![]() ![]() 23: Baltimore Civic Center Workingman's Dead Dick's Picks, Vol. 16: Fillmore Auditorium Dick's Picks, Vol. 8 Fillmore East: April 1971 The Golden Road (1965-1973) Dick's Picks, Vol. 11: Stanley Theater, 9/27/72 Dick's Picks, Vol. 4 Workingman's Dead Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead Trouble Ahead Trouble Behind: Live Dick's Picks, Vol. My favorites for freeing your mind are books by Carlos Castaneda (Journey to Ixtlan and A Separate Reality in particular) and The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck (which illustrates government oppression better than any other book.)īy the way, smoking a joint never hurt anybody, and it will reveal a lot to you about yourself. If you choose the latter, I suggest you listen to some music by John Lennon (Imagine in particular), Rage Against the Machine, Tool, System of a Down, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, and others. So "Sierp" you can either go on being a tool or you can break the cycle and free your mind. They're afraid of people like that because if everybody would think for themselves then they couldn't oppress anybody longer. The government teaches you to hate hippies, and they do this because they know that hippies are really just non-conforming free thinkers. See the hate and anger it has caused in you? You are attacking a group of people (on a message board of all places) who have done nothing to you. General CommentHey Sierp, why don't you try thinking for yourself rather than regurgitating all the bullshit your parents and teachers have told you your whole life because even though they had good intent, what they were teaching you was really just what the government uses to brainwash the masses. Regardless of the interpretation, its still a catchy tune! I should stay above the fray but I don't think these activities were unique to Hippies. Perhaps the trouble with you and me is that despite our two good eyes, we don't see the lack of love/meaning embodied in these drug crazed band orgies popular on the road of the era. The fireman screams and the "engine" just gleams. The driving fireman is "coming" around the bend (you know its the end). The trouble ahead, trouble behind may refer to simultaneous front and rear encounters, or it may just reinforce the "train" of band members. I believe this is why, High on cocaine, Casey Jones is "ready" and "speeding". Recall the lyric, Sweet sweet connie was doing her act, she had the whole band and thats a natural fact.Ĭocaine as a drug has been widely associated as a precursor to a heightened sexual appetite. in the biblical way) sexual groupie, Connie Hamzy. Think about Grand Funks reference to the well known (yes. Musicians (esp, deadheads) are surrounded by groupies on the road. Please, don"t miss the reference to the "lady in red"Ī train is a sexual reference to serial sexual encounters with a single, usually willing, partner. I believe it is about much more than just drugs/cocaine. The Dead were not folk musicians (as in Pete Seegers song, Casey Jones) or known to be historians in their time. Lady in red - the caboose of the other train he smashed to pieces High on cocaine - not true but it can refer to going fast like a cannonballĬasey jones you better watch your speed - he dude love to push the trains to their limit & he was the best there was He was never on cocaine during his last run - those lines were just added by the Dead.ĭriving that train - refers to casey jones the famous conductor in 1900 Unfortunately the other train (train hundred and two) didnt get off the main track so Casey's train whammed into it. The NorthBound train must go into an adjacent track while the other train passes. Trains travel both ways on the tracks and the train headin South has precedence over the train heading North. Unbeknown to him and his crew, another train heading towards him was having problems. He was close to schedule at his 2nd to last stop and departed for the final leg. So Casey, being the best there is, ran the route going at times over 100MPH and averaging close to 65MPH over a very dangerous curvey run. As we all know, being late is not good in railroad life. Casey took the route but now was nearly 1hr 45 minutes behind. Way back in 1900, a fellow engineer called out sick. He ran the CannonBall Route between Chicagp and Memphis. Song MeaningCasey Jones was the one of the worlds most famous train engineers. ![]()
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