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General Discussions => Tribal Funk Affliction => Topic started by: leith on May 25, 2004, 03:45:26 pm
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First saw this on STG and went to philzone.com straightaway to see if Phil wrote it. He did not. Still some nice prose.
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LOL, that soo happened to me
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"The lights go down. The crowds roars, to the point of
physical and aural immersion, and the energy - The
Magic - fills your very DNA."
And then you hear the opening strains of "Bouncing" :doh:
Got my ticket for the 18th in the mail yesterday!!
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not mine, but yeah, it is.. definitely hits home..
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Def. a very truthful and well expressed viewpoint Dave...
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From what I\'ve heard it\'s definitely not Phil, just some guy named phil. I don\'t think Phil Lesh would equate the passing of Jerry to the end of Phish.
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supposedly this was written by phil lesh, but who knows.. anyways, it\'s beautiful:
As of today, I am strangely detached from the reality
of the news. But I want to pass something along for
those who may need it: the ability to feel what I
attempt to describe below in the final sentences of
this writing - if indeed, you are one of the fortunate
and can feel it - will never leave, and will never
become any less vivid.
I have a different persective than many of you - what
is happening to you today happend to me, in a
different form, in August of 1995, when Jerry died.
The pain subsides, new routines and musical fixes are
found, some family stays with you and some does not -
but I am here to tell you that the detail never
leaves. On most Phish nights, when the lights dimmed,
I always had my eyes closed, and was again watching
Jerry walk out. Those stolen moments were never sad,
but always ecstatic for me. The energy, and the
passion never fade. The love never dims. The lessons
become clearer, and the music even sweeter. You\'ll
see. In decades to come, the little trick I try to use
below, at the end of this self indulgence, will work
just as well . . .
Regarding Phish: You\'ve gotten what you paid for. And
you got off cheap.
Regardless of how much you paid - to Phish Inc.
directly, to the scene, in your relationships, with
your health or soul - you\'re in on the bargain of the
century. You bought the stock at .01 a share, and have
sold it at 1,000.00 per. Perhaps you don\'t know this .
. .
Now, the incidental fringe benefits are not to be
overlooked, nor disrespected: friends, lovers,
spouses, self-knowledge, expanded compassion, honed
capitalist skills, an amazing cd collection, travel,
adversity defeats and victories, maturation, blessed
emotional retarding to the joyous child-like levels,
and of course, lots and lots and lots of really
freakin\' amazing music.
But. Allow me to remind you of the Great Intangible.
Of the Priceless Gift that you perhaps weren\'t even
aware you\'d received - of the Holy (in all that that
word evokes for you) Unarticulable: The Magic.
I cannot describe it. I cannot relate it to a
particular show, or to my or your favorite YEM or Tube
or Divided Sky. It is beyond definition, beyond grasp,
beyond description, and beyond value. But not - never
ever ever - beyond perception. Here it is:
It is preceeded by that moment, as you wait for the
lights to go down - you know it will be any second
now, and its killing you in the bestest possible way,
as if you were 6 years old at 5am on Christmas Morn -
and the earthly realm and its horribly heavy (and
light) luggage are about to melt away, completely. In
what surely is the most tremendous understatement in
the history of human language, you consciously or
unconsciously feel and think: "All is right. There is
no where in the universe I would rather be right now."
Then, the Great Inarticulable - you can hear it RIGHT
NOW, as loud as if you were in the moment, as real as
its ever been, capable of literally raising the hair
on the back of your neck, and hardening your nipples,
at *this very second*. See if you got what you paid
for all these years, and then some. Right now, quiet
your head for a second, close your eyes, and imagine:
The lights go down. The crowds roars, to the point of
physical and aural immersion, and the energy - The
Magic - fills your very DNA.
Did you hear it? If you\'re one of the lucky ones, The
Magic resonates so clearly in memory that it is as
real for you at your desk right now that it ever was
in any venue you\'ve visited. And if so, you got so
much more than you ever bargained for. Congratulations
on your fine, fine, unintended purchase. It carries a
lifetime satisfaction guaranteed warranty.
Grateful,
-p.
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3 fests in a row! How am I gonna pay for that? There are some great acts though. Secluded Forest looks Ser and then Recipe campout? I am gonna have to think hard abt this one.
