Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain (New York, NY 10/31/80) (Official Live Video)

"A rare Fire without Scarlet, this version comes out of Space on the final night of the Dead's five+ weeks of shows at the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall, during which the Dead played three sets per night. This was included on the electric album from these shows, Dead Set." - David Lemieux
Directed by Len Dell’Amico and co-produced by Len Dell’Amico and GDP.
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[@gratefuldead]

"A rare Fire without Scarlet, this version comes out of Space on the final night of the Dead's five+ weeks of shows at the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall, during which the Dead played three sets per night. This was included on the electric album from these shows, Dead Set." - David Lemieux

[@wrongwayranger684]

Love the FOTD from Dead Set

[@bathtub_jim7652]

Thank you for posting, Great quality!

[@ruffles886]

It made me cry.. this space.

[@christoppi5936]

Cold rain and snow / Fire on the Mountain - Buffalo 86

[@SublimeBadfish]

a fire right out of space...face melted.

[@dwest8245]

My kid brother who was 10 at the time turned me on to the Dead, this version he said made him feel free... he was 10

[@shanecrews4141]

10 but an old soul non the less

[@BlacksburgEV]

Please tell me your brother is Mick West

[@melaniepuckett1738]

Love this

[@JoshuaMichael1122]

But was he 10?

[@calebbrownlow5974]

Kid had soul.

[@gratefulyankee377]

I always love that smooth "other-worldly" transition from "Space" to Fire on the Mountain." That suspense of when one song ends and the other starts, just waiting with baited breath until Jerry's guitar gradually breaks into that first intro of FOTM. Gives me goosebumps. Watching this here and almost chokes me up how great it is. Ok does that sound too weird? I just completely love it. All problems of the world aside, just the Dead and your ears, mind, and soul. Am I the only one?

[@marccadiz9321]

we are everywhere...❤️

[@gruntergrilla9333]

Most certainly not the only one, my friend.

[@martinpickr9582]

Exactly man. To me its like the craziness of our mind/the world breaking into loving music. Grateful Dead literally is the Grateful Dead. As in dead people who are grateful and haunt the world in a good way. That’s just my two sense maybe I took too much acid in high school idk lol 😂

[@gratefulyankee377]

@@martinpickr9582 Didn't we all? And too much weed. Oops, there goes another brain cell......Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

[@martinpickr9582]

@@gratefulyankee377 hahaha

[@John-oo4ec]

Brent, in my opinion reinvigorated the Dead. His soul encapsulated a true love for everything the Dead stood for. A love for people, a deeper meaning in music, lighting the keyboard/organ on fire. I am forever thankful he has graced us, and the dramatic he has had on my life and my son's life. Somewhere there is a few beared beautiful angels jamming for an audience in a different, peaceful world. RIP PP JG BM RH

[@ianhansen-tilkens1817]

@Hell Boy pigpen

[@LKNDIY]

Obviously forgot KG in your RIP. Keith was the Dead

[@jasonmuhsmann5670]

I agree with you and am a also big fan of Brent. He was my favorite.

[@TheJelyman]

brent is dope his best performance is of "blow away" in 1989 - he really blossoms in that performance

[@TheJelyman]

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[@jameslauth544]

I was at this show. Last night of the eight night run at Radio City. I got to see all of them arriving back at their hotel on 57th St. A nice scene, everyone high as hell and in good spirits!!

[@John-oo4ec]

I was there.

[@waynelougee9528]

Someone give her a medal!

[@Mike7478F]

Living the good times!!

[@BranDamBlagg]

Sounds neat

[@amandanegrete1306]

I bet you have only great memories. I saw them twice in St Louis, once in Chicago and once that I really don’t remember in Colorado. I was drinking way too much in Colorado but every memory I have, even in back lawn of a GD show are great.

[@DrEricEtka]

I've always loved how Dead heads respond when they realize that they are being delivered something extra special and delicious.

[@RhondaPrice.]

I like the Dead, but haven't heard all of their music until recently because I found the Grateful Dead channel on Sirius radio last week. I've been jamming out driving and when Im on the beach and everything. I've felt the most relaxed this week constantly listening to them. This particular song was the most relaxing to listen to on the beach while the sun was setting. There were a few people there and I think they were really appreciative that I was playing this. It relaxed us all and we all needed during this crazy 2020/2021 pandemic. Peace and love to everyone

[@jamesorr50276]

So much more,it's actually addicting

[@Deetroiter]

Hey man! Any idea what channel it is if it’s still on?

