Fishman is quite underrated as a drummer. Look up 'Mike Portnoy Peaches En Regalia' and you find a video of Portnoy playing the same song with Zappa Plays Zappa. Fishman does a superior job here!
@horowizard you are a moron phish crushes this with 4 people better than zappas 11 piece band. it takes more "musicianship" when you can do it with 7 less people. you are a jackass...
@TheMrBaybutt Sorry, but horowizard has a point. The keyboardist in particular keeps dropping notes, and it sounds like he starts playing the wrong bar a couple of times and tries to cover for it. The rest of the band is workmanlike at best. Zappa's 1971 version, on which this is based, only had 5 members actually playing, not 11, and they put on a much greater display of precision and flair. Sorry, not hating, just critiquing.
@TheMrBaybutt And you are an asshole who wouldn't know musicianship if it came up and bit you on the face. Crushes? More like massacres it. What do you even know about it? It doesn't matter if the band has 4 people or 40. These guys just haven't got the chops to pull this stuff off as plainly evident here in this video. These boys don't come close to what the guys in Zappa's groups were capable of. Never in my life have I read a more pitifully moronic statement.
@unknownkingdom I don't think so. It may be a hand held audience job but probably digital. Warbly or not, the recording doesn't lie. It's the performance that is sub-par.
Hey! That's me a 1:33!...lower left corner... the guy swaying left to right... my face is lit up. The history books won't tell you this but everyone in that room was on X... which was still legal(ish) at the time. Phish owe a lot of their early success on the college campuses to that fact... in addition to the fact that they were mind-blowing live.
@TheFlownetwork .....So, in other words it cost you $25-$50 (1 or 2 tabs) to get off on X.....Go to a DEAD or FURTHER show and you surpass that buzz for about $5....Just keep your eyes peeled for the Visine bottles going around...
Nice job Phish! This is my favorite FZ song, so I say that in a very critical frame of mind! Shows what a difficult song this is to play, yet you guys put a lot of emotion in there!
I love frank zappa and phish they are on my list of like top 10, phish being #1 of course ;) but the funny thing is, is that i was born 3 months and 10 days before this show haha
@shpilk I tho't it kinda groovy. It's a veri acceptable cover. It's got that so.Cal garage band sound. Something one might hear on a friday night in the 'burbs ;-)
Page with a glorious curly head of hair!!!! I have seen about 75 shows at The Paradise and every time I wish that I could have teleported in time to see Phish there or any other small New England club that phish played at 88-90. Pearl St., Stone Church, The Haunt, Toads Place, the list goes on.
i played this zappa song along with a couple originals for a bar full ppl tonight... i love putting money into the jutbox so ppl can here this shit for the first time... were back .lets party
If this is too sloppy for your tastes then I can promise Phish is not the band for you. These guys aren't studio musicians and anyone who appreciates the band knows that there ability to play "perfectly" or lack there of has nothing to do with what makes them great. Even though they make lots of mistakes they are all technically great musicians and far more important, they have a shit ton of style and great improvisational skills. (Also trey has written some amazing songs).
uhh pottycall, this was in 1989 - they have played the songs probably thousands of times since and trust me, they nail it!! In fact, this was probably one of the very first times they attempted it - 20 years ago.
I just listened back to this again. Yes, the sound quality may sucks but that deosn't mean the musicianship sucks because of THAT. At :45 the keyboardist plays the wrong chords. Guitarist sounds like a hacker at 1:17- 1:19 . Keyboards hack it up at 1:34 and many more spots too numerous to list. These guys need to SHED before playing such a hard piece. Nice try though.
don't judge them based on their playing here? Why not, because it illustrates clearly that they suck. At every instrument the talent abyss is great, especially the drummer, who can't even hold the sticks of ANY Zappa drummer, let alone the great ones. This is not very complimentary of Phish, especially if you happen to have been listening to Zappa's band on your foay into YouTube.... ugh
This version (and all versions until '93) was played "by ear". They got the charts from Dweezil during the "Hoist" sessions in LA in '93. The re-vamped Peaches from '93 forward is far superior to this sloppy rendition.
This was done at the beginning of their career. Phish is pretty damn awesome, but I'll admit that this version is a pretty loose. Don't judge them by this video, I mean the guy did beat Carlos Santana in a guitar battle. Plus the drumming is pretty spot on.
Too bad Dweezil is only a Frank Zappa cover!!! And will never be as much a legend as Trey, or any member of phish for that matter. Ram that up your poop-shoot blastingcaps!!
Lit up by Dweezil?? Trey plays guitar with more emotion than most players I've ever seen. Why do people compare apples and oranges? Zappa and Phish different, but both amazing! Before you knock it, try it first and you'll see that is a blessing and not a curse. Go see a phish show. Buy the ticket, take the ride!
Frank is rolling over in his grave like a fat pig on a stick. These guys should stick to silly rock and roll jamming. There are so many mistakes in FZ's masterpiece it ain't funny. At all! Stick to your goofy Dead ripoff jamming crap you thilly boys.
