Phish Live Shows BracketBuster

Hopefully this will pick up support in the mod thread, but I wanted to go about it in a democratic way so I will post this here, too.

I enjoy the BracketBusters we do for songs, cover songs, etc. I want to do one where entire shows square off against one another. This would be a larger undertaking, as an informed vote would likely require listening to the majority of the two shows facing each other in a given round. We’d do our best to provide links and such to give everyone the opportunity to listen before voting.

I think it is also probably a good idea to exclude festivals, NYE shows, Halloween shows and other 3-setters simply because of not only the occasion, but because they include more music. Let’s stick to 2-set shows.

We’d probably start with either 32 or 64. Identifying either the top 32 or 64 shows in Phishtory is quite the undertaking, so I’d like to get thoughts from everyone. There will be shows included that people think shouldn’t be, and there will be shows left out. That’s just the way it is. I think it is also important that we try and include every era of Phish - from 80s through post-hiatus. Although the lion’s share, I think, would likely come from their 93-97 hey days.

Comments, thoughts, ideas, gripes, show suggestions, etc…please post here.

heres a few off the top of my head

8-9-93 toronto
8-13-93 indianapolis
8-14-93 tinley park
5-7-94 dallas
6-22-94 columbus
11-30-95 dayton
12-01-95 hershey
12-6-96 las vegas
12- 7-97 dayton
11-22-97 hampton
7-23-97 atlanta
8-9-98 virginia beach
5-22-00 NYC
6-14-00 fukuoka
7-11-00 meadowlands

im not gonna go too crazy and list a ton, should we even bother with post hiatus? i like a lot of their stuff post hiatus but idk how much love its gonna get?

That’s a good start.

Some others I’d like to see:

6-11-94
6-18-94
7-2-95
8-13-96
11-27-96
7-30-97
12-29-98

Meadowlands?

J/K let me nominate 12-11-99

Three of my favorites:

3-13-92
7-08-94
12-29-94

Just throwin that out there … I can’t say I’ll be truly able to participate in such an undertaking, but I’ll do what I can.

If we’re doing 1999 then I’d like to put in 12-18 as well.

Theoretically if we do this, people can vote for whatever they want to based on whatever criteria they like, even if they haven’t heard a single note of either show in a matchup. I do not like the thought of that, but this whatever.

I was just thinking yesterday that with all the new members, it would be cool to revisit our bracket busters!

Good thinking Neil

3.20.92, 11.28.92

I honestly cannot say what is best at all before '92. I’ve only heard a few shows from each year.

There’s gotta be a show from that huge Spring '93 tour that is a contender.

8.28.93 should be in there, I think. And 12.30.93 of course, as it is only 2 sets.

Red Rocks '94 makes sense. 4.9.94 is pretty great.

Nice input Hank!

That’s the kind of stuff we’re looking for!

Now get out there and sell, sell, sell!!

so it turns out none of us actually knows about anything about “phish”
lets pack it up.

This is being discussed heavily in the mod board…

This thread is for you “regulars”.

;D

I love being a “regular”

I’m gonna throw 12/29/95 into the running

5/16/95
11/22/97
11/2/98
6/11/94

are all shows I’d like to throw out there.

I like the way you think. ;D

#1 seed for the second set alone.
The “Real Gin” is out of this world.

08/17/97
11/17/97
11/22/97
12/03/97
12/06/97
12/29/97
04/03/98
11/29/98
07/13/99
07/25/99
09/14/99
09/18/99
09/28/99
09/29/99
12/18/99
12/31/99
07/11/00
02/15/03
02/28/03
IT

::can’t believe YEM didn’t pick 12/11/97::

haha you know me well, while I like that show a shitload compared to other phans the show itself is dwarfed by many a fellow fall '97 show, even though I think it’s a lot better than most people do.