Jesus christ. I kid you not...this is the first time I've ever seen DM live. Oddly, back in 1996, the first song I ever learned on guitar was "Crash." But I got into other music soon after. Now I'm 31 and am only just now deciding to look into DMB. My brother played me this song, this live version, yesterday...and it blew my mind. The first thing I thought was, "Dave absolutely smokes weed." This song is just so...cathartic and full of elation.. Love the chromatic bass during the chorus/bridge...and the overall hurried almost psychotic vibe of the whole song. I think I'm a new fan.... Better late than never.
Better late than never is right! Now go straight over to Cortez the Killer, then All along the watchtower, then #41... by this time you will want more Timmy Reynolds, so go buy all those.. then come the live shows...every one of them incredible... jump right in, welcome to the club!
I've been listening to this recording since it came out.... He trips over the lyrics just after 1:15 and I never noticed this until now. At least I think that's what's going on. DAMN 4 or 5 years later and it's still difficult to punch holes through his performance.
I think in that part he is talking about that we usually think we are more than the rest of creation, we are the image of God, as all life and life forms.
The problem is someone will try to convince you That they know the answer no matter the question Be wary of those who believe in a neat little world Cause it’s just fucking crazy you know that it is Eh hee yeah amanaya yeaha yeah eh eh amana Eh hee yeah amanaya yeaha yeah eh eh amana
I'm not so sure about that... even with an improvisational wizard like Dave, it's incredibly difficult to create a four and a half minute song on the fly, or at least one with coherent lyrics and a distinct verse/chorus line. i have a feeling Dave had a very rough version of this song already practiced a few times, but this was the first live performance.
Dave is singing Hebrew divine names for God here. The first one is Eheieh; the second Adonai; I'm not sure what the third is, but it may be YHWH, which reportedly has a secret pronunciation.
this song was inspired by the San people of south africa and their ancient songs which are made up of just sounds and no particular words. hence the weird chanting in the chorus which is intended to sound like gibberish so im not quite sure where you got that from...
Church I grew up had and still has a street address 666 ... Avenue. ... If you believe Jesus is ever coming back then you might as well believe in the tooth fairy...
