Phish — Heavy Things
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Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
Vanessa calls me on the phone
Reminding me I'm not alone
I fuss and quake and cavitate
I try to speak and turn to stone
Tilly reaches through my vest
To do the thing that she does best
She probes and tears my ventricles
Steals my one remaining breath
Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
Stumbling as I fall from Grace
She needs my vision to replace
Her ailing sight throughout the night
Leaving two holes in my face
Mary was a friend I'd say
'til one summer day
She borrowed everything I owned
And then simply ran away,
Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
Vanessa calls me on the phone
Reminding me I'm not alone
I fuss and quake and cavitate
I try to speak and turn to stone
Tilly reaches through my vest
To do the thing that she does best
She probes and tears my ventricles
Steals my one remaining breath
Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
Stumbling as I fall from Grace
She needs my vision to replace
Her ailing sight throughout the night
Leaving two holes in my face
Mary was a friend I'd say
'til one summer day
She borrowed everything I owned
And then simply ran away,
Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be
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Read the book !
jukes1 wrote:
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
Remillenials?
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
Remillenials?
jules44 wrote:
Yes indeed! I was going to post something similar. MORE PHISH please. And for those in the know - I am most grateful for the PHELLOWSHIP.
Some bands are a guarantee to be heard daily on RP......Phish, sadly, is not one of them.
More Phish please!
Yes indeed! I was going to post something similar. MORE PHISH please. And for those in the know - I am most grateful for the PHELLOWSHIP.
"Cavitate" is a new one for me, but it turns out it's a real thing. It seems pressure differences in a liquid can cause voids or bubbles that can collapse and cause a shock wave, so similar to the "quake" in the lyric. I'll save you a search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
~I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU-OO-OO!!~
Just feeling the urge to listen to 'Jessica' now, no idea why...
Great happy* song to start my day. Gotta love Phish when they're on form :)
(* ok, so the lyrics are not so happy but the tune is so uplifting)
(* ok, so the lyrics are not so happy but the tune is so uplifting)
whaleboneman wrote:
"LSD sold separately"
It should also have a Scratch'n'Sniff patch that smells of weed smoke and BO.
Srsly tho', I love this song. The outro solo is so tasty.
"LSD sold separately"
It should also have a Scratch'n'Sniff patch that smells of weed smoke and BO.
Srsly tho', I love this song. The outro solo is so tasty.
mayonnaise
Proclivities wrote:
"LSD sold separately"
"LSD sold separately"
maxjboxer wrote:
Interestingly enough, that's not a cowbell. Trey samples a single note on his guitar that he can then trigger from a pedal. He's tapping his foot along with the drums to make that sound.
Source:
Under the Scales, episode 12: Trey Guitars 2
I've Got A Fever And The Only Prescription Is More Cowbell
Interestingly enough, that's not a cowbell. Trey samples a single note on his guitar that he can then trigger from a pedal. He's tapping his foot along with the drums to make that sound.
Source:
Under the Scales, episode 12: Trey Guitars 2
Triquel67 wrote:
No, too late for us, source=Gen X'er
As a Gen X'er, I saw them a bunch while I was in grad school. I guess the older Millenials were in college at that point. So maybe a bit of both.
No, too late for us, source=Gen X'er
As a Gen X'er, I saw them a bunch while I was in grad school. I guess the older Millenials were in college at that point. So maybe a bit of both.
jukes1 wrote:
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
No, too late for us, source=Gen X'er
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
No, too late for us, source=Gen X'er
ScottishWillie wrote:
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
Phish are The Grateful Dead for millennials?!?
Are they? I sort of figured they were more GenX than millenial. Maybe really early millenials...
At least for me, Phish cuts range from 1 to 9. Sometimes they're inspiring and interesting and original. Sometimes it's "Heavy Things."
I don't know about you but every time I hear this group I think of fishing.
DocStrangelove wrote:
Agreed. Fluffy noodling.
Boring.
Agreed. Fluffy noodling.
Musically = Major Leagues.
Lyrically = T Ball
Lyrically = T Ball
my god no
Phish are The Grateful Dead for millennials?!?
heaven realized 
bb_matt wrote:
Really - which song? I guess we all hear different things.
Reminds me a lot of the who, Tommy.
Really - which song? I guess we all hear different things.
