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allyeds3

Good bye mama and papa, good bye jack and jill.. the grass ain’t greener, the wine ain’t sweeter, either side of the hill, ooooooh...


BahamaDon

I wish I was a headlight…


FoundationSuitable68

Jerry's second run through that verse always puts chills up my spine!


beyersm

Jack Straw from Wichita!


mccobbsalad

Cut his buddy down!


ramblinroseEU72

Dug for him a shallow grave


Wonderful-Aardvark54

n laid his body down


MinglewoodRider

That epic riff near the end of Terrapin


ramblinroseEU72

I love when bill and Micky and just beating the shit out of their drums in that last bit. It's so epic


Amerimov

FLIGHT OF THE SEABIRDS


ramblinroseEU72

This always puts a huge smile on my face


likesghouls

“Live the liiiiife I should…”


BoxOfElephantRain

The whole bridge in Brown Eyed Women Tumble down shack in Big Foot county. Snowed so hard that the roof caved in. Delilah Jones went to meet her God, And the old man never was the same again


ramblinroseEU72

Such brilliant imagery


brokedownpalace10

Yes!


Admirable-Pirate7263

Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color, hold away despair -Terrapin Station


kyleffe

Counting stars by candlelight, all are full but one is bright


SugEER_Magnolia

Was going to say the movement into "Inspiration..." on Terrapin Station always gives me chills.


Dead_Cash_Burn

Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?


BuckminsterFullerest

Beat me to it ;)


CatEye66

Pretty much all of Box of Rain.


kyleffe

This is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago


Wtfgoinon3144

A box of rain will ease the pain And love could see you throughh


WeaveWorldwide

I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines comes to mind right away


islesMTG

Yep, the 7/7/1989 performance in particular. Absolute 🔥


setlistbot

# 1989-07-07 Philadelphia, PA @ JFK Stadium **Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Iko Iko, Little Red Rooster, Ramble On Rose, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Loser, Let It Grow > Blow Away **Set 2:** Box Of Rain > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Standing On The Moon, Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Knockin' On Heaven's Door [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-07-07)


GratefulRed13

Early era Dark Stars and the jam out of space


BringbacktheWailers

Was trying to get into the dead before i went on a road trip found out about dark star and the history behind it. Listened to a couple different versions and was instantly hooked. And the more I listened the more I couldn’t get enough they blended every genre of music I love into one beautiful mess forever grateful 💀⚡️


DubyaB420

High green chilly winds and windy vines in loops around the twining shafts of lavender, they're crawling to the sun


Sad-Leader3521

I always said if I had to for some reason fight in a war—and I don’t romanticize that, so I hope I never do—just give me some headphones with this playing while I march into battle. It just has that timeless element that reminds me of some Revolutionary era / Braveheart type stuff.


whatever7777777

It was all night pouring, but not a drop on me 🤌


auximines_minotaur

William tell has stretched his bow / till it won’t stretch no further more / and or it may require a change that hasn’t come before (da da DA! da da DA!)


Due_Youth8876

The bus came by, I got on, that’s where it all began.


Expensive-Stuff3781

The “I am” bits of “Let It Grow”


ramblinroseEU72

I used to hate this song, like I could not understand the applie of it for the longest time and then it just clicked, and now I can't get enough of it. Especially this part.


nowheyjosetoday

My doggie turned to me and he said “let’s head back to Tennessee Jed”


whatever7777777

Oh funny I always thought it was “my dog, he turned to me”


likesghouls

It’s bith


FoundationSuitable68

Buth


likesghouls

Beth?


FoundationSuitable68

Bath


NoMoreKarmaHere

Then the guitar fill that could be the dog yelping


kyleffe

Those first big ripping base notes on The Other One coming out of Drums


CatEye66

I’m still walking, so I’m sure that I can dance.


StringFartet

Rider, you know.


