I picked this exact version for another reactor to listen too. 77 and 78 definitively the best versions of this song. That's not to say other years didn't have great versions as well. But 77 and 78 seems to be the peak of this song.
What an ending solo from Jerry Garcia on this one!! 🔥🔥🔥 Always LOVED this song, the beat and groove is just infectious--- even Biz was dancing! ( even though we don't pay you to dance....😁✌ )
Every show/setlist was different but there was a method to the perceived randomness. First thing, most songs had 'slots' where you were more likely to see them. "The Music Never Stopped" became a solid, first-set closer from way back. Played 234 times between 1976-1995, it bounced around a bit but found its place as a first-set closer by '78. So for seasoned deadheads when you heard those opening bass notes you knew the Dead were wrapping the first set up, or close to it. "I'm getting nachos, you want anything from concessions?" After crunching the numbers, and for those who love GD minutiae, Music Never Stopped was played ~ 1 out of every 6 shows during its day (1976-1995): 1401/234= 5.98. On any given night we were far more likely to see a "Deal" close the first than 'Music.' MNS was a treat.
45+ year DeadHead here. This is not even REMOTELY in realm of the greatest versions ever played. Diving into LIVE Grateful Dead is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT.
Phil sounding strong, and Jerry is just tearing it up. Peak Grateful Dead, Donna Jean singing as if from heaven, Bobby leading the way, Keith pounding the keys, and Billy and Mickey banging the drums slowly. Nothing better for the ears and the soul.
That was great, man. Been a Deadhead for like 40 years. You picked a great cut of that song. Probably around 77 which was a big year for them. All in synch and shit and yes the Dead and the Allman Brothers were kind of sister bands. Both had two drummers each. Lots of jams and for their day they were hybrid bands. Pulling from all different types of music creating their own genres. Both were groundbreaking for their day 👍👍🙏🙏💯💯
Great reaction to an excellent version of this song. I started seeing the band about 3 months after this show which was recorded in Madison Wi on 2-3-78. You mentioned how you liked the "instrumentation" on the song. Let me try and explain why so many people kept coming back to see show after show. What the Dead did wasn't just play a bunch of songs with a big jam during the song, and that's it. In the second set of their shows, they would play a series of songs, all connected together with original music between each song that was created there on stage live for the first time. The band didn't, and couldn't, rehearse this sort of thing. They just let it occur spontaneously. Just like the lyric from this song, "The Music Played The Band". Even the band members would say they really didn't know where the music came from. So to really start to understand what the whole Grateful Dead vibe is about, you need to listen to an entire set of music, like 60 to 70 minutes of non-stop music to hear what happens "between" the songs. This is where the real magic lives at.
I was at those shows. You’ve got to check out the set 2 opener from the UNIDome-Samson & Delilah. After the intro, Ace steps up to sing the first verse, but his microphone didn’t work, so Jerry said “Hold my beer” & ripped off a 5 minute solo while the roadies did their thing. It set the tone for one of the best sets I heard in over 50 shows. Great show & memories. Glad to see you back on the Dead!✌️❤️🎶
A little history: the band was originally named the Warlocks. But they found out that there had been another band with that name. So Jerry Garcia opened up a dictionary at random and put his finger down on the page. Grateful Dead - the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to a stranger who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial.
Man! If you only knew how many times I would chill to the Dead when I lived in Cali ..... Many a night camping in the woods and on the beach ....memories
The Grateful Dead and original lineup of The Allman Brothers Band were, imo, two of the GREATEST live bands of ALL TIME!!! Just authentic, organic soul music whatever particular #'s these two bands were playing at any given time.
