GRATEFUL DEAD - TOUCH OF GREY | REACTION

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[@mlcampbell85]

"I will get by, I will survive" is ingrained in the fabric of human consciousness. That's why it's so familiar

[@rvuksonm]

Truth

[@wrongchemistry]

Well, also because it's a radio hit and a pretty popular song of the time. "The song got into the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 9, and reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart." -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Grey

[@lizziesangi1602]

@ mic_085 No comparison but PATTI LABELLE ?

[@Odinseye999]

Thank you

[@giacomo94061]

mlc_085 nailed it dude. Great comment

[@gridlore]

I'm an old picky Deadhead, and this song got me through my fight with cancer back in 1995, and through the quarter-century of medical issues I've dealt with since then. I'm also in the crowd in the music video. That isn't stage smoke, it's fog, and we were freezing! Thank you, Jerry. We will survive.

[@yembot]

keep keepin on brother.

[@dekabmyco]

Amen praise the Lord Jerry Garcia

[@ljd1031]

Lots of love! Stay safe and stay strong.... We will get by 😉🥰

[@coleneilsen337]

Stay strong brother! Thank God for Jerry and the music he blessed us with

[@bighouse6120]

Hang in there buddy

[@jklep3194]

I’ve said for years, “everybody’s a Deadhead, some people just don’t know it yet”.

[@Siobhan146]

Absolutely

[@humripple5997]

Exactly

[@herberthill9984]

agree with ya man 🤙🤙

[@BigShotRob69u]

Soooo true

[@MikePattonFan24]

Hell Yeah brother!

[@seanjanko5398]

nothin like watchin someone hear the dead for the first time

[@nicolehall56]

Oh yes!

[@tonylynch5124]

I would recommend the live version from 4-14-1984, one of my favorites.

[@jakeoz4521]

I'm an old head. I love watching people get 'woke' to the dead

[@pearlybakerbest]

U got that right a treat in itself..and the hoodie he is wearing is quite appropriate a

[@mariateresaemotionalmusings]

I am bbn blessed enough to have traveled with the band in the 90s and I agree, I am over here jamming out in my apartment with chills! Rock on my fellow humans. RIP Jerry✌❤🌈🌠

[@Wrangzilla]

Everyone making a TON of recommendations on what Dead songs to review, Jamel gonna come back on next week with dreads, a tie-dye, and birkenstocks talking about what a long strange trip it's been.....

[@jymmydkid5633]

Ha!👍

[@pattytracey3131]

Ha!! Ya man!!

[@dragunfly75]

:0)

[@jungleforeva]

I have a company that makes tie dyes and I would gladly donate a shirt and tapestry for the video.

[@andrewmcguirl3211]

@@jungleforeva Sweet barter,

[@joemaxon6833]

When they would get to the end and turned it to "WE will survive" at the live shows the lights were turned on to us Heads. still feel that light.

[@onetruebob_tj]

Indeed!

[@namelia4439]

Joe Maxon so true. There’s always so much happiness at shows, right?

[@katiemae1941]

.... And leave it on! 😍

[@terenceokane]

Growing up, (I'm 31) I knew this song as a 'sub-par' sort of 'radio single' of the GD. So when the local heads would tell me to listen to the Dead, this song was always the 'gone mainstream' song they told me to avoid. After listening to the dead for years (and reading a Jerry biography) I realized this song is fucking magnificent! The "WE WILL survive" after reading that book always lifted me so high. This song has gone from a classic rock channel song in my youth to a poppy GD song in my adulthood to one of my favorite Dead songs of all time. Jerry put this song out after his near-death coma... What kind of inspiration could you ask for!

[@nicolebalzer9979]

chills

[@Idahomeable]

Second generation deadhead, in tears watching this guy discover the Dead.

[@erikagasper3555]

I just got chills and laughed out loud when he says "it's real familiar" made me remember feeling the same even as a child discovering them so long ago! Welcome, Jamel :)

[@cityslickerchickens5835]

Glad he appreciates it and doesn't cut it down. Great messages, great music... dudes for good taste.

[@spiralarchitect5882]

😭😭

[@lukethecoolfool]

What are the differences in generations? I've been a fan since just maybe 6-7 years before dead and co was a thing so where does that put me?

[@gabeberger685]

Fellow second generation deadhead here too!!!

[@dominicrazzano3085]

This is the beauty of diving into the music of the Grateful Dead. There’s nothing quite like hearing a song of theirs for the first time. The orchestra of instruments, the depth of the lyrics sung by none other than the man himself, the soul of Jerry’s guitar playing that cuts a deadhead to their core. And that’s just the beginning. 30 years of the best live music one could listen to, with thousands of variations of said song. Like discovering the song all over again. It truly is a blessing. EXTREMELY GRATEFUL 💀⚡️

[@sheddfarley6882]

That's exactly it.

[@c6quad3]

I'm glad you acknowledged the "WE will get by" part of the song. My first concert was Grateful Dead. I was 15 years old and my older cousins took me. I didn't know the music but they played this song and I recognized it. When they got to the "we will get by" chorus the crowd responded so loudly that it gave me goosebumps! Since then I've been to many many concerts over the years and there's NOTHING that compares to the atmosphere of a Dead show!

[@meghanharris6502]

@Paul Bowman same! I also took my younger brother to a Dead and Co. concert and he wasn't big on the dead before hand but he had a blast and he was like "ok, I get it now". It was great

[@MyAccountIs17YearsOld]

Toured 90-95 and you're right.

[@jakethebeersnob]

c6quad you couldn't have said it any better dude! Nothing like a GD show! Smile, Smile, Smile ;))

[@c6quad3]

@Meghan Harris It was a culture shock to me. Me and another guy just walked around inside the venue the whole show just people watching while listening to the music. And the parking lot scene was no different. It was a DEADicated family gathering and everyone was having a good time!

[@mentalcase4299]

Wookiefoot or Nahko, has done that for me. Lots of Love at these events tho..