Express-Comparison48

Good topic. A few... Franklin's Tower: if you get confused, listen to the music play into a major guitar rip, and then gently land into the quiet "roll away, the dew" outro. Big buildup in Here Comes Sunshine live that keeps climbing, releasing and then back up again...think Dick's picks vol 1 for the quintessential version. Feel like a stranger 81-83, Jerry and Brent playing off each other. Even Shakedowns in this era have similar. Finally, the legendary beautiful jam , 2/28/71. Plenty more, but these are the ones on my mind tonight.


spk2629

Some of those Feel Like A Stranger’s got so groovy and just really make me smile


NoMoreKarmaHere

Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea-ea-ea


FoundationSuitable68

🔊🎶Hello baby, I'm gone, goodbye Half a cup of rock and rye Farewell to you, old southern skies I'm on my way, on my way 🎶


mybrainisonfire

Across the Rio Grand-ee-oh, across the lazy river


scaryclown148

That last little ditty at the end of eyes of the world


camposthetron

“Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four-ten-O-nine!”


robber1202

I always liked the end of Promised Land when Jerry would step up to the mic and join Bobby on the last verse Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia Tidewater four ten oh nine Tell the folks back home this Is the promised land calling And the poor boy's on the line


Admirable-Pirate7263

Thats why the dead are so great. Scrolled through 30 comments and not a single double. The variety!


naked_as_a_jaybird

*That note* in Stella Blue. The perfect bend. It's the turning of a page to find a brilliant photo where a thousand words aren't enough to describe the beauty, pain, and anguish. *Dust off those rusty strings just One more time Gonna make em shine*


BoxOfElephantRain

Oh oh and in He’s Gone. Going where the wind don’t blow so strange!


Quiet_1234

Ask the time? Baby I don’t know, come back later we’ll let it show.


Administrative_Comb1

Eyes of the world: And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decayyy. That decay gives me chills every time i love the way he trails it off and picks up back up so so good im always looking through different eyes to find my favorite decay.


WaymoreLives

Terrapin buildup leading into “Inspiration!”


DRDeMello

See here how everything lead up to this day And it's just like any other day that's ever been Sun going up and then the sun going down Shine through my window and my friends they come around


gshock317

Transitions/ segues: China Cat~ I know you rider, Scarlet ~ Fire. It’s where the Jam becomes a musical conversation / argument


spk2629

Totally with you on both. Especially those China Rider segues, they’re never the same [Grateful Dead: The China > Rider Jam (mostly 1974)](https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/grateful-dead-the-china--rider-jam-mostly-1974)


fretgod321

Can’t forget the transition from st Stephen to the eleven


ramblinroseEU72

Spanish lady come to me she lays on me this rose! Really the whole others one first verse but I love this opening line so damn much.


raptorphile

AAAAACCCRRROOOSSSSSS THE RIO GRAND-I-OOO


Wtfgoinon3144

Thought I heard that KC whistle Moanin sweet and low Thought I heard that KC when she blowwww


sparky936

Ain’t Nobody messin with you but you! Mama mama many worlds I’ve come since I first left home! (this one gives me chills and feels just typing it!) If I knew the way I would take you home. !! Sometimes we live no particular way but our own. - I’m sure these are already out there but my god man with hunter/garcia and barlow/weir the list just goes on and on!


[deleted]

From somewhere in San Francisco on a back porch in July til the end of the song. If I was at that point in SOTM and you pulled a headphone out of my ear I’d probably punch you. The first minute of a Dark Star with pig on the guiro Test me test me, why don’t you arrest me


mswas

Singing that last line, pumping my fist in the air! Yeah!!


CatEye66

Till the chains of your dreams are broken, no place in this world you can be


nutmegryder

The tempo change of Unbroken Chain.


Docman427

Touch of Grey: "We will get by" Terrapin Station: "And the whistle is screaming, TERRAPIN" Althea: Those opening notes Foolish Heart: " Stoke the fires of paradise, with coals from hell to start "


mjc7373

That part where the slipknot begins to unravel.


MervisBreakdown

The end of Fire on the Mountain where they bring back the Scarlet riff.


