Grateful Dead - Franklin's Tower

[gubberluv]

The dead wasn't just a band it was a way of life... enough said

[cheflbi]

@gubberluv amen

[Missbeansontoast]

Love this song.... One of their best.

[leonakita]

this is the shittiest garbage i ever heard...fuck all u dead heads and die DIE DIE!.. REMINDS ME OF MY COLLEGE DAYS AND HOW I HAD TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIPPIES FOR PLAYING THIS TRASH OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER! DIE DIE DIE!!

[VampyKat17]

@leonakita Um excuse me? This music is timeless and beautiful! The fact that you're even taking the time to comment on this. I hope you burn in a place where Jerry, Bob, Donna, Phil, Keith, Brent, Mickey play you a private concert, sir, smfh.

[leonakita]

@VampyKat17 EAT SHIT AND DIE U MUTHAFUCKING DEADHEAD! YOUR HERO CROAKED 25 YRS AGO ON THE DOPEY DOOBIE'S WAY TO THE METHADONE CLINIC! i HOPE YOU SUFFER A SIMILAR FATE YOU GOD DAMN DOPER!

[Msmags1006]

@leonakita if you HATE this so damn much WHY are you here??? Go away.

[leonakita]

@Msmags1006 i come here to LMGDAO

[VampyKat17]

@leonakita I think the fact that I didn't even have the honor of living while Jerry was around really proves how great that this band, how timeless they are. And it really befuddles me that even someone as hateful and small-minded as you can be such an arrogant. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, JEROME JOHN GARCIA DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN HIS SLEEP AUGUST 9, 1995. AFTER 3 DECADES OF WONDERFUL MUSIC.

[leonakita]

@VampyKat17 fair enough kid, my bad!

[CODYEFFINMYERS]

@leonakita dude... shut the fuck up. if you dont like it then get off of here, man. why look up a song on youtube just to talk shit to all of its fans? grow up.

[leonakita]

@CODYEFFINMYERS go vege out to a doobie doper deadhead! muwahahahaa

[blitzshriek999]

@leonakita ur funny-ur bummin everyone out!thats ok-you like skrewdriver? cocksparrer?pantera?surely some kind of music makes you happy-oh, i know! SKYNYRD!!!!

[Peteness05]

@leonakita You're really bad at trolling. At least your lack of intelligence lends credibility to your previous boasts of bullying strangers, but you really should try to get as much proficiency with your vocabulary as you do with those big dumb meaty fists of yours before running around in a place where fists don't matter much. Anyway, peace man. I love you. You want a hug?

[leonakita]

@Peteness05 I have 3 degrees pal, one from an Ivy league school...try again, deadhead!

[Peteness05]

@leonakita Yeah man, I totally believe you! Awesome.

[HONORB0nd]

@leonakita I believe you. What would be the point of lying about that? If someone were to lie about that they wouldn't be smart. They'd be a dumbass.

[rmed30]

@leonakita : Don't you have an ass to sniff somewhere?

[andrewsk8rsolomon]

9 people fell off the tower

[bicklesby1]

@andrewsk8rsolomon WEAK SO WEAK 

[gtz1975]

@andrewsk8rsolomon ...and the four winds NEVER blowed them safely home!

[batjr2007]

if you really enjoy and unstand THE DEAD,you dont need drugs at all ;/

[deadair789]

my favorite dead album even if it sounds like it was recorded in a tunnel

[TheTreetop1988]

@deadair789 best part raise tht child and one warched by day

[CrazyMalone]

Do you really think Jerry is going to care that you're sharing his music to hundres of thousands of people? If anything, we're honoring him by enjoing what he left us.

Fuck WMG, SOPA, VIVO and the rest of the money-whoremongers.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@CrazyMalone jerry garcia stated "if i had my way, everything would have a record button"

[BJC916MARCONICRIP]

God I love this album.

[kjuyhfklujhkuyf]

When I was a baby my mom drove me around at night listening to In The Dark to make me go to sleep. I had a horrible taste in music until about three years ago, then I began my search to find the "twinkly" Dead songs I could subconsciously remember. I found that album last weekend. Monday (a couple days ago) I tried salvia. REALLY bad idea in retrospect, won't preach to anyone, but my brain couldn't handle it. Black Muddy River saved me from being traumatized. No drugs for me man, just music.

