@Bosco057 said:

@raidcehlalred said:

@elfinito said:

"it seemed strong enough to compete with IT for the title of best Phish festival other than Big Cypress.

Hmm -- As someone who was at every Festival through Festival 8 except, sadly, Big Cypress....I do not get how anyone can even remotely consider anything other than the Great Went as No. 2 to Cypress.

IT was great and all...and I guess is you really dug that summer 3.0 jam style (and not bothered by the excessive Pharmies, X and coke dominating the scene), you got some treats...but Great Went was a special moment in Phish history...with one of the most iconic sets they ever played, musically and emotionally.

what style?....

the pharmies didn't bother me, and while the went boasts that awesome day two / set two.... take a look 'around' it.... there was some interesting stuff going on, but the first sets are kinda tough (sans tweezer).... and i like the oozing cites and such, but i'm not a huge late mule fan (although i love the loop).

i'm not a prisoner of the moment. this festival was great for what it was, but i'd put the ball above both, in terms of a MOMENT.... the fact that they could pull that off when they did, after a ho-hum summer run....

and the music is crystallized.

ho-hum summer run? Were you not at Red Rocks? And the Deer Creek show that made it to the original Live Phish series still ranks in my personal top 5. I suppose I could agree that maybe it wasn't as consistent as some other summer tours, but ho-hum? No sir. Not in my opinion.

was, man. red rocks is red rocks, so there's that, but i'm sorry, totally disagree; it simply wasn't electric. even the tweezer and its tease was imperfect. one night at the creek was great - that to which you allude - totally loved it.... has one of, if not my favorite LLAMA.... the other was so-so at best. i even liked hershey park / that wilson and reba.... and the second set had some cool and varied playing, considering what was up 'next!' totally pedestrian though .... and this carries through till 10/31; saw a lot of those shows as well.

even the band agrees. heck, they were 'opening' more than half the time. the best thing about 96 generally was the rise of page.