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Lou Davenport |
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October 08, 2007 03:14:36pm |
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GratefulDead
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Best Eyes of each year poll/query |
God, what a HUGE relief it is to hear (read?) people chattering about the Dead on this forum again!
In that spirit, for some time I've been mulling over posing this question to the LMA braintrust:
What do you think is the best performance of Eyes of the World from each year? I ask in part because it's an interesting question to debate, and in part because I'm looking for good performances from 74 and 78 without listening to every damned one.
I only have ideas for four years:
73: I love Winterland 11-11, as well as 10-25 from Madison and 12-18 from Tampa (thanks Max for pointing me to that one).
74: I'd go with 8-6 from New Jersey, but there's plenty I haven't listened to, or not in a while.
75: That's a toughie--8-13 is both very good and the only performance from that year.
77: I love Winterland 6-8 (having recently listened to it over and over again--hence this poll/query), and have also been impressed by 10-29.
So what are your favorites? Please!
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wineland |
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October 08, 2007 03:27:06pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Best Eyes of each year poll/query |
A monumental question indeed. I will post a long time favorite. It may not be the absolute best, but there is one little snipit that makes it rise to the top for me. Afterall, the Eyes were at a peak of perfection in 73 and 74. At 1:29 you hear Bob exclaim, "Yeah!" It is small. Probably a blip on most people's radars. But to me it is the Boys in a groove and they are feeling it. I can just imagine Jerry giving Bob a sideways glance with that cheshire grin.
05-26-73 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, Ca. (Sat)
He's Gone> Truckin> Other One> Eyes> China Doll
http://www.archive.org/details/gd73-05-26.sbd.cribbs.17076.sbeok.shnf
The Eyes alone is satisfying. Listen to the whole string and it is bliss.
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