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Originally posted by leith
I was actually thinking of doing so but my new job situation may not allow that much time off. I may have to choose one or the other and in that case unless the guys are playin\' more than once @ Yasgur\'s it will have to be the 9. I need more than one show to justify the cost to myself ya know?
Hop in the van and take the ride from yasgurs to the other place in NY they\'re playin the next night (name of festival is a blank right now but it\'s listed on thebreakfast.net)
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Can\'t. Have a _________ ______________. I don\'t need to bother to fill in the blanks I don\'t think....
Leith, stay for a week and go to Yasgur\'s! That one I can make.
I was actually thinking of doing so but my new job situation may not allow that much time off. I may have to choose one or the other and in that case unless the guys are playin\' more than once @ Yasgur\'s it will have to be the 9. I need more than one show to justify the cost to myself ya know?
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Can\'t. Have a _i_i__ _______. I don\'t need to bother to fill in the blanks I don\'t think....
Leith, stay for a week and go to Yasgur\'s! That one I can make.
Originally posted by FrankZappa
pat, I\'d like to buy a vowel
my name\'s not Pat, but here ya go ;)
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Can\'t. Have a _________ ______________. I don\'t need to bother to fill in the blanks I don\'t think....
Leith, stay for a week and go to Yasgur\'s! That one I can make.
pat, I\'d like to buy a vowel
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Can\'t. Have a _________ ______________. I don\'t need to bother to fill in the blanks I don\'t think....
Leith, stay for a week and go to Yasgur\'s! That one I can make.
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So Joc u gonna be @ the 9 show also? I sure am gonna try to make this one.
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agreed.
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Yeah but the madness that will accompany this LAST show is going to be severe. From the kids that are going to see them just so they can say they did to the folks that will be in despair that this is it to the people who are there to just rage it up one last time w/ their favorite band it will be veddy scary IMO
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Originally posted by WALSH
The worst thing Phish could have done was make this announcement prior to tour
Yes I was wondering about this myself... particularly because it\'s not like they were going to have to worry about poor attendance at shows prior to making the announcement. On the other hand though, I suppose there will be people at Coventry now who wouldn\'t have been there otherwise, who would have been mighty sad if Phish had been done without them getting to see \'em "one last time."
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I got an idea how\'s about you BUY a ticket now, BEFORE they sell out and not have to deal with that scenario...which in reality can put some peoples lives in danger...didn\'t anybody learn anything from the \'95 Dead tour. The worst thing Phish could have done was make this announcement prior to tour...I will never see the thinking behind that??? I hope it doesn\'t happen but I feel that this tour there will be so many problems, it might ruin the memories everyone has for a long time!!!
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so who thinks the last stop of the summer tour will sell out, if they do I am just going to go without a ticket and see what happens. I am sure their is going to be alot of people, who knows they probably will knock down the gates and have a huge ass party.
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Reliving some prime moments
The Brady Bunch in Antelope and oye como va\' in YEM 8/28/93 Greek Theatre Mike played w/ opener J.J.Cale.
The Harry Hood @ The Spokane Opera House in \'95(remember The Climb w/ no amplification except for the natural acoustics of the Opera House? CHILLS!)
or SDSU Montezuma Hall in \'94 Some Fog to go w/ your Strobes.(Best friend\'s Bachelor Party too!)
DMB opening for Phish in \'94 not once but twice(this is when they were a good band)
Guyute in \'94 pick one
Singing Happy B-Day w/ everyone in Vegas \'00
and who can forget Trey on rollerskates in Arcata \'91?
WOW I am really gonna miss them more than I thought!
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Originally posted by Gfunk
so you mean synthesizer type ****? i\'m cool with that. jocelyn is definately right though, just say NO.
To me, that =\'s techno....not full blown techno, but it\'s still a type of techno to me.
and yes, please have another co-bill with RAQ!!!
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First, im not saying go full blown techno, but I do like when they start up a jam with it and then blow into someother type (exe. bubuques).
so you mean synthesizer type ****? i\'m cool with that. jocelyn is definately right though, just say NO.
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Raq is good. Raq is good, yeah Raq is good, yeeeaaahhh Raq is good. Looking forward to their next co-bill with The Breakfast! Raq and AGP are definitely the best bands to pair up with The Breakfast for a show. Uncle Sammy (RIP) and Flowmotion are just 1 notch behind, Nero one more notch but still a very good pairing.