I've Got A Fever And The Only Prescription Is More Cowbell
bb_matt wrote:
I thought the same thing. guess thats why I like it
Reminds me a lot of the who, Tommy.
I thought the same thing. guess thats why I like it
Reminds me a lot of the who, Tommy.
DocStrangelove wrote:
yeah it's like nothing,
i want to hear something
Boring.
yeah it's like nothing,
i want to hear something
Just saw Phish in Denver last week. PARTY!
Still, I have to say that their live music is way better than their studio stuff.
Still, I have to say that their live music is way better than their studio stuff.
Happy Friday! Sasha2001 wrote:
Great post however, I would have to quibble over the "If you're to type of person that buys albums to hear great recording artists or goes to shows to hear the best musicians than Phish would never have appealed to you"
Just so you know where I am coming from, I'm an amateur musician but don't get out to too many shows by any bands these days. I think the musicianship of each of the folks in Phish is phenomenal. While I haven't heard anything recently from Paige McConnell lately compared to some of the earlier stuff (maybe just haven't listened enough), Trey is an amazing guitarist, and John Fishman has got to be one of the tightest drummers I have ever heard. And as a bass player, I love Mike's stuff.
The other thing to remember is that the band has been through a lot of phases. The broke up in the mid 2000's when their playing wasn't quite up to snuff. But since they started playing again a few years ago, they really have been on fire.
That doesn't mean you have to love everything they do. I don't. Some stuff definitely gets too ambient for me. But there is no denying these guys are some seriously talented musicians.
I think that people who judge Phish harshly may not understand that, like the Dead, so much of the appeal of the band had to do with the communal atmosphere they sought to create during their live shows. If you're to type of person that buys albums to hear great recording artists or goes to shows to hear the best musicians than Phish would never have appealed to you.
Great post however, I would have to quibble over the "If you're to type of person that buys albums to hear great recording artists or goes to shows to hear the best musicians than Phish would never have appealed to you"
Just so you know where I am coming from, I'm an amateur musician but don't get out to too many shows by any bands these days. I think the musicianship of each of the folks in Phish is phenomenal. While I haven't heard anything recently from Paige McConnell lately compared to some of the earlier stuff (maybe just haven't listened enough), Trey is an amazing guitarist, and John Fishman has got to be one of the tightest drummers I have ever heard. And as a bass player, I love Mike's stuff.
The other thing to remember is that the band has been through a lot of phases. The broke up in the mid 2000's when their playing wasn't quite up to snuff. But since they started playing again a few years ago, they really have been on fire.
That doesn't mean you have to love everything they do. I don't. Some stuff definitely gets too ambient for me. But there is no denying these guys are some seriously talented musicians.
treatment_bound wrote:
Everybody in my homeless camp loves this heavy song... hope all is groovy for you right this minute, treatment_bound...
Phish will perform next at big Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on August 29th...
Everybody in my homeless camp loves this heavy song... hope all is groovy for you right this minute, treatment_bound...
Phish will perform next at big Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on August 29th...
Farmhouse, such a great album. I think it's their best, through the whole.
of all the Phish songs to pick... Heavy Things? ...ugh... they have better....
Some things never go away...Death, Taxes, Phish shows, and mass arrests at Phish shows...
38 busted at Phish concert
Police said they arrested 38 people at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night during the first of four concerts by the hippie rock band Phish, with 36 of the collars for drug possession.
Two busts were for scalping or holding forged concert tickets.
With two nights played and two to go — including the band’s New Year’s Eve finale — there was no official word if cops also spent Sunday picking off “Phans.” Arrest figures for Sunday were not immediately available, a law enforcement source told the Post on Monday.
Concertgoers said the heat was still on. “I saw two people get bagged by undercovers in 10 minutes. They were out for blood tonight,” wrote one fan, “Dishphead,” on Sunday night on a Phish.net fan forum titled “security at msg.”
Others boasted of sneaking contraband past security.
“I stuffed a bottle of Jager in my waist band last night,” a fan named “SpreadheadJON” wrote on the forum. “Used some distraction methods. Shots for all!”
The Vermont-based band — known for its die-hard followers and its meandering, epic-length live shows — also draws great interest from law enforcement agencies.
Three shows during Halloween weekend at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall netted 42 arrests – most for drug possession or distribution. Another 80 people were busted this summer during three days of Phish concerts in Saratoga Springs, and one 40-year-old concertgoer at the upstate gigs died of an overdose.