[@deannacrownover3]

I'm a Deadhead from long ago! Uncle John's Band, Friend of the Devil, Mexicali Blues... Love the Grateful Dead! We still love you Jerry Garcia! (It's about what we called "the blues". Today they call it clinical depression. We actually made efforts to combat it instead of giving into it. That's why the song sound so light-hearted. You'll hear a lot of very bouncy songs that have pretty dark lyrics but, this was the generation that was taught to push forward, Shake It Off, fight through, never give up, never surrender.)

[@peacedove9513]

Met the Wharf Rats in 1965 Have followed them since Forever Dead✌💖🎼🎵🎶

[@buddymoore6504]

now everyone is screaming into the corner of a room, people have gone soft, we will survive!

[@preexisting154]

buddy moore Time’s have changed and there used to be hope.. Looking to the future of our country from my mid-twenties, today? Not a chance. Orwell and Huxley were right in their predictions just a generation before yours; they’ve bypassed man’s conscious concern into the unconscious desire to simply be content. Don’t point your finger at us man, soft clay molds much more easily.

[@douglowen]

I love that big ol' smile he gets on his face just like anyone that experiences the Dead and "gets" it! I "got" it in 1968 and have stayed on the bus ever since.

[@sacredmiometry9465]

couldnt agree more. thats a one way ticket only

[@PerforatedPaperboy]

I drank the kool aid in 2017 at 21 years old :P

[@crazyburkey3677]

I got on the bus in 93 after a summer working in Yellowstone Park, but I think I was actually a passenger before that and didn't realize it🤔🙂

[@gesmith98]

I've heard the Dead referred to as "The Joyful Bearers of Bad News" and that is so fitting imo.

[@TheRalphBlair]

🖤

[@thinkingman7215]

For real!!!!

[@Dvncvn]

The joyful bearers of god. bad or good the only thing that can be said is they were joyus for the expression of infinity

[@bighouse6120]

This song seems real appropriate at a time like this. Stand united.

[@jungleforeva]

mark zellers This song is always appropriate.

[@joshdesmond968]

We will get by!

[@Headytopper125]

mark zellers stay safe 🤟🤝

[@bighouse6120]

@@Headytopper125 thanks you too.

[@LouPalumbo]

Always appropriate

[@cheifguggletram]

This song, especially the chorus of "I will get by, I will survive" took on a whole new level of power and poignancy after Jerry Garcia recovered from his diabetic coma. Especially when they played it live again when they played their first show back on December 15, 1986. You can hear the fans roar and holler when they get to that line because they knew their hero was gonna be OK.

[@oregonchick76]

That's interesting. I associate this song with his death because my work partner and I had just gotten into the company truck and this song came on the classic rock station. I said sarcastically, "Jerry Garcia must have died because they'd never play this song otherwise!" and then an announcement came on that, in fact, Jerry had passed that day. I'm so glad I got to see them live a couple of times because they're just unbelievable.

[@s1d299]

@@oregonchick76 I went to exactly 1 GD concert and it was in 1987. Amazing show; it lasted hours and hours. As for this song... I also think of Jerry's death when I hear it, as it was their last big hit before he passed. Either way, it's a good one.

[@NewThoughtMediaNetwork]

...and still he died due to health complications from his heroine addiction...so sad...and I miss hearing JERRY LIVE.

[@MisterDarkfall]

Yeah this. He wasn't a virtuoso guitarist, but nobody sounds like Jerry. So quirky and so beautiful.

[@llamov]

Robert Brzezinski dope didn't help, but in fact its tye way you live while a junkie that fucks you up. Not goos for a diabetic

[@miguelgonzal]

This song was a classic example of an accidental "hit." The Grateful Dead were the archetypal psychedelic hippie rock band of the 1960s. By 1986, they were 20 years into a "long, strange trip" of constantly touring and, ironically, never really selling that many records. Along came "Touch of Grey" and for reasons nobody has every really understood, it took off. Here were a group of middle-aged, pot-bellied white guys that catapulted into the Top 10 on the charts. And the mass audience never really listened to nor understood the lyrics. They just latched onto the beat. Strange, but true.

[@DeanStrickson]

Miguel Gonzalez That’s very true. I was a teen in the 80s and had heard of The Grateful Dead, but had never heard them on the radio or saw them on TV until “Touch of Grey”.

[@crazyburkey3677]

So many people do that with music they listen to the beat or just go by the title or HOOK of the song and think ewww that's demonic like people do with GOD IS DEAD, by Black Sabbath...

[@crazyburkey3677]

@@bowwowie8691 I think it was "in your wildest dreams" it was out in 86

[@colerche]

Hmmm...not sure there was much "archetypal" about the Dead...but anyway...🙂

[@jonhultman2338]

"Man, I'm really interested to see them live, I hear all these great sounds coming from these instruments..." And so it begins.

[@rodgnarley6714]

BEST QUOTE: "I'm curious to see the live version" ... my mans aint even know :D

[@jakeoz4521]

Baaahahahahahaha

[@jakeoz4521]

I saw them with jerry in the early 90s he bout to get 'woke'

[@bradleyneufeld6127]

he. aint. even. know.

[@bradleyneufeld6127]

"I don't know what the guys look like" oh boy

[@erichimes3062]

@Bradley Neufeld Naw, my dude don’t. Daz cold troof.

[@austin_l]

Imagine when this guy hears "Box of rain" or "Ripple" for the first time.

[@ChannelPineappleSon]

Those are the songs that made me fall in love. Box of rain just made something click.

[@JS-nd6yj]

LOL better yet Terrapin

[@JS-nd6yj]

I have touring with Dead Co since 2015 and it's been a blast . I have more fun than I did at GD shows ! I am also staying in hotels instead of in a tent ! Ha . I guess it's called creature comforts . Last year at the Gorge in my RV was the best concert experience of my life . Also not being as "medicated" might have something to do with it . I have found a mixture of a few red bull vodkas , 10 to 20 mg of edibles , a few beers and a few pre rolls takes me back and there . I fall asleep by 2 am and wake up ready to roll . Two years ago the Gorge , Eugene run was a push , but I was up early and made record time in the Rav . 6 hour drive between shows is brutal overall though . 25 GD shows 90-94 . 19 DC shows , including NYE 20 so glad to have caught it ! Hotel and flights booked for Boulder fingers crossed !

