| Subject: Re: On Reviews, Positive & Negative - From A Hippie |
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Date Posted: 16:04:21 08/30/05 Tue
In reply to:
Bob is 100% Right (Maybe it's Weir)
's message, "Re: On Reviews, Positive & Negative - From A Hippie" on 11:39:22 08/30/05 Tue
Hola kids, what feisty expressions of personal opinion I have missed! I'll make it short and sweet so you will either get it or you won't. As has frequently been said over the last 40 years, 'There is/was NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!". How true and thank God. Unfortunately, the GD are gone. Fact... if your still in denial, it's time to wake up. Fortunately, DSO has been born, a phoenix from the ashes having cracked its egg, wrestled its way to daylight, taken its first flight and now slowly, and not without considerable difficulty, spiraling its way into the aural heavens, spreading the beauty of the music of the Grateful Dead from its wings to those who want, care or need to hear it again. DSO is here for a reason.
DSO, crew and family encourage a critical ear, thoughtful discourse, and sophisticated analysis of the current 'scene' - if only to better their craft and improve the vibe for everyone who chooses to be involved. Vitriolic personal attacks and sweeping generalizations serve no purpose other than to stroke the egos of the accusers.
Two weeks ago I saw 'Lucio Silla' at the Santa Fe Opera, a rarely performed opera which was written by W. A. Mozart at the age of 15. It is a difficult, complex, sopranno driven epic about a Roman ruler and sex, of course. It was the most stunning opera I have ever seen... yet not the most flambouyant or elaborate. The SFO chose to interpret the origional Mozart performance in a very unique, and muscially true way... yet it looked nothing like a set in Milan 300+ years ago. For the art to be experienced, it must be performed. This is what DSO does to one of the great American artforms, Grateful Dead. Maybe someday some other band will exceed DSO in skill and heart, but that day hasn't come yet. I would rather hear the music from DSO than not hear it at all. Hopefully they inspire other musicians to experience the music, LET IT GROW, and keep the adventure alive.
May I suggest we keep our criticisms kind in spirit, constructive in content and free from profanity and unnecessary emotionalism. That is what good criticism is! And keep it coming, right Cam! Bootsy tried to ellicit a response and raise some hackles. He achieved this goal. He is entitled to his opinion, though it could have been expressed with far better taste and intelligence. He actually encourages everyone to be even better Starheads! No problem and it will be lots of fun!!
Peace to all, prayers to our friends in the Gulf, and see you soon. It is ALL about fun after all, isn't it?!?!
christophoria :-)> it's growing on me too CAM!
>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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