It's a good thing there was no youtube then 'cause he would've killed himself after seeing and hearing this version. Nice try but no cigar. It IS a hard tune to play and it is admirable that they tried but it makes them sound like hackers.
First of all if you dont know anything about music AT ALL, or anything about The Grateful Dead for that matter....i hate when people relate Phish as the wannabe successors to The Dead... They arent and they arent trying to be. If you even TRIED to listen to Phish's music you would obviously see, hear, and undersand that they dont sound anythinglike The Dead... Phishs jams are intricate and masterfully composed.. and these guys are sickly talented. The Dead is an influence in their music yeah,b
Ok...so Phish is not like the Dead when they jam. I know nothing about Phish and don't care to. I DO know that this is a LOUSY version of Peaches. Tons of mistakes all over this tune by all the "musicians" in the band. And by the way Hendrix sucks. All his licks were blues derived - he couldn't play through a chord change if he tried. Yeah he was one of the first to make noise on the guitar but his melodic content was bland and insipid.
riiiiiiiiiiight..... yeah i forgot how much Wind Cries Mary, and Red House, and Purple Haze, and Little Wing just SUUUUUCKKKK SUPER BALLS...... ur right just absolutely horrible songs...... jimi hendrix sux........... ur fuckin nuts dude.... go home... nobody likes u.... i think uve heard that one too many times in ur life huh?
(cont'd)but so is zappa zz top,clapton, etc...musicians grow and evolve into their own beings by influences from their idols...u tellin me hendrix and vai never had idols?..vai's idol was Zappa...SRVs was Hendrix.... eveyrone of those guys has created their own paths and beings, JUST LIKE PHISH...get ur facts straight before u go knockin on the band-waggon of PHISH haters...the only thing they have in common is long trippy jams,heavy following, and live based performances... music..nothing alike
First...do you play an instrument, or are you one of "those people" that think they are super cool because you go to a record store, find the section that's covered in dust because the music sucks, buys it and says to yourself "it's sooo great, people just don't get it!"? Second...do you have a lisp, or do you just liking typing w/ one? Third...pottycall? Really?
some wise ass w/ the name "pottycall" he's was on this video about 5 months ago stirring shit up and talking shit....after reading his comments, I could just tell he was exactly one of those people that I described in my previous comment...
I play drums very well and guitar and piano. I know what I'm doing. I was making money as a musician before you were crapping your pants. It's obvious these charlatans should've let the musc to FZ. Open your ears douche -baggie bag.
@pottycall = childish....If you're such a fantastic musician, why are you sitting on youtube arguing w/ someone that was crapping his pants when you were "making money" as a musician? Say hi to your mom for me! oh, and don't forget to change out your dehumidifier every couple days....those basements can't pretty stank!!
dude, I remember this song from live tapes back in the 90s... heard the song on the radio the other day and couldn't think of it.... glad it only took me a few minuts to find on here. GREAT SONG!
Fishman is killin on this track! This does kinda suck though, but mostly because of the sound quality. Maybe if some of these negative comments were made by musicians they'd have acknowledged that.
excuse me....?? i know the great zappa is awesome.....so is steve vai, i see u are a fan obviously.....but if you have any sense of musicality or knowledge of the band Phish....which i know u dont know anything about Phish cuz you just said they are not musicians and u are judging them off a cover of Peaches and Regalia..... why dont you go take a listen to YEM, or Reba,Harry Hood,Guyute,Fluffhead,EPIC Jams where u will see how good they are.... Treys lines are derived from Zappa...hesa huge fan
Some Phish tunes (reba, David bowie) could border on roughly the same level of difficulty as some of the more challenging Zappa tunes (bebop tango etc.). I'm not a phish-head or mega Zappa fan per se, but I'm a musician that knows enough that this kind of disrespect is unwarranted.
You are right, he's a muscian and Tre is good but not that good. He would get lit up on stage by Dweezil or Vai much less Jaime Kime (I bet you dont even know who that is)
Funny that you would say "I bet you don't know who that is" as though you where some sort expert and yet you obviously have no idea what your talking about. Look at the compositional work Anastasio had done by his early to mid 20s.
To say one guitarist would get lit up by another is simply dumb.
You're right, I just dont prefer hearing his version of Peaches....I dont like his playing that much either, i dont know why, just dont. He is a great player none the less.
Maybe, if you are talking about early Phish, say from '89 to '93 or '94. It went like this, if you ask me: 1986/87 - they wrote the core songs, they played them in their sleep for months and years on end. 1991/92 - they polished the act and wrote some more good stuff. 1993/94 - they became adept/adroit improvisors. In essence, they lived, breathed and ate together for 12 years. Then they got married, had kids, got rich, started dabbling in narcotics, the music suffered, they broke up.
While gifted, Trey is not even in the same ball park as FZ. Frank composed the music, owned the music, hired the musicians, trained the musicians, started the record label, booked the tours, and everything else. The response I get from classically trained musicians when I play Phish is usually lukewarm...they typically find Phish tonally and melodically monotonous. This is not my opinion - I love Phish...but Trey has nothing on Frank.