[@JS-nd6yj]

@@an7948 also I wasn't touring with GD during "peak" years . Dead and Company haven't really laid to many eggs. Maybe Vegas 17 . Shure it's slower but Mayer never has a off night . Less setlist variable DrumsSpace Dead Co is best in GD history imo . Its shorter and more jammier . Also just knowing this is the back nine for Bobby and the drummers . The shoe in a dryer drum effect is GD to me . I love hanging in the spinner wook section and cracking jokes with those guys . I was cracking up OG Wook Fam on NYE doing my Bobby !

[@UgliGoat]

Gerry wrote this after his OD episodes

[@stephenbamford]

As one of a contingent of geezers, young man, all I can say is it heartens me to see young folk trippin' out on the Dead. Rock on brah.

[@randallfowler9348]

The song "Ripple" by the Dead makes your soul weep.

[@jadesong_music]

Ya, I think Ripple and Uncle johns band are my hearts favourites....reminds me of growing up in Eugene, Oregon... Summertime being poor, but having lots of freedom and true hippy, trippy, dancing bear rainbow bearded goodness. And the Oregon County Fair, where we tried to create a new way of living even if only for a few weeks.

[@alden5554]

right into brokedown palace... just right

[@Dudarino]

aldenjduehrhfhfk smith took the words out of my mouth

[@alden5554]

Orr Shemesh may the words be yours, I'm through with mine.... blessings

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

I remember as a teenager listening to Fire on the Mountain in my friend's basement, got really swept up in it. Still my favorite song by them twenty years later. Grateful Dead is the one thing I've kept listening to my entire life, through the decades. Other things come and go but Grateful Dead stays. Their live material is a huge contributor to this. They have over a couple thousand live recorded shows available for you to listen to archived on the internet, for free. Their tendency to improv and evolve over the years keeps it always fresh. Glad to see people are still discovering it to this day. They are what inspired me to pick up guitar and I've become quiet good over the years, big part of my life.

[@nicoleedwards4310]

levitating octahedron my fav song too!

[@mindigd]

I've been a Deadhead for over 40 years. Thank you for reacting to them. Since they never played a song the same way twice, it's always worth checking out different recordings. Ripple was the song that originally got me hooked on the band.

[@nmdawg23]

This is the Grateful Dead’s biggest radio single, most likely why it sounds familiar

[@ThomPorter74]

Also the only one they produced a music video of for the MTV generation.

[@HardcoreJesus100]

“Uncle Johns Band” is the song that got me through many weird trips, and I recommend it to anyone just discovering this amazing band

[@denxero]

Oh boy oh boy! Can't wait to see you embark on the Grateful Dead journey! If Pink Floyd represents one direction on the compass of the psychedelic horizon, the Dead represent the exact opposite direction :D

[@edb007th]

Both equally amazing no doubt

[@arkyandy9612]

Yes!

[@tomlund4951]

ANDTHISONETIMEATADEADSHOW....😎

[@tomlund4951]

Arky Andy keep that attitude sir!

[@LanceJean02]

You got that right! The Alpine Valley show where fantastic. When that album came out with the Touch of Gray song on it did change things a bit.

[@MrWhit30]

The MTV video of this song was huge. Spawned a whole new generation of Deadheads.

[@tgranny3547]

My son was little one that was on and he used to always go bones Mama bone

[@timflim4149]

Touch Heads

[@MrClobbertime]

I'm thinking it was their first music video.

[@MrWhit30]

@@MrClobbertime Probably right. Theres the Grateful Dead Movie and other concert footage, but afaik this was their MTV debut.

[@Steely_Fran]

It helped them score their only Top 10 hit.

[@Ultra96706]

My ALL TIME FAVORITE dead song, “Althea live.” Give it a listen.

[@rachelward7423]

🙌🏻🌻🌹💀🌹🌻🙌🏻

[@ChronicListener]

3/28/81

[@happymom6868]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!

[@rebecca8866]

"Eyes of The World" & "Fire On the Mountain" are some of my favorites. I love their entire album called "Without A Net" their song on there called "Chinacat Sunflower/I Know You Rider" is fantastic. 💖

[@myyerowfrend]

listen to the live at Cornell 79 china cat sunflower my favotrite song and lazy lightning

[@andrewshomette8041]

Gus Best show hands down!!

[@bryanwinchell2485]

This song quite literally saved my life when I'd descended into heroin addiction in 1998 in my mid 20s, and it seems like a GREAT tune to share with the world at this juncture in History. Glad you related to it, and yes, as a Deadhead, I can tell you that community spirit is precisely what the Dead were/are all about! Thanks for these vids! I been watching one or two every night the past week and am gonna write a blog post and create a podcast about you and them!!

[@siskiyoucrest]

Bryan Winchell Way to get yourself to place of wellness Bryan. That’s fantastic.

[@Jenger69]

Glad it got you through.

[@lhommedieu5489]

Bryan Winchell Walk tall sir. WALK. TALL.

[@quikspecv4d]

The chorus is fitting for recent events. Stay safe everyone!

[@tomlund4951]

quikspecv4d ✌🏻be with you!

[@TheCulturalCompass]

Taking in new context too. But then we always sang this song with conviction . . .

[@wetdroidedition2549]

I'm dying

[@staceyz6467]

My thoughts exactly!!! 👊

[@ThePanhead94]

We will get by

[@ThomasNealMasterson]

This song live was always special, with the whole crowd singing along to that last chorus. That's goosebumps for me, every time.

[@sharonsedgwick6585]

Now imagine to be in a venue and have everyone grooving to that beat, feeling it in their souls. And I will say you feel heard and understood, my Dead family from my 20’s to this day are still my family. I love you for checking it out!!! You rock!

[@roncarpenter7240]

I think the lyrics were written by the late Robert Hunter. A most underrated poet, you might want want to check out other of his songs to understand what he means.

[@harrymanback8933]

RIPPLE will hit your soul brother it’s deep

[@conorgalligan1411]

ship of fools has the same effect

[@jaykay415]

And Box of Rain!