[@RhondaPrice.]

@@Deetroiter Channel 23

[@Deetroiter]

@@RhondaPrice. legend! Thank you, I’ve got it on now

[@Deetroiter]

Months later and the Grateful Dead channel is still a major station on my xm

[@mattc1026]

Great version. Love the psychedelic-trippy intro. I frequently tripped during their shows. Saw them all over the midwest in the 80’s.

[@brianmcglade8164]

DEER CREEK !

[@kind2311]

It was this version that I first heard in a loud bar one fateful night many years ago. Somehow, over the drone of people shouting and glasses clinking away, I was able to hear Jerry's soft, creamy, vowel-y licks on the Mutron. I said to my cousin who was with me, "hey that sounds like the effect Tim from 311 uses. Do you know what song this is?" A guy sitting a few seats down from me overheard and leaned over and said "That's Fire On The Mountain by the Grateful Dead." The rest is history.

[@MichaelGreenOfficial]

When I first heard this and the Franklins on Dead Set that’s what got me hooked as well. Haven’t gotten off the bus since.

[@kennyfryman3634]

Once in awhile you get shown the light....

[@MrXanFan]

In the strangest places (noisey bar)...

[@StereoAnthony]

Love it Vinny M!

[@Aerospacer77]

Tim Mahoney from 311 was heavily influenced by the Dead. You can definitely hear it in his playing style. I'm a fan of both the Dead and 311 but if I had to choose one over the other it would be the dead by far.

[@digiboog]

This version of Fire was my introduction to the Dead so many years ago. Hooked!! Awesome to see the visual to go along with Deadset, which I listened to over and over and....

[@JayRiemenschneider]

One of my first too. Was expecting to hear the greatest story when this ended right?

[@Henrydingus01123]

This was my first as well. My friend Tim sat me down and started with rhythm devils. “You’re going to love this”. I did.

[@stumpshot70]

The early days of Brent in the band were stunning! I was a kid in Grass Valley, CA when the GD played at the fairgrounds in 1983. I snuck in while my parents were in the show (they didn't get me a ticket...haha). Snuck in under the fence and really dug it.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

That's awesome. I saw them as a kid in 84 an amusement park outside of Toronto (Canada's wonderland Kingswood Music Theatre) with The Band opening. Good times.

[@NathanGismot]

These Radio City shows, rebroadcast periodically on PBS if I'm not mistaken, comprise some of my foundational Grateful Dead experiences. I have these early, early memories of being a little kid -- we're talking sometime in the early or mid-80s -- sitting next to my Dad (a Deadhead) watching the TV with this strange collection of men with strange colors around them play this this spooky, crackling, soaring music that I didn't exactly grasp but that I knew was profound. I knew, and felt, as a kid that there was something to this -- something really powerful and moving and memorable. I was just a few months old when they played these shows at Radio City, and that just adds to my sense of connection to them. Love, love, love.

[@Grendel53]

Fantastic.

[@abuzuhm]

thank you. I remember this too.

[@MrsMrMoney]

I also remember these as a kid. Very early in my life. I was born in 82 and this is straight like a memory from my own head. My dad would smoke a pipe and read the paper and this would be on the tv.

[@patriciamays8244]

Radio City shows have some of the best acoustics

[@erichanhauser3190]

We listened to this version the first time I dosed. MLK day 1986. We all had off from school so we met on the railroad tracks under a bridge & dropped. Rained all day

[@christoppi5936]

Your version of “.... the bus came by and I got on ....”. We will have that first time. 🍀❤️🍀

[@amandanegrete1306]

I wouldn’t even know where to get doses now days. I would probably be too scared anyway. Doses back in the 90’s though 👌🏾

[@jamessharpe6699]

You beat me by year the first time I dozed we snuck into the show at the Greensboro coliseum jumped the fence and wondered the parking lot without tickets and it was the best night ever

[@greggstrouse1854]

When I heard this on Dead Set at 14, I was all in.

