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->"Look out of any window\\
Any morning, any evening, any day\\
Maybe the sun is shining\\
Birds are winging or rain is falling from a heavy sky"
Any morning, any evening, any day\\
Maybe the sun is shining\\
Birds are winging or rain is falling from a heavy sky"
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Although the narrator of "Operator" seeks info about his ex, it seems more to be out of concern for her wellbeing than out of any sort of jealousy. He imagines a number of situations she could be involved in, including "[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold working in a house of delight]]", but then adds, "I don't know where she's going, I don't care where she's been, long as she's been doing it right."
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The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box of Rain", "Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure". The album would prove highly influential on the country rock, AlternativeCountry, and Americana movements.
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The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box of Rain", "Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure". The album would also prove highly influential on the country rock, AlternativeCountry, and Americana movements.
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The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box of Rain", "Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure". \n The album would prove highly influential on the country rock, AlternativeCountry, and Americana movements.
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Workingman's Dead'' (1970) and ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) its often seen as their best. Therefore ''Anthem'' and ''American Beauty'' have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Workingman's Dead'' (1970) and ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) its often seen as their best. Therefore ''Anthem'' and ''American Beauty'' have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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* BreakupSong: Brokedown Palace".
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''What a long, strange trip it's been....''
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''What a long, strange trip it's been....''''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine and my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, perhaps they're better left unsung. I don't know, don't really care. Let ''Let there be songs to fill the air.'']]
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Workingman's Dead'' (1970) and ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their best. Therefore ''Anthem'' and ''American Beauty'' have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Workingman's Dead'' (1970) and ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's its often seen as their best. Therefore ''Anthem'' and ''American Beauty'' have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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* TheHomewardJourney: "Truckin'"
--> ''Truckin', I'm a goin' home, whoa whoa baby, back where I belong''
--> ''Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on''
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--> ''Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on''
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--> ''Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on''
--> ''Truckin', I'm a goin' home, whoa whoa baby, back where I belong''
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-->''Tell you what I'll do''
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The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box Of Rain", "Friend Of The Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure".
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Workingman's Dead'' (1970) and ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their best. Therefore both albums ''Anthem'' and ''American Beauty'' have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "BoxOf of Rain", "Friend Of The of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure".
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** The album title was referenced in the title of ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999).
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Box Of Rain" was written by Phil Lesh for his father, who was dying from cancer. The events in "Truckin'" are all situations that actually happened to the band on the road.
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''American Beauty'' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus.best. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
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--> ''The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.''
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'''''American Beauty''''' is a 1970 album by Music/TheGratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at #261 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of of All Time]].
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'''American Beauty''' is a 1970 album by The Music/GratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''.
''Series/ClassicAlbums''. The album was listed at nr. #261 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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* CountryMusic and FolkRock: The album is close to folk rock and country, much like their previous effort "Workingman's Dead" (1970)
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* ParentalLoveSong: "Box of Rain", dedicated to Phil Lesh's dying father.
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'''American Beauty''' is a 1970 album by The Music/GratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums'', yet only "American Beauty" has been included in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''[[TimeAllTime100Albums list of 100 essential and timeless music albums.]]''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine and my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, perhaps they're better left unsung. I don't know, don't really care. Let there be songs to fill the air.'']]
'''American Beauty''' is a 1970 album by The Music/GratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums'', yet only "American Beauty" has been included in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''[[TimeAllTime100Albums list of 100 essential and timeless music albums.]]''
The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box Of Rain", "Friend Of The Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "Box Of Rain" (5:18)
# "Friend of the Devil" (3:24)
# "Sugar Magnolia" (3:19)
# "Operator" (2:25)
# "Candyman" (6:14)
Side 2
# "Ripple" (4:09)
# "Brokedown Palace" (4:09)
# "Till the Morning Comes" (3:08)
# "Attics of My Life" (5:12)
# "Truckin'" (5:03)
'''Personnel'''
* Jerry Garcia: vocals, lead guitar, pedal steel, piano
* Mickey Hart: percussion
* Bill Kreutzmann: drums
* Phil Lesh: bass guitar, piano, vocals
* Ron "Pigpen" [=McKernan=]: vocals, harmonica
* Bob Weir: vocals, guitar
* Robert Hunter: songwriter
* Dave Torbert: bass
* David Nelson: electric guitar
* David Grisman: mandolin
* Howard Wales: organ
* Ned Lagin: piano
!! ''Tropin', I'm goin' home''
* AmericanTitle: "American Beauty".