[AriDillProductions]

Such a strange version

[blackandtanful]

"新しき夜明け””火星ホテル”そしてこの”ﾌﾞﾙｰｽ･ﾌｫｰ­･ｱﾗｰ"､当時このｱｼｭﾍﾞﾘｰ枯山水味音を貪り聞いてた私­、ｸﾞﾚｲﾄﾌﾙ･ﾃﾞｯﾄﾞを科学した

[modestdarkness]

dxm kiled one of my friends in highschool dont do it.

[meowsthi]

@modestdarkness Peanuts killed one of my friends. omg, don't eat them!

[LysergicBliss67]

@meowsthi you protruding troll of an asshole. dxm is horrible, just stick to good lucy. its sickening how all of these assholes in the lots n shit are sellin who knows what as mdma and lsd, fuckin disgustin man thats why i hopped of tour fuck that shit mang

[meowsthi]

@LysergicBliss67 DXM isn't horrible. Crack isn't horrible, Heroin isn't horrible. They're drugs, all of them, acid, pot, and whatever else included. Don't blame a simple chemical compound because of the fucktards that do stupid shit with it. You don't like it? Don't do it. But don't go preaching to others like only you know the truth. Get over yourself, dude.

[BJC916MARCONICRIP]

@LysergicBliss67 L is great, but I can get my kicks everywhere

[bydeffinition]

I remember last FL dead show Tampa.......clouds over area looked like giant rib cage.......& after trip , ' met up with someone I knew, who saw THAT too

youtube search "IBEW drummer" & "early morning inspired".....................­................HI

[123pcp321]

im high off cough syrup and this song is beast

[xlxshanexlx]

@123pcp321 dxm sucks.

[gtz1975]

8 people fell off the Franklins Tower and the four winds did NOT blow them safely home...

[shaunmazur]

and bob

[shaunmazur]

thnx for everything Jerry



[deweypug]

Bobby's guitar is so tight here! Damn!

[martystier]

Except for #2, all these posts are nuts. You got Jerry rolling in his grave. Lighten up!!!

[FRANCECHILD]

RESPECTUMAMMAALWAYS.LOVE

[gaybathroomsex]

We are gonna roll away the dew that accumulates on the windows of our cars by shoving our penises onto them since we are gonna slime-fuck my friends' buttholes in a matter of minutes for the new years countdown to this song at FULL BLAST. I'm gonna do the ball drop so a dude licks my balls at midnight; get it, droping the ball(s)?

Well, the saliva that I feel will come in handy for rolling away dew. We can't drive drunk, but at least we can wash windows when drunk. hahahahahahhappy new year

[Peteness05]

@gaybathroomsex Screen shots or it didn't happen.

[tommymccarthy]

Believe it or not....you'll occaisionally meet someone that NEVER ACTUALLY HEARD the dead. It's a bit of an awesome responsibility to play ONE for someone and say:

"THIS is what all the fuss has been about".

At that moment.......you're a little bit in charge of the legacy. My best choice is Franklin's Tower. Maybe a good, long live one (Radio City '80) or this one.

Either way.....when they start boppin' along....even just a LITTLE..to "Roll away the dew"...you've got 'em. What a gift!

tm

[Louloe]

@tommymccarthy Ahhh I like to use "One More Saturday Night" as the intro /*o*\ for most new people. Yet always have Europe 72 on hand, since I dont have a cassette player in the car anymore, so all the BL shows I have are gathering dust in the closet. I know its sinful.

Ahh missin the good ole days. A gift watch?v=J87YBvOEe2E

Enjoys.

[spnynorman]

If you need drugs to enjoy the "Dead;" then you have totally missed it all.........

[Peteness05]

@spnynorman Man, I don't need drugs to enjoy the dead. I need the dead to enjoy my drugs.

[KLubBriSun420]

@Peteness05 hell yeah brother!

[TheTreetop1988]

@Peteness05 drugs help period

[SexyHippieStar]

@Peteness05 hahahaha! that is so true. eat some lsd and enjoy.

[jamnjosh91]

@Peteness05 thats the truth right there...