[@johnpetro9308]

I miss these guys 😢

[@kennethgambone6127]

I dedicate this to my girlfriend,fir whithout her I would have been dead,we live in the mountains of PA,thank you Jerry and the Dead, deadhead for life

[@nmchild33]

This song gives me goosebumps

[@gregdales4701]

This is sublime and the Grateful Dead have always been my favourite band since I heard Live Dead in 69 Thank You for all the years and thank you Jill Potten.

[@deweygill1973]

Started listening and buying their albums in ’69, but for whatever reason never saw them until ’77. After a little hiccup in early ‘79, they came back revitalized with Brent. Fall of ‘79 through summer of ‘82 they were just excellent. What a great time to see them.

[@jeffersonjones8531]

Those early Brent shows🔥

[@lukefish9443]

Love Brent/Dead

[@MrStuVW]

...Every Brent Show!!! Lol:)

[@chrismihaich898]

Hell's yeahs

[@ash80510]

Ugh couldnt stand him. Loved the old keyboard player

[@ButtersGarcia710]

Late 70s early 80s

[@Joesdifferent]

1988 to 1990 I followed the grateful Dead those years will never be replaced

[@shggy1]

whyd you stop?

[@Joesdifferent]

@@shggy1 I was federally indicted with a thousand books of acid

[@chugluvr4L]

@@Joesdifferent Damn thank you for your service to humanity 💜

[@Ohms_vs_Draaggs]

@@Joesdifferentyou shall be immortalized in a thousand good trips my friend

[@TheFunkybert]

The quintessential FOTM.. straight to the point. Take it or leave it. No long jam.. just as is.. love this version, especially how they just settle right in after space..

[@iamthemooon]

why would you prefer a shorter jam? imo the greatest part is the jam and the longer the jam the better the song. if im gonna go on a ride on a spaceship, it better be a good and long one, you feel me?

[@christopherorman5769]

Brent's vocals at this time period were impressive. As was his playing.

[@ritagorman150]

Now that’s the Dead I fell in love with in early 90’s. Fuckin love Dead Set. I had those cassettes forever

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

Dead set is such a winner.....its college parties and lovely hippy women

[@ericwoodard1103]

Like so many others, this was the song that hooked me, this version, out of Space. I think they should have more frequently un-linked this song from Scarlet. It is a GREAT song out of Space. This combo and version still grabs me--it is both nostalgia and pure love of this actual version. Awesome!

[@michaelmohrle1773]

I agree and they should have put more effort into Space like this, most space is just ok not too interesting.

[@woofdoogy]

Always makes me want to sit in front of a camp fire in the woods drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. Felt this way since late nineties and when I’m an old man I’ll feel the same.

[@TC-dw6wg]

I think when I’m an old man and my time is short I will do this exactly. Fire, beer, jacks, some Marlboro’s and the Dead playing.

[@obviouscommentguy1234]

Q]2343

[@Ohms_vs_Draaggs]

Best be grass in them cigarettes

[@joedavis4150]

... You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up... the smoke burns my eyes... the Sun, a dull Brown Dot, exactly centered over the Pinnacle... thank you God.... this air is fresh and cool...

[@TheRabidPosum]

Amazing! I don't think I ever heard a bad version of this song. One of my favorites!

[@tomgutt7945]

So glad they put the spacey intro in the video, A classic !I did 10 26, and 29,sophmore in high school, hooked me DEAD TO THE CORE

[@prewittj1]

Talkin’ bout a fiyah...

[@chucklemuchuckle2170]

😂

[@hvymettle]

When they started riffing Fire I started wondering if I was so wasted I spaced out on Scarlet.

[@rosebud1958]

ur comment made me smile!!!! Peace n Love

[@lil_miss_strange]

@@rosebud1958 two of us! ;)

[@Kimock7Autism]

changed my life back in 1988 when I first heard it

[@seanfannin3453]

Are you related to Steve Kimock by chance?

[@rossbel5735]

Exo 24:17 The sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

[@johnm3152]

Dead Set was a real life raft when I was stuck overseas. Turned alot of people on with that double LP.

[@robbwolf8489]

I try and listen to each musical instrument and how the music carries them. Love the music

[@AndreXO409]

The Dead always an inspiration!

