So who was there? How was it?

MakiSupaStar · #1 03-09-2009, 06:48 PM

I'm listening to the first set of Phish's return on 3.06.09. So far pretty good, a few rough flubs, but pretty good energy. What was the consensus from people who were there? Just curious.

nortonrider · #2 03-09-2009, 07:27 PM

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...6022&gt1=28102

I guess that it all depends on who you talk to.

Joe Gress · #3 03-09-2009, 08:02 PM

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http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...6022&gt1=28102

What ********.

Oh yeah, and the second night (3/7) is really good. Not top Phish stuff, but nonetheless a great show. I would go see them after a few more shows.

Lazylion · #4 03-09-2009, 08:55 PM

"Nearly 200 law enforcement officers worked the weekend event, with the Vermont-based band picking up the tab."

The band paid for the cops to be there?

LightGroove · #5 03-09-2009, 09:37 PM

Paying cops...Its possible...They've had a killer stigma for years...Sometimes getting banned from venues (ala Red Rocks) It may have been a requirement of sorts...

I have enjoyed the DL's ...once I saw the $60 + ticket price I laughed and said Yea...been there done that. Would have been cool to hear Fluffhead live again but now I can via SBD .

The shows sound fun but VERY rehearsed. I think the end of DWD was the loosest I heard out of all 3 nights. Summer should be good. I Hope.

I'll let the newness wear off and catch em in a year or 2 when prices have mellowed a bit. Looking forward to seeing my little one dancin on the lawn beside me

MakiSupaStar · #6 03-10-2009, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by LightGroove

Paying cops...Its possible...They've had a killer stigma for years...Sometimes getting banned from venues (ala Red Rocks) It may have been a requirement of sorts...

I have enjoyed the DL's ...once I saw the $60 + ticket price I laughed and said Yea...been there done that. Would have been cool to hear Fluffhead live again but now I can via SBD .

The shows sound fun but VERY rehearsed. I think the end of DWD was the loosest I heard out of all 3 nights. Summer should be good. I Hope.

I'll let the newness wear off and catch em in a year or 2 when prices have mellowed a bit. Looking forward to seeing my little one dancin on the lawn beside me

That's kind of what I'm thinking too. I'm contemplating bringing my son as well.

warwick.hoy · #7 03-10-2009, 08:27 AM

Regarding the cops..... I don't know about other areas but that's been my experience of the fascist cops in Hampton Roads. @ the Ampitheater in Virginia Beach they had under cover cops in tie dye shirts busting people.

I can remember someone announcing loudly "this guys a narc" looking up and seeing hippies in handcuffs a tie dye shirt and bike cops surrounding.

The question you have to ask about that article is where they arresting actual phans or just lot rats?

JimK · #8 03-10-2009, 12:27 PM

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/03/thre...m-drugs-seized

I dunno...I had to get over the HRBT on Friday evening...talk about a parking lot.
What should have taken me one(1) MINUTE took about 45 minutes (my house to the I-64/Tunnel on-ramp in Ocean View).
I have seen it worse two others times (Jan. 2007 & June 2007)...both on Fridays.
The last time I left my house at 4pm in order to make a 7pm gig. 2+hours for a normal 35-40-minute trip to Newport News. Blecchhh.

I guess I'll never understand the over-the-top zealotry/fanatics that follow The Dead, Phish, DMB, et al.

LightGroove · #9 03-11-2009, 08:31 PM

JimK...I think its all about counter culture... you know the Beatles before they exploded. Its about a group of people who are really trying to be a fan of something that isn't mainstream...Then of course the hoards of drug dealers trying to make an easy buck..its like fishing an overstocked pond for them as opposed to a large lake.

DMB just happened to find the balance of mainstream and cult while Phish is content being more obscure. There is def. a freedom that takes place at these shows I haven't experienced anywhere else...and NO I'm not on drugs.

Hampton Coliseum has also been discussed as Phish's "favorite" venue so its a Mecca of sorts.

Bassman316 · #10 03-12-2009, 06:14 AM

Undercover cops in tie dye shirts? Boy, man.... I guess I'm not gonna be going to Hampton Roads for a show anytime soon. Not me- I'm catchin the boys in Asheville in June! Yes!!!!

