original phish tunes that evoke emotional response?

Splinters of Hail (wish they would break it out)

most of the ones i was thinking were already mentioned…

roggae?
army of one?
two versions of me?
walls of the cave?

not tenderness, eh? maybe…

farmhouse?
free?
kill devil falls?
heavy things?

Nothing
All of These Dreams
Anything But Me
If I Could
Mountains in the Mist
Walls of the Cave
Round Room
Horn
Lifeboy

Before the Hampton 2009 reunion I could not listen to Velvet Sea without thinking about the Velvet Sea at Coventry and how heart wrenching it was…but now that they’re back…it doesn’t evoke the same response

AGREED!

That’s weird. I always think of my grandpa passing away when I hear “Dirt” too.

if i could…def

If I Could
Wading in The Velvet Sea
PYITE
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BTW, from a pure musical standpoint, Bug is similar to Oh Sweet Nuthin. But, as far as a similar emotional response, I still think Waste is pretty close.

“Bug” always strikes me as overly vapid, not emotional at all. Most of the songs on Farmhouse - with the exception of Dirt and Josie Wales - feel that way to me.

Are jams fair game for this? Cuz that 11/24/09 Reba from Philly 2… listen to Trey’s guitar at the end. Holy fuck! SO much feeling going into that :open_mouth:

I totally agree. I was just saying from the perspective of musical structure, the verses are very similar, as are the repetition style choruses. I just figured I’d throw that out there. Waste is still the one I’d go with, if she is an “Oh Sweet Nuthin” fan.

The only time I ever cried while listening to Phish was when listening to the Cypress performance of Bug…granted I was completely dosed beyond all recognition that night, but it was also the moment I realized that Phish was the greatest band in the world.

actually, she’s heard waste and several of the others on this list. and she’s not into the AUD and SBD stuff i have, although i have told her she must see them live to fully understand.

i think the big difference is that oh sweet nothin is such a raw emotional song, and most of phish’s music has a certain polish to it that just doesn’t have the same effect. there are definitely some great lyrics in there, but the delivery just isn’t quite the same.

plus i get the impression that some of you are just throwing out ballads and slow songs because i said girlfriend :stuck_out_tongue:

swept away
weekapaug groove

Ballad of Curtis Loew.

wait… we’re talking about getting all emo about it??? yeah, that happened during strange design once… but it might have been the shrooms tearing up :cry:

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I can’t believe I hadn’t said it before, but the end composition in Lizards totally does it for me (the instrumental part when Tela is pulling Rutherford the Brave our of the water).

Phish doesn’t like me, so they don’t play that song for me live… but, if they did, I think I’d probably shed a tear during that part.

I love that part of lizards, definitely shed a tear or two listening to it

Dunno if it’s been mentioned before, but “What’s the Use?” has a real emotive quality to it, for me.

And yeah, I was thinking about the instrumental part of “Lizards” too.

Also, “The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday.”