Phish Festival 8 Halloween Cover Album Teaser

Shadows of the morning light…  shadows of the evening sun…

I was listening to “Forever Changes” today, and let me tells ya…...that sounds very phishy at certain points.  I don’t think Love has been given enough of a chance here.  Spin it & see.

I haven’t looked through these posts obsessively, but from I have read, no one has considered Superfly. Amazing bass stuff, fun and varied percussion, great synth/keys, and Trey covers the violin with that beautiful screaming tone. Plus theres a horn section. It likely won’t be Superfly, but I think it sure would be fun.

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” if it was Pet Sounds?

1) They are in California.
2) Animal songs abound in the Phishery.
3) I requested it

Anyone think Beck should have been on the list?...so many fantastic records that fit the bill.

My original pick before the list came out was Exile, but now that I see the contenders, I’m calling Kiss Alive II.  (My favorite album when I was a kid.  Yeah, I’m old.)

“You wanted the best, you got the best…the hottest band in the world…....PHIIIISSSHHH!!!!!” > Detroit Rock City

Killer opener.

With the highlight of the night being Fishman (with full string section and beautiful piano playing by Page) singing “Beth” (crowd goes nuts on last line “Cuz me and the boys will be playin’ all night”)...then segueing into the sickest, darkest jam of the night, “God of Thunder”.

Oh yeah…and as long as I’m getting so specific… they’ll end the afternoon set with Rock and Roll All Nite.  Perfect set up. ;)

What I think is most interesting at this point are which albums haven’t been affected yet. The following albums haven’t been killed, phishified, or linked to a video yet.

Journey- Escape
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Pearl Jam- Ten
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire
Neil Young- Tonight’s the Night
Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
Boston- Boston
Queen- A Night at the Opera
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Brian Eno- Before and After Science
The Doors- The Doors
Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street
Television- Marquee Moon
U2- Joshua Tree
Guns n Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Hall and Oates- Private Eyes
Love- Forever Changes
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Creedance Clearwater Revival- Green River
Pixies- Come on Pilgrim
Eric Clapton- 461 Ocean Boulevard
Kiss- Alive II
The Police- Ghost in the Machine
MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
ZZ Top- Tres Hombres
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
Miles Davis- A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Chicago- Transit Authority
The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Prince- Purple Rain
The Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers
Van Halen- Van Halen

They haven’t killed any albums that link to videos yet and there is only one album (Tom Petty) that is both phishified and dead.

although it is a 20 song double album…
but that sort of thing hasn’t stopped them before…
and that album begins with
“Detroit Rock City”
which happens to be the first stop on the Fall Tour…

I dunno…

not sure I really want to hear 20 Kiss songs…

Could it Be “play the last Record Alive”
Kiss
Alive II
???

I dunno…

it would be friggin hilarious to see those guy’s all painted up…
of course we would know the second they walked out…

I love the fact that whatever they pick will be so obvious once it’s realized. No matter what conjecture and prognostication we put into this, the fact is they’ve all ready decided and aren’t even paying attention to all of this…...or are they? I love the age we live in, I love the fact they have given us all this music to analyze and sweat over again, and that we could never in a million years know what they will do but amaze us and entertain and bring us closer into their world. Long live Phish…. I wish I could be there for all of this.

Kiss Alive II…...Interesting that Fall Tour Opens at COBO Arena right after Indio!!!  If I am not mistaken….Kiss recorded Alive at Cobo in the 70’s!

Makes sense right?  “Detroit Rock City”

Top 3:
1. Exile
2. Stardust
3. Boss

Any 1 of those 3 would be epic.

i think they should play some pink floyd

the video link for ‘toys in the attic’ is mike and leo kottoke at toad’s place doing ‘sweet emotion’

Todd-

Thanks for clearing that up

Mgmt doesn’t deserve to be covered by phish. Hipster garbage. If phish covers them I will walk out and bang my dick in the car door!!!!!!

Thriller (just the song) > The Wall. 

Very first lyrics of The Wall….

So ya
Thought ya
Might like to go to the show.
To feel the warm thrill of confusion
That space cadet glow.
Tell me is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes
You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise.

The day before the festival all of the remaining albums will fall “Off the Wall” leaving only “Off the Wall”. Even tho its not up there now.

Hey all…

In August… a good friend of mine who always seems to get teh scoop well before even rumors popped up told me the album they were prepping for Halloween was “Ghost in the Machine” by the Police.  So it was interesting to see that album come up in the list.  GHOST IN THE MACHINE it is

@Jenkhouse411: they are randomized on every load.

