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AndrewBW on October 01, 2012 8:41 AM:
Well all right. A lot of Deadheads seem to hate on this song, and I don't know why. It's not anything deep, but it's a lot of fun with a bouncy beat and a typically abstract Hunter lyric that I always liked. Thanks.
AndrewBW on October 01, 2012 8:43 AM:
But now the young Jerry is making me sad.
kd bart on October 01, 2012 9:20 AM:
Makes you wonder how many of those in attendence in the video are Republicans these days?
Paul Dirks on October 01, 2012 9:48 AM:
Well all right. A lot of Deadheads seem to hate on this song,
Only because it came around too often, invariably as an encore. It's a fine song, but I have seen it labelled "Useless Blues" on more than one tape cover.
Diane on October 01, 2012 12:17 PM:
I attended many a Dead concert in the early seventies. Though I certainly don't look it or act it now, those concerts offered another vantage point and the music stayed with me, to this day. I doubt if there were any serious Republicans at these concerts, or maybe if they were there they just weren't listening.
Fredhead on October 01, 2012 12:42 PM:
The guy in the GD movie who complained he was being ripped off, definitely a GOPer.
Pablo Casals on October 01, 2012 3:46 PM:
John Perry Barlow. Actually campaigned for Dick Cheney back in the day.