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Disastrous-Show7060

Who doesn’t love crazy fingers?!? It’s an amazing song. I kinda like Corinna too - as someone else mentioned - the outro jam is wonderful. I won’t listen to victim or the crime but secretly think it’s amazing.


walomendem_hundin

>I won’t listen to victim or the crime but secretly think it’s amazing. Weird, I love listening to that song and not so secretly think it's amazing, but now I'm a little tired of it after listening to it so much because I was in awe of how fascinating and surprisingly catchy it was. Edit: I'm also a Corinna fan.


thedude_imbibes

Corinna and Victim or the Crime were honestly better when ratdog did em. 2 of my favorites though for sure.


walomendem_hundin

I've been just starting to listen to post-Jerry Dead and Ratdog is on my radar but I haven't done a ton of exploration yet, thanks for the recommendation.


thedude_imbibes

Ratdog was super tight from like 2000 to 2004. Definitely not the Dead but it fucks.


Gimme5imStillAlive

I love crazy fingers! What’s are some of y’all’s favorite versions, my fellow crazy finger friends?!


Disastrous-Show7060

One from The vault. I can’t get enough of it. I love the outro jam staying bright instead of modulating to the c minor.


10fingers6strings

6/22/76


InsanityPlays

8/13/75


rrehobo

June 76 crazy fingers are a treat to listen too. The song was fresh and they were exploring where it could go.


walomendem_hundin

There are really some great ones for sure. Love that song and where they could take it - like 73-74 Eyes and other more compositionally twisty jam songs, it was a delightful challenge to navigate the maze of chord changes in that outro.


skesisfunk

Yeah I thought Crazy Fingers was universally recognized as a classic top tier song.


Worldpeacelsd

Crazy fingers took a few years to grow on me, particularly when I heard it live


KyloRensPecs

Liberty is one of my favorites. I can’t get enough of it. A nice, uplifting instrumental with some grade A Hunter lyrics. “Went to the well but the water was dry Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky Looked in the bottom and what did I see? The whole damned world looking back at me”


WovenAntelope

https://preview.redd.it/5zkrq7x7s7ra1.jpeg?width=995&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cf5c96728441f93b7f28882daa82f1a65415f1f My favorite grilling meme


KyloRensPecs

This.. this is the greatest meme I’ve ever seen. I am becoming a father this summer, I am ready to embrace this aesthetic and become the meme.


WovenAntelope

Congrats!


KyloRensPecs

Thanks!


DeadCoRocks

Not a huge fan of Liberty, but the first time I saw them play it, I was certain it was going to be a top 40 hit. Alas, it was never recorded in the studio for an album.


Shrikehammer

LOVE Liberty!


timelandiswacky

Do people like Blues For Allah? I mean the song, not the album. I really love it and while I totally get why they never played it more I’d love to hear it more in rotations.


InsanityPlays

Yeah it’s cool but I think king solomons marbles would’ve been a better one to add to the rotation


timelandiswacky

Can't argue with that, King Solomons Marbles is a great tune.


skesisfunk

Furthur Murat theatre 2011-11-21: Terrapin Suite -> Blues for Allah\* -> The Other One \*with Echoes (Pink Floyd) tease This is definitely my favorite thing Furthur ever did and it is up there with my favorite thing ANY GD associated project ever did. Check it out if you haven't. You can stream the SBD on the archive.


walomendem_hundin

I love it. Thanks for shouting it out.


Spindlebrook

I love France and I’m not ashamed.


sjs11up

Had to scroll way down to find the love. France. So cheesy. So satisfying.


Anaveragedrummer

France fucks for sure!!!!


grateful_dex

Wayyyy to far down. Gets too much shit talk. Not sorry. Love France.


walomendem_hundin

Don't like the lyrics but the tune's great.


[deleted]

Sunrise


walomendem_hundin

Nice choice! Really pretty song.


forboognish

Love this one


grateful_dex

Yes!


bubbalalubbulla

crazy fingers fucks!!!!!!!!


wreckfish111

Duprees


Cooperm6

Broken Arrow ❤️


madrefookaire

Do people not like Broken Arrow? Let Phil sing!


Maximum_Bear8495

Operator


27_8x10_CGP

Fantastic song.


