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Best Shows of 2003.

Palmer Permalink
Palmer 2003 was a non phish year for myself. Give me some suggestions. The Long Island Show was amazing, I have that one but the rest are all open game, help a brotha out.
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poonutties Permalink
poonutties IT is a must hear
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JayDubya Permalink
JayDubya February
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jmponder Permalink
jmponder 2/14/03
2/16/03
2/20/03
2/22/03
2/26/03
3/1/03
7/15/03
7/22/03
7/25/03
7/30/03
7/31/03
8/2/03
8/3/03
12/28/03
12/29/03

There are a lot of 2.0 haters that will tell you not to waste your time but I have always thought that '03 was a very good year
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Palmer Permalink
Palmer Poonutties,
25 min chalkdust from It is busted out as I type.
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December 28, 2003

American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Set 1: David Bowie, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer > Bouncing Around the Room, AC/DC Bag > Frankie Says[1] > Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[2] > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo, Suzy Greenberg[3] -> Jam[4] > Theme From the Bottom, Water in the Sky, Friday > Harry Hood

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Loving Cup

[1] Unfinished; extended jam segment.
[2] Altered lyrics due to Fishman forgetting the words.
[3] Extended jam segment after first chorus.
[4] Lizards tease from Trey.

Notes: Frankie Says was unfinished and included an extended jam segment. Fishman forgot the words to Love You and scatted one verse, then sang, in near-perfect time: “I can’t remember the words now / I can’t remember the words / And it really doesn’t matter ‘cause I can’t sing either / So who gives a fuck, it’s time for the vacuum cleaner.” During the closing HYHU, Fishman introduced the band, and himself as “Henrietta.” Suzy included an extended jam segment after the first chorus. Trey seemed to end the song after the second chorus while the rest of the band continued to play. The jam after Suzy contained a Lizards tease from Trey.



Jammed out Suzy ans Frankie says
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Abrahm Permalink
Abrahm



::lags the shit out of thread::
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poonutties Permalink
poonutties @Palmer said:
Poonutties,
25 min chalkdust from It is busted out as I type.
Best 1st set ever

Edit - was thinking the chalkdust was on the first day not the second, either way enjoy!
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Palmer Permalink
Palmer Look at this love! I have been a fan for a long time now and for some reason the 2003 year I had no money and just graduated college. A lot of my friends said "don't bother with the 2003 stuff". I am getting back into this time era of 2003 Phish, Thanks y'all.
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DanceTheJig728 Permalink
DanceTheJig728 @Palmer said:
Look at this love! I have been a fan for a long time now and for some reason the 2003 year I had no money and just graduated college. A lot of my friends said "don't bother with the 2003 stuff". I am getting back into this time era of 2003 Phish, Thanks y'all.

Yeah that's nonsense. I mean personal preference of course but there is a lot to be discovered in that year. I feel like may dismiss that time period because of what I hear the scene was like and obviously Trey's condition, but they were still playing great music every night.
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HarryHood420 Permalink
HarryHood420 Definetely the IT festival, every bit of IT is worth a listen. I like 8/2/03 the best.
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Palmer Permalink
Palmer Totally Agree. I was in a dry spell of Phish music from 2000-2009, I caught Trey a few times in between that gap, saw em at Cornell U, Albany a few times.
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LawnBoy0925 Permalink
LawnBoy0925 my 2 personal favs from 03 are 7/25/03 charlotte.. harry hood is a MUST hear.
and the entire 12/30/03 show.
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andrewrose Permalink
andrewrose In chronological order.. This will get you started. The whole Feb tour is worth hearing.

February 14, 2003

Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA

Set 1: My Sweet One, Cover of the Rolling Stone[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Fee -> Taste, Bathtub Gin[2], Heavy Things, Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Possum, Walls of the Cave -> Carini, All of These Dreams, Limb By Limb[3], The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag -> Prince Caspian[4]

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Woman from Tokyo tease.
[3] Gotta Jibboo tease.
[4] Unfinished.

Notes: Cover of the Rolling Stone made its Phish debut at this show, presumably as a nod to their actual appearance on the cover of the March 6, 2003 issue of that very magazine. Gin included a tease of Woman from Tokyo and Limb By Limb included a Gotta Jibboo tease. A fan jumped on-stage and grabbed Trey’s microphone during AC/DC Bag before being dragged off-stage. Caspian was unfinished.


