GRATEFUL DEAD - "UNBROKEN CHAIN" (reaction)

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  • Check out Sight After Dark reacting to "Unbroken Chain" by Grateful Dead!
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  • @SmilingMedicineEntertainment
    @SmilingMedicineEntertainment 3 роки тому +31

    Well, shout out to your patrion friend "Phil Lesh" for requesting one of his most outstanding compositions. I always felt the Dead's songs fell into various categories, this falls under Philosophy. Suggestions on how one can live their life, and the dangers that can come with that route. "They say love your brother, but you catch it when you try", or "Forgiveness is the key to every door". Who writes lyrics like this any more? Yeah, keep digging in this direction. Maybe try Eyes of the World or Help on the Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower next time for more great lyrics to think about while you're dancin' your ass off.

  • @timcardona9962
    @timcardona9962 3 роки тому +17

    Now THATS a request. Top shelf songwriting and some of their best in-studio jamming, carried by Jerry's breathtaking guitar work.
    This is Grade A Dead right here

  • @kennyepstein7913
    @kennyepstein7913 3 роки тому +12

    we love when phil sings.....

  • @marcgordon6604
    @marcgordon6604 3 роки тому +11

    Out in space but also grounded. Pretty apt description of Grateful Dead music. Good call S.A.D.

  • @j.frankparnell
    @j.frankparnell 3 роки тому +5

    Deadhead1: Was that Phil?
    Deadhead2: Its always been Phil!

  • @robertjewell9727
    @robertjewell9727 3 роки тому +10

    Great way to put it, Dan. The song has its feet on the ground and soars as well. Jerry's guitar solo is transcendent and Phil's bass, he wrote the song, is the esrtbound warmth of feet on the ground. Many years ago my girlfriend got into a really bad car accident and after she recovered for the most part we went to retrieve things from her totaled car and in the tape deck was a compilation tape I'd made her called Songs Pulled from a Hat (I'd taken song names and written them on pieces of paper and pulled them from a hat to choose the order of songs) and as we left I popped the tape into the cassette player and this song came on and it really brightened our hearts because she had survived "unbroken" even though she had bruised raccoon eyes and a severely broken leg and arm she survived so Unbroken Chain had always been our song. Your sense of it is spot on.

  • @Inothepiecesfit
    @Inothepiecesfit Місяць тому +1

    The Phil Lesh??? This is one of the rare ones, Love this one... Thanks Mr. Lesh. The bus came by in 1990, I got on and that's when it all began!!!! (~):}

  • @lisarainbow9703
    @lisarainbow9703 3 роки тому +10

    Beautiful piece of writing by GDs bassist, Phil Lesh...
    Very deep & profound lyrics, and amazing arrangement.
    Glad to see you guys doing Dead reactions!!✌💜🎶

  • @richardreynolds6764
    @richardreynolds6764 3 роки тому +8

    You do know who Phil Lesh is the incredible Bass player and singer of Unbroken Chain.

  • @Chicago_Podcast_Authority
    @Chicago_Podcast_Authority 3 роки тому +6

    The most gorgeous haunting song they never played in their prime

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks Phil! I was at the show on 3/19/95 when the Dead busted this one out. It ended the first set, The crowd went crazy, and in the mayhem I made my way to the floor and hung out next to the soundboard. As i look around, who should be standing next to me but Candace Brightman, the Lighting Director for the Grateful Dead. So, she says to me, "Wasn't that something!?" 'Wow, it was awesome" I think I got out. We went on to have a five minute conversation about the "Bandmembers" as she called them. What a night. Thanks again.

  • @robertberger5639
    @robertberger5639 3 роки тому +11

    I love that you always find the most arcane tracks of the band that aren't necessarily indicative of their best or signature work. The thing about them is that their tastes are vast and wide so it's hard to pin down a particular sound. They work in all genres. But might I recommend Shakedown Street as one that is a bit of a fan favorite. But there are so many of their tracks that are so interesting. Welcome to the rabbit hole. It's deep.

    • @An_Cat_Dubh
      @An_Cat_Dubh 3 роки тому +6

      Their Patreon supporters request the songs, so you can blame the song choice on the supporters. ;) Imagine if all of the 'reactors' were just listening to the same hit tracks - 30 reviews of "Casey Jones". Yikes.

    • @robertberger5639
      @robertberger5639 3 роки тому +1

      @@An_Cat_Dubh i wasn't criticizing. I liked the choice.

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Robert! We appreciate you!

    • @danamaguire4285
      @danamaguire4285 Рік тому

      I believe this song is some of the Dead’s finest work

  • @MrSpikeMilligan
    @MrSpikeMilligan 3 роки тому +7

    Love this whole album. Phil Lesh is singing on this one.

  • @robertallen6593
    @robertallen6593 2 роки тому +3

    LOVE THA DEAD!!

