Phish | 12.28.11 | Cities

From Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. Encoded at 1080p30. For best results watch in HD and view my playlists for more videos from this show.

[@nfab3220]

Giving this a thumbs down should disqualify you from ever listening to music again. Simply amazing.

[@user-eh7nr9mk6l]

once we overcome the part with semi-artistic vocals n lyrics we get to the inspired aethereal part variant - one of the best!

[@davidthomaschwclmt5925]

Holy chitmon! I’ve been listening to phish for 27 years and the second half of this is absolutely one of my most phavorite jams ever. Dear lord, why did they just stop? Phish are masters of making us want more.

[@user-eh7nr9mk6l]

feeling the same about the second half of this :)

[@chriskilmer-lipinski489]

There should be a holiday in honor of HarpuaFSB and LazyLightning

[@ryanmich17]

Amen to that

[@clintmoll6861]

Chris Kilmer-Lipinski don't for get SHINEPIDGEON

[@Anothertruecomment]

MKDEVO!! who had to become notmkdevo after his video had to be taken down!

[@jdpb291]

im convinced they are all 3 best friends and the most interesting men/women in the world

[@uncleebenezer8599]

'Check out from the aquarium' & 'mkcool18'. Tons of old gems that are hard to come across otherwise.

[@Silveryback]

This is melting my face off and I'm not even fucked up. These guys are insanely good, I can't believe they are STILL playing and still this good. Wow. Thanks for putting this video up!

[@ShuguProductions]

my first phish show at the garden.... this cities jam was life changing

[@euphegenia]

This was also my first show at the garden. Still revisiting it 9 years later

[@davidthomaschwclmt5925]

Yes that jam is mind glowingly eggsellent

[@michaelbussey5428]

Then there’s these guys !!!! Enjoy

[@FranzillaMane]

Today it was dark. Dark in the day time. Perfect eclipse song.

[@valeriepaige3199]

I was there! This might be my favorite Cities Phish cover 🎊 They had this tempo right in the pocket

[@jordanchiaruttiniREALTOR]

Mike drops BOMBS 💣

[@CaptainsOrders]

amazing jam, and its great to see all the newcomers to msg revel in the magic. its good to see some love from the ppl aboard, its all about the love

[@marcycrosby4614]

I like this Dry ice version ahaahaa I love you guys

[@K2Shit]

love the cheer of the crowd at the nine minute mark and then when they finish u can hear that guy yelling "Do it again whooo do it again!!!" haha gotta love it

[@natepmeyer]

The rift at 5:06 has to the smoothest shit my ears have ever heard. holy fuck

[@Alwaystuned]

Excellent shot video!!!

[@mrfish4lyfe]

loved the jam at the end!

[@catrinamazzanoble8275]

...some GOOD points.

[@pango-y8j]

Some bad points first heard this Christiania Copenhagen Denmark 1997. I'm just a little freaked out 🍄🇺🇲🍄🌍🍄🌞🍄🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🍄🔥🍄🍄🍄🍄🌹🔥🇯🇲🍄🇪🇹🍄🦁🍄🐘🍄🦁🍄🦏🔥🍄

[@pyite77]

Thanks for sharing

[@briandrum1]

God damn, these guys are so fucking good....Love Fishmans face during the first verse and chorus...HUGE smile listening to the crowd singing along.

[@JuztSaying]

amazing...

[@MegaPhantomPower]

Gotta love the inflatable Dradle bouncing 'round the room! Looking forward to the rest of this run!

[@jorgesebastiangonzalezalan2697]

Badass song amazing

[@migbee]

This was the best jam of that whole run, IMO. Piper on the 30th was sick too.

[@joshraskin1472]

...this is funking damn good...

[@Phisherman86]

Chiming in 2021 to say YUP YUP

[@paulabood7547]

The Trey/Page playoff starting at 5:15 though... gorgeous.

[@ghodbc]

Same thought, I needed, AT LEAST, 5 more minutes of that! I'm talking to you, Red! ;)

[@dank266]

hell yeah it was. was my first show at MSG as well.

[@Sco3000]

YES!

[@user-eh7nr9mk6l]

.. the kicker pedal -- and .. eventually the super genial Jam starts :))

[@gimmeamask]

Can't wait to see/hear Trey and his band on Jan. 20th!!

