Grateful Dead - Golden Road

[momoney3151]

to the 5 people who disliked it-more ganja for us!!!!!

[lymbicnoodle]

SAW THEM IN 1978 AT THE MEADOWLANDS IN NEW JERSEY..ON A SATURDAY..GUESS WHAT 80000 PEOPLE WERE DANCING TO THAT NIGHT.. STILL GOT THE TICKET STUB AND SHIRT..MISS THEM

[momoney3151]

@lymbicnoodle thats awesome dude!!

[bojarfi]

My favorite Dead song...and on their first album no less...talk about COMIN OUT SWINGIN. the best part for me is the chord that the song ends on...classic f'n rock n' roll

[Dicko0824]

Nice///////

[BellaGypsy1982]

See that girl, barefootin along,

Whistlin and singin, she's a carryin on.

There's laughing in her eyes, dancing in her feet,

Shes a neon-light diamond and she can live on the street.

[iwanarideonachoochoo]

@BellaGypsy1982 hey, you copied the lyrics from the description.

[frankc32]

@BellaGypsy1982, it's "laughter" in her eyes, not "laughing".

Listen with care...

Cheers,

FrankC32

[thatguru877]

@frankc32 It actually is laughing those are the lyrics.

[PikaJew1000]

damn this song should of been 10 mins longer :D

[SomeRandomFeller]

"she's a neon light diamond, she lives on the street"

[kraken589]

I like their early stuff like this better.

[psyclops9]

there is something in this mix that still sends shockwaves and shivers through my body when i listen to it and i have heard it many many times and only drink cold coffee (;)

[KaptainKwasnik]

@psyclops9 That thing is Jerry Garcia!

[jcf36]

I love grateful dead, so do my parents, who named me after the dead song "Cassidy." I think we are the only deadheads that dont do drugs! Thumbs up if you're a clean deadhead :D

[Django5198]

You wanna know why I love this song? It made me a better person. Before I discovered Grateful Dead I was this stressed trapped and selfish ass. I would make a big deal out of things that weren't neccesary. But after I heard this song I suddenly changed. I was being nice to people, I was feeling cheerful, I felt free, I started taking more notice of things that were important like poverty, war, and other problems.

Now I listen to this everyday to keep me feeling good. Thanks so much GD!!

[yoshortyb]

i love the dead, but this is in my honest opinion one of their mediocre songs. Its still good, but it just doesnt sound too much like the dead...

[BootlegCrew302]

@yoshortyb it somewhat reminds me of the stones or the doors, just a bit.

[301b0y]

@BootlegCrew302 I agree.

[Django5198]

@yoshortyb this is early stuff!!!!

[saavedra29]

That's a magic song!

[samorocks96]

i reckon is this best song

[shroomer41]

A moment of silence please 16 years ago today R.I.P. Jerry 08/09/11

[caerphillykid]

San Francisco's Grateful Dead. This is the album that introduced me to the Dead in New Zealand in about 1971. But they never came down here!. I was in Wales in 1995 when Jerry died and my Welsh relatives were besides themselves with grief. Go well, Deadheads of the World.

[SSSScientist]

I just love this album cover, it's awesome!

[Django5198]

12 more hours and I'm going to San Francisco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[frankc32]

@Django5198, make sure you visit the Mission, the Marina, North Beach, beneath the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, the fucking clear San Francisco vibe!!!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[weRwednsdays]

what does he mean when he says "ring around the sun"?

[frankc32]

@weRwednsdays. I will take a stab at this.

A "ring around the sun" pretty much means you have been up all night, most likely under of the influence of marijuana and/or really good LSD, or psylocibin mushrooms.

The "ring around the sun" is nothing more than a plain old sunrise. (Irony noted)

Happens every fucking day.

The rest of the song is a narrative, just fucking listen to the lyrics.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[TheYankees2300]

FOR MY BOY FROM DOWN SOUTH !

[RockandRoll51188]

That girl gave him a BONER

[SuperDimebagdarrel]

i thought itd b longer

[mrguitarmanguy12]

haha the skeleton on the cover of the album is flippin us off

[Calibound1000]

@mrguitarmanguy12 Nah... he is spinning the latest Dead tune, dude.... See her fingernail as the stylus....

[mrguitarmanguy12]

@Calibound1000 haha i was kiddin man i know

[cgoofies]

Man, I would say F with some fingering. Then other instrument noises making that crash on the last chord like that.

[vivemaker]

This song can make me happy anytime! Yeeea-heeeey! HEY!

[guysan]

after almost 20 years of hearing this song it will never gets old.. when I tell my dog to "play dead" and this song comes to minde. just classic for me.