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Originally posted by oldnewbie
Originally posted by boombox
Gotta disagree weekapaug. Leave the techno to the biscuits and moe. -
whooaa....hold on....moe. techno?....i don\'t think so:confused:
First, im not saying go full blown techno, but I do like when they start up a jam with it and then blow into someother type (exe. bubuques). I certainly don\'t want them to be like the biscuts because personally, i dont really like them too much, although i\'ve only heard one set of their music and their terrible set at the jammey\'s.
Now moe., techno?? come on now......their pure out guitar, and that\'s why they will be the next "Big Thing". I thought SCI might have had a chance, but their sound is getting too plain (IMO).
Now on to Raq....please give them a chance. Their music has evolved soo frecian much since they started. Stoops is frecian insane on keys (reminds me of an octopus while playing). When they started, they had Marc Scortino on keys (who was my high school english teacher), and he is the reason they sounded like Phish. Now with Stoops, it\'s a whole different sound, which is very aggressive.
If this made no sense, sorry, but i cant\' proofread it, lunch break is over
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Originally posted by davepeck
anyone catch trey on charlie rose last night? he said a bunch of times that he\'s 100% sure about this.. that he knows he made the right decision.. said most of the band agreed, but mike wanted to keep it together and work at bringing it back to life.. trey mentioned getting older, and taking care of his 2 kids, and not having the time to put into phish that it deserves.. he said there\'s no bigger phish fan than himself - no one loves phish more than he does, but he\'s seen too many people drag things out way past their prime, and he didn\'t want to do that with phish. he said that big cypress was it. he walked off stage at 7am and looked at fish, and they both had tears in their eyes, and both said that that was it. that was the peak. they\'d never top that. they considered stopping after that, but decided to go on for a little bit before the hiatus..
charlie rose must be a phish fan. the first thing he asked trey was if there was anything he could do to change his mind... part 2 of the interview will be shown over the weekend.
Great interview. It was awesome to hear Trey validate my theory that Big Cypress was the pinnacle for this band. Upon leaving I told my friends that that was THE BEST CONCERT EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. If it was for me and i had gone to over 500 concerts(not just Phish of course) by then in my life, it had to be pretty significant to the 4 up on stage. I was right up front @ Big Cypress and watching the guys for those 2 days have the time of their life. I knew that any Phish after this would pale and I was correct. I love the fact that they are going out on a high note. Destiny Unbound for last song?
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sometimes they definitely have the thunkathunkathunka.....
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My bad, duane, but IMHO Moe = semi-techno. Some of their Recreational Chemistry\'s verge on the biscuits\' jams.
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anyone catch trey on charlie rose last night? he said a bunch of times that he\'s 100% sure about this.. that he knows he made the right decision.. said most of the band agreed, but mike wanted to keep it together and work at bringing it back to life.. trey mentioned getting older, and taking care of his 2 kids, and not having the time to put into phish that it deserves.. he said there\'s no bigger phish fan than himself - no one loves phish more than he does, but he\'s seen too many people drag things out way past their prime, and he didn\'t want to do that with phish. he said that big cypress was it. he walked off stage at 7am and looked at fish, and they both had tears in their eyes, and both said that that was it. that was the peak. they\'d never top that. they considered stopping after that, but decided to go on for a little bit before the hiatus..
charlie rose must be a phish fan. the first thing he asked trey was if there was anything he could do to change his mind... part 2 of the interview will be shown over the weekend.
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Take it easy and don\'t freak. I thought Jerry\'s death was the end of the scene but from it spawned Phil and Frends, Ratdog, The Dead, Phish, String Cheese, moe., Gov\'t Mule, etc. etc. etc. and the scene is stronger then ever. The Jam Band scene is much bigger today then any one group and it seems to get better as groups break up and form again.
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merging ant and wolf\'s ideas -- let\'s make this into a little biking trip. we might as well exercise our bodies before we waste them at the festival!
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Okay, well it seems like a majority of us will be in Coventry along with ridiculous amounts of other people, I suggest a Breakfast Fans carpool (not in the exact meaning of the word), more or less where we all meet up in say. . . I dunno Amherst or such, have our line of 15 or whatver cars follow each other, and have one big happy Breakfast circle of tents in Coventry. Just a thought, plenty of time to think about it and plan it, but let\'s not also forget to tag our Fab 4 along for some daytime/late night jamming. . .
