agreed. best one i’ve ever seen. if not for the execution (which is just about flawless), then for the moment it represented.
this is by far one of my favorite songs… my favorite version is 11/21/98 . i just listened to the one from F8 and it’s pretty awesome too
This is 100% true for me as well.
Until last night I never realized how Genesis inspired this song is…and I’ve heard Watcher of the Skies a million times before.
Brooklyn 04 version showed me this.
I had lost my appreciation for this song.
I have probably seen this as much as any other song live, and I kind of get a “meh” when it starts.
But I just listened to the 10-12-10 show.
And that is the best D-sky i 've heard in a long time.
Just a fecking scorcher
I’m kind of in the uh, not the best song ever camp on this one. It is an amazing piece of music, yes. Trey used to absolutely destroy this tune, yes. But when I’m listening to a show and Divided Sky comes on, I either skip to the next song, or fast forward to the ‘good part’ (where Page comes in with those banging chords and the guitar solo starts). If they start it up at a show I’m at, chances are I’m heading for the pisser 
granted I’m usually back for the good part. I don’t know why but for some reason, all of the other composition tunes seem like each part flows from one to the other and the ends don’t make sense unless you listen to the whole thing. Not with this one. I can skip all but the last 5 minutes of it and still get the same feeling at the end.
I also agree with Jeff. It would be waaaaaay sweeter if every body got perfectly quiet and stood perfectly still. Now THAT would be some shit.
I threw on “A Very Special Christmas 3” this morning at breakfast and was reminded that John Popper used parts of Divided Sky for the melody! I actually remember listening to this compilation before I was really into Phish, so I wouldn’t have recognized it the first times I heard it. Turns out there’s a little bit about it here - enjoy!