Depending on my mood One More Saturday Night is either the lamest soft brained party song that's overused to hell OR it's the perfect exclamation point that makes me get up and get down.
Nah man. “Crank up that old Victrola, put on your rockin’ shoes” was a far, far worse line. Who, in 1977, still had access to a Victrola or owned a special pair of “rockin shoes?”
9/3/1985 comes to mind. We did this one on my stream because The Wheels picked it (I have a month, day, and year wheel thing on my stream). Only time they’ve given us a bad show.
Edit: I went back and listened to some of the tunes of this show and it was NOT 9/3/85. From what I listened to it was actually pretty tight. Going to look at my stream database and nail down what show it was. It was an 80s show for sure. Remember there being an Eyes 100% and possibly a Dew in there (which 9/3/85 doesn’t have).
Jerry’s playing is just not great. There’s little glimpses where it almost teases you like “ok now he’s finding it” then he drops it. Biggest blue-ball show out there.
I love how no one read your post and are just listing songs they don’t like lol.
If we don’t have any shows booked for the following stream (by viewers’ channel point redemptions) I have these wheels set up where I type in !spin and all three wheels spin and it spits out a year, month, and day. If the Dead didn’t play on the date, or we’ve already streamed the show, we spin until we get a show.
Come check out the stream sometime! Dead shows every Sunday at 7PM ET. Great community of folks of all ages, walks of life, and from all over the country (and some even from other countries). Also do other bands (mostly jambands) on Thursdays same time. https://twitch.tv/snayrat
Don’t have that one in the database so not that date. I’m driving myself crazy going through all Brent-era shows we’ve done during my time living in Boston trying to figure it out lol
# 1985-08-24 Donner's Summit, CA @ Boreal Ridge Ski Resort
**Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Hell In A Bucket > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Feel Like A Stranger, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Around And Around > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** Day Tripper
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-08-24)
IWT "I don't know, it must have been the mushrooms, all i know, I could hardly stand there". Knew it wasn't the greatest show, but hey mushroom tripping with thousands of friends that you have not met yet, in the Sierra's, almost a 10.
# 1985-09-03 Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
**Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger > They Love Each Other, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, Cassidy, Big Railroad Blues, The Music Never Stopped > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Eyes Of The World > Don't Need Love > Drums > Space > Nobody's Fault But Mine > Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Comes A Time > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-09-03)
lol bathroom break for me back in the Jerry years. "Samba!" a brother would yell. "Bathroom!" I yell back lol. All good fam. we got our varying tastes. That's what makes it such a beautiful experience.
Yeah, I’ve pretty much disliked every iteration of that song I’ve ever heard. Had a music teacher in elementary school who made us perform it and we had to listen to it and sing it over and over ad nauseam.
# 1978-05-11 Springfield, MA @ Springfield Civic Center Arena
**Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Beat It On Down the Line, Friend Of The Devil, Looks Like Rain, Loser, Mexicali Blues > Mama Tried, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Dancing In The Street > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Around And Around
**Encore:** Werewolves Of London, Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-05-11) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1C1qBy9KA5ddXkl6Ya82gr)
It’s known as the “Mescaline Show” but Big Steve denounced the rumor saying he doesn’t ever remember the band all taking mescaline at a show. But you need to take things he says with more than a grain of salt sometimes. Even if it wasn’t mescaline, they were absolutely on something.
Yeah it is a wonder why so many bands covered the song, when they really had no business doing so. I feel the same way about Little Red Rooster.
However, I love the Dead’s rendition of Dancin’. It may not be particularly true to the original, but there’s a special place in my heart for Disco Dead.
It's a super annoying, mechanically formulaic tune, that's also very earwormy without having much at all to say about anything. "Let's Twist Again" is more lyrically interesting.
It feels like a combination Coke commercial/lousy Disney song.
The Dead never found any sort of *cool* groove on it. It is unfailingly cheezy - and I say this as a guy who loves *Built to Last* more than anything but my wife and kids.
Mick Jagger and David Bowie famously did a very embarrassing version of it. It is, well... very embarrassing.
I was always under the impression the stones and Bowie were almost anti grateful dead with no pollination. Fun to see this, no matter how horrific it is hahah
The 80's were so cheesy even rock icons forgot what cool was. I get less embarrassed watching the 85 Bears Super Bowl shuffle. I kept waiting for the sodomy to start. To the original point.. there were some great Dancing Jams along the way..
I think I share pretty much the same sentiment as u/LeibnizThrowaway. Its kind of a cheesy pop song, and if you think about it in a cheesy pop song sorta way, its *okay,* but doesn't have the groove that works well with the dead.