* TheCasanova: "Candyman"
--> ''Come all you pretty women with your hair hanging down''
--> ''Open up your windows' cause the Candyman's in town''
--> ''(...) Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the Candyman come round again''
* CrapsackWorld: "Truckin'" is about the band's misfortunes on the road, used as a metaphor for getting through the constant changes in life.
* CountryMusic and FolkRock: The album is close to folk rock and country, much like their previous effort "Workingman's Dead" (1970)
* DealWithTheDevil: "Friend of the Devil", where a man escapes from jail with help from the Devil, but ends up chasing him in the end.
* DrugsAreBad: "Truckin'"
--> ''What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?''
--> ''She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same''
--> ''Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine,''
--> ''All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame?"''
* EpicRocking: The 6:14 "Candyman".
* InHarmonyWithNature: "Brokedown Palace"
--> ''Goin' home, goin' home by the waterside I will rest my bones''
--> ''Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul''
--> ''Goin' to plant a weeping willow''
--> ''On the banks green edge it will grow grow grow''
--> ''Sing a lullaby beside the water''
--> ''Lovers come and go - the river roll roll roll''
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The title was inspired by a type of rose, which is depicted on the cover.
* NonAppearingTitle: "American Beauty" does not appear in any of the lyrics.
* OneManSong: "Candyman".
* OnTheRoad: "Truckin'"
--> ''Truckin', I'm a goin' home, whoa whoa baby, back where I belong''
--> ''Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on''
* OneWordTitle: "Operator", "Ripple", "Truckin'"
* {{Outlaw}}: "Friend of the Devil" is about a man on the run from the police who is helped to escape by the Devil, but winds up chasing him instead.
* {{Polyamory}}: "Friend Of The Devil"
--> ''Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee''
--> ''The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.''
* ThePowerOfLove:
** "Sugar Magnolia"
--> ''She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need,''
--> ''Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed''
** "Till The Morning Comes"
--> ''You're my woman now, make yourself easy''.
* ThePowerOfRock:
** "Brokedown Palace"
--> ''Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul''
** "Ripple"
--> ''If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine''
--> ''And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,''
--> ''Would you hear my voice come through the music?''
--> ''Would you hold it near as it were your own?''
--> ''It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,''
--> ''Perhaps they're better left unsung.''
--> ''I don't know, don't really care''
--> ''Let there be songs to fill the air.''
* TheProblemWithPenIsland: The word "American Beauty" can be read upside down as "American Reality".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Box Of Rain" was written by Phil Lesh for his father, who was dying from cancer. The events in "Truckin'" are all situations that actually happened to the band in the road.
* ShoutOut:
** The album title was referenced in the title of ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999).
** ''Literature/TheSecretHistory'': Hippies only allow admission to the bunker to those who can recite the second verse of "Sugar Magnolia".
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Ripple" -> "Brokedown Palace".
* TimeMarchesOn: "Operator", where the protagonist asks for the operator to help him to the right area code and number. In today's era of cell phones the lyrics tend to be dated.
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Truckin'"
* WanderlustSong: "Friend of the Devil", where the protagonist is on the run from the law.
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''What a long, strange trip it's been....''
[[caption-width-right:350: ''If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine and my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, perhaps they're better left unsung. I don't know, don't really care. Let there be songs to fill the air.'']]
'''American Beauty''' is a 1970 album by The Music/GratefulDead, the sixth in their catalogue. Together with ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' (1968) it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Therefore both albums have been featured together in an episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums'', yet only "American Beauty" has been included in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''[[TimeAllTime100Albums list of 100 essential and timeless music albums.]]''
