Great news for all you Phish fans out there. Apparently, the band’s getting back together. This news has dominated Google Trends, including the top 3 searches. Nevermind the financial crisis, so long as Phish are getting back together everything’s fine.
Yep, a Phish reunion has to tell you that all is right in the world. When there’s a band that can “jam” for 30 to 45 minutes on a single part of a single song and it doesn’t cause the audience to walk out, you know everything’s good and the world’s judgment is sound. For the record, their longest single-song jam was 59 minutes. An hour listening to the same song. My question? Did anyone there even notice?
For my part, I don’t get it. I hate Phish, the Grateful Dead (hey, if they want it so bad, who’s stopping them?), and, Dave Matthews, Pink Floyd. Not that they are all the same (except Phish and Grateful Dead…if they were around at the same time, you’d have to wonder why you never saw them in the same place at the same time), but they have one thing in common. When I mention that I can’t stand these bands I am greeted with utter confusion from a lot of people. I appreciate this, it allows me to immediately discount them as having any rational thought from that point forward. It’s a useful screening tool.
The Pink Floyd hatred is the one that the most people have trouble with. How can I not like Pink Floyd? Well, I just have a problem with any band that has to have a bunch of completely unrelated sound effects seemingly in every song. The thing that kills me most about Pink Floyd fans is their obsession with telling everyone who will listen that Dark Side of the Moon album was completely done as a soundtrack to the Wizard of Oz. Clearly. I mean just look at this second by second review for the song “Money” by one Floyd fan:
20:46: “Money, get back” is heard as Dorothy turns her back to the camera and the munchkins peer out from the bushes and hide as Dorothy turns again.
21:02: The bubble carrying Glinda the Good Witch appears during the line “Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit.” She materializes just after the line “I’m in the hi-fidelity first-class travelling set”.
22:04: Glinda appears to be playing air guitar with her wand. She moves her fingers on the wand as though it were a fretboard.
Now, if that’s not definitive, I don’t know what is. See for yourself.
I still don’t get it. If you doubt for a single second that someone came up with concept this while completely sober and not on any drugs (including, but not limited to: pot, LSD, hashish, peyote, shrooms, meth, heroin, crack, Ecstasy, rohypnol, anything in the glue family, or just good old booze), you need to reexamine your life.
So, congrats to Phish on their reunion. I guess they checked all the places they keep their weed and figured out that it’s all gone and they need some cash. For my part, this is still a fish:
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Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: Press, music
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wow you’re a f***ing moron. good job. you prob like radiohead and cry into some dudes arms…ohhh booo hoooooooooo
(edited by moderator, dude, watch the f-bombs)
Hey, good news, Rice. I hate Radiohead as well. Not sure where all the crying stuff comes from, but if that’s a visual that makes you happy, well, then you go with it…not that there’s anything wrong with that…
I think the word hate is a little strong. I mean, we’re talking about music here. If you were truly open-minded as most appreciative music listeners are, you’d respect these bands (including Radiohead) for there creativity & skill. The bands you’ve listed include some of the best musicians that have lived over the past 100 years. It seems you don’t know how to appreciate music - of any genre. I doubt you play an instrument and even enjoy music properly. The beauty of these bands is that they play so much and so well together that they can improvise (using elements of jazz & the blues) throughout there shows. This thereby creates a unique experience for the crowd at the show and is what creates the rabid fan following that all these bands have. I imagine that you are not the type of person who goes to small jazz clubs, sees the blues at local bars, or even has the slightest bit of taste when it comes to music. So before you start ranting realize that you sound extremely naive.
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so what jonathan, you post ridiculous comments that you cant back up except stereotypically generalizing what is known as the “jam-band” crowd by saying that the only reason they love music and the long extended jams is because they are balls deep into a drug trance. what people just cant respect the art of improvisation. have you ever heard of john coltrane … does miles davis ring a bell? these guys were the originators of what you would call ‘the long extended jam.’ they invented the art of improvisation and next time you post a blog do it on something you care about then … how about panic at the disco. give me a 200 word bio which i know wouldnt be a problem for you.
really simple. you’re a douche bag.
Are you seriously for a minute comparing John Coltraine and Miles Davis to Phish? Because that’s what it sounds like…I’m just checking.
A 200 word bio? Jeez, that’s a lot of words…I’ll think about it.
Feel free to check me out on LinkedIn if you care that much. There’s a link in the sidebar.
While I don’t agree with Anonymous and his douche bag comment on a number of levels, I do give him credit for having the most succinct, logical, if not mature, argument yet. Well played.
You’ve done a fantastic job of stereotyping here, J. Although there are some truths in your post you’ve done a great job of some tossing out some broad reaching blanket statements.
So sorry if you don’t understand the appeal of this music. The mind is like a parachute it only works if it’s open and it doesn’t take hallucinogens to do that…. just a bit of intelligence and acceptance.
At the end of the day… different strokes for different folks, but bashing strokes is bad taste.
“The mind is like a parachute it only works if it’s open and it doesn’t take hallucinogens to do that”
The mind is like a a parachute? Does it take hallucinogens to write similes like that or do they come to you naturally?
I’d have a lot more respect for your opinions if you just went ahead and admitted you have no idea what you’re talking about.
And if you’re going to insult the intelligence of people who have different musical tastes than you, you’d probably have more credibility if you used the appropriate word. “Rationale”? Try again.
“Rationale”? What are you talking about? The word is “rational.” Jeez. You’d have a lot more credibility if you knew how to read. Take another look.
PS: Don’t leave a comment based around something that the writer can easily change such that no one is the wiser and leaving your argument completely meaningless…not that this is what happened here.