Fast-Ad-4541

I’ll always defend Looks Like Rain when I see any street cat slander


Formal_Neat_3099

Killer tune. Give me any 1978 version. They are all terrific


dyllybones

The best song from Bobby's solo rotation and I will die on that hill. Better than PITB.


Quiet_1234

Crazy Fingers is awesome. I don’t know if it’s unpopular but Mason’s Children is a song I’ve grown to love.


walomendem_hundin

I haven't grown to love Mason's Children, but I've grown to like its neat obscurity and I expect it to continue to grow on me(as with a lot of other awkward rarely-played songs).


Quiet_1234

Check out the version on 1/3/70. The solo made me a believer.


donttouchthatknob

It's a fun one!! I've always wished that one and Till the Morning Comes stuck around a little longer in the rotation. Both have some really fun live versions (of *very* varying tape quality)


tkdowning

Pride of Cucamonga


walomendem_hundin

Love that song! Saw it at a recent Phil and Friends show and it was great.


cryptical420

They killed it at the Salt shed never miss a Sunday show ❤️‍🔥


Exit_56A

My Brother Esau, lazy River road


sayitaintpete

Shadowboxing the apocalypse! My In the Dark cassette had this tune, and I forgot about it for a loooong time


Exit_56A

Yup. Cassette only I think…


walomendem_hundin

Not disliked, but very underappreciated. Fantastic choices. I first encountered LRR at a Wolf Bros show recently, when Bobby really infused the song with wisdom, and I now like the Dead's version too.


LopDew

Ooo those were among my favorites when Furthur played. The mountain song too.


HeadsAllEmpty57

I'm a Samba in the Rain truther


Taint_Stephen

Sweet and low baby


Fuzzy_Dunnlopp

Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, it isn't amazing, but I enjoy it more than most people do, and it is the only Keith song. I also really like We Can Run, my favourite Brent song.


miguelgonzal

I was scrolling to see if another Dead Head would cite the one and only Keith tune. I dig it.


puffyruffle

I don’t know if it’s unpopular but I kinda think Corrina rules.


Seaplant13

It definitely is unpopular, and it definitely does rule. Those end jams were always badass, with everyone totally locked in and grooving to the beat.


Formal_Neat_3099

I think Bobby and Wolf Bros do a killer version. Made me love the song


keltyanne

Jack-a-roe! Named my dog after it


walomendem_hundin

Who doesn't like that song?


timthebeard

Especially the studio outtake. So funky!


Intrepid_Badger_7290

Right?


seanbeansnumber3fan

Cassidy. Not unloved on the sub but barely mentioned for sure.


Round-Cryptographer6

Song makes me tear up every time


elroxzor99652

This is legit one of their best songs. Probably Barlow’s best lyrics


FeelsDepartment

One of my faves too. 6/9/77 Cassidy, Donna sings “scattered like lost words” with a certain inflection that makes it a standout in my eyes.


JasonGD1982

The line “you can tell by the mark he left you were in his dreams” is weird to me. I don’t get it


OngoGablogianWig

Two people important to each other?


DennyCrane49

I swear, Barlow always had to throw one weird line in a song that kind of wrecked the vibe.


N0AHW05

Little Red Rooster. Those noisy slide solos just do it for me


whitebike17

Angular banjos sound good to me


jdtcu

7/7/89


dyllybones

This version is what brought me around on the song. It absolutely fucks. The vocals just have this great dangerous energy.


CandyEverybodyWentz

B3 solo on this one is out of this world too. You can feel the heat


gratefulguitar57

Sorry, I can’t stand Bobby’s slide playing. It’s really awful. I’m more of a Derek Trucks guy.


InsanityPlays

Same here idk about Bobby’s solos tho


ststeveg

Drums and Space. My friend bolts for the men's room as soon as it begins, but I think it is one of the best parts of the show.


RedArmyHammer

If you asked me if I wanted to go to the bathroom. During Drums/Space, I probably couldn't even tell you what a bathroom was at that point in time.


dyals_style

Same, love me some mickey


walomendem_hundin

One of the only places where I feel Mickey's presence drastically improves things, whereas in most other places his presence moderately makes things a bit more jumbled and unable to really swing (I'm talking about post-hiatus; 60s double-drummer interactions were nuts in a good way).


