well said.  and i would add their singing is irritating to the extreme!

 Catalytic wrote: 

Count me among the GD haters ....This gets a 1  

Oh man.... Dylan now these guys?  I must have done something to tick of RP to be punished like this.  

Greatful song!

 woozurbuddy wrote: 
On a scale that reaches into the billions.

They're like spray can cheese.

Yeah, go outside, so you can't hear this godawful song.

 Marcuse wrote: 

This song sucks big time. Awful lyrics, boring music.

Much prefer the JImmy Buffet remake to this boring, soulless version.

This is about the most boring thing I've ever heard and I've been listening to music for over 40 years. I've heard bland religious campfire songs with more verve. 

 bachbeet wrote: 
Wore out a lot of vinyl on those 2 back in the 70's

 slartibart_O wrote: 
There have been hundreds of "decent" songs with woodblocks in them, perhaps not so much in the Classic Rock genre though.

The Grateful Dead songs dealt quite a bit with mortality, and Workingmans Dead album maybe more than any other. These are non-trivial songs that express a coherent and powerful world view, which is why there are so many "deadicated" Deadheads, and why the Dead have been relevant for nearly half a century.  This is a timeless all-American album whose sound will never be dated, and certainly isn't more than 40 years after its release.

 ziakut wrote: 
Whew. Maybe raise the shades, talk a walk outside, something.

"Their walls are filled with cannonballs/Their motto is 'Don't tread on me...'" A mere four years after their first album and subsequent forays into extended psychedelia, this album was astonishing for its simplicity, beauty, and lack of hippie-dippie pretension. I was caretaking a student housing co-op, which was otherwise closed for the summer—uber creepy—when I first heard this on, I think, KSAN. Rushed out and got the album the same day—which wasn't difficult since the record store was on the next block—Euclid Avenue on Berkeley's north side; back then a tight little community and a lot of fun.

how does the song go?

The two albums from this period, this one and American Beauty, are my favorites of theirs.  Not a lemon on either one.  Great tunes to suit just about any occasion.

yeah, yeah they were a Jam band and not such great tunesmiths but this one and Friend of the Devil are damn good songwriting and this one especially brightens my mood!

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Powerful mediocrity at its most grateful, dull best. This makes them sound unbathed.

Listening to this, it came to me that there's a lot of African influence in this piece.  Not a Deadhead, but this piece is nice and brings back good memories.

I always loved this album though other tunes moreso than this one. But never mind hearing this one or them, in general. Those were some electric times...

My favorite GD song, just never get tired of this one....

The only GD tunes I am able to stomach; rate it a 5.

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