What was your intitial thought at your first Phish show?

Lizards1024 1/07/13 11:58 am

"trey has really good tone" and "wow! everyone around me is so excited to be here"

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SolarGarlic15 1/07/13 12:18 pm

Everyone is SMOKING IN HERE? This is one large guitar solo!

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AcuraMan 1/07/13 12:29 pm

What the hell have I been listening to my whole life? (never heard "the phish" before this)

July 02, 2010

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Set 1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag^[1] > Vultures, Wolfman's Brother, Back on the Train, The Wedge, Mexican Cousin, Stash, Sparkle > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Drowned > 46 Days > Twenty Years Later > The Lizards, Carini > Fuck Your Face > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself^[2]

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Buried Alive teases.
[2] Fuck Your Face and Moving in Stereo teases; vocal jam included portions of Proud Mary and Get Back, along with Dong Work for Yuda and Slow Ride quotes.

Notes: This show featured the first Fuck Your Face since April 29, 1987 (1,411 shows). AC/DC Bag contained Buried Alive teases. YEM contained Fuck Your Face and Moving in Stereo (The Cars) teases. The YEM vocal jam included portions of Proud Mary and Get Back interspersed with Dong Work for Yuda (Frank Zappa) and Slow Ride quotes.

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mattsox94 1/07/13 12:31 pm

On lot: "What is going on?"
At the show: "Holy shit this is awesome."

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joyjoy 1/07/13 12:49 pm

Possum:
"What a stupid song. Look at all these goofs jumping up and down."
Start laughing!
"Actually this is kind of infectious..."
Start jumping up and down.
"Wow this song kills. Damn this is great!"

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ivy_light 1/07/13 1:06 pm

@bostonron said:

@ivy_light said:
Felt the love during the Golgi chorus when I looked around the lawn and saw every single person with their right hands in the air - "I saw you!!!"

Fell in love forever during the 2001 > Billie Jean Jam straight-up dance party with 1000s of new friends...

2010-06-25
f*** you for getting an Alumni opener your first show.

LOL! This is what everyone says to me. Then I tell them that my second show opened with Walfredo. That's usually when they tell me to f*** off forever.

June 27, 2010

Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD

Set 1: Walfredo, Mellow Mood, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Divided Sky, Tela, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Bathtub Gin, Brian and Robert, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Wilson > Meatstick^[2] -> Saw It Again -> Piper^[3] > Ghost^[3] -> Jumpin' Jack Flash^[4] -> Saw It Again > Contact^[3], You Enjoy Myself^[5]

Encore: Fire^[6]

[1] Brian and Robert teases; It Was a Very Good Year tease from Trey; Lyrics changed to "Michael Esquandolas."
[2] Japanese lyrics.
[3] Saw It Again quotes.
[4] Phish debut.
[5] Saw It Again quotes and Jumpin' Jack Flash teases; Meatstick tease from Trey, Saw It Again and Surfin' Bird quotes, Daniel Saw the Stone quote from Mike in vocal jam.
[6] Saw It Again quotes; Lyrics changed to "Let Jon Fishman take over."

Notes: This show featured the first Walfredo since September 30, 2000 (131 shows). Antelope contained Brian and Robert teases, an It Was a Very Good year tease from Trey, and an alternate "Michael Esquandolas" lyric. Meatstick contained Japanese lyrics. Jumpin' Jack Flash was a Phish debut. Piper, Ghost, Contact, YEM and Fire all contained Saw it Again quotes. YEM also contained Jumpin' Jack Flash teases and, in the vocal jam, a Meatstick tease from Trey, quotes of Saw It Again and Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen), and a Daniel Saw the Stone quote from Mike. The lyrics to Fire were changed to "Let Jon Fishman take over."

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Phishin90 1/07/13 1:11 pm

April 16, 1991

Rick's Café, Ann Arbor, MI

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself, Paul and Silas, Cavern, The Mango Song > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, Tela > David Bowie

Set 2: Band/Crew Football Theme Song^[1], My Sweet One > Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Magilla^[2], Buried Alive > Uncle Pen, Tweezer^[3] > Runaway Jim, Carolina, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times

[1] Debut.
[2] Paul Guinness on trombone.
[3] Walk This Way and Yield Not to Temptation teases.

