tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155662046804994971.post3882585503113207187..comments2023-12-05T01:36:26.816-05:00Comments on 21st Century Dead: Alternate History21stCenturyDeadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622656392265017739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155662046804994971.post-52522758595878822482014-02-14T12:47:47.071-05:002014-02-14T12:47:47.071-05:00I totally agree with your 1-4, but I think instead...I totally agree with your 1-4, but I think instead we should just have rare moments when Donna was really moved to yell, but most of the time just let the band do their thing. I think either Man Smart or Iko-Iko would have been ok to hold in the repertoire, but having both is pretty redundant for sure. Brent's originals just kill me, except for Just a Little Light, which is in a completely different style from his sappy songs. I'm also not too familiar with DP 25, but I'll take your word for it!<br /><br />The proto-Fire track is kinda funny to listen to now after we know what it turns into, but it' still pretty damn cool!21stCenturyDeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622656392265017739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155662046804994971.post-86191652402687884302014-02-12T18:47:07.558-05:002014-02-12T18:47:07.558-05:00I like this idea. I'll go in a slightly differ...I like this idea. I'll go in a slightly different (and by definition negative) direction. In my alternate universe these are the things the Grateful Dead would NOT have done, in no particular order: 1.) Touch of Grey, 2.) MIDI, 3.) Looks Like Rain, 4.) Shorts on stage, 5.) Donna's "singing" on PITB, 6.) Man Smart, Woman Smarter AND Iko-Iko (except maybe on ONE very rare occasion in 1977, 7.) Brent originals, 8.) Any blues after Pigpen left, 9.) Wall of Sound vocal mics, 10.) Dick's Picks 25. There -- now they're almost just exactly perfect!<br /><br />I love your idea of an early Fire on the Mountain. Have you heard Mickey's Rolling Thunder album with the proto-Fire track? That's as close as we'll get, I guess.Steve Seachristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764044498092528819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155662046804994971.post-29554664003041569112014-01-16T20:07:30.510-05:002014-01-16T20:07:30.510-05:00Primal Dead- They still would have had Alligator &...Primal Dead- They still would have had Alligator > Caution, Viola Lee, New Potato, etc., but your TOO point is well taken. Although now that I think about it, there are few things I'd like more than to hear a '74 version of New Potato!<br /><br />Shenanigans- I think you're absolutely right, so maybe those albums would have been augmented by some blues numbers, and the string section from Terrapin would have been nixed. Although Blues for Allah would have been a more appropriate name with some blues on it.<br /><br />Dawg- Yes and yes! They (the GD as a whole) could have had a whole box set of alternative albums that perhaps centered on some underlying theme(s), like a larger concept album. Phil could have conducted an orchestra, Mickey would have his world-music percussion extravaganza, Bobby could do some acoustic thing with Wasserman, and Billy could have some solid rock to pull it all together.21stCenturyDeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622656392265017739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155662046804994971.post-14639109259779118432014-01-16T17:17:53.783-05:002014-01-16T17:17:53.783-05:00Well jeez, I understand some things you're say...Well jeez, I understand some things you're saying but other things just do not compute. For instance, Dark Star didn't "appear" ... it's always playing somewhere. It can't be tied to a time. Also, the "primal Dead" wouldn't have been the primal Dead without TOO suite IMO, so I have a very hard time imagining it not showing up until the 70s.<br /><br />Also I think Pig would have called shenanigans on some of the stuff the Dead did ... Mars Hotel, Blues For Allah, Terrapin would all have been much different with him telling them to cut the bullshit and play some music. Not to say that I don't like those records, but they would have ended up less hippy-dippy.<br /><br />Have you seen the movie Grateful Dawg? I can envision Garcia forming a very succesful bluegrass-folk band with Grisman in the 90s, perhaps continuing to this day.Diamond Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675073928549414285noreply@blogger.com