Phish - After Midnight Jam (Pt. 1) - 12-31-99 - Big Cypress

[Hunsanity]

THIS IS SO BAD ASS BUT IT GETS EXTRA BAD ASS STARTING AT 7:00 .. SO SMOOTH

[Hunsanity]

hm let me think should i favorite this?...YES

[GratefulVince]

the shot of Page at the beginning around 25 seconds in is epic

[philipwalter87]

I need to invent a time machine

[thejustineaster]

@freedomisnorml420 lol. i hate being that guy too, but we've all gotta pitch in to fill the void of music education in modern society.

[thejustineaster]

@slowhand633 i've often wondered the same thing myself. i'm pretty sure it's the tone or the volume, maybe switching between both. he's always had a habit of messing with either/or to fit the feel of the jam.

[richiemabie]

iNSTANT SUB !!!

[phartknocker]

best show ever.

[Freedomisnorml420]

why the hell have they not made a big cypress dvd? they obviously have HD footage of it somewhere...just look at this video!

[bcterry1984]

This Drowned>After Midnight Reprise, and the Piper>Free that shortly followed at Big Cypress is my favorite Phish ever.

[jonankof]

best jam ever, so tasteful and funky, the best

[rawkus1167]

I love the laid back ambient style jams of 99-00. Anyone have show recomendations from that period? I am woefully unfamiliar with those shows but want to listen to them SOOO bad

[nickilou86]

Have to say it again, a truly legendary event.

[slowhand633]

is that just the pickup he keeps switching at around 2:00 min ??

[MarcoGreenberg]

Axwell21, how you do you find these gems? Where are you getting the pro-shot footage?  This is by far the highest quality Cypress vid I've ever seen, by far far far, except watching the screens themselves. A thousands thanks and keep them coming and if you don't mind, where do you get these and can just anyone get them if they know where to look?

[axwell21]

@MarcoGreenberg

I've gotten pretty much everything through Phish's Vimeo channel. For some reason they had a lot of good footage up on vimeo but not on Youtube. That's why I chose to put these up. Not to mention they've started taking some of them down on Vimeo.

[hopeisunlimited]

another tempo change at 7 minutes

[hopeisunlimited]

at 4 min and 5:26 fishman hit tempo change perfectly with band

[Freedomisnorml420]

@hopeisunlimited sorry to be that guy but at 4 min...its not a tempo change, all he did was switch to the hi-hat from the ride. and same with 5:26

[nickbrown320]

is there a part 2?

[axwell21]

@nickbrown320

Just put it up :)

[aurzada]

Love to see more and more of the pro-shot making it out by Phish. IMHO, Phish (at the time) really could slide into a slow groove and communicate pace and texture. I truly think it's Page that makes this jam though. Trey is trying to hide behind Page the whole time, and Page is just willing to take it slow.

I don't think this jam is "dark" per se, because there is no real dissonance or lack of resolution to the melody. Just rhythm and groove.

[puffnstuff0210]

@aurzada how is he hiding? LOL is he scared? nervous? timid? not a chance. blend and weave are words your looking for.

[aurzada]

@puffnstuff0210 IMHO, it's what Trey is doing at 3:10 on. At 3:29, he's taken his hands off the guitar. I personally think he wants Page to step up the melody and tempo of the groove. Finally at 4:05, Fishman and Mike pick it up and set the pace and Trey seems almost forced back into the melody part. Trey used to drop his guitar and play his little kit in order to avoid being the "melody maker" in the group. Hiding musically on stage. Either way it looks like we both like it. Enjoy

[puffnstuff0210]

@aurzada im sure we can go back and forth all day. at 3:10 he is setting up the loop he puts in place at 3:29. then its back to the classic 1999 trey weave. i like these jams mostly because all the members get to speak loudly when they feel comfortable doing so. im not so sure he was necessarily trying to hide behind page. he dropped back, page stepped forward type dealio.

these jams are very open and roomy, which i think is where phish's best creativity originates. happy trails bud

[puffnstuff0210]

ive watched this 5 times in a row. says something... very well layered and textured. treys loop at 3:29 is amazing. period

[nickbrown320]

i'm glad i found this video! they took it off vimeo about a month ago...

[Phishboy26]

Treys reverb makes the jams spacey

[move77able]

to say this is some of there darker stuff? really? This is is there most amazing stuff and this jam in paticular was a seminal moment for me seeing Phish, it cant be described except to say this jam is some of the most progressive shit ive heard them play...and to mention 99 as a footnote is ridiculous.it was there best year hands down...

[puffnstuff0210]

@move77able 7.31.99 bowie from japan... HIYA!

[guyyute]

'99 definately had a unique sound. Some of the darkest jams in the catalogue.

[begguyasommer]

@guyyute I agree, this is the stuff that made me close my eyes and feel it. I love it.

[bennygflecktones]

Wow, this needs more views. Thanks for sharing, this is incredible.

[jsterrapin]

what a great night