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9. Aug. 1998 · History. The Grateful Dead's “Terrapin Station” is one of that band’s most beloved compositions, and its genesis is a miracle in its own right. According to Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, he and Jerry Garcia composed the words and music to this song simultaneously (and unbeknownst to each other) while watching an electrical storm crackle over San Francisco.
On the other hand, from a compositional standpoint, Phish songs kind of blow the Dead out of the water. Say what you will about the lyrics, but the melodies and rhythms in songs like The Divided Sky, David Bowie, You Enjoy Myself, and Reba, as examples, are far more complex than anything by the Dead and tap into musical territory that the Dead never really touched.
I was into the Grateful Dead first and saw them a few times before discovering Phish, soon after. This was in 1993 and I was 19. My friends and I liked them equally at that time. I still like Phish and see them whenever can, but I rarely listen to Phish anymore. I stll listen to the Grateful Dead every day.
The biggest difference between the two is Robert Hunters lyrics. I used to say the dead but I think phish has surpassed them overall within the past year. I don’t feel like typing out a paragraph so just trust me. The answer is the original Allman lineup.
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Phish is not the next Grateful Dead, but the Phish scene is to the Grateful Dead’s something of what Volkswagen’s new Beetle is to the old: obedient but hardly servile; bolder, with more horsepower; slicker seeming, yet goofier when you think about it; a good idea to some, a bad one to others; an idea whose time has gone, or come. But not merely a replacement. Such things, to the people ...
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