JimK · #11 03-12-2009, 07:56 AM

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JimK...I think its all about counter culture... you know the Beatles before they exploded.

I came of age(?) in the late '60s...IMO, what Phish is doing is what any decent Rock/Funk band did back in the day. Put out albums & stretch it out live. Music listeners of that time demanded & expected as such from "their bands".

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Its about a group of people who are really trying to be a fan of something that isn't mainstream...

IMHO, they're trying too hard. This, IMO, makes them "mainstream".

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DMB just happened to find the balance of mainstream and cult while Phish is content being more obscure.

I have 3 Phish albums stashed somewhere. Musically-speaking, they don't really grab me as "obscure".

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There is def. a freedom that takes place at these shows I haven't experienced anywhere else...and NO I'm not on drugs.

...it sounds like there's an element that wishes they were alive & kickin' in 1969.

Told you I didn't get it.

MakiSupaStar · #12 03-12-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

I came of age(?) in the late '60s...IMO, what Phish is doing is what any decent Rock/Funk band did back in the day. Put out albums & stretch it out live. Music listeners of that time demanded & expected as such from "their bands".

IMHO, they're trying too hard. This, IMO, makes them "mainstream".

I have 3 Phish albums stashed somewhere. Musically-speaking, they don't really grab me as "obscure".

...it sounds like there's an element that wishes they were alive & kickin' in 1969.

Told you I didn't get it.

Yeah you don't. That's ok. Maybe one day you'll give them a good listen and enjoy. Maybe you won't. They've put up live recordings from the shows on http://www.livephish.com. 3/6, 3/7, 3/8 are all there for you to check out. Not the best I've heard them, but still pretty good. Sound quality is great, straight from the board. Personally, I find that the true culture of Phish is pretty diverse. It includes music lovers, musicians, college kids, Grateful Dead burnouts, and that element of people trying to "re-create" the vibe that was once found with the Dead. That element is just a fraction of the whole Phish experience. If you turn around and look at the faces of a packed house at a Phish show, you'll see one thing that all these different faces share. A big smile.

JimK · #13 03-13-2009, 04:54 AM

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A big smile.

I think I do get "it".

adube810 · #14 03-13-2009, 05:00 AM

the disco biscuits pwn phish

LightGroove · #15 03-13-2009, 07:29 AM

Adube...we're not going to head down that road and kill this thread my friend but you have to be kidding me man.

They have arguably the WORST drug scene ever. Its like all the rats from Phish combined with the rave scene all funneled into one place. Great mix of crap.

Anybody can make electronic music...most of its programmed in a computer. Where's the talent in that?

O..Adube care to define what a "disco biscuit" is for our readers ....

JimK · #16 03-13-2009, 08:19 AM

"Trance music", huh?
See...been there, done that (I came of age in the late '60s/'70s).

For me, it's about the music, not the "culture".
Back in my Jam Band phase (early/mid '90s?)...Col. Bruce & ARU would be my 1st choice. I mean, c'mon...the rhythm section was comprised of Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, & Jimmy Herring?

Frogwings were pretty happenin', too.
Early DMB, too. Phish was up there...IMHO, they weren't as over the top as the aforementioned...but that's me.

Trey's Surrender To The Air? Now that's out!

nortonrider · #17 03-13-2009, 08:32 AM

Easy Pickins',
Shooting fish in a barrel,
whatever you want to call it, The cops just took a layup.

C.Y.A. People!

MakiSupaStar · #18 03-13-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by adube810

the disco biscuits pwn phish

Meh. I've seen these guys twice. Unfocused and kind of boring. The second time I saw them I left early.

LightGroove · #19 03-13-2009, 02:00 PM

I've heard Frogwings but never live. Col. Bruce once and YES excellent stuff.

For those inquiring minds...Disco Biscuit = ecstasy

They sound good because 75% or more of their fans are literally out of their minds. They could probably play one bass line over and over and no one there would ever know

JimK · #20 03-13-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LightGroove

Col. Bruce once and YES excellent stuff.

Any time I need a foot stuck in my ass (which is, like, daily)-
I check out "Time Is Free" from the live Col. Bruce & ARU disc.