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What are yall's picks for the darkest, most sinister Phish shows?
I realize the term "darkest" is subjective, but i'd love to hear thoughts.
I realize the term "darkest" is subjective, but i'd love to hear thoughts.
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11-26-97 Characheter Zero it the darkest typeII I ever heard!
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I thought 07/02/10 had some dark moments - at least of the shows I have been to. The opening sequence of Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag > The Vultures contains dark imagery and the jam segue of Carini > FYF was definitely on the sinister side.
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@The_Good_Doctor said: the jam segue of Carini > FYF was definitely on the sinister side.agreed.
a couple of friends of mine have been working on a compilation of dark phish they're calling "the scarey mix". i'll see if i can get a list of the songs/shows they've put together.
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IT waves comes to mind4/2/98 Twist
Vegas Wolfman's
really anything that goes into Type 2 and never returns
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12-29-94
11-17-97
11-14-95
and the Darkest of all (for all the wrong reasons)...Coventry
11-17-97
11-14-95
and the Darkest of all (for all the wrong reasons)...Coventry
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09-09-99 Stash is scary as f***
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The vocal jam at the end of YEM at the Gorge 8-8-09 was pretty dark.
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No doubt 12/29/94. For some reason 10/29/94. 10/31/98 (Halloween Monster)Out of left field 12/9/94
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For more recent stuff, 6/27/10 got pretty dark in the second set with the whole Saw It Again insanity. Phishthoughts.com called the show "Sinister Sunday."
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9-28-99 pelham AL had the darkest maze i've ever heard. very intense. IMO, its the way maze was always meant to be.
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I remember the 8.5.96 Mike's Song scared the $hit out of me. Big exhale when Hydrogen finally showed up. Whewwww. All better. I'm back now
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11/30/97 with the "lights out" heavy metal Wolfman's jam and second set Stash> Free> Jam> Piper has some darkness.
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Big cypress Mike's song.
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2009-08-07 gorge gin. no gin ending, just a dark loop
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09 Toyota park Second Set was heavy as hell and dark for Phish in my opinion. PS. Does anyone else find it odd that the spell checker on this site says Phish is mispelled? =)
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Of 3.0, I would say 8/18/10 My Friend My Friend...maniacally evil.
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@ithacapete said: 09 Toyota park Second Set was heavy as hell and dark for Phish in my opinion.The spell checker is in your browser, not the individual site. Blame not the .net!
PS. Does anyone else find it odd that the spell checker on this site says Phish is mispelled? =)
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You want dark. Go to a GWAR show.
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11/27/98.
Worcester cops were literally beating people down before the show. Alot of really trashed people walked into the centrum that night. The stage was set for a purification of the dark forces. I remember the show was red the whole night. Most likely just my memory, but it looked liked a satanic ritual. During Mike'sSong Jam, they flooded the first 15 rows--completely covered them---in fog. I mean if you were down there tripping hard, god help you. It looked cruel almost.
Dogs stole things and vultures, to me are always dark-esque tunes. That was in the first set. The second set was a schizophrenic display of a wipeout seuqe-fest with "mirror-in-the-bathroom" teases. I was tripping face and swore i met the devil that night. Face to face. it was dark and scary.
Phish definetely has always had the dark edge to an otherwise fun thing. Example is the Mr.miner part of hood and the dark part at the beginning of 'slave'. But it never seemed harmful, nor does it now....except...for 98-2000. I felt the darkness increase and increase with ever widening circles or careless behavior and fan interaction. It was not the phish i had come to know in previous years. It seems to have passed. Post Cypress was definetely a lighter phish, but a really boring one. They are now back in all thier glory. They seem to have turned the earth to get the proper shares of darnkness and of li--e-ight...
if you really want to know when it all really went to the dark side, ask mike. "gordon knew the moment when the stars all turned around"...
I frowned too. Now im smiling again.
