Phish C/D

I mean:

SET 2: Bathtub Gin > Waves -> Ghost > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Twenty Years Later -> Waste > Twist -> Makisupa Policeman > Twist -> Makisupa Policeman -> Twist, Most Events Aren't Planned > More > Bathtub Gin

Considering we've had a bunch of 6 or 7 song second sets this summer.

reading that setlist makes my head hurt in a good way

will def be catching up on this tour after my atlantic city show (assuming it happens, i have every digit on my body crossed)

I certainly hope you get to go! I was bummed they skipped Alpine this summer, but probably better for it since that would have required more travel and accommodations than I would have wanted. Rumors of more shows leading up to NYE but uh I'm not sure I'll be ready for an indoor Phish show even if they end up happening.

the song choice in that set reminds me of the second set of 11/1/13, the run of "twist" > "gotta jiboo" > "makisupa policeman." 11/1/13 is probably the funniest phish show i've ever heard, they keep yelling "KUSH" and "BUSH" during "makisupa policeman" in sped up and slowed down voices like they're part of a dub remix xp

fuego: ok yeah this album is so good that it's almost great. whereas joy is plagued by a few songs that just exist, all of these songs feel like they contribute to the overall purpose and mood of the album. even "wombat," which, i find it funny that phish fans hate this song bc i don't find it significantly more embarrassing than, say, "brother" or "meatstick," both of which it resembles. it may be the most quintessentially phish song on the album lol

"the line" is the best "pop" song they've ever written imo

Yeah I like Fuego quite a bit. That definitely is my most played studio album after Farmhouse, though I think Sigma Oasis might sneak up on that soon.

my sense is that the 2012 and 2016 runs at dick’s are v special and all the phish fans here would really enjoy them

idk how they measure up to the baker’s dozen but they are very much the twin peaks of 3.0 for me so far

my personal favorite show though is 7/13/14 randall's island, one of my favorite setlists they've ever put together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUr-u89tmNY

i'm still making my way through big boat but this page song 1) is awesome 2) has gotta be the best phish studio recording i've heard since ghost

also color me extremely surprised that fishman could write a song as good and weird as "friends"

not in love with trey's songs so far. also think what made fuego so strong was they wrote it together, and big boat is the opposite of that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osU2Cgf7RFA

YES! MORE ELECTRO PHISH!

yo "petrichor" is so good

"Petrichor" is great, really love that one.

i guess i've been liveblogging my reaction to big boat but it is yet another phish record that suffers from every song being in a different style. and another phish record that suffers from being very long. most of trey's songs sound intended for tab. everyone's really writing outside of the band's sound, again in contrast to fuego, which was dialed into phish's ambiguously-defined phishness, sort of floating free between its touchstones of progressive, classic, and indie rock. i'd rate it at about the level of undermind, and the records feel very similar to me

all right, since i'm about to embark on a 13-show suite, i'm gonna break up the chronological flow of this project and listen to sigma oasis next

three tracks in sigma oasis strikes me as a much better version of round room, like they finally got that relaxed rehearsal soundcheck phish vibe imported into the studio, but it doesn't sound faltering or half-formed

Yeah I love Sigma Oasis and I've found it held up. At first it was tied up with very specific early pandemic memories for me, since they did that whole live streaming the whole album thing. But I picked it up when it was officially released later and still loved it. Definitely my favorite since Billy Breathes.

"evening song" is one of the best anastasio/marshall songs since ghost, really lovely

and when i first heard "steam" in a set it struck me as v ghost and i'm glad they leaned into that on the studio version... and then it leads into a great jam!!!

otm

The only thing I still don't like about live "Steam" is that the hissing effects are always way louder than necessary.

haha "thread" is fucking metal

i love that an album with two very willfully uplifting/don't give up songs on it ends on the note of "YOU'RE ALONE"

all right here is the official ranking of every phish studio album

the story of the ghost
billy breathes
sigma oasis
rift
junta
fuego
hoist
lawn boy
round room
farmhouse
joy
undermind
big boat
a picture of nectar

i guess, as a credit to how underrated phish are in the studio, the only albums i'm probably not going to listen to again are the bottom four

Definitely on board with your top three, but to take a stab myself..

The Story of the Ghost
Sigma Oasis
Billy Breathes
Fuego
Rift
Farmhouse
Junta
Lawn Boy
Hoist
A Picture of Nectar
Round Room
Joy
Big Boat
Undermind

feel like ppl who love sigma oasis would also love ghosts of the forest, which i'm just checking out now

It me. Loved the GOTF album, wish I could have caught one of those shows.

