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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
There are additional music jokes available.

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 throatprincejellyfish

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"King Of The Road""Truckin'," Grateful DeadKathy
"Black & White""Touch Of Grey," Grateful Deadhybrid
"Touch Of Grey""Bad Touch," Bloodhound Gangrocky

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

There are additional song parodies available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
CocaineDEA (Drug Enforcement Association)Robbie N.
Pants Too TightWeight WatchersJ. Geraci
Fire On The MountainAny Business Near Mt St. Helen'scyberbmcd
Casey JonesAmtrakBilly 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
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

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

There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

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.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink light of the morning sky
Looks so phoney.
Original Lyrics:
Paint-by-number morning sky
Looks so phoney.

Story about this misheard lyric by: heynowTK

My daughter used the line "pink light of the morning sky" in a college English project as an inside joke. That's my girl!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Casey Jones"
The Lyrics:
Drivin' that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Who They Mention:
Casey Jones
Submitted by: Cheeseburger in Parodies
 

Band Name Anagrams:

Deaf Drug Tale Submitted by: Glenn Worthman
Dug Fat Leader Submitted by: Glenn Worthman

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Mire On The Fountain" originally "Fire On The Mountain"
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
 
 
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