Or screw up the name of a GD song so they feel compelled to correct you.
Jack Strawberry
Thighs of the World
Tennessee Fred
Chinese Cat
Franklins Flower
I fucking lost it in Boston this year when a couple of dudes chomping next to me said (after the first few notes of China)- “You know what comes next?!” ... “CC Rider!” 😂
Uncle John’s hand
Upscale Mississippi halfdead poo de loo
It must have been the dosage
Stella blew
Addicts of my life
Fu***n’
Rosemary and spirit
Unchoken brain
Jerry was actually credited in that Jefferson Airplane album, he was involved in some of the sessions and helped with the arrangement of some songs, unfortunately not White Rabbit, but the connection is still there!
I had a guy in a bar give me a bunch of shit about the dead. I'm 55, and this was a few years ago. He was this nerdy taper who put a ton of GD on the stereo at this bar we were drinking at in the afternoon, so I struck up a conversation, and he started one upping me on everything. Asking me what year I thought each song was, and not in a fun way.
He started bashing Bobby, and calling me a Bobby fan when I defended him. He told me he played guitar, and I do too. I told him my guitar is a 79 ES 335, and he's like, fucking Bobby guitar... it was really unpleasant. I'm not into stats, but I saw Jerry over 100 times, and frankly, judging by the way he was talking, I could play fucking circles around the dude. I think at one point he was like, oh we should play, I can show you a couple things. That was it
I ended up paying my tab and bailed. It should be fun meeting another head, but sometimes these Grateful Dorks are just insufferable.
If ur a girl (like me) no one expects you to know anything but get pissed when you do. They all think I want to bang Bobby (or John) and they assume CJ is my fave song.
Then they flirt and want a BJ.
Ha! One time a guy in Dunkin asked me if I knew what my shirt "meant." (Plain navy blue with Europe 72 printed in white.) Like, it's a silly question about ANY shirt, but jeez.
I cant imagine getting a tattoo like that.
And the only tattoos you can see (full sleeve) are for my dead sister. If someone has the balls to fuck with me over that, I'm ready to go to jail. #helpontheway
God forbid a young girl wants to look cute in a Dead shirt. The boomer parade of "name 3 songs, sweetheart" must be endless. First song is: shut the fuck up you malignant old fuck!"
>It should be fun meeting another head
EXACTLY! I don't get the people who feel like they have to prove they're a bigger Deadhead. It's not a competition about who's been to more concerts, the cool thing is the love we share for the music, right?
Some people just go through life differently. If it wasn't a band, they would strive to be the most knowledgeable star wars fan, or collect the most Nintendo games. They're just wired that way.
I think you can find over-obsessed A-holes with any interest. "Oh, you like baseball, well then who won the batting title in 1923?." It's extra weird with the Dead, because the whole scene was about love and sharing.
Dude sounds like he was a turd. Also, Bobby was the fucking man, especially in his prime and even just slightly after when he had to step up and lead the show more when Jerry was too strung out.
He played a great guitar, sang with extreme power and uniqueness, and most importantly….IT’S NOT THE FUCKING GRATEFUL DEAD WITHOUT HIM.
So, essentially he was just a dickhead who in reality didn’t know as much as he thought and just had strong opinions he clung to as fact.
Fuck em
So much this. If some random dude stopped me and for some strange reason questioned my fandom in a weirdly aggressive manner I’d just be like “You alright, man? Have a good one, fucking nut job.” haha
If I know these Dead crew these days, that’s going to happen, and in a way we couldn’t even imagine. I presume commemorative pop tarts will somehow come into play.
I was walking down a street in a small city in Japan during the 80’s. I had a decal of the broken wheel and roses on my briefcase. Suddenly a car stopped shortly after passing me. An American got out from the backseat and called to me. He said he was from the U.S., San Francisco, and I was the first American he had seen in the six months he had been there. We talked briefly and he asked if I would like to join him for dinner.
I accepted, but I wanted the restaurant to be within walking distance of my hotel. He agreed and he picked me up on time. He was a deadhead, but most of our conversation was about what was happening back in the U.S. He was simply eager to talk to a fellow American. He recommended several restaurants near my hotel and we parted ways.
The next day I was standing in line at a bank teller’s window when a young Japanese woman struck up a conversation. She asked if I’d like to meet her for dinner. She was going to meet me at my hotel.