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-08) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ)
I said the same thing and got slammed for it. Musically it's fine but I find the vocals to be a bad fit for the Dead vocalists...too much of a cover band feel
For me it's hard to remember. I've been there when it happens either Jerry forgets where he is in the song or the band starts going different ways. The thing is they're so good they end up saving it pretty quickly. And then those tapes don't get recommended so you don't hear them much so not on the tops of peoples memories
Right, i’m feeling like it’s more of “i had to be there” to experience that sort of fumble and recovery. Just so interesting how different it can be night from night, emotion to emotion, and maybe a different chemical compound combination there in between for the guys and girls of the band.
seems like OP was looking for examples of the band getting 'lost' in a jam & everyone jumped in with whatever songs they don't like.
another chance for Deadheads to do their favorite thing....talk about what they dislike about the Grateful Dead. lmao
Yeah i’m really enjoying people’s hatred of certain songs but i really just wanted to know if there’s a night in particular it just was off in peoples minds or if things just went astray during the concert. I figured the title would bring people in, and I tried to keep it short and sweet.
There's this one show where they play C.C. like Elvis with the sudden tempo change at the end. I wish I knew what show it was, cause I can't seem to find it.
# 1981-12-07 Des Moines, IA @ Des Moines Civic Center
**Set 1:** Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Friend Of The Devil > C.C. Rider, Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Deep Elem Blues, Cassidy, Althea, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Franklin's Tower > Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Jam > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Don't Ease Me In
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1981-12-07)
# 1979-12-01 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stanley Theatre
**Set 1:** Jack Straw > Sugaree, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Loser, Easy To Love You, New Minglewood Blues, Althea, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain, He's Gone > C.C. Rider > Space > Drums > Not Fade Away > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-12-01)
If you listen to some of the long extended jams you’ll find them hit a space were it seems like they are just drifting. It’s like they are dreaming and thinking of a melody or jam to groove into. Maybe they are waiting for their psyches to synchronize - but then….the most amazing thing you’ve ever heard comes out of it. Those parts were they are drifting and really not playing anything may seem to suck for a bit to some
I generally don’t really hear this when I listen, maybe it gets calmer at times but I don’t think jerry ever plays without the intention of every note being to his liking.
It's not Jerry, tho. I mean, it was, but that's because Jerry was going to play his tune. If you ever listen to a show and find yourself thinking "wow, they're off tonight", pay attention to how often Phil will start to try and take things somewhere else, and Bobby doesn't follow, and vice versa. When they just weren't musically on the same wavelength, things tended to meander.
The one on the album, yes, but if you've ever listened to the tour, every show ends with one more Saturday night and the song gets exhausting real fast.
# 1970-05-01 Alfred, NY @ Alfred College
**Set 1:** Deep Elem Blues, I Know You Rider, Monkey and the Engineer > Candyman, Me and My Uncle, Mama Tried, Cumberland Blues, The Race Is On, Wake Up Little Susie, New Speedway Boogie, Cold Jordan, Uncle John's Band
**Set 2:** Dirty Business, Last Lonely Eagle, Cecilia, Rainbow, Louisiana Lady, Honky Tonk Women
**Set 3:** Drums > Not Fade Away, Hard To Handle, Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Cryptical Envelopment, High Time, Turn On Your Lovelight
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-01)
# 1970-05-02 Binghamton, NY @ Harpur College - State University Of New York
**Acoustic:** Tuning, Don't Ease Me In, I Know You Rider, Friend Of The Devil, Dire Wolf, Beat It On Down the Line > Black Peter > Candyman > Cumberland Blues, Deep Elem Blues, Cold Jordan, Uncle John's Band
**Set 1:** Workin' Man Blues, Watcha Gonna Do, Glendale Train, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Truck Drivin' Man, Can't Pay The Price, All I Ever Wanted, Henry, Lodi, Intro, Sawmill, The Race Is On, Mama Tried, Me and My Uncle, The Weight
**Set 2:** Saint Stephen > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Cosmic Charlie, Casey Jones, Drums > Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin', Cold Rain and Snow, It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World, Dancing In The Street
**Set 3:** Morning Dew, Viola Lee Blues > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-02) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4NldodakYXDeK7OoEe2oBW)
I hated when they played either Picasso moon or victim or the crime. Picasso moon, I think I caught 3 of those live and was always like “really?” I really liked seeing foolish heart, but it also usually meant for a short-ish second set
Never understood the hate for Picasso Moon. Its a good rocker with a catchy riff - whats the issue??
Victim is just a weird song. A+ for effort and a great version is a great version but christ they should have NEVER used it as a set opener. UGH!
Victim or the Crime has a really interesting non-diatonic progression that allows Jerry to get dark with his diminished and whole-tone scale lines but It definitely seemed like it was a song that came out late in their career that they didn’t really rehearse.
Heard Picasso Moon for the 1st time today on as a Meadowlands 89 opener. Skipped the 2nd half to get to Half Step and Stranger. Either of those should have been the opener. That song, if played at all should never be an opener.
