@@SaeedReacts. I've been listening to this song for 25 years and somehow have never thought about the lyrics that much. Thank you for your excellent insights!
I'm an audiophile who is addicted to the sound of guitar 🎸 music. & For me Trey Giuseppe Anastasío is the Best concert electric guitarist ever. & Yes I know the Competition!!!
He was in the mid 90s absolutely. Not sure how you could say he still is. Even if you get past that awful tone he has now (that doesn't blend nearly as well with the other instruments as it did in past), his phrasing is very autopilot sounding default hand position pent licks to my ears. His playing bears no resemblance to his former greatness imo.
Go listen to any show from the mid 90s then a show form 2024. It doesn't sound like the same band. Trey sounds like the guitarist form a 3rd tier phish cover band now. It's also why he started writing songs like Evolve, instead of YEM. It is what it is. He was arguably the greatest rock guitarist of all time in the mid 90s. But time marches on and he's a shadow of his former self.
@Microverse1 Spoken like a guy who couldn't play any of it. Lol, I was many shows throughout the 90s and 2024 Trey tone was the best it has been since 2000. His original rig was back for all of 2024. Also, just because he doesn't shred as often is not any indication of him losing a step.
@@BAM5636 Why are you taking this so personally? You sound like you're in a cult and I just insulted your leader. I still know lots of people who have been to shows and check in on forums and nobody is saying his tone is the best since 2000. It's not. BTW, I've ONLY ever in my life heard mediocre and marginally talented musicians do what you're doing here - claiming that because someone has a different opinion than you, their musical understanding and skill must be lacking, or lesser than yours. It's very telling. I spent 10 years as a studio musician in California after giving up playing on the road because I hated it. I live on the East Coast now and still do small passion projects, and still get royalty checks from numerous projects and albums. But never in my life have I stooped to your level of devaluing other people's opinion by asserting that they must not be able to play music. That's just so pathetic. Trey's playing is stuck in default auto-pilot most of the time. His phrasing is based around what he can do in a single hand position most of the time, rather than creating any meaningful phrasing with his mind. And while chops aren't the be all and end all of playing lead, his chops HAVE fallen off a cliff - which has seriously limited his options, especially as far as peaking jams. IMO his tone, vocals, writing, phrasing, creativity and chops are all at all time lows.
Greatest band ever. Keep diving down the rabbit hole and you will not regret it. The more you put in with this band, the more you get out - exponentially!
@@SaeedReacts. Started at the Colorado State Fair. They Opened for Santana in Aug. '92. I saw most between then & 2000. But, I live in Denver and they've played the Dick's Sporting Goods stadium 🏟️ (soccer) for 3 or 4 nights a year since 2011. That's like 43 or close concerts, in my home town in just the late 13 years. "For at least as many years, I took the Highway thru the Great Divide" -Wedge
I absolutely love watching people react to Phish for the first time. I get such a kick out of it and I have for the past 32 years. We are so lucky that we get to live on this earth at the same time as the Phish from Vermont!
Thanks so much for checking this out man! You nailed the reaction- the lyrics and the bluesy riff that morphs into psychedelic realms is spot on. Also, very glad you mentioned YES, whose progressive style has been an influence on Phish since their inception! Would love to see you check out some more, but keep in mind, most of their live performances extend far beyond the 9:46 this one does!
Great song and performance. Its definitely an experience. More than a song. Definitely want to hear more. On days when requests are low, i try to check out the longer songs on my list. Thanks again for this request.
@@SaeedReacts. You Enjoy Myself is a quintessential phish tune, I’d love to see you react to that one. Complex, groovy, weird..it ticks a lot of boxes.