[@charleskatz2606]

"And They Love Each Other" miss my buba terribly but makes me happy too

[@ChrisRobertsMusic]

Fuck yeahhhhhhh my family

[@kevingruenofficial]

Yes!

[@unatoibin5903]

Give *Eyes of the World* off Without A Net a spin in a quiet room with your headphones turned up. Reality altering. Then go for the studio version of *Terrapin Station* You may never be the same again.

[@Calistogakid2u]

Inspiration, move me brightly light the song with sense and color, hold away despair

[@BoB-Dobbs_leaning-left]

@@Calistogakid2u Love your movies man....

[@Austin18025]

Right outside this...lazy summer home...

[@kevinfredettte2191]

I was at the show on 3/29/90 with Branford Marsalis, my favorite Eyes of the World ever!!!

[@christianhiam976]

Does anyone else want to see Jamel react to Terrapin Station? Or is it just me..

[@onetruebob_tj]

And Shakedown Street!

[@justindevoe9556]

I want a reaction to the Cornell 77 Morning Dew

[@ljd1031]

Ripple came to mind for me!

[@jessicadeese7215]

Christian Hiam yes!!!!!

[@shanalebeau8340]

It's not just you....I want to see him hearing "Inspiration, move me brightly, light the song with scents and color, roll away despair...."

[@raxideezxxx8752]

You are absolutely right about this song dealing with adversity. I became a deadhead about 45 years ago (in my teen years). About ten years ago I was severely injured in a random street crime,(just walking home) and as I came to, I was being loaded onto a flight-for-life aircraft and this song was going through my head! Thank You, Jerry!!!

[@bcouri1]

@The Deadpool Who Chuckles. like carrying a weapon for personal protection

[@Summernightsandneonlights]

Where did this happen may I ask ?

[@raxideezxxx8752]

@@bcouri1 I'm convinced a firearm probably would not have worked as this was basically an ambush; I had very little reaction time and they probably would have used it against me.. My situational awareness was low as this was my neighborhood and it was early in the evening (dusk). Pepper spray may have worked, who knows. There were at least three of them and I did land a few punches as they stomped on my hand (after I was unconscious, of course!) These days, I find situational awareness and a cell-phone helpful, but I still consider a personal defense course would be great. I am also in the market for a good shillelagh!

[@raxideezxxx8752]

@@Summernightsandneonlights A small city in northern New Mexico, considered a safe place.

[@raxideezxxx8752]

@Mike Knight The Grateful Dead has seen me through many a dark time!

[@rosemarievega7006]

Owsley Stanley who the song Kid Charlemagne was written, besides being the LSD king of the time, was the sound engineer for the Grateful Dead and created their iconic skull logo

[@cameodoneron]

Rosemarie Vega it’s called a stealie! How would you Know about owsley and not know to call a stealie a stealie? Just curious.

[@cyfeeback5623]

Owsley stole/ borrowed it from the natives,basically, the red and blue w a lightning bolt was / is actually originally painted on a buffalo skull and has a few representations ...male -red and blue female / red - daytime and blue nighttime.......also the blood of the people is blue and red....the lightning representing the thunder beings.......

[@earladams6129]

And the wall of sound

[@Summernightsandneonlights]

@@cameodoneron cause he wouldnt know what she's talking about if she called it that right ?

[@Summernightsandneonlights]

@@cameodoneron I always knew it as a steal your face not a stealie but to each their own . Lol ✌

[@famousjackolantern]

......things we've never seen will seem familiar -Hunter Terrapin Station

[@summerwilliams3999]

famousjackolantern YES!!! So much yes.

[@jessicadeese7215]

famousjackolantern yes!

[@josephtesta5100]

There is a Dead quote for every occasion in life, isn't there?

[@BoB-Dobbs_leaning-left]

@@josephtesta5100 Once saw a gravestone bearing the legend "What a long strange trip it's been" Also saw it on walls in war-zones.....

[@joelwateres]

When Garcia say “we” he is including the audience . In my day I brought dozens of my black friends to the show and brought them backstage .the common response among my friends was this is the closest thing white people have to soul music If you like this listen to throwing stones a special Lin “ black goes south and white goes north whole world of petty wars I got mine you got yours . I highly recommend you listen I sent you the lyrics to the greatest unheard of band in America . They like hip hop is America’s a modern folk music Throwing Stones Grateful Dead Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free Dizzy with eternity Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea Call it home for you and me A peaceful place, or so it looks from space A closer look reveals the human race Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face But afraid we may lay our home to waste There's a fear down here we can't forget Hasn't got a name just yet Always awake, always around Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down Ashes, ashes, all fall down Now watch as the ball revolves and the night-time falls And again the hunt begins and again the blood wind calls By and by, again, the morning sun will rise But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes (Well I know) It strolls the sidewalk and it rolls the streets Staking turf, dividing up meat Nightmare spook, piece of heat It's you and me, you and me Click flash blade in ghetto night Rudy's looking for a fight Rat cat alley, roll them bones Need that cash to feed that Jones And the politicians throwing stones Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down Ashes, ashes, all fall down Commissars and pinstripe bosses roll the dice Anyway they fall, guess who gets to pay the price? Money green, or proletarian gray Selling guns instead of food today So the kids they dance and shake their bones And the politicians throwing stones Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down Ashes, ashes, all fall down Heartless powers try to tell us what to think If the spirit's sleeping then the flesh is ink History's page will be neatly carved in stone The future's here, we are it, we are on our own On our own, on our own, we are on our own If the game is lost, then we're all the same No one left to place or take the blame We will leave this place an empty stone Or that shining ball of blue we call our home So the kids, they dance, they shake their bones And the politicians throwing stones Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down Ashes, ashes, all fall down Shipping powders back and forth Singing black goes south and white comes north And the whole world full of petty wars Singing I got mine and you got yours While the current fashions set the pace Lose your step, fall out of grace The radical, he rant and rage Singing someone got to turn the page And the rich man in his summer home Singing just leave well enough alone But his pants are down, his cover's blown And the politicians throwing stones So the kids, they dance, they shake their bones 'Cause it's all too clear we're on our own Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down Ashes, ashes, all fall down Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free It's dizzying, the possibilities Ashes, ashes, all fall down (Ashes, ashes, all fall down) Ashes, ashes, all fall down (Ashes, ashes, all fall down) Ashes, ashes, all fall down (Ashes, ashes, all fall down) Ashes, ashes, all fall down (Ashes, ashes, all fall down) Source: LyricFind Songwriters: John Barlow / Robert Hall Weir Throwing Stones lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

[@Meyzen76]

"He's Gone" Live at Foxboro 1989! One of the many to pass through while on the GD trip...

