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Poll Question: Dead: Worthy of Praise or Overrated?
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    Posted: April 07 2017 at 07:45
The Dead: Worthy of praise or overrated?

Edited by SteveG - April 07 2017 at 07:48
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Points: 16913 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2017 at 07:48
Possibly both.  They have some great moments in my opinion, but it ain't all great. 

Then, again, you could say that for a lot of praiseworthy bands, no? 

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Points: 6777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:15
^ Yeah, I think that about sums it up. All the washed up groupies who try to tell you that every single show that they did from 1966 to 1981 is the greatest show ever, maaaaaan are overrating them, but on a night when they were on fire, oh man were they.
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I wouldn't listen to them everyday, but they scratch an itch.
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The Grateful Dead had such a long career and spanned such a huge diversity of music, transcending genre - absolutely worthy of praise in my book - one of my all-time favorite bands. You can't base an appreciation of them on just the studio albums either - live is where they really shone - on a good night at least! I only saw them three times in their waning years, i was born too late, but fortunately there is an extensive archive of their live performances. 
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Worthy of praise?   No one knows how much.   The Dead were the best live band in the world in their time.
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More and more you'll see the Dead's name bopped around for inclusion in the PA pantheon.  I'm all for it if only to turn more PA members on to the band.....well worth extending listening.  
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