Forum MVP John A Posted August 31, 2017 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 One of the strangest versions ever, as the Playin' Reprise launches into Playin'. If one times Playin' from the opening notes post Reprise, it clocks in at barely 3 minutes. Shortest ever? Then onto a somewhat rough Day Tripper to close the set. Please opine as to whether (A) because Bobby screws up the end of the Reprise, never singing the "wave upon the sand" line, he gets further confused and decides to launch into the full song, or (B) they planned to do this from the get go. I don't think there's any year in the Dead's career that was more up and down than '85. It's a rare era where the terms "clumsy" and "scintillating" are so intertwined! https://archive.org/details/gd85-03-31.oade.connor.8244.sbeok.shnf/gd85-03-31d2t09.shn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbf3 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 One of my favorite shows I ever attended, and I felt they band was quite on that night. If I remember correctly Jerry never even left the stage during drums. Personally I thought the inverted Playin was great fun, and a real surprise. It all ended with Day Tripper (unbelievable energy). For me, it did not really matter if it was planned or not, after the drums it was one surprise after another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsulli1010 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 If you watch the video on YouTube it appears to be intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbf3 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Notice the date, perhaps 4/1 being the next day, had the band feeling prankish..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP PoetryGirl Posted October 7, 2017 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Any chance they did this with another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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