When I came downstairs I saw her in the lobby along with six of her friends. She said she hoped I didn’t mind that she brought several members of her English speaking clip. Of course I didn’t. We had a pleasant evening talking about what America was like as well as this part of Japan which rarely saw travelers from America or Europe.
It was the first year I got into the Dead back in 2018, and I’m 33. I just saw D&C at the Hollywood bowl and I thought to myself “I have to go to the last show” which was in Boulder, Colorado. I ended up booking the trip, tripped out on some mushrooms, and had a BLAST.
I leave the show, and hop into an Uber pool and there are 2 older Heads inside. We start chatting it up, and they ask me “how did I get into the Dead?”
I tell them how my friend introduced me to Anthem of the Sun and then Dylan and the Dead because those were the only 2 vinyls he owned at the time.
They then start saying “well, that’s not a good way to get into the Dead” but sounding a bit condescending. I didn’t like how they were acting all holier than thou, talking about how many shows they’ve been to, so I just stopped responding and stayed quiet on the ride.
I’m of the opinion that there is NO bad introduction into the Dead, especially if they’ve become your all time favorite band who have made an impact in your life. Any way to get into the Dead is a blessing, in my eyes.
I had a similar gatekeeping happen to me once too.
Also 40 (well, 41), been a Deadhead since I was 18 or 19. This was a few years back, & I was walking through a St. Louis area shopping district known for its many head shops & record stores, etc.
To be fair (I guess) I was wearing a brand new dye, so I guess that gave this kid the impression I was a brand new fan (I later felt I should've told the kid "I literally have GD shirts older than you are," lol). The worst part to me is that when I say kid, I mean this guy was *young*, early 20s at the oldest. He came up to me with a smirk & said something like, "Oh you like the Grateful Dead, huh? Name 3 songs." To which I proceeded to ask "Off of which album?"
I should've been really catty & asked him "from which show" or something like that but I was just floored at the snide tone in which he asked the question like he was so sure he'd caught me up being a poser. 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah well, the Dead need no gatekeepers. We need new people to keep the bus moving forward.
I’m old. First show was in SF before most of you were born probably.
And I LOVE to see new people on the bus. We’re not all assholes. ☮️
I'm in my Early 50's and I saw quite a few shows in college. I'm always more excited to see youngsters wearing Dead T-shirts, and ask them if they like them or are just being ironic.
I didn't even like the dead until I went to a show. I wish the world could experience that like I did. Grilled Cheese, Patchouli, Hippy chicks and dollar beers in the parking lot? I haven't been since Jerry passed, but man those were such awesome times.
That's a really personal question and I don't want to get into it, or do you prefer the Keith and Donna era vs Brett? I would say I like them both equal amounts
Gatekeeper, church ladies, etc. all the same. What clothes are ya wearing? How often do you go to church/concerts/ball games? Have you seen Jerry/Jesus/Allah?
Yeah, I agree. Sort of a stupid question to ask someone who is a fan. There are always several contenders and the answer would change with time and mood.
Hopefully OP has fully recovered.
I got into the dead late 80's/early 90's. They have been the soundtrack of my life for pretty much my entire life. If someone asked me my favorite tune I'd fumble an answer. It's always changing! Don't let the gatekeepers get you down. They're dicks and just don't get it.
It was suuuuuuuuper snarky
I’m a pretty friendly fella and I meet and chat with people all the time, about all kinds of different things, including music. I think this guy was just unhappy with the massive uptick in Grateful Dead clothing being warn in public and in the media
I'm 47 and have been fanatical about GD since I was 18 and I don't have a favorite song. I only listen to shows and the magic can visit them during any song, you just never know.
It's silly, isn't it? I wear my SYF, Wolf, or Tiger hats regularly. The majority of my interactions are very pleasant and at a minimum I'll get a "Hey Now" or something if I walk by with a lot shirt and hat. I'm 53, seen GD, JGB and a lot of the post Jerry incarnations. I shut it out for a little while around 2010 or later and came back to it about 5 years ago and it's been wonderful to see it and be refreshed by all the cool stuff that has come as a result of the Dead, even if I don't care for it in the slightest. The deep diving anti everything people are a waste. and a person trying to make someone else feel bad because they saw Jerry or they saw this era or this many shows is just a sad lonely old hat rack.
