Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unmvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!cliff From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: GRATEFUL TO BE A DEADHEAD Message-ID: <782@unmvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 15:29:35 EST Article-I.D.: unmvax.782 Posted: Thu Apr 11 15:29:35 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Apr-85 06:36:33 EST References: <894@ariel.UUCP> <296@philabs.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 54 Keywords: Sean Byrne, coolness > Sure, it's just great man, take a few hits of this and > groove to the sounds of un-tuned instruments and `musicians' > playing the same 10 songs they've played for the last five > years. In 1984 the Dead played 64 shows. In these 64 shows 119 different songs were played 40 of which were played five times or fewer (the breakdown was (10 songs 5 times, 2 songs 4 times, 5 songs 3 times, 9 songs twice and 14 songs were played just once). The rest of your information is just as accurate. I've seen Arlo Guthrie after a span of a couple of years and quite a bit of his performance two years hence was duplicated for the second show. I saw Doc Watson twice in two years and an even larger portion of the show was the same material. I had a great time listening/slamming to X, but it was obvious that they were drawing most of their tunes from their first three albums, which leads me to believe that the rest of their tour would have had quite a bit of duplication. I can see how being totally uninformed can lead you to believe that the Dead must be repeating the same thing (actually I don't believe they have played "The Same Thing" since Pigpen died), but if you are so ignorant, why did you even waste your time posting the article? > Please, someone explain why anyone would go 50 or more (500!) > miles out of their way to go see a `dead' concert. Is it just > some *religious* experience, or maybe something ~more~. For me I use it as a vacation. It lets me get away from the hassles of school and or work, I like to travel, I meet new friends and the concerts always lift my spirits. > Really, I can't understand the concept of `deadhead', but if > there's a lot of people who like the ~same~ music you like, then > hey great, my ego sure feels good! I commend your proper use of the word "can't." I'm glad you didn't sloppily pen "don't," for I might have wasted some of my time attempting to explain. > I spoke to one of my friends who used to be a deadhead (ie > left school to follow them), and she just was into them coz > it was cool, you know, the thing to do. I'm glad she's grown > up since then, what about the rest of you? I'm also glad that she has grown up. There are too few tickets as it is; too bad there are people attending only to be "cool." It seems fairly silly to do anything that you don't enjoy just for appearance. Luckily members of this net don't jump to conclusions and let one person's article or experience represent entire groups of unconnected people, even when that experience (or article) seems to confirm a pet prejudice. --Cliff [Matthews] {purdue, cmcl2, ihnp4}!lanl!unmvax!cliff {csu-cs, pur-ee, convex, gatech, ucbvax}!unmvax!cliff 4744 Trumbull S.E. - Albuquerque NM 87108 - (505) 265-9143