The WELL: deadsongs.vue.88: Greatest Story Ever Told

#8: David Gans (tnf) Mon 2 Feb 09 09:35

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:35:00 PST

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#7: Bryan Miller (bamfinney) Mon 4 Sep 06 20:37

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:37:00 PDT

I always wondered about Hunter's state of mind, point of view, that when this guy came to the door he resembled Moses (!), the great and powerful Oz, I mean law-giver. Its great imagery, this psychoative tussel between him and "Gideon" who Moses has to explain "obvious" things to from his 6'10" height. Sheepish Gideon was hiding in a winepress when the raiders came into Israel, and threw out fleeces in unbelief at God's command and his own ability to lead Israel to victory. No wonder Moses had to stand 6'10". then the other guys in the corner with the monkey-wrench, makikng grad plans to do nothing in particular. But they had, mmm...mmm, good clean water. [Read entire topic]

#6: David Dodd (ddodd) Tue 29 Aug 06 10:46

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:46:00 PDT

I remember it clearly from the final Keith & Donna show at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, in a benefit for the Campaign for Economic Democracy. Whatever I may have consumed that evening, the entire show seemed tinged by the political benefit, and Greatest Story was no exception. In particular, the search for a left-hand monkey wrench seemed extremely significant. [Read entire topic]

#5: Christian Crumlish (xian) Mon 28 Aug 06 21:16

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:16:00 PDT

that line made a huge impression on me at my third show, hampton '85. i was on the rail and the dynamics of that moment were monstrous.

monstrous good. [Read entire topic]

#4: Marked from the Day That I was Born (ssol) Fri 18 Aug 06 14:03

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:03:00 PDT

Yes. Those would be the brothers in question. Made quite a lot of trouble even after their day, if the story be true.

Oh, and for what it's worth, there was a night in 1974 when I "got it". The lyric "you can't close the door when the wall's caved in" came throbbing out of some seriously huge and ridiculous speakers in a true dump of a dorm room in a place called ADPhi. My buddies, Dance'a'More, Abbott, and Mateo were grinnin' like jack'o'laterns, 'cuz they knew what was gonna happen to their tenderfoot pal. I haven't been quite right since ;-) [Read entire topic]

#3: Kosher Swan (shmo) Fri 18 Aug 06 09:07

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PDT

Isaac is Abraham's son with Sarah. Ishamael is Abraham's son with Hagar.

Isaac and Ishmael are the two brothers often seen as representing the diverging lines of Judaism and Islam. [Read entire topic]

#2: David Gans (tnf) Fri 18 Aug 06 07:42

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:42:00 PDT

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#1: Alex Allan (alexallan) Thu 4 Sep 03 19:10

Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:10:00 PDT

Greatest Story Ever Told Lyrics: Robert Hunter Music: Bob Weir, Mickey Hart

Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

Moses come riding up on a quasar His spurs was a-jingling, the door was ajar His buckle was silver, his manner was bold I asked him to come on in out of the cold His brain was boiling, his reason was spent Nothing is borrowed, nothing is lent I asked him for mercy, he gave me a gun Now and again these things just got to be done

Abraham and Isaac sitting on a fence Get right to work if you have any sense You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench

Gideon come in with his eyes on the floor Says, "you ain't got a hinge, you can't close the door" Moses stood up a full six foot ten Said "you can't close the door when the wall's caved in" I asked him for water he poured me some wine We finished the bottle then broke into mine You get what you come for, you're ready to go And it's one in ten thousand done come for the show

Abraham and Isaac digging on a well Mama come quick with the water witch spell Cool clear water where you can't never tell [Read entire topic]

#0: David Dodd (ddodd) Wed 3 Sep 03 12:53

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:53:00 PDT

Greatest Story Ever Told w: Hunter m: Weir, Hart AGDL: http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/greatest.html LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/GREATEST.HTM [Read entire topic]