Well in terms of composition Zappa was more interested in rythmic exploration while Anastasio is more interested in melodic exploration. While not necessarily "classically" trained, I am a trained musician, Trey has done things Zappa never dreamed of, so I don't think your analysis is wholly fair. It's a matter of what your interests are. But I do think Zappa would have appreciated Trey's versatility and unique approach to composition which is anything but monotonous
Sometimes I think that Zappa has nothing on Trey. Both were so good it boggles the mind. I always appreciated Frank, but I never bothered learning his songs. I had to learn Treys though. I just had to figure out what he was doing. To compare them (or any other guitar players) is silly.
Zappa and Trey are on totally different levels.. you cant even compare the two (alright maybe you can)...one is a true composer, the other is a virtuosic improvisor. they are both musical geniuses who make the world that much sweeter...
dont forget that phish was only playing this as a tribute to Frank Zappa in their own way. listen to some of Zappas early shit, it sounds just as raw and choppy
I love Zappa to death dont get me wrong but this cover is awesome
Well Zappa's "raw and choppy" was intentional. No seriously, he'd record it first and then deliberately chop it up for the sake of parody.
Nevertheless, this isn't bad. Not perfect either. You really have to have the song memorized to spot the mistakes... though that seems to be a typical behavior of Zappa fans.
The recording quality is the thing that takes most of it away.
Ouch - These guys are musicians ? We performed this song in my high school Jazz band and sounded a whole lot better than this. Kudos for attempting a popular Zappa tune but this is downright embarrassing. And to the person who said Trey is a better guitarist than FZ. I guess the Earth is bigger than Jupiter. An opinion yes, but not based in objective reality.
A few things wrong that comparison. I'm not quite sure the time span you guys take to practice, but it sure as hell is a lot more than Phish did. My guess would be they learned their parts and practiced it a few times, especially in 89. Secondly, this song is meant to be preformed by a full band including horn section, mallet percussion ect. I wouldn't call this down right embarrassing. I would say the fact that you asked if the members of Phish are musicians is embarrassing.
Really, you think you can beat a band that has been adored by many for many years. Id like to see you try, but i dont envy what will happen to you if you happen to meet up with any phish fan.
1st- there were NOT like 7 gtr harmonies. The "Hot Rats" studio cut was arranged for gtr,flute,e bass,kit,3 sax voices, and after playing thru the coda cut there is a clarinet voice on the out chorus. I'm sure Frank would prefer that if he is remembered at all- that it at least be an accurate memorial.
2nd - any Frank tune is going to be a challenge when arranged for a 4 piece is going to be difficult to pull off.
Finally, thank you for the excellent a/v sync and upload!
arent they only like 20 yrs old hahaha critics...
womenrsmarter420 2 months ago
Ohhh lets rip on an 80's Phish show for a couple flubs. BFD! Go do something productive.
PhunkyPhishPhan 2 months ago
sloppy. ZPZ much better.
herrdruhl 3 months ago
Fishman is quite underrated as a drummer. Look up 'Mike Portnoy Peaches En Regalia' and you find a video of Portnoy playing the same song with Zappa Plays Zappa. Fishman does a superior job here!
unknownkingdom 4 months ago
there a good band, this Phish
PhrankieC87 6 months ago
@horowizard you are a moron phish crushes this with 4 people better than zappas 11 piece band. it takes more "musicianship" when you can do it with 7 less people. you are a jackass...
TheMrBaybutt 6 months ago
@TheMrBaybutt Sorry, but horowizard has a point. The keyboardist in particular keeps dropping notes, and it sounds like he starts playing the wrong bar a couple of times and tries to cover for it. The rest of the band is workmanlike at best. Zappa's 1971 version, on which this is based, only had 5 members actually playing, not 11, and they put on a much greater display of precision and flair. Sorry, not hating, just critiquing.
billmilliganhisself 5 months ago in playlist Peaches En Regalia
@TheMrBaybutt ....You've lost your mind dude.....Lay off the brown acid!
AvirtualSwitzerland 5 months ago
@TheMrBaybutt And you are an asshole who wouldn't know musicianship if it came up and bit you on the face. Crushes? More like massacres it. What do you even know about it? It doesn't matter if the band has 4 people or 40. These guys just haven't got the chops to pull this stuff off as plainly evident here in this video. These boys don't come close to what the guys in Zappa's groups were capable of. Never in my life have I read a more pitifully moronic statement.
horowizard 4 months ago
Sounds like it was modeled after the 1971 version
gobilyghoul 6 months ago
This what is and has been so cool about PHISH, They can play anything, and fucking rip it up!
rdnzl1 6 months ago
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.... This is why I like "The Phish" lol
MrButters4444 6 months ago
This is horrible. Poor musicianship, no feel and no groove. So many mistakes. Phish ought to be ashamed of themselves.
horowizard 7 months ago
@horowizard Are you listening to the same song as the rest of us?
