Favorite Phish Concert?

Anyone have a favorite date/highlight? 8-3-91 kicks ass... Harry Hood.

1: Wilson, Foam, Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, Llama, Fee, The Squirming Coil, Poor Heart, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus

2: The Curtain, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer, Esther, Cavern, I Didn't Know, YEM*, Rocky Top

3: Stash, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Lawn Boy, My Sweet One, Lizards, Buried Alive-> Possum

E: Magilla, Self*, Bitchin' Again**, Crimes of the Mind**

E: Harry Hood

"I Love Lucy" theme in various places. *With The Dude of Life. **With The Dude of Life and Sophie Dillof.

 

Many many many! I really liked these shows that i was at:

Thursday, June 24, 2004
Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set I: Loving Cup, Cities -> Back On the Train, Vultures, My Mind's Got a
Mind of its Own, Down With Disease -> Rock and Roll
Set II: Tube, Run Like an Antelope, The Wedge, Timber (Jerry), Prince
Caspian -> Simple, Walls of the Cave
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: "Walls" contained a tease of "Disease" toward the end.


and this one:
12-31-99 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, FL

1: Runaway Jim+, Funky Bitch, Tube, I Didn't Know*, Punch You in the Eye, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Roggae, Split Open and Melt** -> Catapult, Get Back on the Train, Horn, Guyute, After Midnight*** (1:46)

2: #Meatstick^ -> Auld Lang Syne, Down with Disease -> Llama, Bathtub Gin^^, Heavy Things^^^, ^^^^Twist Around > Prince Caspian > Rock and Roll, You Enjoy Myself%, Crosseyed and Painless, The Inlaw Josie Wales%%, Sand -> Quadrophonic Topplings%%%, Slave to the Traffic Light, Albuquerque, Reba, Axilla, Uncle Pen, David Bowie, My Soul, Drowned -> After Midnight reprise, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Bittersweet Motel, Piper** -> Free, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You%%%% > Hold Your Head Up, Roses are Free, Bug, $Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Meatstick$$ (7:45)

Set 2 was played from midnight to sunrise, non-stop. +With marshmallow war, lots of balloons, and aerial tortillas. *With Fish on vacuum. **Unfinished. ***First time played; J.J. Cale cover from the album "Naturally" (best known for the Eric Clapton version). #Set begins around 11:35 pm with Father Time on stage pedaling away at a stationary bike, powering a large clock, with the sound of the gears on the PA (possibly a Siket Disc track?). At approximately 11:50 pm, Father Time collapses from exhaustion and the clock stops. At this time, with appropriate sound effects, a large fan boat entered the field from halfway back, stage right. Soon the sides and top of the fan boat were blown off to reveal the band riding in the hot dog from 12-31-94. The hot dog approached the stage as the band threw leis and other goodies into the crowd. Once the hot dog reached the stage, the band disembarked carrying several meatsticks. They fed these to Father Time, reviving him to drive to clock to midnight. ^Instrumental version, with the band picking up the song from a pre-recorded version played during the hot dog ride. ^^With vocal jam, as Trey, Mike, and Page sang the notes as they played them. ^^^Recorded live for ABC's Millennium coverage; Trey instructed the crowd to chant the word "Cheesecake" after the song (instead of applauding), in an attempt to confuse TV viewers; Trey introduced the band for the recorded footage and offered a message of peace and harmony for the world ("The right lane is for driving. The left lane is for passing. So stay in the right lane unless you're passing."). ^^^^Preceded by "Meatstick" tease (possibly as Central Time hit midnight). %With "Cheesecake" vocal jam. %%Trey solo acoustic. %%%With Mike holding up a voice box, repeating the phrase "Quadrophonic Toppling." %%%%With Fish on vacuum; Fish introduced Page before the song, and Mike and Trey afterwards, and the band as "Phish 2000." $Preceded by a tease of the "Harry Hood" intro. $$No encore; post-show music was the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun."


and this one:
07/19/03 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, Wisconsin

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Reba^, Wilson, Scents & Subtle Sounds, Maze,
Driver, NICU* > Ya Mar*, Rocky Top*, Lawn Boy, Julius

Set 2: Piper > Rock and Roll > Seven Below > Prince Caspian, You Enjoy
Myself

Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea

^ no whistling at end; * all three songs consecutively contained "Play it
Leo!"
What a day this was! I finally got some much needed sleep after night one
and was juiced and ready to go for night two. I went into town and got my
second oil change in nine days!

The weather was just as good as the day before. Not too hot, not too cold
and the humidity was bearable. Gotta love Wisconsin.

We made it to lot quite early. Tony went on a walkabout as soon as we got
there and met Mike out on his golfcart. He asked for a picture but was
denied. This unfortunately would not be the last time on tour Tony would
be denied by Mike! [wink.gif] I walked in around 7:15 w/ a great buzz and
high expectations. They would be met and then some!



and this one:

Friday, February 28, 2003
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Set I: Birds of a Feather, Destiny Unbound, Horn > Bathtub Gin, Sleep, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave
Set II: Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party -> David Bowie, Round Room > Harry Hood
Encore: Contact, Mexican Cousin, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (788 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (266 shows).

 

Damn, you were at that new years show?! I would have given anything to see that one.

 

my favroite changes everyday...but when you read it the firs show that came to my mind is the VEGAS '04 run 4. 15. 16. 17. 04.....