Sasha2001 wrote:
That is a cool story and it gives me a better appreciation for the band, which sadly doesn't impress me. I really liked the one song I've heard of a Mike Gordon/Leo Kottke collaboration, though.
I think that people who judge Phish harshly may not understand that, like the Dead, so much of the appeal of the band had to do with the communal atmosphere they sought to create during their live shows. If you're to type of person that buys albums to hear great recording artists or goes to shows to hear the best musicians than Phish would never have appealed to you.
Back in 1990, early June, a quartet of shaggy mates from Vermont arrived at my beucolic boarding school along the Connecticut River to play a show for a bunch of preppies on a Saturday afternoon. They brought their little trampolines and a handful of hippy followers selling t-shirts. About 150 of us in the audience danced our asses off for nearly 4 hours. Trey would stop on occasion to talk to us about music and life. The band invited us on the low-rent risers we had erected for a stage and let us strum a few chords or take turns "bouncing 'round the room." When it was all over we had a memory that would stay with us forever.
Do I think the music of Phish is on par with the best acts of the 90s? Hell no. But their demeanor and generocity of spirit is what made me a fan of their music and everything else they stood for.
Years later I cought one of their New Years eve shows in Madison Square Garden. I had a good time. It wasn't like before, but the connetion their fans had to the music was nearly the same. I hope that explains a little of their popularity to the sceptics.
Back in 1990, early June, a quartet of shaggy mates from Vermont arrived at my beucolic boarding school along the Connecticut River to play a show for a bunch of preppies on a Saturday afternoon. They brought their little trampolines and a handful of hippy followers selling t-shirts. About 150 of us in the audience danced our asses off for nearly 4 hours. Trey would stop on occasion to talk to us about music and life. The band invited us on the low-rent risers we had erected for a stage and let us strum a few chords or take turns "bouncing 'round the room." When it was all over we had a memory that would stay with us forever.
Do I think the music of Phish is on par with the best acts of the 90s? Hell no. But their demeanor and generocity of spirit is what made me a fan of their music and everything else they stood for.
Years later I cought one of their New Years eve shows in Madison Square Garden. I had a good time. It wasn't like before, but the connetion their fans had to the music was nearly the same. I hope that explains a little of their popularity to the sceptics.
That is a cool story and it gives me a better appreciation for the band, which sadly doesn't impress me. I really liked the one song I've heard of a Mike Gordon/Leo Kottke collaboration, though.
jmkate wrote:
The whole Rift album is tremendous.
They also write well. Love this and "Fast Enough For You..."
The whole Rift album is tremendous.
Great song. Never gets old.
Some bands are a guarantee to be heard daily on RP......Phish, sadly, is not one of them.
More Phish please!
More Phish please!
That guitar solo at the ending leaves everything in peace...
Everybody in my church loves this heavy song...
They also write well. Love this and "Fast Enough For You..."
How can anyone listen to Phish and not be happy. They're just good. 
IrieTom wrote:
I think the guitar solo sounds similar to Jerry Garcia's, but I'm neither a fan nor an expert.
Phish are not the Grateful Dead. They never claimed, or tried, to be the GD.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
I think the guitar solo sounds similar to Jerry Garcia's, but I'm neither a fan nor an expert.
IrieTom wrote:
Amen!
Phish are not the Grateful Dead. They never claimed, or tried, to be the GD.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
Amen!
A very weak, poppy (pun perhaps intended!), and boring song.
shish pucks
I think that people who judge Phish harshly may not understand that, like the Dead, so much of the appeal of the band had to do with the communal atmosphere they sought to create during their live shows. If you're to type of person that buys albums to hear great recording artists or goes to shows to hear the best musicians than Phish would never have appealed to you.
Back in 1990, early June, a quartet of shaggy mates from Vermont arrived at my beucolic boarding school along the Connecticut River to play a show for a bunch of preppies on a Saturday afternoon. They brought their little trampolines and a handful of hippy followers selling t-shirts. About 150 of us in the audience danced our asses off for nearly 4 hours. Trey would stop on occasion to talk to us about music and life. The band invited us on the low-rent risers we had erected for a stage and let us strum a few chords or take turns "bouncing 'round the room." When it was all over we had a memory that would stay with us forever.
