Chula Vista

Re: The Grateful Dead

When I was 11-12 years old (pre-internet, pre-MTV, pre-color TV ) everyone raved about Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple, and The Dead.

I've had close to a half century love affair with Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Purple. My first stab with The Dead was the live album LIVE/DEAD.

I thought it sucked after the first listen. I thought it sucked after giving it another few tries. About a year later I gave it another go and.... it sucked.

Over the years I've had many Deadheads try to get me into the band harder than Tom Cruise tries to get his Hollywood buds into Scientology. They've all failed.

I understand the appeal of the whole mashup of Americana, Folk, and Gospel, all wrapped up with a hint of rock and psychedelica, but the bottom line is to my ears their music is rambling and boring as hell.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”