Phish is comin' back.........
treitz3
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From the AP.....MONTPELIER, Vt. - Phish is getting back together.
The Vermont-bred jam band, which disbanded in 2004, is planning three dates next March in Hampton, Virginia. A notice posted on the band's Web site says Phish will play March 6, March 7 and March 8, 2009, at the Hampton Coliseum. The Web site says more 2009 dates will be announced later.
A spokesman for the Coliseum, who wouldn't give his name, confirmed the booking.
Phish was among the nation's top touring acts when it called it quits in 2004. The band received a lifetime achievement award at the Jammy Awards last May.
This is some strange, cool music with some whack **** lyrics. If you haven't had a chance to listen to some of there tunes and want something out of the ordinary and new, this is your ticket. There is really no band [off the top of my head] that I can think of that I could compare them to. Definitely different.
Anybody else here dig Phish?
The Vermont-bred jam band, which disbanded in 2004, is planning three dates next March in Hampton, Virginia. A notice posted on the band's Web site says Phish will play March 6, March 7 and March 8, 2009, at the Hampton Coliseum. The Web site says more 2009 dates will be announced later.
A spokesman for the Coliseum, who wouldn't give his name, confirmed the booking.
Phish was among the nation's top touring acts when it called it quits in 2004. The band received a lifetime achievement award at the Jammy Awards last May.
This is some strange, cool music with some whack **** lyrics. If you haven't had a chance to listen to some of there tunes and want something out of the ordinary and new, this is your ticket. There is really no band [off the top of my head] that I can think of that I could compare them to. Definitely different.
Anybody else here dig Phish?
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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If their music wasn't enough of a reason for me to dislike them, they also started the trend of replacing "F" with "PH".
A scourge on society
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Phish is "out of the ordinary and new"? Did the flux capacitor just take me back fifteen years?:pI never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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Out of the ordinary, yes. New, well no. It would be new to those who haven't heard them yet and are looking for something "new".zombie boy 2000 wrote: »Phish is "out of the ordinary and new"? Did the flux capacitor just take me back fifteen years?:p
5 pounds? Six pounds? Seven pounds?.........I love that tune. Strange, but I still can dig it.~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
That's cool, amigo. I was just having a bit of a go at ya.
Question: Just how many college chicks did I bang with a poster of Phish on the wall?
Answer: Enough for me to have some happy associations with them.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
They suck.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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I have been studying their music for the past three months, at first I just did not get it, but the deeper I got into how they play the more I understood how sick some of the stuff they do really is, they are each tremendously talented. Very influenced by Zappa and the Dead.
During practice they would do things like jam for two minutes then stop and one of the band members would then have to "sing" two of the jam parts, they became very intuitive how each member played with their jams going on for 5 minutes within the song. The guitar chord structures would generally remain constant but you never new how the guitar would be shredded during a perfomance. The bass man would frequently change the tonal center (mode) of a particular scale and the others would just have to recognize it and continue on. Page McConnell kept everything together jumping from different keyboard rigs, yet he trusted the groove would continue when he stopped playing, their is a great deal of implied timing by the instruments throughout each tune.
A few of my favs from them are Waves, Limb by Limb, Reba and Harry Hood. Waves has a particularily kicking bass line. There music is a combinaiton of rock and jazz fusion, very funky.
I went from the suck category to the cool band category in fairly short order, not for everyone but if you can commit for a while you might get into them. Can't say though they ever really made a stellar CD I play with them on a downloaded copy, maybe someone can recommend one who like them.
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I tried to like Phish. Bunch of my friends from college would drive all over God's creation to see them. I bought Junta, which I still enjoy. Went to a show in Philly, great parking lot scene. Veggie burritos and ganja gooballs (whatever they were :rolleyes:) everywhere. The glow stick wars and whatever the hell Fishman did with that vacuum looking thing really chapped my ****. Final straw was the "remember college" road trip to Coventry in '04. **** let me sit in line for 24 hours on the side of a highway in THE most northern part of Vermont, only to tell me I couldn't drive my 4 wheel drive truck into the venue 'cause it was a bit muddy. 'Eff 'em.
Great to hear they're getting back together, though. Anybody got some orange juice?Wristwatch--->Crisco -
reeltrouble1 wrote: »I have been studying their music for the past three months, at first I just did not get it, but the deeper I got into how they play the more I understood how sick some of the stuff they do really is, they are each tremendously talented. Very influenced by Zappa and the Dead.
During practice they would do things like jam for two minutes then stop and one of the band members would then have to "sing" two of the jam parts, they became very intuitive how each member played with their jams going on for 5 minutes within the song. The guitar chord structures would generally remain constant but you never new how the guitar would be shredded during a perfomance. The bass man would frequently change the tonal center (mode) of a particular scale and the others would just have to recognize it and continue on. Page McConnell kept everything together jumping from different keyboard rigs, yet he trusted the groove would continue when he stopped playing, their is a great deal of implied timing by the instruments throughout each tune.
A few of my favs from them are Waves, Limb by Limb, Reba and Harry Hood. Waves has a particularily kicking bass line. There music is a combinaiton of rock and jazz fusion, very funky.
I went from the suck category to the cool band category in fairly short order, not for everyone but if you can commit for a while you might get into them. Can't say though they ever really made a stellar CD I play with them on a downloaded copy, maybe someone can recommend one who like them.
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It's nice to hear it broken down that way, by someone who actually understands music. They are very talented musicians, but to me there vision wasn't cohesive enough. IMO, when they really got jamming, they kinda went in their own separate ways. I enjoy their side projects much better then the group as a whole. Have you listened to Oysterhead? Les Claypool, Stewart Copeland, and Trey. They weren't together real long, but they did put out some good stuff. Helluva live show, too. IIRC Fishman played with Jazz Mandolin Project from time to time, another jazz based improvisational band.
If you're looking for a Phish studio album, give Junta a shot. Nonsensical lyrics abound, but really good stuff. Recorded pretty well, too.Wristwatch--->Crisco -
I prefer a good dose of vitamin C, myself... ya know... to "get things going".I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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I did a 'term' paper on them in theory 2 my sophomore year in college, they're a very interesting study from a music perspective. None of those guys are virtuoso musicians on their own, but they're great at improvising as a band. A single guy improvising a solo is one thing, but an entire band doing it together is something different...
They're not my favorite band, but they're still interesting musically
