Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: One for those few who can admit to having been Deadheads...
From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 4:59 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: One for those few who can admit to having been Deadheads... I was a Deadhead back in the 1980s, and the only thing I come away with from that video is an understanding of why Robert Hunter was not one of the musicians on stage. Ripple's a great song, and that performance had none of the magic that the Dead put into it. No problemo. For me, it was just a blast of nostalgia, and getting to see the guy who had actually *written* some of the more gorgeous songs ever written perform one of them. Hunter was always the guy behind the scenes, penning the words I loved so much. I can understand that many people never liked the Dead's sound, but it's sad in a way that by feeling that way they missed the songwriting, which was occasionally top-flight. Thus Hunter getting recognized by an organization devoted to Songwriting was thus a touching and apt moment for me to appreciate. In terms of songwriting bursts of creativity, that day in the Chelsea Hotel when he managed to write not only Ripple but Brokedown Palace and To Lay Me Down is the stuff of legend. Some folks would be content to have written just one of those songs in a lifetime -- but to have written all three, and on the same day...
[FairfieldLife] Re: One for those few who can admit to having been Deadheads...
I was a Deadhead back in the 1980s, and the only thing I come away with from that video is an understanding of why Robert Hunter was not one of the musicians on stage. Ripple's a great song, and that performance had none of the magic that the Dead put into it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : And Barry, of course, is Oh-So-Superior to us poor benighted less-than-human losers who missed it. No hierarchy there, nope nope nope. He must be superior - he can walk through Amsterdam and visit multi-dimensional reality after reality and take his female visitor with him. The rest of us poor shmucks have to do mundane things like visit the Rijksmuseum, take a canal tour or wander along the Prinsengracht. As far as the Grateful Dead are concerned I chose to miss it, as I have written about before here. No loss there. My only question is: What songs has Bawee written and will we remember them after he is dead? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : ...or human. These are a few moments of one of the unsung heroes of the Grateful Dead finally being recognized for what he brought to their mystique. If you weren't ever there, don't even bother to read further...you won't get it, because you missed it entirely. For those of you who were, hopefully this should serve as a reminder of what one person who devotes himself to his art can actually *do* with his life. Will anyone remember *your* songs when you're dead? If the answer is No, the fault is only yours. If you ever understood the Grateful Dead, you will understand the feeling behind this awards presentation. If you never did, well what do you matter? :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 If you can't last through the full nine minutes, chances are you missed the entire period of time this presentation celebrates, and will have missed it for all time. Your loss, OH so literally.
[FairfieldLife] Re: One for those few who can admit to having been Deadheads...
And Barry, of course, is Oh-So-Superior to us poor benighted less-than-human losers who missed it. No hierarchy there, nope nope nope. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : ...or human. These are a few moments of one of the unsung heroes of the Grateful Dead finally being recognized for what he brought to their mystique. If you weren't ever there, don't even bother to read further...you won't get it, because you missed it entirely. For those of you who were, hopefully this should serve as a reminder of what one person who devotes himself to his art can actually *do* with his life. Will anyone remember *your* songs when you're dead? If the answer is No, the fault is only yours. If you ever understood the Grateful Dead, you will understand the feeling behind this awards presentation. If you never did, well what do you matter? :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 If you can't last through the full nine minutes, chances are you missed the entire period of time this presentation celebrates, and will have missed it for all time. Your loss, OH so literally.
[FairfieldLife] Re: One for those few who can admit to having been Deadheads...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : And Barry, of course, is Oh-So-Superior to us poor benighted less-than-human losers who missed it. No hierarchy there, nope nope nope. He must be superior - he can walk through Amsterdam and visit multi-dimensional reality after reality and take his female visitor with him. The rest of us poor shmucks have to do mundane things like visit the Rijksmuseum, take a canal tour or wander along the Prinsengracht. As far as the Grateful Dead are concerned I chose to miss it, as I have written about before here. No loss there. My only question is: What songs has Bawee written and will we remember them after he is dead? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : ...or human. These are a few moments of one of the unsung heroes of the Grateful Dead finally being recognized for what he brought to their mystique. If you weren't ever there, don't even bother to read further...you won't get it, because you missed it entirely. For those of you who were, hopefully this should serve as a reminder of what one person who devotes himself to his art can actually *do* with his life. Will anyone remember *your* songs when you're dead? If the answer is No, the fault is only yours. If you ever understood the Grateful Dead, you will understand the feeling behind this awards presentation. If you never did, well what do you matter? :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDw5LFiwoK4 If you can't last through the full nine minutes, chances are you missed the entire period of time this presentation celebrates, and will have missed it for all time. Your loss, OH so literally.