February 20, 2003

Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL

Set 1: Rift > Rock and Roll, Guyute, Driver, Waves > Simple, Gotta Jibboo

Set 2: Tweezer > Punch You In the Eye > Fast Enough for You > Seven Below, Pebbles and Marbles

Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Anything But Me > Tweezer Reprise


February 26, 2003

Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: You Enjoy Myself[1] > Clone[2], Roggae, Drifting[2], Blue Skies[2], The Moma Dance, Final Flight[2] > Maze[3]

Set 2: Stash[4], Ghost -> Low Rider -> Makisupa Policeman[5] -> Ya Mar[6], Guyute, Waves > Prince Caspian[7] -> Frankenstein > Golgi Apparatus[8]

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Vocal jam included Trey singing pieces of Clone.
[2] Phish debut.
[3] Summertime (Gershwin) tease from Page.
[4] Foam tease.
[5] Lyrics referenced the fire at the band's hotel in Cincinnati a week earlier.
[6] Stash tease.
[7] Unfinished.
[8] Frankenstein tease.

Notes: YEM was preceded by a Call to the Post tease from Trey. The YEM vocal jam included Trey singing pieces of Clone (which would be played in its entirety after the vocal jam). This show marked the Phish debuts of Clone, Drifting, Blue Skies, and Final Flight (all of which had previously been played by various band member side projects). Maze included a tease from Page of Summertime (Gershwin). Stash included a Foam tease. The lyrics to Makisupa referenced the fire at the band’s hotel in Cincinnati a week earlier. Trey expanded Page’s nickname to “Leo Kottke” in Ya Mar. Ya Mar also included a Stash tease. Caspian was unfinished. Golgi included a Frankenstein tease.


February 28, 2003

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Set 1: Birds of a Feather, Destiny Unbound, Horn > Bathtub Gin, Sleep, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: Tweezer[1] > Soul Shakedown Party -> David Bowie, Round Room > Harry Hood

Encore: Contact, Mexican Cousin > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Do You Feel Like We Do tease.

Notes: Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (796 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (270 shows). Tweezer included a Do You Feel Like We Do tease. Trey teased The Horse prior to Round Room. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 02.28.03.


July 22, 2003

Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Carini > Magilla, Possum

Set 2: Split Open and Melt -> Free > Friday, The Lizards, Walls of the Cave

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein


July 29, 2003

Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA

Set 1: Daniel Saw the Stone > Camel Walk, Gotta Jibboo, Cool It Down, Scent of a Mule[1], Fee[2] -> Timber (Jerry) > When the Circus Comes > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Thunderhead, Brother, Harpua[3] > Bittersweet Motel > Harpua > Fooled Around and Fell in Love[4] > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua > David Bowie

Encore: Farmhouse

[1] Wouldn't It Be Loverly tease.
[2] Maze tease in jam out of Fee.
[3] Narration concerned Jimmy searching for "IT" and, eventually, joining a rock band and finding "IT" on the road.
[4] Phish debut.

Notes: Daniel was played for the first time since February 23, 1997 (285 shows). Scent of a Mule included a tease of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (from My Fair Lady). The jam out of Fee included a Maze tease. Harpua was played for the first time since November 2, 1998 (171 shows). The Harpua narration concerned Jimmy searching for “IT” and, eventually, joining a rock band and finding “IT” on the road. The Phish debut of Fooled Around and Fell in Love was preceded by a HYHU tease. In the soundcheck, Seven Below was teased in the Jam and Blue Bayou was quoted in Bittersweet Motel. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 07.29.03.


August 02, 2003

Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar[1] -> Runaway Jim, Reba[2], Birds of a Feather, Meatstick[3], Two Versions of Me, Vultures, Limb By Limb, Cavern

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > NICU -> Brother, Lawn Boy, Discern, Waves -> Jam > David Bowie

Set 3: Rock and Roll -> Seven Below[1] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds[4] -> Seven Below -> Spread It 'Round > Bug

Encore: Dog Log > The Mango Song

Set 4: Tower Jam

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Night Speaks to a Woman intro tease.
[3] Japanese lyrics.
[4] Seven Below teases.

