Jelani wrote: 
I swear, I thought something was wrong with my house. I had to turn down my speakers to determine that it was the song.

 frednic wrote: 

I like to think of it as the Dead themselves coming in for a landing at the Mars Hotel.

HOLY CRAP! What's with the high-pitched whine? Make it stop!!!!

 Alafia wrote: 
Right there with you, sis.

EXACTLY.  



 BasmntMadman wrote: 

Tedious burned out hippies.

 Jelani wrote: 
 This is the Dead, Etiquette demands that you PASS the pipe, if it's wonky the next person will fix it.

nightie night...

Like it or not.. If you can hear it, this has one of the most outstanding syncopated guitar solos available for ears....

Wow. High pitch sound gave me a headache with headphones.

 I was thinking WTF is that noise?, but this comment made me feel better. 

BasmntMadman wrote: 
I still don't like the noise and I wouldn't listen to this song if I weren't too lazy to turn things off.

Excelsior wrote:
Yeah.  My wife can't tolerate it.
And I agree, it just takes away from the song, the rest of which is good.
Wonder who's dumb idea it was to put it in there...

 miahfost wrote: 
Yes, please pass the four-way....

High pitched sound = recording session at end of runway at LAX (since lead guy died must be on a tight budget).

Ah, the many delirious nights spent in the "Phil Zone"...

I always wondered why Jerry sounded so weird on this track.... because it's Phil!

(Who knew?)

Rating dropped every time the high pitched sound came on... until it hit a 1.

OW.

reckonized this from the high pitch sound from my headphones sitting on my desk.

"Ohhhh!, Greatful Dead!", I said to myself. But the good memories faded quickly, not so sure reality and the Dead mix well and right now, reality is rearing its head

Wonderful to hear this. I distinctly recall first hearing the song on Mars Hotel in my apartment in Germantown Philadelphia 1974, under the influence of some mycelia and their associated alkaloids. As much as I agree that Dead songs in concert were more often improvements over the records, Phil's voice was rarely any better than this. His singing has never been stellar, anyway. Pay attention to the thundering bass at the beginning and you should not be disappointed.

It sounds like a UFO coming in for a landing. Some people have no imagination.

unclelonghair wrote:

I find that high pitched whining sound reassuring. It means there's still a little high-frequency response left in the ears, anyway.

TeamMetz wrote:

I probably saw them 20 times, I can't quite remember. I had many roommates in college that threw me into the van to go to concerts. My biggest concern was to find a seat where I was pretty sure no one would throw up on me. I like the odd song, but ...

You pretty much either get the Grateful Dead or you don't.

I don't.

I like that weird sound in the background

...bonus points for that dingly thing...

MAKE IT STOP!

Umm, LSD anyone?

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