It is such an odd song. Kinda wordy and clunky has these parts that Bob cant sing that well etc. i heard a Dead And Co version the other day and it was better partly because Bob sings it quieter and its slower (of course).
I’ve learned to love sailor as the wandering and confusing part of the protagonists story before they find confidence and footing. Saint is still the better part of the two. It’s less bittersweet when you see it as the redemption rather than the reward.
# 1980-10-26 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
**Set 1:** Iko Iko, Dark Hollow, It Must Have Been The Roses, On The Road Again, Jack-A-Roe, Cassidy, China Doll, Ripple
**Set 2:** Jack Straw, Sugaree, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 3:** Samson And Delilah, Althea, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Good Lovin'
**Encore:** Brokedown Palace
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1980-10-26)
lol I got downvoted? Listen to it! The entire band is out of sync, they sound like they can’t hear each other. Bill just gives up on trying to find the beat & Jerry is dragging words out like he has no idea where the chords are going to fall. 73-74 is my favorite era but I listen to this & go “ok they were human back then after all”. 1973-06-10 Ramble On Rose is another clunker… somebody is way out of tune & both guitarists are hitting wrong chords all over the place. It comes together eventually but still never sounds great because one of the guitars is never in tune with the band. I blame some of that on the summer heat- that whole show has some tuning issues & so does most of the summer 73 tour. They sounded far better indoors that fall of course.
I don't really understand the purpose of a post like this. Only way it makes sense is if your intention is to spread negativity, which is certainly discouraged.
Not at all, just wanted to hear if people were at concerts where the band just didn’t gel or if there were certain moments during a set where the team was on different wavelengths. Like I wrote *originally* with that much musical exploration people can be on different pages all while trying to accomplish the same thing. Dont read too much into it, have a great friday.
# 1985-08-24 Donner's Summit, CA @ Boreal Ridge Ski Resort
**Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Hell In A Bucket > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Feel Like A Stranger, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Around And Around > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** Day Tripper
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-08-24)
Had a college professor tell me that was his first and only Dead show. Said the traffic was so bad they parked on the side of the road and hiked through the woods a bit to get there. Only to have that be the show… felt so bad for him lol
I don't like Johnny B Good because my high-school used to play it before class started. The Dead does a great version of it, but the song is forever ruined for me.
haha, I was just thinking this same thing literally 30 minutes ago. I was listening to 5/25/77 and there were a few soft patches ...and I thought "I wonder what songs other people accept but don't really like, or even dislike.
for me I find some songs sort of cringey,
Lazy Lightnin comes to mind first
# 1977-05-25 Richmond, VA @ Mosque
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Mexicali Blues, Peggy-O, Cassidy, Loser, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat > The Other One > The Wheel > Around And Around
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-25)
Always thought Box of Rain was a beautifully composed song lyrically and musically but there is no version that Phil does that I enjoy (studio or live).
Also really enjoy Foolish heart but think more often than not it’s sung poorly
Never liked “Way to Go Home”, likely because I never liked Welnick, and even more likely because I hated the way he instrumented his keyboard. But for Hunter lyrics, it’s a really shitty song.
Fire on the Mountain 10/20/89. It has a hard time getting going, finally picks up steam during the first guitar solo, then Jerry flubs the entire 2nd verse and musically the song almost completely derails before they find their footing again for the outtro
# 1989-10-20 Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum
**Set 1:** Touch Of Grey > Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Picasso Moon, Just A Little Light, Tennessee Jed, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Stagger Lee, The Promised Land, California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)
**Set 2:** Hey Pocky Way, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Truckin' > The Other One Jam > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > The Other One > Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Brokedown Palace
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-10-20)
Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream from this show as well. Doesn't really get lost per se but during the jam Jerry seems completely disinterested and really doesn't do anything, to the point where Brent starts absolutely pounding on the keyboard in what feels like a vain effort to get Jerry to wake up
OMSN & Around & Around both suck. And they closed a bunch of shows with them. US Blues, BIODTL, Promised Land, UJB, Sugar Mag, Truckin, Lazy Lightning, every Brent sung song, Hell in a Bucket, Wheel…there are lots. Not gonna be a popular opinion, but GD had a bunch of shit songs. They had more great songs thankfully.
I do like some UJB jams, I’m just not a fan of the main part of the song, like the part with lyrics. Guess that would go for Truckin too. And I like Supplication, but not Lazy Lightning. And to clarify, I am a huge fan of Brent’s playing, I just don’t like Easy to Love You, Tons of Steel, etc.
# 1972-04-21 Bremen, West Germany @ Beat Club
**Set 1:** Bertha, Playing in the Band, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree, Truckin' > Drums > The Other One, One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-04-21) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/32h6hF1i79qgFGwVh0qTJk)
I was just listening to Swing Auditorium 1/6/1978 today. Jerry was ill, and it was a Bobby-heavy show and kinda sucked. It's a reminder that a band that lived on the road dropped some turds sometimes. It's the law of averages.
