Grateful Dead originated as a theme of stories surrounding a man traveling upon a path and meeting upon death or a life threatening debt. Another man comes along and pays the strangers debt, buries the dead man, pays for his burial, or pays his debts enabling his proper burial. In any case, the restless soul is laid to rest and the protagonist continues about his way only to find himself in peril. At this time, his life is spared by the spirit or effects of the dead man or the heroic actions of the freed man from earlier in the story.
You go to a Grateful Dead Show, but you have no ticket because you blew all your cash smoking out your recently divorced Deadhead buddy. You stand around all day getting stoned for free with your index finger in the air and some gorgeous little hippy chick comes up to you and kisses you on the lips and gives you a free ticket to the show....You, your divorcee buddy, and the cute chick with extra tickets all dance like the Wizard of Oz, hand in hand, up the ramp into the concert. 20 years later you and your Deadhead buddy are talking about the time you and he and his wife met at the Dead Show....
by j bob evans September 19, 2007
by Olo February 04, 2005
a very popular hippie rock band that kicked ass from 65 to 95 and still kicks ass for any true fans...
music that can be listened to by anybody (not only stoners, psyconauts, and coke heads..) and be highly enjoyed.
music that can be listened to by anybody (not only stoners, psyconauts, and coke heads..) and be highly enjoyed.
Grateful Dead was "a band out on the highway"..
"they high stepped into town"..
"it was a rainbow full of sound"..
"they're a band beyond discription"......
it was "just a box of rain"..
they were "drivin that train, high on cocaine"..
then jerry garcia decided to "leave this brokedown palace"..
and the rest of the group said "fare you well"
"they high stepped into town"..
"it was a rainbow full of sound"..
"they're a band beyond discription"......
it was "just a box of rain"..
they were "drivin that train, high on cocaine"..
then jerry garcia decided to "leave this brokedown palace"..
and the rest of the group said "fare you well"
by Mason Grode August 21, 2006
a motif of folk tales, popularized in europe but pre-dating possibly to vedic texts and others,where-in a wealthy person pays for the proper burial of some unfortunate deceased. the spirit of the deceased then repays the wealthy person somehow. a rock band also named themselves after this
by eric October 23, 2003
the greatest band of all time. originating in 1965 the grateful dead took the u.s and europe by storm. their fans are usually hippies and refer to themselves as "deadheads". the person writing this is in fact a deadhead. some of the popular songs are SHAKEDOWN STREET, and SCARLET BEGONIAS. the band is still touring even though the lead guitarist and most recognized member of the band, jerry garcia(keep rocking man), passed away in 1995. they now refer to themselves as DEAD AND COMPANY, with john mayer replacing jerry garcia, oteil burnbridge replacing phil lesh, and jeff chimenti on keyboard. the band is rocking
by dickbicycle December 29, 2016
John Fogerty in a Rolling Stone interview: "Creedence had to follow the Grateful Dead. I was like, 'Great, we get to follow the band that just put 250,000 people to sleep. I remember seeing one guy a quarter mile away from the stage with a lighter yelling, 'We're with you, John' so I played our set for that guy."
by Oh Welles September 08, 2006
The dance you do when you're stoned.
Goes a little something like this:
You wave your arms about whilst skipping in a small circle. Making odd noises is optional.
Goes a little something like this:
You wave your arms about whilst skipping in a small circle. Making odd noises is optional.
by Jack Townshend June 22, 2006