Notes: This show featured the debut of Band/Crew Football Theme Song, which was performed as a demented version of Barracuda (by the band Heart) played over the drumbeat for My Sweet One, with Trey mincingly whining the “Crew football theme song!” lyrics. Magilla featured Paul Guinness of Ryth McFeud on trombone. Tweezer contained Walk This Way and Yield Not to Temptation teases. Brain was performed as a “special treat” for the audience. Fish sang the final verse through the vacuum, creating an excellent echo effect. Ryth McFeud was the opening act.

WOW.

That was all I was able to say the entire night.

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Mr_Incompletely 1/07/13 1:21 pm

AC/DC Bag was the opener on my first show and I couldnt name one phish song before that. I kept thinking they were singing "AC/DC's back" Was still digging it but wasn't hooked till I heard bold as love to end the first set.My initial reaction was phish covering Jimi Hendrix was sick then I was like noooo the shows over.thank God their was another set.

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Mr_Incompletely 1/07/13 1:33 pm

@TheArgus said:

I honestly can't remember. I was just happy that they were telling stories between the songs, kept my young mind occupied. I was probably wondering when they were going to sing that song about tires making contact with the road. But those assholes decided not to play it that night, geigh!!

1994-06-26

Dude not only was your first show an epic gamhengde narration it was on my 7th birthday! I had a watergun/waterballoon birthday party that day. If Id only knew...

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Dino_Spumoni 1/07/13 2:08 pm

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@FunkyCFunkyDo said:

June 22, 2010

Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA

Set 1: Lit O Bit^[1], Camel Walk, Possum, Divided Sky, Dirt > Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, Dr. Gabel^[2], Run Like an Antelope^[3]

Set 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Light -> 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup

Encore: First Tube

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.
[3] "Leo Esquandolas" lyric; piano solo.

Notes: This show featured the Phish debut of Lit O Bit (Rita Clarke And The Naturals) and the debut of Dr. Gabel. In Antelope, "Marco Esquandolas" was changed to "Leo Esquandolas," followed by a Page solo.

My first set was 78 minutes of absolute bliss. The vibe going into the show was amazing. I was tripping my balls off on some amazing shrooms and was so excited about finally seeing this band that i've been listening to consistently for the past 10 months. Sitting on the lawn passing around a j with my friends while pulling up grass and letting it fall through my fingers (which felt amazing) is a memory that will stay with me forever. This is my very lengthy review of my 1st show in case you're interested in all the details.

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YorkvilleBeerLover 1/07/13 2:10 pm

So this is what these weird dungeons and dragons dudes listen too? What the f*** is a Golgi Apparatus?

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landladylover 1/07/13 4:35 pm

@TheArgus said:

I honestly can't remember. I was just happy that they were telling stories between the songs, kept my young mind occupied. I was probably wondering when they were going to sing that song about tires making contact with the road. But those assholes decided not to play it that night, geigh!!

1994-06-26

You were present for the first time at Gamehoist? Wow! Ironically, my first show had that song about the tires on your car that make contact with the road ;P

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gratefuldaddy 1/07/13 4:38 pm

All I really remember is hanging out and drinking Busch beer.

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phishhheads 1/07/13 5:20 pm

Mt

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cjfphan21 1/07/13 5:21 pm

Holy shit, I'm about to see Phish!

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JayDubya 1/07/13 5:24 pm

Holy shit that was awesome!
When can I see them again?
What a freaky show indeed.

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GreenSparrow 1/07/13 5:53 pm

I hope those guys looking for their friend Molly find her. She must have been missing for a long time cause they're asking like everyone.

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98ghostphunk 1/07/13 6:23 pm

November 26, 1997

Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Tweezer > Sparkle > Gumbo > My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning^[1], Taste

Set 2: Character Zero -> Also Sprach Zarathustra^[2] -> Cities -> Ya Mar > Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Poor Heart^[3] > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Cavern^[4]

[1] lyric changed to "bask in morning sickness."
[2] Super Bad teases; unfinished.
[3] Began as Rocky Top.
[4] Original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered theme tease from Page.

Notes: Silent's lyrics were changed to "bask in morning sickness." 2001 included Super Bad (James Brown) teases and was unfinished. Poor Heart began as Rocky Top. Cavern included some of the original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered (not ATR) theme tease from Page.

"This song is going on forever!"