4/15/04- Vegas
Set 1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag, Limb by Limb, The Moma Dance, The Old Home Place, Roggae, Water in the Sky, All of These Dreams, Stash > Timber Ho

[this set kicked ass, the opener "Buried ALive> AC/DC bag" was amazing, when i headrd "buried..." come over the speaker, i knew we were in for insanity the entire weekend...this show is why "Limb by Limb" became one of my favorite songs of all rime, thuis song rages! the "Moma Dance" was so unky and so powerful....that first strum is so scary, its sick....the "stash" was obviously not what tehy truly wanted to play, but once they segued into "Timber" they locked up and great way to finish set one...]

Set 2: 46 Days, Drowned > 2001 > Down With Disease > Free > Scent of a Mule, Girls Girls Girls > Scent of a Mule, Secret Smile, Crowd Control, Slave to the Traffic Light, E: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley> Vocal jam

[this set was a monster.....almost flawless....the '46 days' opener was so powerful, i thought the kick drum was going to stop my heart....the "drowned" was welcomed tune, the only one i had here prior to this, was the one they did on halloween almost 10 years earlier...and man have they grown up with that tune, it was an amazing jam....the whole "drowned> 2001 > DWD > free >scent> girls, girls, girls > scent" this run had energy, funk, psychedelia, and comedy......everyone talks shit about the girls, girls, girls thing....but it was a joke! remember, phish has a sense of humor? the DWD is so good....so so so good.....the vocal jam at the end of the show was so exciting and fun....trey told us all to come back tommorow to see the "noise making dress"....

4/16/04- Vegas
Set 1: Seven Below, Rock and Roll, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Back on the Train > Possum, Strange Design, Gumbo, Brian and Robert, Taste

[holy shit! this show was amaizing...the "seven below" opener is so damn good, so perfect ans so well plyed...who ever said they lost thier song wtriting and playing ability is retarted......the rock n' roll was very tight and strong....but its all about that BOOGIE ON!! mike's bass solo's at the end are so sick....he has three in a row....each narly than the previous....i remember watching it, leaning over to my friend and saying "we are experincing history in the making"......"back on the train> possum" is so perfect, they jam into eachother like melting butter.....the slowed it down with "brian and Robert" which is a beautiful tune, and with trey's voice scratched up, it was very blusey...and this Vegas weekend is what also gave me the huge appreciation of the tune "taste", what a beautifully orchestrated tune....]

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo, Twist, Camel Walk > Wilson, HYHU > Love You > HYHU, Waves > Lifeboy, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Loving Cup, E: Harry Hood

[holy shit again! the "jibboo" opener is so funky and so well jammed...the "twist" one of the most epic to ever be experienced.....it slowed down in the last 5 minutes of the jam, when out of nowhere it starts to grow....the beat is building, trey starts moving his way up to these crazy high notes, when BOOM!!! they jam explodes into a mass of energy to close it out.....goddman its better than sex...."camel walk> wilson" is very dark, they even do a distorted version of "little drummer boy" in wilson....the fishman "noise making dress' was introduced for the first and last time.....it wasn't brilliant, but it was fun and innovative....i always love a good laugh....then they slowed it down with "waves> lifeboy, horse> silent" which was very welcome, we were all exausted....they picked it up with a "loving cup" to close her out....but the true closer came when the encore graced our ears "Harry hood" and what an amazinf hood....the middle jam is so peacful and brilliant....cuoldn't ask for more....but there was a third day.....

4/17/04
Set 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Halley's Comet > Tweezer, Ginseng Sullivan, Horn, Sample In a Jar, Piper > Frankenstein, David Bowie

[this is were it all culminates, day three, each show better than the previous...the opener was so perfect "soul shakedown" no better way to start a show than with a little Bob marley love....then it is followed by a great two song run "halley's> tweezer" both songs are played very well, but that tweezer, get so out there, but so tight, and funky! oh the funk jam at the end, makes me dance anytime i hear it....the "bowie", there are no words to describe it......

Set 2: Meatstick, Pebbles and Marbles > Prince Caspian > Simple > Friday, Ghost, You Enjoy Myself* > Tweezer Reprise**, E: Wolfman's Brother, Squirming Coil

[the meatsick madness, it didn't stop.....before the boys came on stage the crowd started a meatstick chant.....when they boys graced the stage, Page immediatly started up "meatsick" and the madness was born.....the song was a pretty standard version but chaos await later in the set.....the "pebbles and marbles" was my favorite jam the whole weekend, so well played, the vibes i got from that jam were unmatched.....it made that weekend whole for me.....the "caspian> simple >friday" what amazing segues......the "ghost" was a unstoppable monster....the 'YEM' was were the meatsick madness showed it head again....Trey started to do the 'meatstick dance' while page, mike and fishman did solos....during fishmans solo, the crowd was singing meatstick.....then they segued into 'tweezer reprise" and instead of the normal lyrics Trey began to sing "Won't you step into the Meatstick?"......it was brilliant and funny.....god what good times...the encore was perfect....the "wolfmans brother" was so good, and it featured a tease of all the jam monsters that weekend, and a great 'sneakin sally jam" really stuck out....then "squirmming coil" a beautiful kiss goodnight from the boys, and we left so content...

 

july 31, 2003, Camden, NJ

Blew My Mind


i would never be the same again. anyone else see that one?