I attended UVM just 4 years after the band formed. I lived for 2 years in the same dorm complex where Mike and Trey lived, WDW. I wasn't into them yet, but they were still playing the dorms and parties. I heard them while walking by Nectar's, but in the 80s, it sounded like noise. I got into them hard in 1990 after roommates sat me down with tapes and a joint. My first song was Contact. My first show was Barre VT 91. I met them one time or another and had a few backstage experiences at Deer Creek in 2003. After one show, Mike and I drove around the lot in a golf cart. Got stuck in the mud. I jumped out to get us out, and a random fan started laughing at my muddy feet, until he looked up and saw Mike. We were out there so long that he called the bus driver to let him go to the hotel (with Fishman). I drove Mike to his hotel in my car. We passed fans on the highway who had no idea. The hotel was something else. Fishman was playing chess with someone when we got there. In another room, I hung out with Chris Kuroda, who plays the lights like an instrument. He was not in a good mood. In 2004, I was invited to a surprise bday party for Mike's 40th at his house. For a while, I sat with his fiancé and her parents. Phish was playing on the TV. Her parents said they were told Phish was this huge, popular band. I assured them they were.
@@SaeedReacts. my pleasure. Love seeing when people appreciate music that I like. I can see how your list keeps growing. So many great bands to discover
The only words in Manteca are "crab in my shoemouth" and David Bowie is "David Bowie, UB 40." Should have said, If you're into lyrics, check out some of their other songs, but you may want to skip Manteca and David Bowie because they have a total of 8 words between two songs.
Whats the longest song request you take? I would love to make a recommendation for your next phish song but wanna know what the limits are. Although some of their longer songs are the best haha
I had to implement an 8 minute time limit recently, because of the volume of requests that had tripled in the last month and i could not keep up anymore. Sometimes i don't mind if it is a bit longer or if someone had tipped higher. But usually i stick to my 8 minute rule, just because of time. When i do have time free, i try to record the video's that i know will take longer. It does seem that these moments are growing a bit rare :)
Another awesome band! First music festival I ever went to at 15...changed my life forever ❤ Such nostalgia with them I grew up in the area they are from. Check-out "Free" your soul just flies to that one
6/19/12 Maze is a fun one for noobs. Not their best Maze, but the mix is good, the video showcases all members well including the hidden 5th member - Chris Kuroda (the guy running the lights), and it highlights the band's personality while also spotlighting how friggin talented they are
Love. Thank you. Interesting track for a debut. There's a "The Wedge" with REO teases in it. Check that. Also: Dick's "Light" from...I'm old; it'll auto-populate.
Never heard of Phish. Sorry fans, just ignorant me that love singing and absolutely love poetry but not the in between. TX anyway for introducing my. Greetings from South Africa
Sand. Sand?! Sand! Dudes never heard Phish before, and there’s no dippin toes into the pool. Yall just tossin him in the deep end. Alright, I’m down. Sink or swim. Hope the four-headed hydra gets ya
@@SaeedReacts. may I suggest you start with a nice China Cat Sunflower > I know you Rider. The 2 songs were almost always played together. A nice one for video is alpine valley 1989. Link here, hopefully it doesn’t get stripped ruclips.net/video/l7XUVqiE-yI/видео.htmlsi=iVSumQqIi1YT_wy5
@@SaeedReacts. looks like my last reply was stripped. Was suggesting China cat sunflower > I know you rider from Alpine valley 1989. Video available on RUclips, was on the “Downhill from here” official release.
Hey, can control the weather with your laser and please keep the dry, warm weather going in the Northeast? I was getting some bud rot on one of my OG Kush plants and they are almost done! 😉Thanks!
God Trey sounded so awful in 2018. Why do noobs always recommend the worst versions of songs on these youtube channels? I could think of a million other Sands I'd recommend before this one.
