Phish rumors. I believe...

#33 Reply
Posted by Spacey on 13 Dec, 2005 09:46
It\'s not like Phish is going to come back and play like they did in the 90\'s. They are going to come back and play all the songs that never made it in before they split and on top of that, they will probably play songs that Trey has written for the other band.

I think there is a potion of "fans" who have never seen a show or saw a few shows after the hiatius and crave for the band to come back because they never had the opportunity to see the band.

Phish isn\'t going to comeback the same.

#36 Reply
Posted by RadicalRich1138 on 13 Dec, 2005 11:50
WHEN they come back i won\'t expect greatness, but i will witness it... they are obviously coming back because they never played the connection live, duh...

if you don\'t want to see them great, easier to get tickets...and

More Room For Me To Dance

#37 Reply
Posted by jking on 13 Dec, 2005 12:48
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It is hard not to enjoy yourself at a Phish show.

unless you\'re listening to trey...

#38 Reply
Posted by Wolfman on 13 Dec, 2005 12:54
As big a Phish fan as I was/am, I\'m not sure how excited I\'d be about the next round of Phish shows. I find it interesting asking myself how much I would be into it at this point. I know they\'ll never be as good as they were when I started seeing them or as good as they were on all the live recordings I listen to. Tickets will be 3-5X face value again. Half the show will be Trey\'s new pretty little dittys with a few legitimate Phish tunes mixed in, just like Summer \'04. The whole scene will be 16-22 year-olds who got too little, too late and are just trying to get a taste of The Great Phish Phenomenon. There\'s nothing wrong with these people and I don\'t blame them one bit for being so eager to get back into it. I\'d be desperate too if I were this big a fan and had only seen 15 or fewer shows. However, I feel that the audience\'s motivations are rooted in desperation, which ultimately leads to stress and even hostility. Couple that with the band\'s questionable motivations and it all leads up to some very suspect shows.

I would almost certainly hit up "mail-order" and Ticketmaster on-sale for shows in my area, but as soon as I got shut out of those (which is a certainty this point) I would not go hitting up websites for $150 tickets. I think I may be satisfied to simply consider myself lucky to have seen the shows I did. I don\'t need anymore.

#39 Reply
Posted by boombox on 13 Dec, 2005 13:30
I have to admit that I would be first in line of they played over here - but then again, I never got the chance to see them. From recordings I have, they were never as good post hiatus, but I\'d take that chance.

#40 Reply
Posted by RadicalRich1138 on 13 Dec, 2005 13:35
i only saw them post hiatus... though i have lots of tapes...there are certain things i feel that if it was better than that before hiatus i feel screwed, but 2.28.03 tweexer 7.31.03 hood, IT, 12/2/03 (Rock and Roll>Weekapaug>Tweeprise>Frank>Kung>Stien)

man, please come back

oh and 12 shows so wolfman i am in your brakcet of <15, but i\'m 23, not 22

#42 Reply
Posted by ChrisPitch on 13 Dec, 2005 13:48
I can\'t wait for when Phish comes back and opens with a 20-minute version of Hotel California

#43 Reply
Posted by Wolfman on 13 Dec, 2005 16:25
Quote from: RadicalRich1138
oh and 12 shows so wolfman i am in your brakcet of <15, but i\'m 23, not 22

Well, you get the idea. The age and number of shows seen for the desperate fans is not in itself important, I just think that the vast majority of desperate fans happen to fall between ages 16 and 22 and have seen less than 15 shows. What\'s important is the extent of their desperation. This desperation will once again lead to absurd ticket prices, overcrowding, general hostility, and too many people around who are more concerned with what it\'s like to live on the road doing drugs than listening to music. Knowing that the band will not be as good as they were, I\'m not sure I\'m ready to put up with all of this again.