I’d have to put Esther in my Top 3 Phish songs. The imagery in that song is unmatched. Every time I hear it, I just picture a small New England town (Burlington anyone?) with a bunch of moderately crazy townsfolk chasing this girl around. I also think of scenery from the movie “Big Fish” for some reason. Great song though.
There are too many underrated Phish songs. not neccesarily my favorite, but what i think is the most underrated is probably Waste, but for Jams YEM.
^You Enjoy Myself. Underrated? That’s crazy.
when a song is called the quintessential song for a particular band there is no way that it can me underrated.
I think YEM is overrated. j/k! It is their quintessential song, and they played it at something like 40% of their shows. Nobody will ever agree that it’s underrated or overrated: it is Phish.
meh i mean with 46 days its a good song but keep in mind that the structure of the song is soooooo simple that even phish stoned could manage to pull it off very well every time
I always thought the jam in the end of “If I Could” was rather pleasant and refreshing, moreso on the album release. The live setting doesn’t quite capture it.
any of their more mellow, slow-tempo tunes: fast enough, friday, dirt, lifeboy…
Underrated and under-played: Billy Breathes
^I agree, except Friday that one never did it for me, i would rather have All of these Dreams
interesting choises everyone. horn from the moment i heard it had a special place in my heart. slave live is amazing. i can go home and listen to it, same version even, and hate it. it is no good to me out of the live, in person experience. now to the topic at hand. spock’s brain is awesome imo as with hahaha. both are musical shining moments intheir catalog. but as for the studio, i would agree with mound. it’s a very haunting to me vocally and lyrically. and gordo makes his presence known.
Lifeboy is my new favorite underrated song. I hadn’t heard it a long time and I was listening to 6.18.94, (thanks BIG DUDE) and now I’m in love with it. Great little tune.
thats what i am talking about! I love mound, but there isn’t really enough of hype about it.
i think all phish songs are underrated because not enough people appreciate them
How about when they hit a great Camel walk… Very underrated. Or the ever great Sample in a jar…Or Mango…
Time Turns Elastic
BROTHER. Its ridiculous how many people dont appreciate this song. The one from clifford ball is amazing and the 7-29-03 one has one of the best trey solos ever IMO.
it is also in my top five phish songs. I have been OBSESSED with this song for awhile now.
^ At Alpine, I heard atleast 5 people ask what song that was. Sadly one was my sister.
^i hear ya…
kinda reminds me of Sunday in Hampton… intro to MFMF and some kid behind me (older by at least 2 years) goes to his buddy, “what song is this again? i love it so much”
cmon… if you love a song, know its title by the 3rd second…
I totally agree with this. Mound has been one tops for me since the beginning.
More recently, for me, underrated=Undermind.
I freakin love the new arrangement, but I didn’t really care for it 2.0 style. It especially kicked ass when Billy was backin the boys up. That beat was nasty.
i agree about undermind it wasn’t until Knoxville that i enjoyed that song. it has sort of a grunge funk to it.