Lost Gem: "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" - Kula Shaker (1996)




"Oh I'm telling you man...
Jerry was there."
~ Kula Shaker ~


Kula Shaker's debut..."K" (1996)...was psychedelia kool and mysticism magic...led by airman Crispian Mills.

Drawing from the best of that late sixties rock-and-roll whip...Kula Shaker...grabs ahold of the carnival rings and make it their own.

Call this awesome album...Psychetrippyticism Rock.


Lost Gem:--> "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There"...is an explosion of influences. Starting with some Hendrix riff spankage (courtesy of Mills)...and winding down with some Jerry Garcia trippage.

"Knock. Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Major Crankage...and I have orders for you to TURN IT UP!"

Have you heard this one?


I'm painting, I paint a picture in your mind
If you're driving roads to suicide, I know you can sympathise
If your love is a cheatin' and if you're blinded by the pain
Your honeymoon in summer is a picnic in the rain...
You'll be grateful when you're dead
Grateful when you're dead
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

I'm shaking, I shake the spear before your eyes
Well if you know your history, you will read between the lines
If you're waiting for a vision, to illuminate your mind
To leave this world of misery, oh eave it all behind...
You'll be grateful when you're dead
Grateful when you're dead
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Jerry was there,
Jerry was there.

You'll be grateful when you're dead
Grateful when you're dead
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Oh I'm telling you man, Jerry was there
You could feel his presence everywhere
Oh I'm telling you man, Jerry was there
You could feel his presence everywhere
"I seen him man - looked me right in the face"

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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