![]() ![]() To appropriately choose a semordnilap sequence from the Dead's live work required establishing some minimal criteria because very nearly EVERY Grateful Dead show was a semordnilap. Having five songs in the sequence is easy enough to do (and they did a few times). This is their simplest form: 'Song A > Song B > Song A'. I easily found myriad palindrome sequences in Grateful Dead shows. However, I needed to take a bit of license with semordnilap and adapt it. To apply these literary phenomena to the setlists of The Grateful Dead, I could use the idea of palindromes in a straightforward way. Think 'live' and 'evil,' 'stressed' and 'desserts,' 'diaper' and 'repaid.' Most integers with at least two digits are a numerical semordnilap. ![]() A semordnilap ('palindromes' spelled in reverse) is a word, phrase, or sentence that reads differently forward and backward. Think 'mom,' 'dad,' or 'tot.' Yet there are also numerical and musical palindromes. Palindromes are sequences, most often words (including names), phrases, verse/s, or sentences, that read exactly the same forward and backward. Part 2, introducing the semordnilaps, was last July part 3 featuring the second palindromes show was in October. This time, I'm highlighting some of the many palindrome and semordnilap song sequences performed by the band in concert. Back in January 2022 I launched another multi-part special, again combining my love of literary concepts and Grateful Dead music. ![]()
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