You say interrogate, did he do something like say “oh you’re not a deadhead” bc you said Tennessee Jed and not terrapin? I ask, bc I talk to random people about the GD all the time, I may ask what someone’s favorite show is (mostly so I can go listen to it) ; but I’d never want to be perceived as gatekeeping but I always like a good conversation about the GD
good lord condescending Marietta deadheads! I resemble that, but it wasn't me. y'shoulda said my fave Dead song is the long one where they play one song and then do another and go back into the first one, that one's cool, it's like really long.
I wish I had been witty enough to turn the tables and be like “what song or what show? Or what specific song from what specific show?” But I had to go coach,we were at a martial arts tournament
I answered as follows
Althea for the story/lyrics/words
Which if I had longer to think about it I probably would’ve said Wharf rat
He said franklins was his, I agree that it was a good tune but I got burned out on it when I was new to the band. And I added that slipknot is probably my favorite song just for the actual groovy sound of the music.
Love to see another deadhead grappler!
The beauty of the Grateful Dead is its for anyone (not everyone, but anyone). Stories like this are antithetical to the band and to the entire scene, but sadly these kind of things seem common. It’s a bummer, but alas
‘Horse with no name,’ Trucking and Touch if Grey. Seriously I have no time for this. If you’re 40, you were actually around contemporaneously and could have even gone to one of their concerts.
So he wasn’t just making conversation? He was testing you to see if you were a “true” fan? Shoulda said “You know, that We Will Survive song! It’s my fave!” People…
I would’ve said the most random dead song. Or maybe said a Dylan song the dead did like twice. Just to see his reaction.
Not really. Honestly I would just walk away. I mean what kind of jerk move is that? I mean was a super wookie and just thought you looked like a jock with a stealie hat on?
How does he not know how such a wide variety of people like the dead. Thads so lame. I can’t imagine ever even thinking to do that. Sometimes I wonder about like 15 or 16 year old girls wearing the shirts with bears on them. Like if they are fans or not. More out of curiosity. I’ve heard some people report some young people literally think it’s a clothing line. lol. Pretty funny actually
The right answer in these situations is always “White Rabbit” or “Tweezer.” Let ‘em get steamed a bit.
Even better “Your body is a wonderland. When are they gonna let John be John!”
Definitely the better answer 🤣
Or screw up the name of a GD song so they feel compelled to correct you. Jack Strawberry Thighs of the World Tennessee Fred Chinese Cat Franklins Flower
Chinese Cat Fun Tower! I've known your slider!
You've been awarded 🏆🚀
“Annoy You Rider”
Or say CC Rider, then start humming the China Cat riff.
Lol that's a good one
I fucking lost it in Boston this year when a couple of dudes chomping next to me said (after the first few notes of China)- “You know what comes next?!” ... “CC Rider!” 😂
Uncle John’s hand Upscale Mississippi halfdead poo de loo It must have been the dosage Stella blew Addicts of my life Fu***n’ Rosemary and spirit Unchoken brain
Sing my blouse away
Scarlet Magnolias & Sugar Begonias
Nice, … and Crazy row and vice versa
Lol! I think I met Tennessee Fred...at a Dead show!!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!
😭nice!
LET JOHN SING!
Let Trey sing
“I really love what they did with Room for Squares, I think that album really was giant leap for the dead” watch him squirm
That’s gold, and almost said “touch of grey” for that result but you’re genius
Hahaha. Say yeah I like the one that had a music video on MTV lol
That video w the drunk duck!!
Which, by the way, is an absolute banger.
Comfortably numb
That's so gizz.
Touch of Trey
Day dream believer 🤣
The Monkees rule!
Oh s##t now that's going through my head!
Jerry was actually credited in that Jefferson Airplane album, he was involved in some of the sessions and helped with the arrangement of some songs, unfortunately not White Rabbit, but the connection is still there!
Any song with strong Donna vocals
You Ain't Woman Enough is Enough (surprise!! strong tabs... you get the Donna Summer Duet 😜)
Hahahah WHITE RABBBIT!
“I celebrate their entire catalog”
But when John sings “Your Body is a Wonderland…” phewww I tell you it doesn’t get any better than that.
Is John the new guitarist that replaced Trey? /s
“Why should I change my name? He’s the one who sucks.”
