Last Played 1998: Amazing Grace, Johnny B. Goode, Great Gig In The Sky, Izabella, Manteca,
Last Played 1997: All Things Reconsidered,
Last Played 1996: Caravan, Vibration of Life, Suspicious Minds, Sparks,
Last Played 1995: Axilla (Part II), Acoustic Army, Dave’s Energy Guide, My Long Journey Home, Shaggy Dog, Taste That Surrounds, Faht
Last Played 1994: The Landlady, Take The A Train, Big Ball Jam, Memories, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Which of these songs would you like to see Phish bust out over the New Year’s run? Also, which of the more rarely tackled compositions that aren’t on this list, would you like to see the band play?
[Stats provided by ZZYZX’s Phish Stats Page using Phish.net’s Setlists]
29 Responses
All Things Reconsidered!
> Also, which of the more rarely tackled
> compositions that aren’t on this list,
> would you like to see the band play?
Lushington as fuck.
Don’t You Want To go? last played: 1995
EMOTIONAL RESCUE
weigh
Sparks!!!
Life On Mars, Purple Rain, and Emotional Rescue should all return. I bet we’ll see a Dog Log at some point as well.
MY MINDS GOT A MIND OF ITS OWN
Watcher of the Skies
We have better be getting the first ever bathtub gin at the garden!
No Dogs Allowed!
Wrong on The Curtain… It was played in 2010
Why list The Curtain as a bust out, when we’ve been getting The Curtain With for a while now? Why would half of a song they are currently playing be a bust out?
Daniel Saw The Stone!!!
Give me The Landlady!!
I’d like to hear The Curtain without, personally. Not every time, not even 4 times out of five, but I miss the way the old version of Curtain would slam into the next song such as Curtain -> Jim from 8/17/96 or Curtain -> Mike’s from 11/23/96.
That’s my $.02 and why The Curtain was listed and why Phish.net keeps separate records for The Curtain & The Curtain With
I know it was only played 9 times, but we are due for a fierce “Crossroads” at some point this run.
IZABELLA!!!!! and Axilla II
None, all those are poor choices thats why they aren’t played anymore……but if i have to choose Daniel Saw the Stone!
leprechaun
Did I miss a Shafty? That hasn’t been played in the modern era has it? Would love to get the Olivia’s Pool era version, a la Denver 97.
Personally, the only Phish bustout that would really make he happy would be sticking a huge mind-melting jam in the middle of a song where nobody would ever expect it.
Granted, we aren’t really expecting huge mind melting jams out of anything anymore, but if Phish is going to drop 20 minutes of improv on me, I’d prefer for it to come out of some typically jamless classic..particularly Bouncing Around The Room.
People hate the song for all the wrong reasons. It hasn’t been overplayed since the average Phish fan was in diapers. It’s packed full of psychedelic lyrics and gorgeous harmonies, all draped over the kind of beat that just begs to be taken into outer space. For the last 10 years I’ve been thinking about how a 30-40 minute Bouncin would be a masterstroke of Phish. Nobody would see it coming, it would almost be like a prank or a joke, except there ain’t nothin funny about 30 minutes of improv spiraling into a tornado and devastating a 16 block radius around MSG.
There have only been four Shafty’s total, hence it’s not on this list. But, yes, it was last played on 12/30/03, so it’s due!
Shafty would be cool also. That one really seemed to represent the band being in a great headspace whenever it emerged for a few years there. The last one I can remember is the Maze->Shafty->Maze from 2000, though the lysergic Island Tour soundcheck version is almost as great as that peakfest.
How about a Squirming Coil where instead of leaving the stage, the band just launches into a glorious Hood-like jam lead by Page? I know it’s happened once…but i’d love to see it in person.
A whole show where the typical jam-platforms are played standardized and the typical “filler” songs are stretched out would be amazing. Phish, like most jambands has always stayed a little bit too comfortable with the songs they choose to seriously blow minds with, IMO. Obviously there are plenty of exceptions (See: that 35 minute Fluffhead from Alpine)
It just seems strange to me that a band who lives in the moment as much as Phish doesn’t take more opportunities to make power moves in unexpected places. HYHU->20 minutes of spine compressing jam->HYHU? Yes please. Keep us on our toes. We like the view from two inches higher.
Spock’s Brain
MWSIY > Avenu Malkenu
Would like TICKETS !!!!!!
All Things Reconsidered
…i dig a few of these (Daniel, ATR, No Dogs…), but the bust-out vibe doesn’t really apply to any of the remaining tunes not played since Hampton, IMO. T’s doing a respectable job w/ setlists, he can’t please everyone every night. Seems to me the best way to surprise would be with more unexpected covers or even an unnannounced album side or two. Any ideas…?