[frankc32]

@guysan, memories of favorite pets, GOD bless that! So amazing and sweet!

I have lived and partied with at least seven generations of cats, and they all dig the Grateful Dead!

Cheers!

Meeeooow!!!

FrankC32

[amofromun]

I am glad to be alive long enough to have found this song again!

[brianjoreski]

weeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhooooooooo­oooooo!!!!!!  yeah!

[jcsorgatz]

3 people are walking on a silver road...

[hittelman]

This song = Pure happiness

[Monkeyslash]

3 people don't want to join the party.......too bad for them.

[Django5198]

@pinkfloyd4241 I really agree. During the guitar solo theres that horrible screeching. But I have this on cd and it sounds much worse than on youtube. But the song is so great that who cares!!!!

[Django5198]

This song makes me wanna go to a massive park and just hug everyone. Who cares about riches and luxuries? Lets just go outside and have loads of fun!!!!

[wolfkarel]

:-)

[snugglefoo]

Have to dance now :)

[MrTonyack]

Laughter,in her eyes, EVERY DAY hey.... 1 ov me favs. :)

[fuckinRnRzombie]

anyone else reminded of kiss - Rock and Roll All Night during the refrain ? ^^

[stoopidmonkeyful]

One of the irrefutably coolest pieces of album cover art....so befitting of the Dead to have that smoking skeleton giving the Man da' finger!

[jeffsdolphin]

favorite dead song........hey hey

[karstenboy]

....heyyy..heyyhey...come on and join and party every day....

That was the life we lead for so many years.....do I miss the scene...? Hell yeah I do. However I now have a wife, and beautiful and super intelligent little boy that is my only reason for sticking around this God forsaken rock. We are killing it and others are killing us.

I "only" saw 64 Dead and 22 Jerry and 4 Bobby and 1 Phil show, plus the first Further tour. Since about 1997, I have been out of the music scene. RIP Jerry Garcia!!

[krogmank]

Makes me smile every time. Every time. The Grateful Dead were "joy in spite of everything" to quote Tom Robbins.

[CptBlacbeard]

oh i do enjoy, thanks for the fight brother

[Jimmycorvettefan71]

I just saw Bob Weir and Phil Lesh in St. Louis tonight! 11/11/10

[chasdffdf]

the skeletons given me the bird

[frankc32]

@chasdffdf , nah, that's just how he spins the platter!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[noff27]

Very underrated great classic by this great band.

[subforsubx]

this is my favorite song. it took me years to find out the song but this song always made me smile when it came on the radio

[fishtacos69]

@alkipp47 damn right, you dirty son of a bitch

[alkipp47]

such happy music, every time i have bad day the dead and a doobie make me feel like everything is alright!

[givpeaceatry]

@alkipp47 damn straight!

[lolTopaz1]

OHMYFUCKINGGOD!! XD this song me and my dad used to sing together like 24/7!! Awsome band!!

[krankerrrr]

There's a lot going right in this song

[AWSH17]

@krankerrrr yeah man, i like the path its going on, its just.....a good path for a song you know what i mean???

[MegaAries1992]

Can you upload Attics of My Life studio version,please? It's one of my favorite songs

[Jimmycorvettefan71]

Awesome song! I love that last chord!

[DrumTVShow]

My brother played them all the time growing up and this was one of my favs!....

[DamnStraightM35A2]

I think you missed a line on your lyrics after "Summer's comin' in, and it's goin' outa style

"

[chachaskate420]

What a classic......

[ofarevolution488]

my mom bought me skeletons in the closet when i was 7 fast forward almost 20 years and i still love the dead

[Jenscool]

@ofarevolution488 hahha...she bought it for he selfish!!!

[GetItSarah]

FAVORITE Grateful Dead song. Good lord. <3

Also, whoever said that comment earlier, that all teenagers only listen to popular music, that's a complete lie. I'm 15 years old, and all of my favorite music is far older than I am.

[HeartOfPureRock]

@GetItSarah Same, except I'm 16 =)

[TTTTTTTTTTTT378]

@GetItSarah same except im 14 =D

[Dragonflame2468]

@GetItSarah hell yea i listen to Zeppelin the kinks Van HAlen The doors the cars all of the "good" shit

nd im 16

[Django5198]

Awesome song but the organ gets in the way!

