If I ever hear another drugged-out, warbled "Playing In the Band" sung by Donna Jean Godchaux, it will be TOO SOON... That's why I hate the Dick's Picks series...Since the Vault was mis-managed, people raided the rarities and true "gems" of the Vault, leaving us 57,034 versions of "Playing IN the Band," all sung during the Donna Jean Godchaux years... Bleahgghhhh!!!
I was never too fond of most of Brent Mydlands tunes, but I really don't like Never Trust a Woman. I too don't want to hear Donna and Playing in The Band. It's a great tune but...
touch of grey has a real ''pop'' sound to it, and it actually was a chart topping hit, and for that alone i dont really like it. on the other hand, it was jerry's song about how he wanted to live after he came out of a diabetic coma, so i cant say i hate it. other than that, the song 'operator' never really appealed to me
Touch of Grey is way too good of a song to dis though. It was so well written and the only bad thing was the cheesy tinkling keyboard throughout
Wave to the Wind...arrrgh. MY TOG story. In 1989, I had a heart problem that took me down in a public manner (I used to perform professionally). Three days later as I'm leaving the hospital, as I drop into my car's passenger seat the radio comes on. an ad is ending and TOG starts. Here I am, barely back from death, or at least the place where one decides (the tunnel to the light is a chrysanthemum, by the way.) to go or stay and the first music I hear is Jerry telling me we will survive, we will get by... pop song or no, it was a life ring for me to grab. I've had tears running down my face at Schwag shows when Jimmy's sung it. It was a true "Thank You, Jerry."
My least favorite song is absolutely Attics of My Life. It's so draggy for me that I end up tuning the whole thing out every time I listen to American Beauty.