FrancisDrive 6 months ago
@FrancisDrive I have no idea what you and the rest are listening to. Perhaps you ought to reacquaint yourself with the original.
horowizard 6 months ago
@horowizard Well, remember this is an audience recording, transferred from a warbly tape. That makes anyone sound amatuer.
unknownkingdom 4 months ago
@unknownkingdom I don't think so. It may be a hand held audience job but probably digital. Warbly or not, the recording doesn't lie. It's the performance that is sub-par.
horowizard 4 months ago
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horowizard 4 months ago
Hey! That's me a 1:33!...lower left corner... the guy swaying left to right... my face is lit up. The history books won't tell you this but everyone in that room was on X... which was still legal(ish) at the time. Phish owe a lot of their early success on the college campuses to that fact... in addition to the fact that they were mind-blowing live.
TheFlownetwork 7 months ago
@TheFlownetwork .....So, in other words it cost you $25-$50 (1 or 2 tabs) to get off on X.....Go to a DEAD or FURTHER show and you surpass that buzz for about $5....Just keep your eyes peeled for the Visine bottles going around...
AvirtualSwitzerland 5 months ago
@TheFlownetwork Not EVERYONE was on X at that show. Some of us were on LSD instead.
SnorkyTheInept 1 month ago
so sad trey dedicates the next song to his sister T_T
mbglosser 7 months ago
Keeping the music of Frank alive, always a good "thingphish"
kousebandslangen 10 months ago
@kousebandslangen You do realize Zappa was alive when Phish performed this?
talefromthepit 8 months ago
Has no one else noticed this was Summer of '89? Ha ha.
guyyute 1 year ago 5
@guyyute Yep, Seen Frank live several times in 88. Excellent shows. R.I.P Zappa
CosmikDebrisFZ 7 months ago
so far 23 idiots watched this video!!!
MrGetUpGetDown 1 year ago
Page with hair!!
Figgywithit 1 year ago 2
Nice job Phish! This is my favorite FZ song, so I say that in a very critical frame of mind! Shows what a difficult song this is to play, yet you guys put a lot of emotion in there!
hapexamendar 1 year ago
@hapexamendar Agreed.
salvin1792 1 year ago
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bodhibrother go fuck yourself
robbypelkey 1 year ago
Nice attempt, but quite a few wrong notes, especially during the double-time keyboard parts. Gotta give 'em credit for trying, though.
bodhibrother 1 year ago
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@bodhibrother go fuck your self
robbypelkey 1 year ago
@bodhibrother Anastasio was dead on though, as Close as possible Frank was always unique.
hippieman128 1 year ago
@bodhibrother
Who gives a shit? It's a great rendition. Listen to the Zappa and Zappa plays Zappa versions on here. Some are a train wreck, others are fantastic.
jptrol07 9 months ago
phish and zepplin are un compareable
kikimaru21355 1 year ago
@kikimaru21355 oh yea?u need to check out phish 10.30.10 it will blow ur mind!
grover4458 1 year ago
@thezepp68 false.
zachhartwell 1 year ago
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bartul777 1 year ago
not bad for having half the amount of people in the band Zappa had while playing this live
2manymuthauckas 1 year ago
Well, at least they like Zappa. They get points for that!
dkatz1964 1 year ago
I love frank zappa and phish they are on my list of like top 10, phish being #1 of course ;) but the funny thing is, is that i was born 3 months and 10 days before this show haha
thezepp925 1 year ago
@thezepp925 being a LZ fan, how can you even tolerate phish?
zachhartwell 1 year ago
@zachhartwell You are a fool for that statement.
josiahscovel 1 year ago
@josiahscovel lol, ok.
zachhartwell 1 year ago
@zachhartwell
This answers why if you like Zepplin you should like Phish.
Sssshhhh No stair happen when Trey plays it!
youtube.com/watch?v=z6YzYNzZ8vo&feature=related
mullberrryy1 1 year ago
They did a respectable job with it. It's not an easy song to play.
dlhitch2007 1 year ago
I agree. nice try, but no
lastfuture 1 year ago
Nice try .. Frank wouldn't have cared. But it's weak.
Sorry folks .. WEAK!
shpilk 1 year ago
@shpilk I tho't it kinda groovy. It's a veri acceptable cover. It's got that so.Cal garage band sound. Something one might hear on a friday night in the 'burbs ;-)
sparkyization 1 year ago
The genius keyboard guy makes quite a few mistakes on this tune listen at 1:35 -OUCH!
pottycall 1 year ago
If you want to hear Phish surpass the composers intent and instructions listen to them do this 1993-12-31.
josiahscovel 1 year ago 4
Page with a glorious curly head of hair!!!! I have seen about 75 shows at The Paradise and every time I wish that I could have teleported in time to see Phish there or any other small New England club that phish played at 88-90. Pearl St., Stone Church, The Haunt, Toads Place, the list goes on.
