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Poster: tigerbolt Date: Jul 13, 2007 5:41pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Barbed Wire Whipping Party

Barbed Wire Whipping Party Lyrics: Robert Hunter/Grateful Dead Music: [almost none] This bit of madness was recorded during the sessions for Aomoxoa, using tape loops, feedback and all sorts of wierdness. The lyrics (such as they are) are spoken or chanted - I've only transcribed fragments, which are often repeated incessantly and on top of each other Oh yeah Stay in the general area (area, area, area) Stay in the general area [etc] What's the name of this stuff? Meat, meat, gimme my meat Meat, meat, gimme my meat Meat, meat, gimme my meat [etc] Hello, talk Talk, talk, talk Stay in the general area [Robert Hunter] The barbed wire whipping party in the razor blade forest Sweet live meat, my fangs could unravel you Back, hand, whip, lash, [eskers], sange froid, leather picnic Duty, cold blood, barbed wire, naked on the table, laughing Feet stained wine and eyes smoking No is permitted There's more freedom than you could choke down in ten thousand years The other day I went to Mars and talked to God And he told me to tell you to hang tight and don't worry The solution to everything is death Recordings The version recorded for Aoxomoxoa has not been released, and does not seem likely to be. Eric Levy asked David Gans, Blair Jackson, and Steve Silberman about this in an interview for Relix Magazine about the "So Many Roads" box set: Levy: David, when I asked you about the contents a few months ago, "Barbed Wire Whipping Party" was going to be included at the time. Jackson: Vetoed very close to the last moment by Robert Hunter. Levy: Really! Is he on it? Gans: Oh yeah, he's on it. He and David Nelson were major stars in "The Barbed Wire Whipping Party." Nelson was all in favor of it, but Hunter exercised his veto power exactly once, and we were not going to argue with him about it. And a recent (June 2001) exchange on the Grateful Dead Hour mailing list: I think someone asked this already, but is there any chance "Barbed Wire Whipping Party" could be a bonus track on the Aoxomoxoa remix that will be coming out? Gans: No. David Lemieux told me he asked about it and was told NO in no uncertain terms. Robert Hunter himself commented on this during a concert on 11 June 2003: "The barbed wire whipping party in the razor blade forest." That was my addition to Aomoxoa but when I listened to it (I suppose you all have heard tapes of it by now) I decided it was blasphemy and I wasn't sure I wanted to live with it for the rest of my life, so I decided it shouldn't go on. That was when they realised I was a chicken and a coward and I couldn't be in the band. "Here, Hunter, take a pencil, you asshole. You realise how good that is?" Hey man, I could have been the next Kurt Cobain. "The other day I went to Mars and talked to God. And he told me to tell you to hang tight and not worry. The solution to everying is death." I mean, would you want that on your conscience for the flower-power generation, man? No, no. I mean, it's true in its own way, but ... well the part about going to Mars is true, the rest of it's not. in case you never heard it i thought i share it,sneak it in on a cd to freak yourself or your friends on your next "TRIP" [...]
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Poster: ghostofpig Date: Jul 14, 2007 7:44pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Barbed Wire Whipping Party

The real reason it has never been "released" is that it sucks. Unless you were in the room tanked on nitrous oxide--well, listen and judge for yourselves.

I wonder if Hunter would also veto the studio St. Stephen--Eleven with him on bagpipes? That's not half bad.