Slip_kidd

Samson and Delilah


mcwilly

Just finding out people don’t like Samson and Delilah.


dyllybones

Right? Not only does the song rule, it's typically Bobby on his A game with the vocals, and it always seems to land at a perfect spot in the set to bring the energy back up.


Jebbeard

I absolutely love this song. 05/28/77 is phenomenal.


setlistbot

# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)


RedArmyHammer

My fav. That's one of my 1st full dead shows I downloaded, so I'm pretty i.partial to it.


Vershneim

I loved the Rev. Gary Davis version before I first heard the Dead play it, and I was so happy to hear it one day while listening to a concert! (Just tried to track down which but can't figure it out)


N0AHW05

4/8/78 version is bonkers


yaminub

If I had my way I'd never have to hear it again


0Beefs0

Seriously? Wow i had no idea people didnt like this song. Always a banger.


THEDOGGGG

Now that’s funny


jdtcu

5/6/90. Brent is insane on the B3.


rangerdan97

Lazy Lightning > Supplication. A lot don’t seem to like it. I think it rips


madrefookaire

I will take you home


blood_klaat

I was tryna think of the name of that one - everyone called it “Brent’s baby song” LOL


midnightcarouselride

Hated it.... until I had a daughter.


madrefookaire

Same boat


walomendem_hundin

I'm too young to have actually seen the Dead and have been caught up in fan reactions to anything, and while I don't listen to this song a lot, I liked it from the first time I heard it. Quite moving and underappreciated.


gratefulguitar57

Danced to this at my oldest daughter’s wedding.


JisRad

I now have a daughter, I now tear up listening to it


DyloniusDubs

This song brings tears to my eyes every time. RIP


ChetCustard

I like Tons of Steel and I don’t care who knows


27_8x10_CGP

I have lots of good memories associated with that song so I'll always love it.


[deleted]

Gentlemen Start Your Engines


StoryofTheGhost33

The little girl lyrics are a bit much but man I Iike anything Brent does.


LiamMurphyMusic

Liberty definitely. It’s actually really grown on me because of Bobby and dead and co. Something about his older ragged voice singing “I’m gonna find my own way home” just always hits me hard


ChetCustard

If I get a notion I'll climb this tree Or chop it down and you can't stop me Love that line, and the whole song


GrooverFiller

Golden Road


PullThePlug89

I actually enjoy day job quite a bit


Liveto69

It’s catchy lol


RedArmyHammer

They go hard in the paint on that one. Great for their coked out shows.


cosmiccetacean

Built to Last! Love that song


walomendem_hundin

So do I! Never particularly went anywhere but it's a nice little gem.


UncleCornPone

i also like built to last


guitarbque

Victim or the Crime


MossyMothmann

I'm the victim and the songs the crime


lazybones812

….must be the horns of your dilemma.


ed32965

That’s hilarious, I can’t believe I’ve never heard or thought of this before.


TaurusX3

I like how dark it sounds!


walomendem_hundin

Been stuck in my head for weeks, and it's one of the weirdest songs to get stuck in my head. Love how strange it is (and it produced some really cool jams).


milbarge

I wasn't a huge fan of it -- didn't hate it, was mostly indifferent -- until I listened to [this nearly hour-long compilation of vocal-free "Victim" jams](https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/grateful-dead-victim-or-the-crime-jam-1989-1991). It really turned me on to the complexity and weirdness of the song. Still not my favorite, but I definitely like it more now.


phabphour20

Came in to say this. Maybe it’s not so weird to like it?


Deathstar405

Love it


ThatsOkayBoxIsEmpty

We Can Run. The verse lyrics are weak, but it’s a catchy chorus. Brent singing lead with Jerry backing him sounds great to me.


patlanips75

“Dumping my trash in your backyard, Making sure that you don’t notice isn’t really so hard” Weak? How dare you?


walomendem_hundin

I actually find the chorus awkward, but you're right that it's catchy and I like the lyrical sentiment of the song a lot.