Do I think the music of Phish is on par with the best acts of the 90s? Hell no. But their demeanor and generocity of spirit is what made me a fan of their music and everything else they stood for.
Years later I cought one of their New Years eve shows in Madison Square Garden. I had a good time. It wasn't like before, but the connetion their fans had to the music was nearly the same. I hope that explains a little of their popularity to the sceptics.
Back in 1990, early June, a quartet of shaggy mates from Vermont arrived at my beucolic boarding school along the Connecticut River to play a show for a bunch of preppies on a Saturday afternoon. They brought their little trampolines and a handful of hippy followers selling t-shirts. About 150 of us in the audience danced our asses off for nearly 4 hours. Trey would stop on occasion to talk to us about music and life. The band invited us on the low-rent risers we had erected for a stage and let us strum a few chords or take turns "bouncing 'round the room." When it was all over we had a memory that would stay with us forever.
Do I think the music of Phish is on par with the best acts of the 90s? Hell no. But their demeanor and generocity of spirit is what made me a fan of their music and everything else they stood for.
Years later I cought one of their New Years eve shows in Madison Square Garden. I had a good time. It wasn't like before, but the connetion their fans had to the music was nearly the same. I hope that explains a little of their popularity to the sceptics.
romeotuma wrote:
We be dancing... love it...
Man you guys are always dancing!
We be dancing... love it...
Man you guys are always dancing!
meh.
I was never a phish fan. They can jam, but it was done better by better bands like the Dead. They basically suck.
Always loved Anastasio's guitar playing, but for me their lyrics got in the way of some good songs.
kcar wrote:
I never got into them, but I can understand your disbelief. The Phish songs I've heard reminded me of low-energy, bland versions of forgettable B-sides by the Bare Naked Ladies and/or Blues Traveler. The Phish singer is boring as hell.
(John Popper, may you never touch a harmonica with any part of your body again).
LOL! And I totally agree. . .
I never got into them, but I can understand your disbelief. The Phish songs I've heard reminded me of low-energy, bland versions of forgettable B-sides by the Bare Naked Ladies and/or Blues Traveler. The Phish singer is boring as hell.
(John Popper, may you never touch a harmonica with any part of your body again).
LOL! And I totally agree. . .
Ah, cowbell, that signifier of classy music. I don't think. Harrumph! 
Zeito wrote:
I never got into them, but I can understand your disbelief. The Phish songs I've heard reminded me of low-energy, bland versions of forgettable B-sides by the Bare Naked Ladies and/or Blues Traveler. The Phish singer is boring as hell.
(John Popper, may you never touch a harmonica with any part of your body again).
I used to enjoy Phish quite a bit.
I can't believe I used to enjoy Phish.
I can't believe I used to enjoy Phish.
I never got into them, but I can understand your disbelief. The Phish songs I've heard reminded me of low-energy, bland versions of forgettable B-sides by the Bare Naked Ladies and/or Blues Traveler. The Phish singer is boring as hell.
(John Popper, may you never touch a harmonica with any part of your body again).
IrieTom wrote:
Yea, I never really liked Phish or the Grateful Dead. You do realize that Jerry Garcia's roots are Bluegrass though, right? And no, Phish sounds as much like Zappa as they do the Dead so that is not a good comparison either.
Phish are not the Grateful Dead. They never claimed, or tried, to be the GD.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
Yea, I never really liked Phish or the Grateful Dead. You do realize that Jerry Garcia's roots are Bluegrass though, right? And no, Phish sounds as much like Zappa as they do the Dead so that is not a good comparison either.
Fun song. I never really got into these guys all that much, but they made some wonderful music.
IrieTom wrote:
Well Said!!!!!
Phish are not the Grateful Dead. They never claimed, or tried, to be the GD.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
Well Said!!!!!
I used to enjoy Phish quite a bit.
I can't believe I used to enjoy Phish.
I can't believe I used to enjoy Phish.
Phish are not the Grateful Dead. They never claimed, or tried, to be the GD.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
There are some superficial similarities- word-of-mouth popularity due to extensive touring, completely different setlists from show to show, liberal taping policy, hippie-looking crowd following them around, etc...
