Sweet blog by Ben "Junta" Hunter re:Hampton +New Bowie video 11/2/90

[birdman]

Nice take on the reunion from Phish's old manager.
With a link to the uncirculated Bowie vid.

http://hunterculture.wordpress.com/

[antelope19]

awesome, thanks for sharing.  Getting ready to watch the Bowie right now. 

[khalpin]

Nice take on the reunion from Phish's old manager.
With a link to the uncirculated Bowie vid.

http://hunterculture.wordpress.com/

Awesome!  +K

D'oh!  Stupid .mov file.....I'll wait till it's up on youtube.

[whyweigh5.0]

I'm watching it.  Nice to watch, but the camera work may give you a headache

[alcoholandcoffeebeans]

Nice take on the reunion from Phish's old manager.
With a link to the uncirculated Bowie vid.

http://hunterculture.wordpress.com/

K+
nice find, Bman!

good video...

[redrum]

wait, so there aren't any teases in that intro, are there?


+K 

[moonmoog]

wait, so there aren't any teases in that intro, are there?

not that i heard

thank you !!!

[tweezerfan]

what a GREAT WRITE up!!! he put a great perspective on things wow...

awesome read thanks!

[tonybeyondo]

Video is well worth the download- great quality!   :banana:  :-D

[phatyphil]

Video is well worth the download- great quality!   :banana:  :-D

Agreed!  That video is freakin' rad, great quality for analog 1990 recording.  Thanks for the link!

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

wait, so there aren't any teases in that intro, are there?


+K 

None dude.  None at all.

[SkrunkDaddyDogDiddy]

That is just awesome! Thank you 

[Ri©h]

Wow...  thanks birdman.  +k   :-)

[sprobeck]

I was kind of put off by what he said about Trey not writing masterworks like YEM and Divided and Fluffhead anymore because he's a big rock star now and doesn't need to prove himself anymore. That's borders on insulting. Trey wrote those fresh out of college. Maybe they are more academic then some of his later writing but that's not because he's a big star! Give a guy a break. He's not always going to write the same kind of stuff with the same influences. Also unlike "Junta" he still has the same job he did 20 years ago!

[Ri©h]

I was kind of put off by what he said about Trey not writing masterworks like YEM and Divided and Fluffhead anymore because he's a big rock star now and doesn't need to prove himself anymore. That's borders on insulting. Trey wrote those fresh out of college. Maybe they are more academic then some of his later writing but that's not because he's a big star! Give a guy a break. He's not always going to write the same kind of stuff with the same influences. Also unlike "Junta" he still has the same job he did 20 years ago!

Um, sprobeck, did you grab a hold of what Ben was saying after he made those remarks?

No, much to fans dismay, I'm sure, Trey will never write another song like "You Enjoy Myself" or "Divided Sky" or "Fluffhead" because he's moved on.

These tunes are arguably his masterworks, but they were from a different time and place; a time when his overwhelming desire was to showcase how smart and ultra-compositional he could be–before he was a big star and had the weight of the responsible world on his shoulders, or, as Joni Mitchell succinctly put it, before he had to be "stoking the star making machinery behind the popular song."

So, in short, it's refreshing to hear a song like "Backwards...." because it represents a maturation both musical and personal, something any band or artist needs to keep evolving and avoid the kind of stagnation that invariably occurs when too much emphasis is placed on past successes, and not enough emphasis is placed on the present and future (for an example, see the Rolling Stones).

Trey isn't 20 years old anymore. He's 45. 25 years will put a lot on a man like him. He's been the center of attention for a very long time now. That kind of pressure can either do two things. Drive a man insane or propel him to move on and grow up like we're all supposed to do.

Look what happened when Phish quit at Coventry. Trey was so whacked out of his mind on dope he barely made it through the weekend. Then comes his arrest which I think was complete and utter destiny. He needed to be arrested. His drug intake was massive and his writing output was shit save for a handful of decent songs. But his arrest was meant to be. So that he could get back to doing what he does best. Being "the man" that he is. There is no avoiding his "big star" status. That is who he is.

When I was 18-20 years old I wanted to be Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen. I'm 38 now and my priorities have changed immensely. Now I just want to be a good hard working husband and father and watch my kids grow up. I still play guitar, but nothing like I used to. For me now it's merely a hobby. When you get older, life changes... priorities change. Fuck, if I was still doing the shit I was doing when I was 20 I'd be divorced and miserable. You gots to move on. But I digress...

Let's see what the future hold for Trey and for Phish.  You know just as much as I do that they're still going to be playing the classics. They absolutely cannot avoid that. But they have to move and change as they grow older or they'll become exactly what Ben wrote when he said...

Of course, like Bob Dylan (and not too many others), one thing a concert-goer could never accuse Phish of is being staid, unlike the overwhelming majority of acts on the road today whose set list (and in some cases, even their stage patter) never deviates.

Talk about lame!

By the way, welcome to the Paug.  :-)