[OCCASparky]

Please tell me this is a joke...”Ridin’ that train, high on cocaine, Barry Obama you better watch your speed...trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know socialism just crossed my mind...”

[Bernard]

The Dead, whether Grateful or not, are a large and dependable voting bloc in Chicago, and it is nice to see Barack Obama keeping faith with the people who got him to where he is.

[wastedyears]

[Lesforlife]

How apropos that the usurper Prez elect, who loves
aborting innocent babies, also loves a musical group
called “The Dead”

[Lesforlife]

And no, they’re not Grateful!

[LibFreeOrDie]

"Duuuuude! Which way to the Inauguration, maaaaannn...?"

[o_zarkman44]

They can seranade Bernakieand Gaithner with a rendition of “Casey Jones”. Bawney Fwank can be the “doo dah man”

[cydcharisse]

Who are the Grateful Dead and why are they following me around?

[dr_who]

Probably quite a lot of dead people voted for Obama, not to mention deadheads.

[DemforBush]

Seems like a genuinely odd pick to me. A little too long in the tooth for the young’n’hip crowd, a little too irreverent (I would think) for the Beltway types.

But what do I know? If it was my inaugural ball, the band list would be Alice in Chains, Deep Purple, and Ratt - in that order. :) (I’m hoping DeMartini would let me jam with him for the main set).

[HardStarboard]

This will be Woodstock on the Mall....only it won't be as pristine or innocent.

[eclecticEel]

The Grateful Dead doesn’t exist without Garcia, period.

[Force of Truth]

So appropriate. “Grateful Dead” and jackass democrat voters.

[MadJack]

Better the Dead (even without Jerry) than the hip hop rap trash that much of The One’s constituency listen to.
But still a very strange choice.

[EternalVigilance]

“Blues For Allah”
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

Arabian wind
The Needle’s Eye is thin
The Ships of State sail on mirage
but drown in sand
in No-Man’s Land
where ALLAH does command

What good is spilling
blood? It will not
grow a thing

“TASTE ETERNITY”
the sword sings Blues for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH

They lie where they fall
There’s nothing more to say
The desert stars are bright tonight,
let’s meet as friends
The flower of Islam
The fruit of Abraham

The thousand stories have
come round to one again
Arabian Night
our gods pursue their fight
What fatal flowers of
darkness spring from
seeds of light

Bird of Paradise - Fly
In white sky
Blues for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH

Let’s see with our heart
these things our eyes have seen
and know the truth will still lie
somewhere in between

Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Blue
Bird of Paradise
Fly
In white sky
Under eternity
Blues
for ALLAH
In’sh’ALLAH

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0877FWNLZ98
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead featuring Jerry Garcia ;o)

[GunsAndBibles]

I wish the 60’s would be over already!

[AdaGray]

I am not suprised. There is something about the whole Obama phenomenon that seems like Woodstock redux. I have a feeling it won’t be long before the real world delivers a rude awakening to these aging adolescents.