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@chrisjohnnick and @mclaincausey Hey, I moved these posts form the Unpopular Opinions thread to keep the music vibes in the music thread.
Great question! It's not really true today, but when I was a teenager and into my early 20s, I was really into Phish. They had a small following outside of the northeast, but not nearly as concentrated as you'd find their fanbase in the northeast. I definitely used to get flack for being into them outside of my New England bubble.
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@seawolf also fuck whoever made fun of that.
I have seen dumbass tribalism from adherents of Phish about Panic and vice versa, and in the early days there was some of that between Dead and Phish fans.
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@mclaincausey I never gave a shit what anyone said. Phish, although not my favorite band anymore, are still absolutely incredible musicians. I still listen to their older shows from time to time, and they always sweep me away like they used to. I'm a little intimidated by their catalog from the 21st century, and haven't really listened to much of it.
The tribalism always confused me. I'm just here for the music. As a Phish and Dead fan, I can confidently say that it's all well-crafted music full of heart, soul, and talent. That said, I reach for the Dead more than just about anything, so I'm definitely a Deadhead with a deep appreciation of Phish.
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@dinobarnesberlin this has been all over my feeds this week...
Normally I enjoy semi-ironic 'so bad it's good' kinda stuff, but not this!
“𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”
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@seawolf yeah that’s me too. I will say though that Phish is still a blast live. I don’t dig the cheesy dad rock as much as the absurd older stuff but the performances and lights are still amazing.
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@mclaincausey Their lighting designer is incredible. The one thing that's always bugged me about Phish is their nonsense lyrics in some of the songs. Gamehenge on the other hand, is an epic rock opera, no matter how goofy it is.
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Yeah they’ve moved from absurdist lyrics into love and light crap. I’ll take the absurdism over that.
And Robert Hunter or JP Barlow over that.
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How about some Warren (and yes some Jeff Porcaro)?
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@T4920 yea I get that for sure. This one caught me on a good day, not like I would loop it all day though.
