This edit superimposes two Grateful Dead-related studio experiments, so they are playing simultaneously. Robert Hunter and John Barlow on vocals. Not for the faint-hearted. Posted by request.
“Shit Happens” - John Barlow vocal (1988):
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter, it's all right
Universe still works tonight
Shit happens, shit happens, it's OK
What comes to pass will pass away
Whatever hits the fan might splatter
It's all right 'cause it doesn't matter
Doesn't matter, doesn't matter
It's all right, it doesn't matter
“The Barbed Wire Whipping Party” - Robert Hunter vocal (1969):
The barbed wire whipping party in the razor blade forest
Sweet live meat, my fangs could unravel you
Back, hand, whip, lash, [eskers], sangfroid, 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
Cover art by Raymond Pettibon