Phish - It

Starring:Phish
Studio: Warner Strat. Mkt.
Product Type: DVD

Description

Shot in brethtaking High Definition, the DVD follows the band, hailed by Rolling Stone as "America's Greatest Jam Band," along with 60,000 loyal Phish fans from all over the world to IT-a two day festival in remote Limestone, Maine, that marked the end of their summer 2003 tour. This 2-DVD set includes over 4 hours of music. This DVD offers an exhilarating look into what made this band a cultural phenomenon for the past 21 years.

Customer Reviews:

Editing and Effects are ANNOYING.......2006-12-29

Here's my suggestion: Watch disk 1 once and then put it away. No wait, take a couple ibuprofen tabs, wash them down with a good pale ale, THEN watch disk 1. Then put it away. Or use it as a coaster. Or maybe use it as a wedge under a wobbly table... solving two annoyances at once.

Here's an even better suggestion: Skip this one and buy "Phish Live in Brooklyn."

It's hard to find anything redeeming in the concert footage on DVD #1. The bonus material and interviews are interesting enough, but the short shots and effects of the concert footage give me a headache. The editors of this seem to have decided that their target audience have attention spans equal to or shorter than 3 seconds (which in my estimation is about the average length of each shot on disk 1.) In some cases, they chose to include shots where the camera was focusing on a subject (e.g. Page), but didn't manage to get focused before a cut to the next shot. Why in the world would a documetary film editor think they needed to add their special effects? It's about the music, man! (not cheesy editing effects)

Some might call this artistic license; I find it annoying. Find it used for half price and skip disk #1. Disk 2 of the fest is better.

Great.......2006-04-13

The show is great.

Disc 1 is the special and contains a few songs with the jam sessions cut out. When i first got the DVD I watched this disc once and then never again. Not that it's bad, but the 2nd Disc is where the magic happens.

Disc 2 is uncut songs. The camera and sound are fantastic, and for the record, the audio is dead on in "Seven Below". The video confuses people because of the way Trey slides up to each note to get the necessary reverb for the sound he needs in the song. Back to the DVD, the only complaints I have would be that you dont get enough shots of the crowd rockin out, which is a big part of the concerts for me. All in all the shows is great and if you are a Phish fan, you should definately get this DVD.

Been there......done that........2006-03-17

I have to say.....being at IT, seeing Phish, watching them play atop the tower and seeing all the fans was tons of fun. However, to those people who say that Phish was "at their best" for this one certainly haven't seen Phish at their best. It is always great to get together and share the fun of live shows and touring, but when it's the same show at a different location over and over, it gets tiring (variety is the spice of life).....maybe Phish will learn from this and stay in "retirement".

Great for longtime heads.......2006-03-15

Seriously, the space jam at the end of Waves is worth the price of admission alone.

Youre all silly stars and the band is missing the point . Get with it!.......2006-03-01

True I know many things.
ive read all your reviews which are scattered all other the place...and some of you talk about the members as if youre intimate with them or you talk about the scene and how someone or another has ruined the scene and the band itself. Some of you also mention that you know what PHISH is capable of...my question that i would like to have an answer to and which ill have to post somewhere that is postable is:

Why can't I just walk into any reasonable store and buy a CD or a DVD that shows exactly what PHISH is capable of? Why is something that is so rare and magical and true...and AND..that can be easily and electronically captured/recorded at any time not out there for the world to buy and share? What's this fascination with anti-mainstream? I can only assume that since i have never been to a concert but can still clearly see the magic within "IT", that maybe i'm not well schooled in the art of "it". But I beg to differ. This "It" thing has been my life's mission. I also understand that with this DVD, finally an attempt to explain why a person would travel thousands of miles with no ticket in hand with just a chance for a miracle would do such a thing. Please if anyone knows of any media that tries to explain the allure of PHISH any better, then by all means let me know...post it somewhere anywhere. I keep my eyes out for every PHISH release but with constant dissapointment until now...because finally someone is trying to explain the unexplainable and what "it" is all about and trying to actually show it on a DVD.

Despite your opinions about the production quality or the various annoyances that are caused by editing...something is there that i can see, that i have never seen in any product released by PHISH. I cant buy or share your memories of a certain concert. In fact even your own memories (yes im talking to you sitting there) are even gone to you and are more like a dream which cant be remembered with only faint feelings and time warped images. And perhaps if you went back to that concert and stood outside yourself, by yourself, but be in a different mood, like the mood you are in now...would the concert be the same to you? Maybe the concert really wasnt that great as you thought...maybe it was the chemicals...maybe it was just a moment in time for you. Or perhaps it was even better...or the same.

I digress.

So please, if there is some product out there that maybe i haven't heard of, then please let me know....

...through telepathy apparently. And if that doesnt work then become a production company and follow every move PHISH makes so you can capture it...and edit it to your liking.

Or if you are a true to the bone phish head and you must know the band intimately, then help explain to the band itself/thierself, the importance of thier music and that maybe they shouldnt rest until they definitively capture that moment that says "hey! look here! this is what this whole thing is all about." Bamm right here and undeniable. Just help the Band catch a clue. So the rest of the world with all the mainstreamers might also catch a clue. PHISH heads live in a very small world that is surrounded by countless other worlds that go on everday with or with out them.

Its about perspective, hard work, and something thats called "it" and then spreading it!...ie producing, packaging, marketing and selling it!

Get with it!!!!!!

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