Best Forbin's -> Mockingbird story

fishman4 1/14/13 1:49 am

So I came to the realization that I haven't heard enough Forbin's->Mockingbird stories aside from the more known ones (12/31/95, 12/1/95, 11/30/94, 10/31/96) etc. etc.

I recently watched this video and the story really intrigued me and it got me craving more stories from the mind of Trey.

So my question is do you know of any more lesser known or obscure shows that contain interesting Forbin's->Mockingbird stories?

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forbin1 1/14/13 1:57 am

8/14/97 is pretty popular..

Try 9/30/00 Vegas

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fishman4 1/14/13 1:59 am

Thanks man, I'll definitely check those out. I haven't heard either of them before.

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spaced 1/14/13 2:13 am

I wouldn't say anything from August '93 would qualify as "obscure," but 8/7/93 has some good narration. Plus the rest of the show is awesome, even by that month's standards.

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thelot 1/14/13 5:08 am

2-7-93 is by far my favorite and a great show taboot taboot

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SicMD 1/14/13 5:21 am

5-17-92

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johnnyd

1/14/13 7:23 am

4/16/1992
Rocks! Boulders!!! Trees!!!!!

Just like everyone else is saying, the rest of this show is outstanding.

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Thunder 1/14/13 8:12 am

8/7/98 is worth checking out if you haven't. Very cool.

August 07, 1998

Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

Set 1: Water in the Sky, Drowned, Frankie Says, Stash, Brian and Robert, Foam, Bittersweet Motel, Ghost, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird^[1]

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Mike's Song > Simple > Albuquerque > Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Funky Bitch

[1] Narration offered an explanation for the evening's lunar eclipse.

Notes: The long, surreal Mockingbird narration offered an “explanation” for the evening’s lunar eclipse. Mockingbird was played for the first time since Halloween, 1996 (135 shows).

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MJZ1974 1/14/13 8:18 am

If you haven't heard this one, run...don't walk. It's a SBD on the spreadsheet.

And my first show!

May 06, 1992

St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI

Set 1: Llama, Foam, Reba, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Maze, Tela > Brother, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle, Cavern

Set 2: My Sweet One, Stash, The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself^[1] -> Shaggy Dog^[2], All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Chalk Dust Torture^[3], Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Carolina^[4], Good Times Bad Times

[1] Brady Bunch theme and Flash Light teases from Mike; Frito Bandito quote in vocal jam.
[2] A cappella. Ended with quote of Magic (Pilot).
[3] Cold as Ice tease from Page in intro.
[4] Without microphones.

Notes: My Sweet One was preceded by a brief jam before the song proper started. YEM contained Brady Bunch theme and Flash Light teases from Mike. Shaggy Dog (first since November 3, 1988, or 449 shows) was performed a cappella and emerged from the YEM vocal jam. The YEM vocal jam also contained quotes of the Frito Bandito jingle and Shaggy Dog ended in a quote of Magic (Pilot). Page teased Cold As Ice both before and during the intro to Chalk Dust. Carolina was performed without microphones.

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Looks2Much 1/14/13 9:34 am

I'm a fan of 12.30.93

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docbh 1/14/13 9:39 am

^. This. Came in to say 12/30/93. The ice under the floor boards is moving.

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Jd1975 1/14/13 10:21 am

First Forbins a heard was at darian 97 an instead of goin into mockingbird they went into camel walk which was awsome but it took me till Watkins Glenn to finally hear mockingbird it's also a perty interesting version with the Kesey and the pranksters

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fishman4 1/14/13 7:31 pm

Great suggestions! Thanks everyone.

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kipmat 1/14/13 11:31 pm

One more interesting version is 5/3/93, available in SBD on the Bonnaroo FTA show. Kevin Shapiro gets to tell the punch line afterwards, gives me a chuckle.

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jerryguscia 1/15/13 1:25 am

@Thunder said:

8/7/98 is worth checking out if you haven't. Very cool.

1998-08-07

This, it goes SOOO weird. And thanks to Resident Badass, @westbrook, we have SBD of the narration > Mockingbird: http://www.mediafire.com/?2p8rsqy74lmz9

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fishman4 1/15/13 9:31 pm

@jerryguscia said:

@Thunder said:
8/7/98 is worth checking out if you haven't. Very cool.

1998-08-07
This, it goes SOOO weird. And thanks to Resident Badass, @westbrook, we have SBD of the narration > Mockingbird: http://www.mediafire.com/?2p8rsqy74lmz9

Awesome! Greatly appreciated.

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wrinkledraisin 1/15/13 10:13 pm

April 15, 1991

The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Set 1: The Sloth, Ya Mar, Foam, Runaway Jim, Split Open and Melt, Fee > Chalk Dust Torture, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Llama

Set 2: Wipe Out^[1], Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Horn > My Sweet One, The Landlady, The Lizards > Possum^[2], Magilla^[3] > Fire

Encore: The Squirming Coil > Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Yield Not to Temptation tease.
[3] Blue Monk tease from Page.

Notes: Wipe Out was a Phish debut. Possum contained a Yield Not to Temptation tease and Magilla contained a Blue Monk tease from Page.

Sometimes your first really is the best...
We had absolutely no idea what this maniac was talking about. and talking about. It's one of those nights, when I get around to re-listening to it, that was so special because we were so naive and clueless. 22 years later, and still upside down.

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