[@alexvimo8739]

Sick

[@ctuman]

i loved that ending....

[@mudatthewall]

1. As for the mistake, I get ya, and I'll guarantee you that if anyone in the Talking Heads would have made a mistake they would have been fired on the spot. 2. Love how they slow this down - more menacing. 3. Starting around the eight minute mark: Now that's what I call a vortex. 4. Is there a better rhythm section right now in rock? So in the pocket. Listen to Crosseyed and Painless - it takes them about one second to lock into a groove. 5. Comment #1 was meant ironically (sometimes you gotta point these things out). 6. I saw Phish once. I counted two mistakes. Both of them occurred when Trey hit the mic at the wrong time, after one-of-those all-over-the-place jams where four people experienced simultaneous telepathy. Really, where would you come back in? (And do you ever really come back?)

[@theotherone81]

was there last night! Cities and 2nd set were 3.0 phire!

[@LacedBacon]

damn i gotta see at least 1 phish show before i die

[@rutheford13]

I opted for 150 or so, you gotta do at least one!

[@Anothertruecomment]

i hope you have by now!!

[@LacedBacon]

Dj Bonanno Halloween 16' was my 15th show, already hooked lol. Best band evarrrrrr!!!

[@Anothertruecomment]

YESSSSS

[@uncleebenezer8599]

I'm guessing you have considering your profile pic is now fishman donuts lol

[@evangelinerose1564]

Oh I'm finding a city...that I KNOW for certain💜

[@gimmeamask]

As we say in Maine, Yessuh! Nevah gets old!

[@TonySpumoni_]

great went version is best

[@debbielamp]

I found my city to live in for 57 years--Vancouver, WA, Live in the house my daddy built. got some thinkin' done--gottit fingered out--find my city 2 live in--this band is beyond beyond and i'm a freakin' deadhead. Love the little drummer boy!! and his skirts/dresses! What a freak! Love 2 Phish--home cookin'--it's only the river--i've got it fingered out--!!

[@MatthewHill]

So, this is what musical geniuses do when they go to work in the morning (or perhaps later in the day).

[@blindcat91]

Shoulda gone right into a 2001, would have been epic

[@HELLADJ]

@WILS0NSH00d YES

[@kravensnowmoon9133]

Look there's me!

[@nickbacklund5556]

I miss Mikes old look. I hate change, that's what I say in job interviews.

[@uncleebenezer8599]

me too, i mean why do we even have pennies?

[@rafi54mariner]

Do u get hired often?

[@mikebflo]

honey, im really trying to get a job. my next interview is at Valvoline Instant Oil Change.

[@dnathans]

@ 2:04 Paige makes the same mistake I sometimes make when covering this song. F or F#? that is the question. F is the answer. F# - E - B for the chorus and Jam part only. No one EVER has rehearsed this song before playing it out I wouldn't think. Too easy. Oh and BTW.... these cats are totally human. Mistakes happen. "If you get confused listen to the music play" - J. Garcia

[@FranzillaMane]

David Nathans the Trey takes his crap note and pulls it back into tune. Tell me u caught that.

[@nfab3220]

David. Wrong dude. It’s F to F#. It’s a quick change. Basically a pass through note on the F. In the intro it’s an F#m.

[@simonhardy1426]

i love phish, panic, dead, black crowes, allman brothers. I was at a "stolen faces" show recently, and I met this loud mouth arrogant dead head (most dead heads are really cool and polite) who said that phish fucking sucks. I couldn't believe it, my jaw hit the ground. Phish is a phenomenal band, hugely talented group. Im a huge panic fan too, and he said the same shit about panic. I was like, shut the fuck up bro, and walked away.

[@ButchiethebeastYost]

@mattpappo bro . . . i thought they were just gonna go straight into space odyssey . . . woulda changed the whole run

[@enathanwild12]

i. was. there...'twas most dope

[@TheGtflDead]

2:19 anyone else see the big dreidel being thrown around in the crowd?

[@WILS0NSH00d]

9:30 BOMB

[@JohnWayneDIMREC]

the cities did it.

