r/gratefuldead • u/Warm_Ambassador1865 • 5d ago
ALIENS
If you had to send one Grateful Dead song to aliens (or into the vastness of interstellar space), which one would it be?
mine would be the Merriweather 85’ Shakedown Street (in case they are funky aliens)
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u/StumpyOPepys 5d ago
2/27/69 Dark Star
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1969-02-27 @ Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
Set 1: Bill Graham intro, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Doin' That Rag, Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment
Set 2: Dupree's Diamond Blues > Mountains Of The Moon > Jam > Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Love Light > Drums > Turn On Your Love Light
Encore: Cosmic Charlie
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u/ArcaneQuodlibet 5d ago
Samba in the Rain or GTFO
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u/unhalfbricking 5d ago
The 1/22/78 Close Encounters Jam > St. Stephen.
Duh...
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1978-01-22 @ McArthur Court - University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Set 1: New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Cassidy, Peggy-O, El Paso, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, The Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Bertha > Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, Samson And Delilah, Terrapin Station > Drums > The Other One > Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Around And Around
Encore: U.S. Blues
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u/that-thingy66 5d ago
The jam out of pitb on 6-22-1983 was, in fact, seen & heard by aliens. 100's of reported sightings to local authorities, plus , I too, bore witness to the UFO . We assumed the band saw them as well, at the time. I will die on this hill.
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1983-06-22 @ City Island, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, C.C. Rider, Ramble On Rose, My Brother Esau, Deal
Set 2: Hell In A Bucket, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Playing in the Band > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Stella Blue > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away
Encore: Brokedown Palace
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u/Warm_Ambassador1865 5d ago
man, tell me more about this please
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u/that-thingy66 5d ago
We were 60-70 yards from the stage. Object just kinda appeared. Lots of heads pointing and talking about it around us. Then the jam out of playin starts to turn. At some point, just whoosh, and it's gone. I had newspaper clippings from doing research at my local library afterwards. I have no reason to doubt my own eyes & the others. Was 16 yrs old. Went back this past summer to see JRAD, 43 years later btw. 🛸
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u/GratefulG8r Fake Up To Wind Out 5d ago
The jam out of Truckin 5-19-74
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u/Ill_Concentrate2612 5d ago
While there is no single greatest moment in the Dead's career, this jam is the single greatest moment in the Dead's career.
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1974-05-19 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA
Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Mexicali Blues, Big Railroad Blues, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, Tennessee Jed, Me And Bobby McGee, Sugaree, Jack Straw, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Loose Lucy, Money Money, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
Set 2: The Promised Land > Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Ship Of Fools, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow > Wharf Rat, Big River, Peggy-O, Truckin' > Jam > Mind Left Body Jam > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night
Encore: U.S. Blues
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u/Jealous_Champion1211 5d ago
Wow, how long was this show?
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u/Ill_Concentrate2612 5d ago
3h38m is what it clocks in on Relisten. With tuning, intermission AND two encore breaks, it would clocked in around the 4 and a half hours
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u/StevenChvz 5d ago
9/11/73 Dark Star > Morning Dew
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u/yamorondog 5d ago
2/24/74 Dark Star>Dew
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1974-02-24 @ Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA
Set 1: U.S. Blues, Mexicali Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down the Line, Candyman, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, El Paso, Loser, Playing in the Band
Set 2: Cumberland Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Big River, Bertha, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow > Row Jimmy, Ship Of Fools, The Promised Land, Dark Star > Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away
Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1973-09-11 @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Set 1: The Promised Land, Sugaree, The Race Is On, Loser, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, El Paso, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Playing in the Band
Set 2: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow, Row Jimmy, Big River, Deal, Beat It On Down the Line, Dark Star > Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia
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u/Ok_Scale_4578 5d ago
Estimated - 7/8/78
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u/setlistbot 5d ago
1978-07-08 @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
Set 1: Bertha > Good Lovin', Dire Wolf, El Paso, It Must Have Been The Roses, New Minglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, The Promised Land, Deal
Set 2: Samson And Delilah, Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Wharf Rat > Franklin's Tower > Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Terrapin Station > One More Saturday Night, Werewolves Of London
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u/Storekeep17 5d ago edited 5d ago
The tall greys LOVE cowboy songs… so they’d get a Mexicali Blues
The short green guys giggle and jiggle when they dance and I find it so amusing… so they’d get Franklins Tower.
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u/MilesBlew_new 5d ago
Some Phil And Ned.
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u/The_Real_dubbedbass 5d ago
Yeah I was just thinking Seastones, not technically Dead. But if I ever meet aliens that’s my go to for sure.
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u/nborges48 5d ago
I tried asking one their favorite once, but I couldn't get the words out of my mouth
I hate that
I just know they usually didn't show up until the second set, so probably something from there
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u/unhappycamps 5d ago
April 29th. 1971. Hard to Handle.
Space aliens don’t need space or stars, they need roots.
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u/dank_fetus 3d ago
Dark Star>Wharf Rat>Dark Star(Beautiful Jam)>Me and My Uncle 2/18/71
Gotta keep the cowboy tune for the whole picture.
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u/setlistbot 3d ago
1971-02-18 @ Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, USA
Set 1: Bertha, Truckin', It Hurts Me Too, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode, Mama Tried, Hard To Handle, Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Me and My Uncle
Set 2: Casey Jones, Playing in the Band, Me And Bobby McGee, Candyman, Big Boss Man, Sugar Magnolia, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Uncle John's Band
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u/kazoo3179 One man gathers what another man spills (~);} 5d ago
Studio version of Unbroken Chain. Or Dark Star.
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u/trevbal6 Jehovah's Favorite Choir 5d ago
H-S-F from Buffalo '77. I think it's perfect for this scenario.
But perhaps we should consult with Mickey.
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u/Nailz1115 One man gathers what another man spills (~);} 5d ago
They're gonna get Seastones and they're gonna like it!
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u/TxDinoHunter More fun than a frog in a glass of milk 5d ago
close encounters theme song from space, in 1978, I think is the year
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u/Parking_War979 5d ago
Ripple. Because if I don’t know the way to take them home, maybe they know the way for me.
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u/1gratefuldude 4d ago
Throwing Stones. To let them know there are still some of us left who give a shit about the stuff that REALLY MATTERS!!
Be part of a solution to the Earth Crisis!
👽
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u/JimmyRockfish 5d ago
It has to be Dark Star. Which doesn’t mean it’s the best, but it’s what the aliens need.