[TheMalkora]

@Peteness05 lol cute

[FlondelBaller]

Roll a J...or two

[MrPhillyBlunts]

This song is 20x better if your trippin on 2 tabs while smokin joint after joint. Toke up

[porock21gr]

roll away, ross geller! xD

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

That fucking mini solo!

[FRANCECHILD]

JERRY SMILIN ON US. PEACE

[cablepanos]

You know, people like to say that Dead albums suck compared to the live experience (which for the most part I agree), but I have to say this is my favorite version of this song. The light, bouncy groove is just pure joy. I have frickin' goose bumps over here!!!!!!

[highslayroor]

@cablepanos ya! its a good version

[Hashjihadful]

@cablepanos Yea I really like the studio version.  But my all time fav comes from this 75 show. A little slower, but super funky and even reggae-ish.

[cablepanos]

@Hashjihadful Don't leave a brother hangin', lay it on me! What's the date, and I'll give it a listen.

[renfredful]

Fantastic!!!!!!!

[omniralph]

thank you... robert did not include that in i his deconstruction but it must have occured to him.For those interested.. the film ANDRE' RUBELEV by ANDRE TARKOVSKY includes a pivotal final chapter on the making of bells and the whole process was redone to 13th century specks in this expensive soviet made epic.

[RaiseEmUp]

Jerry Garcia will forever be missed by us Dead fans.

[omniralph]

According to robert Hunter this song is about the liberty bell in philee and if we can get it to ring without cracking. it like it did 230 years ago or so.

[DrewAnti1960]

@omniralph Franklin postulated that a process which he called "dewing" could be used to improve the production process of large bells. Dewing basically involves exposing the freshly cast bell to large quantities of steam while the bell is still hot. The steam causes a rapid cooling, producing droplet of 'dew' on the bell. After the dew is formed, the bell is rolled between large cotton sheets. He described this process as "rolling away the dew".

[DrewAnti1960]

@omniralph Unfortunately, Franklin's contempories had a very hard time understanding his technology. He showed them sample bells, asking him to simply look at the results without trying to understand the process. This was when he uttered the now famous quote, "if you get confused, listen to the music play."

[DrewAnti1960]

the meaning of all the Lyrics and where they come from are online

[larrypstern]

is there any humor funnier than ethnic humor. Mel Brooks "the Producers" or better known as "Spring Time For Hitler" i believe thats a wrap.

[joshlawler7]

roll a j.... or two

[shroomer41]

@joshlawler7 I like it

[MattmanDavidson]

trippy organ, i never really noticed the funk to it until i got high.

[Nunica69]

Sometimes my colleagues of NISA (Nunica Institutes of Secret Agents) in Nunica, MI will listen to this song.

[WBMatt117]

have this tattooed on me 

[corpsewrestler777]

@WBMatt117 what do u have tattooed on you

[WBMatt117]

@corpsewrestler777 on right arm the cover to blues for allah on left arm steal your face left arm also have american beauty rose also have my whole stomach is a tribute its the gates of heaven it says the grateful dead 1965 1995 on the gate and a skeleton holding a stick drawing 30 years in a cloud

[instantkarma257]

This was the song played at my friends funeral that died from a drug overdose.

[TheWorldIsSomething]

@instantkarma257 Sadly it also played at my friends funeral... I feel ya

[dannydevitosbutt]

@TheWorldIsSomething Casey Jones was played when they turned my friends machines off. A bowl will smoked for all of our friends.

[Zulg0]

How is there dislikes for this great song?

[twylerchill]

i love this song and i just started getting into the grateful dead any suggestions of songs by them to check out

[MrChrisVV]

@twylerchill I would suggest Dark Star, Eyes of the World, and the Other One if you haven't heard those. And the two songs that this comes out of, Help On The Way and Slipknot

[SLIMSHADY1357]

@twylerchill my fav songs are dire wolf and friend of the devil

[quertyb0y5]

@twylerchill try touch of grey, catfish john and st.stephin

[Django5198]

This really reminds me of Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers band

[twylerchill]

@Django5198 there an awesome band 2

[Django5198]

@twylerchill best band ever in my opinion

[TheBlackJackable]

IF YOU PLANT ICE YOUR GONNA HARVEST WINDD!! :)

[BriFreak67]

roll away the spooge



[cosmicforums]

"Roll away...the doo" - Sure... Some doo doo can be rolled away.. Some doo NEEDS to be rolled away. ..I am sure of it.

