Phish
Chalkdust Torture
A Picture of Nectar
(1992)

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Lazarus
Jun 11, 2013 - 22:00

love this song... love this album...

A Picture of Nectar

Phish's second major-label release, A Picture of Nectar is in many ways their best and most accomplished album. Expanding on the musical explorations that dominated Lawn Boy, Nectar incorporates a remarkable mixture of styles, from country, jazz, and calypso to straight-up rock & roll. Lyrically, the band's trademark goofiness is intact, but the playing is more muscular and Trey Anastasio's arrangements have increased intensity and focus... The album also boasts the classic "Chalk Dust Torture" and most of Phish's finest moments, which are hard to resist for even the most apprehensive listeners.




Biscobret
Jun 11, 2013 - 21:54
df1489 wrote:
The album art...Is that Carlos Santana?...hmmm


It's the owner of the club Nectar's - hence, "Picture of Nectar"


Biscobret
Jun 11, 2013 - 21:51
Rock'N'Roll perfection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {#Dancingbanana_2}


Lazarus
Mar 09, 2013 - 10:00

Everybody in my church loves this song!!!!



Sasha2001
Mar 09, 2013 - 09:58
Think what you will of Phish, this track still smokes.


stalfnzo
Mar 09, 2013 - 09:54
Great song, but not nearly as good as live versions.


pwood
Dec 05, 2012 - 09:01
This song has one of the worst guitar solos iv'e heard in a while...


pwood
Dec 05, 2012 - 09:01
lily34 wrote:
torture

I'm with you!


lily34
Dec 05, 2012 - 08:58
torture


George_Tirebiter
Aug 01, 2012 - 15:57
Saw a bumper sticker years ago that was pointed to all those deadheads:
"Jerry's dead. Phish sucks. Get a life."


thatslongformud
Mar 28, 2012 - 10:04
mcYammer wrote:
Did Trey smoke up some More100s before recording this one? Sounds way too grizzled and lower-toned

btw, Misterfixit: I feel your pain with the pissants in the hall, trying to ruin somebody's day to make their own full...and messing with kids and their education at the same time? Those kids needed to know you were human, and she wasn't helping by fulfilling the stereotype. I'm in Alt ed now and ANYTHING to keep the kids questioning and THERE is GOOD. Thank you for your service!

They slowed down the tape after recording a much faster version (ala A Live One), which resulted in a the vocals lowered a step or two


ziakut
Mar 27, 2012 - 20:34
I get the distinct feeling that these guys think they're all that. They are good, but not that good.


hubcapsally
Jan 24, 2012 - 11:26

Meh. The only Phish I like are of the Swedish variety.




JalapenoJoe
Jan 24, 2012 - 11:22
modemhead wrote:
This gets an 8 just for having the word "vaso-constrictors" in the lyrics.

I hate when my vaso-constrictors come slowly undone.


DanO-1
Dec 23, 2011 - 17:36
Misterfixit wrote:
Love this track.

My disillusionment with secondary education occurred on the first hour of the first day of the first year I taught high school. When the new students entered our classroom, I had this track playing on the multimedia system.

The principal ... a singularly unpleasant little piss-ant of a wizened child-hater was quickly alerted to this major infraction by one of her spies in the hallway. The old bitch was not pleased.

See, I had been given classes of "difficult kids". They pretty much all came out OK at the end of the year, by the way ... some of them struggled, and earned an "A" for the first time in their entire school lives.

The old bitch? still there.

Me? I quit after 3 years.

Cowardly.

Anyway, nice memories and I still get emails and cards from the kids years later. Made it all worth while..

Had a high school teacher pal and we would spend a lot of time fishing during his off time in the summer. When late August rolled around, I would crank volume on this song as he would be whining about having to return to school soon. He still flinches when he sees a yellow bus.




to_the_eleven
Oct 21, 2011 - 09:44
Well, you rated it a 6 and the average is 6.9.

Tippster wrote:
Most over-rated band ever?






mcYammer
Oct 21, 2011 - 09:40
Did Trey smoke up some More100s before recording this one? Sounds way too grizzled and lower-toned

btw, Misterfixit: I feel your pain with the pissants in the hall, trying to ruin somebody's day to make their own full...and messing with kids and their education at the same time? Those kids needed to know you were human, and she wasn't helping by fulfilling the stereotype. I'm in Alt ed now and ANYTHING to keep the kids questioning and THERE is GOOD. Thank you for your service!


fredriley
Oct 21, 2011 - 09:40
Misterfixit wrote:
Love this track.

My disillusionment with secondary education occurred on the first hour of the first day of the first year I taught high school. When the new students entered our classroom, I had this track playing on the multimedia system.

The principal ... a singularly unpleasant little piss-ant of a wizened child-hater was quickly alerted to this major infraction by one of her spies in the hallway. The old bitch was not pleased.

See, I had been given classes of "difficult kids". They pretty much all came out OK at the end of the year, by the way ... some of them struggled, and earned an "A" for the first time in their entire school lives.

The old bitch? still there.

Me? I quit after 3 years.

Cowardly.

Anyway, nice memories and I still get emails and cards from the kids years later. Made it all worth while..


A shame. You were the sort of way cool teacher that me and my mates appreciated when we were in secondary school, who made learning fun. The sort of teacher that's rarer than gold dust and ten times as precious. I can only think of 4 teachers in my whole five years incarceration in that day prison whom I respected and looked forward to learning from. The rest were just time-serving prison officers.



CamLwalk
Oct 21, 2011 - 09:40
Brush with greatness....
Nector once made me gravy fries! MMMMMMmmmmm....gravy fries!


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