Unexpected surprises from performers you thought you knew...

[audiozaz]

Devin Townsend might have alienated a few fans when he came up with "Ki". I find it's a good album, certainly different, but then again, I hate when a band/artist makes the same album 5 times.

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[Dr Tinear]

Unexpected surprises? Is there any other kind?

 

[DaWoofer]

That second song sounds like it would be great for the show, "Sons or Anarchy."

 

[finnbow]

Acid Rock was not the Stones' thing, but I like Satanic Majesties. Its different.

Kinda like Muddy Waters playing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

I don't hate it (I like a couple of the songs pretty well, in fact), but prefer the honky-tonk bluesy stuff (Beggar's, Exile) by a wide margin.

 

[Mystic]

...the Grateful Dead did the Martha & Vandellas' classic "Dancing in the Streets," I was perplexed. Still don't like it.

Yea that one is pretty bad....If they had done it soul style with Pigpen back in the day, it might have worked.

My memory is hazy on this one, but I'm almost sure I can recall Pig having a share of the vocals (with Bob), plus JG & PL in the chorus parts, on circa '66-'67 live performances of "Dancing In The Streets."

 

[Mystic]

Anway, in response to Arkay's original post:

Scott Walker
Tilt
Fontana
1995

 

[Jack Lord]

My memory is hazy on this one, but I'm almost sure I can recall Pig having a share of the vocals (with Bob), plus JG & PL in the chorus parts, on circa '66-'67 live performances of "Dancing In The Streets."

Hmmm...I may be subconsciously thinking of that.:scratch2:

I still say the one on Terrapin Station, long past Pig's time, is not my cup of tea.

 

[finnbow]

I still say the one on Terrapin Station, long past Pig's time, is not my cup of tea.

That was the one I was referring to. Just doesn't seem like Dead music to me.

 

[stabby]

Hmmm...I may be subconsciously thinking of that.:scratch2:

I still say the one on Terrapin Station, long past Pig's time, is not my cup of tea.

I did theatrical lighting in the early 80's, and did 5 Dead shows. They had 200 songs they could play at any given moment, not always the same way of course.

Maybe they played Dancing in the Streets a few times and thought the fans wanted it.

Or, maybe it was the drugs.

 

[Quint]

When Fleetwood Mac released Tusk in 1979. It was such a quirky, whacked-out album (Lindsey was the brainchild behind it) that it took the public , not to mention record execs, completely by surprise. It sold millions of copies, but was still considered a failure—“Lindsey’s Folly,” as it was called by insiders—after the mega-success of Rumours. Personally, I consider Tusk the better album, and it still sounds fresh and challenging 30+ years later. A stone-cold masterpiece.

 

[Jack Lord]

I did theatrical lighting in the early 80's, and did 5 Dead shows. They had 200 songs they could play at any given moment, not always the same way of course.

Maybe they played Dancing in the Streets a few times and thought the fans wanted it.

Or, maybe it was the drugs.

Finn and I are referencing the studio version on Terrapin Station.