Phish played an epic Drowned on 12/12/99, not Rock And Roll. Why do you even listen to "jambands" if you can\'t take the jam? For me that\'s the most exciting part of any song. It\'s musical birth: sometimes you get an ugly baby, other times a meh baby, but it\'s all worth it in the end for that blond haired, blue eyed gem. (SEE Great Went Gin, Breakfast 1/26/01 Rufus>Mooboo\'s, Bisco 10/20/00 Very Moon>Bernstein Chasnoff).
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I too will be a last minute voter/tiebreaker...
You\'re right, it was Drowned, I was mistaken about the song and I enjoyed the version when I was sitting in the rafters listening to it unfold with Nikki and Paul.
I enjoy jamband music, but in my opinion sometimes jambands try and do too much and try jam a song to death. I\'m not saying they TB does that with OE, I\'m saying that somtimes I\'m listening and I\'m wondering when the jam portion of the song will be over. It has more to do with the song because I have always had the same problem with Garcian, but never with Buquebus. Some songs, I just like the composed portion a lot better than the jam. "In my opinion" not every song needs to be pushed to it\'s limits. Imagine if the Dead jammed out Me and My Uncle for 40+ minutes - I personally wouldn\'t find that too entertaining. I admit, there are times when I can\'t take jamming and that\'s when I listen to something a little more pop like Springsteen, The Doors, The Who or Clapton.
But getting back to the heart of it, isn\'t this site for people to state their opinions. I don\'t have to agree with the masses on everything. You can appreciate that, no?