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Originally posted by davepeck
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i always pictured myself \'growing old\' with phish - going to shows well into my 30\'s and whatnot..
oh boy do you have a lot to learn about what growing old is ;)
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Originally posted by boombox
Gotta disagree weekapaug. Leave the techno to the biscuits and moe. -
whooaa....hold on....moe. techno?....i don\'t think so:confused:
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My first Phish show was @ the Fabulous Fox theater in Atlanta back on 11/9/95. The only reason I ever even saw them was because Jerry had just died & there was no more GD to see. As much as I like music in general, until recently I have always been a "1 band man" so to speak... meaning, that I tend to fixate on a band & only make it a point to go out of my way to see them.
Phish was that band for me from that night in 1995 up until they started getting all spaced out & funky in 1997ish. That is just not my musical style of choice... too laid back for me. It was at this time that my "1 band" switched to Panic. Anyway, like Wolfy noted, 95% of Phish\'s best stuff came pre-1994. Once they lost that fire about them, the sound has gone downhill ever since. I have read many articles & interviews with Trey where he admits that the change was not so much a calculated thing, but more of a "we don\'t want to practice as much as it takes to play like that anymore." Good for them that came to a point in their careers where they felt they didn\'t have to practice anymore, but it was because they used to play like "that" that I liked them so much.
I probably saw about 30-40 shows over the years in just about every part of the country. But, once I got into Panic, I only saw them when it was convenient. Afterall, by that time I was getting what I used to get from old school Phish from this new band called "PB", maybe some of you have heard of them...
That being said, although I may joke on them and their crazed fans who seem to love it no matter how downhill their sound goes, they will always hold a special place in my musical heart. When they were hitting on all cyliders, technically speaking I consider them the greatest band to ever walk the earth. They never did have the "soul" that Panic has in their songwriting though. I can only take so many songs with stupid, incoherant lyrics before it gets old. And, their attempts at serious song writing (ala Farmhouse, Ghost) were weak at best.
The last show I saw was 7/1/00 @ The Meadows in Hartford. This was a great show for me... not so much because Phish sounded great (I seem to remember both shows being filled with "ambient jam" BLAH), but because that\'s where I met the girl who is now my wife. :)
These days my status of "1 band man" has changed to "2 band man". I am still a Panic fan at the core, but find that I may actually be listening to more Breakfast these days than anything else.... ssssshhhhhhhh, I can\'t have that getting out.... ;)
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i seriously doubt there done for good..guaranteed in a coupla years when there jonesin to play again as phish,thell do it.they probably just need another break,for some reason.anotrher official hiatus would be soo cheesy.so this way thell really suprise everyone..peck,tansley,and everuyone else,relax.!!btw,raq DOESNOTsuck,there pretty ser actually.sttps is the man.guitar is ser too..oh yea and as much as i hate to admit it,if phish really is done,i think db will be the new kings.kids nowadays are just lookin for a decent band to catch a buzz to and db is it.kinda sucks actually..
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Having seen Phish since 91\' I can honestly say that I feel this is right for them. I have seen them grow from a funny little "stoner" band playing tricks and goofing off to the arena commanding performers they have become. I suffered through the whole Deadhead/Phishhead growing pains when JG died and spent many miles on the road. Through it all, every show I attended had that tingle of excitement coming from the stage and towards it. Until the past couple years. The last i say 6 shows I went to that energy was seeping away for numerous reasons but for me it was because there was no excited expectatations of a band firing on all cylinders. I was able to see GD for 10 years and Phish for 13 in this i feel really lucky to have seen 2 of the most prolific Rock bands of the last century. Things come to and end and every end is a new beginning. I for one remember my B-day a few years back seeing TAB @ the Greek during the hiatus and realizing that energy I had talked about was EVERYWHERE! 4 guys from VT have set the stage for 4 guys from CT. Here\'s to the Memories beer
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:lol:
whoops.. forgot about all the senior citizens on the site... :duck:
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Originally posted by davepeck
:jawdrop:
i always pictured myself \'growing old\' with phish - going to shows well into my 30\'s and whatnot..
