Best Grateful Dead song

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: Best Grateful Dead song

There are going to be plenty of others (especially from the haters
)

[jonnyblitz]

1. cold rain and snow is my favorite. n/t

[Roon]

2. My favorite Dead song changes all the time

currently it's Ripple

[Trailrider1951]

3. Uncle John's Band

I just love that song!

[markus]

4. Playin' in the Band

du -- du du
du -- du du
du -- du du du du du.

It's got everything that says Dead about it.

Yes, Eyes of the World is probably the best studio album track ever by the GD. But, something short and "dead on" (pun intended), you can't beat PITB.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. 'Love Will Keep Us Together'

[dolo amber]

6. "Dancing Queen"

:7

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. "Muskrat Love"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. (Can You Take Me To) Funky Town.

[Magrittes Pipe]

10. "You Light Up My Life"

[dolo amber]

12. "Reunited" (and it feels so gooooood)

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. "Having My Baby"

[dolo amber]

16. "Feelings"

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. "Afternoon Delight"

[dolo amber]

21. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

[Magrittes Pipe]

26. "Don't Know Much"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. "Hot Legs"

[dolo amber]

28. "Disco Duck"

[Magrittes Pipe]

32. "Sussudio"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. 'I Touch Myself'

[Magrittes Pipe]

35. "Hangin' Tough"

[RandomKoolzip]

69. "Takin' it to the Streets."

[tigereye]

88. poor Chavez

you guys are mean! ;) Although he knew this was coming.

PS I LIKE THE DEAD. AND I LIKE PHISH TOO. ( Now my indie cred is ruined.) Gwan now Chavez.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

94. PHHHHTTHHHPPPTTT! Hijackers suck!

I never had any creds anyway :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

29. "Sailing," "Think of Laura," and "Arthur's Theme"

[RandomKoolzip]

36. "St. Elmo's Fire"

or "Naughty Naughty."

[Magrittes Pipe]

38. "The Lady in Red"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

39. 'She Blinded Me With Science (Remix)'

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. "Promises, Promises"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. You realize we're keeping their thread kicked.

We're doing them a bloody favour.

[Magrittes Pipe]

50. "Bloody Favour"

[RandomKoolzip]

59. "Boy Can I Dance Good."

Oh, wait, that's the Pagans....


SLB: "You do realize we're keeping their thread kicked."

[Magrittes Pipe]

78. JUST for the Pagans shout-out...

...I love you, Koolzip. :loveya:

Of course, what's this shit called love? I don't know.

[RandomKoolzip]

84. I guess we both live on Shit Street then.

Mike Hudson owns some glorious pipes. His later Styrenes work is also hot; check out "We Care so You Don't Have To," a wonderful album, especially the song "Westies." I love that dude's voice.

[dolo amber]

42. "Personal Jesus"

[Magrittes Pipe]

43. "Dear Mr. Jesus"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. 'I Was a Male Stripper In a Coffee Bar'

[Spider Jerusalem]

53. Did they ever do John Cage's 4'33"?

I'd have to go with that one.

[dolo amber]

54. "Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons"

Hmmm...is that sacrilege, even when used sarcastically....?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

55. Pump Up The Volume

Pump Up The Volume
Pump Up The Volume
Pump Up The Volume
Yeah! Yeah!

[RandomKoolzip]

57. "Things that make you go Hmmmmm."

[Screaming Lord Byron]

60. 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

[RandomKoolzip]

62. "Cornflake Girl."

[Screaming Lord Byron]

63. 'Yes, Sir I CAN boogie'

[RandomKoolzip]

67. "My name is Ani and I am Funky."

I know, it's a fictiaonal Ani DiFranco song....

[Screaming Lord Byron]

70. 'Somebody's Watching Me'

As later covered by Rockwell. Yes indeed.

[dolo amber]

76. "Would You Like To Making Fuck....BERSERKER!!"

:7

[Screaming Lord Byron]

77. 'I'm the Only Gay Eskimo in my Tribe'

[RandomKoolzip]

85. "Farting is Groovy."

That's a song by my solo project, the Groins.

[Magrittes Pipe]

56. Yes, that is sacrelige,

BUT....

[RandomKoolzip]

58. "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

[dolo amber]

61. THAT song

is far too horrible even for the likes of the Dead...x( :puke:

[RandomKoolzip]

64. How 'bout "What if God was One of Us?"

Y'know, just a stranger on the bus?

[Spider Jerusalem]

68. "American Pie"...

the song that never fucking ends...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

72. How fitting.

[dolo amber]

75. "Everything Gives You Cancer"

[RandomKoolzip]

23. No, that's Lipps, Inc, not the Dead!

Oh, wait, you're being ironic, aren't you? Damn me and my literal-mindedness!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Away with you rapscallions

away!!!

[tigereye]

89. they just smooged right in, no

I like the Dead, Chavez. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

90. See- you hijackers suck and TE's got my back

again!

:hug:

[tigereye]

93. I am a little more "open-minded"

than some of the rock and roll alt- brethren. ;) And I have been around too long to worry about "being cool." I just like what I like.

[markus]

Evil, evil, evil

But at least you've now saved me from the Bee Gees song currently used in some ad, which my 12 year old was walking around the house signing last night.