Sup man, interesting take. This was my request, and no, I don’t have 300 shows under my belt. Mondegreen got me up to 56 and my next will be Albany. Hope you see you there. So I suppose that may still classify me as a “noob” in your opinion, but I’ll explain my request choice anyway. First and foremost, I’m not sure what 2018 you were listening to, but we will have to agree to disagree on your claim that “Trey sounded like shit” that year. I’m sure there are many who would agree with me on that. Second, this channel asks that requests are no longer than 8 minutes in length. So in my mind, I needed to find something within those restraints. This is over that 8 min limit by almost two min, so i figured it may be close enough. But I also needed to consider introducing someone to Phish. Something that gets out there, while not weirding them out is always what’s worked for me. Sand is an accessible song, and I’ve always thought this was a nasty version. In the end, I wanted something that was respectful of the time limit, while also being accessible for new listeners, while still being a great performance. Sorry you don’t like this one. Hope to see you in Albany.
@@LumpyHeadStudios Hey there. Sorry if I came off as a bit persnickety. I love watching Phish reaction vids on youtube (obv) but like 90% of the time, it's a 3.0 version that's not that good/re-listenable and should never be the first video someone sees imo. This has way less to do with your specific request and more of just a general complaint in the wind. I know nothing will ever be done to change this but I just wanted to voice my displeasure. This actually was not a terrible version, just not the first version I would've picked. A couple short Sand's that I would've picked over this one would be for example, 6/11/11, 12/31/10, 1/2/16, 7/13/14 just to name a few. 2018 is not a great year for Phish imo. Some highlights here and there but overall one of their down years of 3.0 imo. Best years are 2012, Fall 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2024 imo. I realize it's hard to find good video though and the more quality videos tend to be newer versions of songs but if it's really about the music itself, there's still tons of pure audio recordings on youtube out there that can be listened to.
@@CesarHernandez-nh1wz glad to see someone else giving praise to 2024. IMO this version of phish right now is one of my favorite. They are playing at such a high level right now. This past summer was amazing
It is actually a proven scientific fact that Phish is the best band in the world.
I would almost agree, but there is a band called Pink Floyd. Maybe the best still on tour.
Phish is the best band ever. I just went to a 4 day festival and I am 62 years old ❤
So happy you made it to phish, welcome to the party :)
Me too! Great song and performance! Thanks for watching.
@@SaeedReacts. I've been listening to this song for 25 years and somehow have never thought about the lyrics that much. Thank you for your excellent insights!
I'm an audiophile who is addicted to the sound of guitar 🎸 music. & For me Trey Giuseppe Anastasío is the Best concert electric guitarist ever. & Yes I know the Competition!!!
He was in the mid 90s absolutely. Not sure how you could say he still is. Even if you get past that awful tone he has now (that doesn't blend nearly as well with the other instruments as it did in past), his phrasing is very autopilot sounding default hand position pent licks to my ears. His playing bears no resemblance to his former greatness imo.
@Microverse1 Yeah "no resemblance " is laughable but okay. Clearly you are not a real guitar player.
Go listen to any show from the mid 90s then a show form 2024. It doesn't sound like the same band. Trey sounds like the guitarist form a 3rd tier phish cover band now. It's also why he started writing songs like Evolve, instead of YEM. It is what it is. He was arguably the greatest rock guitarist of all time in the mid 90s. But time marches on and he's a shadow of his former self.
@Microverse1 Spoken like a guy who couldn't play any of it. Lol, I was many shows throughout the 90s and 2024 Trey tone was the best it has been since 2000. His original rig was back for all of 2024. Also, just because he doesn't shred as often is not any indication of him losing a step.
@@BAM5636 Why are you taking this so personally? You sound like you're in a cult and I just insulted your leader.
I still know lots of people who have been to shows and check in on forums and nobody is saying his tone is the best since 2000. It's not.
BTW, I've ONLY ever in my life heard mediocre and marginally talented musicians do what you're doing here - claiming that because someone has a different opinion than you, their musical understanding and skill must be lacking, or lesser than yours. It's very telling.
I spent 10 years as a studio musician in California after giving up playing on the road because I hated it. I live on the East Coast now and still do small passion projects, and still get royalty checks from numerous projects and albums. But never in my life have I stooped to your level of devaluing other people's opinion by asserting that they must not be able to play music. That's just so pathetic.
