Phish-Esther

[Cancrizans]

:)

[Cancrizans]

Listening to Junta was one of the coolest parts of my life, thankies for posting. :)

[IVIegadude]

240p :////

[andyaccent]

toast and table spark sum ending the twist tank sank dash with given

[andyaccent]

@andyaccent thught rudeament fundimental distence

[roquesoul420]

bezt zong 3va

[joshuamcdowell]

YAY for knowing about this song!!!

[Wonderfundlez]

A little over 30,000 views... About 200 of them are me :)

[laughingchili]

I think you did grt nice video

[pinkmonkey456]

Its Even more awkward when your name is Esther.... my name is esther

[EssiieLynneD]

@pinkmonkey456

haha mine too is Esther

[terrapinbrad]

@pinkmonkey456 Now that's pretty cool. Your parents are too old to have named you after the song! ...beautiful ;-} What a magical song. Maybe a little eerie, but still one of my long time fav's. ;-}

[HeyStupidFlanders]

wonder what penguin taste like

[KafeiMouser]

This is one of the longest songs I saw. A kid in my special ed. class watched this, started giggling, and made me curious.

[freedo333]

drugs or no drugs, this is a lovely song. i can't believe a computer animator hasn't adapted this into a ten minute short. i'd make esther wearing fishman's dress :)

[andy23822]

@ dbzphish84 "That penguin is staring down my soul" very nice..........

[izzydabestest]

you can chop off my legs if you want 2

XD

pure awesomeness(:

[EverlastingCC]

I heard this today in English class... *shudders* Reminds me of those Chucky movies despite I never saw any of them.

[pinpinfoi]

esther, why did you wake up my sleeping monkey?

[dbzphish84]

That penguin is staring down my soul...

[elihujones]

what album is this?

[puckaroo11]

@elihujones Junta! One of my favorites.

[TheBettire]

The song is too long to make a vid.

[jbdfc]

<3 .

[bestpwnageever]

This is one of the most complex, beautiful works of art I have ever had the bliss of experiencing. Thank you, Phish.

[Nuggifyable]

You guys must really be ignorant if you think Phish is weird for singing about a girl. n.n

[twocute4u95]

my best friends name is Esther and i told her about this song. She freaked!

[shimeonmorpheus]

good song but it's a little weird though

[wholewheatbagel]

phish singing about little girl jut seems weird now.

[mistastaples]

Actually, Phish IS better on drugs.

But so is just about everything else.

[womenrsmarter420]

@mistastaples hahahaha man drugs r fun but phish is on fire drugs or no drugs,mollie...

[KafeiMouser]

@mistastaples Eesh... Nice to know...

[pozzimystic]

@mistastaples yeh but Trey isn't! Fuck drugs>>> I did them for years, From Gerry to Trey > Life is so much better now. Trey 3.0 speaks wonders for sobriety. Don't get me wrong I partied to excess for 3 decades and wouldn't trade that for anything. All I am saying is that life is better without drugs. imho

[djuice81]

Harryhood you sound like an idiot. No, you don't need to be on drugs to listen to Phish. I am not using drugs right now and I am enjoying what I am hearing, as I always do. You are obviously not a true Phan if you can't listen without drugs.

You think that your cool because you do drugs, just like you think its cool to listen to Phish when you do drugs, because all of your "friends" do it.

Good Song, thanks for posting.

[unfasten]

Maybe some drugs would help you get sarcasm.

[Harryhoodz]

yea man, hippie band. That makes tons of sense.

Hey bro i just love phish dude, i like to take roll pills and acid and trip my balls off and groove to the hippie band, cause you absolutely have to be on drugs to listen to phish everyone knows that.

Phish is one of the most dynamic bands ever, and theyre music is far more complex and sophisticated than casual fans can dream of. So there is your hippie band

[666FallenAces]

phish is a hippie band lol, love hippies

[ilovecolinandbrad]

I dig the "Hoo-hah"

[deBebbler]

Along with Julius, this is only moment in time where the studio Phish beats live Phish.

Is it because the harmonies are spot on? Is it because Trey remembers the lyrics?

Well, yes. But mostly because this recording is simply beautiful.

Esther, I love you.

[ilovecolinandbrad]

deBebbler, the Letterman Julius from 7/13/95 would like to have a word with you

[deBebbler]

@ilovecolinandbrad

Yeah, yeah, I was thinking this when I posted my comment, but I've never seen Letterman's band join Phish onstage at the Palace, Van Andel Arena, or The Great Went when they played Julius. Nor was there authentico soul backing on "Before you take another step." Nothing but the Greasy Fizeek, Henrietta.

Just isn't Julius without horns, although the Great Went Julius is my favorite with 7.13.94 a close second. The rest are dust.

Giant Country Horns for Summer 2010!!!!

[ilovecolinandbrad]

Agreed!

[melkrim1]

While the band is well-known for such tangibles as epic

three-hour shows, zany lyrics and onstage antics (vacuum

cleaners, chess games and gigantic hot dogs, to name a

few), it's the intangibles - the sheer musical prowess --

which have earned Phish their army of followers. Their

music spans the spectrum of styles; obvious influences come

from rock, jazz, blues and bluegrass.

[muffinbouffant]

Did you cut and paste that from People Magazine?

[humbabwe]

all art is open for interpretation... thats the point.. everyone here is right... even if they say the song is about mcdonalds

[doughnutcity]

anyone want to chop off my legs and peel off my socks

[scarletturieross]

fantastic song:D

[tim3Child]

great song

[rlanantelope]

she died everyone. Dead, that's it. :(

[nicocintube]

very sad song

[xXBriBayBayXx]

Woot! Go katie. I loveee the penguin! Is it suppose to be me? Lol. I lovve ya!

[shmoopydoo]

I just thought it was a trippy story. I like the part about peeling off his socks and the part when she sinks down in the water.

[GingerRocks125]

O_O OH.

Thanks for telling me.

I still love teh song ;D

[melkrim1]

I really really LOVE "Easter" song...

It's cool as "Hell"

All these changes in the tunes... it's like a movie in my head....

It makes you think. I just love it.

Regards.

[VilleB123]

this song is all about drug use... the doll is actually some sort of mind expanding compound, the guy at the start is a drug pusher, the church is the religious right and the backlash war on drugs profiteers/prohibitionists that chase her after she tries to expose them to this wonderful thing. But she "rises above" that, she achieves some sort of serenity and flies for a while, but becomes something of a social outcast, endangering her life, before she dies..

[rizexagainst]

Thought that the mob was just trying to tell her the doll was evil but she thought the mob was trying to kill her. Then the doll kills her by drowning her.

[redresch]

yeah.... or maybe it's just a pretty song with dreamlike lyrics that need not be analyzed... Honestly, I like your interpretation and I am definitely not hating on your post... I just feel that the true beauty of this song's lyrics are much more simpler (accessible) than that.

[imalittlepea22]

im agreeing.

[mekimberlite]

Well, the doll doesn't necessarily represent illicit drugs, your mind can be expanded through education, meditation, experience, information or any number of other things. But I agree that whatever it is, the "normal" society reacts negatively towards it. I love this song.

[alasdairgillis]

this was the best back in the 90's

[KafeiMouser]

@alasdairgillis Whew, it's an old song for its time, when was this recorded?