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I need help with Phish

Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:38 am
Posted by BRL79
Member since Mar 2014
3138 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:38 am
Please help me understand. I tried listening to them for the first time today. Sounds like hippy Grateful Dead reincarnate or something and I really don't like GD. Just don't get it, but hey I gave it a shot.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 12:41 am
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:52 am to
So don't fricking listen to it.

Posted by StickyFingaz
Austin
Member since May 2013
13511 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:08 am to
They are one of the most popular jam bands... If you don't like jam bands then you probably won't like Phish.

If you're trying to get into jam bands, listen to '93 Phish or try a different jam band. Heady will be along in the morning to lay out some must hear jams that may tilt the scale.

ETA Some of my favorites so far

Wolfman's Brother
Birds of a Feather
Ocelote
Character Zero
Down with Disease
Julius
Weekapaug Groove
Song the Ocean Sings
And more I can't remember at the moment
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 1:26 am
Posted by Andre
Cashier at Stein's Deli
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:25 am to
quote:

So don't fricking listen to it.
Posted by Melvin
Member since Apr 2011
23535 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:40 am to
quote:

If you don't like jam bands then you definitely won't like Phish.
FIFY
Posted by Macintosh
Lane State University
Member since Sep 2011
56927 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:43 am to
you have to be really really really high to the point where you dont even comprehend anything to appreciate their music
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:33 am to
Posted by BRL79
Member since Mar 2014
3138 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:35 am to
I kinda got that from it.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19554 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:02 am to
cool thread
Posted by trillhog
Elite Membership
Member since Jul 2011
19407 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:10 am to
Preach
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24325 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:21 am to
this is a revolutionary thread topic.
Posted by redneck hippie
Oklahoma
Member since Dec 2008
6472 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:28 am to
quote:

Sounds like hippy Grateful Dead reincarnate or something and I really don't like GD.


they don't sound anything like the Grateful Dead at all.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19554 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:33 am to
Before this turns into 5-10 pages of bullshite, let it be known the MB regulars did not start this thread about Phish. Just everyone take note of that.
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:04 am to
Top songs:

Grind
Sparkle
Brian and Robert
Waiting All Night
Lawn Boy
Backwards Down The Number Line
The Line
Posted by BRL79
Member since Mar 2014
3138 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:17 am to
Yeah, I mean its hard to compete with all the well thought out and brilliant threads that come along but I try. The point of this thread was to possibly get input as to what songs were peoples favorites to give them a fair chance. If I like them great, if not, I have nothing lost.
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21591 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:18 am to
Try their live album Live at Madison Square Garden : 12.31.95
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19554 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:20 am to
quote:

The point of this thread was to possibly get input as to what songs were peoples favorites to give them a fair chance
7/29/98 Bathtub Gin
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Member since Sep 2011
25582 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:22 am to
That is a terrible suggestion to get people into Phish

They need to start off with Vegas 96 or A Live One to just get the basic idea down.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19554 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:28 am to
You want to learn how to swim you gotta jump the frick in

I could have suggested like 12/19/94 Bowie and had him hate Phish forever
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 8:29 am
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21591 posts
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:28 am to
quote:

That is a terrible suggestion to get people into Phish

They need to start off with Vegas 96 or A Live One to just get the basic idea down.


Yeah, because the ALO Tweezer is so noob-friendly...

It is hard to suggest something without knowing the person's tastes. I always suggest 12.31.95 because that is what got me into it. Even then there is some pretty deep stuff that could be intimidating on there, especially in Set II with Drowned, Runaway Jim, and Mike's all taking extended journeys.
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