Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To

Tag: bob weir (Page 67 of 198)

Phish You

bobby-trey-fishman-nashville-jpg

“Troy, question.”

“Sure, Bobby. What?”

“What song is this?”

“That we’re playing?”

“Yeah.”

“Playing in the Band. You wrote it.”

“No, it doesn’t go this fast.”

“Um, yeah, okay. The tempo’s speedy, sure.”

“Is the song being chased?”

“Um, no.”

“Then why is it going so fast?”

“We play fast, I guess.”

“You gotta luxuriate in a tune. I feel like I’m in a heavy mental band.”

“Oh, uh, I forgot to ask at soundcheck: how do you wanna go from the jam part back into the song part?”

“We were gonna fuck it up.”

“Oh, good. That’s how we used to do it.”

Lawn Bob

bobby-phish-3-nashville

“Wait. You’re Troy.”

“Close enough.”

“What do you think about laundry?”

“I don’t think about laundry.”

“Yeah, that’s the right answer.”

“Oh, right: didn’t Josh start a laundry company or something?”

“All of us did, but he’s the only one taking it seriously. Billy bought the laundromat–”

“Just for skank?”

“–just for skank. Yeah, Billy’s decided to grow old disgracefully.”

“I picked up on that.”

“Oh, you know Billy?”

“We’ve met.”

“So, uh: you wear that sort of outfit all the time?”

“A shirt and jeans? Pretty much. I wore a nice shirt last week and the internet was dickish about it.”

“But not, you know: crazy get-ups or anything?”

“Not lately, no.”

“And that ‘staring into the distance’ face you make: that’s the worst of it?”

“I guess.”

“You know all the Dead songs already, right?”

“Bobby, you can’t trade guitarists.”

“I think I can. Who manages you?”

“IS MR. BOBBY TAKING YOU AWAY AGAIN, TREY?”

“Jesus, Bob, now you’ve upset Page.”

Eskimo, Brothers

trey-bobby-nashville

“Chicago!”

“Right.”

“And you’re not Bruce Hornsby.”

“Also correct.”

“Are you Soldier Field?”

“Well, that makes no sense at all, Bobby.”

“Were you wearing a different shirt?”

“What? Probably, I guess.”

“I’m not so great with names, but I never forget a shirt.”

“Think, Bobby. Fare Thee Well show.”

“Right. I was wearing my ‘Let Trey Sing’ shirt.”

“I’M TREY!”

“Then shouldn’t you be singing?”

“Goddammit.”

West L.A. Phadeaway

bobby-phish-5-nashville

“Josh, you look terrible.”

“Do you mean John? I’m pretty sure you mean John, and I’m not him.”

“You’re soloing incessantly. That’s what Josh does.”

“Not Josh, Bobby. Trey.”

“Not ringing a bell.”

“It just occurs to me that I have no idea what you think my name is.”

“Probably not wrong.”

“Trey Anastasio.”

“Nuh-uh.”

“From Phish.”

“No, thanks. I’m a vegan this week.”

“The band, Bob. Jesus, man: I played with you at Fare Thee Well.”

“Phil?”

“Just play the song, Bob.”

Playing In The Phish

bobby-phish-2-nashville

“Trey.”

“Huh?”

“Trey!”

“Page, what?”

“Why am I not in the picture? Did you replace me with Mr. Bobby?”

“Page, just play the song.”

“I DON’T KNOW THIS SONG! It it not a Phish song! Phishes play Phish songs and Grateful Deads play Grateful Dead songs!”

“Buddy, if you just make it through the set, then I’ll buy you ribs after the show.”

“Is he coming?”

“No, Bobby’s a vegan this week.”

“I thought he was American.”

“Y’gotta concentrate for me, Pagey.”

“I like ribs.”

“Course ya do, champ. Now calm down and play your dozen pianos.”

“I like playing my pianos.”

“Yeah.”

Take A Step Backup Singers

bobby-backup-singers

“Ah, Christ. Go bother someone else.”

Aw.

“All night with you, man.”

Well, stop doing things and I’ll stop posting pictures of you doing things.

“You could post the pictures without dragging me into this.”

Where’s the bliss in that?

“Don’t use bliss against me.”

I wasn’t.

“You’re trying to weaponize bliss. That’s just wrong on every level.”

Maybe weaponizing bliss is my bliss?

“I want to stop talking to you.”

I got no other ideas.

“Stop writing.”

I can’t.

“Then do one of those Without Research things.”

About what?

“I dunno. Cars?”

Did that.

“Airplanes.”

Okay.

“Just leave me be for a bit.”

Fine, fine.

“Bobby, who are you talking to?”

“Are you ladies familiar with the concept of semi-fictionality?”

The Pump(kin) Song

bobby-late-show-pockets

Hey, Bobby. Whatcha doing?

“Don’t you have anyone else to bother?”

What!? You’re doing stuff! It’s exciting. The other guys are no fun. Phil posts a virtually identical picture of himself at his restaurant every week; Mickey is posting inspirational memes; Billy’s off the radar entirely.

“What about Josh?”

I just can’t with him right now.

“The laundry thing?”

Yeah.

“It was a bit much.”

You know what I’m talking about.

“Everyone has different bliss.”

It’s laundry, man.

“Sure, yeah.”

How much gear does it take to play one cowboy song?

“It takes a Grateful Dead’s worth.”

I didn’t know that was a unit of measurement.

“Sure you did.”

A little.

« Older posts Newer posts »