Yo La Tengo's name origin....
....yes Dave. One of the more interesting ones I've come across.
"Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley formed the band as a couple in 1984. They chose the name "Yo La Tengo" (Spanish for "I have it," referring to a female-gender object or person). The name came from a baseball anecdote that occurred during the 1962 season, when New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into Chacón, a Venezuelan who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, "¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!" instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "¡Yo la tengo!" as a way to avoid outfield collisions.[5] After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the hell is a Yellow Tango?""
Hilarious. Don't miss those team meetings Frank!!
Today's pick....
....I'm going with Swing '77 today. Smell ya later!
on disc 2 of 12/3/79
pretty good
all together now..."it's not Europe 72, but..."
it's still pretty good
PS I got my work done that day, my friends...luckily, I didn't have to answer to my dad, since he is in Salem Oregon
update on 12/3/79...there's one of those weird patches where all of a sudden we go from soundboard to the hallway and then back to the soundboard.
Onward into Friday. I will do my best to stay focused on my ish.
Schwing
Perhaps my favorite '77 show, add in the bonus tracks and you have a really special release.
Thanks for carrying the torch folks and keeping this alive. Been a bit busy the last few weeks and struggling just to hang on here. Gotta admit, I missed a few of these shows. Trying to manage getting stuff done with the best winter we have had here in more than a decade. Winter is fun, GD is fun, winter and GD is more fun. Add 2/26 to the mix, sublime.
Blink or relax for just a moment and when you snap out of it.. you're old. I cannot play as hard as I used to.
Ooohh... So many Friday Goodies!
I think I might do a first course of Uptown 81, followed by a Swing 77 dessert!
Happy Friday, DeadLand! Keep the good vibes rolling!
Of, for those of you who like a good Matrix, here is 2/26/81: https://archive.org/details/gd1981-02-26.mtx.chappell.sb02a.28383.sbefa…
Like most shows, give it a minute to "settle down easy" :)
Peace
Dave's 31 - 12/3/79
Def. not a top-tier pick for me, which is a shame because Fall/Winter 79 is one of my favorite periods of GD. Kind of puzzled why this was chosen, TBH. However, if memory serves, the "Truckin'" is massive if listened to in the proper state of mind and at the proper volume (LOUD!) I do love the artwork on this one...
Overall though, many better shows from this era.
Peace
Top Picks and Not So Top Picks
I think we all know what the top picks are and what constitutes as filler.
If we all had a crystal ball of truth.. it would reveal what we know. Each year until this comes to a screeching halt.. we are going to get a mix of what is deemed releasable shows. The great and the truly good.
That's how it's gonna play out my friends. No need to hope each and every show is a top ten. I will add, I want to see all the releasable shows get a Full Norman. What we are listening to each day and night is history and these shows need to get released.. here's my twenty five bucks, bring it, even 12/3/79, which is not the worst Dave's Picks..
On a separate note, all the remaining Dave's Picks need to have a Cumberland or they will have a revolution on their hands. Who's with me?
I can't make that kind of commitment, JiminMD
that would exclude so many goodies
however...perhaps even if the show doesn't have a Cumberland, one could included as filler from any number of shows.
Did someone call my name?....
....because you know how I'm going to vote.
"But I like every minute of the day" Pete Townsend
I am happy with what we get.. I was thinking how some releases are wow for the quality or reputation... Others like the July 78 box were more of whoa we have soundboard releases that never existed to us... Would I be happy if we got a Dane County from Feb 15, 1973 oh yes, but a Feb 24, 1973 University of Iowa show would fall into that July 78 box set release type of emotion.. That type of release is what I wish we would get a little more often, but I wonder what the potential amount of releases would even fall into that category . be good everyone. bob t
I know Oro doesn’t usually like anniversary observances
But it’s 2-27,28-69 weekend and I’m hitting up both, but saving for the evening when the beer is flowing.
Fillmore West is the Best?
I'm there with BTK, UNKLESAM, ICECRMCNKD & everyone else who loves these shows.
52 years ago, 4 of the greatest shows ever started at the Fillmore West and holy shit they're amazing.
The Dark Star the band played on 2/27 is beyond.... description.
