Hey Deadheads,,you gotta see this...

[Bennyboy]

The story of Truckin...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IDtMy-ca8

On edit, it looks like there are a few "Story of" segments to see from that link......

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. From the American Beauty "Classic Albums" show on VH1...

...interesting to hear Hunter talk about the song in light of Weir and Lesh's assertion in a current Rolling Stone about how he hates talking about his lyrics.

:toast:

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. I read somewhere once...

that Hunter does not like to supply anyone with his interpretation of his lyrics (ie: what he "means" by something).

He went on to explain that this is because his lyrics are not direct...he tries to paint a picture that could mean different things to different people. He feels that this is part of the Grateful Dead "mystique".

:hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. When people would ask, "What did you MEAN?" about my poetry...

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...I would never tell them.
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"Uh-uh... I've don't MY job -- interpreting it is YOURS!!!"
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Often, it was obvious what I 'meant', and some guessed the original
intent instinctively... but the ones that were from out in left field
were usually the most interesting.
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USUALLY valid interpretations... different spins and perspectives and
approaches from what I'd been thinking.
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Almost always eye-opening for me -- I would be shown things that my
sub- or unconscious had obviously intended that I had no conscious
awareness of at all.
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Helped me decide that I can sound like damn GENIUS if I'd just STFU.
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