From: glambert@pyramid.com (George Lambert)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Re: The Grateful Dead and the Mixolydian Mode...
Date: 15 Aug 92 01:50:23 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology

In article <1992Aug14.181253.20612@sunspot.noao.edu> brown@sunspot.noao.edu (Todd Brown) writes:
	 To save bandwidth, I'm trimming as much as possible and
	 still try to keep this quasi-coherent.
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>>>Question, is this or is this not a recreational
>>>newsgroup(rec.music.gdead)? So we need this highly technical
>>>disscusion on how it is the Dead manage to Jam so well.
>>
>>It beats a number of other topics hands-down.
>
>So it looks, this has become damn serious business this being a
>deadhead, its not enough to enjoy music but now I must now know every
>nuance of every note played, I can see keeping setlists will become
>a major chore at shows, when they resume, not just titles but 
>we'll need to have exact discriptions of what type jams were 
>played. And then we'll start seeing flame-wars on what type
>jam it really was, better get some more "nomex" suits.

You can, of course, enjoy the music any way you see fit.  If you don't like
the thread, I'll introduce you to a couple of keys (non-musical, and eminently
practical):  the 'n' key allows you to skip the article
	     the 'k' key allows you to kill the thread for yourself, and
	     you'll never have to see another of these articles again.
This assumes you're using 'rn', 'trn' or similar news reader.
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>Jeeze can't even grasp sarcasam, jesting and general
>tomfoolerie(sp?):-)
>
>Will a smilie help a little,guess really it's not sarcasam, more like
>spoofing.

They weren't in your first post, and the tone of the questions did not sound
like either sarcasm or spoofing.  Since people can't hear your voice or
observe any attendant body language, we can but analyze your posts by the
words you provide us on the screen.
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>So I asked for the combined opinion of the group and got it and more,
>I've alwasy said the anything related to the Dead gets you more than
>your money's worth. :-) :-) :-)
>
>But I was also reflecting in stealth spoof mode, or is that modal:-),
>the mirror image of many numerous posts in the past to stimie the
>freeforum asspects of this group, I do see a smilie at the end of
>my statement, is it too close to the end.   :-) :-) :-)

This is difficult to parse, but it seems a restatement of your first paragraph.
My answer remains the same.
>
>>This thread is one of the best I've read on this group in many a month, and
>>I thank the contributors to it immensely.
>
>I'm not sure of that, it's all pretty good;-)

Take what you need, leave the rest.
>
>>profession and all that ANY responsible person would learn formally about 
>>their trade in the time they have spent doing so.  Not all effective 
>>training needs to (or does) come from a formal college or university education.
>>
>I think this is what I was saying, you got so caught up with the
>flaming you lost sight of what you were flamin', sorry I was not
>direct in my wording but if everything was explicit and layed out
>where would the fun be in life, no adventure and excitment:-) :-) :-)

Son, I hardly flamed you.  When I turn the torches on, you'll know it.  Ask
others who've been around here for awhile.  I'm just peaceable ol' George
these days.  How you can construe anything in my response to you as a flame
is a mystery.
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>
>>So, thanks again to those who have taken the time to provide the musical
>>analysis of the band, and I strongly encourage you to keep it going.  I'm
>>learning quite a bit from it!
>
>Thanks y'all, just remember to listen to the music as a whole, when
>you got all those notes picked to peices, and scattered, and remember
>listen to the heart and soul, they'll guide you to the true essense
>of the music.

What you say is true, but looking at the music solely through those 
'Flower-Power 1967' issue spectacles is a tad limiting to some of us.
>
>And Jerry take care, get well and look out these guys are hot on your
>heels their going to figure out how you do what you do, but I'll bet
>they still won't have the sparkelin' essense that make your music
>so unique to you alone, and try pickin' on that old steel-pedal
>again I miss it, you are the best IMHO!

Hmmmm...as another netster once asked me, "Why do I bother?"  I agree with
'Jerry take care, get well' wholeheartedly.  The rest seems to be a tepid form
of anti-intellectualism.

Be groovy, and remember that this is the first day of the rest of your life.
(Gee, I had a great time back then) :-).  (Come to think of it, I'm havin' a
fine ol' time nowadays too!).

George Lambert

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