So think about a "space cadet" acid head that took it too far "out there" and has lost his or her grip on consensual reality and then some of these lyrics start to make sense, like: "Go on home your mama's calling you. Rosy red and electric blue I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe - Living in fantasy land.
Say you'll come back when you can, whenever your airplane happens to land - Flying high in the chemical skies? You ever coming back down? Maybe I'll be back here, too. It all depends on what's with you. Then there's that incredibly classic line: "I just wonder if you shouldn't feel, Less concerned about the deep unreal".
The very first word is "How do you do? If you've ever been with someone who is tripping heavily on acid, they ARE vulnerable like a child Anyone who's done A LOT of psychedelics will understand this song.
However, it's not something I recommend other than in moderation. You gotta be VERY strong to handle messing with your psyche that heavily Hope this helps ShivaX on January 20, Link. There was an error. ShivaX BS again. Song is WAY deeper than you think! The line "go on home your mama's calling you" is directed toward those in the way of progress, the line "bought you a paddle for your paper canoe" is directed toward false assumptions and beliefs.
General Comment My favorite grateful dead song by far The live track on the remade American Beauty CD is intense!
I am puzzled by the hidden messages in this song, however, I do notice the emphasis on "home" which can be seen in many other GD songs as well.
My favorite line is, "I just wonder if you shouldn't feel, less concerned about the deep unreal. No Replies Log in to reply. From its summer inception, the band has been swiftly cementing its reputation as a band that puts a unique and personal twist on the Grateful Dead catalog, a Dead cover band for folks that are ambivalent about Dead cover bands.
The result is a healthy balance of creativity and tradition, and both the band and its audience are taken to that familiar edge with the sense that, music is actually being MADE here tonight.
Moving and shaking even the most skeptical of Deadheads, Cosmic Charlie storms into a town and plays with an energy that eludes other bands, an energy that sometimes eluded the Dead themselves. Those precious moments during Dead jams when the synchronicity is there and all is right with the world, are moments that Cosmic Charlie relishes and feverishly welcomes with open arms. Cosmic Charlie has performed over shows at theaters, clubs, and festivals across the continental USA.
I assume the acoustic guitar is his, but the rhythm guitar part best heard on the original mix does not sound much like how Weir played it live, in fact it's extremely simplified. Weir's guitar lines in the live versions combine both the backing guitar parts on the album track, no mean feat I wish the instrumental tracks on Aoxomoxoa could be released in a new mix without the vocals But another stunning piece of analysis and the graphic descriptions will make me go and check out some of those transitions again.
Hunter wrote it and titled it "Cosmic Charley" Must be a cosmic thing. By Hunter would be writing "Mister Charlie" I love any version of Cosmic Charlie I hear even if it's super sloppy. Just something about that constant cosmic lullaby feel to it. If it got hardly a clap at that one '69 show They only played it for two years; then briefly brought it back five years later; then dropped it altogether from live shows.
Throughout, the drums and organ are mixed much lower; the drums and vocals are centered, and the vocals are mixed differently especially in the outro. The Aoxomoxoa outtakes include an early demo of Cosmic Charlie from , featuring just double-tracked Garcia and drums.
The song is done just like the studio demo, based around the guitar riffs and drums, but played more forcefully here. Phil adds a bouncy bass line in the background. Already Cosmic Charlie appears in what would later become its permanent spot, coming out of the Cryptical reprise jam. It still has its original guitar intro, but now played in more dramatic Dead fashion with bass and drums crashing in. The rest of the performance is rough — they get derailed a minute in, leading to a fascinating instrumental jam on the song riffs for a couple minutes until they restart the song.
Cosmic Charlie is among the new songs, and they're still pretty shaky with it. Unfortunately there's a big tapecut three minutes in, wiping out part of the song, but it ends with Weir repeating "calling you" before the music gently winds down. Constanten is especially audible in this version.
Following a sloppy Hard to Handle with slide guitar, Garcia keeps the slide for Cosmic Charlie, and the intro and end reprise are now played exactly as on the album. Cosmic Charlie is now played far more slowly than it was before, and this performance sounds very tentative. Garcia would drop the slide in later performances, for the better.
Cosmic Charlie has found the loping tempo it would remain at, and the arrangement would remain the same for the next few months. Uniquely, this time Garcia simply skips the Cryptical reprise, and starts up Cosmic Charlie right after the Other One concludes.
The others are right with him. The instrumental buildup at the end has become particularly good. Aoxomoxoa had just been released, and fans would finally be able to recognize the song. The Dead seem out of it in this show; this is a very sloppy version.
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