:finger::finger::finger::finger::finger::finger:
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another thought...
may trey has a new band, called Al Queda.. perhaps trey is now a terrorist, and he\'s doing this to draw hundreds of thousands of people to one general area, and he\'s gonna blow us all up. end result: we\'re all dead, and it was the last phish show... hmm... :hscratch:
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Originally posted by galenas
yup, same here. i can\'t even image what this festival is going to be like!
Seriously, this could be way outta hand! 250,000 heads is totally reasonable. Good thing it\'s only 5 miles from I-91, but it\'ll still suck. I\'m plotting out ways of parking far away and hiking or walking in...it might take days to get in and out with a car. My latest idea is to park in Burlington and bike the 65 miles to the show from there. Should be a beautiful ride.
What do people think the last song will be? YEM is the favorite at 3-1, but my money is on Strange Design at 30-1.
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Originally posted by davepeck
ordered my VT tix yesterday. that was a no-brainer.. looks like i know when i\'ll be taking my vacation..
yup, same here. i can\'t even image what this festival is going to be like!
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ordered my VT tix yesterday. that was a no-brainer.. looks like i know when i\'ll be taking my vacation..
still hasn\'t really sunk in, and i don\'t think it will for a while.. i\'ve been kicking around a lot of thoughts about the whole thing, going back and forth on how i feel about it..
i always pictured myself \'growing old\' with phish - going to shows well into my 30\'s and whatnot.. part of me wants to call trey a big liar, for telling us they were taking a break after 17 years, and wanted to come back for another 17.. part of me thinks that this has nothing to do with the state of the music - that maybe the whole kuroda/rehab thing has something to do with it.. maybe that was a wake up call. maybe they feel like they can\'t go on because they fear that one of them will end up dead if they keep going the way they\'re going. i don\'t know. none of us do, and we probably never will. all i know is that the band i can probably call my \'favorite\' will cease to exist in a couple months, and that sucks. since 11/26/97, i\'ve seen a lot of the country, made a lot of new friends, and had some of the best times of my life because of these guys, and i\'ll never forget it. thanks, phish. it\'s been fun.
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Who cares if they quit, I\'m just pissed that I already sold 12 tickets to the upcoming shows on ebay. :banghead: They\'re all gonna quadruple in value now.
JK
Seriously though, at least they\'re going out on top. It\'s cool. They\'ve been on a steady decline since the end of \'98, no doubt about that. Might as well not let it go too far. They already had 95% of their best songs by 1994, and nothing really special after Story of the Ghost. I support their decision. I\'ll certainly miss going to shows, I still get giddy come mail-order time. I just consider myself extremely lucky to have been able to see them when I did. They\'ve been a huge impact on my musical life. I wonder what song they\'ll end with. Definitely hitting the festival now...yikes, they might have half a million people show up!
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as for phish... i don\'t know. i definately missed the boat with phish, i\'ve only seen them once. i kinda had a feeling phish wouldn\'t be around for that much longer. i\'m glad there is the breakfast, and i think they will definately pick up the tourch.
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Say no to techno!
:thumbsup:
LMAO
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Well, I don\'t really know what to say on the subject of Phish\'s end. This band has been such a big part of my life over the last 11 years it is unbelievable, and I thank my lucky stars that I went pretty heavy this tour. Dave, like you the final show will equal exactly 100 shows for me also. It\'s time for all of us to turn a page in our lives and enter the next chapter. It sure has been fun!! It\'s time to relax. steve\'s freind said it all in that little blurb.
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Also, Raq sucks. ;)
I wish i could hear this RAQ in person because all i have heard from them on the net is sub-par wanta be Phish sounding. I hear tell they are expanding from that but for me I think I\'ll stick w/ having Breakfast as a main course.
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Ditto to what jocelyn said two posts back - can\'t really comment on RAq though as I only have the set they did with pb earlier this year.
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Also, Raq sucks. ;)
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Originally posted by weekapaug19
On another note, I think that the breakfast should do a bit more experimenting in their techno-type psychodelic jams. I think their great now, i\'d just like to hear them do more of them because their really good at them and they seem to get the crowd into dance mode more. Raq is starting to jam out a bit more now, and i\'ve been seeing more and more people get into them.
