As I lay in my bed right now next to my beautiful girlfriend I reflect on last night, the Phish show in Tahoe. When I got to our hotel after making sweet love to an old Bill Evans CD, I read all the posts from last nights show, and recent ones relating to critical fans. First of I'm not going to be one or those guys who starts off there review with, I have seen phish 103 times, I lived in Burlington, Vermont for a summer to see and feel the Phish roots, met mike gordon at a traffic light, and I am in the front row at almost every west leg of their tour. It's like telling me you have a big dick, I doubt it and I really don't care. You Sit their and criticize every single note Trey (just Trey of course) played last night. Criticize the setlist, the annoying drunk frat boys, and the hot hippie chicks who never give it up.
Have you ever actually learned the complex intricacy of music theory? Memorizing "it's ice" melody on your China made fender doesn't count. Or playing the same 3 major chords over and over again doesn't mean sh*t.
What is a modulation?
What is the suspension note on Bb?
What is he triad of F#?
Trey, Mike, Page, Fish are true musicians who work hard and know their shit. Period.
We all do respect my fellow phish heads, and I do have a point; DO you know how hard these guys have worked to get to where they are now? How much physical and mental energy it takes to do what they do. They play what they want to play and where they want to take the music. Last night at Tahoe, Trey was in rare form and he looked like he was having a lot fun!! Dancing, grooving, very engaging with the crowd. They brought back the space funk, rock and roll, blues, salsa.....I am also getting really sick of all the negative, over critical review of Phish concerts. If it's that bad, DONT FUCKING COME. Let someone who hasn't seen phish before experience good music. If you seen them 1 time or 300, I would rather listen to the person who saw them after their first time. We don't want your wadded panties messing with my wall of sound. In my opinion that's why phish broke up the first time, they didn't have any control of their music anymore because everyone on the Internet was crying about how it wasnt like the old days. How they didn't do this, how they didnt play that.....Stop living in the past and appreciate that such an amazing live act has maintained this kind of run for 25+ years. Well it's 2011 and a scary time for our nation and a dried up music seen.
Try going to the show sober?
Try listening just to Gordon?
Try standing I'n the back row?
Last night was one of the best nights of my life. It was my girlfriends first Phish concert, I was In f'ing Tahoe, I wasn't at work, and I loved every minute of it!! (especially the second set). My gf shook her Oregon hips while I observed in awe. Was it the best show of all time? Who cares. Did my face melt from Treys guitar, my spine jump from gordos bass, my skin tingle from Pages keys, and my body move to Fishs drums?
Hell Yah!! Last night rocked!! And if you didnt like it Mariah Carey is playing In LA next month...,..let me know how that works out for you. Or String Cheese Incidents 90 minute two Chord jams....You think you are cool because you are so way beyond phish, too smart for phish, to musically sound for phish..... so over phish.....so you bash them, your criticize every F*ing note, song, key, chord.
Again, you dont like the way they are playing, go somewhere else. I respect these 4 gentleman. Chris K. All the work and production that goes into there performance. I look forward to it.
P.S.
*****Dont like what I have to say? Tell me why, I am curious.
*****Do Like what I have to say? Thank you for not supporting this bullshit criticism painted all over the internet, at the shows, and from "fans"
Time to hit the road.
Love you Phish!!! Never stop playing!!
-c