Phish' only radio-play song was Down with Disease.
And while Phish has a very loyal hardcore following, they aren't popular in the way that bands who are on the radio are popular. The YEM encore was really nice.ĩ5% of Phish fans probably won't recognize that they play prog material so no, I wouldn't count Phish as helping prog be more popular. It was a good show, my 21st, they played well, but the setlist kind of sagged in the middle of the first set and in the second set, just when Tweezer seemed like it was going to go someplace interesting, they cut it off to move on. I saw them on Saturday at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood (soon to be adjacent to the Rams new stadium). Their studio albums can be spotty, especially compared to the live versions of some of the songs, but favorites are Junta, A Picture of Nectar, Billy Breathes and Joy. I love the songwriting, they're virtuoso players in a wide range of styles and the live shows can be transcendent. I really like their straight forward pop stuff, the ballads and the more metal-oriented stuff like Carini and Axilla. They absolutely have prog songs, stuff like The Divided Sky, David Bowie, Fluffhead, You Enjoy Myself and Esther (all from Junta) and stuff like The Curtain (With), Reba, Maze, It's Ice, Walls of the Cave and Time Turns Elastic. I steadily got in to them, bought all the studio albums, got a ton of live stuff, seen them live 21 times. Oddly enough, it was hearing this that hooked me, I just loved the guitar part and the lyrics:
As a result, I missed their 1992-1997 glory days (1994 being my favorite), it wasn't until I stumbled across the Bittersweet Motel documentary in 2003 during the first hiatus while channel surfing one night that I got in to them.
I made the mistake of buying in to the "Meh, they're just Grateful Dead clones" thing, which since I'm not a Dead fan at all was a problem. They inducted Genesis into the RRHoF for what it's worth. This is a talented lot whose lyrics bear a resemblance to early Yes or Genesis or Steely Dan. Many people are more discouraged by their fan base or "lot" scene than they are in the band themselves I've found over the years. I have been leaving live stream links to their current tour on the NP thread. Solid competent playing, different sets every night. Mike Gordon lays a solid bass line down and drives some fierce rhythms along with Jon Fishman on drums. Page on keys is not an Emerson or Wakeman, but can be compared to a T Lavitz (RIP) per se. Trey is a monster on guitar, but not enough is said about the rest of the band. That's if the Dregs had jammed out their tunes in concert. To me, they are more akin to the Dixie Dregs then the Dead. Phish is a live band that releases studio recordings every now and then. (new-studio-album)-now-available-for-streaming?highlight=phishīut I'm wondering more specifically if anyone else has had a Phish epiphany, going from "No way, not those guys" to "wait a second, they sound A LOT like Genesis / Yes / etc!" Some interesting discussion elsewhere on this site for sure ~ Since they're one of the most beloved American bands (at least live) of the past 30 years, that kind of changes the narrative about how prog rock is unpopular, no? Since the remaining Dead chose Trey Anastasio to stand in for Jerry at their final shows, I've been re-evaluating Phish, finally noticing how proggy they can be.
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