9/1/2023 0 Comments Thank you for listening lyrics"I was also trying to be protective," she said. Grande said in the interview that she had recorded two alternate versions of "Thank U, Next," including one without the names, before deciding to release the single that was dropped. In the first verse, Grande sings, "Thought I'd end up with Sean / But he wasn't a match / Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh / Even almost got married / And for Pete, I'm so thankful / Wish I could say 'thank you' to Malcolm / 'Cause he was an angel." Explore the Dead & Company catalog and start your free trial here.It's understandable that Grande and Pete's breakup would affect the lyrics of "Thank U, Next" even minimally she references their broken engagement. Listen to nearly every Dead & Company show since 2016 with a free 7-day trial. You can see more on his twitter and instagram. Jon “Stugotz” Weiner is the co-host of The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz (check out their instagram and twitter). Most importantly, thank you, John, for bridging a musical gap in my family, for transporting me back to a better time, for providing us with some of the greatest trips and memories of our lives and for helping me share the music I love most with the people I love most. Thank you for singing the lyrics the way he sang the lyrics, the way we sing the lyrics, they make you feel the way they make us feel, the way they made him feel and for that, I am Grateful. Thank you for handling his role and the music with the care, the attention to detail and the precision that it deserves. So, thank you John Mayer, I know enough to know that learning that catalog of music was no easy task, that it took a lot of hard work and for that I am Grateful. A funny thing happened along the way, the answers to all those questions turned out to be a resounding yes, the band got better and better, faster and faster, one show became ten shows, ten shows became multiple trips to Cancun and eventually my daughters started listening to the both the Grateful Dead and Dead and Company throughout the house. Can Bob, Mickey and Bill still do this? How will they sound? Will they sing what we want to hear? And most importantly, can John Mayer possibly fill the shoes of one of the great musicians and guitar players of all time? Can he hit the jam on Terrapin, Loser and after each verse of Althea? Sure, I had my questions, but I didn’t care, I was with my daughters and my wife and they were going to a Dead Show with me and that’s all that mattered. I remember going to my first Dead and Company show and like most, I was skeptical. LISTEN: The final show of the 2023 tour, Dead & Company live at Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA, 7/16/23 I say this with all due respect to Oteil and Jeff because they have been equally as amazing but Dead and Company had me at Bob. So naturally, when Dead and Company was announced and John Mayer was announced as being the one tasked with filling Jerry’s role, what was once something that was uncool in large part because their dad listened to it, suddenly became the coolest thing on the planet and just like that John Mayer, you closed the loop. Not for any particular reason by the way, just never crossed my mind. I of course knew who John was, listened to some of his music through my daughters but never, in a million years did I think if the Dead ever tried to put something back together that it would include him. Happy, because they are teenage girls, of course they are going to say that and they listen to whatever teenage girls listen to these days, including a guy named John Mayer. This music is so special though, you think to yourself, if they just sat down and gave it a try they would love it. Sad, because naturally you want your children to enjoy the things you enjoyed growing up but that’s not always possible, especially with music. Throughout their childhood and into their teens, I would play the Grateful Dead nonstop throughout our house and would always get some variation of, “Dad, what is this garbage?” It made me both happy and incredibly sad at the same time. Life goes on and eventually I had twin girls with my beautiful wife Abby. People ask me all the time do you listen to any other bands? My response is always the same, “listening to other bands would mean less time spent listening to the Grateful Dead.” When Jerry passed away and the band stopped touring, it left a huge void in my life, one that I never imagined I’d come close to filling again. I was introduced to the Dead by my older brother Eric in the mid 80’s, went to my first show in the late 80’s and as was the case for so many others, it was love at first show. The Grateful Dead is the only band I’ve ever loved.
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