some anti-grateful dead songs

weary flake

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Apr 5, 2015, 10:28:49 PM4/5/15

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Deadhead, by the Teen Idles (1980), includes
the line "all hippies are wasted" and a little
Casey Jones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ywt_22J1w

I Hate The Grateful Dead, by the Violets (1991):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_3o59HFAc

Bomb The Mars Hotel, by Eleventh Dream Day,
with the line "no more dancing bears" (1990):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x9p1RGza8U

Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia, By The Iron
Prostate (1991):

https://youtu.be/bGRm3XRz71s?t=39m31s

More to enjoy at:

http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Refs.htm

under the heading "songs that insult the dead,
members of the dead or deadheads".

Michael Black

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Apr 5, 2015, 10:37:34 PM4/5/15

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"Hair" from the play of the same name mentions the Grateful Dead.

JOan Baez had a song from about 1984 that mentions the Grateful Dead,
though the title escapes me now. Some song about or to Gabe, her son born
soon after Woodstock.

Eric Burdon's "Monterey" mentions the Dead.

There must be others.

Though it's interesting, the anti-Dead songs come later, while the
pro-Dead references are mostly in their earlier days.

Michael

James Pablos

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Apr 6, 2015, 7:13:51 AM4/6/15

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On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 10:37:34 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:

> There must be others.

In an ancillary way, "I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac..."

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weary flake

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Apr 6, 2015, 10:59:21 AM4/6/15

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On 2015-04-06 13:21:54 +0000, Band Beyond You said:

>> Though it's interesting, the anti-Dead songs come later, while the
>> pro-Dead references are mostly in their earlier days.
>>
>> Michael
>

> Pop-O-Pies are pro-GD, I think...
>
> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zaYnHP17k

Here's a more listenable version of pop-o-pies truckin':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS5mfse1KRA

the Felonious Kidd

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Apr 6, 2015, 11:02:01 AM4/6/15

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Had you not posted this I would have gone to my grave having never heard of any of these bands. So thanks for that (I think).

bmoore

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Apr 6, 2015, 1:07:44 PM4/6/15

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On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 6:21:58 AM UTC-7, Band Beyond You wrote:

> Pop-O-Pies are pro-GD, I think...
>
> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zaYnHP17k

Jerry was a fan...

http://www.pop-o-pies.com/

(click on FAQs and scroll about 1/3 of the way way down the page for photo)

bzl...@aaool.com

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Apr 6, 2015, 1:11:07 PM4/6/15

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On 6 Apr 2015 13:21:54 GMT, Band Beyond You

<emai...@fractalicious.com> wrote:

>Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:

>Pop-O-Pies are pro-GD, I think...
>
>http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zaYnHP17k

A classic.

"Sometimes the sun is shining on me, sometimes it's raining out.
Lately it occurs to me, I just want to scream and shout." (something
to that effect)

sparksfly

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Apr 7, 2015, 6:48:01 PM4/7/15

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It looks like Alice Cooper was a big dead fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9YPPye7yQ

Mark-T

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Apr 11, 2015, 4:31:12 PM4/11/15

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On April 5, weary flake wrote:
> Deadhead, by the Teen Idles (1980), includes
> the line "all hippies are wasted" and a little
> Casey Jones:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ywt_22J1w
>
> I Hate The Grateful Dead, by the Violets (1991):
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_3o59HFAc

Wasn't the entire punk movement, starting with
Velvet Underground, anti-GDead? Well, not GD per
se, but anti-beauty; "we're sick of sweet
feelgood music, we're mad as hell, we want ugly
feelbad!" Rebels without a cause, you know -

But really, that ain't so original - look up the
Dada movement, circa 1920. Same motives - "Let's
do whatever our parents hate"

There's nothing new under the sun -

Mark