Knoxesdad 1 year ago
admirable effort, but fails to execute the composers intent and instructions.
Go to the source for the real.
tehvoyeur 1 year ago 3
i played this zappa song along with a couple originals for a bar full ppl tonight... i love putting money into the jutbox so ppl can here this shit for the first time... were back .lets party
PhanaticWilson 2 years ago
I have this show
PhishH2OH 2 years ago
message me if you could send! thanks phan
arm7420 2 years ago
they killed this tonight at MSG (12/2/09'd)
apaccione 2 years ago 3
Does anybody have any clue as to what the Charlie Parker tune is that the play after this?
barley1027 2 years ago
take the a-train
GratefuLSD 2 years ago
Take the A train's not Parker... It's Ellington/Strayhorn
McPixelFix 2 years ago
Donna Lee
TheUnknownTribe 2 years ago
Beautiful. Hope to hear this again from the boys someday...
I love Page's cheesy sounding keys from '89! Thanks for the awesome video j0ndaily.
TheEccentricHippie 2 years ago
Damn, they have a great piano player!
PageandPlant4Life 2 years ago
If this is too sloppy for your tastes then I can promise Phish is not the band for you. These guys aren't studio musicians and anyone who appreciates the band knows that there ability to play "perfectly" or lack there of has nothing to do with what makes them great. Even though they make lots of mistakes they are all technically great musicians and far more important, they have a shit ton of style and great improvisational skills. (Also trey has written some amazing songs).
wcibbt 2 years ago 2
The best music always comes from the ugliest people!!! PHISH ROCK!!!
Dedhedted71 2 years ago
hey same goes for the original mothers or invention. they ook even worse but there still awesome
boogster123321 2 years ago
Oh totally! Especially Roy Estrada & Jimmy Carl Black! Those 2 were like Lurch & cousin it!!! LOL!
Dedhedted71 2 years ago
haha don preston was the weirdest looking of the bunch
boogster123321 2 years ago
second. i know he came later but art tripp III also had a bit of a mug on him.
NoAhMaN8 2 years ago
fucking LOVE the beginning. BIDDIBUDUMBUMBUDUBUMDUPDUPDOODAPDUDUPUPUPUM
synestheticmusic 2 years ago 31
how does it go?
aLaT333 2 years ago
@synestheticmusic Me too hahahahahahahah
TntMaster97 7 months ago
@synestheticmusic Oh ya! Sounds like something Napoleon Murfy Brock would do at a Zappa show in the 70's.
CosmikDebrisFZ 7 months ago
"I would want to play for zappa, but i would'nt be good enough" - Fishman....Out of an old Relex mag i used to have
tenn1983 2 years ago
Zappa's music can be extremely difficult to play, as this song is. Phish does a damn good job here.
finylvinyl66 2 years ago
its not so hard
NoAhMaN8 2 years ago
for some reason, muppets come to mind whenever i hear this song...
jhachey222 2 years ago 27
@jhachey222
Shoot, The band members even look like muppets!!!!
hutchmjb 1 year ago
fuck that. fraggle rock.. u pussy
Swaynze33 5 months ago
with all my love
Swaynze33 5 months ago
i love that kid getting down right in front of trey
arz703 2 years ago
@arz703 : I think that's me at 19 years old and rocking out!
SnorkyTheInept 1 month ago
uhh pottycall, this was in 1989 - they have played the songs probably thousands of times since and trust me, they nail it!! In fact, this was probably one of the very first times they attempted it - 20 years ago.
weezy111 2 years ago
I just listened back to this again. Yes, the sound quality may sucks but that deosn't mean the musicianship sucks because of THAT. At :45 the keyboardist plays the wrong chords. Guitarist sounds like a hacker at 1:17- 1:19 . Keyboards hack it up at 1:34 and many more spots too numerous to list. These guys need to SHED before playing such a hard piece. Nice try though.
pottycall 2 years ago
these guys can shed.......
PUIncubus 2 years ago
don't judge them based on their playing here? Why not, because it illustrates clearly that they suck. At every instrument the talent abyss is great, especially the drummer, who can't even hold the sticks of ANY Zappa drummer, let alone the great ones. This is not very complimentary of Phish, especially if you happen to have been listening to Zappa's band on your foay into YouTube.... ugh
ChamberOfSorrow 2 years ago
You are obviously a total tool. Have a look at "Zappa Picks - By Jon Fishman of Phish"
Jon Fishman is a fantastic drummer.
treyphan77 2 years ago 3
Honestly, I like Jon Fishman's drumming better than the guy they have on the Zappa Plays Zappa version (Joe Travers?)
ZPZ sounds very stale compared to this.
mah38900 2 years ago
This version (and all versions until '93) was played "by ear". They got the charts from Dweezil during the "Hoist" sessions in LA in '93. The re-vamped Peaches from '93 forward is far superior to this sloppy rendition.
sirchandestroy 2 years ago
This was done at the beginning of their career. Phish is pretty damn awesome, but I'll admit that this version is a pretty loose. Don't judge them by this video, I mean the guy did beat Carlos Santana in a guitar battle. Plus the drumming is pretty spot on.
posdit 2 years ago
@posdit : Actually, this was played four years into their career.