Notes: This was the first show of the IT festival. Ya Mar, Disease, and Seven Below were unfinished. Reba included tease of the intro to Night Speaks to a Woman in the pause before the whistling. Birds was followed by a “Meatstick” chant from the crowd, prompting Trey to note that the band would “like to honor” the request. After a long pause, Trey commented, “We’re taking our sweet time up here because…we have no place to go for two days.” Meatstick subsequently included the Japanese lyrics. NICU ended with a bass solo from Mike at Trey’s request (“Play it, Cactus!”). Scents and Subtle Sounds included Seven Below teases. Before Dog Log, Trey remarked that the band couldn’t figure out what to play, and noted how, on this tour, the band made a conscious effort to not think about what songs they were going to play next. The fourth set “Tower Jam” found Phish playing on top the old air traffic control tower near the concert field. The set consisted of roughly an hour’s worth of unscripted jam material, with no notable teases or jams present. While Phish jammed, Chris Kuroda illuminated the tower’s interior and exterior with a light show and dancers suspended by wires around the side of the tower performed on the structure.


August 03, 2003

Loring Commerce Center at Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

Set 1: Daniel Saw the Stone > Saw It Again, Punch You In the Eye, Army of One > Chalk Dust Torture[1], Wilson[2], Mike's Song[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove[4]

Set 2: Mellow Mood > Ghost -> Mountains in the Mist, Pebbles and Marbles, You Enjoy Myself[5] -> Chariots of Fire[6] > Loving Cup

Set 3: 46 Days, Julius > The Lizards, Secret Smile > Run Like an Antelope[7]

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] DEG teases from Mike. Ending performed at near double-time.
[2] Trey omitted a verse.
[3] "Hendge" lyric from Mike.
[4] Seven Below tease.
[5] Lyrical change: "Boy, Man, God, IT;" Frankenstein tease from Mike and vocal quote of Daniel Saw the Stone.
[6] Phish debut.
[7] Under Pressure and It's Ice teases.

Notes: This was the second show of the IT festival. Chalk Dust contained DEG teases from Mike. The ending of Chalk Dust was performed at near double-time. Trey omitted a verse in Wilson. Afterwards, he announced that it was the “shortest version ever” and dedicated it to Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro. Trey then humorously announced that the band would next play the “longest Bittersweet Motel” (traditionally one of the shortest songs in the Phish canon). The crowd responded with a passionate “Fluffhead” chant, but Trey responded: “Mike says no” (prompting laughs from the other band members). Appropriately, Trey launched into Mike’s Song but Mike had the last laugh: during the Mike’s Song intro, Mike sang his “Hendge” lyric that had been omitted from Wilson. Weekapaug included a Seven Below tease. YEM contained the event-appropriate lyrical change “Boy, Man, God, IT,” a Frankenstein tease from Mike, and a vocal quote of Daniel Saw the Stone. The band vamped on the theme to Chariots of Fire (a Phish debut) while Trey introduced the top finishers in the Runaway Jim 5K race. During Antelope, Trey thanked the staff, road crew, caterers (“part of the reason we’re playing so well is because we have the best food this tour that we’ve ever had”), and fans. He concluded by encouraging everyone to drive safely and noted tongue-in-cheek that next year’s “IT 2” would have a traffic-free entrance. Antelope also included Under Pressure and It’s Ice teases.


December 30, 2003

American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Set 1: Wilson[1] > Sand -> Shafty -> NICU[2], Weigh, Cities[3], Strange Design > Scent of a Mule, Bathtub Gin[4] -> Also Sprach Zarathustra[5]

Set 2: Tube[6] -> L.A. Woman[7] > Birds of a Feather[8] > L.A. Woman -> Makisupa Policeman -> P-Funk Medley[9], Makisupa Policeman[10], Down with Disease

Encore: Contact[11], While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[1] War Pigs teases from Mike; Unfinished.
[2] Shafty teases from Mike.
[3] Sand teases.
[4] Show Biz Kids and After Midnight teases.
[5] P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) jam including some brief lyrics; Gin, Sand, and Auld Lang Syne teases.
[6] Unfinished.
[7] Phish debut.
[8] L.A. Woman teases.
[9] George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic; Medley included Butt-a-Butt, Get Low, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), and One Nation Under a Groove. Fishman on vacuum.
[10] Concluded with Fishman singing the first line of Touch Me a cappella.
[11] Trey sang lines like "L.A. Woman" and "Make My Funk the P. Funk" in place of his usual harmonies.

