It took me a while before I realized how indebt "The Grateful Dead" was so much of our history until I really started to read more of into the lyrics and just who was apart of the music creations.. Theres a lot there and it explains a lot more than one can study even in a month.. I hope to accomplish even just a little study for the rest of the month.. I believe the reason why there are so many good classics in rock or the blues that still yet to die with other generations taking it on as favorites or insparation is because the artists back then before the 60's and 70's where true to what was happening in their time. You can feel what was going on through a song. The passions and heart, soul, felt memories, guiding them to move more than just people with the words and sounds.. ect.... I could go on and on... perhaps in my journal I will share....
Standing on the Moon
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Standing on the moon, I got no cobweb on my shoe
Standing on the moon, I'm feeling so alone and blue
I see the Gulf of Mexico as tiny as a tear
The coast of California must be somewhere over here
Over here
Standing on the moon, I see the battle rage below
Standing on the moon, I see the soldiers come and go
There's a metal flag beside me someone planted long ago
Old glory standing stiffly, crimson, white and indigo
Old glory standing stiffly, crimson, white and indigo
Indigo
I see all of South East Asia; I can see El Salvador
I hear the cries of children and the other songs of war
It's like a mighty melody that rings down from the sky
Standing here upon the moon I watch it all roll by
All roll by
All roll by
All roll by
Standing on the moon, I see a shadow on the sun
Standing on the moon, the stars go fading one by one
I hear a cry of victory, another of defeat
A scrap of age-old lullaby down some forgotten street
Standing on the moon, where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon, but I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco on a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven at this crescent in the sky
In the sky
Standing on the moon with nothing left to do
A lovely view of heaven but I'd rather be with you
A lovely view of heaven but I'd rather be with you
Be with you
I'd rather be with you
[etc]
Grateful Dead Recordings
Date Album
studio 1989 Built To Last (note 1)
17 Jul 1989 Downhill From Here (video only)
8 Jul 1990 View From The Vault (DVD & CD soundtrack)
16 Sep 1990 Dick's Picks Vol 9
20 Jun 1991 Download Series Vol 11
"The Dead" Concert Recordings
29 Jun 2003 Vernon Downs Raceway, Vernon, NY
3 Aug 2003 Float Rite Amphitheater, Somerset, WI
21 Sep 2003 The Gorge, George CA
23 Jun 2004 Coors Amphitheater, San Diego, CA
31 Jul 2004 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
14 Aug 2004 Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, NY
Robert Hunter Concert Recordings
19 Jun 2004 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
27 Jun 2004 Sleep Train Amphitheater, Marysville, CA
10 Aug 2004 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Ratdog Live CD Series
31 Oct 2003 Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
7 Nov 2003 Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
14 Nov 2003 Convocation Center, DeKalb, IL
21 Nov 2003 New Daisy Theater, Memphis, TN
27 Feb 2004 4th and B, San Diego, CA
9 Mar 2004 Big Easy Concert House, Spokane, WA
20 Mar 2004 Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY
31 Mar 2004 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
4 Sep 2004 Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
31 Mar 2005 The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
8 Apr 2005 Turning Stone Casino, Vernona, NY
6 Aug 2005 Sunshine Daydream, Terra Alta, WV
5 Nov 2005 Fox Theatre, Mashantucket, CT
16 Nov 2005 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
4 Dec 2005 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
16 Dec 2005 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
27 Mar 2006 Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
3 Apr 2006 Lupo's at the Strand, Providence, RI
26 Jun 2006 Viejas Casion, Alpine, CA
11 Jul 2006 Electric Factory, Philidelphia, PA
19 Aug 2006 Gathering of the Vibes, Mariaville, NY
24 Oct 2006 Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Other Recordings
Date Album Recorded By
2001 Built To Grass Grass Is Dead
2005 Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares Mike Montrey
Notes
(1) also on the compilation The Arista Years
Futher Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 2 (piano arrangement)
Built To Last Songbook (piano arrangment)
Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)
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