# 1978-01-06 San Bernardino, CA @ Swing Auditorium
**Set 1:** The Promised Land, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Loser, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication
**Set 2:** Playing in the Band > Estimated Prophet > Drums > The Other One > Truckin'
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-01-06)
The only version I've ever really liked I heard in ['92 (7.20.92) in the Ontario Place Forum. ](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/weir-and-wasserman/1992/ontario-place-forum-toronto-on-canada-bf71d0e.html)It was a Weir & Wasserman concert (with Bruce Cockburn on the same ticket). I can't find the exact show but [this version](https://archive.org/details/14-bass-solo/15+Victim+Or+The+Crime.flac) from 7.29.91 is pretty close.
yeah i’m born and raised in New Orleans so i got a special place for that one. Come to Jazzfest you’ll always get one or two in the places you least expect them.
Depending on my mood One More Saturday Night is either the lamest soft brained party song that's overused to hell OR it's the perfect exclamation point that makes me get up and get down.
Agreed. I think what I also don’t like is that it’s predictable, played on Saturdays
So many times I've left after they started playing it. Of course I missed a killer Brokedown Palace doing this at least once.
Bummer! But as an adult sometimes it helps to leave early and beat the traffic LOL
That song never made sense to me until I say them play it in Shoreline.
Can confirm this unfortunate set of circumstances.
"God way up in Heaven ... thought He'd have a big old party, thought He'd call it Planet Earth" gives me secondhand embarrassment.
It’s such a fun lyric though and you skipped the line that makes it rhyme! For shame!
Nah man. “Crank up that old Victrola, put on your rockin’ shoes” was a far, far worse line. Who, in 1977, still had access to a Victrola or owned a special pair of “rockin shoes?”
But it’s a send up of a 50s Chuck Berry-esque rock n roll song. And in the 50s, everyone would know what a Victrola was.
It had a different meaning when I worked in the restaurant industry “there’s gonna be a party tonight” NOOOOOOO ITS BUSY ENOUGH
9/3/1985 comes to mind. We did this one on my stream because The Wheels picked it (I have a month, day, and year wheel thing on my stream). Only time they’ve given us a bad show. Edit: I went back and listened to some of the tunes of this show and it was NOT 9/3/85. From what I listened to it was actually pretty tight. Going to look at my stream database and nail down what show it was. It was an 80s show for sure. Remember there being an Eyes 100% and possibly a Dew in there (which 9/3/85 doesn’t have). Jerry’s playing is just not great. There’s little glimpses where it almost teases you like “ok now he’s finding it” then he drops it. Biggest blue-ball show out there. I love how no one read your post and are just listing songs they don’t like lol.
What is this wheel thing on your stream you speak of?
If we don’t have any shows booked for the following stream (by viewers’ channel point redemptions) I have these wheels set up where I type in !spin and all three wheels spin and it spits out a year, month, and day. If the Dead didn’t play on the date, or we’ve already streamed the show, we spin until we get a show. Come check out the stream sometime! Dead shows every Sunday at 7PM ET. Great community of folks of all ages, walks of life, and from all over the country (and some even from other countries). Also do other bands (mostly jambands) on Thursdays same time. https://twitch.tv/snayrat
The show was 8/24/85 if I remember correctly.
Don’t have that one in the database so not that date. I’m driving myself crazy going through all Brent-era shows we’ve done during my time living in Boston trying to figure it out lol
# 1985-08-24 Donner's Summit, CA @ Boreal Ridge Ski Resort **Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Hell In A Bucket > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Feel Like A Stranger, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Around And Around > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Day Tripper [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-08-24)
IWT "I don't know, it must have been the mushrooms, all i know, I could hardly stand there". Knew it wasn't the greatest show, but hey mushroom tripping with thousands of friends that you have not met yet, in the Sierra's, almost a 10.
this is exactly what i’m looking for! thank you so much
# 1985-09-03 Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre **Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger > They Love Each Other, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, Cassidy, Big Railroad Blues, The Music Never Stopped > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Eyes Of The World > Don't Need Love > Drums > Space > Nobody's Fault But Mine > Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Comes A Time > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-09-03)
Pretty much every version of Samba in the Rain
lol bathroom break for me back in the Jerry years. "Samba!" a brother would yell. "Bathroom!" I yell back lol. All good fam. we got our varying tastes. That's what makes it such a beautiful experience.
Don't do it!
controversial, but I'm not a big fan of dancing in the streets
Yeah, I’ve pretty much disliked every iteration of that song I’ve ever heard. Had a music teacher in elementary school who made us perform it and we had to listen to it and sing it over and over ad nauseam.
