MSG 2012 will rock the socks off MSG 2011 because...

PowerPoodle 12/20/12 11:28 pm

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I want to believe!

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SpiritWolf 12/20/12 11:36 pm

ill be there

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OliveLoaf 12/20/12 11:44 pm

because 2011 is so last year

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HARRYHOOD213 12/20/12 11:53 pm

There is nowhere to go but up and they are on a roll IMO.

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PowerPoodle 12/20/12 11:59 pm

I hope so, HARRY. I remember quite well what a roll they were on summer 2011 too, right up until they delivered MSG 2011 and lost all their momentum there.

I intend to love this run to death even if it's exactly like last year's, but I'm still hoping for something 10x more transcendent.

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PowerPoodle 12/21/12 12:00 am

(Also introducing a few friends to their *first* Phish shows, which will make their impression of the band, so I want them to be suitably mind-blown).

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HARRYHOOD213 12/21/12 12:03 am

This will not be 2011.

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AllForYourDelight 12/21/12 12:03 am

I honestly believe the band hears our opinions over last years run and will step it up big time.

And the last 3 shows (make that 4) were truly unbelievable.

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patper 12/21/12 12:04 am

because they have been playing GREAT all year, and they'd have to try really hard to botch these shows.

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Jimmymac03 12/21/12 12:06 am

Killer summer tour -> studio -> best nye ever.

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MomentsandSeconds 12/21/12 12:16 am

I won't be there

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relax_ 12/21/12 12:30 am

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/21/12 12:34 am

TUCK

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PhLoRiDa_PhAn 12/21/12 12:42 am

New age, new songs, new jams. Its inevitably going down next week

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dkast85 12/21/12 2:19 am

Here's to hoping for another weak NYE run so that the demand for tickets will go down and I will finally get a lottery ticket for at least ONE night. Unlike the last four NYE runs.

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themefromthepossum 12/21/12 9:06 am

@PowerPoodle said:

(Also introducing a few friends to their *first* Phish shows, which will make their impression of the band, so I want them to be suitably mind-blown).

a buddy of mine that is coming to 12/29 with me saw them once. at coventry. poor bastard (interestingly enough, my first show as well). probably why he hasnt seen them since haha. he's a big music guy in general. i told him MSG will be light years better than coventry lol. so i hope the band delivers for his sake. oh and for the rest of us who will be in attendance

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mario4prez 12/21/12 3:17 pm

Because trey told me so

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andrewrose 12/21/12 5:45 pm

Because MSG 2011 was the low point of 3.0 and 2012 Phish could top that run in their sleep...

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strikly_commerical 12/21/12 8:48 pm

Every year rocks. If you were there in the 80s, you know how good things are now.

And I enjoyed 2011-12.

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WGphan92 12/22/12 1:05 am

@Jimmymac03 said:

Killer summer tour -> studio -> best nye ever.

Was gonna say this. Specifically the fact that they've been in the studio, in the barn, clearly putting in a lot of practice. Trey's not focused on his symphony tour and Hands on a Hardbody is all worked out and ready for broadway, I assume his mind will be much more focused this time around. Not saying trey's performance makes or breaks the show, but that the majority of last years hiccups/ripcords were on his part.

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SicMD 12/22/12 8:51 am

ill say it. trey's performance will make or break the shows....

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Jimmymac03 12/22/12 8:52 am

@SicMD said:

ill say it. trey's performance will make or break the shows....

FTFY

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JNap05 12/22/12 8:54 am

@WGphan92 said:

Trey's not focused on his symphony tour and Hands on a Hardbody is all worked out

LOL. He was working in it last week...

8 days ago - “@hartmus: Had fun earlier this week working with Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green on the music for handsonahardbody.com http://t.co/QXDzRTDv”

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RoundTheRoom 12/22/12 12:22 pm

Odds are in the Phish's favor.

At this point, they're somewhere in between 50 and 75% chance to hit on a big show any given night.

Better band than 2011'd

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spacecoyote 12/22/12 4:13 pm

because...it won't and you touch yourself at night.