...That Tweezer wasn't really that long. In time, I'd come to pine for much, much longer Tweezers... I got one of the best ones ever on 2/28/03.

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phishybanjo 1/07/13 9:05 pm

Wow, this is just like a bluegrass festival but 99% hippie instead of 10%. I feel right at home.
However, this impression may have been reinforced by swapping banjo licks with Mike Gordon in the "lot" (grounds?) before I ever even saw the band play.

August 16, 1996

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin^[1], Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie

Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste^[2], Talk^[2], Train Song^[2], Strange Design^[2], Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove

Set 3: Makisupa Policeman > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease^[3] -> NICU, Life on Mars? > Harry Hood -> Jam

Encore: Amazing Grace

Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam

[1] Brief DEG tease from Trey.
[2] Acoustic mini-stage.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Bathtub Gin contained a brief DEG tease from Trey. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The jam at the end of Harry Hood accompanied a fireworks display. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.

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MiguelSanchez 1/07/13 9:10 pm

Is the guitar player wearing gold pants?

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Phisher8 1/07/13 9:13 pm

Finally.
That was after being obsessed for a while.

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SconyMack 1/07/13 9:23 pm

My thoughts exactly were... "Hot damn this is some good Molly!"

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dscott 1/07/13 9:32 pm

"I can't believe they're actually playing this! These guys are hilarious!" (I had seen the previous night's setlist.)

June 19, 2010

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Set 1: Tweezer Reprise, Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch > Runaway Jim, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Axilla > Fluffhead, Bathtub Gin, Suzy Greenberg^[1]

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Free, Backwards Down the Number Line, Halfway to the Moon^[2] > Prince Caspian^[3] > Joy, David Bowie, Show of Life

Encore: The Squirming Coil, Character Zero > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Living After Midnight tease from Trey.
[2] Debut.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: This gig featured the first Tweezer Reprise opener since November 9, 1995 (483 shows) and the debut of Halfway to the Moon. Suzy contained a Living After Midnight (Judas Priest) tease from Trey. Tweezer Reprise was teased by Trey after Sample in a Jar and closed both this show and the previous night's show in Hartford as well, making this the first time since July 16, 1993 (691 shows), that two consecutive Phish shows had each closed with the same song (Free Bird closed both the July 15 and July 16, 1993 shows). Caspian was unfinished.

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MySoula 1/07/13 9:34 pm

Finally!

Hiatus'd

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crickjaw 1/07/13 9:50 pm

Mainly I was thinking they all looked like muppets, and that the performance was way more intense than I imagined (based on the albums that I had heard, I was not familiar yet with their live music). As it turns out, it wasn't just the dose I had taken, they really DID look like muppets.

October 26, 1994

Varsity Gym, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Set 1: Simple, It's Ice > NICU > Run Like an Antelope^[1], Guyute, Dog Faced Boy, Scent of a Mule, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Runaway Jim

Set 2: Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba, Axilla (Part II), You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself^[2], Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, David Bowie

Encore: Nellie Kane^[3], Beaumont Rag^[3], Foreplay/Long Time^[3], Amazing Grace

[1] Brief Dixie tease from Trey.
[2] Simple tease. Words to Catapult spoken during vocal jam and band chanted and shouted "Greenpeace Mike" at its end.
[3] Acoustic.

Notes: Antelope contained a brief Dixie tease from Trey and YEM contained a tease of Simple. At the end of YEM’s vocal jam (during which the words to Catapult were spoken), the band chanted and shouted “Greenpeace Mike.” Nellie Kane, Beaumont Rag, and Foreplay/Long Time were performed acoustic.

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Purple_Humpback_Whale 1/07/13 9:51 pm

I was awestruck and having a great time. was totally mind blown during 2001 and WMGGW, I was like "wtf? they cover this!? NICE!" Ghost opening the second set was mindblowing too

August 15, 2010

Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: Tweezer, AC/DC Bag, On Your Way Down, Divided Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Water in the Sky > The Moma Dance > Farmhouse, David Bowie

Set 2: Ghost > Theme From the Bottom > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, You Enjoy Myself > Piper^[1] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Character Zero

Encore: Oh! Sweet Nuthin' > Cavern > Joy > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme tease from Trey.

Notes: Piper contained a Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme tease from Trey.