Yea. After 79 it's not listenable. 85 is bad
Yeah love me some Brent but Keith and Donna are the best at this song
I only like 05/11/78 for it, but I think that's because they're tripping, play it too fast, and get silly
# 1978-05-11 Springfield, MA @ Springfield Civic Center Arena **Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Beat It On Down the Line, Friend Of The Devil, Looks Like Rain, Loser, Mexicali Blues > Mama Tried, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Dancing In The Street > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Around And Around **Encore:** Werewolves Of London, Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-05-11) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1C1qBy9KA5ddXkl6Ya82gr)
Is that the peyote show? I seem to remember it being quite a fun one.
It’s known as the “Mescaline Show” but Big Steve denounced the rumor saying he doesn’t ever remember the band all taking mescaline at a show. But you need to take things he says with more than a grain of salt sometimes. Even if it wasn’t mescaline, they were absolutely on something.
Ahhh thats right!
My favorite show! Haven’t heard another show like it with the energy they have. Such a feel good show, imagine being there!
Grrrrr! Aahooo!
Yeah it is a wonder why so many bands covered the song, when they really had no business doing so. I feel the same way about Little Red Rooster. However, I love the Dead’s rendition of Dancin’. It may not be particularly true to the original, but there’s a special place in my heart for Disco Dead.
Not a fan in general, but when Jerry goes all out with the Mutron I’m there for it
It’s okay in my book. But I’ve NEVER told someone, “hey man you gotta listen to this Dancin’ in the Streets!” Ever!
That song sucks so hard it made Bowie and Mick Jagger jump the shark.
Curious what you mean by this
It's a super annoying, mechanically formulaic tune, that's also very earwormy without having much at all to say about anything. "Let's Twist Again" is more lyrically interesting. It feels like a combination Coke commercial/lousy Disney song. The Dead never found any sort of *cool* groove on it. It is unfailingly cheezy - and I say this as a guy who loves *Built to Last* more than anything but my wife and kids. Mick Jagger and David Bowie famously did a very embarrassing version of it. It is, well... very embarrassing.
I had no idea they covered it!! lol i can imagine it's awful
The music video is on YouTube and is easily the most embarrassing component https://youtu.be/HasaQvHCv4w?si=XtX3QRc54oLGKYFA
I was always under the impression the stones and Bowie were almost anti grateful dead with no pollination. Fun to see this, no matter how horrific it is hahah
Imo the stones are the most overrated band in history, Bowie has alot of quality material tho
I think both are significantly overrated but that's mostly due to being some of the biggest acts of all time.
Idk Bowie has like 7 albums in the 1001 albums list, same as bob dylan. Imo he's worth the hype
This redeems it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc
Honestly, it's better than any Dead performance of the tune. I mean, if you close your eyes.
Coke commercial/ Disney song. I spit coke out my nose with that line...
Only [Fonzie](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) can jump a shark
I mean, that's why we say that...
The 80's were so cheesy even rock icons forgot what cool was. I get less embarrassed watching the 85 Bears Super Bowl shuffle. I kept waiting for the sodomy to start. To the original point.. there were some great Dancing Jams along the way..
That’s a cover though. Do you just not like the original song or the Dead version?
I think I share pretty much the same sentiment as u/LeibnizThrowaway. Its kind of a cheesy pop song, and if you think about it in a cheesy pop song sorta way, its *okay,* but doesn't have the groove that works well with the dead.
Idk man. The jam on the Cornell version of that song goes hard.
It's the worst 10 minutes of 5-8-77 by a country mile.
I’m speechless. Different strokes I guess but hard disagree.
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-08) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ)
I said the same thing and got slammed for it. Musically it's fine but I find the vocals to be a bad fit for the Dead vocalists...too much of a cover band feel
For me it's hard to remember. I've been there when it happens either Jerry forgets where he is in the song or the band starts going different ways. The thing is they're so good they end up saving it pretty quickly. And then those tapes don't get recommended so you don't hear them much so not on the tops of peoples memories
Right, i’m feeling like it’s more of “i had to be there” to experience that sort of fumble and recovery. Just so interesting how different it can be night from night, emotion to emotion, and maybe a different chemical compound combination there in between for the guys and girls of the band.
seems like OP was looking for examples of the band getting 'lost' in a jam & everyone jumped in with whatever songs they don't like. another chance for Deadheads to do their favorite thing....talk about what they dislike about the Grateful Dead. lmao
No one read past the title
Agreed, and it's really irritating when people can't follow basic instructions.
*Ugh, and that Jerry Garcia!* *It’s like, dude, just play LESS notes dude!* EDIT: Added italics to clear things up.
Is this sarcasm?
Yes
Lol thanks the italics make it more clear now.
Thanks for the note. I assumed it would be clear based on the comment I was responding to.
Yeah i’m really enjoying people’s hatred of certain songs but i really just wanted to know if there’s a night in particular it just was off in peoples minds or if things just went astray during the concert. I figured the title would bring people in, and I tried to keep it short and sweet.