The album generated the hit "Truckin'" and the fan favorites "Box Of Rain", "Friend Of The Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia". In 1997 "Truckin'" has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress as a "national treasure".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "Box Of Rain" (5:18)
# "Friend of the Devil" (3:24)
# "Sugar Magnolia" (3:19)
# "Operator" (2:25)
# "Candyman" (6:14)
Side 2
# "Ripple" (4:09)
# "Brokedown Palace" (4:09)
# "Till the Morning Comes" (3:08)
# "Attics of My Life" (5:12)
# "Truckin'" (5:03)
'''Personnel'''
* Jerry Garcia: vocals, lead guitar, pedal steel, piano
* Mickey Hart: percussion
* Bill Kreutzmann: drums
* Phil Lesh: bass guitar, piano, vocals
* Ron "Pigpen" [=McKernan=]: vocals, harmonica
* Bob Weir: vocals, guitar
* Robert Hunter: songwriter
* Dave Torbert: bass
* David Nelson: electric guitar
* David Grisman: mandolin
* Howard Wales: organ
* Ned Lagin: piano
!! ''Tropin', I'm goin' home''
* AmericanTitle: "American Beauty".
* TheCasanova: "Candyman"
--> ''Come all you pretty women with your hair hanging down''
--> ''Open up your windows' cause the Candyman's in town''
--> ''(...) Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the Candyman come round again''
* CrapsackWorld: "Truckin'" is about the band's misfortunes on the road, used as a metaphor for getting through the constant changes in life.
* CountryMusic and FolkRock: The album is close to folk rock and country, much like their previous effort "Workingman's Dead" (1970)
* DealWithTheDevil: "Friend of the Devil", where a man escapes from jail with help from the Devil, but ends up chasing him in the end.
* DrugsAreBad: "Truckin'"
--> ''What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?''
--> ''She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same''
--> ''Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine,''
--> ''All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame?"''
* EpicRocking: The 6:14 "Candyman".
* InHarmonyWithNature: "Brokedown Palace"
--> ''Goin' home, goin' home by the waterside I will rest my bones''
--> ''Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul''
--> ''Goin' to plant a weeping willow''
--> ''On the banks green edge it will grow grow grow''
--> ''Sing a lullaby beside the water''
--> ''Lovers come and go - the river roll roll roll''
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The title was inspired by a type of rose, which is depicted on the cover.
* NonAppearingTitle: "American Beauty" does not appear in any of the lyrics.
* OneManSong: "Candyman".
* OnTheRoad: "Truckin'"
--> ''Truckin', I'm a goin' home, whoa whoa baby, back where I belong''
--> ''Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on''
* OneWordTitle: "Operator", "Ripple", "Truckin'"
* {{Outlaw}}: "Friend of the Devil" is about a man on the run from the police who is helped to escape by the Devil, but winds up chasing him instead.
* {{Polyamory}}: "Friend Of The Devil"
--> ''Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee''
--> ''The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.''
* ThePowerOfLove:
** "Sugar Magnolia"
--> ''She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need,''
--> ''Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed''
** "Till The Morning Comes"
--> ''You're my woman now, make yourself easy''.
* ThePowerOfRock:
** "Brokedown Palace"
--> ''Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul''
** "Ripple"
--> ''If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine''
--> ''And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,''
--> ''Would you hear my voice come through the music?''
--> ''Would you hold it near as it were your own?''
--> ''It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,''
--> ''Perhaps they're better left unsung.''
--> ''I don't know, don't really care''
--> ''Let there be songs to fill the air.''
* TheProblemWithPenIsland: The word "American Beauty" can be read upside down as "American Reality".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Box Of Rain" was written by Phil Lesh for his father, who was dying from cancer. The events in "Truckin'" are all situations that actually happened to the band in the road.
* ShoutOut:
** The album title was referenced in the title of ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' (1999).
** ''Literature/TheSecretHistory'': Hippies only allow admission to the bunker to those who can recite the second verse of "Sugar Magnolia".
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Ripple" -> "Brokedown Palace".
* TimeMarchesOn: "Operator", where the protagonist asks for the operator to help him to the right area code and number. In today's era of cell phones the lyrics tend to be dated.
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Truckin'"
* WanderlustSong: "Friend of the Devil", where the protagonist is on the run from the law.
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''What a long, strange trip it's been....''