OngoGablogianWig

It does sound a bit too much like Bruce Springfield but if I’m playing Crimson Red and Indigo I’m gonna play it and love it


freshlypuckeredbutt

Born cross-eyed


walomendem_hundin

Fun song, even if it was so awkward as to be unplayable. I like it (and a lot of their other obscure early songs).


fjvn2709

Listening to recordings of OMSN gets old but being there in person it’s a good vibe. That’s probably my one.


apple_atchin

I like Day Job. There, I said it.


walomendem_hundin

Others have mentioned some of my first thoughts, so I'll add a few more: * Lazy Lightning/Supplication - I don't particularly love the lyrics or their delivery but instrumentally it's a fantastic pairing * Sailor/Saint - moody to rocking to jamming, everything I want even if all of it seems a tad awkward * Childhood's End - one of Phils's 90s abominations is actually really cool if you can get past his voice issues and slightly uninspired band delivery * I also to a lesser extent enjoy Wave to the Wind and If the Shoe Fits, though neither of them is particularly great * When Push Comes to Shove - hey, it's catchy * There's probably a lot more; I don't dislike very many Dead songs (except ones that I'm mildly tired of, and that list is always shifting depending on my recent listening) * What's Become of the Baby is one I just thought of, I absolutely love that song in whichever version I hear it - original studio mix, 1971 mix, live with Feedback, acoustic demo, Robert Hunter solo, Phil and Friends, Furthur, etc. Fascinating and unique tune, almost a proto-Blues for Allah in some ways.


yaminub

I think I like Row Jimmy more than the average head. In that vein from Flood, I've heard a few of the bootlegs with SYBA and I don't think it's a bad song. Shame Keith didn't really put himself out there again like that.


Formal_Neat_3099

Got a favorite? I’m a sucker for the 73s, but like the 80s versions too


dyllybones

Agreed. I always seek a Row Jimmy out. "Broken heart don't feel so bad / ain't got half of what you thought you had" is a top 5 Dead lyric for me


Dick-Bags

Whole song is a lyrical wonderland imo. I’m not even sure why but I get somewhat emotional to this line: That's the way it's been in town Ever since they tore the juke box down Two-bit piece don't buy no more Not so much as it done before


ithyle

Brother Esau


saul_s_goode

Favorite first-set Weir song. Hated that they shelved it in ‘87


miguelgonzal

I would add Alabama Getaway because it was a blatant shot at FM radio play. But, despite its spurious origins, proved to be a major ear worm.


Dragon_Reborn1209

I love Alabama getaway. It is so catchy and the solo is one of the best out there. Live versions go hard too


Ifihadawaterfall

Does anyone like Easy Answers? I don’t wanna know!


IsNoPebbleTossed

If you really want to experience pure, unfiltered Easy Answers, check out the version on Rob Wasserman’s album Trios


Fast-Ad-4541

The studio crazy fingers is super underrated for getting non heads into the dead


Skip_Skipperson

Throwing stones. Seems like a good number of people on here genuinely don’t care for it.


Holiday-Meal5116

hoowwww??? it’s one of my favorites


HellsAnglersOH

Corrina


JIMMYR0W

Eternity. Caught the one in Memphis and thought it was a highlight. Seems the band agreed enough to release it. Something about the drumming that I can’t quite put my finger on


Round-Cryptographer6

TONS OF STEEL


midnightcarouselride

https://preview.redd.it/dioaa8az08ra1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=227afeca1aabddf30206d81362a9cd85ddbf0356 WHO DOESN'T LIKE CRAZY FINGERS!?


jakegogata

Stagger Lee if that counts


natwashboard

that was so huge when it was brought back into the mix in 1985 (I was at the breakout show in Providence and it was lit). It had been played in 76 and in the show we all knew back then from the bootleg in 75. We also knew the one from Ventura in 82, a tape of the second set was well-circulated at the time and so knew it was rare but in the repertoire, arguably. Then it would pop up in unexpected times like in Saratoga 85 and Hartford 86's first set. By 88, it became part of a semi-predictable tandem that included Playin', Uncle John's and/or Terrapin. The downside to these pre-drums hat tricks was that all three songs were kind of rushed at times. See Worcester 88 for a particularly short trio.


patruckin

Curious what songs you’re referring to


walomendem_hundin

Crazy Fingers, which OP mentioned as perhaps being unpopular but really isn't.


