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Subject: My Favorite Dead Album
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 11:11:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 11:11:33 1985
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     I wanted to tyhink of something that we Deadheads can write about
that will bore the rest of the music net in order to get us our own
subgroup.  I thought that a good topic, that will generate alot of
response is "Your favorite Dead Album".  

     For me, as for many others, 'American Beauty' comes first to mind.
It isn't just a bunch of songs that are found on one piece of plastic,
but a complete feeling.  It has put me in another world so many times.
A world where a pond ripples due to unknown forces, the most desirable
woman lives, one can 'see' only by closing one's eyes.  The music also
creates a perfect world of harmony, airyness, light and love. 

     In the end of the album, "Truckin'" brings us back to reality; as
the Dead often like to spin a dream and then break it back to the harsh
light of day so we can see that the day's light also has an aspect of
the sureal beauty of a dream. We find that we can live in that 'Beauty'
world if we just take time to live.

                           Andrew Bindman