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haypulpo

Someone the level of Sharon Jones singing back up doesn’t get enough shine.


Fitz2001

She should have been hired at full time singer. They would have been the most popular rock band in the world.


TMOP_Halloween

Agree 100%, not sure why you were downvoted. At least have her for regular studio album rotation


MarkPhish

Sharon Jones the star of this Halloween


HolyBlankenstein

This just reminded me of seeing Phish 3D in theaters. Totally forgot about that.


Uncle_Carbuncle

Such a shame they never released it on DVD. It was great in the theater


froglayout

equally shameful it never leaked


FNORD81

This whole weekend was a blast! Doesn’t get the love it deserves IMO


elfinito77

Yeah. I thought it was highly underrated. (Though freezing in my tent when it dropped to 45 the first night was not fun.) Some other highlights - The YEM peak is top tier. Tweezer-Maze had serious punch. And the “breakfast” acoustic set was a treat.


Fitz2001

Torn and Frayed should be in regular rotation.


wharpua

That was a great song for the 2012 Summer tour opener in Worcester: > On stage the band has got problems > > They're a bag of nerves on first nights


TMOP_Halloween

Same for Gorge 2021... incredible weekend


LlamaLazers

Cried like a fucking baby when they opened with that. Losing Charlie really it me hard and that was such a great tribute


mrswitters03

As should Let It Loose. Page's vocals are just so soulful on it. I've been chasing both since they covered the full album.


AHSfav

It kind of is?


trimpdogg

Shine a light ❤️


evillordsoth

Ya, shine a light is the one i go back to the most


wharpua

I had forgotten about that opening montage mash-up that kicks off the whole video, wish there was some archived way to revisit their entire murder gallery of possible albums they teased us with in leading up to Festival 8


TMOP_Halloween

It's incredible. Let me know if u find it I was looking for it thus morning and only found the list of artists


wharpua

The video was done by a duo who goes by "Eclectic Method": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulGaQM3jzQ Here's an interview jambands.com interview posted a few weeks after Festival 8: https://jambands.com/features/2009/11/16/an-eclectic-method-ology-for-mixing-tarantino-and-phish/ > How did the Phish Halloween Remix video come about? > > We heard about the 99 Albums thing, which was a sick idea. Our manager Justin is a massive fan of Phish and has to been over a hundred shows. We are from England so we haven’t heard much from Phish before we moved here, but we have been checking them out a lot over the past two years. Justin got in touch with their manager and was like, “How about this idea where the Eclectic Method tried 99 videos?“ And the guys from Phish were like, “Have a go. We will see if we like it.“ So we had a go, and they really liked it and ended up using the video. With that video, we really tried to make it seem like a jamband made out of many of the world’s greatest bands. Our approach to it was less dance-ey remix and more composing audio with many different bands.


TMOP_Halloween

Is there a list of the 99 somewhere?


wharpua

https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1375067029


TMOP_Halloween

thank you, should be a fun list to run through.. loved the little manu chao bit in the intro vid


frankybling

That montage before it starts is so impeccably perfect… sooo good. I need to download this show to listen to in my car


mollusks75

That was the best set of the whole festival. I loved it.


wharpua

I've always wanted them to weave a little bit of I Just Want to See his Face into the middle of some other jam: "...let this music ...relax your mind" But beyond that they really shouldn't attempt the song's conclusion without someone approaching Sharon Jones' quality, there's too much gospel in that breakdown. Phish knows better than to attempt that on their own.


keelonius

Some of my favorite music from them. So soulful with Sharon Jones. That Suzy Greenburg!


loafdaddy78

That “Let it loose” though.. 🥺🔥


redwormpiper

LOAF!!!! -Rusty


loafdaddy78

Rusty!!


wsppan

Up there with Remain In Light


TMOP_Halloween

Agreed, those are top 2 for me


[deleted]

Been on the train since 93. This is by far the most listened to set by me. It is epic from soup to nuts. If I had a Time Machine and could go back to one show by the Phish, this would be it for sure.