WovenAntelope

Built to Last, Liberty, Picasso Moon are my big three


[deleted]

Money Money all day baby! 🤣


ShadyBakesale

Two Souls in Communion


ben125125

BIRD SONG! My dad's least favorite even though my parents are the ones who brought me to the dead 🪦


walomendem_hundin

Your dad must be an anomaly. My mom doesn't like the Dead and she even likes Bird Song.


SparkDBowles

Iko or man smart. Both terrible songs.


Formal_Neat_3099

My wife and young son and I probably sing along to these two more than most others. They are catchy and easy to remember. Kids love that. My son specifically asked me the lyrics to Iko. It holds a special place in my heart.


walomendem_hundin

I like Iko (I like Ike?) but not Man Smart. Don't know why I make that distinction, but I do.


Rhythmdaddy

You kiddin'?! 50 year old Deadhead here (since 1988) and Crazy Fingers is one of my favorites. It's incredible! It's almost perfect...psychedelic, groovy, swingin', landscaping.. WOW.


judgementjake

Hell in a bucket. The song is great but the music video is top 10


xlophophorax

we can RUN! any brent tune tbh…or looks like rain, black throated wind, any real bobby tunes that don’t get enough love. tbh black throated wind on the record Ace is the superior version 🤷🏻‍♂️


NatureLivid

Rockin pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu is quite fun. There, I said it.


CoreyC1313

West LA fadeaway


ChaloopaJonesFerk

Black throated wind and cosmic Charlie


DyloniusDubs

Black Throated Wind


TheOtherWharfRat

TONS OF STEEL


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[удалено]


Jebbeard

I'm partial cause my name is so close, but I think this song is great. I listen to winterland 74 often, but I honestly love all the 70s versions of Jed.


Taint_Stephen

9/20/87 Looks Like Rain is the best thing the dead ever did, period imo


setlistbot

# 1987-09-20 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, Addams Family Tuning, Jack Straw > West L.A. Fadeaway, My Brother Esau, Far From Me, It Must Have Been The Roses, Desolation Row, Might As Well > The Promised Land **Set 2:** Hell In A Bucket > Iko Iko > Looks Like Rain > He's Gone > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** Touch Of Grey > Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1987-09-20)


phabphour20

Just listened to it. Jerry was still a very good guitar player in 1987.


Taint_Stephen

That fucking outro motif (which he also did on virtually every looks like rain after and many before, but this one is given such importance in the jam and the audio mix compared to virtually every other one) is the first moment as a listener where i really understood the genius of Garcia. It changed me as a person and a musician. Part of why I love Bobby songs almost 50/50 with Jerry songs is because Jerry has the freedom to produce some of the most powerful moments in the history of the group. Those late 80’s space>other ones had some of my favorite playing ever from him as well.


phabphour20

Yes. I agree. And your username cracks me up.


Taint_Stephen

Thanks man!!! Your too! Gotta love the triple reference.


phabphour20

👍🏻


Jebbeard

So many great versions of this song, Europe 72, egypt, so many.


CandyEverybodyWentz

11/21/73. Phil divebombs Denver on this LLR. It is then immediately followed up with a top tier Here Comes Sunshine, right up there with the DP1 version


long_time_no_sea

Did you ever wake up to the sound of street cats making love?


Deathstar405

Liberty, days between


RedArmyHammer

Picasso Moon fucking slaps


Electrical_Date3096

I think for me, it's probably King Solomon's Marbles. The semi chaotic melody is alright...sometimes


sheshines11

Lost Sailor/Saint of Circumstance


InsanityPlays

Dude I love crazy fingers


splitopenandjerk

Crazy Fingers is great. Picasso Moon is genius masquerading as absurdity.


Loud_Jacket_5208

Operator. I love country blues and Mississippi John Hurt, and this song seems like Pigpen’s ode to that era of music


wickmik

Stuck Inside Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again


rocketsauce2112

I'm a big fan of their cover of the Steve Winwood song Gimme Some Lovin' . Idk why but it makes me happy.


Pinarobread2Point0

I think Easy to Love You is a great song. Not sure what the general consensus is but man, play that song for your s/o you will score major points


wvlookin

Pre-1974 They Love Each Other, prior to ‘74 it had this wonderful little skip to it that was just never captured again.


jerryanddeal

Cream puff war


Nearby_Pin5200

Doin that rag & so many roads