Oh God, no! I go to Breakfast shows to avoid exactly that! We don\'t need another jamband that sounds like all of the other jambands! When the name change came around, I believe the general consensus was, as long as they don\'t sacrifice their music to bring in a bigger crowd, changing a name to bring in a bigger crowd is fine and dandy... So...
Say no to techno!
edited to correct abominable spelling
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thank god we hace The Breakfast!!!!!!!!yeeeee haaaaww!
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Originally posted by davepeck
what a way to go out -
though i haven\'t added them up in a while, if my calculations are correct, my final show will be #100. :(
Jammy sod, dave - I never got to see them once. Always wanted to hear Rift live.
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Gotta disagree weekapaug. Leave the techno to the biscuits and moe. - sci have gone increasingly techno and it\'s not really working - live it works, but it doesn\'t stand up to repeated listening.
Let\'s keep the breakfast rocking!!!
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Originally posted by rustyD
Watch out for the disco biscuits, and other "dance bands". If nothing else, phish culture has morphed into some sort of ecstasy / rave / electronica demand. No?
Totally agree here, and also that Moe. will probally be the next "big" thing. I know i\'m fired up for seeing them next friday. I also think that if more people actually get to hear the breakfast, they could get big, fast.
On another note, I think that the breakfast should do a bit more experimenting in their techno-type psychodelic jams. I think their great now, i\'d just like to hear them do more of them because their really good at them and they seem to get the crowd into dance mode more. Raq is starting to jam out a bit more now, and i\'ve been seeing more and more people get into them.
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moe\'s actually been on a steady pace, not really related to hiatus. Actually they failed to grow really, during the hiatus. They didn\'t write enough new material.. and they got stale to some people. Definitely the northeast. Take NYC for instance: moe has gone back to Roseland after doing the Beacon.
I could see them getting some momentum now.
Watch out for the disco biscuits, and other "dance bands". If nothing else, phish culture has morphed into some sort of ecstasy / rave / electronica demand. No?
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I agree with Rusty that this is huge for other bands. I may be mistaken but is this not how moe and others got decently big, when Phish was on hiatus? All you "moe.rons" in the Breakfast family lemme know if I am mistaken. . .
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Pretty staggering announcement, though. Took a lot of people off guard I would say.
All other bands -- get ready for the next phase of life!! This is huge for the breakfast..!
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**** finally.... Jeez. What a circus it\'s been. And the music has been pretty bad since hiatus, no?
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what a way to go out -
though i haven\'t added them up in a while, if my calculations are correct, my final show will be #100. :(
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my buddys thoughts upon hearing the news....
i look at this as a liberation from the worry and bother of not getting tickets, paranoia of being arrested, dying, smelling bad things, feeling horrible, smelling bad, driving, walking, dancing, peeing in bottles and or cups or on peoples heads, throwing up, throwing up on people, throwing up on myself, trying to kill myself, watching other people kill themselves, pooping in my pants, peeing in my pants, puking in or on my pants, coughing, smoking, eating bad food, not eating food at all, waiting in line, cutting in line, snorting lines, and finally hating everyone around me except for 3-people. As a famous man once said, "FEE AT LAST, FEE AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY I AM FEE AT LAST!"
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Originally posted by Stephengencs
Thanks for finally giving me a chance to save some money.....
LMAO :lol: how true. . .
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That f\'n sux
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Thanks for finally giving me a chance to save some money.....
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R.I.P Phish
Thanks for the memories. . .
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just got the email.. wow.
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From Phish.com
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TREY 05.25.04
Last Friday night, I got together with Mike, Page and Fish to talk openly about the strong feelings I\'ve been having that Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it\'s still on a high note. Once we started talking, it quickly became apparent that the other guys\' feelings, while not all the same as mine, were similar in many ways -- most importantly, that we all love and respect Phish and the Phish audience far too much to stand by and allow it to drag on beyond the point of vibrancy and health. We don\'t want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act. By the end of the meeting, we realized that after almost twenty-one years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude.
So Coventry will be the final Phish show. We are proud and thrilled that it will be in our home state of Vermont. We\'re also excited for the June and August shows, our last tour together. For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We\'re done. It\'s been an amazing and incredible journey. We thank you all for the love and support that you\'ve shown us.
-- Trey Anastasio