[@mcdainty4202]

I dare you to listen to "Standing on the Moon" without getting a tear in your eye.

[@emilyslater9951]

Mike McDonnell oh my god for real... that song tears my heart out not because it’s sad but because it’s so transcendent. Love the Dead!

[@jsmorman]

Gonna check it out now. Signed- Phish fan who doesn’t know GD as much as he should.

[@Zatchamoe]

That or stella blue in the 90s

[@dstone1701]

@@emilyslater9951 What She said!

[@spearfishmanofsteel]

A lovely view of heaven but I’d rather be with you... be with you!

[@heididavis232]

I just came across this (and I am loving it) and this was my fathers favorite group.....band......and this makes me smile! I’m trying to move forward every single day since he passed! This one is for you Old Man! “WE WILL GET BY”!

[@katsujinkin60]

They're talking about getting old, young brother! This was recorded just before Jerry Garcia died. They had been playing together for 30 years and had never had a number one record until this one. I saw them first at The Fillmore East in 1968. They started playing at 10 p.m. and ended at 6 a.m.. They were the 60's subculture personified. Everybody loved Jerry and the boys, and we old ones will always love them!

[@FifthnLincoln]

Promoter Bill Graham said 'They are not the best at what they do, they are they are ONLY ones at what they do' This song was a hit and captured in a short song what they did in their longer stage shows. The live shows didn't always come off but when the magic happened there was nothing like a Grateful Dead show.

[@akamrbungle]

"I'm going to have to see them live." 🤣

[@n.rogers2273]

the live (version)

[@justinm1766]

Dead and Co. John Mayer is great

[@lucassibert4237]

Justin Martin never seen the dead, but I’ve seen dead and co and loved every minute of it

[@delyea]

Bob Weir is still playing.

[@LouPalumbo]

Bungler if only....

[@jimmorrison9314]

That feeling of familiarity, is deja vu from your past life. I felt it the first time I truly listened to the dead too. The dead have always been with us in our universe and will always be there for ages to come.

[@tammiebodner2974]

This is my first comment ever on KZbin! You're just my favorite! There's so much history in this song... This is the Grateful Dead's only top 40 song ever which introduced a new generation of Grateful Dead fans who lovingly became known as "Touch Heads".. Another fun fact that any Dead Head will know is that is also the song the Grateful Dead broke out in with 1986 in the first show after Jerry survived his diabetic coma. A favorite live version of this song is from Golden Gate Park 11/3/91-where the Grateful Dead played a free concert to over 300,000 fans dedicated to the late Billy Graham. Yes, 300,000 people PEACEFULLY gathered. Can you imagine that happening today? A fond memory and a hope for great future peaceful gatherings of hundreds of thousands of people. For now we'll just have to keep truckin on this long strange trip.

[@markthompson8368]

More Grateful Dead for you - "Scarlet Begonias" "Ripple" - "Dire Wolf" "Eyes of the World" and the funkiest of their songs "Shakedown Street"

[@Discraftdean]

I always recommend people start with the album American Beauty and workingman's dead and then listen to Spotify from there :-) I dare this Jamal guy to listen to Brokedown Palace and not cry...

[@eljones8672]

I always think west la fade-away and shakedown are the funkiest. Both great in different tempos

[@ExiZeTwiistT]

Mark Thompson “funkiest of songs” lol listen to just one dark star from the 60s

[@mranster]

Seeing them live was what it was all about. It was so much fun! Summertime, full moon coming up over the stage, bopping along with thousands of others, and there was this smell that you only got at the height of the show, a fog of pot, incense, fresh sweat, and trodden grass. It was such a special time, and I'm so glad I got to experience it. The Dead used to allow anyone to record their shows, and there was a special area set aside for the people with boom mikes, and equipment. You could bring them a stack of blank cassette tapes and a few dollars for postage, and they'd send you their recordings a few weeks later.

[@shawnminnich7273]

Throwing Stones...still relevant to this day, unfortunately

[@davidaldridge5716]

Dead & Co playing throwing stones in Boulder July 2018 is my favorite version of that song...at least the jam after “we are on our own”...don’t know what it is about that version but I’ve listened to a lot and it’s 🔥 Not just saying that cause I was there I’m mainly replying cause that’s a low key song you don’t hear people mention real often. (Also Liberty right after Throwin’ Stones was bangin too)

[@acesmith1111]

My daughter, a freshman in college, got extra credit for knowing the dead sing “Throwing Stones”, when her stoner political science professor played it in class.

[@davidaldridge5716]

ACE Smith that’s deserving of extra credit ✌🏻

[@LouPalumbo]

Shawn Minnich will always be relevant

[@robertmalden593]

The kids they dance and shake their bones!

[@messiahmoose]

Yes, the Dead! Live Dead is the best. Def check out “Morning Dew” live in Winterland ‘74. And “Eyes of the World” live in Oakland with Winton Marsalas and Bruce Hornsby.

[@MrPooch1967]

That's an epic "Dew". I would also recommend Wharf Rat from 5/7/77. That whole show is great.

[@joshgore2451]

Morning Dew was inspired by the movie "The Beach" from 1958. The movie is about a nuclear apocalypse where everyone was destined to die. There is a full version of the movie on KZbin...make sure you choose the right one though - one is warbly and cuts off before the movie ends. Enjoy!

[@stevea8193]

Shakedown Street is a great song by The Grateful Dead... highly recommended

[@evanallen9353]

Liking this for your comment and your profile picture.