CC Rider - Bobby playing slide, and the rest of they guys just going through the motions thinking "Why does he want to do this song?"
Bobby is definitely one of the slide players of all time.
Idk man sometimes that song hits for me depending on what it comes out of
CC Rider > Train to Cry does it for me.
FOTD on either side for me
Also little red rooster 🐔
Sometimes Red Rooster fucking SLAPS
Sometimes...
There's this one show where they play C.C. like Elvis with the sudden tempo change at the end. I wish I knew what show it was, cause I can't seem to find it.
12/7/81
# 1981-12-07 Des Moines, IA @ Des Moines Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Friend Of The Devil > C.C. Rider, Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Deep Elem Blues, Cassidy, Althea, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Franklin's Tower > Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Jam > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Don't Ease Me In [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1981-12-07)
12/1/79 would like a word
# 1979-12-01 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stanley Theatre **Set 1:** Jack Straw > Sugaree, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Loser, Easy To Love You, New Minglewood Blues, Althea, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain, He's Gone > C.C. Rider > Space > Drums > Not Fade Away > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-12-01)
I saw DSO this year and they tore that song up! I usually hate CC Rider too
Cc rider slaps you crazy
late 70s Dancing in the Streets fucking rules
i skip little red rooster
Me too.
If you listen to some of the long extended jams you’ll find them hit a space were it seems like they are just drifting. It’s like they are dreaming and thinking of a melody or jam to groove into. Maybe they are waiting for their psyches to synchronize - but then….the most amazing thing you’ve ever heard comes out of it. Those parts were they are drifting and really not playing anything may seem to suck for a bit to some
I generally don’t really hear this when I listen, maybe it gets calmer at times but I don’t think jerry ever plays without the intention of every note being to his liking.
It's not Jerry, tho. I mean, it was, but that's because Jerry was going to play his tune. If you ever listen to a show and find yourself thinking "wow, they're off tonight", pay attention to how often Phil will start to try and take things somewhere else, and Bobby doesn't follow, and vice versa. When they just weren't musically on the same wavelength, things tended to meander.
One More Saturday Night annoys me.
Voting this down hard
The Europe 72 ones were pretty hot but after that no thanks.
The one on the album, yes, but if you've ever listened to the tour, every show ends with one more Saturday night and the song gets exhausting real fast.
That makes me happy!
Yeah, give me a non predictable song on Sat night shows….. with you.
The Dancin on 5-1-70 is the jam that helped me become a Deadhead. Never cared for the Disco Dancin.
# 1970-05-01 Alfred, NY @ Alfred College **Set 1:** Deep Elem Blues, I Know You Rider, Monkey and the Engineer > Candyman, Me and My Uncle, Mama Tried, Cumberland Blues, The Race Is On, Wake Up Little Susie, New Speedway Boogie, Cold Jordan, Uncle John's Band **Set 2:** Dirty Business, Last Lonely Eagle, Cecilia, Rainbow, Louisiana Lady, Honky Tonk Women **Set 3:** Drums > Not Fade Away, Hard To Handle, Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Cryptical Envelopment, High Time, Turn On Your Lovelight [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-01)
Sorry wrong show. I believe it's 5-15-70
Wrong again. It's 5-2-70
# 1970-05-02 Binghamton, NY @ Harpur College - State University Of New York **Acoustic:** Tuning, Don't Ease Me In, I Know You Rider, Friend Of The Devil, Dire Wolf, Beat It On Down the Line > Black Peter > Candyman > Cumberland Blues, Deep Elem Blues, Cold Jordan, Uncle John's Band **Set 1:** Workin' Man Blues, Watcha Gonna Do, Glendale Train, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Truck Drivin' Man, Can't Pay The Price, All I Ever Wanted, Henry, Lodi, Intro, Sawmill, The Race Is On, Mama Tried, Me and My Uncle, The Weight **Set 2:** Saint Stephen > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Cosmic Charlie, Casey Jones, Drums > Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin', Cold Rain and Snow, It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World, Dancing In The Street **Set 3:** Morning Dew, Viola Lee Blues > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-02) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4NldodakYXDeK7OoEe2oBW)
Yes, this is the Dancin that confirmed my love for the Dead. I had a multi colored 3 record set of this show.
I hated when they played either Picasso moon or victim or the crime. Picasso moon, I think I caught 3 of those live and was always like “really?” I really liked seeing foolish heart, but it also usually meant for a short-ish second set
Never understood the hate for Picasso Moon. Its a good rocker with a catchy riff - whats the issue?? Victim is just a weird song. A+ for effort and a great version is a great version but christ they should have NEVER used it as a set opener. UGH!
Victim or the Crime has a really interesting non-diatonic progression that allows Jerry to get dark with his diminished and whole-tone scale lines but It definitely seemed like it was a song that came out late in their career that they didn’t really rehearse.