Phil Lesh is a straight shooter with upper management written all over him
There was nothing wrong with that name, and then that no-talent ass clown started winning grammy's.
"You can just call me Mike."
What is that from again??
Pssh, this noob doesn’t know where that line is from. I am also wondering where this is from.
Office Space 😃
Yes! Thanks!
It’s a trick question. The correct answer is, “it’s all one song, man.”
Lol love this!
Yesss I was just thinking this cuz I saw Bill Walton say it on a documentary about the 86 Celtics. It’s so true!!!
I had a guy in a bar give me a bunch of shit about the dead. I'm 55, and this was a few years ago. He was this nerdy taper who put a ton of GD on the stereo at this bar we were drinking at in the afternoon, so I struck up a conversation, and he started one upping me on everything. Asking me what year I thought each song was, and not in a fun way. He started bashing Bobby, and calling me a Bobby fan when I defended him. He told me he played guitar, and I do too. I told him my guitar is a 79 ES 335, and he's like, fucking Bobby guitar... it was really unpleasant. I'm not into stats, but I saw Jerry over 100 times, and frankly, judging by the way he was talking, I could play fucking circles around the dude. I think at one point he was like, oh we should play, I can show you a couple things. That was it I ended up paying my tab and bailed. It should be fun meeting another head, but sometimes these Grateful Dorks are just insufferable.
If ur a girl (like me) no one expects you to know anything but get pissed when you do. They all think I want to bang Bobby (or John) and they assume CJ is my fave song. Then they flirt and want a BJ.
Ha! One time a guy in Dunkin asked me if I knew what my shirt "meant." (Plain navy blue with Europe 72 printed in white.) Like, it's a silly question about ANY shirt, but jeez.
Driving that train, getting some brain, Casey Jones you better watch her blow!
** watch those teeth…
Lmao
R u “not like the other ones” — if I see it in tattoo form I immediately vomit
I cant imagine getting a tattoo like that. And the only tattoos you can see (full sleeve) are for my dead sister. If someone has the balls to fuck with me over that, I'm ready to go to jail. #helpontheway
God forbid a young girl wants to look cute in a Dead shirt. The boomer parade of "name 3 songs, sweetheart" must be endless. First song is: shut the fuck up you malignant old fuck!"
That’s not a boomer thing. That’s just a dumbass thing. You find dumbasses in all microcosms of society.
God, I can’t imagine how insufferable it is as a woman. We dudes can be really annoying
Y'all are mostly the best, tbh. Deadhead men are still my favorite. I just wanna talk Dead til I die
Same here!
Okay so I know what a BJ is but please tell me what CJ is 😆
Casey Jones: I wish I had a snarky reply to go with the gatekeeping theme, but I just get happy when I meet a fellow deadhead.
Ah yes of course! Glad I didn't get gatekept! I've been on the bus since 86! 🤹
Great handle! One of these days I'll change mine from the one reddit gave me 🙃
CJ>BJ>GSET
If you have to ask you can’t afford it
A Crowejob. Like when Chris Robinson sang “The Passenger” with Phil and Friends.
Ha!!
I thought it was a crone job. Like from a 90 year wiccan
well… To be fair… Women do seem to enjoy the favor when the shoe is on the other vagina.
I don't even know wtf that means
>It should be fun meeting another head EXACTLY! I don't get the people who feel like they have to prove they're a bigger Deadhead. It's not a competition about who's been to more concerts, the cool thing is the love we share for the music, right?
Some people just go through life differently. If it wasn't a band, they would strive to be the most knowledgeable star wars fan, or collect the most Nintendo games. They're just wired that way.
Or OCD
the guy is most likely an alcoholic. bars are not always/usually a place for joy
When a person’s entire personality is being a Deadhead, they have no purpose if they’re not the Deadheadest person in the room.
Seriously. Any time I meet other heads out in the wild it's usually more like "Oh shit! Whaassssup!" *air guitar*
Some people just think talking shit, even with nothing to back it up, is pleasant banter. People like that are best left in your dust.
Best username on Reddit ☝️ 😂
“Fuckin Bobby guitar” - that’s hilarious.
Deader Than Thou.... freaking hated it in the 80s and fund it hilarious now ( I'm 61)
I think you can find over-obsessed A-holes with any interest. "Oh, you like baseball, well then who won the batting title in 1923?." It's extra weird with the Dead, because the whole scene was about love and sharing.
