Grateful Dead

Sigh, alas I did not pony up for 30, and don’t know anyone to copy.... But why I reply is for some demented reason I’m picturing you as some tripped out Mr Garrison/Mr President from last years South Park skulking around in 5he forest, in the rain...lol, or perhaps a naked Montgomery Burns on schrooms crawling around in some dark storm etc As for if....buy the ticket, take the ride, for good or for ill.... Aaaaaaa, so much great music, so little time.... Stoltzfus; I don’t want to work, I want to groove on de tunes all day!

First, glad to hear your back on the bus, and nice that your hangin’ here with us! Next, holy moly, your first Floyd show was 73, and more to it, your first Dead show was 12-1-73, damn, hello, nice start eh! Curious, did you know enough at the time, er, were you cognizant that perhaps it was an “above average”show? Would love to hear any “legacy” members recollections of their first go rounds.... Really enjoyed your post. Have learned so much great stuff here, from Doc and all y’all, about all kinds of great music. Again, though we’re all surely unhinged and addicted to the boys, what other fans are so open to so many different types of music, culture, life... Ummagamma....guess I need to refamilarize myself with this one. Many interesting plugs..... Jim, yeah, like islands, not super intimate with it but love the vibe etc. Guess that’s one of the things I love about Floyd, Dead etc., more and more I like instrumental musics. Words often seem so inadequate for accurate meaning etc Listening choices often influenced by feel, vibe, color etc.... Think I would like last one, Endless River?, from what I’ve read, and bits I’ve heard, because of this predilection to wordless expression...

One thing that Jenn and I had in common when we met is that we both had The Wall on vinyl and cassette, plus she had the movie on VHS (my dream girl). Since 1996 we've modernized our media and now have the CD and DVD. For those keeping score that's 7 copies in our house but it's been quite a while since one has seen the light of day.

UL Kool Aid. dosed little people in a dosed land. WW is preeeeetty psychedelic

Tape flip in the middle of Pigs.Man, that was lame. Was stoked when that finally came out on CD. Of course, I couldn’t afford to buy it at that time. And when I could start to afford (sort of, well not really) to buy CDs, this guy named Dick started releasing Dead shows. So then I had to buy those Dicks Picks things and never got Animals on CD until the late 2000’s. Recently bought Animals and DSOTM on vinyl. Maybe I’ll build a Floyd vinyl collection. Will be cheaper than a GD vinyl collection.

This is a pretty good doc. of Pink Floyd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHGLdZQgEw

On an Island is pretty good.. I think that came out in 2006. His newest is so/so.. it has its moments but has an unfinished feel to it. Perhaps he was under pressure to make an album every ten years (kidding). They guy can play the shit out of a lap steel guitar though. I still recommend the music on his recent DVDs. Meltdown Concert (2001/2002) Remember That Night (Royal Albert Hall 2006) Live in Gdansk (2006, backed by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra) Live at Pompeii (2016) Remember that night has Richard Wright and is quite good, a really nice Echos, great Shine On You Crazy Diamond (w/ Rick Perry on Sax), great Fat Old Sun.. the whole thing is worth the price of admission and more Floyd like than just a solo effort. Oh.. I think Dennis was mentioning why Dark Side has staying power. The Great Gig in the Sky can still give me goose bumps. I think I saw both Rogers and Gilmour perform this the last time they toured in the states. Spellbinding. oh.. Cone Kid.. love Animals too.. ..but man is that one short album.

Love Animals. Played the crap out of The Wall in high school - mid 80’s. Had the double cassette and at one point it was in my car cassette deck for more than a month, just looping and looping. Seemed great at the time but all of a sudden I was sick of it and didn’t listen to it again for almost 20 years, partly because I no longer had the cassette and didn’t buy the CD. My interest was briefly sparked again when I got the DVD of the 1980 show and watched that several times. Then went twice to the Waters tour, and have watched the video of that tour many times. It was great to see The Wall live, considering the effect it had on me as a teenager. I was a Floyd Head way before being a Dead Head. Being younger than Doc, my first Floyd show, and 3rd concert ever, was 3/4-Floyd in September, 87. Definitely a mind-altering and life changing experience. I wanted to go more but they didn’t tour regularly. Then went to GD on 4-6-89 and was blown away. It was better than Floyd, and they toured regularly. Floyd immediately became second place and has remained there since. But I still love Pink Floyd. So, many people claim that Waters was the ‘brains behind the operation’ but his solo studio stuff is complete garbage. Gilmour’s first solo album is ok but I can barely make it through the second one and didn’t even buy the third one. It would seem that the whole was way greater than the sum of the parts. I’ll admit that I think that Endless River is pretty good, except maybe the final song that has lyrics. Also, 3/4-Floyd in 94 was way better than in 87. And I went both nights in 94 at the Pontiac Silverdome (on the floor both nights) and the second night was the same set list as the Pulse DVD. Set 2 Dark Side of the Moon! It was real, and it was spectacular!!!!!

San Tropez is a great song, and Meddle is a great album.