Curse you, Brad. Following this thread has caused me to revisit the band, beyond my previous self-defined comfort zone of Rift + early epics (YEM, Bowie, Divided Sky, Run Like an Antelope, etc.). It's very much been baby steps, as opposed to going all-in like you're doing. I've confirmed that I still hate Gotta Jibboo with a blinding passion. But last night I discovered a newer song that I really like: More.

By coincidence, my sister was back at our parents' house this week, cleaning out her childhood room (which serves mostly as a general storage area nowadays). She came upon an old box of Phish tapes and asked if I wanted her to dispose of them while she was there. "Stay your hand!" I cried, and now have added cassette deck to my thrift store shopping list.

(the curse being "may you continue to find happiness and satisfaction in your love of music and inspire others to do the same")

wow i’m so happy for you. tapes!!!!

today i am embarking on the baker’s dozen

and also today i am taking a bus to atlantic city

^^Underrated Springsteen lyric.

Man I only ever had a handful of actual Phish tapes back in the day because a) I always had friends with killer tapes I could borrow and, b) my dive into phandom coincided with being on a University campus with great internet so I was earlier on the train of downloading and burning shows to CD. I still dream of stumbling on a huge stash of Phish or Dead tapes somewhere in a flea market or something.

i'm so blown away by ghosts of the forest lol

the floyd vibes are so good and don't remind me directly of any floyd i've heard (unlike parts of "fuego," for instance)

today’s the day

y’all i know you’ve covered this already but the baker’s dozen is fucking crazy (i’m on show 3)

……… just staring at the ocean and listening to the 30 minute lawn boy from show 4….. this is what phish is about

Right fuckin' on, BradNelson! Hope you have a wonderful time.

the other person staying in my airbnb is also going to show and we’re taking a shared lyft back to beat the surge pricing

i’m so FUCKING HYPED

ahahhahahahhaha what the fuck

SET 1: Llama[1], Tube, Destiny Unbound > Ya Mar, 46 Days, Reba[2], Soul Shakedown Party, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil

SET 2: I Never Needed You Like This Before, Drowned > Ghost -> Scents and Subtle Sounds[3] > Chalk Dust Torture[4] > No Quarter > Slave to the Traffic Light > Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise

^^^ they did that

not everything worked, the “scents and subtle sounds” in the second set seemed both like an accident and a mistake from trey’s perspective and it was quickly abandoned after the jam fell apart right away lol. but the “chalk dust” they launched into... truly evil shit. the “drowned” and “ghost” are somehow both multi-part and really impressive jams, the “drowned” in particular had tower jam vibes pulsing from it the whole way through. crowd around me was restless, i was spellbound

first set was totally perfect imo, they were in a mood and that mood was really mischievous and dubby. feel so blessed to have gotten a lovely “reba.” no one really seems to be commenting on the “split open” but i thought they busted that shit open so thoroughly it’ll never obtain solid form again. guy next to me was like “this is almost like ‘03” and if i were more in a rush to talk to phish fans i would’ve agreed with him

even the fuckin encore was good

That looks like an awesome show! Back when I was seeing them, Destiny Unbound was a long-unplayed rarity that I was always aching for them to bust out. Also cool that you got all those good Lawn Boy songs in the first set! I've never heard the slow version of Llama so I'll have to go check that out.

i think the third night in atlantic city was better than my show (not that i mind, saturday was 100 percent a setlist for me)... never miss a sunday show, they always say

my favorite baker's dozen shows so far are jam-filled (you knew i'd like that 30 minute "lawn boy," that's one of the nicest jams i've heard in a long time, can't wait to play that fucker again) and jimmies (7/30/17, weird-but-it-works-so-well first set + the "drowned" and "a song i heard the ocean sing" jams are massive interconnected bodies of water)

xp from the setlists it seems like you picked the right night, but that first set on Sunday looks amazing--an old-school Mike's Groove and YEM in the same set!

"30 minute Lawn Boy" is a trick I wish they would pull more often; they have so many great songs that are never jammed out. I guess that might feel forced or that the novelty would wear off quickly though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccN5_uO5n0U

i had never heard phish's cover of tv on the radio's "golden age" before and 1) it's a great cover 2) it astonishingly sounds exactly like a phish song in their hands. but the baker's dozen performance also has a real comet's tail of a jam appended to it. would use this particular performance to introduce someone to phish, assuming that ever happens willingly

also: "leaves" is one of the best phish songs ever

finishing up the donut holes night of the baker's dozen, meaning i have three shows left. i love that every single night of this run has the most hilarious and awesome second set ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy-DfiAfDM

frankly cannot deal with this 17-minute "taste"