I'm wondering if anyone has candidates for the worst single set of songs Phish ever put together in a show?
I don't mean the worst playing. I mean the worst selection of songs. Any stinker set choices?

no such thing. phish plays good songs

This one was unpopular, especially Set 1. I happen to like the maligned selections:

June 06, 2009

Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA

Set 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Nothing, Back on the Train, Golgi Apparatus, Sparkle > Gotta Jibboo, Lawn Boy, Let Me Lie^[1], Taste, Makisupa Policeman^[2], Prince Caspian

Set 2: Seven Below, Fluffhead, Scent of a Mule, Heavy Things, Harry Hood > Possum, Bug

Encore: Contact > Julius

[1] Phish debut.
[2] No "keyword."

Notes: Let Me Lie made its Phish debut at this show. The first post-break-up Makisupa Policeman notably did not contain a “keyword.”

@MiguelSanchez said:

My "phish is mocking me set" would be something like...

Sample, Crowd control, # line-> caspian, Julius, nothing-> jam w/ trey on mini keyboard-> bug, farmhouse
Enc
Shine a light-> loving cup

the look on my friend's face during the Lawn Boy set closer was priceless. He has forever bitched about that song and to get it as the third set closer on NYE while he was tripping was too much for me to not find funny

TTE-> Jennifer Dances-> TTE

So funny. My posse made a big deal over our friend's 100th show (umass 10/23/10) with commemorate t-shirts and hundreds of stickers we passed out. Then Phish played most of the songs he'd bitched about in the lot. When they played Caspian he just raised his arms in surrender and played along. Fun times.

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@MiguelSanchez said:

My "phish is mocking me set" would be something like...

Sample, Crowd control, # line-> caspian, Julius, nothing-> jam w/ trey on mini keyboard-> bug, farmhouse
Enc
Shine a light-> loving cup

the look on my friend's face during the Lawn Boy set closer was priceless. He has forever bitched about that song and to get it as the third set closer on NYE while he was tripping was too much for me to not find funny

@MiguelSanchez said:

Oh yeah, squeeze pig tail in my set list up there.

lol, I like that song a lot, and I love probably have the songs you mentioned above

edit: Prince Caspian blows

@_________________________ said:

edit: Prince Caspian blows

Give the Caspian from 9/1/12 a listen; it definitely changed my mind about this song.

August 15, 2009

Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD

Set 1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Axilla, Foam, Esther, Ha Ha Ha, Party Time^[1], Tube, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Tweezer > Taste, Alaska, Let Me Lie, 46 Days, Oh! Sweet Nuthin' > Harry Hood

Encore: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.

Notes: Before Ha Ha Ha, Trey chided Fish saying, “You should know this song, Fish, because you wrote this song.” After Ha Ha Ha, Trey said that he loved that song so much, that the time had come for the debut of Party Time, another Fish original that he loves even more. Before Tube, Trey said that he couldn’t hear what song a group of fans were shouting for, saying that it sounded like “Snoop.”  Trey then joked, “You said ‘Snoop’? He’s right back here, Snoop Dogg, everyone!” Finally, he started Tube, saying that he thought that was the song they were requesting. After Alaska, Trey offered some kind words for his guitar tech, Brian Brown, adding, “No Brian, no guitar.”

@microdan said:

I can't be the only one who likes Nothing! And come on, Caspians had some pretty great jams in its time!

Have you heard the deer creek '04 version? It was definitely a "hey, what's this" moment.

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edit: Prince Caspian blows[/quote]

i screamed f***erpants when it started on the 29th just as that waves was getting sexy

Sparkle.

/end thread.

@forbin1 said:

Show of life sorry @slothberries i know you think this is a beautiful song

i don't particularly mind this song. i don't go to shows clamoring for it, by any means, but i thought it fit the creek show this summer alright. i also caught the debut at toyota park. it's a solid phish ballad, which is not their strongest field.

@MiguelSanchez said:

@forbin1 said:

Show of life sorry @slothberries i know you think this is a beautiful song

i don't particularly mind this song. i don't go to shows clamoring for it, by any means, but i thought it fit the creek show this summer alright. i also caught the debut at toyota park. it's a solid phish ballad, which is not their strongest field.

some good points ...you're right ..it's not that bad and I'm not hating on it because it's the cool thing to do...i just can't get into it..I'd rather get a loving cup...

@MrMurph said:

2nd set takes it 2000-06-25

I have to disagree. Any set with Slave in it doesn't fit the criteria.

@DuckofDeath said:

The worst set of all time would be: Split Open and Melt, Guyute> Purple Rain> Guyute, Oh Kee Pah Ceremony, Poor Heart, Time Turns Elastic, Lawn Boy, Heavy Things

However in reverse, it could be amazing

wait back up. what's wrong with Lawn Boy?

Sparkle is a fun 3 minutes -- i can not possibly ruin a set.

Same with A ballad like Lawn Boy. Give me 2+ Ballads in a set and now you are wasting time, or just a one ballad encore is always disappointing. But again, one 3-5 min song cannot hurt a set, unless you let it, because you want to bitch.

And a ton of us love Lawn Boy and Page's swagger during it or Sparkle -- it was a song that made me grin ear-to-ear when I was 15, and I will never forget that.

I don't get hating on fun, upbeat 3-4 minute songs.

I understand TTE -- that is 17min wasted.

Or Caspian 7min(ok)-15min(ughh) that is very rarely interesting jamming.

@forbin1 said:

2009-08-15

This was exactly what I was thinking. I don't mind that set so much anymore, but at the time I wasn't a huge phan yet and I thought it was pretty good reason not to head back to another Phish show. There was no flow to surrender to; the energy just kept crapping out like an old man with whiskeydick.

6/6/09 sucked so bad. After a fun 3 shows of 5/31, 6/4, and 6/5, that show just left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

@lacesoutmike said:

2004-08-09
How has this thread gotten this far without mention of this second set? I thought it was generally considered one of the worst of all time, particularly after a raging first set

u too must be called out: stash, nicu, limb by limb, seven below and a bowie encore...wtf are you thinking? thats a worst set? generally considered by what general population generally? im calling bullshit.

That Mansfield '09 show will always be special, as it was my first...and I can relisten to the whole show and thoroughly enjoy it. However, if I had seen this show today I would've written a multi-page complaint on the review board, threatening to jump ship as the whole world goes to hell.

Ah, I shouldn't say that...I love Nothing and really enjoyed seeing all of the first set live (except Let Me Lie and Caspian...even in my juvenile days of phandom I knew these songs sucked), and that second set is actually a really strong set...even if it's really a solid first set in disguise.

Any encore containing Loving Cup.

There, I said it. f***ing song sucks!!!

@lacesoutmike said:

2004-08-09
How has this thread gotten this far without mention of this second set? I thought it was generally considered one of the worst of all time, particularly after a raging first set

because we all wanted to pretend that set never happened.

@Mr_Miner said:

@dscott said:

This one was unpopular, especially Set 1. I happen to like the maligned selections:
2009-06-06

This show came to mind immediately. It sucks. Luckily I had Hartford tickets for Later that summer. If I didnt I don't think I would have come back to Phish. Especially after this performance.

The show came immediately to mind for me because I actually like listening to it. The songs that people dislike are better than those people's opinions about them...objectively speaking, of course. Very strong version of Hood anchors a decent 2nd set. First set is where I gather what others spill - unpopular favorites galore. If only they had gone deeper with that Caspian closer! There are plenty of shows with more impressive setlists that do a a lot less for me, e.g. the recent 12/29/12.