Compiling excerpts from three shows in February 1978, this stunning three-disc set demonstrates quite clearly what the Grateful Dead was all about ... The crown jewel of [the opening disc] is a glorious rendition of The Music Never Stopped. Here the band deliberately took its time, allowing the song to develop at its own pace. Guitar, bass, piano, and percussion meshed together to climb, dip, ascend, dive, swirl, spin, and spiral in unison, and by the end of the song, what had started as a comfortable chugging amble had mutated into a galloping gait ... Scarlet Begonias and Fire on the Mountain was nearly thirty minutes of pure bliss, which words simply cannot describe. Suffice it to say that this was as beautiful and perfect as the band - make that any band - could get ... Each of the songs that appear on Dick's Picks 18 is exquisitely performed. Consequently, this is not just a collection for those most rabid of Grateful Dead fans with countless hours of bootleg tapes lying around their abode. Anyone who has wondered just what the big deal was with this band, just might find the answer lurking among the three hours and fifty minutes of music contained in this collection. - Excerpts from The Music Box's review
The Dead and The Allmans were definitely two peas in a pod! They were also great friends and mutual supporters, and they indeed shared many stages and had monumental jams together. Check out Watkins Glen in particular! 🎸💥💀⚡️🌹
I went to many shows where the Dead played this song. The thing is: each version was slightly different, and heavy. That interlude near the end was the boys doing some hypnotic improv work.
What's next from The Dead, you asked? How about , "Estimated Prophet"? In this case, the studio version is fantastic, unless a fellow Head can recommend a good live version...
Thumbs up on show...i never been one of the deadheads but long haired pot smoking hippie freak with" mind turning slower never to accept defeat" certainly .Rock on
I can detect the horrid bum-clap beat of disco in there at times. Disco and I never got along lol TBH I could have tolerated the 70s night clubs* if the calibre of music had been like this track. At least it has that lovely instrumental/solo section that would have got me boogeying. *Nah, could never have happened. The beer was piss water 👎👎 Smash up that glitter ball, baby!!! 🤣🤣
@@watchbizmatikdon't feed the trolls . They're lonely and just looking for attention, which is why they come on here numerous times to make negative comments. 😊
Saw Grateful Dead, immediate click
They sure do sound dead 😂
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What a great version. Miss you Jerry.
keep on the dead. you gonna get plenty of clicks. lots of us out here
We Are Everywhere! 😁✌🎶
@@lisarainbow9703WEIR everywhere
I picked this exact version for another reactor to listen too. 77 and 78 definitively the best versions of this song. That's not to say other years didn't have great versions as well. But 77 and 78 seems to be the peak of this song.
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Great reaction. Thanks! I've been a Deadhead since I first saw them in 1967. More live stuff please!
Respect to the Grateful Dead ! and every time it's different. Beat that Todays "musicians" Your plug picked a prize !
What an ending solo from Jerry Garcia on this one!! 🔥🔥🔥
Always LOVED this song, the beat and groove is just infectious--- even Biz was dancing! ( even though we don't pay you to dance....😁✌ )
No other band, like Grateful Dead !
That's a very good version of that tune. I like 1-22-78 a bit more, but this one slaps.
Every show/setlist was different but there was a method to the perceived randomness. First thing, most songs had 'slots' where you were more likely to see them. "The Music Never Stopped" became a solid, first-set closer from way back. Played 234 times between 1976-1995, it bounced around a bit but found its place as a first-set closer by '78. So for seasoned deadheads when you heard those opening bass notes you knew the Dead were wrapping the first set up, or close to it. "I'm getting nachos, you want anything from concessions?" After crunching the numbers, and for those who love GD minutiae, Music Never Stopped was played ~ 1 out of every 6 shows during its day (1976-1995): 1401/234= 5.98. On any given night we were far more likely to see a "Deal" close the first than 'Music.' MNS was a treat.
A Band Beyond Discription
Agree, terrible band
@brianjones8751 The Dead were a band of brothers, together on a mission.With the greatest road crew, shleping a Wall of Sound.
A great band.
Good one@@brianjones8751 Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
@@simchabaruch7023 I suppose if you're tone deaf 👍
@@brianjones8751 Blissfully
45+ year DeadHead here. This is not even REMOTELY in realm of the greatest versions ever played. Diving into LIVE Grateful Dead is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT.
This is easily my favorite version of MNS and it has been for years
Great review! The Scarlet/Fire is amazing on this show. This whole volume is the Dead at some of their best!
