmonies swelling...really good stuff to my ear

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i forgot how much i love this album

This record is great! Love the classic Jerry balladry at the core of the album which segues beautifully into a breezy Eyes of the World

this is just incredible: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2013/12/eyes-of-world-field-guide-guest-post.html

the new 50th anniversary CD set includes a couple demos which are pretty unique for the Dead. I'm guessing Jerry alone overdubbing on top of drum machine (!) and kinda goofy but sweet organ sounds. Kind of a Wild Honey vibe, but like, Grateful Dead songs pretty much arranged as they would be. Worth hearing if you're a fan for sure!

I have undoubtedly sung its praises on other Dead threads, but I highly recommend official GD podcast The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast. I got real into it a few years ago when they were devoting an episode each to all the songs on Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, and then lost interest since. But it looks like they're doing the same thing on Wake of the Flood and I'm all in again. I listened to the "Mississippi Half Step" ep, and lots of great info. They have access to master tapes so they break down different tracks and elements in the songs, loads of interviews with studio engineers, band members and their hangers on, etc.

You have to skip through the initial several minutes of promoting various products and business, but once the host switches from Rich Mahan to Jesse Jarnow (as it does each episode 5-10 minutes in) the quality content ratio is shockingly high.

Yeah, fast forwarding through Mahan's (obligatory, can't really fault him) sales spiel, it's all worth hearing. I think every episode has been illuminating and interesting, always some interesting tidbits and they find so many people to interview.