Fun Music Information -> Grateful Dead

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Music Jokes:

I included this riddle with a mail-in ticket request for a Dead show at the LA Coliseum (60,000+) and the ticket people must have liked it because I got a pair of front row center seats! Q: How can you tell if Deadheads have been in your house? A: They're still there! Submitted by: San Diego Lotto Guy	What do you call parachutists over a Grateful Dead concert? Acid Rain! Submitted by: St. Stephen
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Band Name Origins:

Contrary to popular myth, there is no mention of the "Grateful Dead" in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. In fact, there is no official "Book of the Dead". The band was going by the name The Warlocks and Jerry Garcia went to a dictionary and said "whatever I point to will be the new name". He then opened up the dictionary and placed his finger on the page. When he looked down, he had chosen "Grateful Dead", which is an American folk myth. When a person pays to bury a body that no one claims it is said to appease the dead & making him grateful - the Grateful Dead. This is a story passed to me from one of the band's writers. Submitted by: Steve
Randomly opened the dictionary and pointed to two different words, the first being grateful and the second being dead. Submitted by: uncle butter

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name	Comments & Submitter Name
"New Potato Caboose"	I think The Grateful Dead may fall short of thier goal of writing a song for every single person on the planet, but at least three billion of their numbers may fall into this catagory. - princejellyfish

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"Black-Throated Wind,"	The wind doesn't have a throat	princejellyfish

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"King Of The Road"	"Truckin'," Grateful Dead	Kathy
"Black & White"	"Touch Of Grey," Grateful Dead	hybrid
"Touch Of Grey"	"Bad Touch," Bloodhound Gang	rocky

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Sugar Magnolia"	"Shuckin' Mag. Opus"	John A. Barry
"Sugar Magnolia"	"Rocky Balboa"	Alvin Rhodes
"Casey Jones"	"I Like Cow's Brain"	Paul Robinson
"Sugar Magnolia"	"Sure Did Enjoy Ya"	Alvin Rhodes
"Sugar Magnolia"	"Booger Magnolia"	Porkbeard
"Uncle John's Band"	"Uncle Don's Van"	Darrell Wilhelm
"The Monkey and the Engineer"	"The Monkey and the Acid Head"	uncajon
"U.S. Blues"	"U.N. Blues"	Stormin Norman the nag
"Candyman"	"Coulter, Ann"	Paul Robinson
"Casey Jones"	"Casey Jones (TMNT Edition)"	Tokusou Sentai Blessranger
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Cocaine	DEA (Drug Enforcement Association)	Robbie N.
Pants Too Tight	Weight Watchers	J. Geraci
Fire On The Mountain	Any Business Near Mt St. Helen's	cyberbmcd
Casey Jones	Amtrak	Billy Florio

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
My Name Is Eminem	Casey Jones Grateful Dead	My Name Is Casey Jones An everyone thought he died.	Rocky
Hell Is For Children Pat Benatar	Hell In A Bucket Grateful Dead	Hell Is For Children In A Bucket	George Straitjacket
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window The Beatles	Throwing Stones The Grateful Dead	She Came Throwing Stones In Through The Bathroom Window	Fiona Apple Cider
Mr. Jones Counting Crowes	Casey Jones Grateful Dead	Mr. Casey Jones	Aaerni
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If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Izzy Dead?

Izzy Stradlin combined with The Grateful Dead

A pertinent question about any past or present member of GNR.

Submitted By: neptunevsmars

They Might Be Dead

They Might Be Giants combined with The Grateful Dead

They'd have trouble auditioning keyboard players with this name...RIP Vince Welnick.

Submitted By: neptunevsmars

Dead Dead

Dead Milkmen combined with Grateful Dead

Submitted By: Edgar

The Grateful Bread

The Grateful Dead combined with Bread

Submitted By: Raphael

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Misheard Lyrics:

"Touch Of Grey" Misheard Lyrics: Pink light of the morning sky Looks so phoney. Original Lyrics: Paint-by-number morning sky Looks so phoney.	"Touch Of Gray" Misheard Lyrics: The evils and the beggars and the thieves or The Ablers and the beggars and the thieves Original Lyrics: The eagles and the beggars and the seas
"Might As Well" Misheard Lyrics: Mighty swell, might swell or Might smell, mighty smell Original Lyrics: Might as well, might as well	"Eyes Of The World" Misheard Lyrics: Wake up to find out that You are the eyes of a squirrel. Original Lyrics: Wake up to find out that You are the eyes of the world.
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