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GBrown 1/07/13 9:52 pm

"wow they are actually DOING IT!!!"

listened a bunch before seeing them. suddenly it all made sense seeing them play for the first time

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weatherman 1/07/13 9:52 pm

At the moment, I was truly blown away! What is this? Who are these freaks? Who is this band? And what is this music they are playing? It was hot as hell, and packed to the rafters, literally. Donation at the door.....coffee can. During set break, they pumped dance music and it was a big ol dance party. Boxes of Mac and Cheese. It was about 2 am when we ditched, during Antelope reprise? But it was Col Forbin/Moking bird that hooked me. Can,t explain it, can,t due it justice...but the place was psychedelic and everyone was tuned in. I was truly. Lucky to be in the right place at the right time. And that made all the difference.

10/31/1989

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weatherman 1/07/13 9:54 pm

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LarryHood 1/07/13 10:46 pm

My first thought, somewhere within the first 5 minutes of the opener (PYITE) was "This is what I've been looking for from music my entire life."

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earthsound 1/08/13 2:45 am

I was ecstatic that I'd made the trip down to NO for this.

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.

At my 2nd & 3rd shows, I could hardly believe what I was experiencing.

August 16, 1996

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin^[1], Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie

Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste^[2], Talk^[2], Train Song^[2], Strange Design^[2], Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove

Set 3: Makisupa Policeman > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease^[3] -> NICU, Life on Mars? > Harry Hood -> Jam

Encore: Amazing Grace

Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam

[1] Brief DEG tease from Trey.
[2] Acoustic mini-stage.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Bathtub Gin contained a brief DEG tease from Trey. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The jam at the end of Harry Hood accompanied a fireworks display. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.

August 17, 1996

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Set 1: The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Reba^[1] > Cars Trucks Buses, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee^[2] -> Maze, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, It's Ice > Brother^[3], Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope > Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 3: Wilson^[4] > Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule^[5], Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Harpua^[6]

[1] No whistling.
[2] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[3] Ben and Jerry on vocals.
[4] Heartbreaker tease.
[5] Page/Fishman Mule Duel.
[6] Unfinished.

Notes: This was the second show of The Clifford Ball festival. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein of Syracuse, who was front row center for every show of the tour. The first Brother since August 2, 1993 (258 shows) featured Ben and Jerry on guest vocals. Wilson included a Heartbreaker tease. Antelope featured a female acrobat twirling in the rigging, suspended above the stage in a circus-like fashion. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. Tweezer had big trampolines on each side of the stage and more circus shenanigans. A stunt plane circled overhead during Tweezer Reprise and Harpua. Harpua was unfinished; it was completed on August 16, 1997 at The Great Went.

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themefromthepossum 1/08/13 10:36 am

first show was coventry. my first thought was probably "damn there's a lotta mud"

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mfhgreyboy 1/08/13 11:15 am

"Um, is that a megaphone?"

November 03, 1994

Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Set 1: Fee^[1] > Divided Sky, Wilson^[2], Peaches en Regalia > Glide, Split Open and Melt, Dog Faced Boy, Sparkle, Down with Disease

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple > Poor Heart > Julius, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Harry Hood, Cavern

Encore: My Sweet One^[3], Nellie Kane^[3], Amazing Grace, Highway to Hell

[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] Acoustic.

Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Wilson was unfinished. My Sweet One and Nellie Kane were performed acoustic.

Score: 1

TheDeputy 1/08/13 12:16 pm

I don't really remember. SPAC 95. I was young and it was so long ago. I would love so much to relive that day. If I had a time machine/do over device there would be SO much phish on the to-do list.
Anyway... I was up on that crappy lawn. I only knew a couple songs (poor heart, disease). My friends I went with dispersed and I ended up hanging with a friend I didn't know that well at the time, but am now tight with. It was early/first season of hanging with the Herb. I don't think I told my parents where I was or what I was doing. So, there was a lot of environmental stuff going on. But, I do have a memory of the enveloping of the sound and lights (that happens still at, like, every show and I love it). The sensory experience of the lights and fog machine and the music growing, being isolated at a distant point and, like, growing toward me, enveloping me. The out of this world feeling. Does that make sense. it's awesome.

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tripsforjoeg 1/08/13 1:18 pm

I remember telling a buddy that the drummer must have lost a bet since he is wearing a dress. Wouldn't be the last time that friend made me feel like an idiot.