But the music is not even remotely the same. Musically, they have as much in common with Frank Zappa as they do with the Dead. They tend towards Prog Rock, Jazz, Funk, and even Bluegrass more than the country-ish americana rock of the Dead. I've seen them close a show with a barbershop quartet version of "freebird."
So let's please retire this false analogy. Anyone who claims that "Phish is just like the Grateful Dead" or "All of their music sounds the same" has obviously not listened to much of their music. You don't have to like their music, but at least stop trying to pigeonhole them with an incorrect stereotype.
One of the few Phish songs I actually like. Their lyrics are still ultra-goofy though.
MinMan wrote:
I frigging love this tune! More bell baby!
more cowbell needed to push this pedestrian tune over the top.
I frigging love this tune! More bell baby!
freakin' gate crashers! you know who you are!
sirdroseph wrote:
Are you saying that you have a short att... ooops, lost 'im.
Not a Phish fan (or Grateful Dead) in general because I like songs not long......drawn out.......rambling........solos.......that......go........on.......forever. When they do actual songs they are good!
Are you saying that you have a short att... ooops, lost 'im.
MinMan wrote:
good one
more cowbell needed to push this pedestrian tune over the top.
good one
finkle007 wrote:
GD Cover bands and random local jam bands.
bobby
GD Cover bands and random local jam bands.
bobby
more cowbell needed to push this pedestrian tune over the top.
(P)Flying Phish-Head spotted in New York Everything's gonna be alright. The friends of an unhinged Phish fan who tossed himself off a 25-foot balcony at the Jones Beach amphitheater during the jam band's show Wednesday night said it looks as if their pal is going to pull through. "It's really a miracle, man. He's just got some broken bones, but he's going to be fine," said one pal of the 30-year-old from Maine. "He's talking; he's sedated, he's sort of out of it. But surprisingly, he was able to talk," the friend said at Nassau University Medical Center. The unidentified jumper and his three friends, also from Maine, are huge Phish fans and attend regional concerts.
8/20/10—
The man pushed through the crowd to make the jump. His friends said they didn't know if he was on drugs. A doctor at the scene described the man's face as "busted up."
scraig wrote:
GD Cover bands and random local jam bands.
Who are Dead Heads following now?
GD Cover bands and random local jam bands.
Mugro wrote:
Same here.... love the Dead... .never really "got" Phish....
The Grateful Dead is my favorite band. Why am I not more of a Phish fan? I can't seem to figure it out...
Same here.... love the Dead... .never really "got" Phish....
Love Phish!! Noodling and all
Who are Dead Heads following now?
Not a Phish fan (or Grateful Dead) in general because I like songs not long......drawn out.......rambling........solos.......that......go........on.......forever. When they do actual songs they are good!
Mugro wrote:
go see them!
The Grateful Dead is my favorite band. Why am I not more of a Phish fan? I can't seem to figure it out...
go see them!
southern_duality wrote:
I guess that's what makes for horse racing. This is by far my favorite Phish album. I think it's fantastic.
But then what do I know?
This song and album are both only ok. ...
I guess that's what makes for horse racing. This is by far my favorite Phish album. I think it's fantastic.
But then what do I know?
BobbyBunny wrote:
Excellent statement. Come to think about it it can probably be applied to many artists with a significant body of work and big following.
Anyone who immediately badmouths Phish is clearly unaware of how brilliant they can be. However, anyone who supports Phish blindly in the face of any and all criticism is clearly unaware of how mediocre they can be. They've created some of the most amazing music of a generation; they've also coasted quite a bit.
Excellent statement. Come to think about it it can probably be applied to many artists with a significant body of work and big following.
The Grateful Dead is my favorite band. Why am I not more of a Phish fan? I can't seem to figure it out...
More Phish on RP would be great, but this song sounds like a intro for a sitcom.
eastern edge of the Champlain Valley, in Vermont.
Heaven on Earth in July. After the blackflies, before the mosquitoes.
More_Cowbell wrote:
They are from North Eastern Coast of US. I believe Vermont originally.
RobRyan wrote:
Sounds like it came from "Anthem in the Sun"
You are kidding, right!?
mefrombrazil wrote:
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
They are from North Eastern Coast of US. I believe Vermont originally.
I like Phish if for no other eason they frequent Grey Area.
More_Cowbell wrote:
Great song, from a great CD!
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
Great song, from a great CD!
i thought it was SEAL.
