ACDC Bag - 1997-12-30 | MSG, NY, NY

[@lite1up420]

this was the show that got me hooked

[@dyrwolf]

not surprised, the encore was a killer

[@kodybarnes1180]

Phish is my favorite band and Ive been to 70+ shows but 14:12-14:57 of this AC/DC Bag is my favorite piece of phish music ive ever listened too I wish I could of attended this show my lord!

[@TheWarriorSage1357]

Definitely seems like Trey was on a Psycho Killer tease there for a bit, a la the Dayton show from earlier in the month. Listen to the way Psycho Killer comes out of the Dayton Bag and Treys guitar phrasing is identical.

[@AvatarKnownAsNathanielPeters]

Was my first. 🎉

[@tronsnow4763]

@@TheWarriorSage1357that was my first thought as well, sounded like he was teasing the opening riff to “Psycho Killer.”

[@FesteringEarth]

The buildup from 9:03-11:05 made me smile so hard and brought so much bliss. You can hear they want Page to lead and then they all gradually get into it. It's this beautiful conglomerate of spiraling energy and I can feel (and slightly hear trey) get into a deep pocket. Oh, and the lights are dope as hell too!!

[@kodybarnes1180]

@@FesteringEarth This jam is everything you could ever ask for from a phish jam. 1.0 Gamehendge tune that’s not usually a jam vehicle opening up the second set and they decide to take it through all the things I want to hear from a jam. A nice paced build up to some awesome pocket funk, , trey shredding some psychedelic solos and laying some hose. To the dark ambient bass heavy ending. This jam checks all the boxes of a epic jam

[@jonn443]

Best AC/DC Bag EVER played.

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

One of the most unique bags ever played

[@djd23555]

Only other one you could argue is the goat is Boise Idaho

[@hgblb]

confirmed fire

[@benringenberg2367]

Nice, confirmed. The fire.. Affirmative.

[@Fenderman123]

Kang'd

[@taillandierjp1468]

de vrais artistes , sur la route de la chance, sur la route de la danse

[@adamdavidoff1500]

One of the best shows I ever saw, and that is out of very many. They were in TOTAL CONTROL heading into 1998. And speaking of 1998... tell me a time that they have been chomping at the bit to get on stage since the impromptu Island Tour in spring of 1998?

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

I saw all three garden shows and both nassau....your analysis is spot on...an amazing stretch of music

[@TankWilliams__Jr]

My favorite bag. 🔥🔥🔥

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

I remember the moment they dropped the first note of this like it was yesterday.......good good stuff

[@aestheticsublime]

Best lights in the business.

[@panicmosem5969]

U ever seen pgroove? Omg, they're my band from Savannah. Check out the history of their lightist!

[@dsberns]

Band at their peak.

[@milliefee8194]

agreed, though there was nothing wrong with 98

[@bobscomix]

@@milliefee8194 yeah,I would say 97-98 was their peak.like the Dead's 77-78

[@jonn443]

98 was their peak.

[@TubeFlop]

@@bobscomixagreed. 99 sneaky good though

[@LSchwartzMusic]

such a killer version

[@hlf_coder6272]

I had a chance to go to this NYC run and didn't because my girlfriend at the time asked me to do Christmas and New Years with her family on our college break. One of my biggest regrets. We split up shortly after anyway and I missed one of Phish's best runs. I didn't let anything like that happen again though, and wound up seeing more shows in 98 than any other year including the Worcester run, which was unbelievable. I even met the Dude of Life that weekend.

[@haydencroff5373]

best bag

[@AS_caterpillars]

14:12 so good

[@nducati]

One tight unit.

[@justsaynoNWO]

I wonder if the crowd realizes they’re witnessing history in the making.

[@TubeFlop]

They didn’t. "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." Andy Bernard

[@juniorthe3rdjuniorthe3rd]

In my brain I did. But I think that all the time. This is my fav Bag of all time. And not because this was about my view. Right behind the soundboard. Was a perfect 4 nights. And yes anytime a Harpua is broken out history is bound to be made. That Izabella. McGrupp. The first Sneakin Sally since 87 if my mind serves me right. They didn’t stop at midnight and said we get 2 New Years shows. But 95 was also historic. A few weeks ago for 12/31/23 was historic. Yes we knew. Everyone I was with was longtime phans and all were mind blown.

[@nicoyoung1998]

Well my dad was able to see this show, but on the nosebleed seats back on Pages side, But he still said that the entire show was legendary.

[@phan4lyfe]

Great post! Thank you!

[@nicoyoung1998]

4:44 Calm before the storm….

[@tumbleweedjones]

Peak Ernest.

[@SlappyG]

Mother Fuckers were Gliding Across the Room... Funky Duck walk in full effect

[@aaronandannelogan]

That's one bona fide beefy bovine funk jam

[@benringenberg2394]

That's a crunchy groove little Eichmann.

[@BrokeTheSeal]

Glad I saw them from 93-99 which was their peak imo

[@BongJabbar]

Absolutely. People saying they’re at their best now are full of so much shit lol

[@jeremybarriga9266]

duracell for a two year loop thatll trip you out

[@MATCH5645]

Who else hears a pyscho killer tease?

[@adamdavidoff1500]

I sure did that night, I wouldn't shut up about it, ask any of my friends! Having been at the Nutter Butter show a few weeks earlier, it seemed almost inevitable that they were going to play another Psycho Killer. There are other Psycho Killer teases on this NYE run. Listen for them, there are a few of them! Surprised that it didn't surface again until Hartford 2009! (that one was a mess, but would have been cool to see...

[@crispb-i6e]

my 5th show. Fire music, Fire L...lol

[@floyddarmody81]

Firing on all cylinders!

[@pji1979]

Sick

[@nicoyoung1998]

15:55 The HOSE Starts

[@brianlloyd2478]

Jam should be written in braille

[@taillandierjp1468]

il chante ce que l on vit au quotidien, tiens une question au manadarin

[@puite68]

big bag

[@ChavezOG]

Thumbs down? Really?

[@ArthurCordaro-s6r]

Skeet From Kentucky &

[@jeremybarriga9266]

this goes too far out of the bag to be considered bag all the way thru

[@evoshandor11]

Sheeeeeit, holy balls.