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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Grateful Dead Concert complaint
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 16:31:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 16:31:03 1984
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> 
> In April I went to a Grateful Dead concert for the first time
> in about 10 years.  10 years ago the crowd was generally quiet and sat
> during the performance ...
> <.......>
> 
> Well, this time, 10 years later, it was a whole different story.
> People cheering, clapping and just making a nuisance of themselves.
> 

Of give me a break! The entire point of going to see the Dead has always
been that they are THE band to go see to let one's hair down (long hairs,
get it!) Dancing in the aisles, singing, and cavorting are an ESSENTIAL
part of going to see the Dead. I have seen the Dead 5 times over the
last 7 years (I am not a hard core Deadhead, but some friends are -
30-40 concerts over 14 years, and they agree) and crowd "participation" has
been the one constant in shows where material, sound quality and
performance varied greatly. The show you saw 10 years ago must have
been pretty boring, or was it the complimentary LSD (:-) ?

Marcel Simon