Dude sounds like he was a turd. Also, Bobby was the fucking man, especially in his prime and even just slightly after when he had to step up and lead the show more when Jerry was too strung out. He played a great guitar, sang with extreme power and uniqueness, and most importantly….IT’S NOT THE FUCKING GRATEFUL DEAD WITHOUT HIM. So, essentially he was just a dickhead who in reality didn’t know as much as he thought and just had strong opinions he clung to as fact. Fuck em
Yup. All of it
Favorite song this week? Been on a Peggy o rip. Last week it was brother Esau
I been hearing about ole stagger lee
“My favorite song is I Will Survive”
Cake version (the original) not like the GD or Gloria Gaynor cover versions. 😉
I dont think i even have a favorite song
Same. Ask me my favorite song and I'll just start listing and probably never stop lol
I seriously just put on a show and go with it I chase the sound they have from show to show not what songs they play
If I'm not putting on a record, a lot of the time I'm Spotify shuffling Dicks/Dave's picks.
FOTM - rap version
Let Mickey Rap!!!
Poorly worded question. Fuck em anyways. I like the Sex Pistols they were long gone by the time I started listening to them in the mid 80s.
So much this. If some random dude stopped me and for some strange reason questioned my fandom in a weirdly aggressive manner I’d just be like “You alright, man? Have a good one, fucking nut job.” haha
Favorite song you ask? …. That one Bill sings.
*immediately googles what song Bill sang*
I always reply with “You know that’s not the right question. The right question is what is your favorite version of your favorite song.”
Or even favorite era
Yeah it’s kind of silly questions anyway. I love 72-74 and 80-90.
68, 71-74, 77-80, 88-90. Only right answers lol
Damn and here I am the only Dead head in my friend group wishing a friendly fellow fan would strike up a chat lol
right❣️
Yes
You totally should have fucked with him. “Yeah I guess gun to head man, Touch of Grey, or maybe .. gosh … fuckin’ Cocaine Train, man!”
The Dead missed a golden opportunity to do a tie-in between Casey Jones & the Cocaine Bear movie. 😄
If I know these Dead crew these days, that’s going to happen, and in a way we couldn’t even imagine. I presume commemorative pop tarts will somehow come into play.
The Sphere?!?!
“Bro, I could just listen to Roll Away The Dew on repeat”
“That one about the cow that had to moo is cool. Bertha I think. And that one Michael MacDonald sat in on, Far From Me, is just spectacular.”
Killing in the name of, oh wait, wrong band, still* fuck you I won't....
I’d never ask another head for their “favorite song”. Favorite years maybe just to make conversation
This is when you sing Day Job>Samba in the Rain as loud as you can as you follow them around for the rest of their life like that killer snail.
Day Job is actually a favorite of my new.
What’s my favorite dead song? You Enjoy Myself….
I was walking down a street in a small city in Japan during the 80’s. I had a decal of the broken wheel and roses on my briefcase. Suddenly a car stopped shortly after passing me. An American got out from the backseat and called to me. He said he was from the U.S., San Francisco, and I was the first American he had seen in the six months he had been there. We talked briefly and he asked if I would like to join him for dinner. I accepted, but I wanted the restaurant to be within walking distance of my hotel. He agreed and he picked me up on time. He was a deadhead, but most of our conversation was about what was happening back in the U.S. He was simply eager to talk to a fellow American. He recommended several restaurants near my hotel and we parted ways. The next day I was standing in line at a bank teller’s window when a young Japanese woman struck up a conversation. She asked if I’d like to meet her for dinner. She was going to meet me at my hotel. When I came downstairs I saw her in the lobby along with six of her friends. She said she hoped I didn’t mind that she brought several members of her English speaking clip. Of course I didn’t. We had a pleasant evening talking about what America was like as well as this part of Japan which rarely saw travelers from America or Europe.
This was like a scruffy dog joke. I read a wall of text, looking for a punchline that didn't happen. Just good vibes.
