Drew but 7/27/25 GA ➡️ RepriseJun 3, 2023

What is the #phish take you've heard that is so bad you can't shake it?

For me it is someone who tweeted that in 1994, he and all of his friends used to head straight for the bathroom when Down With Disease used to start because it was so bad and predictable.

The jams of '94 Diseases were 5-6 minutes of patient, melodic and explosive tension and release jamming. Soaring melodies with relentless urgency.

To single them out still has me muttering to myself a few years after reading it.

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@drewphish not necessarily a take, but I'm annoyed by people who basically don't enjoy any of the newer songs and only want to hear songs from the 90s
Jun 3, 2023 at 7:11pmWeb
Show threadChrisJun 3, 2023
@drewphish I'm always happy to hear them try out new material. It's what keeps it interesting to me
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@chris @drewphish To be fair, a lot of the newer songs are straightforward, mid tempo things with sappy, on the nose lyrics. There’s a reason for all the memes about love, light, and oceans. Any of them may be capable of launching huge jams but the songs themselves just objectively aren’t very good.

I don’t want to hear 90’s only, but I also think much of the newer stuff is subpar.