[DiSanto0]

&kodifeeder haha same here iam 14 and i love the dead. i jsut wish Jerry Was stil alive soo i could see him in a concertt :/

[bagheadandothercrap]

lol im only 13 and a huge dead head and lover of classic rock

[CrazyKid3471]

@bagheadandothercrap OMG SAME!! im 13 and the exact same way

[florbinginge]

thankx for the fighting(: i enjoyed it quite a bit

[bballchic810]

i'm totally getting a neon light diamond tattoo. loveeeeee <3

[kodifeeder]

Thanks for posting my favorite Grateful Dead song ever!

[yangtai1992]

thanks for fightin for a good cause :D

[pyrotech8285]

has to be my fav

[nixonfanatic]

Good post, love 'em.

Nix ~

[gratefullistener420]

I second that emotion onetimejustonce, The Dead r GRRReat wake n bake music!

[metalcoffin]

Noticed your missing some lyrics in the last verse, 3rd line should be,"We'll lye down smokin honey, have yourself a ball" ;-)

[KurtDucozCobain]

Cool song, it stands for the feeling of the roaring sixties!

[Ambulanceo]

@hazardrebel

HOT SHOWER HOT SHOWER

[BPfau09]

@Ambulanceo you talkin about the hot shower the dance move?!

[chaotix567]

This song is PURE FUCKING MAGIC!!!!! I can't stop listening to it! RIP Jerry Garcia, thank you for all the wonderful music.

[juantobaru]

NICE SONG.

[onetimejustonce]

nothin like burnin one and listenin to the dead on a sunday mornin'.....sweet

[JasonSienicki]

amen to that

[DFitzTube]

thats awesome, man

[joealanouf]

i loev this song so mutch

[dDave512]

"mutch"? really, dude?

[joealanouf]

what?

[joealanouf]

i hate when people spell check me.

[fangjangler]

@joealanouf Pronounced like "butch?" ;)

[pcburgh01]

This song always reminds me of getting high in my bedroom in high school with my brother. Skeletons was my first album and was the beginning of a long list of tapes, cd's and concerts. The Grateful Dead started it all for me though I never got to see them. That's is what you call standing the test of time.

[AirDylan17]

"..., the beginning of a long list of tapes, cd's and concerts"

"The Grateful Dead started it all for me though I never got to see them."

you just completely contradicted yourself?

[pcburgh01]

Not really; GD music was the first "adult" music that I started listening to. By listening to GD I started looking into the Allmans, Phish, Jimi, Stevie Ray, Clapton, Cream......you know......?

[guavasunni34]

god i love this band

[Sk8er1103]

what chord do they end on?

[COPMMUSIC]

they end with "fuck you-MAJOR" or is that minor?

look it up dick head. IDIOT

[Sk8er1103]

ok... thanks for the answer douche.....

[Sk8er1103]

its obviously not major or minor, its some sorta diminished chord. so im the idiot?

[nacholibre110]

what the hell? shut the fuck up asshole

[Quantumlogik]

@Sk8er1103

F7-9/Bflat i think

[ybrik222]

@Sk8er1103

A very dissonant one? XD

[intothetopcorrupt]

@Sk8er1103 what chord are they on through the hwoel song lol'/.

[Jimmycorvettefan71]

@Sk8er1103 They end on an F chord. Chords are as follows. D See that girl bare footin C along.... G Whistling and singing she's carrying on D D She's got laughter in her eyes, dancing in her feet C She's a neon F bright diamond C she can live on D the street Hey hey! HEY! D---- Come right C away G Come and join the party.... Every- D Day!!!

[dagarciawmedu]

@Sk8er1103 a shit chord but this is one of my favorite songs. I can play it on guitar and song it!

[dagarciawmedu]

@dagarciawmedu sing it!

[BigSkaDe]

@Sk8er1103 Some Augmented Inversion.

[cannibaljuice]

You could never get sick of this song

[calz10]

hows this spam?

[DFitzTube]

umm.... what??

[calz10]

ur comment got marked as spam when u said it was this song was great

[DFitzTube]

ohhhhh... alright then

[mrbag60]

The GD with this song/album as a backdrop; combined with peers Country Joe & The Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Santana, Steve Miller, Sly & The Family Stone, etc made 1967 in the San Francisco bay area a good year to "tune in, turn on, and drop out".

[Theloniousfunkk]

you forgot some lyrics right after goin' outa style

[foreveraien]

great song,summer of love' anthem.

[landcruiser5200]

thank you. i love this old g. dead song

[Coppola63]

thank you

[ralphboardman]

I always thought they were singing about the Summer of Love!

[jfrankley55]

Thanks for posting this. IMHO, one of the most sublime examples of rock 'n' roll innocence. Yet why do I feel like I'm trapped inside Allen Ginsburg's supermarket in California?