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maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

Best alternate responses;

The Velvet Underground
Talking Heads
Yo La Tengo

But I said what I said. #phish

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@SourceRolls in the discussion, but disqualified (in my head) because it’s still Sly AND the family Stone - which centers the individual instead of the collective.

Still think Taking Heads is fair because they formed and gained popularity in a legendary US music scene.

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@SourceRolls usually this conversation centers around “american rock” bands… but if we did just reduce it to “american bands”, The Meters would certainly be in the conversation.

Probably because of Page McConnell’s involvement 😉

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@chris I like to joke about the lyrics, but was also thinking about how tunes like pillow jets and oblivion would be highlights for me if I was in attendance. The playing is so good that I’m willing to surrender to the flow if it’s keeping the band in an inspired place.

Just no lower case songs!

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @Rosey @chris I ended up spending a decent amount of time with the Lonely Trip album, so the quarantunes like…And Flew Away already get the pass from me. Ether Edge and the Pillow Jet lyrics are extremely hard to take, but I felt the same way about Light in 09.

I’ll always be on team Trey, but sure do miss him stringing words together just because they sound good together. Bring back Reba level lyrics or take out the lyrics completely.

video/mp4

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @Rosey

Nit picking phish is half the fun!

Pillow Jets sounds kinda biblical to me, like it’s about angels coming for judgement day reckoning. Just weird imagery all around. Still I’m basically on board until the “harlequin kaleidoscopic…pulsating halcyon specter” part… but then that leads to the conjurers of thunder line which is cool.

I will give Pillow Jets credit for avoiding most of the Trey cliches;

Motion, colors, water.

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @chris @Rosey hahaha, I like where this is headed.

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@velvetseawader I thought that was affection!

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@mrcompletely @chopaganda wait until you hear the lyrics. The endless boomer nostalgia

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

Just not buying the whole “it’s easier for him to sing in a higher register” thing. #Phish

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@velvetseawader I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; Trey used to sing like he was quietly leading you through the woods to some obscene treasure. It ruled.

Now he’s signing like he’s publicly sharing his location on Threads. It’s way less cool.

This jam has been pretty nice though. 😎 #phish

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@velvetseawader I’d (politely and respectfully) argue that when it “works” it doesn’t really “work” as much as it “doesn’t fail/detract”. I dont think any of that (extremely extra) effort is required to stoke audience engagement, but then again, I’m not the guy on stage.

I imagine he gets an encouraging reaction from the first few rows.

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@velvetseawader I agree, I think he’s trying to shore up one of the long standing phish criticisms (bad signing) but it’s definitely not doing him many favors

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@Stoneycase @velvetseawader it’s been a few years now, pre-pandemic even, that he’s had that vocal coach. Admittedly I know nothing about signing, but stubbornly believe there’s just no way that straining to hit notes he’s never hit before is helping to protect his voice.

I think he’s just trying to “leave it all on the floor” in every way possible. I appreciate the effort, but it would be way cooler if he leaned further into a more subtle and relaxed vocal delivery.

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@Stoneycase @velvetseawader me debating whether the whale call of 09 or the over signing of 4.0 takes me out of it more:

maxellxlii90, 10 months ago

@Stoneycase @velvetseawader (it’s the whale call. 4.0 is good 🙏)

maxellxlii90, 11 months ago

@mrcompletely it’s exactly that + that forefield pup. Did Tim Meadows lift the whole thing from this guy?

maxellxlii90, 1 year ago

@mrcompletely I didn’t know they went, just figured they knew their audience well. Lots of Dead and Co merch at the show last night!