@neddy: Nice catch. Great song, but I think I prefer Counting Out Time.

@Paul K: Still not seeing it. Just the naked ladies.

@PiNT: I’d put Chicago Transit Authority in that category.

@Todd Levy - Thanks for that link, I’ve been following this band for 20 years, and for some reason ‘Lamb’ just makes sense.  Here’s some reasoning:

* It’s a double album ‘masterpiece’ (ala Quadrophenia and the White Album)

* Like the previous 4 Halloween LP’s, it’s the ‘fan favorite’ album of a band that has more popular albums

* Its got all four instruments that the band plays

* The vocals are not out of Phish’s ballpark, at least as much as Quadrophenia was really now, who in Phish is singing Kid A or Thriller?!?)

* They do not regularly cover any of the songs on the album already

* Its a proven timeless rock and roll masterpiece

* It contains long interludes of ‘jam like’ musicianship

* Its a great Halloween concept album (like The White Album and Quadrophenia)

What other albums on the list have all those qualities?  Maybe “London Calling” or one of the Zappa LP’s, but not too many left are of the serious masterpeice caliber and meet the above criteria.

I’ve officially sold myself that it’s going to be Lamb, and I’ll be very dissappointed if its a ‘novelty’ like Thriller or Appetite.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is emerging as a dark horse candidate for me…I’d love to hear them rip through Fly On The Windshield, In The Cage & Riding The Scree.

And, after a good listen to Moving Pictures, I think it’s safe to say that even with the ridiculous vocals they could pull it off.  YYZ would be legendary!

@Todd Levy did you notice that Page’s Autograph is photoshopped into Jimi’s hair in Electric Ladyland?

YANKEE!

I can’t imagine they’ll do any album by a band they’ve Halloweened before, nor do I think they’ll do an album that has a song on it they’ve covered (sorry Hunky Dory and Exile).  They do like the classics (Sorry Arcade Fire, Wilco, and Radiohead), but I think the Stones and Zep are a little obvious.  They could have played either for ‘96, but chose a less on the tip of the tongue classic instead.  My gut feelings:

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Marquee Moon
The Band
Pet Sounds

I wouldn’t mind some Yes, but if they were to cover them, it’d be Fragile.

I saw a comment that they wouldn’t play an album that they had previously played a song from.  I’d like to point out that they did just that in ‘98 when they played “Loaded.”  They had already performed Lonesome Cowboy Bill several times and played Sweet Jane at Merriweather earlier that year.  Also, think of how sick the Loving Cup jam would be if they were to play “Exile on Main St.”  Personally I think the 2 most likely choices are “The Wall” & “Ziggy Stardust.”

link to genesis: LLDOB: In the Cage also new today (I think)

My Predictions:

David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust

or

Led Zeppelin | IV (Zoso)

john lennon ‘plastic ono band’ gone. “imagine” how bad that woulda been

has anyone else notice the albums moving around every day or is it just one specific album? because i have been following my choice and it moves everyday…

They are not going to play any albums on the list..  they will do something else.. and it will be crazy. so crazy.  soooooooooo crazy.

It won’t be Bruce because he just did the full BTR album last night & last week @ Giants Stadium.

King Crimson - Larcs’ tounges in Aspic also has a link for talking drum on youtube…

Some new videos were added this morning:

Van Morrison- Cyprus Avenue Live at the FIllmore East 1970

King Crimson- Talking Drum - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic Part II

Jimi Hendrix Rare Live Performance of Are You Experienced 1968 NY Festival

Blind Faith - Can’t Find My Way Home - 1969

Had to put up with enough Bruce at Bonnaroo, plese don’t make us listen to any more Bruce Trey. F*#k Radiohead

PLEASE no bruce

it’s Funeral.

Chicago Transit Authority gets my vote.  Horns, check.  Keys, check.  Sweet jams, check.

Astral Weeks is one of my favorite albums of all time, but like American Beauty, it might be too…mellow. 

PLEASE no Hello Nasty.  I love the Beasties, but don’t know if I could handle Phish rapping for that amount of time.

Maybe Holland Oates?  (That’s an Always Sunny ref…don’t want you to think I’m a total idiot!).