Big props to Betty Cantor for picking this one out of the bunch and putting it on the first live Grateful Dead release for all of us to freak out over.
Crazy, she did that before I was even born.
Bow to the Queen.
My little memory on the importance of the Fillmore West Complete Box Set release. (which I've told before)
I saw on the internet that the Grateful Dead was going to release all of Europe '72, I hadn't been collecting the Dead in years as I was booking local rock shows at a club and was into a completely different local music scene that had been eating my brain so in many ways I felt that I'd moved on from the Dead.
But seeing that the WHOLE Europe '72 tour was going to be released just stopped me in my tracks.
When I followed the rabbit down the hole..
one of the first things I saw, they'd already released the COMPLETE Fillmore West '69 run!
The Bus came by that day, and I got back on.
WALSTIB indeed.
This Dark Star rules.
Hey, don’t let me..
...be a Debbie downer. I just don’t like when EVERYDAY is a “anniversary” pick, or more to the point, perhaps SOMETIMES we do an anniversary from different years that never get any love.
But who can the weather (or the music) command.
Onward!
EDIT: I’ve been blissfully wallowing in Dave’s Picks 33, 35, 36, and 37. Still have that 72 stuff to get to, but some 69 is always fine, yuck, yuck..
Every Party Needs A Pooper
Haha
This is not "this Day in Dead History" you all ;)
I'm just playing...
“[To poop] originally meant ‘to produce a short blast of sound,’”
Maybe OB just wanted us to hear a short blast of sound?
OB, you know I'm just taking the mickey out of you cause you haven't listened to 10/18/72 yet?
I dig all your input mang.
On a more musical note.. Get it?!?!
I don't think I noticed that patch in The Eleven on 2/27 before 7:54-8:49..
I wonder if that had something to do with them using the 1/26/69 version on Live Dead.
hmmm
You guys are funny.
FW '69
The Fillmore West box is sorta of a white whale for me. On the fence with release announcement and when I finally went to pull the trigger it had sold out in previous 24 hrs. Not the last time I was slow on the draw but that was a tough one and years later when i started checking resellers it was a bit pricey. Do have the compilation. Someday.
So I'm going with Live Dead today and the Dark Star sounds glorious right now.
Onward!
😁
I know y’all giving me shit, which is nice!
I think my suggestions are not being seen in the right light. Not trying to be negative...Think of it this way;
There’s over 2300 shows, I’d like to hear as many as possible, even if just once, vs listening to say, only the same 200 shows repeatedly. So more shows equals a positive, no? Especially looking for those weird little chestnuts that only a super squirrel finds 🐿
Also, it’s a fragile eco system. Been listening for over forty years already, hope to be able to do so for many more.
Variety is the spice of life!
Ok,enough of all that,
ONWARD!
EDIT: as your senator from the great deadnet state of altered consciousness I hereby propose an amendment to the cosmos hear-by declaring that henceforth the Elevan, should, and must be played on, well....11!
Box Set Blues
I also missed out on FW and the steamer trunk, although I did get the 72 AME.
Have FW 27 and 28 on vinyl. Both say Plangent Process. I don’t believe that the FW69 Box says Plangent, but I don’t have a physical copy to look at.
Can some check their Box to see if it says Plangent?
If it doesn’t then that suggests that FW69 has been remastered - Plangentized, Normanized, and vinylized.
27 and 28 sound really nice.
The question is, when will they release the 24/192 hi-def copies?
They could put it on BluRay audio like Led Zep did for Song Remains The Same.
No offense meant Oro, I don’t actually keep up with the picks every day, mostly just on weekends since I don’t listen to music at work. Sometimes do partial shows at night.
Well, it’s around 50 here, the snow is gone, and there’s 2 months of dog poop in the yard....
That's going to take like 45 minutes to clean up.
Fillmore West Box
Conekid, no Plagent was not used on the Filmore box. The first box they worked on was Winterland 73.
Oroborous, yes, we are still not This Day in Grateful History. Shoot, we are coming up on the one year anniversary of The Pick of the Day. Let's keep it rolling!
Do you all remember what the first pick was?
First Pick April 6, 2020?
