Best Phish Urban Legends - Phish.net Forum

mainegabe 10/23/11 9:29 pm

Here are a few I can remember:

1) No full DSBD exists of the Big Cypress sunrise set
2) The band is banned from playing New Orleans
3) There was a tease of Fire on the Mountain during the MSG 95 Drowned.

What else is out there?

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conradjohansen 10/23/11 9:33 pm

@mainegabe said:

3) There was a tease of Fire on the Mountain during the MSG 95 Drowned.

That one's true.

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_________________________ 10/23/11 9:35 pm

Mike says no

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bostonron 10/23/11 9:47 pm

Fish and chunky lot chicks.

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Abrahm 10/23/11 9:52 pm

I heard they used to do pot

:::gulps:::

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Herbdacious 10/23/11 9:53 pm

i thought there wasn't really a sbd of cypress?

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bostonron 10/23/11 9:54 pm

Fish taking acid every morning for a year straight is one I want to know is true or not. I'm sure it is, to some extent.

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nobody 10/23/11 9:58 pm

April 26, 1996

Main Stage, New Orleans Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA

Set 1: Ya Mar^[1], AC/DC Bag > Sparkle > Stash, Cars Trucks Buses^[2], You Enjoy Myself -> Wolfman's Brother^[3] > Scent of a Mule > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life > David Bowie^[4]

Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern

[1] When the Saints Go Marching In tease.
[2] Michael Ray on trumpet.
[3] First two verses performed a cappella.
[4] Strong Caravan jam.

Notes: This single-set performance headlined this day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Ya Mar included a When the Saints Go Marching In tease. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman’s Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam. This show was made available as an archival release on LivePhish.com with all proceeds going to Tipitina's Foundation and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Abrahm 10/23/11 9:59 pm

@bostonron said:

Fish taking acid every morning for a year straight is one I want to know is true or not. I'm sure it is, to some extent.

Always wondered about that too. How could it ever be confirmed though

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Phlat_Brim_Kid 10/23/11 10:41 pm

The nitrous mafia exists!

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phishstickles 10/23/11 10:54 pm

http://phishcoventry.blogspot.com/2009/03/phish-big-cypress-soundboards.html

there's a few in this compilation that are big cypress sbds. it exists people

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sfadden30 10/23/11 11:02 pm

Fishmans dress may explain the acid

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Choda 10/23/11 11:53 pm

Trey fell down on the ground at 7/24/99. If he did he did it gracefully. Cause I was 7th row fish side and the music never had an uh-oh moment to my ears.

Though that Happy Whip and Dung Song was like hearing phish jam thru molasses.

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MounaBowa 10/24/11 12:02 am

Fishmans dress was not washed for 6 years.

Pretty sure read this somewhere

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phishstickles 10/24/11 12:22 am

@phishstickles said:

http://phishcoventry.blogspot.com/2009/03/phish-big-cypress-soundboards.html there's a few in this compilation that are big cypress sbds. it exists people

correction, i meant to say a few of them are midnight set sbds

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poonutties 10/24/11 12:55 am

@sfadden30 said:

Fishmans dress may explain the acid

the acid explains the dress.

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MounaBowa 10/24/11 1:16 am

@poonutties said:

@sfadden30 said:
Fishmans dress may explain the acid
the acid explains the dress.

the LSD explains the Muumuu

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Matt_Leaf 10/24/11 6:56 am

I'm pretty sure 90% of 50% of the people who sing "We love to take a bath" are not being truthful.

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TheEmu

10/24/11 6:58 am

@conradjohansen said:

@mainegabe said:
3) There was a tease of Fire on the Mountain during the MSG 95 Drowned.
That one's true.

No, it's an urban legend. I'm pretty sure if you ask @Icculus he will tell you that there was no FOTM tease in that jam.

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SaladJones 10/24/11 7:09 am

@Matt_Leaf said:

I'm pretty sure 90% of 50% of the people who sing "We love to take a bath" are not being truthful.

I agree

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mainegabe 10/24/11 9:29 am

@TheEmu said:

@conradjohansen said:
@mainegabe said:
3) There was a tease of Fire on the Mountain during the MSG 95 Drowned.
That one's true.
No, it's an urban legend. I'm pretty sure if you ask @Icculus he will tell you that there was no FOTM tease in that jam.

I love perpetuating this. In a similar vein, is there a tease of I Know You Rider during the 6/24/00 Tweezer? I'd argue no, it sounds similar, but a tease, eh. It sometimes seems like fans want something that just isn't there. Or is it?

Summer 2003 was the sober tour.

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gskatz 10/24/11 10:11 am

huh the MSG 95 drowned is a great jam. I think I also heard some similarities to cold rain and snow during the jam ~5 minutes from the end

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JayDubya 10/24/11 10:18 am

@Choda said:

Trey fell down on the ground at 7/24/99. If he did he did it gracefully.

True. I was in the pav for this and saw it too. The encore made up for any sub par phish during set II.

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Choda 10/24/11 10:49 am

@JayDubya said:

@Choda said:
Trey fell down on the ground at 7/24/99. If he did he did it gracefully.
True. I was in the pav for this and saw it too. The encore made up for any sub par phish during set II.

What song. U remember?