  • @tommathews3964
    @tommathews3964 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Phil!! Dang sorry I never caught a live "Unbroken Chain"! It was one that eluded me! The percussion on this song is insane!! I just love Mars Hotel and we get another great Lesh/Petersen contribution, "Pride of Cucamonga" on the album. Lots of this material had staying power in the live rotation: US Blues, China Doll, Scarlet Begonias, and Ship of Fools in particular.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 3 роки тому +3

    Great reaction. Thanks for doing this song, a gem of a deep track from a sweet eclectic album.

  • @ykmgeedee
    @ykmgeedee 3 роки тому +3

    About exactly 50 years ago (Aug 6 '71) give or take an hour GD laid down a Hard to Handle in yet another demonstration of what makes live GD so damn special. In terms of studio output, this has a very worthy jam.

  • @genesiegel2884
    @genesiegel2884 2 роки тому +1

    I LOVE that y’all listen, REALLY LISTEN! Thanks again!! ❤️

  • @HyzersGR
    @HyzersGR 3 роки тому +15

    It’s so hard to get a good representation of GD from any one song, especially not a studio version. But if you’re doing studio try Terrapin Station for prog rock Dead, Friend if the Devil for perhaps their most timeless folk tale, Althea for bitter sweet silky smooth Jerry guitar etc. For the live stuff you really can’t go wrong with 5/8/77. Especially Scarlet > Fire on the mountain, Morning Dew, or Dancing in the Streets if you’re into a funky hippie disco dance party

    • @timcardona9962
      @timcardona9962 3 роки тому +2

      This is a perfect representation imo; it shows off songwriting, vocal harmonies, instrumental prowess...all of their best qualities

    • @Chicago_Podcast_Authority
      @Chicago_Podcast_Authority 3 роки тому +1

      @@timcardona9962 Couldn't agree more!

    • @HyzersGR
      @HyzersGR 3 роки тому +2

      @@timcardona9962 for me it would probably be Terrapin.

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  3 роки тому

      Thanks!!

  • @douglasennis7291
    @douglasennis7291 3 роки тому +5

    If you liked this another great Phil Lesh song is "Box of Rain"

  • @dragon-lu3mk
    @dragon-lu3mk 3 роки тому +6

    next you should try some New Riders of the Purple Sage: panama red. henry, glendale train, dirty business to name a few .. also one of jerry garcia's fav bands, he'd sit in with them on the pedal steel ... y'all do gr8 work!

  • @douglasennis7291
    @douglasennis7291 3 роки тому +3

    Bobby's rhythm guitar is crazy good!!

  • @spindletopcenter
    @spindletopcenter 2 роки тому +1

    That bass, and those drums! The keyboard work! Wow.

  • @jmcc199
    @jmcc199 2 роки тому

    Spacey and earthy - perfect description. Nice review guys - glad you appreciate

  • @johnharkness7114
    @johnharkness7114 3 роки тому +2

    Wowowow! I was just gonna suggest you react to this! It's time signature madness! They rarely played it live, 'cause it was just too hard to keep track of all the shifts!

  • @itssimple7285
    @itssimple7285 3 роки тому +8

    Dunno if the one who suggested this is the ACTUAL Phil Lesh but he was/is the Grateful Dead's ACTUAL bass player. He therefore has a lot to do with the continuity - the unbroken chain - of the music, and the band and its legacy. he also wrote the music to this song. Thanks for tuning in! :) Y

  • @ronwilliams6565
    @ronwilliams6565 3 роки тому +1

    Never heard that one before but great guitar work by the late Jerry Garcia his style is unique and I can always recognize it when I hear it.Hats off to the bass player for some great bass work.

  • @kevincosta9228
    @kevincosta9228 3 роки тому +4

    I always liked "China Doll" off this album

  • @robertkramer41
    @robertkramer41 3 роки тому +1

    I LOVE the Dead, in my summer tour 92 shirt now

  • @poetreatsartreats2469
    @poetreatsartreats2469 3 роки тому +2

    Shout-out to Phil for suggesting this song (:(:(:(:(:

  • @JackCerro
    @JackCerro 3 роки тому +3

    Nice choice on this suggestion. Prog-rock Dead.

  • @ChicoEscuela
    @ChicoEscuela 2 роки тому +1

    Your choice of cuts is really interesting!

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  2 роки тому +1

      Hi Jim, thanks for watching! They’re all suggestions from our wonderful patrons!
      www.patreon.com/sightafterdark

  • @daveweze5
    @daveweze5 3 роки тому +1

    WOW PHIL KNOWS WHO YOU ARE! BEAUTIFUL.

  • @kornysinclair9145
    @kornysinclair9145 3 роки тому +1

    One of their few studio albums. Great stuff thanks

  • @damonhines8187
    @damonhines8187 3 роки тому +2

    Is that THE Phil Lesh, the Dead's bassist?! Cool, if so! Not the first time artists or their loved ones have interacted with reaction channels, I hope not the last. Cool tune, typically interesting and perceptive reaction. The "feet on the ground, head in in the sky" thing inevitably, for me, brings to mind Jimi Hendrix's 'Earth Blues', he explicitly sings he's in that position.