Phil sounding strong, and Jerry is just tearing it up. Peak Grateful Dead, Donna Jean singing as if from heaven, Bobby leading the way, Keith pounding the keys, and Billy and Mickey banging the drums slowly. Nothing better for the ears and the soul.
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I'm glad you have a deadhead helping you pick out good versions of their songs. If you need another, I'd be happy to offer my services on that front.
That damn crazy rooster, always crowin' at midnight
That was great, man. Been a Deadhead for like 40 years. You picked a great cut of that song. Probably around 77 which was a big year for them. All in synch and shit and yes the Dead and the Allman Brothers were kind of sister bands. Both had two drummers each. Lots of jams and for their day they were hybrid bands. Pulling from all different types of music creating their own genres. Both were groundbreaking for their day 👍👍🙏🙏💯💯
Yeah it’s the one from DP 18, the first half which is 2/3/78 in Madison, WI. Great show, like a number of the early 78 shows (Jan + Feb especially).
Biz ! Keep going on this Grateful Deas adventure !
Great reaction to an excellent version of this song. I started seeing the band about 3 months after this show which was recorded in Madison Wi on 2-3-78. You mentioned how you liked the "instrumentation" on the song. Let me try and explain why so many people kept coming back to see show after show. What the Dead did wasn't just play a bunch of songs with a big jam during the song, and that's it. In the second set of their shows, they would play a series of songs, all connected together with original music between each song that was created there on stage live for the first time. The band didn't, and couldn't, rehearse this sort of thing. They just let it occur spontaneously. Just like the lyric from this song, "The Music Played The Band". Even the band members would say they really didn't know where the music came from. So to really start to understand what the whole Grateful Dead vibe is about, you need to listen to an entire set of music, like 60 to 70 minutes of non-stop music to hear what happens "between" the songs. This is where the real magic lives at.
This is the Grateful Dead autobiographical song.
“Not the Best Band that do what the they Do,
The Only Band that do what they do” Billy Graham
BIZ!!! Yes my brother from another mother! Great song and a good version too! ✌️☮️
I was at those shows. You’ve got to check out the set 2 opener from the UNIDome-Samson & Delilah. After the intro, Ace steps up to sing the first verse, but his microphone didn’t work, so Jerry said “Hold my beer” & ripped off a 5 minute solo while the roadies did their thing. It set the tone for one of the best sets I heard in over 50 shows. Great show & memories. Glad to see you back on the Dead!✌️❤️🎶
This is a great version of this song. I thought it wouldn’t get close to the studio version but this is classic live Dead. Jerry was on that night.
Hell yeah Biz 😎 This band makes people smile 😁
Live shows and the improvisational jams are what the Dead are all about. Enjoy the journey my friend.
Tear it up, Jerry!
Grateful Dead is their own genre, for sure.
Yes..got this cd...they do have a groove no one else has...takes a little to get used to....yet...never gonna go back to pop radio again 😂😂😂😂
Shout out to your GD consultant!
👀 lol
I really enjoyed experiencing this with you!!
Yeah Biz! 78 was a fantastic year!
😊 Mr Stumble says 'Yeah" too✌️💨💨
A little history: the band was originally named the Warlocks. But they found out that there had been another band with that name. So Jerry Garcia opened up a dictionary at random and put his finger down on the page. Grateful Dead - the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to a stranger who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial.
Hey JB, the other band that was named The Warlocks changed their name too. They became The Velvet Underground.
@@bobschenkel7921 yep, knew that.
Yooo this is a deep cut but it's fucking awesome. Excellent choice. Whoever is recommending tracks to you knows whats up
Man! If you only knew how many times I would chill to the Dead when I lived in Cali ..... Many a night camping in the woods and on the beach ....memories
Thanks!
The Grateful Dead and original lineup of The Allman Brothers Band were, imo, two of the GREATEST live bands of ALL TIME!!! Just authentic, organic soul music whatever particular #'s these two bands were playing at any given time.
Tremendous jamming on your part! U know great music. Thank u. More to come
LOL!!! Damn, Brother Biz, HOME-FKN-RUN!