DeadVikes
I think the first POTD was Bolo's 1978-02-03, 04 & 05 - DiP V18 (2020-04-06)
That sound right?
Thank Ya, Thank Ya, appreciate it
I've got the POTD list ;)
Might've missed a day or two here and there when there wasn't a pick or it wasn't clear what the pick was.
But usually would jot down a notation.
For the most part it's complete.
You've been tracking every daily pick of the day GOGD?...
....strong work.
But what's today's pick?
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1980/06/21
Here's the final night in Anchorage for what it's worth.
Fillmore West 2/27/69
VGuy... I wrote down 2/27/69 for today.
It's too epic not to give it the nod.
But.. that leaves room for more goodness, might have to do 2/27/81 later.
Conekid et el
None taken!
This ones for you and the job ahead
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNAkPsjAEk
EDIT: lol I thought we were doing 69 today? or am I a day late and a dollar short again!
Dbl Edit: yeah, nice work GOGD...we oughta call him scribe, or Radar O’reily
2/27&28/69
Plangent or not, still sounds pretty good!
Haven’t heard these since some awesome person turned me on to copies s couple years ago...so good call, ...was due!
You Can Call Me Al
A man walks down the street
He says, "Why am I soft in the middle, now?
I’m Soft in the middle...
...from sitting here listening to the Dead all the time LOL!
I missed the memo....
....69 me.
https://youtu.be/a9PKXTyvVD8
Been on a Yo La Tengo trend for a few days now. They are soooooo good. I love discovering new bands that knock my socks off. Apologies for pushing them on this site, but my ears control my thumb at times. Music is universal.
Call me Al because....
I am pretty sedentary
I love cheese
I love chips
I love yogurt
I love bread
I Can Call You Betty
And Betty when you call me,
You can call me Al.
Yeah... listening to the Dead all day can make you a little soft in the middle.
But what a way to go.
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard
Bonedigger, Bonedigger
You can call me, just don't hang up....
....I've discovered this wonderful thing called sweet chili pistachios.
It's nut crack.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077Y6VP74/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_RR3Z5SKJBW…
All. Day. Long.
Dead Heads
God I love DeadHeads, I just wish there were more in my neighbor.
FW Box was a Multi Track release.
Discovering something new....
Vguy
Just curious if you listened to any zappa/moi yet
We're only in it for the money is very psychedelic
If you choose only one, choose that one
A little musical coke for Sunday morning.
God, I must be getting old. A good hit on Friday night at work, up all night, cloudy all Saturday, passed out early, up now.
Anyway,,, coming home from work Friday night fairly electric. Got billboard hits of 1973 playing and the Temps come on with Papa Was a Rolling Stone. (the 12 minute version) My Buick has a ok sound system so I cranked it up. What a great recording. Wonderful separation of sounds, the relentless cymbal. If you haven't heard in a while, pop that bad boy on,,, good headphones sound great,,, and crank it.
I always say Motown is like coke,,,,,, everybody likes coke,,,,,, and sara lee.
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Dennis, you heard this version by Mickey Hart band?
https://archive.org/details/mhb2008-07-11.jwmod.akg.463.v2.722.suraci.s…
I dig it, FWB turned me on to it recently.
Awesome show.
PS - You were up early!
Zappa
The Zappaverse is vast. I like some of it, dislike some of it, ignore much of it.
If it didnt take, thats cool. His stuff is definitely not for everyone.
If you decide to try it again, i recommend WOIIFTMoney
Also, I happened upon a youtube video called Zappa 60s guitar solos yesterday. That stuff rocks
Pick of the day....
Uhhhhhh....
I am on a "no GD for now" diet. So, I got nothing for POTD.
Good Old & Papa
I was surprised yesterday by several facts. Biggest, Temps not the original band,,,, Undisputed Truth (yes, Smilin Faces), put out the first cut and when I scanned my collection I was shocked at the number of covers. And yes, there were maybe 3 from Mickey's band :-)
Another one of those songs the Dead should have done,,,,,, right after Ghost Riders in the Sky!
My pick today....
....is Mickey Harts Mystery Box CD. Or the last show from Anchorage.
Choose wisely.