 I absolutely love the dead.

[PoopSlime]

@cosmicforums yeah well, poop slime can be rolled away too, in sewers.

[sansdeity420]

@cosmicforums it's 'dew', you reject

[PoopSlime]

I could suck on the larges piece of poop slime like a black man's penis to this song!

[SeagullTheFreegull]

@PoopSlime O.o oh

[chumshot1]

@PoopSlime That is fucking nasty, plz, dont ruin a good song.

[66Rando]

Thats what is was!



[mb65228]

Life is a banquet and death is desert this is the sound track.

[lildadecounty305]

this song makes me want to roll a j and drink mountain dew

[helmsdeep48]

roll away, a doob

[SuperAmin1950]

@helmsdeep48

...doo-bois!

[FlCl3000]

roll away the ooze. god i hate oozes they always show up when im a low level monk

[optimoprime]

what a nice long and yeah, strange as always trip its been

[Bayview05]

a great example of a dead song that is 1000 times better live

[MrChrisVV]

roll away... the jews

just kidding everyone... im jewish, so its chill

[pyrotech8285]

@MrChrisVV when ever listening to this tune with my friend, he allways sings along, and says that "roll away the jews" thing.

[sharn117]

@MrChrisVV if you are Jewish its even more NOT chill...

[Cebaszojic]

@MrChrisVV im a jew and always thought the same hahaha

[uradragon]

Good heavens I like this song, roll away the dew!

[agentawesometastic]

i know right



[gaybathroomsex]

Just because Maine has the shortest of the "tallest buildings of the respective 50 US states" doesn't mean that Maine is the least populated state. Think about it, Anchorage, Alaska is a concentrated metropolis in a desolate tundra, whereas Maine has more dissipated development with higher population density in some unexplanable way. Oh my is music by The Dead such a conversation starter. Like with Casey Jones and Ninja Turtles, also knowing that a van associated with hippies was depicted too

[Fumples]

@gaybathroomsex i agree

[houshmandben]

i love the grateful dead...

[Novallier]

what the hell happened to music man. peace(bring back the good ol' days)

[aoxomoxoa88]

This song is the eighth wonder of the World!

[LadyTaurus5554]

created a webcam video response, but don't know if it was posted here,... well, guess it's out in the ether now!!!

[blawson6201]

if you dont love the dead you must be DEAD.RIP JERRI.

[gaybathroomsex]

with another vision on my Larry Craig fixation. Poo splatter all over a bathroom floor could make gay arousal more sexually charged!

[dgareea31swtg]

@gaybathroomsex Hilare!

Totally, you went to the trouble to open an account named "gaybathroomsex" to make awesome comments like those? There is hope for the world, after all.

I see millions in "Live from Madison Square Garden" performances for you, my restroom buttsex enthusiast friend!

[gaybathroomsex]

@dgareea31swtg especially knowing that Grateful Dead songs can audition well in gay buttsex orgies in restrooms. Larry Craig was my main role model on this whole fixation with gay bathroom sex, seeing that he got charged with lewd conduct at an airport lavatory in 2007.

[nurikara]

1)It feels great to hear this song

2)It feels great to see that noone is attempting "X people didn't roll the dew" type of lame dislike jokes, or "Fuck current posers. Now THIS was music" type of self-righteous crap. goes to show deadheads are the most consistent/reliable community in our times

[Zeppelinfancb]

@nurikara That's because we are actually listening to the music. =)

[molepiercings]

I'm not sure I've got what it takes to be a nutria

[DimebagJim420]

This recording was started on my birthday! :)

[divisorplot]

Benjammin benjammin hope you like benjammin to.Your grounded!

[LadyAltheaIsMe]

goodbumps...



[molepiercings]

@gaybathroomsex too much, dood. toooo much

[mcat2317]

OOOOO...this is sweet.

[slightlychris888]

so smoothe

[joeycrack123]

thx for lifting my mood...if you get confused listen to the music play :)

[Dunkleosteus9]

So what's on the other side behind the skeleton?

