Dead song, and the Grateful Dead don't do those songs anymore. It's the kind of song I like to write -- a one-chord, one-rhythm, straight ahead rock and roll pop song with a little twist of the futuristic."
Joe McDonald
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Starship Ride Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Nelly | SongMeanings
Dead song, and the Grateful Dead don't do those songs anymore. It's the kind of song I like to write -- a one-chord, one-rhythm, straight ahead rock and roll pop song with a little twist of the futuristic."
Joe McDonald
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"Starship Ride is very Bay Area psychedelic rock and roll, and it's fun; it's about romance, a date, the future -- a science fiction love song. It's a double entendre, a titillating song but it still has some Mom and Pop in there. It was a perfect vehicle for Jerry Garcia because it sounds so much like a Grateful > Dead song, and the Grateful Dead don't do those songs anymore. It's the kind of song I like to write -- a one-chord, one-rhythm, straight ahead rock and roll pop song with a little twist of the futuristic."
Joe McDonald
"Starship Ride is very Bay Area psychedelic rock and roll, and it's fun; it's about romance, a date, the future -- a science fiction love song. It's a double entendre, a titillating song but it still has some Mom and Pop in there. It was a perfect vehicle for Jerry Garcia because it sounds so much like a Grateful > Dead song, and the Grateful Dead don't do those songs anymore. It's the kind of song I like to write -- a one-chord, one-rhythm, straight ahead rock and roll pop song with a little twist of the futuristic." Joe McDonald