SnorkyTheInept 1 month ago
needs more guitar. i know trey's play. he's awesome and all, but it's inferior to frank's version (and with that, dweezil's ZpZ version).
thaPrimus 2 years ago
Too bad Dweezil is only a Frank Zappa cover!!! And will never be as much a legend as Trey, or any member of phish for that matter. Ram that up your poop-shoot blastingcaps!!
umphishin 2 years ago
Lit up by Dweezil?? Trey plays guitar with more emotion than most players I've ever seen. Why do people compare apples and oranges? Zappa and Phish different, but both amazing! Before you knock it, try it first and you'll see that is a blessing and not a curse. Go see a phish show. Buy the ticket, take the ride!
umphishin 2 years ago
Your a fag.
thank you for allowing me to cyber bash you.
blastingcaps 2 years ago
I love Paige's face @ 1:50. u can see him really rockin out. I love when performers get so passionate about playing awesome rocking stuff.
what a great tune! I was 8 years old during the time of this show... lol I remember this song from my first Live Phish Tape.. Old school Phish RULES!
LoRentAssMan 2 years ago
Frank is rolling over in his grave like a fat pig on a stick. These guys should stick to silly rock and roll jamming. There are so many mistakes in FZ's masterpiece it ain't funny. At all! Stick to your goofy Dead ripoff jamming crap you thilly boys.
pottycall 2 years ago
Frank was alive at the time this was show was recorded.
mah38900 2 years ago
It's a good thing there was no youtube then 'cause he would've killed himself after seeing and hearing this version. Nice try but no cigar. It IS a hard tune to play and it is admirable that they tried but it makes them sound like hackers.
pottycall 2 years ago
First of all if you dont know anything about music AT ALL, or anything about The Grateful Dead for that matter....i hate when people relate Phish as the wannabe successors to The Dead... They arent and they arent trying to be. If you even TRIED to listen to Phish's music you would obviously see, hear, and undersand that they dont sound anythinglike The Dead... Phishs jams are intricate and masterfully composed.. and these guys are sickly talented. The Dead is an influence in their music yeah,b
PUIncubus 2 years ago
Ok...so Phish is not like the Dead when they jam. I know nothing about Phish and don't care to. I DO know that this is a LOUSY version of Peaches. Tons of mistakes all over this tune by all the "musicians" in the band. And by the way Hendrix sucks. All his licks were blues derived - he couldn't play through a chord change if he tried. Yeah he was one of the first to make noise on the guitar but his melodic content was bland and insipid.
pottycall 2 years ago
riiiiiiiiiiight..... yeah i forgot how much Wind Cries Mary, and Red House, and Purple Haze, and Little Wing just SUUUUUCKKKK SUPER BALLS...... ur right just absolutely horrible songs...... jimi hendrix sux........... ur fuckin nuts dude.... go home... nobody likes u.... i think uve heard that one too many times in ur life huh?
PUIncubus 2 years ago
(cont'd)but so is zappa zz top,clapton, etc...musicians grow and evolve into their own beings by influences from their idols...u tellin me hendrix and vai never had idols?..vai's idol was Zappa...SRVs was Hendrix.... eveyrone of those guys has created their own paths and beings, JUST LIKE PHISH...get ur facts straight before u go knockin on the band-waggon of PHISH haters...the only thing they have in common is long trippy jams,heavy following, and live based performances... music..nothing alike
PUIncubus 2 years ago
First...do you play an instrument, or are you one of "those people" that think they are super cool because you go to a record store, find the section that's covered in dust because the music sucks, buys it and says to yourself "it's sooo great, people just don't get it!"? Second...do you have a lisp, or do you just liking typing w/ one? Third...pottycall? Really?
briandrum1 2 years ago
@briandrum1 hey man, just out of curiosity, (and laziness) who are you talking to?
Sbemailer 2 years ago
some wise ass w/ the name "pottycall" he's was on this video about 5 months ago stirring shit up and talking shit....after reading his comments, I could just tell he was exactly one of those people that I described in my previous comment...
briandrum1 2 years ago
@briandrum1
Hi Buttwipe,
I play drums very well and guitar and piano. I know what I'm doing. I was making money as a musician before you were crapping your pants. It's obvious these charlatans should've let the musc to FZ. Open your ears douche -baggie bag.
pottycall 1 year ago
@pottycall Holy hell, you're stupid!
briandrum1 1 year ago
@briandrum1 You listen to Phish and I'm stupid. Phish = musical nothingness
pottycall 1 year ago
@pottycall You listen to Phish and I'm stupid. Phish = musical geniuses
fixed that for ya! And yes, you are stupid...thanks for agreeing w/ me!
briandrum1 1 year ago
@briandrum1 = deaf
pottycall 1 year ago
@pottycall = childish....If you're such a fantastic musician, why are you sitting on youtube arguing w/ someone that was crapping his pants when you were "making money" as a musician? Say hi to your mom for me! oh, and don't forget to change out your dehumidifier every couple days....those basements can't pretty stank!!
briandrum1 1 year ago
dude, I remember this song from live tapes back in the 90s... heard the song on the radio the other day and couldn't think of it.... glad it only took me a few minuts to find on here. GREAT SONG!