Notes: Wilson contained War Pigs teases from Mike and was unfinished. The song may have been played as an opener in memoriam of actor Earl Hindman, best known as “Wilson” from the television series Home Improvement, who passed away earlier in the day. NICU contained Shafty teases from Mike. Weigh was played for the first time since August 2, 1998 (200 shows). Cities included Sand teases. Gin included Show Biz Kids and After Midnight teases. 2001 included a P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) jam containing some brief lyrics, as well as Gin, Sand, and Auld Lang Syne teases. Tube was unfinished. L.A. Woman was a Phish debut; Birds included L.A. Woman teases. During Makisupa, Trey noted that they were going to play Touch Me, but decided not to because Fish couldn't remember the words and they didn't know how to play the horn section. To make it up to the crowd for letting them down, Trey brought out George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic (also known as The P. Funk All-Stars). Trey commented: “And that’s even better than Touch Me!” The ensuing P. Funk Jam moved through pieces of several classic Parliament/ Funkadelic tunes including Butt-a-Butt, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), and One Nation Under A Groove. Get Low (Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz) was also part of the medley. By the end of the jam, Fishman was alone on stage playing vacuum. Fishman then exited, leaving the stage empty. Phish returned alone to finish Makisupa; to prove that P. Funk was better than Fishman singing Touch Me, Makisupa closed with Fishman singing the first line of Touch Me a cappella. During the last chorus of Contact, Trey sang lines like “L.A. Woman” and “Make My Funk the P. Funk” in place of his usual harmonies.


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The_Slothelot Permalink
The_Slothelot 12.29 piper opener is one of the sickest pipers ever!
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NoFIller Permalink
NoFIller Greensboro 3/1/03 is the heater! Most underrated of '03...
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Jd1975 Permalink
Mite be a little biased cause I was there but the Vegas and camden runs were great shows
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JNap05 Permalink
@jmponder said:
2/14/03
2/16/03
2/20/03
2/22/03
2/26/03
3/1/03
7/15/03
7/22/03
7/25/03
7/30/03
7/31/03
8/2/03
8/3/03
12/28/03
12/29/03

There are a lot of 2.0 haters that will tell you not to waste your time but I have always thought that '03 was a very good year

You posted all those and missed the best show, 2/28/03. Most of those aren't in the same league as 2/28.
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mfhgreyboy Permalink
mfhgreyboy I love February 03.

Also, the Camden shows that summer were really good. Can't go wrong checking those shows out.

2003.7.30-31.
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dscott Permalink
Must-hears from '03 IMHO:
2/14/03
2/22/03
2/26/03
2/28/03
7/15/03
7/30/03
12/31/03
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jmponder Permalink
jmponder @JNap05 said:

You posted all those and missed the best show, 2/28/03. Most of those aren't in the same league as 2/28.
That's because the OP said he knew about that show ya dingus.
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HarrisonHood Permalink
HarrisonHood everything i saw in 03 was good IT and my first nye show was also great. i will talk shit about 04 all day but 03 was pretty freaking good
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goatsticks Permalink
goatsticks 3/1 and 2/28 are my favs from what i've heard of '03..
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ronsteen Permalink
I have heard almost every show from 2003.

It is a super underrated amazing year in Phish history.

The jams rip and roar.
It is an incredible year.
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JNap05 Permalink
@ronsteen said:
It is a super underrated amazing year in Phish history.
.

While it may be underrated, it certainly isn't an amazing musical year in phish history.
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phishhheads Permalink
12/29/03. Insane.
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JNap05 Permalink
@jmponder said:
@JNap05 said:
You posted all those and missed the best show, 2/28/03. Most of those aren't in the same league as 2/28.
That's because the OP said he knew about that show ya dingus.
doh! sorry.
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Capricornio Permalink
Capricornio February '03 is one of those months that should be burned into your head like April '92, August '93, December '95, etc. I would suggest listening to all those shows.
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