Compiling excerpts from three shows in February 1978, this stunning three-disc set demonstrates quite clearly what the Grateful Dead was all about ... The crown jewel of [the opening disc] is a glorious rendition of The Music Never Stopped. Here the band deliberately took its time, allowing the song to develop at its own pace. Guitar, bass, piano, and percussion meshed together to climb, dip, ascend, dive, swirl, spin, and spiral in unison, and by the end of the song, what had started as a comfortable chugging amble had mutated into a galloping gait ... Scarlet Begonias and Fire on the Mountain was nearly thirty minutes of pure bliss, which words simply cannot describe. Suffice it to say that this was as beautiful and perfect as the band - make that any band - could get ... Each of the songs that appear on Dick's Picks 18 is exquisitely performed. Consequently, this is not just a collection for those most rabid of Grateful Dead fans with countless hours of bootleg tapes lying around their abode. Anyone who has wondered just what the big deal was with this band, just might find the answer lurking among the three hours and fifty minutes of music contained in this collection. - Excerpts from The Music Box's review
This is great Dick's Picks, but DP7 tops them all for my money.
The Dead and The Allmans were definitely two peas in a pod! They were also great friends and mutual supporters, and they indeed shared many stages and had monumental jams together. Check out Watkins Glen in particular! 🎸💥💀⚡️🌹
Great choice. Fun video. Thanks
REMEMBER THE AFTERNOON JAMS AT THEIR HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF HAIGHT AND ASHBURY IN FRISCO.
Soooooo many fantastic Dead jams. Try "Dancing In the Streets" Cornell '77 or a Scarlet Begonias/Fire On the Mountain.
I went to many shows where the Dead played this song. The thing is: each version was slightly different, and heavy. That interlude near the end was the boys doing some hypnotic improv work.
Always a great set one closer 👍🏻🔥
Great song! Great version!
Just noodlin' around he said ☮️
aye keep this up i love this man❤❤❤
Bass Great, Lesh Philling!
shades of high school with Donna singing. Followed them around for 28 years...hola from my home in Baja
Awesome Biz! Have enjoyed many of their shows.
good one!
Grateful dead song called trucking is real good too
Hell yeah Biz😎 Thank you sir 😀 Have a Grateful day 😁
The band slaps.
We chilled nicely then 🍄 always had fun and love
The Coke was Good, the Acid even Better!
Another great band from Cali!
❤️🌺
Shakedown street-grateful dead
Later in Denver at Red Rocks, they played there a week at a time.
What's next from The Dead, you asked?
How about , "Estimated Prophet"?
In this case, the studio version is fantastic, unless a fellow Head can recommend a good live version...
Sugar Magnolia is one of my favorites 💜
I wish Jerry would have lived a little longer
Great song, and a good movie.
The GOAT
Long Liv the phawkin Dead 🍄🌁🍄🌛⚡🌜💙🍄🍄
Hell yeah Biz 😎 The Dead had no idea how to record in studio 😂
Dancing in the street-GRATEFUL DEAD
Came with the Scat Pack
More Dead!
Best live band ever, & some good albums but they don't compare to the live jams. (~);} ✌IMHO
Don't waste your time on anymore studio dead.
Search June 18th 1974, eyes of the world. Strapped in my man!
Thumbs up on show...i never been one of the deadheads but long haired pot smoking hippie freak with" mind turning slower never to accept defeat" certainly .Rock on
Wharf Rat 71 life altering
I can detect the horrid bum-clap beat of disco in there at times.
Disco and I never got along lol
TBH I could have tolerated the 70s night clubs* if the calibre of music had been like this track.
At least it has that lovely instrumental/solo section that would have got me boogeying.
*Nah, could never have happened.
The beer was piss water 👎👎
Smash up that glitter ball, baby!!! 🤣🤣
Oh no no no no no no
Not another stupid Grateful Dead reaction video
who cares
ugh😢
Judging by the views and comments, looks like lots of people care. Go be a whiner somewhere else.
Worst band I've ever heard
lmao cmon no way
@@watchbizmatikdon't feed the trolls . They're lonely and just looking for attention, which is why they come on here numerous times to make negative comments. 😊
This side of The Rolling Stones Brian?
Those who don't do math don't count.