Popular Post Mayfair Posted March 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2021 I don't think of the Grateful Dead's music as really fitting into a rock, blues, country, psychedelic or jazz genre. I think it's their version of Americana. Like the best of The Band, or Dylan, the best of their songs could have been written 250 years ago, they could have been written 25 years ago, but they could only have been written in America. FWIW, I think any songwriter in any genre in any time would have sold his soul to have written the lyrics to "Ripple". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(song) At their best live (and they are at their best live), I think the Grateful Dead created "flow" in and with their audience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi#Flow It's all a matter of taste, but I think with the Grateful Dead, you're either on the bus, or you're not. If you are on the bus, you know why. sphinxsix, pacoinmass and christopher3393 1 2 Link to comment
Mayfair Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 29 minutes ago, Daccord said: The Band was formed in Toronto in 1967, Originally four Canadians and one American. Sure, but I didn't say that the songs could have only been written by Americans. I said that the songs could only have been written in America, e.g., Music from Big Pink - Wikipedia The Band (album) - Wikipedia Daccord 1 Link to comment
Mayfair Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 hours ago, sphinxsix said: Do you really think so.? Do you also think that the artistic value of their lyrics can be compared in any way with Dylan's.? Robert Hunter (lyricist) - Wikipedia Link to comment
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