ELO, Neil Diamond, and Grateful Dead

[The_Second_Stone]

@The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski

Thanks for the primer. I saw about 40 to 50 Dead shows and am quite familiar with what they were “about”. It is not the greatest song, fine. In my opinion, as I said before, it was a happy accident (being a hit). If I were to make an accusation like that (of being sellouts), it would be to Jerry for being a part of Pac Man fever.

I was responding to dropzone, not you. I would not presume to school an audience member who toured with the band.

The reason I agreed that it was considered a sellout is that many fans do consider it a sellout. I hung out for many years at the Grateful Dead message board at dead.net and many, but not all considered the song top 40 material and a sellout of what the band usually did. Again, this is for members of the public, not Deadheads. And again, I like the song.

[Student_Driver]

@The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski

If I were to make an accusation like that (of being sellouts), it would be to Jerry for being a part of Pac Man fever.

At the risk of being whooshed, I gotta point out that Jerry Garcia had nothing to do with Pac-Man Fever-- the “Garcia” in Buckner & Garcia is Gary Garcia, a completely different guy.

Now, if you want to say Gary Garcia sold out by doing Pac-Man Fever after his storied career of doing a song about Howard Cosell and a version of the WKRP theme… feel free!