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the_dude_abided, 19 days ago

@mrcompletely if you asked what the stat line representation of the Homer Disappearing in Hedges gif would look like, that’s it

the_dude_abided, 22 days ago

@mrcompletely @wobs holy shit🤣

the_dude_abided, 6 months ago

@mrcompletely @bourgwick 11/21 is a show I sometimes site as my all-time favorite, but also sometimes choose 11/11, 11/14, and 11/17. Just an insanely hot 2’ish week period - and even longer since Dec stays smoking

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

I apologize for the Babenheimer meme and promise not to do it again🤣

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely haha thanks man

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @mrcompletely sorry to butt in here - but I def agree that they used the solo/jam segment of a song to make up for bad vocal/lyric issues. The 12/3/79 Scarlet>Fire comes to mind - a few flubs by Jerry but he made up for it…

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics The laryngitis show might be an example - but is probably something altogether different. Jerry couldn’t sing, so he was more focused in this playing throughout the show

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics I’ll have to check these out, thanks!

I link this a bit to the story Jerry told about the bday cake icing dosing he took - where he thought the entire crowd were mafia and he had to play for his life. Way oversimplifying it, but there is a sense of making up for vocal issues with playing that persisted throughout, until it didn’t. When no amount of playing could compensate and wasn’t up to par anyway..

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics hahaha, yeah I was about to say that nailing all three vocally is like seeing a unicorn

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics haha yeah this is spot on for me as well

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @mrcompletely @ScottM my favorite is probably from 76 too. I do like ‘83s a lot, for the exactly opposite reasons haha. Lyrically they might be a mess, but Jerry is kinda shreds and the slipknots can be pretty gnarly. Might get a Victim tease in there too (Boise and maybe a few others).

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @mrcompletely @ScottM yep totally agree. Loser is another early 80s example thats easily overlooked and admittedly not at the same level of fire as Slip or Scarlet>Fire.

But there is a certain potential energy that’s often just on the verge of being released on late 70s versions (which I love) that turns kinetic and pretty fierce in 82/83

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @ScottM @4CPcomics oh yeah, great call all around. Roses is another example I think, mainly because older Jerry sounds more sad - his voice is prefect for the lyrics later on

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @ScottM @mrcompletely haha yep!

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@ScottM @mrcompletely @shlenny @4CPcomics agree on all these points but sometimes I’m in the mood for 76 specifically and no other year will do. Nothing rally pops like other years but there is an overall vibe that sometimes just hits. And hearing Mission is cool

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics that sounds awesome.

On a different note John, I was chatting w/ someone on the bird app who said she’d love an all ballads show. Probably in the minority there, but I wanted to ask you if you ever considered an all ballads mix from across all eras. Could be pretty cool

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics great question and def open to interpretation. Songs like Black Peter, Wharf Rat, Stella, Comes a Time, Roses, Days Between, High Time all come to mind.

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @mrcompletely I had overlooked a lot of 87 until I saw you post some stuff about spring a while back, and have absolutely fallen in love with that timeframe

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics that’s awesome, and prompted me to find this cd that I picked up in Germany in the mid-90’s haha.

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@4CPcomics @mrcompletely yeah 87 has a lot on common with 71 I think, another year at I love. Of course, you might get a big DS or Other One in 71 that wouldn’t happen in 87, but both years have a lot of concise, tight, energetic tunes

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @4CPcomics I second all of that haha. The Hartford shows are great - that Birdsong…

the_dude_abided, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @fritz7784 @4CPcomics 🤣🤣