I love how everey now and then the light show highlights the pack of zombies behind the stage waiting for the jam to end before they descend on the crowd.
I love that transition from Chalkdust Torture to I Am Hydrogen. Trey starts playing and everyone else is like "Okay, I guess this is happening now" and laughing their ass off about it.
Absolutely, but how about Mike's bass line leading into weekapaug, it is my absolute favorite. Also sandwiching a chalk dust in the middle of mikes/hydrogen/weekapaug is about as cool as it gets. It's all my favorites smashed into one amazing song.
Not sure I would call them underrated, more like under the radar, and thank God for that. I would be heartbroken if top forty djs killed my favorite band.
The fact that you are a phish fan with the screen name mc ren, makes you instantly my best friend and kindred spirit, two of my absolute faves, I have to believe you also love Jerry Garcia, and if so that's three major cool points in my book.
Meant to ask you, is mc ren your favorite nwa member?, he has always been mine, and i feel he is seriously underrated. I do admit, it is hard to stand out in a group with legends like dre, ice cube, and easy muthafuckin e.
Am rolling tonight and had to give a shout out of love to Harpua. I've never loved a stranger so intensely, thank you for the countless hours of joy you have brought to my little screen.
4:06 - 5:06 Page just TURNS THE SKELETON KEY. It's really incredible. Those voicing simply couldn't be more closed or jazzy. Seriously, what a freaking master of his craft. And good on Gordo et Ernesto for listening!
I love when I find your comments. So many wonderful memories with you, man I miss you dude. Hope things are good with you. And to reply to your comment, hell yeah this Mike's chalkdust weekapaug is fucking awesome from start to finish, best opening bass to weekapaug I have ever heard. Also the guy who posts these videos, Harpua, has the best quality videos on the internet, hands down. Hope our paths cross again sometime in the near future. I love you brother, and I am not embarrassed to say it, I had so much fun with you over the years. That night we rolled on those green clovers was probably the most fun I ever had rolling, you made me laugh all night long, so much fun. Peace.
Hell yeah. I fell in love with his guitar playing the very first time I saw them in 1994, and my love has continued to grow over the years. The whole band is amazingly talented, but I find myself mesmerized by trey about 85% of the show. He is absolutely masterfull, just the way he strums there is so much chop and power, I love it.
Lol I was here for something else. I thought a Nintendo band was performing and actually got to perform Mike's Song from WarioWare live. Nice light show tho
I like how during Mike's Song Trey gives our heads permission to expand to an unacceptable and intolerable level, then throws us into a frenzy square dance with Chalk Dust.
By chance, are you the dude who runs around festivals wearing a cap'n crunch hat? Some dude ran up to me after a moe. set at Scamp and goes "that set was exxxxxtra crunchy" and ran away. Fuckin hilarious.
The true abject reality of is, that they allow you to pull them into your space, wherever that may be. Not creating yours. Positive proof of an alternative universe!
Damnnn. On Mike's Song and Chalk Dust, Trey looks like he is just straight vomiting music. The notes are tumbling out with crazy force... Were it not for I Am Hydrogen, he might have collapsed.
Many people are under the misconception that "Mike's Song" is simply referring to Phish's bassist, Mike Gordon. In reality, it's a reference to ex Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee because, as you know, the members of Phish are hardcore conservative republicans. I'll be back with another fun fact after these messages!
There once was a band named Phish, They granted my most every wish. I went to a show, no one was doing blow So I took a few bong hits and said "Fuck it"... Oh wait, wrong limerick. I am so stoned right now.
@billfrank9393 I have to disagree. I assume you're talking about Mikes into CDT. Wasn't so much of a segue, but rather a startup that had a very tiny break. Definately different, and yes out of the box, but i don't feel it was forced there. Compared to the trans into Hydro, it isn't as smooth, but still not forced. I was standing behind the soundboard that nite, and it was top shelf shit throughout the show.
i wish Trey could pull off smooth transitions like that Chalkdust>Hydrogen all the time, these days his transitions are too forced and rushed most of the time.
People who dont enjoy Phish are cool but they just close themselves off to traveling on waves of sound and the idea that instantaneous creation and story telling is a weakness. Its the difference for me in loving what you do and having to work. Just trying to create something different and unpredictable with a massive crowd of people all influencing the directions the sounds play out. Sure all musicians do this to an extent but its pretty much a social experiment in a democratic fashion but still lacks the true integrity of a democracy. But that is why choice is protected.