[glamking75]

peace to all my brothers and sisters! i must say i love beatles, zep, and ive never really explored the dead, and i am very much enjoying this new journey! and this song captures my spirit, that dancing spirit, i am much anticipating another summer of groovy music festivals! nlqp rocks!

[gbmaneshi]

yuuuuummmmmmmmm ALL SMILES

[imJustBlazed]

@gbmaneshi :) :) :) :) :)

[LORDGOAT1976]

Dont push your Hippie drugs in my face man.

[Pandolin11]

@LORDGOAT1976 Who defined a jay as Hippie drugs? Because of your name, I'm going to assume you were alive or born in 1976, so you of all people would realize that jays were NOT just for Hippies. Going through the 90s you would know that African Americans along with other stereotypical gangsters were known to smoke marijuana. So don't push your bullshit, high-horse attitude in my face, man.

[USMCGunny1955]

Love the Dead. And this is my favorite song of theirs. Blues For Allah was a terrific album. One of their best.

[wavess69]

Great tune >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[peejay1954]

I remember when Jerry & Friends played the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ (now, a Pizza Hut and R & S Strauss auto parts/service store) back in 77, 78, 79. Little tiny & intimate joint, but inside we smoked Big Joints, Heh, Heh, Heh, Hey, How many Grateful Dead fans does it take to change a lightbulb? NONE, you let the bulb burn out, then you follow it around for 40 years. Look at the colors at that pigeon, FAR OUT MAN !!! Have A GRATEFUL DAY !!

[zendishwasher2]

this is by far the best single dead album ever, warts and all.

[fishfrizbee]

HEY PEACEFROGMAN1 GO INTO YOUR OPTIONS AND ENABLE EMBEDDING SO I CAN FUCKING SHARE THIS YOU ARE SERIOUSLY DISAPPOINTING SOME FRIENDS IN INDONESIA RIGHT NOW

[muta40]

Two people are not going to be safely rolled home by the four winds wonderful post Have a Grateful Day!!!!!

[1904skate]

2 people are listening to slayer

[vthokie900]

2 people dont roll away the dew...

[oceanofwaves]

all is lost for the human race

all the monkey ever wanted was a taste

got a mouthfull of dirt and glass

and we look the other direction

saying is it my turn at last

[alextheskaterdude07]

The guitars skills are enhanced by lsd!

[GayNiggerSex]

This is a song where I would insert a butt plug up Shaq's butthole to!

Shaq is my favorite nigger. And I would have others buttfuck in an orgy of hardcore buttfucking gay nigger sex!

But it is AWESOME to put this song at FULL BLAST when gay niggers buttfuck! We niggers don't just listen to rap, R&B and other mostly black genres. We listen to any genre regardless of majority musician race! Like psychadelic rock for example, which Grateful Dead is!

[AGrock07]

@GayNiggerSex doode you are my idol.. add me on facebook - Humongous Balls and Pecker

[NesHintsAndTricks]

@GayNiggerSex

WTF is wrong with you? moron

[DwayneJKing]

@GayNiggerSex I don't know what the fuck you're smoking...but I want some.

[MrPigglesworth]

@GayNiggerSex *applause* for all the attention you have managed to attract with your crazy shenanigans

[GayNiggerSex]

@MrPigglesworth just what a shock jock needs after talking about gay nigger sex!

[MrPigglesworth]

@GayNiggerSex indeed good sir, you are a holy man.

[theWulfWard]

In the Middle ages a Franklin was a free man, so Franklin's Tower means tower of a free man. Robert Hunter wrote some really esoteric lyrics, you can read so much (or little) in to the words he wrote. It's all up to the listener to decide what it means to them.

[theWulfWard]

My favorite Dead song. Jerry's guitar is so beautiful, it gives me chills everytime I hear it.

[bjjlv702]

@theWulfWard his guitar has magic dust in it

[skynyrdjeepamn]

This song is amazing! i so so glad i found this. =]

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

henry rollins covered this

[glamking75]

@TEMPmichaelhansen yea! i heard that, but i havent actually heard his version, i dig henry rollins

[Pepper2Jason]

roll a j... or two