[@punkweb]

They posted this reaction on the official Grateful Dead Facebook page today, congrats! I watched it last week, but I thought that was cool they posted this there. DO MORE GRATEFUL DEAD AND THE HU!!

[@tntyardworks7076]

"Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia" is my favorites.

[@LouPalumbo]

Scarlet Begonias Throwing Stones US Blues Looks like Rain

[@007mrwag]

Uncle John’s band

[@jeffreyzelman]

"Box of Rain"..."Phil Lesh wanted a song to sing to his dying father and had composed a piece complete with every vocal nuance but the words. If ever a lyric 'wrote itself,' this did--as fast as the pen would pull." LET PHIL SING!!!

[@dstone1701]

Never knew that. Box of Rain is one of my favorites. Back in the early days of the Apple Macintosh, there was a program that let you create your own icons, in a B&W bitmap image. I created an image for Box of Rain, and assigned that to my hard drive.

[@booyakomasa]

Hunter wrote the lyrics

[@Boone1981]

"Truckin" "Sugar Magnolias" "Casey Jones" "Friend of the Devil"

[@ginaluvsrush6093]

Ripple....

[@xerodelacroix5552]

Box Of Rain

[@ginaluvsrush6093]

Europe '72!!!! lol

[@tallthinkev]

Dwight Yokum's version of Truckin'!

[@natehaux7575]

fire on the mountain

[@culpeppper]

I've enjoyed watching your reaction video's my brother!! I've been raised to hear and also appreciate a wide variety of music. Got turned onto the Dead in 86' and it changed my life. It's all about the music!! You really need to hear live stuff to get the magnitude of what the musical vehicle that the Grateful Dead was and how it evolved and morphed over time. Remember the Dead is all about the music. Highly Recommend - Dead w/ Branford Marsalis : Bird Song - March 29, 1990 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York

[@jwest6400]

I recommend only listening to live Grateful Dead, there’s an energy that can’t be described that you need to experience

[@fuzzydude66]

Dude, I am so happy you are reacting to The Dead! There are so many, too many, great songs that are lyrically brilliant and tell wonderful stories with emotion. NFA!

[@RideToRock]

That song has been the catalyst of many Grateful Dead fans' long, strange trip "The bus came by, and I got on. That's when it all began" "I may be going to hell in a bucket baby, but at least I'm enjoying the ride"

[@buddymoore6504]

9 mile skid, on a 10 mile ride, hot as a pistol but cool inside!

[@ozziewoods8133]

buddy moore nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile....

[@suoicilappaz]

I've just finished watching all of your Steely Dan videos. Just absolute joy! PLEASE do more. Now I see you're dipping your toes into my favorite band. The Grateful Dead rabbit hole is unlike anything else. It will change your life. Thank you so so so much for all your reactions. I hope you do more Dead. My recommendation, off the top of my head, is anything off the American Beauty album. Cheers!

[@Amalia-no7xt]

From what a know, the writer made this song about aging. This is why it's called "touch of grey" . This was a major hit for the Grateful Dead in 1987. By this time they had been around for 20 + years with a faithful following. The "dead heads" as they were called followed the band as they traveled everywhere.

[@rmhanseniii]

He’s got to do eyes of the world from without a net

[@rmhanseniii]

I was behind the stage for that in Philly...One of the best performances

[@dverygrateful1]

Totally agree

[@ORDER4STU]

3/19/77. best performance no question

[@davidnieman8380]

Love that performance. One of the best I've heard.

[@brinkybrinkz]

Great song! Great CD! GRATE!

[@realcancan]

Oh boy!!! As a modern day Deadhead, I was lucky to see them about 20 times. I skipped many classes in college, making grilled cheese sandwiches in the parking lot to sell/trade. Check out Ripple, Scarlet Begonias, Shakedown Street, Sugar Magnolia, and anything early on with Pigpen on keyboards/harmonica (maybe Good Morning Little Schoolgirl). Awesome vid as always, friend ✌️

[@ronaldowens5025]

Screw that anything with pigpen on the harpsichord.

[@wolfmusic76]

I love that all he can do is "smile smile smile" when he listens to this song. The Dead are infectious savior's

[@jerrygarcia4966]

The beautiful thing about Robert Hunter’s lyrics is that they were written with personal interpretation in mind. He invited the listener to draw their conclusions in a way that involves us in the creative process just by listening. The Dead is a GROUP experience that included not only the band but, the fans as well. I think it’s the truest expression of communal experience through art of all time. Their connectedness was the genesis of this music. This music has become a connectedness among the fans that is the genesis of a culture. This culture rose to a level of historical significance. People love this music in a way that is greater than the sum of our differences. This one thing has brought us together despite our hundreds of differences. This degree of personal investment is made possible by the inclusive nature of this creative process. What I’m attempting to describe is one aspect of the X factor. X factor is the most significant thing about the Dead in my opinion their significance is robust. God rest Jerry, Robert, Pig Pen, Brent, Kieth, Vince and Bear. The music never stopped.

[@jasonedmonds4514]

jerry garcia and bless Mickey & Billy and the road crew, and the years of tapers

[@Meyzen76]

Saw them open with this song! Was a great way to get the show rollin'. One of my best memories was seeing the Grateful Dead live.

[@qthelost]

The title is an extension of the saying, "Every cloud has a silver lining" with the Grateful Dead adding that "Every silver lining has a touch of grey." Always clever lyrics written by their lyricist Robert Hunter who was considered a full member of the group but never performed with the band. Jerry Garcia said that Robert is the band member who never comes out on stage with us.

[@kevingruenofficial]

Is he the one who wrote ripple as well, which was kind of an ode to the book of psalms?

[@qthelost]

@@kevingruenofficial Yeah, Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics and Jerry Garcia wrote the music for "Ripple." The lyrics have been compared to the 23rd Psalm and also Robert was pretty drunk when he wrote it. I remember reading an article that said he wrote the lyrics for "Ripple", "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" all in the same afternoon, apparently while also drinking, but still a good day's work.

[@jeremymoorer7033]

@@qthelost I love Broken Down palace. Did Hunter also write, Doing that Rag?

