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If a Phish song falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? On one hand this may seem like an odd question with regard to the Page original, “Windy City,” which made its debut on 8/11/09 at Toyota Park in front of nearly 30,000 fans just outside of the Windy City and did, of course, make a sound. 

Watch Windy City on YouTube "Windy City" – 8/11/09, Bridgeview, IL

But in another sense, it’s an entirely appropriate question. Some Phish songs arrive on the scene and are nearly universally adored (e.g., “Ghost,” “Black-Eyed Katy” or “Seven Below”). Though a considerably more rare occurrence, other songs seem to elicit instant and widespread disapproval (“Jennifer Dances” is probably the most obvious example of this phenomenon). “Windy City,” on the other hand seemed to elicit almost no reaction from fans or from the band, who have yet to play the song again. Until they do, “Windy City” aficionados will have to make do with the Party Time studio version and, for the real hard cases out there, the 7/30/09 "Ghost" (where Mike teases the song).

(McConnell)
� Who Is She? Music, BMI

In the basement once again
it's to the depths I only find below
Looking up the basement window
catching all the shadows and the snow
hoping that this windy city
keeps debris from blanketing my show

The stations there upon the chair
I watch his boxes turn from grey to green
the sound of sirens disappears
as I turn down the sound on my TV
if you got a question
please direct it to the number on your screen

Hell comes to receive me now
signals retrieve me now
onto the screen right now
help me to see

In the car the engine starts
to charge imparts a feeling onto me
in my mind I think it's time
to let this thing unfold or let it be
hoping that this memory
is more about the future I might see

Hell comes to receive me now
signals retrieve me now
onto the screen right now
help me to see