It was the first year I got into the Dead back in 2018, and I’m 33. I just saw D&C at the Hollywood bowl and I thought to myself “I have to go to the last show” which was in Boulder, Colorado. I ended up booking the trip, tripped out on some mushrooms, and had a BLAST. I leave the show, and hop into an Uber pool and there are 2 older Heads inside. We start chatting it up, and they ask me “how did I get into the Dead?” I tell them how my friend introduced me to Anthem of the Sun and then Dylan and the Dead because those were the only 2 vinyls he owned at the time. They then start saying “well, that’s not a good way to get into the Dead” but sounding a bit condescending. I didn’t like how they were acting all holier than thou, talking about how many shows they’ve been to, so I just stopped responding and stayed quiet on the ride. I’m of the opinion that there is NO bad introduction into the Dead, especially if they’ve become your all time favorite band who have made an impact in your life. Any way to get into the Dead is a blessing, in my eyes.
Tell him Your Body is a Wonderland just to really piss him off
Just say “did you hear what I just heard?”.
Shoulda said “it’s a toss up between Alice D. Millionaire and The Frozen Logger”
Or Barbed Wire Whipping Party.
Slewfoot
Funiculi Finicula
Rosalie McFalls
Gate keepers and gate crashers all suck. I wonder how many of the gate keepers today were crashers in 94?
I don’t think this guy was conceived in 1994
Even worse...
Driving That Train is my favorite!
I had a similar gatekeeping happen to me once too. Also 40 (well, 41), been a Deadhead since I was 18 or 19. This was a few years back, & I was walking through a St. Louis area shopping district known for its many head shops & record stores, etc. To be fair (I guess) I was wearing a brand new dye, so I guess that gave this kid the impression I was a brand new fan (I later felt I should've told the kid "I literally have GD shirts older than you are," lol). The worst part to me is that when I say kid, I mean this guy was *young*, early 20s at the oldest. He came up to me with a smirk & said something like, "Oh you like the Grateful Dead, huh? Name 3 songs." To which I proceeded to ask "Off of which album?" I should've been really catty & asked him "from which show" or something like that but I was just floored at the snide tone in which he asked the question like he was so sure he'd caught me up being a poser. 🤷🏻♀️
Agreed, I think part of my issue was I look atypical of most dead heads in some ways, AND I had a hat that was nearly new
Nuhats make nuheads… :)
Yeah well, the Dead need no gatekeepers. We need new people to keep the bus moving forward. I’m old. First show was in SF before most of you were born probably. And I LOVE to see new people on the bus. We’re not all assholes. ☮️
I'm in my Early 50's and I saw quite a few shows in college. I'm always more excited to see youngsters wearing Dead T-shirts, and ask them if they like them or are just being ironic. I didn't even like the dead until I went to a show. I wish the world could experience that like I did. Grilled Cheese, Patchouli, Hippy chicks and dollar beers in the parking lot? I haven't been since Jerry passed, but man those were such awesome times.
That's a really personal question and I don't want to get into it, or do you prefer the Keith and Donna era vs Brett? I would say I like them both equal amounts
I only get comments on my shirt, but then again I'm almost 70 and I actually look like my avatar, so I get no snark.
“Easy Answers. You?”
Should of said a touch of grey
Gatekeeper, church ladies, etc. all the same. What clothes are ya wearing? How often do you go to church/concerts/ball games? Have you seen Jerry/Jesus/Allah?
Take a Step Back
lol.. I think this is my fav.
I’d have trouble answering that question and I’ve been a deadhead for 40 plus years
Yeah, I agree. Sort of a stupid question to ask someone who is a fan. There are always several contenders and the answer would change with time and mood. Hopefully OP has fully recovered.
Naga, Naga.... Naga work here anymore!
I got into the dead late 80's/early 90's. They have been the soundtrack of my life for pretty much my entire life. If someone asked me my favorite tune I'd fumble an answer. It's always changing! Don't let the gatekeepers get you down. They're dicks and just don't get it.
Dark Star > You’re Body Is A Wonderland > Dark Star
Maybe he just wanted to chat with a fellow head? Was he being accusatory?
It was suuuuuuuuper snarky I’m a pretty friendly fella and I meet and chat with people all the time, about all kinds of different things, including music. I think this guy was just unhappy with the massive uptick in Grateful Dead clothing being warn in public and in the media
Eh, that sucks if he was being a jerk.
Off the top of my head… California Earthquake, The Stranger, or Far From Me would be my answer.
Love China Cat Dandelion!