LoRentAssMan 2 years ago
Hard to believe, that was 20 years ago to the date.. just got back from the Alpine valley show.. still kicking ass
jostav56 2 years ago
Page has a ton of hair!
daver9 2 years ago
Fishman is killin on this track! This does kinda suck though, but mostly because of the sound quality. Maybe if some of these negative comments were made by musicians they'd have acknowledged that.
umphreak42 2 years ago
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So that's how you butcher a zappa song. That sucked!!
EddysVideos 2 years ago
jesus, phish have been around for a long time. grateful dead still a better jam band though
DibbityDan 2 years ago
It takes muscians to play this song......these are not.
VaiJedi 2 years ago
excuse me....?? i know the great zappa is awesome.....so is steve vai, i see u are a fan obviously.....but if you have any sense of musicality or knowledge of the band Phish....which i know u dont know anything about Phish cuz you just said they are not musicians and u are judging them off a cover of Peaches and Regalia..... why dont you go take a listen to YEM, or Reba,Harry Hood,Guyute,Fluffhead,EPIC Jams where u will see how good they are.... Treys lines are derived from Zappa...hesa huge fan
PUIncubus 2 years ago 5
they got more skill than you, trust me !!!
cr1msonking93 2 years ago 5
Some Phish tunes (reba, David bowie) could border on roughly the same level of difficulty as some of the more challenging Zappa tunes (bebop tango etc.). I'm not a phish-head or mega Zappa fan per se, but I'm a musician that knows enough that this kind of disrespect is unwarranted.
nixli1980 2 years ago 2
Indeed.
It's actually quite surprising how Zappa-esque some of the earler Phish material is.
unknownkingdom 2 years ago
You are right, he's a muscian and Tre is good but not that good. He would get lit up on stage by Dweezil or Vai much less Jaime Kime (I bet you dont even know who that is)
VaiJedi 2 years ago
Funny that you would say "I bet you don't know who that is" as though you where some sort expert and yet you obviously have no idea what your talking about. Look at the compositional work Anastasio had done by his early to mid 20s.
To say one guitarist would get lit up by another is simply dumb.
treyphan77 2 years ago 2
You're right, I just dont prefer hearing his version of Peaches....I dont like his playing that much either, i dont know why, just dont. He is a great player none the less.
VaiJedi 2 years ago
lol
tlz12345 2 years ago
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The keyboard player screws up at 1:33
replicatrapmouse 2 years ago
u screw up at 1:33
PUIncubus 2 years ago 3
Worse at about 2:00, but who really cares?
grn68rt 2 years ago
they are gonna play this at hampton, mark my words.
and i'm gonna be there to see it!
zappalives2 2 years ago
Zoinks! Theres alot of this "...mark my words.... ...at hampton" about these days.
:)
newton2013 2 years ago
I've always loved this song. I just don't care for this version. I prefer the Zappa Live At The Fillmore version.
brynttr 2 years ago 3
Not bad!
Robizoid 2 years ago
THEY'RE BACK FOLKS!!!!
fuckyouboob 3 years ago
*Pholks
Faroah2 3 years ago
Uhhh how did
i missed that one, was I stoned? Was I sober...ok, let me now go on to say THEY'RE BAAAAAAACK PHOLKS!
fuckyouboob 3 years ago
will you be on tour this summer?
fuckyouboob 3 years ago
The drummer -not only him, but specially him- plays beautifuly
beckhighways 3 years ago
haha.
the drummer's name is Fish,
that's why the band is called Phish.
dreadiedan 3 years ago
this is the best i love zappa and phish sooooo muchhh they are my favs
tim3Child 3 years ago
and now they are back...
next thesis?
tzolkin2013 3 years ago
Ahh,...the trampolines! I almost forgot about them!
tbrandt803 3 years ago
Maybe, if you are talking about early Phish, say from '89 to '93 or '94. It went like this, if you ask me: 1986/87 - they wrote the core songs, they played them in their sleep for months and years on end. 1991/92 - they polished the act and wrote some more good stuff. 1993/94 - they became adept/adroit improvisors. In essence, they lived, breathed and ate together for 12 years. Then they got married, had kids, got rich, started dabbling in narcotics, the music suffered, they broke up.
sirchandestroy 3 years ago
I wonder what Zappa would of thought of Anastasio as a composer. It's probably like asking Mozart what he thought of Beethoven
reevolution137 3 years ago
While gifted, Trey is not even in the same ball park as FZ. Frank composed the music, owned the music, hired the musicians, trained the musicians, started the record label, booked the tours, and everything else. The response I get from classically trained musicians when I play Phish is usually lukewarm...they typically find Phish tonally and melodically monotonous. This is not my opinion - I love Phish...but Trey has nothing on Frank.
