Best Phish song? - Phish.net Forum

10/10/09 1:45 pm

I agree that it's gotta be Slave (see also http://firsttube.com/read/Making-the-Case-The-Best-Phish-Song/ ) - anyone else?

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Guyute 10/13/09 11:54 pm

I would add You Enjoy Myseelf and Divided Sky.

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BassPlayer 10/14/09 3:27 am

Tube has always blown my mind in the funk department

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angelarotter 10/14/09 6:13 am

i love the reba jam. happy lose myself music.

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Phish1 10/14/09 7:08 am

I don't know...I hate to be cliche, but Fluff has always held that special place. A nice, long live Fluff....~sigh~...bliss!

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ColForbin

10/14/09 9:06 am

Harry Hood.

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BadJustin 10/14/09 10:04 am

Slave is great ..... Possum and Antelope are up there for my personal "faves"

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Jeff_Goldberg 10/14/09 5:57 pm

You Enjoy Myself and Stash take the cake for me.

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Phishnugs 10/14/09 9:02 pm

I gotta say I don't really have a fav but if I had to chose YEM

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fractalgal 10/14/09 10:10 pm

so many bests, but Harpua is my favorite best

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tallyphan 10/15/09 9:29 am

Divided Sky is what hooked me...always my favorite, and arguably their best. The graceful little solo still give me goosebumps at times.

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slave 10/15/09 9:41 am

slave

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oysterhead 10/15/09 10:31 am

Live: Tweezer
Recorded: Mountains in the Mist

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custeez 10/15/09 12:43 pm

bbfcfm.

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vegtabill 10/16/09 7:26 pm

I'll second Reba... what a journey!

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phishness 10/16/09 8:48 pm

chalk dust torture anyone?

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JNap05 10/17/09 8:37 am

DWD is my alltime fav...but there are so many

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Anodyne 10/17/09 10:30 am

Gotta be Harry Hood for me. But YEM, Bowie and Chalkdust are right up there.

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ThePigSong 10/17/09 12:18 pm

Slave, Fluff, YEM, Divided Sky. No way could I ever narrow down a favorite, all of these are pure bliss.

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slave 10/17/09 3:13 pm

mike's

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gtgwbab2495 10/17/09 4:04 pm

I don't have a favorite Phish song, but I would have to say Fluffhead is a masterpiece. and I love all the bluegrass covers so much.

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Tsac77 10/17/09 10:30 pm

Bowie, YEM, Divided, and... It's Ice!

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Wangbruins 10/17/09 10:51 pm

Dog Log is my pick but I find myself at times being partial to Tube

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ryananichols 10/18/09 5:10 pm

Slave, Divided Sky, Curtain With, YEM, Hood, etc etc

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chris_22 10/18/09 7:36 pm

Divided Sky. Hands down.

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lubowski 10/19/09 11:54 am

Isn't it obvious ..... The best phish song is the one you are listening 2

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vegtabill 10/19/09 1:12 pm

damn, lubowski, i forgot all about that one! great call!

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presuhn 10/19/09 2:25 pm

Lizards has always been a personal favorite of mine.

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lizards 10/19/09 2:57 pm

Too tough to call, although Foam has always been a stand-out in my mind.

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Unit_Monster 10/19/09 3:34 pm

Ocelot!

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heffdawg33 10/21/09 12:21 pm

Lizards, Divided Sky, Fluffhead, NICU, Wilson and I could go on and on...

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tassdwd 10/21/09 12:47 pm

Possum, Scent of a Mule and Moma Dance

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tassdwd 10/21/09 12:49 pm

I would have 3. Possum, Scent of a Mule and Moma Dance
Great Jams live in these tunes. Havn't heard a bad one.

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MJZ1974 10/22/09 12:26 pm

MAZE!

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trackzinger 10/30/09 12:12 am

harpua- how can you not like that song. its got it all- jam, acapella, narration..and you have to feel like its a completely different song every time

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Mr_Miner 10/30/09 7:55 am

I can't narrow it to one:

Fluffhead, Sloth, Curtain, Harry Hood, Alumni, Lizzards, AC/DC, Suzy Greenburg, Mike Song, Weekapaugh, Squirming Coil, Golgi, Tweezer.

The worst song is still Bug!

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andychatfield 10/31/09 12:56 am

The essence of my live Phish experiences has been "Tweezer" (the song I have seen the most times).

During the first hiatus, I realized that I really want to see "Glide".

And then during the second hiatus, I developed an addiction to "Harpua".

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clonephan 11/01/09 11:58 am

I thought about this for a while..my top 5: 1.YEM 2.Tweezer 3.Mike's Groove 4.Slave 5.Split Open & Melt

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RebaCandide 11/01/09 3:20 pm

Too many to name, but if we have to......Cavern/Guelah Papyrus....funky nectar days of Phishjoy psychedelic articulateness......

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The_Watchful_Hosemaster 11/01/09 4:55 pm

I'd go with:

Reba
YEM
Divided Sky
Tweezer
Antelope
Slave
Bowie
Piper
Ghost

Geez, there are probably too many, but my number one is at the top of my list.

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Colonel_Forbin 11/02/09 8:33 pm

Personally, I feel Reba has the most talented musical composition, I mean come one, listen to that time signature! Not to mention the jam, ohhhh mannn.

However.. I've gotta say Bathtub is a personal favorite.

Keep Phishin

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TheGreatDivide 11/04/09 1:12 am

Timber Ho, Mound, Funky Bitch, Brother...............Straight bomb

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TheGreatDivide 11/04/09 1:13 am

Timber Ho, Mound, Funky Bitch, Sand, Meatstick........straight bomb

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chrisjohnson2900 11/04/09 11:50 am

Harry Hood or Reba

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terKyd420 11/04/09 11:33 pm

slave, hood, yem, mikes > hydrogen > weekapaug

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meesh 11/13/09 9:42 am

YEM, DWD and Split Open and Melt

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forbins0218 11/13/09 10:11 am

I would say Fluffhead, and YEM is my favorite live ones.

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BennyK 11/14/09 10:05 am

Tie between Reba Jam and Divided Sky.

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prince_caspian 11/15/09 2:49 am

fluff, yem, reba are my favorites at the moment...

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EsthersDoll 11/16/09 6:04 am

I love many, many Phish songs, too many to list and too many to even attempt to count (at least not without ZZYZX's help.)

But Stash will always have a very special place in my heart because that is the first song I recall hearing, live or otherwise. It was the first Phish song that grabbed a hold of my heart and said, pay attention, there is something very special going on here.

I find that quality in many other Phish songs too, but I distinctly remember that first time and it was quite magical and I have Stash to thank for it.

I really can't call it my favorite or even the best. I think Phish is really too diverse in many ways to have a "best" anyhow. Maybe if you qualified it, like what is the best romantic Phish song? Or the best jammy Phish song, or the best slow Phish song, or the best one that draws crowd participation. But to me, Phish can't have a single best song. It's like asking do you like breathing in or breathing out better to me and in that sense I like both and without one, I can't enjoy the other.

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