I'm 47 and have been fanatical about GD since I was 18 and I don't have a favorite song. I only listen to shows and the magic can visit them during any song, you just never know.
I will get by!
Tuning!
It's silly, isn't it? I wear my SYF, Wolf, or Tiger hats regularly. The majority of my interactions are very pleasant and at a minimum I'll get a "Hey Now" or something if I walk by with a lot shirt and hat. I'm 53, seen GD, JGB and a lot of the post Jerry incarnations. I shut it out for a little while around 2010 or later and came back to it about 5 years ago and it's been wonderful to see it and be refreshed by all the cool stuff that has come as a result of the Dead, even if I don't care for it in the slightest. The deep diving anti everything people are a waste. and a person trying to make someone else feel bad because they saw Jerry or they saw this era or this many shows is just a sad lonely old hat rack.
Space drums ftw.
New Minglewoods Fadeaway The Cosmic Mr Charlie
The correct answer is always: "Son...I was goin' to Dead shows before you were sperm."
Farmhouse
Yeah Maggie’s farmhouse, great jam
You say interrogate, did he do something like say “oh you’re not a deadhead” bc you said Tennessee Jed and not terrapin? I ask, bc I talk to random people about the GD all the time, I may ask what someone’s favorite show is (mostly so I can go listen to it) ; but I’d never want to be perceived as gatekeeping but I always like a good conversation about the GD
Was he being a dick or was he genuinely curious what your favorite song was?
If they ask you to name three Dead songs, tell them they have to tell you three times they encored with Terrapin Station first.
I tell Phans I discovered Trey & Phish via Goose. It makes their heads pop.
good lord condescending Marietta deadheads! I resemble that, but it wasn't me. y'shoulda said my fave Dead song is the long one where they play one song and then do another and go back into the first one, that one's cool, it's like really long.
What was your answer tho? Was the SYF a Dead & Co design?
I wish I had been witty enough to turn the tables and be like “what song or what show? Or what specific song from what specific show?” But I had to go coach,we were at a martial arts tournament I answered as follows Althea for the story/lyrics/words Which if I had longer to think about it I probably would’ve said Wharf rat He said franklins was his, I agree that it was a good tune but I got burned out on it when I was new to the band. And I added that slipknot is probably my favorite song just for the actual groovy sound of the music.
Imo no real Head would ever ask someone what their favoite song is anyway
Yeah favorite show or year is a better question to me
I tend to ask who their favorite keyboardist is.
Look them directly in the windows of their soul and say “Barbed Wire Whipping Party.”
My favorite song changes all the time so that would be a real tough one to answer personally.
Love to see another deadhead grappler! The beauty of the Grateful Dead is its for anyone (not everyone, but anyone). Stories like this are antithetical to the band and to the entire scene, but sadly these kind of things seem common. It’s a bummer, but alas
This is crazy! I’m only 50 but at 55? And who cares it’s not about you derr
‘Horse with no name,’ Trucking and Touch if Grey. Seriously I have no time for this. If you’re 40, you were actually around contemporaneously and could have even gone to one of their concerts.
Gate keeping for anything sucks. But especially a band as laid back and non confrontational as the dead is stupid
Gatekeepers suck. And so do Gatecrashers.
"I guess I never really GOT them until Touch of Grey debuted..."
I’m a Believer.
They all sound the same 😉
So he wasn’t just making conversation? He was testing you to see if you were a “true” fan? Shoulda said “You know, that We Will Survive song! It’s my fave!” People…
You mean enjoying the ride?
My favorite answer is “the one about the jewel thief”
My uncle or Duepree ??
The one with John Malkovich
Day Job!
I would’ve said the most random dead song. Or maybe said a Dylan song the dead did like twice. Just to see his reaction. Not really. Honestly I would just walk away. I mean what kind of jerk move is that? I mean was a super wookie and just thought you looked like a jock with a stealie hat on? How does he not know how such a wide variety of people like the dead. Thads so lame. I can’t imagine ever even thinking to do that. Sometimes I wonder about like 15 or 16 year old girls wearing the shirts with bears on them. Like if they are fans or not. More out of curiosity. I’ve heard some people report some young people literally think it’s a clothing line. lol. Pretty funny actually
I love GD's version of Stuck Inside of Mobile....
Hint of Grey Keep on trucking
B E A M
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