18. Dark Star -} Comes A Time - Grateful Dead - 7/18/72 Roosevelt Stadium - U31DoD 2012 Edition
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7/18/72 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ
Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City was not a pretty place to see a concert but the Grateful Dead sure seemed to thrive there. Go figure. In fact, some of their most epic shows were played at Roosevelt Stadium -- the birthday show from 8/1/73, the "hydroponic Eyes" show from 8/6/74 (Dick's Picks, Vol. 31) and the Dark Star from 7/18/72 which is the focus of today's selection.
Instead of transitioning from Truckin' into The Other One as was common at the time, the Dead switch things up and ease into Dark Star. This is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Dark Stars. The pre-verse jam stays close to the main theme and is an exploration of melodious beauty and nirvana while the post-verse segment is avant-garde, atonal, terrifying weirdness.
Similar to the Star from 11/11/73 (Winterland), the band starts off with a very relaxed introduction indicating that they are taking their time and want to stretch this one out. The message is the musical equivalent to Harpur College where Jerry tells the audience to "Relax, we've got you all night."
The music drifts in a dream-like state for about 10 minutes. It truly is a joy to behold. At times Jerry's guitar gets a little twangy as was the theme with much of this show (see Tennessee Jed for the best example). Eventually, Jerry picks up the pace and finds an exciting theme that leads into the first (and only) verse. Jerry's singing is exceptional.
Without wasting any time they leave all comprehension of the song as Phil plays deep and slow descending notes that dissolve into the unknown. Say farewell to Dr. Jekyll and his melodic, happy hippie smilefest you just enjoyed because things are about to get very heavy, very demented and very strange. Enter, the evil Mr. Hyde who serves up a sinister cocktail of shrill harmonics, overbent notes and oversaturated bass.
The music turns dark, discordant and abstract as the band casts themselves deep into oblivion, searching for new and uncharted areas of the universe. At about the 22 ½ minute mark Jerry delivers a massive and devastating "Tiger" meltdown that must have completely annihilated Roosevelt Stadium. In its aftermath we are left with some violin tapping followed by sharp, angular chording which is finally resolved with a "Sputnik" jam at about the 26 minute mark (see the Dark Star from Live/Dead at about the 11:40 minute mark for the best known example of this kind of jam). This melts into a jewel-like Comes A Time that is beautiful in contrast to the preceding mayhem. Described best in the deadlistening.com blog, "Comes A Time is nothing short of a church service where the light of the Lord is cascading out from the stage. Jerry's solos just burn into your heart."
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Ed Martin
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It makes you realise what an incredibly important band The Dead were and are. Unique in every sense; there's never been another band like them, before or since. Amazing people.
Blijft goed ! Groeten uit Amsterdam Oost !
Wow! The more I listen to this Dark Star the more I LOVE it. You do have a way of translating the whole musical experience into. words, (English to be exact). Thank you so much. I'm in tears , happy/sad tears.
Oh wow this is awesome 😎
Jerry showes here his spectacular sense for melodies
MY MIND IS BLOWN OUT!!!!
just came from the fireworks show on the oregon coast , stoned to the bone , this is perfect. happy 4th of july my fellow americans .
SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?..........................
NutyRiv3r I love you and the beautiful explanation you give to every song, you truly are a special person. The Grateful Dead are truly something special to behold. it changed my life and obviously yours too. Stay Grateful my friend and keep up the extraordinary work. ~Zen G
Thanks, Ed! Let's all go out into the transitive nightfall of diamonds, shall we?
72 just may be the best year
Indeed.
⚡💀👽💚
The dark star jams are all insane in that year.
Love the space. 💚👽⚡💀
this just became tonight's focus, thanks to you kind sir
A Darkstar> Comes a time!........Happened!.................Not on that day was I scheduled to work!....... I was lucky enough to partake precook particularly, get the grill ready, I was workin' broiler & was part of the culinary process of Darkstar>Terrapin 2x's over under easy trip 2 not slip skipper and the rest wasn't sin either! let the music flow its not a sin to jam said to jelly, oh so good!
There's another great one from 1972 into Comes a Time. 7-26-72 Paramount...
all time kings.
Holy shit!!! 😊😂 😮😅❤
Holy crap that is good.
How did you create these visuals?
My best guess is Milkdrop. There are various media players that support it and various visualization packs for it as well.
Whatever that thing is at the beginning, it freaks me out, it is not dark star.
It's a violin, get a grip.
Opening theme to The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker
Yes yes we cannot deny there are dark lonely corridors in our mind..
psychedelic celtic ?
I first heard this song Comes a Time at Roosevelt stadium, and looked for this version but Holy coincidence here it is. Worth the wait, it's like a different song than any other version I've heard. The one thing I remember was the vibe, so many people so elated and in New Jersey of all places.
New Jersey is a Grateful Dead Loving State.
badass!!!!!!!!!!!
Dark Star>
17:40 Space>
27:25 Comes a Time
What is the name of the filters used at (26:50) and (27:30) and how do I find them?
This was Matt Groenings first dead show
The best music I ever heard in my life . . . except for Charlie Parker
hitched to this one, hung out w/a taper- thats my story
this is the sh*t!
5th view. Nice!
Fantastic description. Terrible intro tune!