30 Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead American Beauty Anthem to Beauty The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack: 5-CD Set Dick's Picks, Vol. 31: Philadelphia Civic Center Dick's Picks, Vol. 28 The Very Best of the Grateful Dead View from the Vault III Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead Dick's Picks. 23: Baltimore Civic Center American Beauty Europe '72 Dick's Picks, Vol. 18: Dane County Coliseum Dick's Picks, Vol. 12: Providence Civic 6/26/74 Fillmore East: April 1971 Dick's Picks, Vol. 1: Tampa, FL Hundred Year Hall: 4-26-72 Europe '72 Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead Dick's Picks, Vol. she just AIN'T the same"Īmerican Beauty/Workingman's Dead Dick's Picks, Vol. She lost her sparkle y,know, she isn't the sameĪll a friend can say: "It's a f#$kin' shame. IN 1983 or so, Bobby changed the lyrics a few times to "What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? I'm not sure if it was Hunter or not, but someone in the Dead's touring circle said Sweet Jane was inspired, at least in part, by Janis Joplin, and they said "cocaine" instead of "heroin," (her drug of choice) because it fit better. The New Orleans setup bust is an interesting story in its own right, but only warrants that small part of the song. Highly recommended and featuring footage of an awesome early Sugar Mag. It's discussed in a documentary called, I believe, "Anthem To Beauty," an excellent work which focuses on the recordings and surrounding times of the Anthem Of The Sun" & "American Beauty" albums. He jotted down lines as the band did their tour, and culled a lot of them from the final draft. Robert Hunter wrote many other verses as well. "Vitamin C and cocaine" is referring not to ketamine (known as vitamin K) which may not have even existed, and certainly was not yet popular, at the time this song was written (it certainly was not called vitamin K yet, as it was first called that in a book written in the early-mid eighties, where it was used as an altered states therapy drug, but not identified in order to prevent what the writer of the book considered to be "abuse"), but rather, it is referring to cut cocaine, more specifically cocaine that has been cut with vitamin C, a very common white-powder drug adulterant.Īnyway, you guys should try to get your facts straight before you get all holier than now, and act like you know exactly what the song was about. The term originates from opium poppies, which are red. This includes various barbiturates and opiates. "Reds" (as anyone who were actually alive in the era, or an active drug user at any time, would know) are any drugs that are depressants and have sedative effects. On the cover of Aoxomoxoa "The Greatful Dead" can also be read "WE ATE THE ACID."Īlso, the line with "reds, vitamin C, and cocaine" is very clearly about drugs. It's also foolish to say that LSD did not have a massive influence on their music-it did. It's a great song, and plenty of the Dead's songs have little to do with drugs, but this is not one of them. is), but the charges were dropped for everyone but Owsley who already had past manufacturing charges against him. They were all arrested for real in New Orleans, (which is where Bourbon St. In a way, it is about drugs, and it's also about traveling, but it's not the Dead alone who are doing the traveling, it's also Owsley "Bear" Stanley, the Dead's early sound guy who was arrested for manufacturing and attempting to transport LSD. Honestly, I cannot believe that nobody has yet mentioned what this song is actually supposed to be about. Get out of the door - light out and look all aroundĪlright. I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying You're sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel I'd like to get some sleep before I travelīut if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again Sitting and staring out of a hotel window She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the sameĪll a friend can say is "ain't it a shame" What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? Out of the door and down to the street all alone One of these days they know they gotta get goin' Most of the time they're sittin and cryin at home Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of true love Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main StreetĬhicago, New York, Detroit it's all on the same street
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