Trey's playing is stuck in default auto-pilot most of the time. His phrasing is based around what he can do in a single hand position most of the time, rather than creating any meaningful phrasing with his mind. And while chops aren't the be all and end all of playing lead, his chops HAVE fallen off a cliff - which has seriously limited his options, especially as far as peaking jams. IMO his tone, vocals, writing, phrasing, creativity and chops are all at all time lows.
Greatest band ever. Keep diving down the rabbit hole and you will not regret it. The more you put in with this band, the more you get out - exponentially!
Definitely want to check out more. Great song and performance!
@@SaeedReacts. This is a great modern classic - ruclips.net/video/ILK-02_1i40/видео.htmlsi=cZDObZiks9dafwj9
Greatest band ever! Nothing else compares! Trey is our Mozart!
My Bro!!! This my favorite band EVER!!! Seen 'em 180 times.
So much material to experience. But worth every second!!! ❤🎵🎶🎶🎸💯🔥😆🔥🎶🎵🎶🎶💃🕺
180 times! Wow! That is incredible!
@@SaeedReacts. Started at the Colorado State Fair. They Opened for Santana in Aug. '92. I saw most between then & 2000. But, I live in Denver and they've played the Dick's Sporting Goods stadium 🏟️ (soccer) for 3 or 4 nights a year since 2011. That's like 43 or close concerts, in my home town in just the late 13 years.
"For at least as many years, I took the Highway thru the Great Divide" -Wedge
Hells yeah!! More Phish !!
I absolutely love watching people react to Phish for the first time. I get such a kick out of it and I have for the past 32 years. We are so lucky that we get to live on this earth at the same time as the Phish from Vermont!
Another band that I have never heard of. Love finding new stuff 👌🏻👌🏻
Loved the guitar work 🎸🎸🎸🎸
I had heard of them and a that they had a loyal fanbase, but wastn familiar with their music. Good stuff.
Go see them live. Most Blissful musical experience
Thanks so much for checking this out man!
You nailed the reaction- the lyrics and the bluesy riff that morphs into psychedelic realms is spot on.
Also, very glad you mentioned YES, whose progressive style has been an influence on Phish since their inception!
Would love to see you check out some more, but keep in mind, most of their live performances extend far beyond the 9:46 this one does!
Great song and performance. Its definitely an experience. More than a song.
Definitely want to hear more. On days when requests are low, i try to check out the longer songs on my list.
Thanks again for this request.
Beautiful reaction. Keep digging on Phish!!
Awesome performance! Thanks for watching!
Solid choice, welcome to the greatest band of all time
Great song and performance. Thanks for watching.
I’m quite positive there will be more Phish videos after this and that will make many folks happy (myself included)
Definitely interested in checking out more!
@@SaeedReacts. You Enjoy Myself is a quintessential phish tune, I’d love to see you react to that one. Complex, groovy, weird..it ticks a lot of boxes.
Phish reactions will grow your following if you stick with them. Their Hyper-Loyal fanbase is in the tens of millions. 🐠🐟🦈🐟🐠
Truth.
Definitely want to hear more! Enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for watching!
Everything is correct in your statement except "tens of millions" fans. We are not that big :-)
@@katzpdx world-wide. Count folk who just like the music , & not dedicated Phans...??? Maybe 10 mil? I'd like to think so, but IDK??? 🤷♀️🐠🐟🐡🦈✌️☮️🕊️
I attended UVM just 4 years after the band formed. I lived for 2 years in the same dorm complex where Mike and Trey lived, WDW. I wasn't into them yet, but they were still playing the dorms and parties. I heard them while walking by Nectar's, but in the 80s, it sounded like noise. I got into them hard in 1990 after roommates sat me down with tapes and a joint. My first song was Contact. My first show was Barre VT 91. I met them one time or another and had a few backstage experiences at Deer Creek in 2003. After one show, Mike and I drove around the lot in a golf cart. Got stuck in the mud. I jumped out to get us out, and a random fan started laughing at my muddy feet, until he looked up and saw Mike. We were out there so long that he called the bus driver to let him go to the hotel (with Fishman). I drove Mike to his hotel in my car. We passed fans on the highway who had no idea. The hotel was something else. Fishman was playing chess with someone when we got there. In another room, I hung out with Chris Kuroda, who plays the lights like an instrument. He was not in a good mood.