July 23, 1999

Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH

Set 1: Ya Mar, NICU, Back at the Chicken Shack > Punch You In the Eye^[1], Fast Enough for You, Back on the Train, David Bowie, Strange Design, Possum

Set 2: Ghost -> Free > Birds of a Feather > Meatstick > Fire

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room > Rocky Top

[1] Trey played keys for part of PYITE.

Notes: Trey played keys for part of PYITE. During Meatstick, Trey talked about the band’s desire to teach fans the Meatstick Dance and break the world record. He then informed the crowd that the New Year’s Eve concert would be played in Florida.

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SconyMack 1/08/13 2:03 pm

or "What have I been doing for the last 20 years!?"

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Mr_Miner 1/08/13 2:53 pm

@Onlymike said:

What the hell is this?

http://youtu.be/ELQ8KJYYPeQ

1990-02-17

I was at this show.

3rd night of a three night run for me. Providence, Boston, and Amherst. We heckeled WSP in Boston the night before because......"we want Phish"....and we were drunk.

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MDosque 1/08/13 2:55 pm

Sunday, 12/29/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil[1], La Grange
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles[2] > You Enjoy Myself[3], Harpua[4] -> Champagne Supernova[5] -> Harpua
Encore: Rocky Top

"You won't steal my poor heart again!"

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frankzappasmustache2012 1/08/13 3:34 pm

I went to the Charlotte show this year (8/26) for my first show. I got into phish in 2011 but I couldn't get transportation to a show (I'm 16). The whole time I was just smiling and jumping and thinking it was the best show ever. Honestly, now that I've gone back and listened, it was a pretty sloppy/mediocre show (besides the Tweezer, pretty sure I got IT during that). I really don't listen to the show much anymore except for the Tweezer, which I will remember for a long time.

I remember though thinking that everybody was really nice. Before the show some guy came up to me out of nowhere and started telling me how he met Page and got a signed copy of Hampton Comes Alive...that was pretty funny. Also I sat behind a wook who had like 8 beers in the first set alone and a couple more at set break and passed out during the second set and then woke up for the encore. I don't think that left a great impression with my dad...I don't think I'll be driving myself to phish anytime in 2013.

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MrJones 1/08/13 3:49 pm

"Your kidding me right, this is still the same song?"

June 22, 1995

Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Scent of a Mule, Ha Ha Ha > Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, It's Ice, Strange Design, Maze^[1], Cavern, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Theme From the Bottom -> Jam -> Tweezer^[2] -> Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Acoustic Army, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[1] Brief DEG tease.
[2] My Generation jam, Rift teases from Mike, and Fishman on vacuum.

Notes: Maze included a brief Dave’s Energy Guide tease. This 40-minute Tweezer, which is known as “The Fleezer,” contained a My Generation jam, Rift teases from Mike, and, at one point, a Fishman vacuum accompaniment.

Score: 1

dRStone 1/08/13 4:55 pm

I had been listening to Phish for ~12 years before I finally went to a show. So, I'd have to say my initial reaction was "Why the f%$k did I wait so long?" 27 shows and 3 years later, I still wonder the same thing.

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krs10 1/08/13 5:11 pm

Huh? Is this still the same song? Why are these hippies freaking out to dissonant latin-jazz with wimpy vocals that sounds like prozac-lite? Megaphone? Trampolines? I. Don't. Get. It. Ah, now this Dude guy sounds promising...

August 09, 1993

Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture -> Who Knows Jam -> Chalk Dust Torture, Mound, Fee^[1] > Split Open and Melt -> Glide^[2] > Nellie Kane > Divided Sky^[3], Memories^[4], The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Dinner and a Movie > Tweezer > Tela^[5] > My Friend, My Friend^[6], My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, You Enjoy Myself^[7] -> Contact > Crimes of the Mind^[8]

Encore: Rocky Top

[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[2] Simpsons, All Fall Down, and Random Note signals.
[3] Nellie Kane tease.
[4] Without microphones.
[5] Ending featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[6] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[7] Nellie Kane teases from Mike; "Here comes Speed Racer" quote from Trey and Smoke on the Water teases in the jam segment; Psycho Killer verses in the vocal jam.
[8] Dude of Life on vocals.

Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Glide included Simpsons, All Fall Down, and Random Note signals. The ending of Tela and the beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Nellie Kane was teased in Divided Sky and also in YEM from Mike. YEM's jam segment included Trey quoting "Here comes Speed Racer" and teases of Smoke on the Water and the vocal jam contained verses from Psycho Killer. Contact subsequently started as part of the vocal jam. Memories was performed without microphones. Crimes of the Mind (with the Dude of Life on vocals) was played for the first time since November 8, 1991 (234 shows).

Score: 1

lonestarphishphan 1/08/13 7:57 pm

I'm home...

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walstib 1/08/13 8:10 pm

Had heard very little Phish. Had many Dead shows under my belt. A few people kept giving me the Dead comparison beforehand and I wish they hadn't. I guess I remember thinking, this is not the Dead, these guys are fairly strange, what's the deal with the drummer and these guys are pretty legit. Only slightly recognized a few tunes.

April 30, 1993

Sports Center, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Set 1: Lengthwise -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart > Stash, The Horse^[1] > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Cavern^[2], Lawn Boy > All Things Reconsidered, Possum

Set 2: Wilson^[3], Sparkle > Tweezer -> Walk Away > Mound, Big Ball Jam, Harry Hood, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself^[4], Golgi Apparatus

Encore: When Something is Wrong with My Baby, Amazing Grace, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Brief Divided Sky tease from Trey.
[3] Several Theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly teases.
[4] Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page and Trey.

Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Cavern contained a brief Divided Sky tease from Trey, Wilson contained several teases of the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and YEM contained Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page and Trey. The soundcheck's No One to Depend On was performed instrumentally.

Score: 0

spasticdeadeyehound 1/08/13 8:54 pm

Great Woods '04. Intitial reaction at start of show: "why is this shit so quiet?" It seemed like the show was barely louder than the pre-show PA music. Very strange, I've never had that problem at any Phish show since. Initial reaction at end of show: "great...I get one show before they break up and it sucked. I hate the song Friday."

All I can say is thank god for 3.0

Score: 0

Herbdacious 1/08/13 10:21 pm

August 16, 2009

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Set 1: Llama, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern > Possum, Ocelot, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line -> Twenty Years Later, Halley's Comet > Rock and Roll, Harpua -> I Kissed a Girl^[1] > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Grind, I Been Around^[2], Highway to Hell

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.

Notes: The Harpua narration centered on a depressed Jimmy calling on his Spirit Guide who happened to be a “funny little man wearing a dress” who spoke truth through song (in this case, I Kissed a Girl). This show featured the Phish debut of I Kissed a Girl (described by Trey as “so wrong on so many levels”). After Harpua, Trey remarked to Fish that he was waiting for the day when Fish went to see Katy Perry and she performed a Phish song, prompting Fish to declare, “I don’t apologize to Katy Perry for that. I only apologize to [the audience].” Prior to the encore, Trey stated that it was hard to play the last show of the tour because they felt like they could just keep going. Before starting the debut performance of I Been Around, Trey explained that they were playing it because he realized that it was the one song off of the upcoming album (Joy) that they hadn’t played live.

good L
SPAC
Harpua
Didn't understand
BDTNL!
Llama opener

=mind blown

oh yeah and GUYUTE

Score: 0

thelot 1/09/13 9:44 am

I'm home!

Score: 0

Peezy 1/09/13 10:02 am

I AM BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

June 08, 2011

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY

Set 1: Nellie Kane, Mellow Mood, Buffalo Bill, Kill Devil Falls, Wolfman's Brother, Rift, Undermind, Ride Captain Ride, It's Ice > Dog Faced Boy, Brian and Robert > 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Character Zero

Set 2: Golden Age > Mike's Song > Fast Enough for You > Weekapaug Groove^[1], What's the Use? > Theme From the Bottom > Backwards Down the Number Line > Also Sprach Zarathustra^[2] > Harry Hood

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Golden Age teases.
[2] Golden Age, Happy Birthday, and What's the Use? teases.

Notes: Weekapaug contained Golden Age teases. Also Sprach Zarathustra contained Golden Age, Happy Birthday and What's the Use? teases. In the soundcheck (which was played on Kevin Shapiro's From the Archives #15(b) show on 7/1/11 from SBIX), Funky Bitch contained alternate lyrics, Dream On contained a brief Stairway to Heaven tease and "Old Zealand" alternate lyrics, and The Pendulum had Two Princes quotes.

Score: 0