Sign'd in happy horse shit,
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Friedmann 12/23/12 1:16 am

Because they know they need to make up for last year

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RagtimeWilly 12/23/12 3:19 am

Because I'm considering dropping 260 bucks on stub hub, buying a 120 dollar round trip bus ticket and staying up all night in nyc by myself to take a 7 hour bus trip home while intoxicated at 7am on new years day just so i can experience the greatest band in the history of mankind.

I sure as hell wouldn't consider doing this for any other band

(Shoud I?????)

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phish_sticks 12/23/12 3:29 am

@RagtimeWilly said:

Because I'm considering dropping 260 bucks on stub hub, buying a 120 dollar round trip bus ticket and staying up all night in nyc by myself to take a 7 hour bus trip home while intoxicated at 7am on new years day just so i can experience the greatest band in the history of mankind.

I sure as hell wouldn't consider doing this for any other band

(Shoud I?????)

if its your first time going for NYE @ MSG then I highly suggest yeah.

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Heartline 12/23/12 4:17 am

I have no tickets and still considering going. I did it last year and got in all by the skin of my nipple. I like a challenge but I wish it were a little easier. Do I take the lottery and public onsale failures as a sign to stay home? Not really.

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n00b100 12/23/12 10:57 am

I think @andrewrose's assessment of MSG 2011 is a *tad* harsh - yes, the 12/31 show was disappointing and nothing over the 4 shows matched the best 2011 had to offer, but there were some fine jams throughout the run, even with the ripcord in effect (how much better would that Light have been if Trey had just let it breathe???). That being said, it's probably the worst NYE run Phish has played since they started NYE runs, and it's not hard to imagine them topping it. I feel pretty confident at least one of the shows will be comparable to great NYE run shows of the past.

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spacecoyote 12/23/12 12:09 pm

^You are so wrong it's funny. Ha. Ha ha ha.

December 31, 2002

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Piper^[1], Guyute, NICU, Horn, Wilson^[2], Mound, The Squirming Coil > David Bowie^[3]

Set 2: Waves^[4] > Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood > Character Zero

Set 3: Sample in a Jar, Seven Below^[4] > Auld Lang Syne > Runaway Jim^[5] -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave^[4]

Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea

[1] Low Rider tease.
[2] Castaway intro and "Tom Hanks" guest appearance.
[3] DEG tease.
[4] Debut.
[5] What's the Use? tease.

Notes: Phish returned from their hiatus with their first public show since October 7, 2000. The pre-show music alluded to the end of the hiatus with such songs as the theme from Welcome Back Kotter, Feels Like the First Time, Back in the Saddle Again, Reunited, and The Boys are Back in Town. The final selection was Foreplay/Long Time, during which time the band took the stage. Piper included a Low Rider tease. Prior to Wilson, a scene from the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was played in the arena (referring to Hanks’ character searching for his volleyball/companion named Wilson). Trey subsequently introduced Hanks to sing the final lyric. Major news media reported the Hanks appearance, but the guest singer was actually Page’s brother, Steve McConnell. Mound was played for the first time since November 19, 1996 (276 shows). Bowie included a DEG tease. This show included the debuts of Waves, Seven Below and Walls of the Cave. Appropriately, Seven Below began about seven minutes before midnight. During the song, the crew lowered a disco ball from the scoreboard and created a “snowfall” on stage. Dancers dressed in white as snow creatures took the stage and circled the band before dispersing into the crowd. Some of the dancers ascended ladders and donned stilts to become snow angels. At midnight, white balloons and confetti were dropped on the crowd. A dwarf remained on each front corner of the stage, popping balloons, while the snow angels continued to dance. The transition between Jim and Time Loves a Hero (first since August 11, 1998, or 151 shows) included a What’s the Use? tease. The evening was capped with perfect post-show music: Let’s Stay Together.

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MiguelSanchez 12/23/12 12:24 pm

Redemption

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GAMEHENDGEPHONICS 12/23/12 12:41 pm

Because of dicks 12. Because they will redeem themselves for last years nye. But most importantly, because they are the Phish, and regardless if its like last year- there is no better place to be in the world those 4 nights...and I really wish I was going this year.