[@Simonfrios]

For me this is one of the greatest grooves in music. Simplest chords imaginable: 2 major chords. Dead in its purest form.

[@kyledpiper]

Liking the extended intro version and did not even realize it was bringing me back to an old faithful. Nice!

[@waynelougee9528]

Jerry lives forever!

[@kirkgarner4988]

patently false, easy to dispute

[@Diddlydewce]

This has always been my favorite Fire On The Mountain. This is the first time I saw this video

[@michaelfisher8648]

When the dead did "space " I always enjoyed the song they would break into. It would kind of bring a person back to earth for a bit. Of course we all miss Pigpen, Brent & Jerry. That was a special time in my life and wouldn't trade it for for nothing! Not even a horse to get my ass out of west Texas and leave my uncle dead in a ditch after I stole his gold. Hahaha 🥳🤯🤠 Dead For Life!

[@QuietVibration]

there is NOBODY, NOBODY that can or could do what Jerry could do...

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

And what could jerry do.....in words?

[@lostsailor2759]

Awesome. I've heard it a thousand times but never seen it...until now.

[@Will-mh9wd]

80's Dead is written in the stars

[@cfpl2375]

Tune makes me want to quit my job and take up running. ☀️

[@JakkuHunter]

A wild long haired Brent has appeared 💕

[@musicaddyfamjam9062]

The early Brent stuff was great! In 79 they played some of the longest first sets ever, I recall one reached like 25 songs!

[@trevorstclair-wh8st]

What show was that?

[@nikip9161]

Nothing like coming out of space to such a comforting melody... Phil base abounding as always.. Much love for the great memories. 😊💕🌻

[@catatonic9216]

Perfect song for fire season in s.w Montana , by far one of my favorite shows

[@ipaine12]

Back in the early 80s, I was a few weeks into my first semester at boarding school. Wasn’t really connecting with anything or anyone, which was par for the course for me. I had heard the GD before on the radio, but wasn’t a fan. Then one fateful day a few guys from my dorm were hanging out in my room and some one put this set’s bootleg into my stereo. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, I was mesmerized. The flow, the ups, the downs, the transitions, incredible. I was a fan by the second verse of Fire On The Mountain.

[@budahbaba7856]

I don't remember ever actually paying for a ticket to a single Grateful Dead show. The Dead community was so excellent at creating ways for you to participate, and earn your way and preserve your dignity at the same time. Fire on the Mountain is when i typically found my way into the arena. It was in the second half of the second set if i remember correctly. I could have actually come in sooner, but i was meeting so many fascinating people, starting into so many mysteries that needed solving, that Fire on the Mountain was the time i managed to get inside and enjoy the music full volume! :) Mom... i know you are worried about me, but don't! I am in the safest place in the world among these Dead Heads! ;) And that is the truth. I actually felt safer among the Dead Heads than i did my own family. They were beautiful people.

[@jasonrichardson9180]

💯❤

[@dillwill1813]

I bought tickets, and gave tickets away. I sold glass pipes, I ate the kind veggie burrito and the ironed grilled cheese. I asked for miracles too, and was never disappointed.

[@budahbaba7856]

@@dillwill1813 i may have been the grateful recipients of one of those tickets! Thank you! :)

[@ljd1031]

The original pay it forward...we just didn't give it a name at the time

[@elinderfler9358]

You got your "miracle" ticket!

[@Aerospacer77]

Unreal and thank you for sharing!! I never knew there was a video for the Dead Set albumn! I've been listening to the Dead Set for over 25 years and this version of Fire on the Mountain is my favorite of all time. ✌

[@camronbay1]

The guitar is absolutely amazing so talented.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Amazing fade in.. they were so tight and inspired by Brent

[@leestimmel4273]

best most incredible transition from one song to another,. Wowza!!!

[@JimKernix]

Hell yeah! Give me some more of that space!

[@SecretGorilla-en7nt]

I usually hate strange, ambient psychedelic stuff but this intro is great.

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

You may be more mario than you know

[@robertthompson3941]

“Fire On The Mountain’s 1 of my All time Favorites!!!!!!

[@DavidGolden99]

Wolf & piano had the blurry late '70s vibe. Tiger & organ brought it into sharp focus for the Big '80s.