@cancermerchant & @ Gregg
First off, that’s an…ummm…interesting handle you got there cancermerchant.
Secondly, London Calling would be a great choice & my personal #1 choice. It’s an iconic album that multiple generations know. In relistening to it, it seems very doable in terms of manageable vocals, album length and the fact that it’s an album many are familiar with. My hope is that whichever one it turns out to be, please let it not be too obscure or an album where only one track is recognizable to the majority. It’s for that reason that I would be bitterly disappointed and heartbroken if they did Television, that Genesis album, or any other that far off mainstream Rock & Roll. I don’t think I could tolerate Arcade Fire. I bought that one when it came out, based on a recommendation from a friend, and after 4 or 5 attempts to appreciate it, I put it in the CD rack to forever collect dust. Kid A will make my brain bleed. I don’t get the appeal of that album at all. Also, I really don’t want anything too cheesy like Thriller, plus can anyone really imagine Trey (or any of them) doing MJ’s high pitched vocals for that long? Same’s true for Boston, Journey & Zep and the like. 
If London Calling makes it, I’ll give you two an honorary air-highfive!

A few theories.  If they are playing the “last album left alive”  Kiss is the only live album.  sure hope they dont.  also, lots of nudity on the album covers(beastie boys, hendrix, blind faith) maybe a rare triple nipple is coming.

I don’t know guys, I’ve thought about it and i think that Born to Run has a great chance of being the album.  Lots of great instrumentation for the band to play around with, only 8 songs (hehe), and I think that their Bonnaroo appearance w/Bruce would have been a logical inspiration. 

I think Bruce has gone downhill lately, but BTR is a GREAT album.  Would be sweet to see Phish tackle it. :)

@ Sally.  “King of pop” is 9 letters. I hope your flight isn’t scheduled for October 2010!!!!

If this horn section happens, I feel like the strongest of possibilities would be one of the more horn laden albums out there, Born To Run. This coupled with Trey’s man crush on Bruce and the fact that they’ve never really covered an album that was composed on/heavy on piano before for Page to do with what he pleases, I think Born To Run is a winner. At the same time, Trey’s man crush on Bruce is only rivaled by mine so who knows.

Hmmmmm….  You know, now that I have let these 99 albums sink in, and I have listened to many of them, I am still totally blank on what they may play. 

I was shocked Physical Graffiti didn’t make the cut.  And to the person who posted earlier about Graceland, it was covered by Jiggle The Handle in it’s entirety in 2000. 

So, now I have to pick 1 out of 99 albums.  And yes, a bunch have been “killed” already, and now some album covers have been altered, and some have links to youtube now, but there are still some amazing albums left on the list.  And when i see an album like Thriller, and people say, “Well, that’s the obvious choice”.  But then i see U2-Joshua Tree and think, hmmmm, that is the obvious choice too.  Or maybe Led Zeppelin-IV is the obvious choice, or maybe…..or maybe…or maybe….

Fact is, they are ALL obvious choices for some reason for another!!  And Phish, wouldn’t be Phish if they didn’t do something like this!!!  So I am glad they are “torturing” us like this!!  At least now I have been able to put A LOT MORE MUSIC in my personal rotation, which is what I think Phish was hoping people would do anyways…. And another thing I have noticed while listening to most of these albums by the original artists, is that most of these albums need a horn section to be covered.  And I TRULY HOPE that the Giant Country Horns have no plans on Halloween 2009!!!!!

Ok, enough rambling.  I will pick what I feel They WILL play and then what I WANT them to play….

Thanks for taking the time to read my input!!

WILL:  Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street
WANT:  Pink Floyd-The Wall, Pearl Jam-Ten, Led Zeppelin-IV
PLEASE DO NOT PLAY!!!!!:  AC/DC-Back In Black, Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Michael Jackson-Thriller

Excuse me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Gov’t Mule doing a Stones album for Halloween? I could have sworn I saw them tease it on their website (they had a picture of the tongue with the ‘dose’ on it).

The Kiss album cover is the European version (as evidenced by the ‘SS’ not being the typical lightning bolts) in case anyone wondered.

Moving Pictures all the way.

King Of Pop=8 letters
Thriller=8 letters

IV.

Pat me on the back when I’m right. I’ll be wearing a celtics jersey #50 Da HOUSE…

Have a great time.

Go team.

The Doors=8 letters as well.please make note.

@PiNT: Here’s a link for the under-30 crowd to stream the The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Coincidentally listening to Counting Out Time (track 9) right now. Superb.

