Recently Harrogate compared his experience with Barack Obama to his past experience with Phish. Throughout the 90s, Harrogate avoided listening to Phish because the fans got on his nerves, you couldn't get them to talk about most other music, all they were interested in doing was coming up with a way of getting on board the next Phish tour.
And the Rhetoric these fans deployed, you'd have thought Phish invented not just Rock N' Roll, not just the concept of the Jam Band, not just Psychedelic Rock. No, you'd have thought they invented Music itself. More, they invented Art. Lo, like John Cusack's character in Being John Malkovich, their Art "raised issues."
As Harrogate said, it tended to get on one's nerves, to make one throw up in one's mouth, a little bit.
But time went by and Harrogate, on Pete's Couch and on the sly as it were, made time to listen to the band, and he distinctly enjoyed it. And still does.
Here is a wonderful performance by Phish, of one of the Beatles' greatest songs, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Actually, this post is Poetically Profound, for it also tethers into the tensions between plagiarism, channeling, and tribute, all of which has been addressed by the Board Members of the Rhetorical Situation.
Phish does not plagiarize "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," but they sure as hell do it justice.
Enjoy, Readers. Enjoy.
2 comments:
Harrogate writes, "this post is Poetically Profound, for it also tethers into the tensions between plagiarism, channeling, and tribute."
This performance does not, in my opinion, channel Harrison or pay tribute to his songwriting. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a beautiful song, but not today. They falls short of doing the song justice, as you also claim. And I personally find the solos a mess. I know it's tough to follow Clapton, but jeeeezzzzz.
Ouch.
Harrogate had a feeling you might feel this way, but he thought he;d take a shot.
"Messy" is a good way to describe Trey's guitar style, in Harrogate's opinion. So much will come down to whether the individual hearer finds this an appealing style.
Harrogate does.
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