ChopAug 21, 2023

Love the quantity of jamming and musicianship we get in 4.0, but 2012-2015 (plus Fall 2016) is still my favorite modern #Phish to go back to.

2012 - 2016 = All four having one tight musical conversation to build something together

2021 - 2023 = Four equal voices loosely conversing down a path, sometimes hooking up, sometimes not as they go in and out of conversations with each other

As least that’s how it plays out in my head. 🤷‍♂️ https://shakedown.social/@Phreba/110928062442518231

Pete ⭕️ :stealie: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Love this section here, 2015 is probably my favorite year for Phish over the last 15 years or so. #phish

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Show threadCharlie

@chopaganda how do you factor in the relative lack of high quality 1st sets from 12-16 into your consideration? What elevates ‘21 (and to a lesser extent, ‘23) specifically into my favorite year of modern Phish are the sheer number of front to back elite shows. The peaks may be higher in 12-16, but also a lot more mailed in 1st sets, IMO.

As an aside - this is my 1st post on Mastodon. Arguably an inauspicious beginning to be defending 4.0 phish as my opening move here, but we’ll see how it goes

Aug 22, 2023 at 11:48pmWeb
Show threadChopAug 22, 2023
@Charlie It’s hard. I can only say that I wish the 2012-2016 band approached shows with the same mentality of the 4.0 band. I just rarely find 4.0 as compelling to play back—no matter how exciting it is live.
Show threadChopAug 22, 2023
@Charlie And congrats.Add a photo, bio, and fun Followgraph.