I was looking through my music library, and I realized that I have a SHITload of shows from the month of December. I think that December brought the best shows traditionally (12/29/94, 12/7/97, 12/11/99, 12/31/99), but i thought that might be up for debate.
What do you guys think?
Yeah December. 12/95 and 12/97 are two of the most spectacular months in music history soley because of Phish. Even though I may take 11/97 over 12/97, there is no denying that all the NYE runs are amazing and generally produce some of the highlights for each year in Phistory.
i had mine narrowed down to 3 - july, august, and november. i went with july based purely on personal experiences. august and november are as equally deserving.
there’s a different kind of chage to the music in December.
Summer tours for Phish and most bands are more involved in just having a nice laid back time in the summer and takin it breezy so to speak.
there’s some cabin fever enthusiasm that bands (and fans) seem to put into the music in the winter that gives it a great vibe that may even seem a bit more intimate than in the summer.
December by far!
im gonna say november. you have a lot of classic runs here, mostly from 97. the hampton and worcester runs were amazing. ive been listening to 11/30/97 tonite, and i absolutely love it. not to mention the hampton 98 run as well. and of course the legendary 11/2/98 show. a lot of good things happened this month. although most of the november highlights are from 97, i think you can legitmately say that phish in november 97 was phish at is best. and for that reason i pick november
I have to agree with dan on this one. November has some indeed sickkkk shows. I have a set of 94 from November (11.12? Julius, Fluff, Disease>Mercy>Disease) and am very impressed. Also the Hampton runs are awesome. Hampton 98 has some great moments and no one can dismiss 11.2.98 as one of the most legendary shows. Then again it was followed by December but I am liking November.
wow, no votes for August (festivals) or October ('ween). i think it’s cuz not a lot of people have seen this poll yet…
I went with November as well. Mainly becuase I’m a fan of the fall shows, fall 94 and 97 inparticular. I though November edged out December only becuase December has the obvious good shows or the NYE runs and what not, so I went with November becuase it was good by itself and it doesn’t need to have any NYE runs to make it great. It’s great all by it self.
Any month where they had been playing alot the month before seems to be the one. If you really think about it they always got better as tours dragged on! Go and research it OKP!
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summer 03
first half (through 7/19) average at best
second half (through IT) they were on FIRE!
that one just popped into my head.
I’m sure if you go back to their hey-days (93-98) you can find better examples
I would have to disagree slightly with that. ^^ Although the first four shows of summer 03 were rusty and average at best, the gorge shows were solid and had some great moments, UTAH was AWESOME, and parts of 7.18 and all of 7.19 were EXCELLENT. Conversely, I don’t think 7.21, first sets of 7.23, 7.25, and 7.27 are very good at all. 7.21 had a great setlist, but the playing was not inspiring. So, I would agree that the tour (and most tours) got stronger as a whole as it went on, but dismissing everything before 7.21 and saying everything after that was golden is going too far in my opinion.
The only reason December is getting all the votes is for New years runs, right!!! That’s my guess…
^That’s why I went with November. December is too much of an obvious choice becuase the NY runs are going to have more energy either way…
i think that’s partly true, but i also think people are smart enough to recognize the outstanding playing in the weeks leading up to NYE, particularly in 95 and 97
HELLO! December 95! 12/14/95! HELLO! December 97! 12/7/97!
let’s not forget the other outstanding shows…
12/2/95, 12/8/95, 12/11/95
12/6/97, 12/11/97, 12/13/97
yes there are many more, but i think these are, consensus-wise, the cream of the crop
I had to go with August and all the lonely festivals that didn’t get votes. I consider it a tie with December, so I broke it by giving the festivals the edge over New Years.
I think that the New Years Shows are probably the best band of Phish. I saw trey on 12/31/05. If Phish gets back together I’ll see them!
December. The December portions of the phall tours in '94-'97 are all amazing, particularly '95 '97. in December were hot as hell, and obviously NYEN always has some great shows. I also enjoy 12/1-2/03. There’s Big Cypress there too.