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MySoula 10/24/11 10:56 am

the fishman > bear > tree story and what really happened

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JayDubya 10/24/11 10:59 am

@Choda said:

@JayDubya said:
@Choda said:
Trey fell down on the ground at 7/24/99. If he did he did it gracefully.
True. I was in the pav for this and saw it too. The encore made up for any sub par phish during set II.
What song. U remember?

Mango, I believe.

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Looks2Much 10/24/11 11:01 am

Trey eats at McDonalds

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JayDubya 10/24/11 11:09 am

@JayDubya said:

Mango, I believe.

I was wrong. Chalkdust at the 8:00 minute mark. I remember him being on his back anyway, and he clearly is in the video. Watching it again now it's hard to tell if it was intentional or not.

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gigglestik 10/24/11 1:05 pm

Once I heard that they would let some phans hang on the tour bus after the show and when the band tired of their company, rather than having them actively removed by staff, they would put parkas on and put the AC on full blast until people froze and walked off on their own.

::stepped out of freezer::

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TheEmu

10/24/11 7:58 pm

@mainegabe said:

@TheEmu said:
@conradjohansen said:
@mainegabe said:
3) There was a tease of Fire on the Mountain during the MSG 95 Drowned.
That one's true.
No, it's an urban legend. I'm pretty sure if you ask @Icculus he will tell you that there was no FOTM tease in that jam.
I love perpetuating this. In a similar vein, is there a tease of I Know You Rider during the 6/24/00 Tweezer? I'd argue no, it sounds similar, but a tease, eh. It sometimes seems like fans want something that just isn't there. Or is it? Summer 2003 was the sober tour.

dang it.

/charlie-trolling fail

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Choda 10/24/11 8:06 pm

@JayDubya said:

@JayDubya said:
Mango, I believe.
I was wrong. Chalkdust at the 8:00 minute mark. I remember him being on his back anyway, and he clearly is in the video. Watching it again now it's hard to tell if it was intentional or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBMUc4taRg

Thanks! That does not look intentional. No longer urban legend. I must have had my eyes closed.

Mike's look is priceless.

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jonstolethings 10/24/11 8:10 pm

I know there's some controversy over Eric Clapton saying (indirectly) that Trey is the greatest guitarist in the world. Not sure if it's true

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Phlat_Brim_Kid 10/24/11 8:11 pm

They stole possum from the dead

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Ednaz 10/24/11 8:20 pm

@Phlat_Brim_Kid said:

They stole possum from the dead

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

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Kurtzboy 10/24/11 8:58 pm

@Phlat_Brim_Kid said:

They stole possum from the dead

+10, sir. +10.

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_________________________ 10/24/11 9:00 pm

5-8-77 happened

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MomaDan 10/24/11 9:14 pm

@jonstolethings said:

I know there's some controversy over Eric Clapton saying (indirectly) that Trey is the greatest guitarist in the world. Not sure if it's true

The legend goes: Someone asked (Eric Clapton, Warren Haynes, etc.) "Whats it like being the greatest guitarist?" " I don't know ask Trey (or Jimi, or whoever).

About the acid thing, I think I read that he would drop it, then sleep until the effects kicked in

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stagebanter 10/24/11 10:43 pm

And then Trey found a bloody hook attached to his car and Sue was dead in a red dress because the calls were coming from inside the house!

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_________________________ 10/24/11 10:44 pm

Fish hates cotton swabs

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Pants 10/24/11 11:37 pm

band only came back in 03 bc they had 2 albums left on their contract with elektra

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ithacapete 10/25/11 12:08 am

If you play the vocal jam Back from Alpine 04 they say trey is the ghost.

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DJPhresh 10/25/11 12:09 am

If you bury phish bones next to your plants they sing to you~
Wait what?

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karmapolice 10/25/11 1:04 pm

that there is no SBD for 11/2/98

I refuse to believe that, my guess is Pink Floyd doesn't want them releasing it

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phuckyourphace 10/25/11 1:18 pm

@karmapolice said:

that there is no SBD for 11/2/98

I refuse to believe that, my guess is Pink Floyd doesn't want them releasing it

this is false...i have the soundboard of that whole set.

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karmapolice 10/25/11 1:32 pm

I was under the impression only AUD's existed of this show

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DrPeterVenkman 10/25/11 1:36 pm

Say "Fishman" while standing in front of a mirror...

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forbin1 10/25/11 1:37 pm

you can get a hold before the lottery ends...

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johnnyd

10/25/11 1:38 pm

Johnny B. Fishman got a weener implant after the White Album incident.

Edit: Johnny B. Fishman was swimming in cold water right before the White Album incident...?

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cupuscakus 10/25/11 1:40 pm

What ever happened with Gordo and the young miss at JB?
Was that a court case, an urban legend or just a walk of shame?

http://phisharchive.com/articles/2003/mikepa.html

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DrPeterVenkman 10/25/11 1:44 pm

@cupuscakus said:

What ever happened with Gordo and the young miss at JB?
Was that a court case, an urban legend or just a walk of shame?

Settled out of court and a VERY painful walk of shame. I had heard rumors they did pretty terrible things to his junk. NEVER mess with H.A.'s.

/81'd

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