(Prepare for direct brain transfer of annoying melody)

Lonely Days (Lonely Nights).

Where would I be without my woman.


(Bwaaahaaahaaahaaah. You can't escape. That is now your assigned song for the day).

[redqueen]

44. Everyone participating in this hijack sucks ass.

That is all.

:P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

65. You say that like it's a bad thing, Queenie.

:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

71. LOL

Good point. You're always on, aren't you?

Thanks for keeping this kicked! You guys rock... or something.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

73. We're keeping your thread kicked.

All part of the service.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

81. um yes

very quaint

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. That's It For The Other One

[Search Party]

13. Box of Rain

Stella Blue

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. I dig Stella Blue very much

nice one!

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Clementine, Lazy Lightning>Supplication, Ruben and Cherise.....

Dark Star, Mason's Children, New Potato Caboose, On the Road Again, Row Jimmy, Foolish Heart, Cryptical, Bird Song, Victim....

those are the ones I seek out on tapes.

As SONGS, though, these are the best:

Brown Eyed Women
Mission in the Rain
Run for the Roses
Ruben and Cherise
Victim or the Crime
Jack Straw
Ship of Fools

As vehicles for jamming, THESE are the best:

Dark Star
Playin'
Scarlet>Fire
Cryptical>Other One
The Wheel
Here Comes Sunshine
Weather Report>Let it Grow

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. yes but then there's:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1586909&mesg_id=1586909

[shadu]

24. "New York has the ways and means..."

I thought "Truckin'" was the anthem.

[Atlas Mugged]

25. 'Rambling Rose/'Brown Eyed Women'

I always play it as one song.

[ET Awful]

27. Changes with my mood :) . . .

I'll go with Black Muddy River for now . . . or maybe Ripple . . . or maybe Dark Star. . . or maybe the Other One.

Bah, there's no such thing as a "best" Dead song.

[VelmaD]

30. "A Miracle Every Day"

It may not technically be the best Dead song...but it's the one I put in when I'm in a really good mood to bounce around the apartment to. :-)

[Viking12]

83. "Too much of everything is just enough"

My favorite line ever :)

[stellanoir]

31. Cassidy

[Redneck Socialist]

33. Brown Eyed Women

is a personal fav of mine. Too many to list really. :hippie:

[sundog]

37. Ripple / Brokedown Palace (in that order)

--

[Rainbowreflect]

74. Brokedown Palace is probably mine.

It has very special meaning to my & my husband.
It was played as the encore at the first show we were at together & we even planted a weeping willow by the riverside as part of our outdoor wedding.

[redqueen]

41. Crazy Fingers

Your rain falls like crazy fingers
Peals of fragile thunder keeping time

Recall the days that still are to come
Some sing blue

Hang your heart on laughing willow
Stray down to the water
Deep Sea of Love

Beneath the sweet calm face of the sea
Swift undertow

Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know
See how it feels in the end
May Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you
Soft, strong, sweet and true

Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow
Tapping at the window touch your hair

So swift and bright
Strange figures of light
Float in air

Who can stop what must arrive now?
Something new is waiting to be born

Dark as the night
You're still by my side
Shining side

Gone are the days we stopped to decide
Where we should go
We just ride

Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams
Gone - both dream and lie

Life may be sweeter for this I don't know
Feels like it might be alright
While Lady Lullaby sings plainly for you
Love still rings true

Midnight on a carousel ride
Reaching for the gold ring down inside

Never could reach
It just slips away but I try

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

47. I love that tune - its one where I actually prefer the studio version to

any live versions I've heard

[redqueen]

52. Musically impressive

Lyrically profound. One of my most favoritest songs ever.

[FranzFerdinand]

46. Eyes of the World, hands down...

*many* a night waiting for the 2nd to begin with Eyes->Estimated...

[WilliamPitt]

48. All of them

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

80. Even Let Me Sing Your Blues Away?

come on now!

[Rambis]

51. That is impossible

Drumz-> Space-> STELLA!
I liked Bobby's rythm playing in 74-77 a lot.

[regularguy]

66. Oh I dunno....Shakedown Street

I'm a sucker for the funk; also they would always open with it here in Philly.

Others: Help on the way.
Scarlet -> fire
Eyes

[Richardo]

79. "Friend of the Devil"

second: Uncle John's Band...

"God damn! Well I declare!
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannon balls,
Their motto is 'Don't Tread on Me'."

[DemVIctory]

82. Box of Rain is my fav

Believe it if you need it, if you don't just pass it on!
Also Ripple; Reach out your hand if your cup is empty, if your cup is full may it be again.

[dancing kali]

86. Wake of the Flood followed by Ripple

for sentimental reasons. I have a slight preferrence for the Keith and Donna days.

Also fond of Friend of the Devil and Sugar Magnolia.

[DinahMoeHum]

87. Sorry, I can't. I love too many of them to pick just one.

:)

[EstimatedProphet]

91. Well, you know which one I voted for...

Second Choice-Throwing Stones
Third Choice-Candyman
Fourth Choice-Franklin's Tower
Fifth Choice-Fire on the Mountain
Sixth Choice-Saint of Circumstance
Etc.

[rasputin1952]

92. Sugar Magnolia is my favorite...

Then Friend of the Devil...:D