In 2004, I was invited to a surprise bday party for Mike's 40th at his house. For a while, I sat with his fiancé and her parents. Phish was playing on the TV. Her parents said they were told Phish was this huge, popular band. I assured them they were.
I was at these shows! Lol what an incredible couple of days.. hop on that phish train my friend
Thats awesome!
this is a particularly poetic performance of Sand.
But I agree Sand was a good choice for a song for a first timer. It's got a very catchy bass and guitar riff and it's simple.
It's not simple. It's sample.. in a jar.
Thanks Jeff for bringing this to Saeed! I had Cavern on my list to recommend but haven't got there yet.
Such a great band.
Awesome stuf!! Thanks for watching!
@@SaeedReacts. my pleasure. Love seeing when people appreciate music that I like.
I can see how your list keeps growing. So many great bands to discover
I bought the Junta cassette in 1993 at Good Vibrations record shop and well here we are...the Sand is slipping through.
SAND at Big Cypress
Yes please. Make sure to catch the Quadrophonic topplings after it too. Basically a part of the sand jam. Blissful.
Yes - Absolutely a much better version
Yes! The Big Cypress Sand was crazy. Middle of the night, wee hours of Y2K, middle of a swamp, a 7 hour set. What an experience that was.
If you're into lyrics some other phish songs worth checking out would be Manteca or David Bowie.
The only words in Manteca are "crab in my shoemouth" and David Bowie is "David Bowie, UB 40." Should have said, If you're into lyrics, check out some of their other songs, but you may want to skip Manteca and David Bowie because they have a total of 8 words between two songs.
@@deadphishcheesespread woosh
@@chadn.1619 lulz
I litterly saw you .... get it!Trey is Jedi
Awesome performance!
Was having a bad day. This made it better 😂
Phish is the archetype of circus put into music
Whats the longest song request you take? I would love to make a recommendation for your next phish song but wanna know what the limits are. Although some of their longer songs are the best haha
I had to implement an 8 minute time limit recently, because of the volume of requests that had tripled in the last month and i could not keep up anymore.
Sometimes i don't mind if it is a bit longer or if someone had tipped higher. But usually i stick to my 8 minute rule, just because of time.
When i do have time free, i try to record the video's that i know will take longer. It does seem that these moments are growing a bit rare :)
I've watched most of your Dylan reactions and like your thoughts. Phish is a different animal, but no less poetic. They use notes. Dylan uses words.
Love the way you put that!
This version is very bluesy . 🕺🔥🩵💙🎸🩵💙🔥💃
Another awesome band! First music festival I ever went to at 15...changed my life forever ❤ Such nostalgia with them I grew up in the area they are from. Check-out "Free" your soul just flies to that one
Each song is a musical journey. Hearing everything they've played will take the rest of your life. If you want to hear them shred, listen to Maze.
6/19/12 Maze is a fun one for noobs. Not their best Maze, but the mix is good, the video showcases all members well including the hidden 5th member - Chris Kuroda (the guy running the lights), and it highlights the band's personality while also spotlighting how friggin talented they are
this reminds me of last vegas 2018. is that one? real lyrical, peaks sharply but is stand alone and kinda foretells that the show is on.
“Free” - 5/28/22 would be good next track to check out. The video is available on RUclips.
Love.
Thank you.
Interesting track for a debut.
There's a "The Wedge" with REO teases in it. Check that. Also: Dick's "Light" from...I'm old; it'll auto-populate.
Never heard of Phish. Sorry fans, just ignorant me that love singing and absolutely love poetry but not the in between. TX anyway for introducing my. Greetings from South Africa
Thanks for checking it out with me! Greetings from Belgium.