@Paul Kemp: I’m seeing the UK cover (nude women) for Electric Ladyland… not sure where you’re seeing a Page sig.

Electric ladyland album cover (red pic of hendirx face on black background)

looks like Page’s signature is photoshopped into Jimi’s hair

Just bought my plane tix to LAX!!!! Opposite end of the continental U.S. here I come!!! If Phish plays anything I’ll be happy. Can’t f’n wait!!!!!!!

@Paul Kemp: Fixed. Thanks.

@Adam Bloomberg: Also fixed. Thanks.

@OchoFest: Um, cool I guess. See sidebar for a countdown to official showtime.

@boz and dude: Thanks for pointing that out.

If they do Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’, it will be the most significant, intelligent and coolest rock and roll event of the decade.

This LP is an unsung masterpiece, and would be a great cover for them to do.  Those under 30 should do some homework and give this a good listen.

I’m voting LAMB’, it flows nicely with the four previous halloween selections.

God, man, dog, shit I wish I was going to be there.

PiNT

Okay, well, first of all, there’s criteria. The album’s gotta be: a very very well-known album, a phish favorite, an album that MAKES SENSE for them to play, and be of a pretty good length (i.e., longer than a half-hour on the original LP). That being said, I say:

London Calling
Exile on Main Street
One of the Hendrix albums
Ziggy Stardust

They wont play: MGMT, Thriller, Queen, The Joshua Tree (you think Trey wants to play with rhythmic delay the whole time?)

I wish they would play one of two albums:

Fragile, by Yes. That one sounds like Phish anyway. They could turn Roundabout into a 20 minute odyssey.

Meddle, by Pink Floyd. Echoes would be an incredible experience. Can you say longest Phish jam of all time??

Hendrix Electric Ladyland cover has changed - for the better!

Countdown to Festival 8:

http://www.counto.com/page/OchoFest

One thing about the video links.

Misty Mountain Hop is on IV, not I

Sorry guys.

you forgot that “pearl jam” has 8 letters

The Electric Ladyland cover changed too.  Bought my plane ticket from ATX to LA today.

Get ready.

Meddle just got the axe

Lookin forward to the boys jammin Up on Cripple Creek!!!

meddle died :(

I had a guess for the Holloween album cover before this list came out, and now that I see it here as one of the choices (still remaining)... I’m sticking with it… The Clash London Calling.  Although the album doesn’t present musical stylings akin to Phish’s identifiable jam grooves and intricate techniques, I think these songs (with all their stylistic diversity) would be classic, fun and recognizable to most.  Plus, if they felt so inclined, Phish could inject a bit of their own jammy flavor to any one of these tunes.  Of course, if it can’t be The Clash, there are a handful of albums on the list that would make for a great Holloween set.  I just hope it’s not something too mundane or predictable.

@Jeff G: Now noted above. Thx for the followup.

@J-Rad: Also noted above.

KISS

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

New videos are being linked

Nirvana - Lithium: 1992/Live At The Reading Festival, Reading, England/Performance Only

Frank Zappa - “Cosmik Debris”

The Clash- Clampdown (live)

Violent Femmes “Blister In The Sun” Live

Pink floyd - Comfortably numb (live 1980)

Metallica - Master of Puppets (LIVE 1986 with Cliff Burton)

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place [Glastonbury 2003]

Rush - YYZ

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

Minutemen - Jesus And Tequila

Yes - I’ve Seen All Good People

just a thought. the other halloween album choices where all new material, the songs had never been covered previous to that show. if we use this logic we eliminate at least 18 albums or so.

Michael McDonald arrowed!

Thriller
it would be an ode to the late artist Micheal Jackson

gAjEt,

I thought the same thing for a bit (about Gamehendge), but then I thought that would be in direct conflict with the idea that Trey didn’t want Phish to be become caricatures of themselves… So, while it would be most awesome indeed, I don’t see them covering and Phish album, officially released or not. :-(

Agreed on the Gamehendge front.  Maybe this will be the year they cover their own “album” in its entirety…TMWSIY! 

Also, I must have seen a glitch because when I looked last night, there was a blank picture frame next to Purple Rain…sure it was nothing. 

Anyway, I cant wait to enjoy the show no matter what they decide to hit us with.

anyone think they might throw in a saucy gamehendge set any of the 3 days? that would be face melting fun

the “8’s” numerology is fascinating, though a part of me wants to think it’s coincidental.  At the same time however, the band is steeped in lore and fan participation, so it could very well be intentional.