[@K2Shit]

the last minute is soooo sick..amazing things woulda happened if they kept it goin

[@dreamottowa]

Talking Heads, "Fear of Music", at a funked-down pace

[@stephanlarsen8169]

David. Byrne

[@scottyragz]

why did this jam have to end

[@Tummysticks315]

i will stick to the forest but love this jam

[@deweytucker5413]

Page takes over the jam. Good night fools.

[@mattpappo]

they were *there* and then...they...just...stopped...

[@127DrB]

Kihei .....Maui

[@benjaminfredrick5791]

Three days no Cities?

[@PenguinAUB]

like

[@ButchiethebeastYost]

cant hear mike

[@aaron97478]

80+ shows. never been to MSG fuck that hotel cost.

[@aaron97478]

they got their phrich fans though. amen bros.

[@cjmemail]

Man, I'm not tryn to be a hater... but damn, it blows my mind that a band so experienced playing music that is so simple still manages to fibb and mix up chord progressions. Listen close at 2:04. Not to be a perfectionist either, but I've seen bands that don't draw a fraction of that crowd play mind-blowing changes with intelligent, soulful improvisation that never miss a beat like that. Idk... something about Phish doesn't take me "there" ... but to each their own. There is a lot worse music to be into, so as long as its live and the musicians can have some fun with it, I guess its a good thing. I'd just suggest also checking out some bands like Snarky Puppy, Joshua Redman and The Elastic Band, Antibalas, etc... with love and respect.

[@cjmemail]

the jam is actually pretty cool though... ! (don't tell anyone I said that ;) )

[@mikezimmerman9547]

Well, Im no world class music aficionado, but I played Sax and Trombone for years and I get all the music timing that you do. And every once in a while, they go get off. What I've found is some nights are really bad and most are spot on. They do a lot of intentional off beat "tempo" stuff (sorry to generalize) which can be construed as noise but really its just complex drumming and all, just very complex. But yes, they do have their off nights. As a phish"Head" thanks for being cool about the criticism, most people are "They suck, why don't you listen to pantera!" guys who don't realize they, too get off, and have off nights. Also phish allows filming of everything so it all gets recorded and on youtube...good and bad. The bottom line is they made the songs to Jam to and that's all their doing.

[@Oceanmachine27]

He made a mistake, man. Don't act so pompous about it.

[@theguyIShere24]

They are humans. It happens. That's how you know it's real music. Why focus on the negative? Focus on the love it generates which out-weighs any negatives. My humble opinion.

[@MrAvlandrew]

they should be lashed 50 times for the chord flubb....JK.....:) but really you were being a hater...

[@headphish1]

yo

[@lumpyheadcarini7553]

Yo

[@losthonor6193]

People sleep in the day time

[@rumblintummy]

First.....wowser

[@gimmeamask]

[@RJ-hm9gi]

I do think this may be the best phish ever...

[@FilthfestProductions]

3.0 is my shit

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

Raise velocity of video up to 1.50 in order to come close to Talking Head coolness

[@CaptainsOrders]

they've let a handful of jams go in 3.0, and "fans" still act surprised when "they don't jam anymore"....this is how they play now, if you dont like it, stop going and hogging all our tickets. :-)

[@ejhGoBrowns]

why come you just stop?

[@golbis]

This is a Talking Heads cover

[@lumpyheadcarini7553]

Nothing gets past you

[@thekeywitness]

Well, if you're going to cover Talking Heads, you could do a lot worse, but that breakdown at 2:05 was pretty awful. I don't know that the uptight rhythms of the Heads is a good fit for the the loose vibes of Phish. "Some good points, some bad points..." you get the idea.

[@nfab3220]

What on earth on you rambling about? It’s called an F#m bro.

[@benjamoore]

This tempo is dragging. Come on Fishman

[@emindeboer5280]

we know the lyrics -- have a proper choir or plz just jam :)

[@Posterharpua]

this was such a sick jam until they aborted it. They could have gone to some amazing places with this one. This run as a whole was sub-par. Hopefully this year's MSG run will match the quality of the rest of 2012.

[@tartredarrow]

Meh.

[@phredphunk5125]

they ruin this classic. just like all their covers they miss the point..it is so unfunky...just so bland