"You Enjoy Myself " from Phish's 7/8/12 show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. Download the entire show at: http:/2nu.gs/1qQhP2
I remember traveling in Italy on a High School trip in 98. I brought my journal and a CD (yes a CD) that had ALL my favorite live YEMs on it. I'd listen to it on the bus between cities trying to channel Trey and Fishman on their trip to Italy when this masterpiece was scribed. I then understood the freedom and creativity they had when you totally immerse yourself into a different culture and let it release emotions within you that you didn't know you had. We finished that trip in Florence (where the Uffizi gallery is). I ditched my classmates for an afternoon and wandered the alleys there and found a pawn shop serving espressos. A couple espressos later for the free spirited 18 year old me and I left with a $100 nylon string guitar. I walked back to the Uffizi Square and saw a group of travelers singing along to a guitar player, so I lifted my guitar with the universal head nod of "may I join" Turns out the guitar player was from my exact state (NH) back in the USA. We dropped into playing "No Woman No Cry" so that EVERYONE could comprehend the language of Bob Marley. Within minutes there had to be 100s of travelers from ALL over the world singing along with us. Later that year, I used this experience to write my college application essay and was granted early acceptance to UVM in Burlington VT for the class of 98. I'm 42 NOW and this experience is forever engrained in my heart, mind and soul. Thank you PHISH for being a magical weaver of life experiences that has transcended space time since my first show in 95.
Ill never forget standing near the top of the lawn after this show. The tour buses left right away and pulled off up the hill next to the venue and the crowd went nuts cheering so loud! Such a great time!
Phish broke curfew to play this for us, closing out an incredible 3 night run. Heading into Set 2, we all thought we were getting a YEM...we were due. As curfew started to come closer, they played Hood > Cavern and we all thought, perfect, plenty of time to get of stage, come back and finish this weekend of with a proper YEM... but then after Cavern they went into Bowie. Now I am not one to ever complain about a Bowie, but this all but sealed the deal for a short quick encore. Still an amazing weekend. They came back on stage at about 11:55pm. When they busted into YEM, the place exploded. This YEM probably cost them $15,000 - $20,000.
Has to be?? He IS the most underrated drummer.. Fishman’s playing is adaptable to any genre of music and often sounds as if there just has to be multiple drummers involved (when listening w/out video).. but it’s just the one and only. The energy it takes to play certain sections is truly unimaginable sometimes and he plays them so smoothly ..this mf is an incredible talent and once in a lifetime opportunity, as you can say that pretty much about any other member of this quartet ✌️🔥
Graduated high school in 1990 - Such good times, great people and AMAZING music. True talent is often too obscure for the masses unfortunately. Play on guys, play on....
Trey is SO locked in here in this jam is unreal!! He's so genuinely enjoying himself while he's dancing that its fucking amazing, I LOVE THIS BAND WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING!!!!!!
I was at this concert laying down under one of the walkways going up to the upper level, peacefully enjoying this song. A year later my knee was broken at the same venue, also during a Phish concert there.
That lift off that Page does for Trey from 15:06 to about 15:15 and then Trey hits "The note" and Page goes into the classic piano/organ combo ... chills every time
Greatest comment ever. It is interwoven into the fabric of the universe. You did know it. You just didn't know you knew it. Same experience here like 25 years ago
I remember the first time I heard Junta back in ‘88 or ‘89. It had just come out and my buddy Mike said “dude you HAVE to check these guys out” and we sat in his car listening to the cassette smoking a fat joint and my head just absolutely exploded while listening to Divided Sky then this one came on and I went from meltdown to groove. Just stunned.
From 12:05 - 15:35 is some of the best type I jamming I've ever heard. Maybe not as whimsical and exploratory as their most creative jam excursions, but I'll be damned if that's not some of the best guitar Trey has ever played. Tasteful, patient, dynamic. I'll never get over how transformative and narrative his best improvisational work is. There's something almost plot-driven about it, full of conflicts and resolutions, lulls and climaxes, melodic characters and themes that return and reference each other throughout -- he builds a story through tone, melody, and the dynamics that weave them together. The debate on best players or best improvisers of all time is endless and totally moot - but for my money, no one in the world can build and release musical tension on guitar quite like Trey!