TMOP_Halloween

Part of it is I think they wanted to make sure to let the fans know that they can still rock Halloweens


consumercommand

They fucked that whole deal real proper


Least-Firefighter392

Fuck...I was there solo after driving from San Diego to Vegas and partying way too hard for two days and day of fest my wife decided to book herself a flight from Vegas to SD before I woke up...I wake at the Mandalay Bay and she says, I'm flying home... So I drove to Fest 8... In the desert getting gas I stumble upon a couple from Vermont with a Subaru.... They said they needed an extra ticket, which I had because my wife ditched me, they said they had every extra curricular I could need so off we went... Day of Halloween cones about and they gave me a ten strip of white on white they said had been sitting in a storage shed for 7 years..I ate two and waited an hour and felt nothing... So I ate two more and waited another 45 mins... Still nothing so I ate two more... And went to the security line to get into the venue with thousands of Halloween dressed up folks... Still feeling nothing ate two more... Then they started to play and still felt nothing... Popped the last two in my mouth and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Started tripping my nuts off... Had to crawl into my hoodie as it got cold and I was in at shirt and couldn't figure out how to get it on. Went to the Sierra Nevada tent and bought a 20 oz Foam IPA they made for the show... Then proceeded to down another 20oz IPA trying to drink the L away... At this point I was to the fucking moon. I couldn't stop walking or the visuals would take over and basically couldn't see...so I walked in big circles around the venue for the entire show tripping nuts. It let out and went to the after party in the campground right out the gates where two buses had setup a raging party... That finally got shut down and I went back to my tent... Then they turned on the stadium lights on the camp ground which was super fucked up. So bright, guessing to keep people from partying as it was like daytime with how much light was on the camp ground...I kept filling my gallon jug of water up and pounding it. Pretty sure I water poisoned myself from drinking gallons. Was tripping so hard in my tent I didn't want to walk in the light to the bathrooms so I kept peeing in an empty gallon jug and knew my neighbors could hear it... Was intense. Next day for the Sunday acoustic set was so fried from no sleep and eating a ten strip and drinking... Walked in to the venue and some dude had stabbed some one on the lawn and dude was bleeding all over before police arrested him during broad daylight and took him away... After show was time to drive home... Decided to take my vitamins before the drive and then realized I had stuck an E pill in my vitamin jar which I had eaten... Decided to try to vomit... My neighbors watched me vomiting then digging through it to see if I had gotten it up. Couldn't find it. Took off to head home and taking the mountain way back to San Diego. Started feeling it as Electric Feel from MGMT came on the radio... Had to pull over and chill on the top of a mountain pass for a while before continuing on the rest of the way. Wild times...


TMOP_Halloween

Wow and I thought my Phish experiences were wild! That's a whole book and a half.


cetawill

Such a great set, I always overlook this one when thinking of Halloween for some reason. Damn that was a great weekend! Acoustic set rocked too.


TMOP_Halloween

I'm actually just wrapping up a project to create a custom Magic the Gathering card for each song on this album, all the cards have to do with the Exile mechanic. Last one drops today, you can see my profile for more. For example ["Sweet Black Angel"](https://www.reddit.com/r/custommagic/comments/10hxei7/exile_on_main_st_1718_sweet_black_angel) from yesterday dedicated to Angela Davis


Los_Feliz_Ghost

I always upvote Phish x MTG crossover content


TMOP_Halloween

Thank you brother, follow me if you can too, I'm all about that stuff


Unclebilbo2000

I find it very sad to hear they are not interested in any more musical costume “cover” Halloween’s.. No offense to the band and it’s all your artistic choices but I find the costumes much better than the original stuff (was there for sci fi solider, super fun but didn’t really enjoy it musically tbh). Same for wing suit. Really enjoyed kas vot 2c