Does it seem to you? It seems to me the Dead represent everything. Literally.

When I was a younger age and listening to mostly classic rock I'd listen to some Grateful Dead when a dedicated show came on the radio every Sunday night. Since late Sunday nights were a common time for me to listen to the radio I'd come across a Dead show. The thing being. I really really couldn't get into them. They seemed too....too out of tune or something bizarre I really couldn't put my tounge on.

As time progressed and my musical interests went through it's motions. And as late as last summer was the first time the dead struck the right note in my mind. It was the entire vibe of the music. The vibe, the whole mixture. I fell in love. And ever since the dead have been a vibe that has been running through my mind 24/7. It was ironic considering I've always thought the Dead were tooo something for my tastes.

What's the best feeling for me though is that it seems that Dead's vibe really is so zen. The whole feeling is that of everything. It's the highest form of appreciation for me. My mind is in such a hole right now but there's always the Grateful Dead there complimenting the emptiness. The whole feeling transcends any idea of style or even lifestyle. Any words, labels, especially on the whole scene surrounding the magic. Hippies or even psychedelic substances. Because after all..... the whole mystique behind the psychedelic awareness is a transcendance of all these physical forms.

That's why my highly dissosciated mind is floating in an abyss with that whole vibe, the continuous classical harmony of the Grateful Dead.

 

there is a lot to listen to. you best get started.

what era are you currently listening to??

 

whatever era I feel like

I LIKE the late 70's....

 

nicely put

 

Yeah its sick making that realization about how awesome they are. I have just slowly eased into the dead, ive been listening to them fairly frequently for maybe 5 or 6 years, and have progressively liked the more and more since, and it doesnt stop. You get to keep making the realization again and again, as you discover more and more, much of it already within the same as what you were already listening to.

You learn the sad parts more and more too, but that is how it is, and i wouldnt change it. Probably not.

 

love ya

 

I also couldn't figure out why people loved this band, and so much. they sounded like cheesy crappy music to me

now i understand the vibe, the emotion, the truth

nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

 

it seems like everyday there is a dead song that coincides with my day. I've had moments in life where dead lyrics of a song that was playing couldn't have matched what was going on any more perfectly. their music is the kind of music you could listen to a million times, and still come across a revelation of what they are saying in the song. I've had really bad anxiety for majority of my life, and their music, as you described 'zen', is something that calms me down like none other. listening to jerry all day definately beats seeing a therapist.

 

amen

 

Dead were an auired taste for me too. I love them now, but it took a while.

 

one day, you wake up and look and see the sky actually is yellow and the sun is blue.. then you'll understand..

 

no strangers ever want to shake my hand

 

You shouldn't have let that video of you get leaked onto the internet then. Nobody wants to touch your hand now.:ack2: