The WELL: deadsongs.vue.68: The Eleven

#16: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Thu 21 Mar 13 14:29

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:29:00 PDT

#15: Alex Allan (alexallan) Thu 21 Mar 13 02:34

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:34:00 PDT

No one has mentioned Hunter's little book of poems "Idiot's Delight", which has 11 sections of 11 poems each of 11 lines.

XI,3 A wandering device--I've said my piece & wish to shut up & repaint the sky but this work requires exact count of verses. Eight more to be precise. [Read entire topic]

#14: from DAVID KLEIN (tnf) Fri 8 Feb 13 14:50

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:50:00 PST

David Klein writes:

I'm surprised that you don't reference the famous song lyric, "Eleven are the stars in Yosef's dream" from the Pesach song, "One is HaShem"

David Klein, Southfield, Michigan [Read entire topic]

#13: David Dodd (ddodd) Mon 11 May 09 13:39

Mon, 11 May 2009 13:39:00 PDT

The Dead played The Eleven at Shoreline last night, and sang all the words quite audibly. Wonderful to hear.

The verse was sung more than once, and Weir came out with a new coda: "This is the season of 'what now?'" Then he riffed for awhile on "What now?" Fun! [Read entire topic]

#12: David Gans (tnf) Mon 25 Feb 08 10:16

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:16:00 PST

Nice@! [Read entire topic]

#11: David Dodd (ddodd) Mon 25 Feb 08 08:47

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:47:00 PST

Posted on behalf of Joe Vanucci:

Hi David,

I wanted to offer the idea that perhaps there *is* unity in The Eleven. Hunter's counting starts at 8, not 11, but it could be thought of like this:

8 7 6 | 5 4 3

or

8 7 6 3 4 5

where the sums of the columns each equal 11. Like bookends. Or, as Hunter alludes "Now is the time of returning". Returning to 3, the closure for 8, if you will. [Read entire topic]

#10: Adam Perry (adamice9) Mon 1 Dec 03 16:30

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:30:00 PST

I like how Weir altered the lyric, specifically in the version thats on the "Strange Remain" Other Ones live album. I think the altered version really showed that "the Eleven" is a wonderful song on its own and not just a transition, as Garcia so humbly called it interviews when asked why they stopped playing it. [Read entire topic]

#9: the hunter gets captured by the gamers (xian) Sat 15 Nov 03 15:58

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:58:00 PST

only the shadow do [Read entire topic]

#8: David Dodd (ddodd) Thu 13 Nov 03 14:22

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:22:00 PST

Always a good question! Almost impossible to get it answered, except by chance luck. I'd say it's extremely likely that they had the jam, and Hunter came up with the words. But who knows? [Read entire topic]

#7: Tom Kozal (tkozal) Mon 10 Nov 03 11:19

Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:19:00 PST

from my old studies of Schubert Leider, I must know this, as it will be essential to analysing the song: What came first? the riff in 11: 3-3-3-2, or the words?

Didn't the guys have a jam in 11, and Hunter came up with words later? [Read entire topic]