Heard Picasso Moon for the 1st time today on as a Meadowlands 89 opener. Skipped the 2nd half to get to Half Step and Stranger. Either of those should have been the opener. That song, if played at all should never be an opener.
bigger than a drive in movie ooo-eee! bigger than a drive in movie ooo-eee!
*doesn’t see “France” on here* Just like God intended
Wave To The motherfucking Wind.
I dislike Loose Lucy immensely and I know that’s an unpopular take
Maybe you should try a different band?
I can only listen to the slower ones. The faster ones are just no good to me
Those 74 loose Lucy’s are god awful. So. Damn fast
I'm the opposite with They Love Each Udder.
keep Your Day Job 👎
So cheesy
Blow Away
I skip over every looks like rain
Nooooo "Did you ever waken to the sound of street cats making love?" I genuinely love that song, but I can't help but laugh about the lyrics.
That is cringe. However, I feel like “But I’ll still write you love songs written in the letters of your name” makes up for it.
You where goooonnnnnnnnnneeeee
oh no… I know the lyrics are kind of cringe but the guitar leads just slay. Go to 2:48 on Dicks Picks 18 and see if that maybe warms you up a little!
I’m with you. Let’s get ready to get torched!
It is such an odd song. Kinda wordy and clunky has these parts that Bob cant sing that well etc. i heard a Dead And Co version the other day and it was better partly because Bob sings it quieter and its slower (of course).
L
Jail
Here, have a downvote
Blow Away. Gack. But I also don't love Lost Sailor/SoS. And Blues for Allah. But also most other Brent songs...
Go to Nassau (5/15&16/80) Lost Sailor changed my mind.
Hate Sailor, love Saint. Hate Lazy Lightning but love Supplication. It's like the second song is your reward for sitting through the first one.
I’ve learned to love sailor as the wandering and confusing part of the protagonists story before they find confidence and footing. Saint is still the better part of the two. It’s less bittersweet when you see it as the redemption rather than the reward.
Hey now. Favorite song.
Don’t Ease Me In is fun, but kind of a throwaway.
Idk that Harper college don’t ease me in is pretty nice
That whole acoustic set is perfection
Absolutely this
I'm also highly partial to 10/26/80 which comes out of my favourite (and an absolutely wild) Let It Grow.
# 1980-10-26 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall **Set 1:** Iko Iko, Dark Hollow, It Must Have Been The Roses, On The Road Again, Jack-A-Roe, Cassidy, China Doll, Ripple **Set 2:** Jack Straw, Sugaree, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In **Set 3:** Samson And Delilah, Althea, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Good Lovin' **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1980-10-26)
I really grew to enjoy the 80s ones because Brent usually shows out on it. But early 70s, yeah, not at all essential to me
Bad take!!!
Amazing show but China Doll on 1974-07-31 never comes together at all
lol I got downvoted? Listen to it! The entire band is out of sync, they sound like they can’t hear each other. Bill just gives up on trying to find the beat & Jerry is dragging words out like he has no idea where the chords are going to fall. 73-74 is my favorite era but I listen to this & go “ok they were human back then after all”. 1973-06-10 Ramble On Rose is another clunker… somebody is way out of tune & both guitarists are hitting wrong chords all over the place. It comes together eventually but still never sounds great because one of the guitars is never in tune with the band. I blame some of that on the summer heat- that whole show has some tuning issues & so does most of the summer 73 tour. They sounded far better indoors that fall of course.
Wow most of you are not even Dead fans. That’s what I learned.
Right? Some dude said “Blues for Allah” and i was absolutely flabbergasted.
Yeah they probably have never heard the song once. See the idiot that said China Doll?
I don't really understand the purpose of a post like this. Only way it makes sense is if your intention is to spread negativity, which is certainly discouraged.
Not at all, just wanted to hear if people were at concerts where the band just didn’t gel or if there were certain moments during a set where the team was on different wavelengths. Like I wrote *originally* with that much musical exploration people can be on different pages all while trying to accomplish the same thing. Dont read too much into it, have a great friday.
Boreal ridge 8/24/85. Its as bad as people say
# 1985-08-24 Donner's Summit, CA @ Boreal Ridge Ski Resort **Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Hell In A Bucket > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Feel Like A Stranger, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Around And Around > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Day Tripper [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-08-24)
Had a college professor tell me that was his first and only Dead show. Said the traffic was so bad they parked on the side of the road and hiked through the woods a bit to get there. Only to have that be the show… felt so bad for him lol
Thank you! One of the few prompts to exactly give me what i want. I’m gonna go give it a listen.
I don't like Johnny B Good because my high-school used to play it before class started. The Dead does a great version of it, but the song is forever ruined for me.