Mor Phish please!!!
Try out Squirming Coil from phish. Not one of their big bangers, but I think you'd like it.
Check out the song Maze
Sand. Sand?! Sand!
Dudes never heard Phish before, and there’s no dippin toes into the pool. Yall just tossin him in the deep end.
Alright, I’m down.
Sink or swim. Hope the four-headed hydra gets ya
My gym teacher in first grade did the same. Here i am 😅😄
U like Phish!? I am a new sub! Simple🎼! 🎶🎵🎶🎼
Thanks for subscribing!
Have you done any Grateful Dead yet?
Not yet! But definitely will at some point.
@@SaeedReacts. may I suggest you start with a nice China Cat Sunflower > I know you Rider. The 2 songs were almost always played together. A nice one for video is alpine valley 1989. Link here, hopefully it doesn’t get stripped ruclips.net/video/l7XUVqiE-yI/видео.htmlsi=iVSumQqIi1YT_wy5
@@SaeedReacts. looks like my last reply was stripped. Was suggesting China cat sunflower > I know you rider from Alpine valley 1989. Video available on RUclips, was on the “Downhill from here” official release.
@@SaeedReacts. ruclips.net/video/l7XUVqiE-yI/видео.htmlsi=ia8U3GZXOnTEYFSo
Hey, can control the weather with your laser and please keep the dry, warm weather going in the Northeast? I was getting some bud rot on one of my OG Kush plants and they are almost done! 😉Thanks!
Who has a moving light rig like that?.....nobody ....go ck5
@@poster232 goose probably will soon enough
God Trey sounded so awful in 2018. Why do noobs always recommend the worst versions of songs on these youtube channels? I could think of a million other Sands I'd recommend before this one.
Sup man, interesting take.
This was my request, and no, I don’t have 300 shows under my belt. Mondegreen got me up to 56 and my next will be Albany. Hope you see you there. So I suppose that may still classify me as a “noob” in your opinion, but I’ll explain my request choice anyway.
First and foremost, I’m not sure what 2018 you were listening to, but we will have to agree to disagree on your claim that “Trey sounded like shit” that year. I’m sure there are many who would agree with me on that.
Second, this channel asks that requests are no longer than 8 minutes in length.
So in my mind, I needed to find something within those restraints. This is over that 8 min limit by almost two min, so i figured it may be close enough.
But I also needed to consider introducing someone to Phish. Something that gets out there, while not weirding them out is always what’s worked for me. Sand is an accessible song, and I’ve always thought this was a nasty version.
In the end, I wanted something that was respectful of the time limit, while also being accessible for new listeners, while still being a great performance.
Sorry you don’t like this one. Hope to see you in Albany.
@@LumpyHeadStudios Hey there. Sorry if I came off as a bit persnickety. I love watching Phish reaction vids on youtube (obv) but like 90% of the time, it's a 3.0 version that's not that good/re-listenable and should never be the first video someone sees imo. This has way less to do with your specific request and more of just a general complaint in the wind. I know nothing will ever be done to change this but I just wanted to voice my displeasure. This actually was not a terrible version, just not the first version I would've picked.
A couple short Sand's that I would've picked over this one would be for example, 6/11/11, 12/31/10, 1/2/16, 7/13/14 just to name a few. 2018 is not a great year for Phish imo. Some highlights here and there but overall one of their down years of 3.0 imo. Best years are 2012, Fall 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2024 imo.
I realize it's hard to find good video though and the more quality videos tend to be newer versions of songs but if it's really about the music itself, there's still tons of pure audio recordings on youtube out there that can be listened to.
A million? I will need to start a seperate channel just for that.
@@SaeedReacts.😂😂😂
@@CesarHernandez-nh1wz glad to see someone else giving praise to 2024. IMO this version of phish right now is one of my favorite. They are playing at such a high level right now. This past summer was amazing