Bringing the DEAD to life thru ANIMATION...

Thomas Tittmann
Aug 11
3 min read

Now a young 77, I grew up with cartoons. Fast Forward...Creative folks are now bringing my favorite TUNES to life thru ANIMATION. 'Nuf talk...FYI - Many of these videos came to me today while looking for other things...Can you relate? It's like the band says

"sometimes we get shown the light in the strangest of places IF we look at it right..."

First, let's grab some snacks...

How about some cotton candy flavored Grateful Dead popcorn.

On with the show...

This first animation fired my morning's imagination...and started my wheels turning...

Bob tells us that this was the first song he wrote for the band...kind of autobiographical...

"The Other One"

Spanish lady come to me, she lays on me this rose

It rainbow-spirals 'round and 'round, it trembles and explodes

It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away

But the heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day

Coming, coming, coming around

Coming around, coming around, in a circle

Coming, coming, coming around

Coming around, coming around, in a circle

Escaping through the lily fields, I came across an empty space

It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in its place

The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began

There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to never ever land

Coming, coming, coming around

Coming around, coming around, in a circle

Coming, coming, coming around

Coming around, coming around, in a circle

The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir Cartoon

Considering the band did Egypt '78, I added a comment to this next tune so that the video's creator might consider naming his offering "Egypt '25"...

Grateful Dead-King Solomon's Marbles - Bingogh (05:13)

A few weeks ago here in West Hempstead sunflowers were everywhere. As I walked by each, this next song started playing...

Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower - Jam Band Videos (04:56)

Grateful Dead Cartoons (16 in a playlist)

St Stephen (illustrated) - Robert Allen Burton

Writing "What for?" across the morning sky

The phrase "writing 'what for?' across the morning sky" is a lyric from the song "Saint Stephen" by the Grateful Dead. It reflects the song's themes of introspection, the passage of time, and the search for meaning in life. The lyric captures the feeling of contemplating one's existence and the transient nature of life events. It is a poignant reminder to appreciate the beauty and significance of each moment, even if it seems fleeting.

SOURCE: Bing's AI search engine that included this article:

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