Sounds like it came from "Anthem in the Sun"
On_The_Beach wrote:
PhGrateful PhDead.
Yeah, this sounds just like that one Dead song... wait, which one? I can't figure it out and I know most of their tunes...
Anyway... @ Big Cypress 12/31/99
hchammond wrote:
That is an insult to compare that smarm to the Dead.
That is awful!! nothing Phish does sounds like it was given ANY thought.
Jerry's dead, Phish sucks, get a job....
BZZZT! You fail. If you've listened to them at all besides this song you wouldn't say that. Whether or not you like it is another matter.
Having said that, this is not a good Phish song.
tasty, phish on friday!
Meh.
That is an insult to compare that smarm to the Dead.
That is awful!! nothing Phish does sounds like it was given ANY thought.
Jerry's dead, Phish sucks, get a job....
The benchmark for 'ho hum'. Pleasant enough. But so what?
Got to love Mr. Anastasio's delectable noodlings - paying homage to Jerry Garcia.
Enrique wrote:
This is them being mediocre, right?
That would be generous. This tune seems far below their "mediocre".
PhGrateful PhDead.
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
All I want for Christmas is to have a decent live Phish upload be accepted so people can see what Phish fans really like about the music. 
This song is kinda fun and poppy, but not at all what Phish is about.
I've seen Phish live a couple times. I didn't feel the love there, either.
This song is kinda fun and poppy, but not at all what Phish is about.This song and album are both only ok. They will never be known for making great albums, but this one might be my least favorite...
Nothing original about that... And the song is quite long.
All I want for Christmas is to have a decent live Phish upload be accepted so people can see what Phish fans really like about the music.
This song is kinda fun and poppy, but not at all what Phish is about.
This song is kinda fun and poppy, but not at all what Phish is about.I don't know what is worse raw phish(:fever.gif:) or overcooked phish, this being the latter. Yuk ()!
)!Enrique wrote:
This is them being mediocre, right?
Right.
I'll have to see if I have anything that can be downloaded. The selection on RP at this point is limited.
BobbyBunny wrote:
Anyone who immediately badmouths Phish is clearly unaware of how brilliant they can be. However, anyone who supports Phish blindly in the face of any and all criticism is clearly unaware of how mediocre they can be. They've created some of the most amazing music of a generation; they've also coasted quite a bit.
This is them being mediocre, right?
BobbyBunny wrote:
Anyone who immediately badmouths Phish is clearly unaware of how brilliant they can be. However, anyone who supports Phish blindly in the face of any and all criticism is clearly unaware of how mediocre they can be. They've created some of the most amazing music of a generation; they've also coasted quite a bit.
I regret to say I missed their music. I'll take your word that this a not a great sample to judge them by..
BobbyBunny wrote:
Anyone who immediately badmouths Phish is clearly unaware of how brilliant they can be. However, anyone who supports Phish blindly in the face of any and all criticism is clearly unaware of how mediocre they can be. They've created some of the most amazing music of a generation; they've also coasted quite a bit.
Well put, my sentiments exactly
Anyone who immediately badmouths Phish is clearly unaware of how brilliant they can be. However, anyone who supports Phish blindly in the face of any and all criticism is clearly unaware of how mediocre they can be. They\'ve created some of the most amazing music of a generation; they\'ve also coasted quite a bit.
For me to poop on. Not quite as tedious as Trey\'s solo work but still to poop on.
Phish?? Phooey! 
Yeah! Phish is coming back New Years \'03! Just plain love \'em. A tasty mixture of everything good in music. Though, we could definetly use some other selections, like: \"Bathtub Gin\" from LawnBoy; \"Guelah Papyrus\" from Picture of Nectar; \"Mound\" from Rift; \"Wolfman\'s Brother\" from Hoist; \"Theme From The Bottom\" from Billy Breathes; \"Meat\" from Story of the Ghost. And so forth...
Originally Posted by eric:
These guys are so overated. Fortunately they're quickly slipping into obscurity.
i'm with you...BORING! (and i'm a dead fan!)
These guys are so overated. Fortunately they\'re quickly slipping into obscurity.
Anytime you want to play more Phish, especially some of the earlier stuff, is fine with me... :) --d
A little phish for breakfast starts the day off right. :)
Remillenials?
Xennials.