tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post2420311940603984529..comments2024-02-25T19:34:27.767-06:00Comments on Grateful Dead Listening Guide: Listening Trail – The Dark Star Gardenicepetalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600688771458155367noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-32199650948227204452016-01-19T08:41:38.848-06:002016-01-19T08:41:38.848-06:009/20/909/20/90Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-539666420528732932013-07-30T18:11:04.542-05:002013-07-30T18:11:04.542-05:00Dark Star from the album Live Dead is analyzed, de...Dark Star from the album Live Dead is analyzed, deconstructed, and more on a video by Dave Frank. It can be found easily on youtube. Amazing analysis, and even though it's very technical, it's entertaining even for those people like me with no formal musical background nor training. I am not associated with Mr. Frank in any way, just stumbled across it and thought it might be relevant here. Hope this is appropriate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-29445762805215126102009-08-17T22:03:45.458-05:002009-08-17T22:03:45.458-05:00There was a DS from the '72 tour in Europe tha...There was a DS from the '72 tour in Europe that was one of the most frightening things I had ever heard when I first encountered it. The version actually scared me at certain moments it was so atonal and veering off into noise that sounded like (years later) Sonic Youth-esque. A buddy of mine had it on an unlabeled bootleg LP. It wasn't even marked but we later determined it to be from Europe '72, somewhere in the hinterlands.<br /><br />I can't remember the exact date or the place without digging through my archives and looking it up (sorry, teaser!), but anyone who's heard it knows. I'm sure all you guys do. It stands out in my mind not as the greatest DS but as one of the absolute wiggiest. I always loved that about the Dead: Their ability to take you out there right to the edge of oblivion, dance you over the edge for just a moment or three, and then come flying back to earth for a safe landing on good ole mother dirt.schwaggyhttp://twitter.com/schwaggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-14437552867144280252009-08-14T14:42:08.552-05:002009-08-14T14:42:08.552-05:00Thanks for all the comments, folks.
I think summe...Thanks for all the comments, folks.<br /><br />I think summer was a special time, indeed. But not so much to say things were always "highest" in those months.<br /><br />Winter could really shine too. A coulple of Dark Stars off the top of my head that would have been on the list, if only I had reviewed the shows already, are 01/02/70 and 12/06/73. All in good time.icepetalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600688771458155367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-61724946039545911352009-08-14T14:31:19.480-05:002009-08-14T14:31:19.480-05:00June, July, August....do you think the Summer had ...June, July, August....do you think the Summer had a big effect on Dark Star or more on the band?Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-73154337484740161212009-08-14T12:18:04.495-05:002009-08-14T12:18:04.495-05:00An interesting contrast is the very nice, very dif...An interesting contrast is the very nice, very different Dark Star from the (not Grateful) Dead's 4/14/09 show in DC on the recent spring tour. In and out of it for the better part of the second set. Daniel Kopp's aud is fantastic: http://www.archive.org/details/thedead2009-04-14<br /><br />And amusingly, I was just listening to the 7/12/90 Dark Star - the Pete Ebel aud from that date is very very nice, especially considering the heavy rain throughout the show.EdTheRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02076404906604458623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-76104255639349947252009-08-14T11:43:39.587-05:002009-08-14T11:43:39.587-05:00Cool post! I won't dare list my favorites, eit...Cool post! I won't dare list my favorites, either.... But some trivia for the 'uninitiated': longest Dark Star was 5-11-1972 clocking in at just over 47 mins...<br />Also, while the tune was an absolute fave by fans, it began to disappear in 1974 (played only 6 times that year, vs. it's heavy rotation in '72-73)... and only reappeared again in 1978 for New Years... After that there were 2 in 1979... One in 1981... One in 1984... Then gone...<br />It was a *very* big deal when they brought it back in 1989.lightsweetcrudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041461512844487891noreply@blogger.com