Bob Weir: How Barack Obama Reunited the Dead

On October 23, 2009 David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine interviewed Bob Weir upstairs at the Beacon Theater before RatDog took the stage that night. This is the third of four sections of the interview where Bob discusses how Barack Obama reunited The Dead.

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[theotherone81]

The Grateful Dead stayed away from politics and for good reason. Throwing Stones was as close to political as they got.

You sold out to one of the biggest sell-outs in American history, Bobby. Jerry would be spinning in his grave.

[katky111]

fascism, socialism-the callous disregard with which you employ these terms hearkens to the anti-intellectualism of those 8 nightmarish years during which greed and willful ignorance swung like a wrecking ball through every aspect of American government from foreign policy to critical dometic issues like education, infrastructure, personal privacy, and accountable corporate conduct. As an independent conservative,I have divorced the GOP because of the vacuous rhetoric that is being aped here.

[wregerg1]

@theotherone81 well said well said 

[ttburke04231980]

@theotherone81 Morning Dew?

[ttburke04231980]

All you Ann Coulter heads need to back off the page. There is know room for uneducated self loathing tea bagging neo-cons in this world. Thank you Bobby for not falling for Ron and Rand's dip shit libertarinism too... they are total frauds. And the dip shit who commented about Jerry spinning in his grave... Jerry alone would've loved the prez for Al Green and Sweet Home Chicago. 

[Louloe]

Hopefully the dead come out swinging this spring, for the American Spring!

[pyrotech8285]

@greenthumb707 i find it funny when people like you expected Obama to instantly change bush's genocide to our country, when in fact, it'll probably take 20 years minimum

[frankfordification]

@GSRJosh33 Very interesting GSRJosh33! Thank you!

[GSRJosh33]

@frankfordification It goes a little deeper than that. Robert Hunter who co wrote most of the Deads songs is deeply steeped in the inner circle of freemasonry called the Rose Cross Order. Many of the Deads songs reflect this order known as the Rosicrusions. Hence the skulls and roses everywhere. Stanley Mouse must also be enrolled in this faternity as all his art has Masonic references, almost every piece of art he has made furthers the agenda Mystery schools of Babylon which is THE GREAT WORK!

[greenthumb707]

hows that HOPE and CHANGE working out for you so far Bobby?

[foto21com]

@theotherone81 A bunch of people got overexcited about what they thought Obama would be. Obama made the mistake of trying to deal with Satan, but I would like to see any deadhead or hippie even get into that position, let alone make it work.

Obama just shoved a consumer agency up the ass of the Republicans and Wall St. That's fine by me. Stop dissing the guy, living in a fantasy world. The Dead didn;'t exactly call the monster out in the 70s. They tuned out.

[HaUriel1]

Thanks, Bob, for moving fascism to the fast track.

RON PAUL 2012. We don't get another chance!

[theotherone58]

Obama 2012!!

[frankfordification]

P.S. The Dead died when Jerry died. The music lives on. I wish Weird would apologize to America. But he wont. Stick to the music Bob and stay away from politics cause IMHO you are one rich ignorant journeyman musician! Thank God you had Jerry,Phil,Bill,Micky and all the rest to make you look good! Your just an old man now who has pissed a lot of Dead Heads off!

[frankfordification]

To hell with Bob Weird! He belongs to the Bohemian Grove! He is one of them! He is not one of us!

[mbommari]

Red and White, Blue Suede Shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, How do you do?

come on, this isn't as out of line for the dead as one would think.

[AriDillProductions]

Fuck obama and his lies, stop the obama adminstrations attack on the medical marijuana industry!!

[LetzBeaFranque]

Don't worry about what musicans, actors, artists... think about politics. They live in an insular world of self centeredness and don't usually have a clue how the other half lives. If members of the Dead want to think the Obama helped resurrect them then let them have him as their savior.

[damnright4]

Reunited the Dead....Divided the country...Hey! give & take right? Vote RON Paul and to hell with Obama!!

[pozvibes]

oBOMBa Sux....Luv the dead but come on man WTF?

[MrRichardFader]

@Geosullivan I expected the above to post under my other internet nom de plume, ladfh_6. My bad.

[MrRichardFader]

@Geowsullivan You ignorant numbskull! Dyslexia has nothing to do with a manner of speaking. And what is "crude" about my remark? Crude? You need a dictionary, dude.

crude...

2.lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped.

3.lacking finish, polish, or completeness: a crude summary.

4.lacking culture, refinement, tact, etc.: crude behavior.

5.undisguised; blunt: a crude answer.

Hmm, maybe it does meet the definition of crude but you Geo are still ignorant.