--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Nice songs. > I am working on the Dead's lyrics. I do not know if I can > grasp them because the history in my path did not lead me > to Dead shows and smoking stuffs, yet I do appreciate them.
Nice of you to realize that. :-) There is little on earth as subjective as being a Deadhead, and as frus- trating in trying to convey one's appreciation of them to someone who wasn't there. Appreciating the Grateful Dead is as much of a "You really had to have been there" thang as you're likely to find on this rock. > The second video, may haiku rule with underwater farts > for ripples presenting to me? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSUGGIQPJU "Ripple" is a Dead classic, the product of a short period during which lyricist Robert Hunter could seemingly do no wrong. He speaks nostalgically of the writing jag that led up to "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty." His songs formed the found- ation of both albums. It speaks to me not because of anything I was smoking then, or now, but because it speaks to me, in a kind of Zen way. The haiku bridge is the pin around which the rest of the song revolves, one of those moments of complete mystery, which no amount of words can either describe or explain. The verses have to do (IMO, of course) with the songwriter (Hunter) realizing the inexpressibility of these moments of mystery, and embracing a willingness to leave them *as* mystery. Perhaps some songs really are better left unsung. It's also a song about humility. "If I knew the way, I would take you home." But he doesn't. He's just a seeker, like us. So he contents himself with writing songs about fingers pointing in the general direction of mystery, hoping that others look at what he's pointing towards, rather than focus on either the words, or the singer. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > haha Like my shade of grey? > > > > Obba, taking the risk of becoming associated with those who post > > YouTube links without explanation, here's a touch of grey for > > you. :-) > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmT6udys8Tc > > > > Also, as a bonus prize for playing, here's one of the few songs > > I know of that uses a haiku as its bridge: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY > > > > If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine > > And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, > > Would you hear my voice come thru the music, > > Would you hold it near as it were your own? > > > > It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, > > Perhaps they're better left unsung. > > I don't know, don't really care > > Let there be songs to fill the air. > > > > Ripple in still water, > > When there is no pebble tossed, > > Nor wind to blow. > > > > Reach out your hand if your cup be empty, > > If your cup is full may it be again, > > Let it be known there is a fountain, > > That was not made by the hands of men. > > > > There is a road, no simple highway, > > Between the dawn and the dark of night, > > And if you go no one may follow, > > That path is for your steps alone. > > > > Ripple in still water, > > When there is no pebble tossed, > > Nor wind to blow. > > > > You who choose to lead must follow > > But if you fall you fall alone, > > If you should stand then who's to guide you? > > If I knew the way I would take you home. > > > > La dee da da da, la da da da da, da da da, da da, da da da da da > > La da da da, la da da, da da, la da da da, la da, da da. > > > > :-) > > >