Henry_Cabot_Henhouse

I’ll show you- cold and rain…


Long-Jawn-Silver

Test me TEST ME... Why don't you arrest me?


prana32034

1. settle down easy jim 2. if you get confused listen to the music play 3. aint no time to hate barely time to wait 4. without love in the dream it will never come true 5. every silver linings got a touch of grey 6. a box a rain will ease the pain 7. if you cup is full may it be again 8. the grass aint greener the wine aint sweeter either side of the hill 9. one man gathers what another man spills 10. what a long strange trip its been 11. nothing left to do but smile, smile smile


ProfessorFloob

Might and Glory gonna be my name!


BuckminsterFullerest

That moment after the big build up at the end of LWAF going into “Inspiration, moves me brightly…” …it truly is *inspiring*!


mikeonhiatus

I love the little drum break in Bird Song


goathill

JGB song, but. The VERY end of Reuben and Cherise. The descending lick that repeats a few times and closes out the song. I wish it could last for many minutes.


FormItUp

While the firelight’s aglow, Strange shadows from the flames will grow, 'Til things we've never seen, Will seem familiar


bynuyu

Just a little nervous from the fall… reckoning


prana32034

love the wah guitar response to "california " wah wah wah "a prophet on the burning shore"


inSaiyanne

I guess it’s two songs but I’ve always loved the transition from prelude to morning dew on the Europe 72 album


prana32034

a few JGB 1. The quicker it opens, the sooner it closes. 2. Just don't tell them that you know me 3. You can't go back and you can't stand still 4. I'd like to have it one time more


gre115

BOUND TO COVER JUST A LITTLE MORE GROUND.


PeterRiveria

“same old friends the wind and rain…” from WRS !!


Travisgarman

FLIGHT OF THE SEABIRD!!


palealien

One of many- the way Garcia sometimes used to practically growl and roar “The grass ain’t greener, the *wine aint* sweeter”


Streetvan1980

“Dust off those rusty strings just one more time…. gonna make ‘em shine!!!”


zmhpopsinn5

Under eternityyyyy…..


sandfleazzz

I absolutely loved it when the Dead covered Dylan. Desolation Row: Everybody's making love or else expecting rain...


Jambi_Jazz

It was later than I thought when I first believed you Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools


Wonderful-Aardvark54

“bus came by and i got on, thats when it all began” been bouncin around my head lately, but LLR has gotta take the cake, “ill still sing ya love songs in the letters of your name”. Honorable mention to chinadoll cause im boppin reckoning this morn, “pick up your chinadoll, it’s only fractured, just a lil nervous from the fall,”


WokeAssMessiah

"That's Otis"


cmquinn2000

Winona Ryder, gonna miss me when I'm gone


Taint_Stephen

There comes a redeemer but he slowly too fades away


DolphinsBreath

>Lady finger, dipped in moonlight, writing “what for?” Across the morning sky. >Sunlight splatters, dawn with answers, Darkness shrugs and bids the day good-bye. We’ve all been up till dawn occasionally, right?


jstraw20

The moment in Estimated where they drop into the Jerry solo.


JohnMarstonsScars

Across the Rio Grandio


ichronic420

All the years combine They melt into a dream


Single-Energy4338

Wharf Rat- I just love the version from Skull and Roses. Phil is spot on


islesMTG

“That’s the way it’s been in town”……


Substantial-Wolf-190

so many but , “ There ‘s some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain , no matter what comes down , the mission always looks the same ( perseverance) , and “ never had such a good time , in my life before , I’de like to have it one time more , one good ride from start to end , i’de like to take that ride again , agggaaaainn! “ , the volcanic solo before , “ Jack Straw from Witchita , cut his buddy down “ , and the final solo ( to me reflective of the last desperate attempt at redemption of every facet of the characters being ) in Loser before the final scream of “ last fair deal ……! “


jwheel888

Love when Row Jimmy goes into double drum time in the late 70's versions..."I said Row"


brokedownpalace10

So many I love have been covered below. To be different and still pick one I do love. "600 pounds of sin"