One of my favorite Phish moments for sure... He's so locked in... every note he plays during those 2 minutes is so phucking perfect.. Also lets not forget the launch pad Page builds for him right before the peak... so insanely amazing
This song/video captures everything that is Phish and what makes them so much fun. It's like a singing circus on acid. Nonsensical Dr. Suess-like characters come to life. You certainly get your moneys worth at a concert, no doubt about it. Thanks boyz!!!
i feel bad for people who just don't get phish, they're such a unique and musically genius band!! wish there were more band like them today, id be so sad if this kind of music culture dies out......):
+CHFilms So many awesome different influences. I listen to a lot of metal and progressive music, and when I first heard Phish I didn't like them at all. I found them boring. But tons of my friends were into them and ass my musical tastes broadened, I eventually starting realizing that there was something there for me. I was intrigued by the melding of multiple genres and the progression of these epic jams. A lot of my favorite bands are all bands that became an acquired taste and rewarded repeat listens, and Phish turned out to be the same deal. I heard a few more tunes a few years later and noticed the infectious groove in their jams, then I watched a live video of Carrini and have been hooked form there! That is the song that sold me!
+weathley13 I live in NYC now, but I went to school in New York State, Oneonta to be exact. That's where I met most of my friends who are into Phish. Me and a buddy from college saw Trey Anastasio Band in Brooklyn a few weekends ago.
+weathley13 That's awesome! I lived in Serbia in high school and my father and I drove all the way to Aviano Italy during a school break. I 'd say that's pretty northern! Beautiful country BTW!
It won't there are so many good jam bands out there. To me there are only a few guitarists out there as good as Trey, (not counting metal where its a lot of whanking on the guitar). Derek Trucks and my personal No. 1 Warren Haynes, big ABB fan, and a little biased.
I was on Phish tour in 97. Miss those days. As he was a philosophy major those days were so good. The band was extremely tight. This is about as close as I can find live.
I've seen them a million times a zillion years ago. It never gets old. By the way, just noticed in the end, he brakes into the sandford and son theme song. I almost spit out my drink 🤣 so good!
15:21 Ya get a good look at Jon's feet doing there thing . It's almost like they act independently from the rest of him . I'm always impressed with his drive. He looks so calm, but he never fails to add that little extra here and there.
The lift off Page provides for Trey at the 15:06 point and Trey hits "The Note" and Page goes into the Piano/Organ combo... Thats the real deal shit right there
Went to my 16th show in Philly last summer. I'm sad I won't see them live this year (not coming near enough), but thank goodness for RU-vid. I'm old enough to remember when I wouldn't be able to enjoy a video of them somewhere like the Sphere. To the uninitiated, this is one of the best of their jazz/avant garde multi-movement songs (with nods to 'Reba' and 'Divided Sky').
When you have no hope, when you’ve lost all faith....in humanity, in life, in America itself...there’s always someplace to find beauty...to find...freedom
LMAO!!!! Kills me everytime I hear that dudes extended "YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!" I havent picked up on the stabbing @ 4:31 amazingly enough......I freaking LOVE this YEM......there is NO telling how many times Ive watched it.....guess Im about to check it out again so I can focus on the 4:31 mark! LOL!
This is the kind of stuff that when you here it ,it's Ike damn man this shit is sooo bad ass...people be like ,,man who is this lmao 🤣 I would not be who I am today without these guys..# phishtilltheend
I got stunned into the pavilion during this show, also it was my time “following” the band. Took a train to nyc to meet up with my buddy, went to jones beach 7/4 then trucked up to Saratoga for 3 days 😎
I went to my first Phish show in 1995 in Kansas City. Cannot believe 25 years has gone by. Phish is still going strong and so am I. I was 21 in 1995. Nice to know I was cool enough to like them back then. My co-worker got me in to them when "A Live One" came out. He has already seen them in Seattle in the summer of 1994. Got me hooked and kismet they came to Kansas City right after I started listening.
