Chula Vista

I've tried for decades to see what all of the buzz is about. They suck.

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Zhanteimi

^I think their initial appeal was the scene in San Francisco in the late 60s. What with the hippies, free drugs, herpies, and free five-hour concerts, I guess you just had to be there to understand where the Grateful Dead are coming from. That and their love of all things Americana.

Frownland

There are a few good tracks on Dead Set, but I agree. The Dead are noodle bull**** generally, and that's saying a lot from a die hard free jazz fan.

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Chula Vista

Their stew of Americana music - gospel, folk, blues, R&R, country, etc. - is very cool for sure. And their coming on the scene when they did (1967 - Height Asbury) was pretty much winning the lottery for the band.

But in total hindsight?

They suck compared to their peers from that era.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Zhanteimi

I love Jack Straw, though.

Even though I was in high school in the 90s, my friends and I listened to all those Sounds of San Francisco bands during the summer.

Unknown Soldier

The Grateful Dead were a perfect example of a hotch potch folk/psychedelic and other genres band. A typical example of the late 60s west coast American psychedelic hippie culture. Their studio work is at times quite distinct to their more interesting live work. Personally I like them and recognize their place in musical culture, but I can also understand why any normal and sane person would shun them and think what the hell is this crap.

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The Batlord

Only listened to a bit of them, but I get the impression they're a band best enjoyed with a good toke. Unless I was high enough to be able to just zone out, I don't think I could take more than a few minutes of that kind of music that doesn't seem to go anywhere.

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Unknown Soldier

They have one of the biggest discographies around.............jeez imagine listening to that lot!

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Urban Hat€monger ?

It's mostly live albums though which is hardly surprising considering their live shows lasted about 10 days.
I think they only have something like 10 or 12 studio albums.

I attempted to listen to ther studio albums a while back because I'd never even heard a single song by them before, I think I heard the first 2 albums and just sort of forgot about it.

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Unknown Soldier

Sure it's mostly live stuff.

I guess that sounds about right.

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