[@qthelost]

​@@jeremymoorer7033 Yes. Robert wasn't with them yet on the 1st album. He wrote 1 song on their 2nd album. But their 3rd album Aoxomoxoa he had and Jerry Garcia wrote all the songs on the album except "St. Stephen." So, yes, he and Jerry wrote "Doing That Rag." Robert and Jerry became quite a songwriting duo from then on, although, Robert did co-write some songs with other bandmembers later on.

[@TechWithSean]

Obvious, but a “touch of gray” in the hair is a stereotypical symbol of aging, also.

[@sicksick6135]

I love how everyone has a vague dmt dream like familiarity with the Grateful Dead.

[@johnsybert8200]

to be able to scream "We will get by..we will survive" at a live show at the top of my lungs is the best therapy I could ever seek for any problems in life.. we are not alone, there are people that love

[@richkurl]

This was a very good, FM radio friendly pop tune from The Dead, 20+ years into their career. The ultimate live jam band with a loyal "Dead Head" following. Explore some of their 70's work, and You Tube will provide you with a treasure trove of live performances.

[@pamm8608]

I agree. Radio friendly. Sort of a sell out...

[@aaronbeal6041]

If you heard Dire Straits in the background at your job, you heard this too, brother. That’s why you know the hook.

[@hiroprotagonist525]

I first heard this song when I was a senior in high school, shortly after it was released. It came on the radio as I was getting ready for school in the morning, it was so sunny and a perfect day, and this came on, I can't explain the profound effect it had on me; that was the mid-late 80's so that just goes to show you... I will get by!

[@jeremynall9173]

Stumbled across this and it was on my birthday. The Deadheads around the world always love when someone takes the time to really listen. Thanks, glad I found this. Fare thee well.

[@genetrosper5834]

Finally some Grateful Dead! You will find that over the years, they have experimented with many textures and colors of music. They also had many guest musicians, such as Branford Marsalis playing sax in this epic live performance of their song "Eyes of The World." kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXaokIVqi66eiJY

[@markthompson8368]

"Eyes of the World" is the song I would be happy to hear in every Dead show

[@eyejohnson]

One of the best Eyes

[@andreapowell7431]

Eyes..... one of my ALL TIME favorite songs!

[@FrenchToastCo]

We gotta get him to do “They Love Each Orher” from 2/26/73. Come on everyone

[@michaelmaniloff9297]

Lord you can see its true

[@genofrancis32]

Agreeewweeed

[@jwollheim]

FrenchToastCo that would be good. Or some super deep psychedelic old St. Stephen

[@leslieredfield7943]

No, we gotta get him to a show!

[@FrenchToastCo]

leslie redfield bit late for that

[@bookemdanno5596]

You cannot help but have your mood raised by the music in this song. It's a genius composition of uplifting major chords with a bridge of minors and 7ths. This is one of those songs that even if it was purely instrumental you would know what it was about. Add the "Life can suck, but that's okay!" lyrics and it ties it all together. There are plenty of high tension/high stakes rooms in the world of politics, business, and other places that could benefit greatly from this song being played in the background.

[@Frankybroadcast]

First Grateful Dead song I ever heard was Touch of Grey when it first came out. Im from the MTV generation. I was 8 years old at the time. I immediately fell in love with it. My first concert was that tour, for the album. Over 30 years and countless shows later, I'm still an avid DeadHead. Long Live the Dead

[@RustyCyler]

"Brokedown Palace" is another gread Dead song...

[@Zacchus]

There might not be a better and sadder song on the planet than Brokedown Palace. Amazing song.

[@gobbs1451]

Yes. Gets me everytime. I just commented that on different comment.

[@brak7865]

It’s one of my funeral songs.

[@kennysjamshack2410]

SQUIDBILLIES. HAHAHAHAHHAHA

[@shawnminnich7273]

Most beautiful song ever

[@chuleta1976]

Anything off the American Beauty record is a guaranteed great reaction.

[@tony567able]

Touch of Grey is from In the Dark as opposed to American Beauty. Both are amazing albums.

[@chuleta1976]

@@tony567able right, I was suggesting he react to any track from that album.

[@Nik-ko9eq]

Yes. That whole album is just 😻

[@chuleta1976]

@@Nik-ko9eq a while back I listened to the album again after not having heard it in probably a decade. I was surprised I was still able to sing along. That says less about me than it does about the album being excellent.

[@TC-cl1pn]

Facts.

[@markhess9600]

I saw the first Touch of Grey at Cap Centre on 9-15-82. Encore, afterwards we were talking of a new album coming out soon. Throwing Stones, West LA and others were introduced. Lazy Lighting in VA. During these times I am finding so much comfort in reflection. Thanks for the post. Reminds me of my early days getting on the bus. Thanks Jerry for proving so much joy for so many years. Peace

[@jd.prestage]

Grateful Dead kinda grows on you. They're all about loving each other

[@Wrangzilla]

Do "Friend of the Devil" and "Scarlet Begonias" next!!!!!!!!

[@faithmckay686]

Definitely Scarlet Begonias.

[@Samurai_Stoner]

Sublime had a song named that also, was it a cover?

[@matthewdrake4385]

Sublime covered the song, great cover at that.

[@Samurai_Stoner]

@@matthewdrake4385 I heard the sublime one, not being a huge Dead fan I didn't know it was a cover... damn

[@matthewdrake4385]

Counting crows also did friend of devil also

[@mickeyscott7479]

I think you really might like Hell In A Bucket by Grateful Dead. For more of a soulful sound check out Jerry Garcia Band.

[@faithmckay686]

Yeah, Bob Weir had lead on that one. Good tune.

[@CorneiliusLibowitz]

Jerry Garcia was a big Bluegrass guy, and an excellent banjo player. Therefore, listen to the "Old and in the way" album.....

[@roboparks]

Like the" DO Da man" LOL

[@mickeyscott7479]

@@CorneiliusLibowitz I was thinking "My Sisters and My Brothers" or "Waiting For A Miracle" live would be great tunes to listen to.

[@oldmanuserphan]

HiaB is such a great song. I agree. You'll love it.