sirchandestroy 3 years ago
Well in terms of composition Zappa was more interested in rythmic exploration while Anastasio is more interested in melodic exploration. While not necessarily "classically" trained, I am a trained musician, Trey has done things Zappa never dreamed of, so I don't think your analysis is wholly fair. It's a matter of what your interests are. But I do think Zappa would have appreciated Trey's versatility and unique approach to composition which is anything but monotonous
reevolution137 3 years ago
Sometimes I think that Zappa has nothing on Trey. Both were so good it boggles the mind. I always appreciated Frank, but I never bothered learning his songs. I had to learn Treys though. I just had to figure out what he was doing. To compare them (or any other guitar players) is silly.
gigrant74 3 years ago
Zappa and Trey are on totally different levels.. you cant even compare the two (alright maybe you can)...one is a true composer, the other is a virtuosic improvisor. they are both musical geniuses who make the world that much sweeter...
polishpiper 3 years ago 2
true in a way, although zappa was no slouch at improvisation either. he could do both tremendously well.
TheOverseer4003 3 years ago
zappa never sang and played his gitfiddle at the same time.
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iphonescale 3 years ago
all you haters of phish can blow a fat one....
dont forget that phish was only playing this as a tribute to Frank Zappa in their own way. listen to some of Zappas early shit, it sounds just as raw and choppy
I love Zappa to death dont get me wrong but this cover is awesome
zorbeez1234 3 years ago
Well Zappa's "raw and choppy" was intentional. No seriously, he'd record it first and then deliberately chop it up for the sake of parody.
Nevertheless, this isn't bad. Not perfect either. You really have to have the song memorized to spot the mistakes... though that seems to be a typical behavior of Zappa fans.
The recording quality is the thing that takes most of it away.
hinneinisannidanni 3 years ago
sometimes this band rocks and sometimes they can suck my white staff
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brontular 3 years ago
This is awesome!
These guys are amazing musicians and were able to cover this piece with 4 instruments which is pretty fucking remarkable.
AnthemOfTheSun 3 years ago 3
Ouch - These guys are musicians ? We performed this song in my high school Jazz band and sounded a whole lot better than this. Kudos for attempting a popular Zappa tune but this is downright embarrassing. And to the person who said Trey is a better guitarist than FZ. I guess the Earth is bigger than Jupiter. An opinion yes, but not based in objective reality.
Arretus 3 years ago
A few things wrong that comparison. I'm not quite sure the time span you guys take to practice, but it sure as hell is a lot more than Phish did. My guess would be they learned their parts and practiced it a few times, especially in 89. Secondly, this song is meant to be preformed by a full band including horn section, mallet percussion ect. I wouldn't call this down right embarrassing. I would say the fact that you asked if the members of Phish are musicians is embarrassing.
15MagnumPI 3 years ago 4
lol, hippie rage
N3croyeti 3 years ago
You are a moron - the recording sucks not the musicianship
vinalooch 3 years ago
If you're high school jazz band is better than Phish, why don't you guys go on tour and make tons of money. That'll show 'em all.
Feldman742 3 years ago 2
You and your High School Jazz Band are GODS!!! All praise the great Arretus!!!
kafcin 3 years ago 2
Really, you think you can beat a band that has been adored by many for many years. Id like to see you try, but i dont envy what will happen to you if you happen to meet up with any phish fan.
TheRedandWhites 3 years ago
not a bad cover but zappa's sounds heaps better.
Krixooks 3 years ago
this doesnt sound digital for some reason. Awesome
lymph12 3 years ago
1st- there were NOT like 7 gtr harmonies. The "Hot Rats" studio cut was arranged for gtr,flute,e bass,kit,3 sax voices, and after playing thru the coda cut there is a clarinet voice on the out chorus. I'm sure Frank would prefer that if he is remembered at all- that it at least be an accurate memorial.
2nd - any Frank tune is going to be a challenge when arranged for a 4 piece is going to be difficult to pull off.
Finally, thank you for the excellent a/v sync and upload!
pstaats1424 3 years ago
the original has about 7 guitar parts
brainwipeguitarvox 3 years ago
Decent cover. Phish rock!
CoTT 3 years ago
What was the last show they covered peaches en regalia.. just curious?? (i.e. I Don't have a Pharmers Almanac) Can somebody help?
KyndestKid 3 years ago
This great footage man!!! THanks!
Boogie on...
KyndestKid 3 years ago
man they did a bang up job!
hancollin 3 years ago 2
i think is awesome... good job
MorbosDevilGrinder 3 years ago 2
Trey can play guitar, I tell you what.
bryanswagerty 3 years ago 5
its hard to recreate any of zappas masterpieces. kudos to phish, they did a terrific job
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spacehopperballs 3 years ago
nice version
elsapucai 4 years ago