Grateful Dead
Live, 1987-Dec-04 – Teasers – Hamilton, ON
Grateful Dead (Hated Uncles) 4:35
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Bruce Black (drums)
Live, 1987-Dec-10 – Teasers – Hamilton, ON
Grateful Dead (Hated Uncles) 3:36
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Bruce Black (drums)
2015-01- Harvey Dog: “William S. Burroughs Cut Up Blues”
William S. Burroughs Cut Up Blues (Harvey Dog, Hated Uncles) 2:21
Includes clip of the Hated Uncles 1987-12-04 Teaser’s performance of “Grateful Dead”
Lyrics
Seven
I sit down and count them all,
nothing’s going well for me
so I sit and write some poetry.
C – Feed your head,
Grateful Dead,
Acid head,
fuck the rest!
I talked to William Burroughs the other day,
we sat and had a naked lunch,
naked cows, naked
I asked him for some advice, and this is what he said.
C
I talked to Allen Ginsberg the other day,
and I told him: “I really hate your poetry,”
and all he said to me was “let me stick it in,”
I said: “no thank you” and this is what he said.
C
I was falling from the sky
when I fell upon a helicopter,
the pilot was strung out on PCP
I asked him how he flew, and this is what he said.
C
I walked into a crowded bar,
and there was an acquaintance who asked me,
“Hey Harv, where do you get all your ideas?”
and this is what I said.
C
Notes
- This song (to me) epitomizes the original 5-piece Hated Uncles. It captures the energy of the band at that time. Wild & Crazy!
- The song sprouted its roots when I was staying at Paul’s. After a drunken evening out, Paul & I came home & had the energy to go downstairs and create! Paul came up with the heavy guitar riff & I spouted some poetry on top, and we knew we had something – and we actually remembered it the next day! Bill added some great psychedelic lead on top, while JK & Bruce kept it from floating into the ether!
- A lot of fun to do live!
- No – I do NOT hate Allen Ginsberg’s poetry. In fact, I think “Howl” is an American classic. The singer was spitting out random anger & hostile lines while in “a state”.
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