So i just started listening to "Phish"

[glen]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
Welcome to 1995

You mean 1989

 

[glen]

I would say Widespread Panic is the best jam band I have seen live.
IMHO, they top even Phish, the Dead, and the Alman Bros.

 

[gregshin]

thanks guys for the all the recs...i'll check em out!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: bootymac
Hmm... never listened to Phish before. Can you suggest a song?

"Our bassist is a Pedophile"?

Come on, I had to. Anyone dumb enough to try to take dirty pictures of a 9-year-old deserves to have it brought up constantly.

- M4H

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I hate bands like Phish. I'm sure their music is fine but the masses of unshowered treelovers that follow them from place to place annoy the hell out of me.

Yes, I know that all Phish fans do not fall into the above category... only the ones that follow them from place to place in their Winnebago's. BTW, how can you be an environmentalist and drive a Winnebago?

And why exactly do people that choose to follow a band get you upset? Were you gang-raped by a group of phish phans one time?

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: bootymac
Hmm... never listened to Phish before. Can you suggest a song?

"Our bassist is a Pedophile"?

Come on, I had to. Anyone dumb enough to try to take dirty pictures of a 9-year-old deserves to have it brought up constantly.

Whoa! You have copies of the pictures that he took? That's the only way that I can imagine that you know what kind of pictures that they are because I sure as hell never read anything about them being sexualy provocative.:roll:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: bootymac
Hmm... never listened to Phish before. Can you suggest a song?

"Our bassist is a Pedophile"?

Come on, I had to. Anyone dumb enough to try to take dirty pictures of a 9-year-old deserves to have it brought up constantly.

Whoa! You have copies of the pictures that he took? That's the only way that I can imagine that you know what kind of pictures that they are because I sure as hell never read anything about them being sexualy provocative.:roll:

He was taking a nine-year-old girl to a dark, isolated area to "take art photos of her" at 1am, without telling her parents. What the hell else is the sick bastard going to be up to?

But hey, at least it had a happy ending:

The New York Post reports members of the Hells Angels "beat Gordon up and held him until police arrived."

- M4H

 

[pkananen]

rusted root is another good one

 

[Scarpozzi]

I saw Phish for the first time last year. If you go to a packed Phish concert it's better than just listening to their music. Mainly because of the pot and large number of half-naked stoner chicks running around and dancing.

My favorite songs they do include: Fee, Run like an Antelope, and Mike's Song.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
He was taking a nine-year-old girl to a dark, isolated area to "take art photos of her" at 1am, without telling her parents. What the hell else is the sick bastard going to be up to?

But hey, at least it had a happy ending:

The New York Post reports members of the Hells Angels "beat Gordon up and held him until police arrived."

- M4H

Actually, I believe that they were not that a far away from the rest of the party, it's not like he took her miles away. I am not Mike Gordon nor am I the little girl who was with him that evening so I do not know what happened that night. I do however know that he was not charged any crimes and that making aligations as serious as pedophelia with nothing more than a vague news report, assumptions and probably a slight disdain for the band that the accused is a member tend to make one look presumptuous as best and a tad ignorant at worst.

 

[tweakmm]

Oh yes, good Phish songs.

The thing about Phish is that their are best enjoyed live, in an outdoor environment, if this is unfeasable one compromise is bootleg recordings. Now before everybody flps out, not only does Phish not care about people recording their concerts, they encourage it by selling speicial tickets that put the buyer right in the middle for an indeal recording environment. Mic recorded concerts sound ok, but to really recreate the live feeling a soundboard recording is the way to go. A soundboard recording is when a recording device is pluged directly into the master mixer, greatly improving sound quality. Occasionaly Phish lefts fans do this but Phish also sells recordings of their own concerts, however the recordings that Phish sells are copyrighted and they do not like people distributing those.
I think that the concerts that Phish sells are the absolute best way to listen to Phish, although some soundboard bootlegs are pretty good too.

That out of the way, some really good Phish songs:
Axilla
Punch You In The Eye
B irds of a Feather
Chalk Dust Torture
Mike's Song
Divided Sky
Run Like an Antelope
Wolfman's Brother
Stash
Tweezer
NICU


Whoever said Phish has broken up is wrong, they are breaking up very shortly but they are still on tour. I really suggest that anybody who can catch a concert go before one of the greatest live bands still playing stops playing together for good.

 

[joinT]

Originally posted by: bootymac
Hmm... never listened to Phish before. Can you suggest a song?

Bouncin' round the room.

 

[Modeps]

I've listened to a bit of Phish, some of their stuff is quite good, but all in all, I'm not a big fan.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: joinT

Originally posted by: bootymac
Hmm... never listened to Phish before. Can you suggest a song?

Bouncin' round the room.

One of my favorites!

 

[CChaos]

Some of my faves, a few of which have been mentioned:

Sloth
NICU
Slave to the Traffic Light
Punch You in the Eye
Lizards
Colonel Forbin's Ascent
Makisupa Policeman
Haley's Comet
Ya Mar
Sample in a Jar

 

[royaldank]

If you like Phish, just check out random bands on here... http://www.archive.org

I've seen roughly 30 Phish shows. Here are other bands that I've seen quite a few times:

moe. (best in the business right now)
Widespread Panic (not touring this year)
String Cheese Incident (bluegrass influenced jams)
Grateful Dead
Allman Bros.
Derek Trucks Band
Sound Tribe Sector 9 (house influenced jams)
Particle (space jams)
The New Deal
Addison Groove Project
Robert Walter's 20th Congress (jazz jams)
Galactic (New Orleans funk jams)
Stanton Moore (best drummer in the scene; f/ Galactic)
Garage A Trois (jazz super group)
Greyboy Allstars (jazz super group)
Charlie Hunter (plays an 8 stright guitar/bass plugged into guitar and bass amp at same time)
Blues Traveler
Perpetual Groove
Wilco

Lots of different sides of the jamband scene. I'm mainly listening to jazz stuff right now and a little bluegrass.