[@elinderfler9358]

Was blessed to see them in very early 1990 (new year's, Oakland coliseum) and a couple more times in early 90s...💕

[@sriddle3569]

An awesome version

[@wessmith736]

And then all of a sudden there emerges the cognition coherence cohesiveness and expression of creativity!

[@hippieman5554]

Spitting fire right out of space crazy shit right there

[@tonyprewit7276]

I saw this dead show at Manor Downs and I tell you it was exactly as this was played..... One of my lifes best memories- I think

[@StereoAnthony]

Very Cool! Fire is such a great way to come out of space

[@mikeshannon7886]

Jerry. Is. Feeling. Good. Totally sublime.

[@waltercannon4700]

Brent with long hair, love it!

[@jamatoneblue]

It's beautiful!

[@robertthompson3941]

“Fire”,,,,, has Always been 1 OF “my” Favorite Songs?

[@TonyOneto]

So good! Love this!

[@Mike7478F]

Gold. It takes all you got just to stay on your feet!! Magic GD history.

[@markfranco3690]

Probably the Best 🔥 Fire O.T. Mtn. Recorded this from my dead set album onto cassette & played it as loud as shitty car stereo could crank. Smoking weed , singing along me & best friend driving around before going into senior year High School.

[@tommygamache7352]

GOAT

[@Twotontessie]

Dead Set was a key part of the deal to convert me into the fold from being a casual fan toward what I became.

[@kennethgambone6127]

I miss Jerry RiP we miss u

[@39pinkmoon]

You can listen to this version on Dead Set.

[@scottsilver3580]

No you’re not the only one ☮️

[@tateellinwood]

one of the best fire on the mountains

[@robertallen6593]

LOVE LIVE DEAD!!

[@washu420]

The intro was the best part of that Fire

[@MrStuVW]

Wonderful! ...and on halloween to boot! Great one David:)

[@duncanhalm9748]

Went to see them at a three day dance marathon in the early 70’s. Manhattan Ball Room. No chairs. Had a blast, but the memory is ….

[@deanl0]

This is standing on it's Own ! ! !

[@davenelson9505]

That space into Fire is of Epic proportions IMO. Saw it on simulcast at the time in DC. at the Warner Theater.

[@brucerussell1401]

Jerry had the Dimarzio Dual Sounds in Tiger for this show, before he went to the Super II's. They sound sweet but he wanted the higher output. '84 was my favorite Jerry tone. Even clean everything (the Mac, JBL's) was driven so hard it had some hair on it.

[@TheCiscokid35]

One of the best ..... Fire on the mountain .....Of all the times ......

[@brubinn1]

The bee’s buzz says it all

[@johnwoodruff4817]

My god does this version drip when it starts :)

[@wjstudios2686]

Greatful dead should rule the world

[@scottsilver3580]

Best ever ever ☮️ if you are a dead head, there’s nothing better nothing ✌️☮️ and some reefer

[@scottsilver3580]

I’m 65, unreal, wow

[@deborahmagana5039]

Thanks for the memories.

[@thomasschakow6465]

My first semester at Oswego. Came so close to goin to these shows.

[@AnthonyMoitzger-nw1id]

Space and drums. For those kissing the sky.peace and joy 😊 8888

[@emilianosgro9612]

I migliori in assoluto quanto avrei dato per vederli.

[@emilianosgro9612]

Grazie mille a tutti i dead heads...

[@Will-mh9wd]

Typically, where their is Scarlet, their is fire. But this is space.

[@isjerryzkid]

Thank you 💯💛🤸‍♂️🌻🦋⚡️🐢🎼

[@Wolfgasm0414]

Bravo!!!

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

I was at all of these shows during the Halloween ones plus 2 hotels we had to change to ! 🧚‍♀️🧚🏼🧚🏿‍♂️💤🐰🐇🛏️🪽🕊️👽🪐🛸🚀🌟🌜💫🌟👻😇👼🏽😍😘🥰love u old hippies out there ! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ambientmanny3615]

Just listened to Dead Set this morning, how about that? I love the way it just slides out of space.

[@key1251]

More of this early 80’s video! Great stuff

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Awesome!