When Bill said that in "Old Goat", was he referring to the Grateful Dead? You know, the famous lyrics from "Truckin'", "What a long, strange trip it's been"? ???????
I just realized Bill started working on "After The Satellite Sings" a few months after Jerry Garcia (unfortunately) passed away. I'm not sure if this is a coincidence, or if that was Bill's subtle tribute to Jerry Garcia. Does anyone know anything or have any info connecting Bill & the Grateful Dead in any way, shape, or form?
Thanks.
pic related, it's what i imagine Bill's artwork would be like if he was a DeadHead
Well, I hope those guys in The Grateful Dead got into Be Bop Deluxe. I could imagine Phil Lesh telling the other guys about it/them/Bill.
Could imagine an off-the-hook, outta-sight, super-extended, super-group jam-out, some-of-us-in-altered-states-of-perception version of Shine. 😁
I'm quite sure Bill would be quite at home on stage with the Dead. He certainly has the chops and the adventurous mind set. He would surely bring something to the party, if you catch my drift.
Another Radium Girl?....
Bill quotes John Cage in ‘Old Goat’ as well (“I’ve got nothing to say and I’m saying it”).
I think references such as those are, to quote a different Bill song lyric, “another way to say hello.”
It’s like in the song lyrics from ‘I Am The Walrus’ by The Beatles, how John Lennon said hello to Smokey Robinson with the “I’m crying” refrain, echoing a dramatic moment from the song ‘Ooo Baby Baby.’
Bill also says hello to Sonic Youth in the lyrics.