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Bob is 100% Right (Maybe it's Weir)
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Date Posted: 11:39:22 08/30/05 Tue
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DSO Sound Guy
's message, "On Reviews, Positive & Negative - From A Hippie" on 12:00:33 08/27/05 Sat
Bob, Nicely Said!!! Thank you.
I totally agree with you about how tight DSO is. So tight that they make fans that the Dead never could. After a certain point (early 80's) the Dead's music became more and more inaccessible to the untrained ear. My friends would say : it just sounds so scratchy and off key or
is it supposed to sound that way?'
Not my opinion, theirs. I stopped trying to turn others onto the Dead with any music after the mid 80's. The only thing I could get friends to listen to was the crisp 70's stuff, if at all.........which is what DSO delivers, no matter what year/era they are interpreting.
ONe friend of mine went from battling me for air time between Dead and DSO to listening only to DSO. He used to fidget with his huge 80's Dead collection (he went to tons of shows) while DSO played, waiting for his turn. Now we battle over what DSO to play!
Then came the night he said something I couldn't believe because his Deadication is above reproach. I said DSO does is as good as the Dead ever were on their best nights. He replied (and my jaw dropped) "They are better than the Dead, as far as what I want to hear. They just play it more consistently and better". I stepped away waiting for the lightning to strike him. It didn't. He still loves the Dead. Now he only listens to DSO.
At some point you have to realize the book is closed on the Grateful Dead. It has been for over 10 years now. There will be no more shows. No more new recordings.
Whether they are better than the DEad or not. Whether you like them or not, there is something to be said for reinvention and hearing it a new way, in a new place, with new friends. I rarely listened to the Grateful Dead as much as I used to, after a certain point a few years ago. Not because I didn't still love it. There was just nothing new to discover. DSO has made me want to listen to the Dead again, too. It's like having a new member of the family you get to hang out with and have fun, since you can only talk on the phone with the favorite family member moved away.
WIth DSO you discover new things about and in the music. That's enough for me. Thanks DSO for making me fall back in love with the Grateful Dead!
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