Phish Cover TV on the Radio!
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Now here's one for the hippies and the hipsters: Vermont jam band gods Phish covering indie rock illuminati TV on the Radio at their Albany, NY, gig on Nov. 27. Watch a video snippet below, and head to LivePhish.com for the entire MP3.
Phish are known for their covers: they ripped through renditions of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" at Bonnaroo, and played the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street front-to-back at their annual Halloween freak out.
But Friday night's gig was their first foray into indie-dom, transforming "Golden Age"'s jittery rhythms and propulsive choruses into an angelic, 10-minute jam out that surely had many Albany Phans spinning in -- cough, cough -- ecstasy.
Buy why TVOTR? Well, for starters, the lyrics certainly fit the vibe: "All this violence / All this goes away / The vibes that rise like / Fireflies illuminate our play … In perpetual embrace / Like I said 'Love's Light is Laughter' / Your arms in the air stir a sea of stars."
Contact high!
So, SPIN readers, what do you think of Phish's cover of "Golden Age"? Pretty awesome, right? Tell us in the comment section.
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Click here to comment- Posted By omalleybp
11.30.09 6:42 PM
As an avid Phish fan and also a fan on TVOTR, it was awesome to hear this. I was a bit skeptical before I listened to it because the songs structure is very choppy and vocals go a bit high, but after hearing it, I think they nailed it and could see this being played by them more. At least I hope to hear it more because it is my favorite song off of Dear Science.
Nice job boys!
12.03.09 12:29 AM
Not their first foray into "indie-dom" They covered Pavement in 1999 If I recall. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album Trey is a fan of...