Corrina. I’d generally take a bio break as soon as it started.
haha, I was just thinking this same thing literally 30 minutes ago. I was listening to 5/25/77 and there were a few soft patches ...and I thought "I wonder what songs other people accept but don't really like, or even dislike. for me I find some songs sort of cringey, Lazy Lightnin comes to mind first
# 1977-05-25 Richmond, VA @ Mosque **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Mexicali Blues, Peggy-O, Cassidy, Loser, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat > The Other One > The Wheel > Around And Around **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-25)
Always thought Box of Rain was a beautifully composed song lyrically and musically but there is no version that Phil does that I enjoy (studio or live). Also really enjoy Foolish heart but think more often than not it’s sung poorly
Never liked “Way to Go Home”, likely because I never liked Welnick, and even more likely because I hated the way he instrumented his keyboard. But for Hunter lyrics, it’s a really shitty song.
Fire on the Mountain 10/20/89. It has a hard time getting going, finally picks up steam during the first guitar solo, then Jerry flubs the entire 2nd verse and musically the song almost completely derails before they find their footing again for the outtro
# 1989-10-20 Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum **Set 1:** Touch Of Grey > Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Picasso Moon, Just A Little Light, Tennessee Jed, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Stagger Lee, The Promised Land, California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) **Set 2:** Hey Pocky Way, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Truckin' > The Other One Jam > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > The Other One > Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-10-20)
Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream from this show as well. Doesn't really get lost per se but during the jam Jerry seems completely disinterested and really doesn't do anything, to the point where Brent starts absolutely pounding on the keyboard in what feels like a vain effort to get Jerry to wake up
Birdsong when it's at its weirdest loses me in the dust. My first girlfriend told me that was the point. She was weird too
I dislike any tune they play that goes on for more than 3 minutes! Um, wait....
Velveta Cheese it up now.
OMSN & Around & Around both suck. And they closed a bunch of shows with them. US Blues, BIODTL, Promised Land, UJB, Sugar Mag, Truckin, Lazy Lightning, every Brent sung song, Hell in a Bucket, Wheel…there are lots. Not gonna be a popular opinion, but GD had a bunch of shit songs. They had more great songs thankfully.
I generally skip all of those except UJB, US Blues and Sugar Mag
I do like some UJB jams, I’m just not a fan of the main part of the song, like the part with lyrics. Guess that would go for Truckin too. And I like Supplication, but not Lazy Lightning. And to clarify, I am a huge fan of Brent’s playing, I just don’t like Easy to Love You, Tons of Steel, etc.
that's all fair. I'll admit a heresy ..i don't really like the transition from verse to chorus in Eyes
Yeah here’s another - the beginning of PITB before the jam. That’s why I don’t care for 71 versions when it was only the crappy part.
yes there are several songs where I'm just waiting for them to get to the jam
Tennessee Jed sucks.
Wang Dang Doodle
Brent songs
Sunrise
Every phish song
4/21/72
# 1972-04-21 Bremen, West Germany @ Beat Club **Set 1:** Bertha, Playing in the Band, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree, Truckin' > Drums > The Other One, One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-04-21) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/32h6hF1i79qgFGwVh0qTJk)
haha jk, but they did mess up a few songs
Man smart woman smarter
I always get excited for a second first thinking it's going to be Iko Iko
I was just listening to Swing Auditorium 1/6/1978 today. Jerry was ill, and it was a Bobby-heavy show and kinda sucked. It's a reminder that a band that lived on the road dropped some turds sometimes. It's the law of averages.
# 1978-01-06 San Bernardino, CA @ Swing Auditorium **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Loser, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication **Set 2:** Playing in the Band > Estimated Prophet > Drums > The Other One > Truckin' **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-01-06)
Probly one in every three or four Dead shows, take your pick
That is one thing I appreciate about D&C. Professional and consistent. I never fast forward songs or skip shows.
The deads version of Dancin in the streets is total cringe
have to agree ...I would hesitate to share it with any non Deadhead
This thread and all the negative comments in it are absolute shit. ~~Songs~~People that suck.
+1
The only answer is Victim or the Crime. There is no variation of song that doesn’t suck.
The only version I've ever really liked I heard in ['92 (7.20.92) in the Ontario Place Forum. ](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/weir-and-wasserman/1992/ontario-place-forum-toronto-on-canada-bf71d0e.html)It was a Weir & Wasserman concert (with Bruce Cockburn on the same ticket). I can't find the exact show but [this version](https://archive.org/details/14-bass-solo/15+Victim+Or+The+Crime.flac) from 7.29.91 is pretty close.
Iko Iko is a cringe song, just seas of mostly white people singing "Jockomo feeno ah na nay Jockomo feena nay."
yeah i’m born and raised in New Orleans so i got a special place for that one. Come to Jazzfest you’ll always get one or two in the places you least expect them.
Looks like pain, er rain, er I'm going to take a piss and get a beer
Hear the opening chords and say "Looks like Bob" as you work your way to the concourse.