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Seat68 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Ripple posted on a couple of other threads is from the fantastic Grateful Dead album, American Beauty. Arguably you only need one GD album and its that, at a push Workingmans Dead. Ripple is a great song, but my favourite from American Beauty is Box of Rain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2023 20 hours ago, Seat68 said: This is Gordon McIntyre, he used to be in the criminally underrated band, Ballboy. I learned today that he released an album in 2022, considering buying it based on the tracks I have listened to this morning. That's quite nice, but totally ruled out for me by that synth 'percussion' thing. Sets my teeth on edge. Get a drummer, or don't bother (the song doesn't need it, anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2023 34 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Ripple posted on a couple of other threads is from the fantastic Grateful Dead album, American Beauty. Arguably you only need one GD album and its that, at a push Workingmans Dead. Ripple is a great song, but my favourite from American Beauty is Box of Rain Agreed. But if you listened to some of the live jams (Dark Star and the like) you wouldn't know they were the same band. When I first heard the name 'Grateful Dead', I assumed they'd be ultra-heavy, like Black Sabbath. It was quite a shock when I discovered how thin and weedy the vocals were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fightoffyour Posted September 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2023 I like to think the lyrics are "I'm your Villan" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2023 13 hours ago, Seat68 said: Ripple posted on a couple of other threads is from the fantastic Grateful Dead album, American Beauty. Arguably you only need one GD album and its that, at a push Workingmans Dead. Ripple is a great song, but my favourite from American Beauty is Box of Rain Disagree that you only need 1 Grateful Dead album! But if I were to own only one I'd choose Europe '72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted September 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) Totally ridiculed by my punk friends (anything after Foxx was "shit" to them) in the early 80s when I owned this ... but I never stopped being a huge fan of the whole album. The Peter Saville cover, too -- just brilliant. Edited September 15, 2023 by Marka Ragnos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 8 hours ago, il_serpente said: Disagree that you only need 1 Grateful Dead album! But if I were to own only one I'd choose Europe '72. I was going to ask you as I know you are a fan, American Beauty and Workingman's Dead both have the sound I like by The Grateful Dead, do they have similar albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 15/09/2023 at 22:50, Seat68 said: I was going to ask you as I know you are a fan, American Beauty and Workingman's Dead both have the sound I like by The Grateful Dead, do they have similar albums? Though there were some songs of similar style on later studio albums, there aren't any entire albums like those two. There are several live albums from that era that contain some songs from those two plus others. Europe '72 is fantastic. Skull & Roses (officially just called Grateful Dead) and Bear's Choice (officially History of the Grateful Dead vol.1) were also both recorded after American Beauty and Workingman's but prior to their next studio album. The compilation album What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been has some good stuff, too. It's mainly a compilation of their first 5 studio albums (including Beauty and Workingman's) plus some live stuff. I'd definitely give Europe '72 a listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted September 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 This is a fantastic song from the old man from Canada ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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