McNally on Hunter
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Nice little interview...
https://relix.com/articles/detail/he-was-half-of-the-equation-dennis-mcn...
On why they wouldn't let their songs be used for commercials......
“No, that’s not going to happen. The Grateful Dead is something separate from the conventional world. We’re not going to be pimping for GM.’”
And that pretty much sums up my objections to Dead$Co. They are nothing but the conventional world.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
So Dead&Co is pimping their
So Dead&Co is pimping their songs on commercials now?
They're just doing what the Grateful Dead always did, and certainly what they were doing the last ten years of their existence, playing shows to have fun and make money. LOTS of money.
And that line about the Grateful Dead being separate from the conventional world is a great story but is ultimately a bunch of BS, especially in this context.
Jerry was quoted often enough that from the very beginning they were always trying to "sell out" but no one was buying. They had some ethics about how they'd use & sell their music, or at least Hunter did, but most things "unconventional" about the Grateful Dead were them being a bunch of derelict fuckups far more than having some higher moral standards.
And god love 'em for that, but let's not reinvent history just to make a good story.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
GD songs were used on
GD songs were used on television commercials long before Dead and Co.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: long live the dead
I loved that article
I loved that article
i love the Grateful Dead
the current cover band is not the Grateful Dead
those that dig em, Rock on and more power to them / you
epic??? Sorry couldn't resist..
(being an angry old man, but still to each their own)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jack Fate
As is par for the course..
As is par for the course.. Lance has this explained quite clearly here and I'm in full agreement.
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such as? i missed those ..now you have me curious
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Not exactly "GD songs in
Not exactly "GD songs in commercials", but here are a couple of Garcia ones:
Jerry Garcia & David Nelson working on a Levi's commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnXFJ7yMzOo
Cher - Commercial "Uninhibited" (1988) - "Eep Hour" playing in background
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziZ4z7sV5A
Here are some other GD related commercials:
Garcia & Weir (TV ad for AIDS research donations) 5-27-1989, Oakland, Ca.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krUUrpScAuA
Grateful Dead Merchandising Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoUJYkGnLZ4
Dick Latvala & Steve Parish on QVC (this was during the "Other Ones" era)
https://youtu.be/V_9ZNsbJedk
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Where Does The Time Go?
didn't they do a photo shoot
didn't they do a photo shoot modeling clothes for a local shop as early as 65 or 66?
i think herb greene took the pictures, they might be in his summer of love book?
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Dick Latvala & Steve Parish
Dick Latvala & Steve Parish on QVC (this was during the "Other Ones" era)
^^^^I have been looking for this since the late 90's. Saw it once, a friend had a VCR copy, and it was accidentally erased. So campy and a total crack up^^^^
"First Friday Extreme Shopping"
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I heard White Rabbit on tv
I heard White Rabbit on tv the other day, in a god damn cruise line commercial. It was a real WTF moment
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I took that to mean they
I took that to mean they supply doses.
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^lol
^lol