Song Retirement
Early versions of the song slightly changed beats but mostly kept to the original form. Then, after 9.15.91, the band did not play "Destiny Unbound" for over a decade. It isn't exactly clear why the band dropped it for twelve years. One theory is that it was "said to sound too much like the Grateful Dead and, ... legendary status as the too over-requested rare tune." Another propounded theory is that Gordon didn't like the song, and since he sung most of it (with some backup help), it might have been his decision (see Chanting, Hampton '97).
Phish is a prolific band that wrote a dozen songs for each one they kept and played. Thus, songs often appeared briefly in a tour and then disappeared, becoming fabled rarities. In the case of "Destiny Unbound", to which this occurred, Phish fans, over time, requested it more and more, until it acquired a mythical connotation. "Destiny Unbound" was jokingly synonymous with the impossible.
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