@n00b100 said:

@FACTSAREUSELESS said:

@The_Optimistic_Vet said:

The only tour in 3.0 that was truly loose and compares to 1.0 or 2.0 was the Fall of 2010. That said, I'm enjoying gigs as much as I ever have! You may not know what songs they will play, but attendees at every show get some bites at the apple of some good stuff...

Ready for Summer '15!

Right on. Fall of '10 is the most underrated tour in Phish history. Those shows still deliver when called upon, and stand up well against anything they've done recently. Yes, maybe they are devoid of 20-minute Simples or Tweezerfests, but for sheer fun, tight execution and scintillating musicianship....it was a great run.

I love Fall 2010 as much as the next person that acknowledges 3.0 isn't just a red-headed stepchild to 1.0/2.0, but the *only* tour that compares? Man, even if you aren't impressed with 2014, Fall 2013 is *definitely* as good as Fall 2010, and that's being conservative. Yeah, Fall 2010's way up there in terms of underrated tours, but as great as the run was, IMO both Fall 2013 and Fall 2014 have it beat.

Well, don't forget he prefaced his praise of Fall '10 by describing it as "loose". As in (as I took his meaning) "freewheeling". I would add...."unburdened by a feeling of pre-set expectations". Trey and Fishman were fire on that tour.

I'll gladly concede your greater point, (because you're obviously right!) but you must admit that it was a great tour during a time in Phishtory when everyone was still waiting for them to go back to being "that" band and hadn't quite moved on from Coventry yet. The playing was superb.

If I had my druthers, I'd like to see the boys keep doing what they're doing now, but tighten things up significantly and sound more like they did then. Don't know if that's possible, but that's my dream.

I've quite had my fill of the Echoplex. I want to hear the man PLAY.