[@haleeharrison69]

I'm 18 and the grateful dead is one of the most special and influential things in my life. My dad raised me on them. I honestly get emotional sometimes when the people around me have no idea who they are. To many people whom I introduce their music to, it sounds like a foreign language to them as its so different from what is listened to today. But I'm very happy to see this video, and grateful to you for sharing the Grateful Dead with people. Their music and messages will live on forever.

[@amygravelle5820]

I love when someone hears the Dead for the first time..Welcome to my world. I actually have "I will get by, I will survive." Tattooed on my wrist.

[@colognemaker]

Ok,try "ripple", " Franklin's tower" ," us blues" "sugaree"

[@WojMoj]

R 2112 Yes!!!!!

[@insaneun]

Yes definitely those 4 and Scarlett Begonias!

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

Scarlet Begonias is usually performed live with Fire on the Mountain, really good pairing. Franklin's Tower is usually performed after Help on the Way and Slipknot, also one of the better song groupings.

[@doodahman2995]

Brokedown Palace

[@jacksteinberg9148]

Also dire wolf or st stephens. So many great songs

[@gabedeane414]

A Dead Reaction?! You were already my fav react channel. Terrapin Station (Studio Version)

[@davidfradin4625]

Hi Jamal .... I really appreciated your review and reaction to the Grateful Dead's 'Touch of Grey'. I first heard the Grateful Dead in 1970, it was a crazy time. They were a great band, dedicated to improvisation and real spontaneous music. They also had a kick as lyricist in Robert Hunter, and it was moving to see you reacting to his lyrics. He was a master story teller and had an amazing way of reaching into your soul with his words that transcended age, culture, religion, race, class .... it didn't matter. Robert died last September. His partner was Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist and lead singer of the band. Robert and Jerry wrote this song. Jerry was a wonderful human being, an unlikely rock star. He wasn't handsome, thin, young .... he had some drug problems in his life, divorces, money problems .... but he loved music and he loved his fans. In 1986 he was terribly overweight, never exercised, bad diet, drugs .... and he fell into a diabetic coma. Thousands of fans were terrified that he might die. After a few days he woke up from his coma. After a little time he was released from the hospital and tried to start playing guitar again and found tto his horror that he could barely play. It was a dark time ..... but he was surrounded by a sea of love from his family and friends, and he persisted in trying to play, and over a few months of very hard work, he regained his facility on the guitar. He also started to do mild exercise and improved his diet, and eventually went back out to play. The song 'Touch of Grey' is about that story. First the song is about him, but by the end, when they sing 'We will survive' it becomes a song about us. Welcome to the tribe!

[@lookingtosee123]

Jamel, I am an old, white geezer (I will be 72 in a few weeks) and, for me, the Touch Of Grey has always represented an acknowledgement of the transition from middle age to old age. Like the proverbial touch of grey that causes handsome older men to be referred to as Silver Foxes. BTW, you mentioned that the line, "I will survive" sounded familiar to you. Gloria Gaynor had a hit song by that name in 1986. Some sources credit Touch Of Grey as being written in 1989, though some other sources say that it was written as early as 1981/2 but not released until 1989. Last of all, Robert Hunter, the lyricist for The Grateful Dead, was also a fine performer on his on. I would love to see your reaction to one of his recordings. My personal favorite is Tales Of The Great Rum Runners from the album of the same name. Thanks for all you do. Much success to you, my young friend.

[@julioquancy7317]

"Ripple", "Box of Rain", and "Terrapin Station".

[@klantifashakur9894]

Ripple is the song that made me a fan and a pot head.

[@brak7865]

And the whistle is screaming...

[@andrewaevaliotis8769]

"Bertha", "Chinacat Sunflower", & "Jack Straw" 😏✌️

[@brak7865]

Andrew Aevaliotis yes, yes and yes

[@Tijuanabill]

Talk about a 20 video rabbit hole...there is a lot to love with these guys, despite only ever having one other hit song, besides this (Truckin).

[@Wayzor_]

20 mins? The Dead is a way of life for millions of us, and have been for well over over 50 years... not to mention the music is still going strong with Dead & Company. There is more to life than pop music, RnB, and Hip-Hop my friend.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@Wayzor_ I think you did too much acid at the shows. I said 20 videos, as in they have 20+ great songs. I'm a fan too. Maybe slow your roll a bit on these comments, if reading isn't your strong suit.

[@jonathanchadsixt6735]

The dead was a bigger than life, a movement of people from all walks of life, joined together by the music and their mortality.. They were truly for and of the heads (fans/friends/family/everyone who has heard them play) whose music lifted and still lifts the spirit of those in need.

[@cwest2301]

Thank you so much for covering this. You hit the nail on the head. Exactly how I feel every time I hear this. I'm a "Dead" kid. So awesome to see others appreciate. ❤

[@thomashuntsman9566]

"mississippi half-step uptown toodeloo"

[@chuckstoddard5491]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@LouPalumbo]

US Blues Scarlet Begonias Throwing Stones Looks like Rain

[@kevingruenofficial]

More GD: "sugar magnolias!", "sugaree", "St. Stephen", "Truckin'", "casey jones", "Ripple", "Brokedown Palace", "Box of Rain", "Friend of the Devil", "Eyes of the World", "Scarlet Begonias", "uncle John's band", "shakedown street" and anything live. It all kicks ass.

[@chizzzmo]

Kevin Gruen "help on the way" is my favorite

[@mbabaneamputee7725]

Terrapin Station, So Many Roads, Fire on the Mountain

[@davidnieman8380]

Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Eyes Of The World, Franklin's Tower, Althea

[@perryleduc1954]

shakedown street, truckin and casey jones is a must!!!

[@doodahman2995]

@@chizzzmo attics of my life

[@rebecca8866]

I'm 23 but I love the grateful dead! Some of the best music in the world 💗💖 so glad to see others enjoy it like this 🙏🎶💜

[@Acolis]

i love the grateful dead. i recommend everyone dive deep into their song catalog. i miss you so much jerry. thank you for all the joy youve brought me and millions of others

[@gunslinger2566]

"Every silver lining's got a touch of grey" I always took it as you can usually only see the silver lining with a bit of time/age/experience.