On a side note, Phish did close Saratoga this fall with Highway to Hell.  Maybe AC/DC will be their selection, considering Trey’s comment that he “wished they could just keep playing.”  Just a thought.

Still pulling for Hall and Oates for the comedy of it!

@ Todd Levy: It was his 7th album, but if you include “Mothermania” (a “best of” compilation) it was his 8th RELEASE. (I just figured since Elton’s was noted for containing a live album…)

@Douglas from Chicago

KISS also has 8 legs!

Interesting fact. The last time phish did gamehenge in it’s entirety was in ‘94. Also the first year of the Halloween album tradition. Wouldn’t it be epic to be brought to gamehenge this year? don’t be suprised if none of those albums listed get played. I’m all for a gamehenge bustout.

@Lorenzo: Thanks for doing that. Will update the main post with that later.

@Jeff G: According to Wikipedia it was his 7th release

@Jack Straw: Basement Tapes was killed off 10/6.

@Douglas, they are also playing 8 sets. Might be why they called it 8. ;) ;)

Rush took a five year haitus.  just sayin.

PLEASE, do not play Thriller!!!!

You Missed the BASEMENT TAPES, it was killed off yesterday (10/7), and todays casualty RIO.

I really don’t see anyone in Phish saying “Bent over bitch I gotta use for you, besides, you ain’t got nothing better to do, and I’m bored”

GNR is not happening. though, i would love it.

Don’t forget that “Hot Rats” is Zappa’s 8th release!

the 6 left will be Thriller , ZOSO , Hendrix ,
American Beauty , Guns & Roses , The wall are my six that will be left.

new death, Duran Duran - Rio

they just killed rio

Van Halen
The Clash
Brian Eno
Bob Dylan
Pavement
Tom Waits
Firehose
Bob Seger

8 artists with 8 letters each.

C’mon GnR!

1. “Welcome to the Jungle”  4:34
2. “It’s So Easy”  3:23
3. “Nightrain”  4:29
4. “Out ta Get Me”  4:24
5. “Mr. Brownstone”  3:49
6. “Paradise City”  6:46
7. “My Michelle”  3:40
8. “Think About You”  3:52
9. “Sweet Child o’ Mine”  5:55
10. “You’re Crazy”  3:17
11. “Anything Goes”  3:26
12. “Rocket Queen”  6:13

Phish would tear this sheet up!

The Band would be my personal choice.  I really hope it’s not Hello Nasty.

I always thought the name of this festival was kind of lame.  Then it hit me….....  Spiders have 8 legs!!!!!!!!

I hate to ‘kill’ everyone’s hopes, but Boston is going to be what is played.  Although I’m still hoping for KISS Alive II - with the band dressed up in KISS costumes!

Vocals aside, The Yes Album would make the most sense to me.  Crazy time signatures, great instrumental jams, key changes…all the kinds of things Phish loves to work with…The same goes for Moving Pictures by Rush but again the vocals are an issue…I could see them getting Geddy Lee to sing it.  When they played Quadrophenia they tried to get Roger Daltrey to sing it, and I heard they’ve tried to hire David Lee Roth before too, so maybe Van Halen not such a long shot…just not sure what Page would do though, Ed didn’t start playing synths til 1984.

Just can’t see any of the band guys pulling off an early Robert Plant vocals

Any chance all of this is a halloween trick on us? Isn’t that why we love this band?  That being said I would love to hear Dylan.

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Albums with 8 songs on it

Boston - Boston
Born to Run - Springsteen
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin
Come on Pilgrim - Pixies
Astral Weeks - Van Morssion
Marquee Moon - Television

I’m Your Man - Leonard Cohen (eliminated)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for Paige. It’s his 8th album spent 8weeks at number 1 and has gone 8x platinum. But I’d love to see London Calling

My first hope was Eat a Peach, but now I would really love them to play Meddle.  Nobody has really given this album much thought.  yeah i know they covered Dark Side in ‘98, but that wasn’t an official halloween show it was the day after.  Check out Echoes.  its perfect for Phish.  It has a really funky part for page and mike to rock on, also it has great solos for trey.  not to mention the drumming is phenomenal. Also it has an extremely trippy Halloween esque part much like Wolfman’s from ‘98.

dark horse—van halen with a hot for teacher encore fishman on that drum intro 0o0o0o yeaa

London Calling with horns and then a third Phish set with horns.

Been saying it from day one - mark my words.