The WELL: deadsongs.vue.223: The Wheel

#16: % (jewel) Mon 22 Feb 10 15:41

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:00 PST

Love that. Thanks! [Read entire topic]

#15: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Fri 19 Feb 10 08:02

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:02:00 PST

Yes. Train hundred and two is on the wrong track. [Read entire topic]

#14: David Dodd (ddodd) Thu 18 Feb 10 14:20

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:20:00 PST

Posted on behalf of Bruce Whyte:

"Small wheel turn by the fire and rod" It would appear that the most straightfoward meaning to this line is another railroad reference to a steam locomotive where the wheels are turned firstly by the energy in the fire and finally by the connecting rod which actually drives the diving wheels.

This would also tie in to the larger theme that the small wheels are the work of man and the big wheels are the work of god.

Do you think I am on the right track...

thank you Bruce Whyte [Read entire topic]

#13: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Sun 13 Apr 08 16:34

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:34:00 PDT

I'm the Robin in "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". [Read entire topic]

#12: David Dodd (ddodd) Thu 10 Apr 08 15:46

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:46:00 PDT

Aren't YOU Robin? [Read entire topic]

#11: Scott MacFarlane (s-macfarlane) Tue 8 Apr 08 07:38

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:38:00 PDT

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#10: Scott MacFarlane (s-macfarlane) Tue 8 Apr 08 07:29

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:29:00 PDT

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#9: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Tue 8 Apr 08 06:00

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:00:00 PDT

I think of the small wheel turning within the big wheel, the quest to understand the universe, and all the while the universe is changing.

But who is Robin? [Read entire topic]

#8: from PAUL KENISTON (tnf) Sat 9 Apr 05 21:46

Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:46:00 PDT

Paul Keniston writes:

This song never fails to set me soaring.

The two choruses produce a diametically opposed point of view that sets a tension that keeps it all balanced.

first, There's that helpless feeling of despair that makes you wonder what's the point of even trying.

" you can't ...you can't...you can't...if the thunder don't get you then the lightening will"

then the reponse of

" Won't you try just a little bit harder "

It just strikes me as I write that this song is all about the little engine that Could! [Read entire topic]

#7: from JEFF FERMON (tnf) Sat 29 May 04 22:09

Sat, 29 May 2004 22:09:00 PDT

Jeff Fermon writes:

I find especially amazing the Wheel's pedal steel and billy's opening drums with the molecular animations in the GD Movie. That sequence of sight and sound is so good. The whole audio/visual collage with snippets of songs (BIODTL, Caution, and the solo Garcia album clips) the segue into US Blues (with Lady Liberty smashing down the prison walls where the heart and soul of this country was captive) to the live set where the band is just effervescing with positive energy. I was too young to experience such a phenom, but the vibrations are still rippling through the world. I also get chills! [Read entire topic]