    • @kevincosta9228
      @kevincosta9228 3 роки тому

      If so, Phil is requesting his own song LOL

  • @incontruth4116
    @incontruth4116 4 місяці тому +1

    Let Phil sing

  • @paulprendergast3184
    @paulprendergast3184 3 роки тому +10

    😆 Phil recommended his own song? 😆 Always good to hear the Dead but they're meant to be heard live. The studio is their laboratory 😉😎

    • @johnharkness7114
      @johnharkness7114 3 роки тому +2

      True generally. But for this song, not so much. It was so damn difficult to play, that they hardly ever played it live (at least that's what I've heard). Try to follow the time signatures in the intro and bridges, and you get an idea why

    • @johnkiefer3768
      @johnkiefer3768 2 роки тому

      I heartily disagree

    • @johnkiefer3768
      @johnkiefer3768 2 роки тому

      funny...Phil didn't request a live version......Rock On Phill-er-up!!!

  • @billhawkins1236
    @billhawkins1236 3 роки тому +3

    Interesting Dead choice, the San Francisco sound is apparent, makes me want you react to "White Bird" from last days of the Fillmore.

  • @dlptaza
    @dlptaza 3 роки тому +2

    you know that phillesh is singing on this song and the bass plater and if the phil lesh who asked for song is phil wow

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  3 роки тому +1

      lol it could be him, but its the internet and we doubt it

  • @Chicago_Podcast_Authority
    @Chicago_Podcast_Authority 2 роки тому +1

    Kimono Dan strikes again

  • @Chicago_Podcast_Authority
    @Chicago_Podcast_Authority 2 роки тому +1

    Fuck man I wanna get high with Dan and vibe with the music pure and true

  • @plantfeeder6677
    @plantfeeder6677 3 роки тому +2

    👍

  • @fernandobolanos1649
    @fernandobolanos1649 3 роки тому +3

    Thank's! This is not a great Dead song in my opinion but is good. You should try the live songs like Scarlet Begonias into Fire on the Mountain (5/8/77), Eyes of the World (6/18/74) or China Cat Sunflower into I Know you Rider (Europe 72')

  • @robertkramer41
    @robertkramer41 3 роки тому

    Fun fact, the script below the title says Ugly Rumors

  • @Molt408
    @Molt408 3 роки тому +1

    PhilZone FTW

  • @fredkrissman6527
    @fredkrissman6527 3 роки тому +1

    You just DEFINED the counterculture, from which the Dead was actually BORN: both earthy AND spacey... How'd you do THAT?
    Many say the Dead was all about the concerts, which isn't NOT true, but I think they did some great studio work too! THIS song is one of my fav tunes from the Dead, from my fav lp, Mars Hotel!

  • @jimmarks6437
    @jimmarks6437 Рік тому +1

    This must be re- mixed. I really can not appreciate why they feel a need to re-mix master recordings. It does not sound anything like the original mix. Sounds very weird to what I remember.

  • @zachs5441
    @zachs5441 11 місяців тому +1

    Bro is just advertising his own work 😂

  • @FolkSongsEtAl
    @FolkSongsEtAl 3 роки тому +1

    An unusual Dead album. Less Garcia/Hunter compositions, and at least two Phil Lesh numbers, this and Pride of Cucomunga which is a great tune. I love Ship of Fools and China Doll which I think are on the album as well.

    • @FolkSongsEtAl
      @FolkSongsEtAl 3 роки тому

      I might have to join Patreon just to get you to do Dark Star. Still pretty much the best and most creative guitar performance I've ever heard, and the bass playing matches it. A true trip in science fiction psychedelia - invoking visions of space, and cosmological phenomena. Also, the lyrics have the most psychedelic imagery I've ever come across - truly poetic, and probably Hunter's masterpiece.

  • @gregsilsby6884
    @gregsilsby6884 3 роки тому

    This is definitely Grade A+ GD material. I was around for it. It was over 26 years ago. Now it’s just a cover band.

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  3 роки тому

      This song is fantastic! Thanks for watching!

  • @vinesinloops5161
    @vinesinloops5161 3 роки тому +1

    live concert reactions to GD

  • @StarDarkAshes
    @StarDarkAshes 2 роки тому

    One thing about Grateful💀Dead is that if you hate one song there’s always another one you’ll love because they run the whole gamut from folk to country, to funk, to blues, to rock, to psychedelic, and beyond! Something for everyone. Do a reaction to something on the album Reckoning. All acoustic but so nice. Thanks 😊

  • @Thievius333
    @Thievius333 3 роки тому

    Listening to studio Dead is kind of missing the point of the band. The records weren't really what mattered.

  • @mikec6733
    @mikec6733 3 роки тому

    I think this song is lifeless.
    The high pitched landing plane sound is annoying af.

    • @SightAfterDark
      @SightAfterDark  3 роки тому +1

      😆 We respect your very descriptive opinion!