PHISH IS FUCKING BACK!!!!!!

[Hicks]

The 8 minute Mike's are something else entirely.   That song only really works as a vehicle to an end-of-world, barn-burning jam.   It's not supposed to be Mike's>Stranglehold>end.

I call bullshit.

Go back to the beginning.

Maybe not the very beginning but:

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1987-08-21/mike-s-song

And here's a 12 minute version from 1988:

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1988-08-03

[rowjimmy]

The 8 minute Mike's are something else entirely.   That song only really works as a vehicle to an end-of-world, barn-burning jam.   It's not supposed to be Mike's>Stranglehold>end.

I call bullshit.

Go back to the beginning.

Maybe not the very beginning but:

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1987-08-21/mike-s-song

And here's a 12 minute version from 1988:

http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1988-08-03

I'm not saying they never extended it, I'm saying that it wasn't always the rule or even required for awesomeness.

Try this:
http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1989-05-28/mike-s-song-i-am-hydrogen-weekapaug-groove
Mikes ends in fewer than 8 minutes and if you say it doesn't rip then you hate Phish.

or this: http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1989-03-12/mike-s-song
6:47

Time isn't everything.

[WhatstheUse?]

Plenty of incredible versions of Mike's are <8 minutes.  Lot's of 94 versions clock in at 5-6 minutes.

the difference is, they used to bring you to hell in back in those 6 minutes. Now, Trey just does a mini-rawk solo for 6 minutes.

Looks like the last jammed Mikes was 2/21/03 (but that jam is garbage to my ears) so I'm going to say the last legitimately jammed Mikes was 7/14/00

[birdman]

Mikes hasn't been the same since 96.

[Hicks]

Mikes hasn't been the same since 96.

I'd say 98 but yeah, these days it's almost pissbreak status. 

[rowjimmy]

 :shakehead:

[sophist]

Plenty of incredible versions of Mike's are <8 minutes.  Lot's of 94 versions clock in at 5-6 minutes.

the difference is, they used to bring you to hell in back in those 6 minutes. Now, Trey just does a mini-rawk solo for 6 minutes.

Looks like the last jammed Mikes was 2/21/03 (but that jam is garbage to my ears) so I'm going to say the last legitimately jammed Mikes was 7/14/00

pretty much 100% spot on here (albeit, I like 2/21/03). 

[Hicks]

Plenty of incredible versions of Mike's are <8 minutes.  Lot's of 94 versions clock in at 5-6 minutes.

the difference is, they used to bring you to hell in back in those 6 minutes. Now, Trey just does a mini-rawk solo for 6 minutes.

Looks like the last jammed Mikes was 2/21/03 (but that jam is garbage to my ears) so I'm going to say the last legitimately jammed Mikes was 7/14/00

pretty much 100% spot on here (albeit, I like 2/21/03).

co-signed

[mattstick]

Microjams guys, microjams.

[Marmar]

Also....take into consideration that there's quite a few "prime" Mike's that are 10+ that are a waste of time.....delay loop jams and stuff.....so after you cut the nonsense, you're left with about 7-10 minutes of worthy material.....

juss sayin

[Augustus]

Mike's used to be a statement.
You knew you were in for a long ride of awesomeness.
Hampton '97 and Nassau '98 show openers come to mind.
I'm a big fan of the Summer '98 versions.
As for recent short versions, 7-7-00 and Alpine 'o4 rip.

[Caravan2001]

It's all been downhill since they stopped using the tramps on Mike's  :roll:

[anthrax]

It's all been downhill since they stopped using the tramps on Mike's  :roll:

and insane amounts of fog

[Caravan2001]

It's all been downhill since they stopped using the tramps on Mike's  :roll:

and insane amounts of fog

you know it bro!

[rowjimmy]

It's all been downhill since they stopped using the tramps on Mike's  :roll:

and insane amounts of fog

you know it bro!

Running around the stage with the megaphone was the last good thing ever.