Worcester cops were literally beating people down before the show. Alot of really trashed people walked into the centrum that night. The stage was set for a purification of the dark forces. I remember the show was red the whole night. Most likely just my memory, but it looked liked a satanic ritual. During Mike'sSong Jam, they flooded the first 15 rows--completely covered them---in fog. I mean if you were down there tripping hard, god help you. It looked cruel almost.
Dogs stole things and vultures, to me are always dark-esque tunes. That was in the first set. The second set was a schizophrenic display of a wipeout seuqe-fest with "mirror-in-the-bathroom" teases. I was tripping face and swore i met the devil that night. Face to face. it was dark and scary.
Phish definetely has always had the dark edge to an otherwise fun thing. Example is the Mr.miner part of hood and the dark part at the beginning of 'slave'. But it never seemed harmful, nor does it now....except...for 98-2000. I felt the darkness increase and increase with ever widening circles or careless behavior and fan interaction. It was not the phish i had come to know in previous years. It seems to have passed. Post Cypress was definetely a lighter phish, but a really boring one. They are now back in all thier glory. They seem to have turned the earth to get the proper shares of darnkness and of li--e-ight...
if you really want to know when it all really went to the dark side, ask mike. "gordon knew the moment when the stars all turned around"...
I frowned too. Now im smiling again.
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I almost left the building during I saw it again in Vegas 00. Of course the L probably had something to with it.
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7/30/03
Amazing setlist with a DARK 30 minute scents and subtle sounds as well as a 22 minute twist, a dark Bug, and Walls of the cave.
Amazing setlist with a DARK 30 minute scents and subtle sounds as well as a 22 minute twist, a dark Bug, and Walls of the cave.
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@ewiggins382 said: @The_Good_Doctor said:ooo ooOo ooOoOoo! (raises hand and flails it in the air above head while jumping up and down) dubiyus i would ever so much love to see such a compilation of dark songs/dark segues/eerie jams. like the 12/29/94 bowie with the very sinister "here lassie... come here lassie" accompanied by dirty wicked evil bad and nasty whistling. (hair stands up on arms) if your friends put something like that together perhaps they can compile em all on a CD or for download. not sure if that'd be kosher or if that would be frowned on by the establishment. but boymangodshit i would LOVE to wrap my ears around such a beast.the jam segue of Carini > FYF was definitely on the sinister side.agreed.
a couple of friends of mine have been working on a compilation of dark phish they're calling "the scarey mix". i'll see if i can get a list of the songs/shows they've put together.
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7/1-2/97 Amsterdam. The Worm!!! If you don't know, check it out. DAAAARK.
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9/26/99 Lakefront Arena N.O. Second set the Devil came and sat next to me. He had on a black robe and his blue eyes were visible in the dark. He had some little man with only underwear on that he kept under his seat. My friends were scared but so mesmerized by his eyes they couldn't speak. He got up at the end of the show and instructed his servant to follow him.
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Tweezers from 94-95 can really dark.
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I think there is a show from amsterdam.... with a giant worm or wormboy or something very scary and dark.... about the tunnels under the city... been a while since I heard it.... thought was a great show.... and got a very dark feeling from hearing it... maybe some of yall have heard it....Wormtown or something....
but that was the first thing that popped into mind
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David Bowie from Minneapolis 11-26-94Runaway Jim from 6-16-95
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sugarbush '95!!!! 2-night run, some very psychedelic and scary phish. probably my top psychedelic/dark shows
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@jonboy155 said: I think there is a show from amsterdam.... with a giant worm or wormboy or something very scary and dark.... about the tunnels under the city... been a while since I heard it.... thought was a great show.... and got a very dark feeling from hearing it... maybe some of yall have heard it.... Wormtown or something.... but that was the first thing that popped into mind7.1.97 and 7.2.97 Paradiso, Amsterdam.
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@rhinotropicmicrogaze said: 11-26-97 Characheter Zero it the darkest typeII I ever heard!I loved this show! I can still remember how that Tweezer completely melted my face...
anyway, the 12-4-95 Stash and Timber get really dark. I love both of these versions.
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